As soon as he approached the door, Situ Xi was stopped by the guard in front of the door.

"Uncle, when you enter, you have to show them your token." Wei Lan's voice sounded from one side, and Situ Xi turned around to look. He was standing under the shade of a tree on one side, and he should be waiting for him here.

it's been a while.

Situ Xi nodded and greeted him, then took out Duke Huaiming's token from his arms and handed it to the guard on his left.

After the guard took it, he took the token in his hand and looked at it carefully. Then he pulled a mechanism under the token and actually pulled out an iron piece from the lower side. After looking at it, he inserted it again.

Went back.

This token actually has such a mechanism. As the owner of this token, Situ Xi himself doesn't even know it. The iron piece should be an anti-counterfeiting mark.

"Sir, I don't know why you came to Yanfu. I need to register here. Please forgive me."

"My wife and I are only going to see Miss Yan, we have nothing else to do. We will leave after chatting with her for a few words and we won't stay long."

"My name is Wei Lan, and I am also a member of Duke Huai Ming's mansion. I would like to come and learn about the Yan family during this trip. This is the Duke's handwritten edict. Please take a look at it." Wei Lan also took out a brochure with the words "Huai Ming" on it.

Ming Gong's seal.

"Thank you for your understanding. In that case, I will lead the three of you there."

The guard knew the purpose of Situ Xi and others' coming, and asked the person next to him to write it down on a piece of paper. Then he led the way for Situ Xi, his wife and Wei Lan, while Situ Xi's guards were left outside the door.

The mansion is well guarded and there is no danger inside.

After entering Yan's Mansion, Situ Xi and Zhong Lizhen discovered the scene in the front yard of Yan's Mansion, which could only be described as a mess.

The tables and chairs in the courtyard were staggered here and there, and the ground was covered with scattered porcelain and some cheap cloth. The ground was extremely uneven, and there were even some deep pits in the ground, which had obviously been dug by someone.

The surrounding green plants have also been cut down to varying degrees, with several small trees falling to the ground, the grass on both sides also being trampled, and some broken branches piled up on them.

The only thing that seems to be in good condition is the pond in the front yard. There are some green lotus leaves in it, and a few fish are swimming under the lotus.

It's April, but May is not far away now. The pond in early summer is doing its best to add some vitality to the depressed front yard.

He looked at Zhongli Xin and saw her eyes were filled with worry, so the two of them quickened their steps.

After walking through several paths, the guard led the three people to a side courtyard, and then stopped in front of a house in the courtyard.

"Sir, Miss Yan's family is in this room. Mr. Wei, please let me take you around the Yan's house."

"Uncle, you guys get busy first, I'll go and walk around."

After saying this, the guard said goodbye and led Wei Lan elsewhere.

The situation in this side courtyard is very different from the front courtyard, and it is also chaotic.

Along the way, Situ Xi found that almost everywhere in the Yan Mansion had been searched, and not a single person was seen on the road. The remaining people in the mansion should be staying in their rooms at the moment, and they should not be there now.

My mood is wandering around the house.

"Madam." Situ Xi pushed Zhong Lixin's shoulders and asked her to walk to the door. It was better for her to knock on the door. After all, he and Yan Yue were not that familiar.

Zhongli nodded in surprise and walked hesitantly to Yan Yue's door. She raised her hand and put it on the wooden door, knocked it slowly, opened her mouth but didn't know what to say.

Situ Xi listened on the side. Although there was no response from the room, he heard a rustling sound. After a while, he heard the footsteps slowly approaching again.

"Squeak——"

The door was opened from the inside, and a woman wearing a thin silk shawl and short jacket poked her head out. She was extremely thin, with a haggard appearance, dull eyebrows, and her whole person was extremely depressed. Situ Xi thought of what he saw at the poetry meeting last month.

The lively Yan Yue was completely different from the person in front of her. It seemed that the changes in her family had dealt a heavy blow to her.

"I'm asking you to come and deliver food again..."

Yan Yue lowered her head when she opened the door and did not look directly at the person coming. From what she said, she should have thought that the two of her were the ones delivering food to her.

"Sister Yan..." Zhongli called her sadly.

Hearing this familiar voice, Yan Yue was suddenly stunned. She looked a little dazed. When she looked up, she found that the person who came was actually Zhongli Min and her husband.

"Shen'er?! Why are you here, and His Highness the Nine Kings... Ah, please wait a moment. No one comes to my courtyard except grandma on weekdays. Yan Yue's clothes are disheveled. I'm rude. Please wait a moment.

wait……"

Yan Yue was very surprised at Zhong Lizhen's visit at first, but when she raised her head and glanced at Situ Xi again, she immediately hid in the room in a panic and closed the door at an extremely fast speed.

Looking at the closed door in front of him, Situ Xi was stunned for a moment, and then he realized what was wrong.

The short jacket that Yan Yue was wearing just now was probably her nightgown, which did not cover her legs. Situ Xi didn't find anything strange just now, it was just a knee-length skirt, but now

After thinking about it carefully, I suddenly remembered that this is ancient times, and most women in Chu State are extremely conservative.

She and Zhongli stood at Yan Yue's door for a few more minutes. Yan Yue opened the door for them again. She looked more energetic than before, with a little rouge on her face.

Situ Xi and Zhong Lizin followed her into the boudoir. Although the courtyard outside was extremely chaotic, Yan Yue's room was extremely neat.

When Situ Xi came in, he saw some broken pieces of a porcelain bottle at her door. At this moment, a circular mark could be clearly seen on the top of her dressing table. It must have been that a porcelain bottle had been placed on it before.

I glanced at the rest of the room, and found that there were a few places that seemed very empty, and the emptiness was a bit unexpected.

It seems that her room was not immune to rummaging and searching, but she later tidied it up herself.
Chapter completed!