As soon as the old ancestor's words fell, Chu Yan had already recruited embroidered clothes and instructed them to go to the silver number to check the accounts.

Seeing this, Su Xian was very relieved.

Taking advantage of Chu Yan's efforts to arrange things, he pulled a chair by himself, sat down under Shen Lingxi, and praised him with a square face, "Immortal Chief, don't look at Liulang's cold face, in fact, he is very affectionate in his heart. You choose Rokuro to be a Taoist couple, and your vision is as clever as your immortal method. ”

When Shen Lingxi heard this, he glanced at Su Xian.

The old ancestor on the side snorted coldly, "Now that I'm gone, no one is urging his relatives." When he talks about other people's family affairs, he is the first to say. ”

Shen Lingxi smiled and said in a low voice, "The Ninth Master is so keen on matching people to get married, he must have the heart of Sifan and want to start a family." Or, Ancestor, tell me which girl was chosen for the Ninth Master before his death, and I will also help the Ninth Master to refer to the details? ”

"Although I am not familiar with the emperor, I am familiar with the Queen Mother, and I can also ask the Queen Mother to give the Ninth Master a marriage."

The old ancestor sneered, "Come on, I don't want to cheat other people's girls, I want to lose my life." ”

Su Xian was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and immediately looked around.

"Immortal Chief, who are you talking to? Don't...... Mother right next to you? ”

"Well, that's not it." Shen Lingxi stretched out his hand and pointed to where the old ancestor was standing, "The old man is very happy, and he is thinking about which girl to decide for you." ”

Su Xian immediately became nervous, sat up straight, and looked in the direction of Shen Lingxi's finger.

Didn't see anything.

He subconsciously pulled a smile at the corner of his mouth, "Ah, Ah Niang, there is no need for family affairs......"

The old ancestor pursed his lips in disgust, and he didn't look at it.

Shen Lingxi smiled and looked away.

Su Xian looked at the position, and then at Shen Lingxi, but he didn't get a response, and he didn't even dare to laugh.

He was straight, and with one hand snuck into the cloth bag he was carrying, he took out the compass, lowered his eyes, and looked straight at the compass.

I want to see if my compass can indicate the location of my ancestors.

At the same time—

Chu Yan, who was at the top, told the embroidered clothes envoy to go and summon the servants and maids who were waiting outside the door and who served the ancestor before his death in turn.

asked Shen Lingxi again: "The murderer must have an internal response in the Agarwood Courtyard, can you ask the ancestor to listen to it and see if you can find out the suspicious person?" ”

Shen Lingxi got the approval of the ancestor and responded in a low voice.

Only then did Chu Yan let Chunjun, who was waiting outside, bring people in.

Seeing this, Su Xian looked at the compass in his hand, the pointer did not move, and doubts flashed in his eyes.

The first people to come in were Mother Xie, who served by the ancestor's side, and her granddaughter Lianqiao.

Mother Xie is a dowry brought by the ancestor from the Xie family, about fifty years old, and the affairs of the Agarwood Courtyard have to be passed under her nose, and she is the most powerful housekeeper mother by the ancestor's side.

Lianqiao is about sixteen or seventeen years old, and her appearance is very beautiful and beautiful, although she is wearing coarse linen filial piety clothes, she can also see that her posture is very graceful.

Xu is because the ancestor suddenly passed away, Xie's mother was overly sad, her face was very haggard, her body was rickety, and she had to gasp three times every step she took, and she had to let her granddaughter support her.

She had a hard time even speaking, so she had to ask her granddaughter to answer on her behalf.

Shen Lingxi looked at her like this, frowned slightly, stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "But what's uncomfortable?" Would you like to move a chair for you? ”

Mother Xie shook her head and said in a low voice: "Thank you, my lord, it's an old problem, don't worry about it." ”

When Shen Lingxi heard this, he had no choice but to give up and sit back.

Seeing this, Chu Yan motioned for Chunjun to start questioning.

"Where were you on the day of the accident? What are you doing? ”

Lianqiao lowered her eyebrows, "The old ancestor is going to the back garden for a walk every morning, and the grandmother will usually stay in the courtyard and watch the servants and maids tidy up and sweep, and the slaves and maids will lead people to follow and serve the ancestors." ”

"It's just that in the past few days, the old ancestor and the ninth master have become angry, and they want to be quiet alone, and they don't let the slaves and maids follow. The slaves and maids could only stay far behind, not daring to go too far. ”

Chunjun: "Since you don't dare to go too far, why would you let the old ancestor be alone on the rockery?" If you can stare at it from afar, no one may dare to harm your ancestors. ”

Lian Qiao squeezed her shoulder.

Mother Xie, who she was supporting, also gasped hard, clutching the placket of her heart, her face was pale, and her expression was very forbearing.

"The old ancestor didn't let the slaves and maids follow him up the mountain...... "Lian Qiao said gloomily: "The old ancestor said that he would be upset when he saw a lot of people, so the slaves and maids were waiting at the bottom of the mountain." ”

Chunjun: "You are at the bottom of the mountain, have you ever seen anyone else go up the mountain?" ”

Lian Qiao thought about it seriously and said uncertainly, "The slave saw Xiao An next to the second grandmother cutting flowers in the garden, and said that she wanted to insert a bottle for the second grandmother, Xu Yes...... The second grandmother will be on the mountain. ”

Chu Yan supported himself with his hand, listened casually, glanced at Lian Qiao lightly, and landed on Shen Lingxi's face casually.

Being looked at by him like this, Shen Lingxi felt a little uncomfortable for no reason, and hurriedly looked sideways at the old ancestor.

The old ancestor frowned, "Girl, you ask her, whether she saw Xiao An before I went up the mountain, or after I went up the mountain." ”

Shen Lingxi followed his words and asked Lianqiao.

When Fang Cai Lianqiao came in from outside, she kept her eyes down, not daring to look around.

was asked by Shen Lingxi, and she dared to raise her eyes to the right.

Just this glance, her gaze unconsciously fell on Su Xian next to Shen Lingxi.

It seems that Su Xian's hands have been shackled removed.

A flash of surprise flashed in Lianqiao's eyes.

She hurriedly lowered her head, "Lord Hui, after the ancestor went up the mountain, the slave maid was not very comfortable in her stomach, so she went to Gongfang, and met Xiao An on the other side of the rockery and said a few words to her." ”

Shen Lingxi's apricot eyes were slightly raised, "You only met Xiao An, but you didn't see the second grandmother, how can you conclude that the second grandmother is also on the mountain?" ”

She remembered that when Xie Wanyan testified against Su Xian, the people from the Agarwood Academy were not present.

"The slave maid is just guessing......" Lian Qiao bit her lip, "Maybe the second grandmother is not ......"

Shen Lingxi let out an "oh" and said lightly: "I thought you would say that it was Xiao An who told you that the second grandmother was on the mountain." ”

Lian Qiao realized the flaw in her words, held Xie's mother's fingertips, and tightened it.

"Xiao An didn't, didn't tell the second grandmother where the slave maid was......"

"Xiao An didn't tell you where the second grandmother was, but you said in front of the embroidery messenger that the second grandmother had been ......at the scene at the time of the crime."

Shen Lingxi deliberately lengthened his voice and asked with a chuckle, "What do you mean by this?" Do you want to say that the second grandmother is suspected of murder, or are you testifying for the second grandmother as an eyewitness? ”

As soon as these words came out, Lian Qiao's face suddenly turned white.

Mother Xie dragged her tightly, and the two of them knelt on the ground.

She gasped and said to her, "My lord, spare your life...... The granddaughter of the slave and the maid, ignorant ...... Forced to speak...... Lie...... Please also ...... Spare your life. ”

It's just that after holding back this short sentence with difficulty, Mother Xie's face has begun to cyanosis.

She grasped Lianqiao's arm with one hand and clenched her chest with the other, like a fish accidentally jumping on the shore, opening her mouth wide and trying to breathe, but she couldn't breathe.

Seeing this, Shen Lingxi's face changed slightly, he stood up abruptly and walked in front of her, "Don't worry, don't talk, take it easy......"

However, before the words fell, Xie's mother rolled her eyes and fell to the ground.

Shen Lingxi didn't even have time to rescue, she was out of breath......