The pill was lost. Only the patriarch and a few elders knew about it, and the ordinary children of the family didn't know about it. However, the patriarch has not gone out in the family, and these guards know it well.
"The patriarch is in the family! The family business is booming recently, and the children of the family are practicing hard, and nothing major has happened." A guard replied repeatedly.
"Well, very good." Xia Yan nodded slightly, and walked into the courtyard.
There are thousands of direct descendants and collateral descendants of the Xia family, plus female relatives, maidservants, servants, etc. Although the house is huge, Xia Yan still meets a lot of people along the way.
Of course, ordinary family members would not dare to go up to greet Xia Yan. When they saw Xia Yan from a distance, they would immediately stand aside, lower their heads and wait for Xia Yan to walk over. Even the direct descendants of the family rarely dared to talk to Xia Yan. Xia Liu, now dare not approach Xia Yan, the gap between him and Xia Yan's identity is getting bigger and bigger.
When Xia Liu saw Xia Yan, he quickly hid for a while. Xia Yan walked past him without noticing him.
Xia Yan's status is elevated now. These children of them can only look up.
In this regard, Xia Yan had no choice but to let nature take its course.
Xia Yan walked from the outer courtyard, through Jingwu Square, Yanwu Hall, and Jingge, to the inner courtyard. Then turn right and walk to the remote courtyard door.
Outside the yard, you can see the purple tung flower tree that my mother planted by herself. The green buds dance with the wind with a fresh breath.
"Squeak..."
Xia Yan pushed open the courtyard door. It was still early in the morning, but Xiaoqing had already woken up and was arranging the washed quilts and other things in the yard. Hearing the sound, Xiaoqing quickly raised her head, seeing Xia Yan, her face was filled with joy.
"Brother Xia Yan, you're back." Xiaoqing put down the quilt in her hand, stood still and said.
Wearing a pink gown, her white jade arms were exposed, and her eyes were lively like elves. Although Xiaoqing is not tall, she is very well-proportioned and exquisite.
Xiao Qing never asked Xia Yan what she did or where she went, she only did what she should do.
"By the way, brother Xia Yan, you must not have eaten yet, I'll cook for you!" Xiaoqing said. Then hurriedly ran to the kitchen, Xia Yan looked at Xiao Qing's back, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.
In the past few days, Xia Yan only ate some dry food that Huo Fenghuang carried with him, and he was really hungry at this time. But with his strength, it doesn't matter if he doesn't eat for another ten days and half a month.
After a while, the smell of vegetables came from the kitchen. Xiaoqing's cooking skills are very good, not worse than those made by restaurants.
"Xiaoqing, where's the earth dog?!" Xia Yan was a little surprised.
From the time he entered the yard to now, it was already time for a cup of tea, but the earth dog had never been seen.
"In the wing room, when you didn't come back just now, it was lying there." Xiaoqing's voice came from the kitchen.
"Huh?!" Hearing Xiaoqing say this, Xia Yan was even more surprised.
Every time the earth dog sees him, he clings to him affectionately. How did he hide this time
"Earth dog!" Xia Yan shouted to the wing on the right.
"Aww..."
After a short pause, the earth dog let out a bark.
"What's going on? Is it sick? It will be sick too?!" Xia Yan murmured in his heart, and walked towards the right wing.
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"Report to the patriarch, elders, Hall Master Xia Yan has returned. He has just returned to his small courtyard!" A guard of the Xia family found the patriarch and several elders and reported.
"Xia Yan will come back soon this time." Xia Feilong nodded, "Everyone, I'm going to see Xia Yan, are you going together?!"
Xia Feilong turned around and asked several elders.
"I will go and clarify this matter to Xia Yan." Fifth Elder stood up and said.
"Let's all go to see Xia Yan. This matter is the matter of the entire Xia family, not just one individual." The third elder Xia Changhe also stood up and said to the crowd.
"Okay, let's go there together!" Xia Feilong nodded.
Xia Feilong, along with several elders in the family, walked towards Xia Yan's courtyard.
When some family members saw it, they would naturally have various thoughts in their hearts.
"Now the patriarch and elders have to go in person if they want to see Xia Yan."
"Xia Yan is the hall master, and the patriarch now has to look at Xia Yan's face. However, our Xia family has a church hall master, and we can walk sideways in Yushui City from now on!"
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"Xia Yan, are you there?!"
Xia Feilong and several elders arrived outside Xia Yan's small courtyard. The third elder, Xia Changhe, first yelled while thinking about the courtyard.
Xia Yan was just about to enter the wing room to see what was going on with the earth dog, when he heard the voice of the third grandfather outside, he hurriedly turned around.
Xia Feilong and several elders all walked in through the courtyard gate.
"Xia Yan, have you just returned to the family?!" Xia Feilong said with a smile.
A few days ago, Xia Yan left Yushui City, and he and several elders in the family knew about it.
"Yes, I went to the sinful forest, dare to come back early this morning." Xia Yan said casually.
There are some doubts in my heart.
As soon as I came back, the patriarch and elders came to look for me. Could it be that something happened to the family? Thinking of this, Xia Yan frowned slightly, and looked at Xia Feilong.
"Xia Yan, in the family, a Pill Pavilion has been formed recently." Xia Feilong pondered for a while, thinking about what to say.
Xia Yan took out so many pills to support the cultivation of the family's children, but it was only a few days before they were lost by the family. This is really embarrassing and hard to say. But this matter must be said again.
"This is a good thing!" Xia Yan nodded, "In the future, I will continue to refine some elixirs, and any that I don't need will be put in the family to strengthen the family."
In Xia Yan's heart, he had already planned this.
Hearing what Xia Yan said, Xia Feilong and the elders looked at each other with embarrassment on their faces.
"Xia Yan, it's like this..." Xia Feilong coughed slightly, "After the establishment of the Pill Pavilion, all the pills you left behind were placed in the Pill Pavilion. The children of the family. No one is allowed to enter the Pill Pavilion at will. The Fifth Elder personally guards the Dan Pavilion."
"But..." Xia Feilong lowered his head slightly, "Just yesterday afternoon, the earth dog arrived in Dan Pavilion. The fifth elder knew that the earth dog was brought back by you, and it was just a dog, so he didn't care. After passing by After the normal inspection, the Fifth Elder did not find anything in the Pill Pavilion, so he rested normally. But today, when the sky was just bright, when the Fifth Elder was routinely inspecting the pills, he found an empty mahogany brocade box containing the pills on the ground. box."
These. It's what the Fifth Elder said just now, Xia Feilong just repeated it.
When Xia Yan heard this, he vaguely felt that there was something wrong with the pill. No wonder the patriarch and elders all looked bad.
"At that time, the fifth elder hurriedly checked the rest of the brocade boxes. Who knew, all the pills disappeared. At this time, the earth dog also disappeared without a trace." Xia Feilong's speech speeded up, anyway, it was all said here Now, the pressure in Xia Feilong's heart was almost released, "We suspect that it's the earth dog that ate the elixir. It's just a dog. We haven't figured out why it likes to eat these elixirs."
"Xia Yan, because you brought the earth dog back, we will wait for you to come back before we talk about this matter." Xia Feilong sighed secretly.
"Xia Yan, I am responsible for this matter." Fifth Elder stood up and said.
Xia Yan's face was a little livid, "You mean, it was the earth dog that took the elixir?!"
Xia Yan was a little contemptuous. He lost the elixir and said it was for the local dogs to eat. This made Xia Yan very uncomfortable and dissatisfied. He did these things entirely for the sake of the Xia family's growth, but now that this matter has not been clarified, he puts the responsibility for the loss of the elixir on the earth dog.
"It should be like this!" Xia Feilong nodded silently and said.
Everyone could see that Xia Yan was a little angry, but that was all they could say.
"The earth dog has been with me for a long time! I have been refining pills for a long time. When I was in Ziye City, I refined some pills in the room where the earth dog sleeps."
"Hehe, after more than half a year, none of these pills is missing. But now, you are telling me that the earth dog ate those missing pills." Xia Yan sneered.
He really didn't believe it.
At that time, he was in the small courtyard of Purple Leaf City, and the right wing room was also lived by the earth dog. At that time, the place where he made alchemy was the right wing room. Earth dog and elixir. Being so close, he didn't take those pills. Now that he just returned to Xia's house, the earth dog started to like to eat pills
Xia Yan suspected that someone might have stolen the pill!
"How could this be?!" Xia Feilong became puzzled when he heard Xia Yan say this.
He looked at the fifth elder.
The Fifth Elder's face turned pale. Of course Xia Yan couldn't tell lies, so...
The fifth elder trembled slightly, looked at Xia Feilong, and then looked at Xia Yan, "Xia Yan, patriarch, what happened from yesterday evening to now, if I tell half a lie, I will be punished by God." Lightning strike!"
The fifth elder immediately swore to the sky!
He felt that Xia Yan was suspicious of him, but he was really wronged.
Xia Yan frowned and thought for a while, the Fifth Elder really didn't seem to be lying, but he is the acquired peak strength, who in the family can steal those pills when he is satisfied with any feeling
After thinking for a while, Xia Yan, like everyone else, had no idea.
"Fifth elder, don't worry, the patriarch, I, and all the elders trust you very much." Xia Yan said to the fifth elder, his voice softened a lot.
The fifth elder was a little excited when he heard Xia Yan say this.
It's great to be understood by Xia Yan!
"In this way, if I ask the local dog to come out and ask, it will not lie to me. If it has taken the elixir, it will definitely admit it." Xia Yan said again.
There was a slight movement in his heart, "The earth dog reacted a little abnormally today, could it be that the loss of the elixir is really related to it?!"
Xia Yan suddenly remembered, when it came back today, the earth dog hid in the right wing room, could this be...
"I've met the patriarch, I've met all the elders!" Xiaoqing came out of the kitchen at this time, and saluted Xia Feilong and the others.