[Baiyutang] Wind-dried clothes

Bai Yutang didn't want to see him either, he turned around and saw Lu Caichun's expression, and said, "Seeing that it's almost Tingwu, let's go."

As the two walked away, Lu Caichun said, "I don't know how long the Holy Majesty will keep them." After saying that, he turned his head to look at Bai Yutang, and said, "Why can't Fifth Brother just go back like this? People can see it and see through it." If you tell a lie, once you sue it to the elder brothers, I will suffer together with you."

Bai Yutang said: "What are you afraid of? If you want to ask, just say that just after leaving the city gate, you saw an old man selling wine by the side of the road, and the two of them got drunk with each other, slept for two hours, and then turned back. Those who eat wine, do you have to go to Songshan and then come back to eat?"

Lu Caichun cupped his hands at him and said, "Fifth Brother's strategy is perfect, and my younger sister really admires it. It's just that the brothers can still smell the smell of alcohol on this body - why don't we take advantage of this time to have a few glasses of wine first, Anyway, put on a show."

Bai Yutang smiled and said, "I see you're hungry again—that's fine, let's go now."

Let's talk about the four mice on the empty island trapped in the palace.After the performance, it was noon.The emperor was delighted to see the four righteous men prostrated at the foot of the steps, and asked their names and nicknames one by one.The four mice had heard Bao Zheng say that the nicknames of "Drilling the Sky" and "Fanjiang" were taboo again. When the emperor asked about it, they changed their names one by one to say that they were "Panmast Mouse" Lu Fang, "Chedi Mouse" Han Zhang, and so on. Jiang Ping, the "Jiangjiang Rat", and Xu Qing, the "Mountain Rat".The Holy Majesty was overjoyed when he heard this, and ordered people to bring treasures to reward all the righteous men. He also appointed each of them the rank of sixth-rank school lieutenant, serving in the Kaifeng mansion just like Zhan Zhao.

The four knelt down to thank each other.

At the end, the emperor said again: "You also have to thank the concubine Pang Gui who is next to me - if she hadn't heard the names of the righteous men from the palace people, and wanted to see the demeanor, the four of you would not have been able to enter Come to the palace."

Xu Qing secretly raised his head and glanced at Concubine Pang Gui, seeing her sitting in strict make-up, Huang Huangran was also quite dignified, secretly said: It is her old man who accepted the bribe, maybe she will not know what her old man did in the palace.Thinking of this in his heart, his disgust subsided a little, and he followed Lu Fang and others to kowtow to Concubine Pang to thank her.

Afterwards, the emperor entertained all his ministers again, and the banquet in the palace gradually dissipated until the willow shoots were on the moon.

When everyone returned to the Yamen of Kaifeng Mansion, they saw Lu Caichun waiting in the Yamen alone, chatting with the public.It turned out that Bai Yutang avoided seeing the four of them, so as not to be caught and questioned by them, he hid back in Lu Fang's house early.

Seeing Lu Caichun, Xu Qing asked for the imperial decree in Lu Fang's hand, spread it out for her to read with joy on his face, and said: "The Holy Majesty gave us the post of sixth-rank captain, and we will serve in Kaifeng Mansion from now on!" Then, he took off the jade pendant around his waist, "This is also a gift from the sage, each of our brothers has a piece."

Lu Caichun clapped his hands and praised: "Congratulations, brothers, it's a pity that I am a daughter, so I can't be as glorious as you brothers."

After hearing this, Xu Qing sighed again: "The Holy Majesty heard about the names of our Five Rats, and specifically asked about the Fifth Brother, saying that he would be invited to the Forbidden Garden to see him no matter what time of day it is."

Lu Fang frowned and said, "I don't know if he really followed someone out of Bianjing, or if he avoided it on purpose—in short, he's an ignorant." Hearing Lu Fang reprimand Bai Yutang in such a harsh tone, Lu Caishu also felt that Frightened, he hurriedly changed the subject and said, "I don't know where Fifth Brother is now, and whether he has returned home. If all the brothers have something to say to Mr. Bao, my younger sister will leave first and go back to the house."

Lu Fang nodded slightly, and Lu Caichun waved his hands in a circle to bid farewell, and ran out of the Yamen in three steps at a time.

It was already midnight.Lu Caichun and Bitao were lying on the couch, chattering, telling anecdotes about their adventures in the rivers and lakes.One was talking and the other was listening, and gradually fell asleep head to head.After falling asleep for a while, suddenly there was a knock on the door.

Bi Tao fell asleep soundly, turned over and continued to snore softly.But Lu Caichun woke up quickly, rubbed his eyes, heard the knock on the door getting more urgent, hurriedly rolled over on the bed, pulled the embroidered cloth shoes, hurriedly put on his coat, walked forward, opened the partition, and saw the exhibition hall Ya Huan from the Zhao family.

Ya Huan asked anxiously, "Miss Lu, can you see Madam today?"

Lu Caichun shook her head and said, "No." Seeing that Yahuan stamped her foot, her eyebrows were wrinkled so that her eyes were about to shed tears, she hurriedly asked, "But what happened?"

Ya Huan's voice turned into tears, and she said: "Tonight, my wife sent my slave's family to the city to buy fabrics. When my slave's family came back, it was Xu time. I couldn't find my wife at home. I thought she had gone to the street, so I went to the city to buy fabrics. The house waited for her to come back. But until Mr. Zhan returned home from the palace, there was no sign of his wife. The two slaves asked around, and they both said that they had never seen her go out. Now at this hour, there is no sign of her... Madam, she..." Ya Huan was about to burst into tears as she said, "So I came to ask the girl if she had seen Madam...but..."

When Lu Caichun heard this, she also felt that something was wrong.Although Ding Meng knows martial arts, she is a pregnant woman after all. She usually doesn't leave the door. Now it's so late, where can she go?

Lu Caichun asked Yahuan: "Did you inform other people?"

Ya Huan wiped her tears with her sleeves and shook her head.Lu Caichun thought for a moment, then said: "Go find some more people, I'll call Fifth Brother." After saying that, she tied up a bun casually, and hurriedly looked out the door.

Knocking on the door of Bai Yutang's wing room, and hearing the answer from inside, Lu Caichun told him about Ding Meng, stood waiting in the night wind for a while, saw Bai Yutang coming out in casual clothes, and said, "How about we Let's take a look at Big Brother Zhan's house first?"

After all, he is a familiar person, so if something happens, he will ignore the previous suspicions.Arriving at Zhan Zhao's house, he saw Zhan Zhao pacing back and forth in the house, sighing while pacing.Bai Yutang stepped forward, cupped his hands and asked, "Brother Zhan, do you know where Sister Ding disappeared?"

Zhan Zhao saw that Bai Yutang and Lu Caichun had arrived, so he couldn't refuse their help, so he had to take them to the wing.Lu Caichun saw embroidery needles and threads scattered on the couch, only half a butterfly was embroidered on the handkerchief, and a thread was drawn from the butterfly's wing, and the needle was stuck on the cloth wrapping in the basket, faintly flickering the candlelight, looking up and seeing the wall There is a giant sword hanging from above, which is very common. No wonder Ya Huan thought that Ding Meng had just gone to the street temporarily.She couldn't help asking: "Brother Zhan came back and saw the room like this?"

Zhan Zhao said: "That's what Zhan came in to see, so far no one has moved too much."

Bai Yutang asked: "Brother Zhan, can you notice anything unusual in the house?"

Zhan Zhao shook his head and said, "No."

Bai Yutang asked again: "I have searched all over the house, I have seen all the places where people can hide, and there is no clue?"

Zhan Zhao sighed anxiously and shook his head.

Zhan Zhao was always by Bao Zheng's side, and he had seen all kinds of strange cases, and there were quite a few suspicious cases. Since he said that there was no trace of him, then he really couldn't find any traces to follow.When he said this, Lu and Bai felt that this matter became more and more strange.The three of them didn't dare to speculate on the bad side, trying to guess who did it.

Seeing that the two of them were only thinking about it, Zhan Zhao became even more irritable, and said, "Go out and find another one."

Lu Caichun suggested: "If you can't find Sister Ding, brother Zhan can go to the yamen and call the servants to look for it. You should be able to search the entire Kaifeng city in a short time."

Zhan Zhao shook his head and sighed, "Where is such a cheap job? Everyone in the yamen has their own errands. How can I ask them to come out and find someone for me?"

Hearing this, Bai Yutang felt that he was too restrictive and not a straightforward person, so he didn't like it, but raised his eyebrows slightly, and said: "Brother Zhan, why don't you listen to my righteous sister, after all, Sister Ding is pregnant. It's not a joke to go out for a while, I hope Brother Zhan will think twice."

Seeing that the two of them were speaking together, Zhan Zhao didn't want to listen any more, he just stomped his foot, sighed, stepped on the Zhanlu sword, and hurried out.

Seeing this, Lu Caichun said, "I see that Brother Zhan may not have listened to our words, and moved people to the Yamen of Kaifeng Prefecture. Why don't I go there?"

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows and said, "Although I don't know who kidnapped Sister Ding—looking at the situation, she couldn't be the one who got lost—just in case, it's better for us to go together." , "Let's go to the Kaifeng government office first."

When they arrived at Kaifeng Mansion, they told Bao Zheng and Wang Chao Ma Han about the situation. These people are usually the closest to Zhan Zhao, and when they heard about it, they took it as their own business. I went out in all directions to the southeast and northwest to look for people.

Lu Caichun said to Bai Yutang: "Fifth Brother, where should we go to find Sister Ding?"

Bai Yutang said: "No rush, let's go back to Zhan Xiong Fei's house to take a look first, so as not to miss anything by mistake."

Back in Zhanzhao's house, Bai Yutang climbed up to the roof by the pillars under the eaves, stood firmly on the roof ridge, and looked around.Seeing this, Lu Caichun jumped up and climbed up to the roof, asking, "What is Fifth Brother looking at?"

Bai Yutang said: "Let's think about the worst situation - if there is a master with unique skills who kidnaps sister Ding but cannot hide her in the house, which direction should he go?"

When Lu Caichun heard it, she suddenly realized, clapped her hands and said: "This method is very wonderful." After thinking for a while, she said, "If that person used tricks to deceive first—Sister Ding is pregnant, when I lived with her, It is often seen that she feels sick because of pregnancy, even if she is deceived, she will not go too far. If I am the one who wants to take her away, it will be very difficult to deceive her with words, although it will not take much effort. If you are not careful, it will be easy for people to find out, after all the neighbors on this street know Sister Ding well. Therefore, he most likely restrained Sister Ding in the house."

Bai Yutang said: "No matter what, that person wants to transport Sister Ding out of the house, and no one can see her."

Lu Caichun nodded slightly and said: "It's not like transporting a piece of utensil. After all, it is transporting a person to go out, and it can't be noticed - it shouldn't be picked up outside the house with a carriage. After all, neither Ya Huan nor Brother Zhan mentioned the house. The horses and horses parked outside, presumably none of the neighbors saw them. If he wants to pick up the horses and horses, he has to park the horses and horses in a secluded place a few miles away from the house."

Bai Yutang pointed to an alley and said, "This alley is usually the least crowded, so let's look for it along this road."