Xie Hanci was completely lost, so he had to take his hungry stomach and find his way back under the scorching sun.

"Where is this? Why don't you even have a maid. ”

In front of it is an empty courtyard, the walls here are also made of white stone, although the courtyard wall is not overgrown with weeds, but a few poppies at the gate of the courtyard have grown wildly, and I don't know how long they have not been pruned.

"Anyone? Is anyone there? ”

She snorted twice, but no one answered. A burst of Chinese medicine wafted from the wind inside, and it didn't smell bitter, but also had some plant fragrance.

Xie Hanci followed the smell into the courtyard, the closer she got to the west wing, the stronger the smell, just when she hesitated to go straight in, there was the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground in the main room, followed by the crying of children.

She walked quickly into the main room, where a little boy in a light blue round-necked robe with a comb of horns sat on the ground, raising his left hand and wailing, next to a Taishi chair with a broken leg.

"Whose little doll are you? Why cry here? ”

He didn't pay attention to Xie Hanci, just cried blindly. Xie Hanci squatted down beside him, only to see a wooden thorn the thickness of a toothpick pierced into the thumb of his left hand, the wooden thorn had just been pierced in, and his fingers looked red and swollen.

Xie Hanci took out a handkerchief and said, "Sister will help you pull out the thorn, but it will hurt a little, you have to bear with it, don't move obediently." ”

Although the little boy was still crying, he understood Xie Hanci's words, and cautiously stretched out his left hand, nodding at her with tears in his eyes.

Xie Hanci gently pulled his fingertips, pulled out the wooden thorn whole, and then quickly pressed the wound for him with a handkerchief. Seeing that the wound was bandaged, the little boy gradually stopped crying, and thanked Xie Han in a milky voice.

"Thank you, sister."

Xie Hanci pinched his round little face, he was not angry, got up from the ground, and answered Xie Hanci's question just now.

"My name is Li Nianyou, my father is the king of Anchang County, I am the fourth in the family, and I have an older brother and two sisters."

Xie Hanci looked at the little boy in front of him who was as tall as the table next to him, and he was only six or seven years old, and heard him say that he had an older brother and two sisters, so he reacted that this was the youngest son left by the late princess of the county.

Princess Xianjun was bedridden after giving birth to him, and died in less than two years. Xie Hanci's eyes couldn't help but add a little pity, and his voice became softer.

"Why are you here by yourself?"

"Today is my mother's death day, and I almost forgot what she looked like. I wanted to go back to the house where my mother used to live, and there was a portrait of her in it, but the nurse wouldn't let me, she said that there were ghosts in that house. I secretly went to find the new mother, and the new mother didn't come back overnight, I was afraid that the nurse would scold me, I didn't dare to go back, I ......"

Before he finished speaking, Li Nianyou's tears the size of soybeans fell again, and Xie Hanci's handkerchief wrapped the wound on his hand, so he had to rub his sleeves twice and wipe his crying little face with his sleeves.

"Are you lost? Will my sister take you back? ”

"I didn't get lost, this is my mother's room, but her things are gone, and there's a horrible fox doll. The doll glared at me, and I was startled and wanted to run, but tripped over a chair. ”

Xie Hanci noticed that there was a huge rosewood cabinet in the corner of the inner room, and the door was still open.

The top layer of the cabinet is placed on the throne and a statue of a fox lady, this statue is very expressive, almost exactly the same as described in the book, the fox eyes are narrow and charming, the eyebrows are like distant mountains, and they fly obliquely into the sideburns, but the corners of her mouth are lightly picked, stealing an evil spirit.

In addition to a list of fruits and cakes in front of the statue, there is also an embroidered shoe and a small food plate.

Xie Hanci saw through the rays of sunlight from the ice cracked window lattice that the embroidered shoes were dark red, embroidered with the pattern of Pisces playing with beads, and there were two shallow tooth marks on the upper of the shoes, which were the one that Ah Xi took out from the female corpse's feet.

Last night, Feng Qian opened the altar, and Li Yirong involved the old relationship between the princess and her stepson, and the king of Anchang was so angry that he almost fainted.

If someone later took advantage of the chaos to pick up the embroidered shoe, and the sky was dark, no one would notice.

Xie Hanci picked up the food plate next to her, this food plate was only the size of a palm, but it was full of a plate of dark red liquid, she took a closer sniff, and a bloody breath immediately rushed into the tip of her nose.

It was human blood.

When is the fox lady going to be enshrined with blood? Yi Huan's book "The Biography of the Fox Niangniang" to himself didn't mention these at all.

Xie Hanci touched the lotus high-footed plate with his hand again, and the plate was still warm, which showed that the person who made the offering should have just left.

"How long have you been here? Do you see who put this thing on it? ”

Li Nianyou pouted and looked at the west wing, "Big sister was cooking leaves in it, took things and put them in the cabinet, and I saw that there were scary fox dolls in the cabinet." ”

After all, Li Nianyou is only a six or seven-year-old child, coupled with the early death of his mother, he has been neglected for a long time, and his words are a little upside down.

Did he mean Li Yirong when he said big sister?

Yi Huan did tell herself that her eldest sister had secretly offered a fox lady.

Xie Hanci just wanted to continue asking, the princess of the county walked into the courtyard with the nurse and the housekeeper, Li Nianyou heard the movement, and trotted into the arms of the princess of the county.

The princess touched his head gently, and didn't blame him, but asked softly: "Did Ayou stay by himself for a long time, don't run around in the future." Hungry or not? I made you West Lake beef soup, bright shrimp grill, flower boiled quail, and your favorite golden soufflé and ......"

Before the words fell, a gurgling sound sounded, and Li Siyou raised his little head, his face full of innocence.

"It's not my stomach that's howling."

Xie Hanci, who was standing in the shade of the banana tree, walked out embarrassedly, she thought that after the events of last night, the princess of the county would be somewhat uncomfortable when she saw her, so she hid aside, and waited for the group to leave before coming out, but she didn't expect her stomach to be so angry.

The princess looked at Xie Hanci for a moment, and then put on her usual smile, "Miss Xie is also there?" Then please Miss Xie to enjoy the light and move to the front hall for lunch together. ”

Xie Hanci wanted to refuse politely, but his stomach began to "sing" again, so he had to nod his head and agree, and followed behind the princess of the county.

Along the way, Xie Hanci didn't find a chance to ask Li Nianyou again, thinking that he would accompany him to the garden to play around after dinner for a while, and ask him clearly by the way.

Who knew that the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and before they reached the front hall, Li Nianyou's stabbed left hand began to bleed again, and his entire thumb became red and swollen.

Xie Hanci was startled, and hurriedly said: "When I went in just now, I happened to see him pierced his hand by the wooden thorn on the chair, and seeing that he was in severe pain, I pulled out the wooden thorn. ”

"You little girls don't understand, children's hands are immature, wooden thorns are pierced into them, you need to be careful when you pull them out." The nurse glanced at Xie Hanci with disgust, and then took out her own handkerchief to wrap the wound on Li Nianyou's hand again.

Seeing the self-blame on her face, the princess gently patted her arm and comforted: "Children will inevitably bump and bump, and you are also kind." It's okay, let Mother Song take him back, let's go to the front hall for dinner together. ”

Xie Hanci wanted to refuse again, but he had already walked outside the door of the front hall, and saw Yi Huan standing under the porch from a distance.

She changed her usual dress and wore a lotus-colored fairy dress, and she didn't have any gorgeous jewelry on her body, only a silver collar around her neck.

She saw Xie Hanci and ran over in three steps and two steps.

"Where have you been? After I brought it back to my eldest sister, you were gone, and when I woke up to look for you, you were not in the room. She walked up to Xie Hanci in a chattering voice, but saw the princess of the county standing behind her.

After last night's incident, Yi Huan couldn't help but be a little embarrassed when she saw her, and said thoughtlessly: "Why are you together?" “

Xie Hanci hurriedly replied: "I got lost and walked to a courtyard made of white stone, thanks to the princess of the county who found me." ”

She was afraid that Yihuan would worry about her younger brother, so she hid the incident of meeting Li Nianyou and his injury.

"Then, let's go in and eat, my father, my brother, and my eldest sister are already inside." Yi Huan still didn't dare to look up at the princess of the county while speaking, and after speaking, he pulled Xie Hanci and walked inside.

As soon as he entered the door, a porcelain bowl fell to the ground, and the soup in the bowl splashed the skirts of Yi Huan and Xie Hanci, Xie Hanci threw a helpless look at Yi Huan, and it seemed that he was going to borrow a dress from her again.

"Shut up, do you have the elders and young in your eyes, it's not your turn to take care of me."

King Anchang pointed at Li Yirong's nose and scolded fiercely: "No wonder you are not favored in the Xiao family, just looking at your crying and mourning face makes people unappetizing." Women should be deferential, gentle, virtuous and generous, I just took a concubine, look at you, do you even want to meddle in your father's backyard? ”

Li Yirong was wearing yesterday's clothes, his hair was pulled into a simple bun, his black hair was loose and coiled on the top of his head, and he only saved a plain silver hairpin on his head to fix the bun.

"Daddy is right, I'm just crying, it's my mother's death crying, today is her death day, I'm afraid you don't even remember who Bai Shifang is."

She looked at the old county king and sneered, and her gaze swept like a steel needle to Bao'er, who was wearing red and green beside him.

"Also, you are the noble prince of the county, and you have always heard the newcomers laugh around you, and you don't hear the old people crying."

Li Yirong's eyes turned to look at the princess of the county at the door, and her voice was deliberately raised an octave: "Even your flower-like bride is only rare for a year before she throws away her hand, no wonder the person she likes is the eldest brother and not you." ”

"Enough!"