"It's ...... Could it be that he was dragged off the body of the murderer? Nie Yao was surprised to pick up the key and look through it, and found that there were two small characters engraved on the end of the key, "Nanku".

Zhou Shu glanced at it: "Nanku? Is it the South Warehouse? ”

But where is the South Treasury?

Uncle Zhang is the coachman of the lady, and now that Uncle Zhang is dead, what about the lady?

Xiao Qingyan took out a silk handkerchief and covered Uncle Zhang's face.

"Zhou Shu, inform Uncle Zhang's family, help bury the person well, don't treat his family badly."

"Yes! I'll go! ”

After Zhou Shu left, Xiao Qingyan looked at the brass key in Nie Yao's hand and said in a deep voice, "Nie Yao, I want you to go to a place right now." ”

……

The night was dark, but the lamps and candles were still burning in the study of Xu Zhan, the head of the Xu family, and there were also his only son Xu Jingyuan and housekeeper Liu Zhong in the house.

Xu Zhan warned the two of them sharply: "Don't leak today's matter, take care of your mouths, otherwise our Xu family will end up in the same fate as the Ji family!" ”

"Yes, the head of the family can rest assured, the villain understands." Liu Zhong repeatedly assured that he saw that the head of the family still had something to say to the young master, so he retreated very interestingly.

Coming out of the study, the night breeze came across the pond, Liu Zhong couldn't help but feel excited, and his legs were a little weak.

He rubbed his hand on the hem of his clothes, not knowing whether he wanted to wipe off the cold sweat from his palms or something else.

Rubbing and rubbing, he noticed that something seemed to be missing from his waist.

"Where's the key?" He thought about it, but he couldn't remember where he put it, and muttered, "Did you forget to pull it off?" ”

Liu Zhong stomped his feet, his legs were not so weak, and he hurried to the south warehouse, which was full of valuables in the house, and there must not be a single mistake.

But the storeroom was locked, and there was no key on the door.

Strange, what about the key?

Liu Zhong tugged at the copper lock on the door, making sure that the lock was very firm, and the key may have fallen at home at noon!

"These two rabbit cubs, told them to look at the storeroom, and they slipped away somewhere to steal wine and drink......"

Liu Zhong left the warehouse with a curse in his mouth, as if he wanted to suppress the panic in his heart through abuse.

As soon as he walked on his front foot, a black shadow leaped off the wall with great skill, dodged to the door of the storeroom, and inserted a brass key into the lock.

"Click", the sound of the door lock being opened seemed to be particularly loud in the silence of the night.

The black shadow was Nie Yao, his eyes were condensed, he quickly locked the door lock again, pulled out the key before the two janitors came back, and quietly left the Xu family.

When he climbed over the wall and left, he vaguely heard the little guy talking......

"Steward Liu, isn't this idleness, you take care of it, the little ones will never dare to do it in the future......"

……

"The butler of the Xu family?" Xiao Qingyan frowned after listening to Nie Yao's report, it was really related to the Xu family.

"Yes, the subordinates think that the housekeeper of the Xu family is very likely to be the one who killed Uncle Zhang, even if it is not him, he must know something."

"How is that possible? The girl of the Xu family has a marriage contract with the young master, what reason does the Xu family have to do this? Zhou Shu's thoughts were the same as Nie Yao's, but he couldn't figure out why.

Xiao Qingyan also couldn't figure it out, was it because of the divorce? But even if the Xu family is unhappy, there is no need to make trouble to the point of killing someone, this is unlikely.

Uncle Zhang was killed, and his mother's whereabouts are unknown, even if this matter is not the Xu family's doing, it must have nothing to do with the Xu family.

"Zhou Shu, prepare the car, I'm going to Xu's house."

If you can't see your mother tonight, she won't be at ease anyway.

This time, Xiao Qingyan personally knocked on the door of the Xu family.

Even though the Xiao family is not as powerful as in the past, it is not comparable to the Xu family, the young master of the Xiao family came to the door in person, and the Xu family can no longer use a door to send it away.

Xu Zhan and Xu Jingyuan, father and son, personally waited in the front hall.

"Come on, show Xiao Shi's nephew tea."

"Don't bother, it's Qing Yan's rudeness to come to disturb late at night, but the matter is urgent, Qing Yan really has to come to the door to disturb Xu Shibo, and please forgive Xu Shibo."

This is the second time Xu Zhan has seen this future son-in-law, and the first time was when the two families were married, at Xiao Qingyan's full moon banquet.

Xiao Pei, the old lady of the Xiao family, and Xiao Yu'an, the previous head of the family, were both talented, handsome and elegant fairy figures when they were young, and they were still the same in Xiao Qingyan's generation.

Looking at his proud son, Xu Zhan didn't feel much in his heart, some people were born to stand taller than others, and they were blessed. Because of this, he wants to take a fight and earn a future for his family.

Xu Zhan smiled kindly: "Nephew Xiao Shi is polite, I don't know what is the important matter of coming so late?" ”

Xiao Qingyan said: "Qingyan is here to pick up my mother, although the house is hospitable, but the hour is not early after all, the family is very worried, and I ask Uncle Xu and Aunt Xu to forgive me and let me take my mother back." ”

She placed the steps here, if the Xu family was interested, they should send people out.

Xu Jingyuan said at this time: "Xiao Lang is afraid that he has misunderstood something, Mrs. Xiao is not in our mansion, after today's luncheon, all the guests have already said goodbye and left, Mrs. Xiao also left at that time, or I accompanied my mother to send her out of the mansion." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Qingyan's eyes suddenly became cold.

Others may not know, but she knows best that her mother has to wait until the banquet is over to withdraw from the Xu family, how could she leave at that time?

This Xu Jingyuan is clearly making up nonsense, and he is untruthful!

Xu Jingyuan was shocked by Xiao Qingyan's sudden change, I don't know which sentence he said wrong, this Xiao Jiajiulang is obviously much younger than him, but the momentum of that moment was so overwhelming that he almost didn't dare to breathe, this feeling he had only felt in the triumphant general.

Xiao Qingyan restrained his mind and spoke in a calm tone, but he was obviously not as polite as before: "Today, my mother came to your mansion for a banquet, and she mentioned it to me before leaving, and after the banquet, there is a very important thing to discuss with Aunt Xu, why, did she leave without mentioning it?" ”

Hearing Xiao Qingyan's words, Xu Jingyuan subconsciously looked at Xu Zhan.

Xu Zhan said: "Oh? I don't know what the important thing is? I really haven't heard Clumsy Jing mention it, maybe Mrs. Xiao forgot it today! Xiao Shinephew, this hour is not early, I think you might as well go back today, maybe Mrs. Xiao will have news soon, this is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, I think nothing should happen to her. ”

Xiao Qingyan's face was cold and he sneered. Mother is here for that today, how can she forget?

She took the brass key from Nie Yao's hand and threw it unceremoniously in front of Xu Zhan.

"The coachman who sent my mother to your Xu family today was killed inexplicably, and the body was carried out from a broken mat from your Xu family, and it was thrown in the mass grave, covered in blood, and he died without looking at it, this was found in the palm of the coachman's hand."