Chapter 12 Flower Picking Thief

Fali Temple often receives distinguished guests from the imperial city, so the courtyard built behind is also very luxurious. The women of the Xiao family were all in the inner courtyard of the other courtyard, and the eldest lady personally arranged a room for them. Xiao Lingxiao is now a well-known direct daughter, so she is second only to the eldest lady. She lives alone in a small courtyard. Xiao Huanyu, Xiao Huanxue and two concubines are in the same yard, and several aunts are in another yard.

The maids settled down. Bao Ronger quietly fell in Xiao Lingxiao's ear and said a few words. Xiao Lingxiao nodded and left the courtyard with her.

Outside the courtyard, a man secretly hid in the corner. As soon as he saw Xiao Lingxiao appear, he jumped over happily.

"My sister-in-law!" Ruixi came forward and hugged Xiao Lingxiao. It took him a long time to let go of his hand. Then he touched the tears in the corners of his eyes and said pitifully, "Big brother said that you went back to the imperial city. I thought I would never see my sister-in-law again..."

Xiao Lingxiao patted Ruixi on the shoulder and whispered with a smile, "Silly girl, shouldn't you be happy to see me? Why are you still crying?"

Ruixi smiled through tears, wiped away her tears, and pulled Xiao Lingxiao to the direction of the yard where she lived. But before she took two steps out, someone behind her said coldly, "Where are you going, sister?"

Xiao Lingxiao looked back and saw that it was Xiao Huanyu and Xiao Huanxue who followed him. The two of them wore the same gorgeous clothes and the same ornaments on their heads, still looked like two white porcelain dolls. It was Xiao Huanxue who spoke just now, and Xiao Huanyu looked angry.

The last incident of the poisonous snake made the two of them very angry. However, their mother did not let them act rashly, so they had to put up with it until now. Just now, I heard the servants say back and forth that Xiao Lingxiao sneaked out, and they followed without hesitation.

As soon as I came out, I saw Xiao Lingxiao and a wild girl pulling.

Xiao Lingxiao looked at the two of them and said coldly, "What's the matter with the two sisters looking for me?"

"We just remind the elder sister that you are from the Xiao family, and you should pay attention to your physicre when you go out. It's outrageous to talk to a wild girl. As a lady in the boudoir, it's even worse to run around without her mother's consent. Xiao Huanxue said coldly and gave Xiao Lingxiao a white look.

Before Xiao Lingxiao could say anything, Ruixi on one side was annoyed. She stepped forward with her waist and stared at Xiao Huanxue and said angrily, "Who do you think is a wild girl!" This girl is the abbot's own sister. Is this wild girl also your name? Which green onion and garlic are you? Pretute ugly!"

Xiao Huanxue is always high. She has never seen such a woman before. She couldn't help taking a step back. When Xiao Huanyu beside her heard Ruixi calling Xiao Huanxue ugly, she immediately stepped forward angrily and said, "Who do you think is ugly!"

Ruixi glanced at Xiao Huanyu and said, "Oh, God, what kind of evil is this? It's not enough to make an ugly monster. How can you make two identical ugly monsters? You look at each other's ugly face exactly like yourself every day. Fortunately, you can live so much that you haven't been disgusted to death!"

Xiao Lingxiao heard Ruixi's words and smiled secretly in his heart. He heard Bao Ronger say that Ruixi is extremely bored in the deep mountains and teases the monks in Fahua Temple all day long. If the Xiao Huanyu sisters want to quarrel with her, I'm afraid they are not opponents.

Sure enough, Xiao Huanyu and Xiao Huanxue's faces turned red and white. Xiao Huanyu still wanted to say something, but was stopped by Xiao Huanxue. Xiao Huanxue looked at Xiao Lingxiao and said coldly, "I advise the elder sister that you are from the Xiao family. Don't humiliate the Xiao family, otherwise, no one can save you!"

As soon as she finished her words, the footsteps sounded in the distance. Everyone turned their heads and saw Xuan and Li Jingxuan, the sixth prince, coming over with a calm face.

When Xiao Huanyu saw the sixth prince coming, the anger on his face suddenly disappeared and turned into a delicate appearance, and Xiao Huanxue also stretched her eyebrows and stopped making a sound.

Xuan is a thousand-year-old demon wolf with profound cultivation. He heard what several people here just said from afar, and Li Jingxuan is also a person with strong martial arts skills. Although he didn't hear the first few words, he could hear Xiao Huanxue's words clearly.

It was obvious that the two of them were threatening Xiao Lingxiao. Li Jingxuan looked at the beautiful couple and greatly reduced their impression.

And Xiao Lingxiao greeted the two of them like a person who had nothing to do. He heard Xuan say to Ruixi, "How many times have I told you? Don't come out to make trouble when the guests come to the temple. Why are you so disobedient?"

Rui Xi was scolded by his brother, and suddenly there were tears in his aggrieved eyes, "I'm here to find my sister-in-law, not making trouble..."

Xuan listened to her sister-in-law's words and hurriedly stared at her. Ruixi also found that she had said something wrong in front of others. She stamped her feet and turned around and ran away.

Xuan sighed and whispered to Xiao Lingxiao, "My little sister is stubborn..." Xiao Lingxiao hurriedly waved his hand, indicating that he didn't have to say more.

Xuan and Li Jingxuan seemed to have something important. They hurried into the courtyard and went to find the eldest lady and Xiao Shumou. Xiao Lingxiao asked Bao Ronger to take care of Ruixi, and she herself returned to her residence for a good night's rest.

The next morning, as soon as Xiao Lingxiao woke up, he heard the noise outside.

"What's the matter?" Xiao Lingxiao asked the divine wolf with a dark voice in his heart as he was dressed. He heard the divine wolf answer in a lazy voice, "Last night, someone ran to the door of the master's room and didn't know what he had done. Anyway, the man didn't come in, so I didn't disturb the master's sleep..."

In front of the door?

As soon as Xiao Lingxiao put on his clothes and opened the door, he saw a pair of eyes looking straight at him. Turning his head again, it turned out that a piece of white silk was nailed to the door with a palm-long willow leaf dart. Xiao Lingxiao pulled out the willow leaf dart, unfolded the white silk and looked at it carefully. He was surprised to find that there was actually a portrait of himself on it.

The ink is soaked with white silk. Although Xiao Lingxiao on the picture has no color, it is lifelike.

What does this mean?

Xiao Lingxiao looked at the crowd doubtfully and could only see that some of them were frightened and some were secretly happy, but no one was willing to explain it to her.

At this time, another group of people rushed into the yard. The leader was the eldest lady's maid, Haitang. When Haitang saw Xiao Lingxiao holding the white silk in his hand, he frowned and said obediently, "Miss, please take this thing with me to the old lady. The Sixth Highness and the abbot Xuan are also coming. "

Hearing her words, Xiao Lingxiao knew that this matter was probably quite serious. So she washed, changed her clothes, and followed Begonia to the yard where the old lady lived.

By the time she got here, the main hall was already full of people.

The fourth prince quickly stepped forward, looked up and down at Xiao Lingxiao, and asked with concern, "Jingxiao, are you all right?"

Xiao Lingxiao stared at him fiercely, "What does the Fourth Highness mean? I live in this Fali Temple. What can I do?

At this time, Xiao Fengming stepped forward and pulled Xiao Lingxiao and said coldly to the fourth prince, "Your Highness, please sit down first. Don't scare my sister. She doesn't know about this yet."

Li Jing'an went back under the quilt again, so he had to frown and go back to his seat to sit down.

After Xiao Lingxiao sat down, he listened to the sixth prince explain.

"In fact, this time I came to Fali Temple with the will of my father to supervise the Department of Criminal Justice to handle a big case. Recently, someone found the whereabouts of the thief nearby. Yesterday, I came to say hello to the eldest lady and Third Master Xiao, but I didn't expect..."

Among the people present about the case mentioned by Li Jingxuan, only Xiao Lingxiao was not very clear.

Seven years ago, there was a famous flower picker in the imperial city. He had strong martial arts skills and turned to a rich family. Whether it was a boudoir or a lady's concubine, as long as he was targeted, he would definitely fall into his palm in the end. Moreover, this flower picker had a strange personality. After he robbed the woman, he must be abused in all kinds of ways. In the end, those women were unbearably abused. Not only did they lose their innocence, but they couldn't even save their lives.

The flower picking thief has done more than a dozen cases in the past seven years. The victims are all women of the rich nobles in the imperial city, including even the noble relatives of the royal family. Therefore, the emperor had already ordered the Ministry of Criminal Justice to arrest this man. However, many years have passed, and this person has been at large.

"Every time this man commits a crime, he will leave a willow leaf dart and a white silk with a portrait of a woman on the door of the woman who is staring at..." Li Jingxuan said this and looked at Xiao Lingxiao, and his eyes were full of love and pity. "Miss Lingxiao, can you show me what you are holding in your hand?"

Xiao Lingxiao asked the maid to send the things to Li Jingxuan. After reading it carefully, he sighed, "It's really him."

Xiao Lingxiao was silent and said to the divine wolf in a secret voice in his heart, "Do you hear that? It was the flower thief who came last night."

The wolf snorted, "It's obviously a woman. Is there a gay flower picker in this era?"

When the divine wolf said this, Xiao Lingxiao understood a little. Her eyes fell on the old lady. Seeing her worried face, there was no flaw at all. Xiao Lingxiao thought for a moment. Is the old lady going to kill someone with a knife? She not only wants to kill herself, but also destroys her innocence and reputation.

"This guy is really too arrogant." Xiao Ranjun said angrily, and then turned to Xiao Shumou and asked, "Uncle, did the guards here find anything yesterday?"

Xiao Shumou still smiled, as if he was not nervous at all. He shook his head, looked at Xuan, and whispered, "Last night, the yard was surrounded by the guard of the Prime Minister's mansion, and surrounded by a martial monk sent by the abbot sent by Xuan. Under the mountain, there was a king's driver brought by the Sixth Highness, which can be said to be copper. The wall is an iron wall. It seems that the flower picker is really powerful. After saying this, Xiao Shumou asked the first lady, "Sister-in-law, do you think we should return to the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

The eldest lady frowned and hesitated for a moment. Looking at the abbot Xuan, she seemed to be very worried and said, "Recently, the Xiao family is really one thing after another. Originally, they came to the Fali Temple to ask the Buddha to bless our Xiao family. If they just arrived at the temple, they would go back immediately. I'm afraid that if something will happen in the future, the old lady and the master will blame us.

"If my mother said so, is it that my sister's innocence and life don't matter?" Xiao Ranjun pressed his anger and asked the old lady.

The first lady raised her eyebrows when she heard the words, as if she was enraged. "The women of the Xiao family are all here, and their innocent lives are tied together, aren't they? With so many people guarding here, can a little thief turn the world upside down!" After saying that, she turned to Xiao Lingxiao and said, "Ringxiao, if you are really afraid, you come to live in your mother's yard tonight, and your mother will live in your place!"