At the end of the third watch, the servants from the East Wing Courtyard came to report, saying that they had searched the entire Zhang residence, but they could not find the Second Young Master. They also asked the doorkeepers at the front and rear gates, and everyone said that they did not see the Second Young Master going out.

Sitting by the bed, Zhang Ehu sighed, "There are many rockeries in the east wing courtyard, and the servants don't know the way, so they dare not go in and look for them... The little white sheep is probably hiding in there and sulking."

Seeing that he was upset, Meng Cuiqiao comforted him: "Young Master Bai was beaten, and he feels unhappy, why don't you go in and look for him."

Zhang Ehu nodded, stood up, walked to the door, opened the door, and saw Meng Lianpeng sneaking in, said with a smile: "Big Tiger, you opened the door before I knocked, how do you know I'm at the door? "

Zhang Ehu said: "Little tiger doesn't sleep in the middle of the night, what are you doing here?" After Meng Lianpeng became closer to him, he called him "Big Tiger" and said he was like his father. Zhang Ehu said happily: "I If it was your father, you would be a little tiger!" Meng Lianpeng was very happy to hear that, and called himself a "little tiger" whenever he met.

Meng Lianpeng said: "Shui Yun and Shui Zhi have gone to look for Brother Little White Yang, I'm alone in such a big room, I can't sleep."

Zhang Ehu smiled and said, "You still say it's a little tiger, and you're afraid of sleeping alone."

Meng Lianpeng pouted and said, "Even if it's a real tiger, I was accompanied by my dad when I was young! Big tiger, come and sleep with me."

Zhang Ehu said: "I'm going to find brother Xiaobaiyang."

Meng Lianpeng didn't agree, she shook his hand and said: "The servants are all looking for it, so don't go."

Zhang Ehu thought for a while, then glanced at Meng Cuiqiao who was sitting on the bed, and said with a smile, "Well, you sleep with the girl."

As soon as this remark came out, Meng Cuiqiao and Meng Lianpeng were taken aback at the same time, and Meng Lianpeng was even tongue-tied and said, "I...I'll sleep with...I'll sleep with a girl?" After the son became sensible, she never slept with him in the same bed, so in Meng Lianpeng's memory, the girl never spent the night with him.

Zhang Ehu said: "That's right, go get the pillow."

Meng Lianpeng looked at the girl suspiciously, seeing that he hesitated, not sure.

Zhang Ehu said: "Go quickly, I have the final say."

Meng Lianpeng then ran back to her room to get the pillow.

Meng Cuiqiao said anxiously: "How can you let him stay with me overnight, if he finds something different, what should we do?"

Zhang Ehu said: "If you find out, you will find out. You will have to confess to him one day."

Meng Cuiqiao frowned and said: "But others don't know, if they find him alone in the room with me, I don't know what kind of obscenities they will say!"

Zhang Ehu said: "They all went to look for the little white sheep, and they couldn't find the one who dared not come back. Just take him back to the room before dawn."

Meng Cuiqiao thought right, and said with a smile, "It's rare that you are so careful."

When she was young, Meng Lianpeng came over with her pillow in her arms, walked to the door and looked inside cautiously, the big tiger was no longer in the room, the girl was smiling and waving, she couldn't help cheering, and ran to the side of the bed and climbed onto the bed.He was sleeping with the girl, he was very excited, he took the girl's hand card and chattered endlessly, until he was tired, and then fell into a deep sleep.

After sleeping for a long time, Meng Cuiqiao felt something pressing down on his waist in his dream, thinking that Lian'er, a child who sleeps so old, is not honest.Unexpectedly, when he opened his eyes, he saw the tiger with both arms pressed on his waist, leaning over and looking at him with big eyes, which were full of red threads.

Meng Cuiqiao was taken aback, and quickly sat up and said, "What's wrong with you?"

Only then did Zhang Ehu sit up straight, closed his eyes and frowned, "I can't find the little white sheep."

Meng Cuiqiao was shocked for a while, looked at the clepsydra, it was the end of the fourth watch, and asked, "You haven't slept all night?"

Zhang Ehu said: "I searched for him in the rockery all night."

Meng Cuiqiao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The rockery is so big, he may not be sitting all the time, maybe you missed him when you went in."

Zhang Ehu said: "I guess he might go back to Baihu Pavilion, so he came out to have a look, but there was no one in his room, so he turned around to look at you." Stretching out his hand to touch his face, he said, "You are sleeping soundly, I didn't think Wake you up, how do you know you woke up by yourself."

Meng Cuiqiao felt sweet in his heart, and said, "Perhaps Mr. Bai is tired, maybe he fell asleep somewhere in the rockery."

Zhang Ehu nodded, kissed him on the lips, stood up and said, "I'll look for it again."

Meng Cuiqiao pulled him back and said, "It's not yet dawn, you go to sleep for a while, I'll find him for you."

Zhang Ehu waved his hand and said, "That's not an ordinary rockery. The road inside is winding and winding. Once you go in, you won't be able to get out."

At this moment, Hanyu outside the door shouted: "Eldest young master, Uncle Sun who guards the door said that the second young master went out yesterday afternoon!" His voice was anxious and wailing.

Zhang Ehu was taken aback, jumped out of the door, and shouted: "Didn't you ask the gatekeeper last night, didn't they say that the little white sheep didn't go out?"

Hanyu cried: "Second young master went out from the back door yesterday afternoon. At that time, Uncle Sun was the only guard. When we went to ask at night, Uncle Sun was drunk and sleeping... He woke up just now, and when he remembered this, he let him go. Brother Sun came to inform me..."

Zhang Ehu said angrily: "This Uncle Sun, he only drinks alcohol all day long, and he never wakes up!" But he forgot that he was also drinking yellow soup all day long, what a mess!He said to Hanyu: "Go and call someone, let them all go outside to find the second young master!"

Han Lu sniffed and said, "But the morning bell hasn't rung yet..."

Zhang Ehu yelled: "I'll go as soon as I say, anyone who dares to arrest someone, let him come to see me!"

Meng Cuiqiao came out and said: "It's not even dawn, it's useless if you let them search around in the city. Could it be that Mr. Bai would sleep on the street?"

Zhang Ehu asked anxiously: "Then what do you say?"

Meng Cuiqiao said: "Since he's outside and it's getting dark, he might go to Baojia Mansion to stay overnight, or he might stay in a hotel... Didn't he argue with his mother-in-law because of that child named Fu Que? Maybe he's at that child's house."

Zhang Ehu said happily, "Yes, that's right!" He asked Hanju, "Do you know where Fuju's house is?"

Hanyu hurriedly said, "I know!"

Zhang Ehu said: "Okay, take me there quickly." Picking up Han Lu, he left without a trace in an instant.

Meng Cuiqiao shook his head and said: "Oh, Mr. Bai is not a child, so worrying about it is like making a big deal out of a molehill."

Zhang Ehu and Bai Yingyang are very close, Meng Cuiqiao was quite jealous at first, but he has seen it a lot, and now he is used to it, seeing that the East is gradually turning gray, he went back to the house, carried Meng Lianpeng back to the room, put him on the bed, but saw him He grinned, his eyes wide open.

Meng Cuiqiao smiled and said, "I walked too fast, did I wake you up?"

Meng Lianpeng shook his head and smiled, "I woke up when Brother Hanyu came."

Meng Cuiqiao laughed and said, "Ah, you pretend to be asleep!"

Meng Lianpeng grinned, made a face, and tucked her head into the bed.He originally thought that Meng Cuiqiao would come to sleep with him for a while after talking with Zhang Ehu, but Meng Cuiqiao picked him up and sent him back to the room. You are happy, but you are also afraid that he will not hug you when you wake up, so you pretend you are still asleep.

Meng Cuiqiao smiled and said, "You little rascal, let me see where you are hiding!" He lifted the quilt and went to tickle him.

Meng Lianpeng rolled to the inner side of the bed, he grabbed her little feet and scratched them, she giggled happily.

When it was dawn and Meng Cuiqiao had finished washing, the cook just brought over breakfast, which was rice dumplings and tea eggs.

Meng Cuiqiao called Meng Lianpeng to eat together. After eating two rice dumplings, Meng Lianpeng said to him, "Girl, the big tiger is not here, you can play with me."

Meng Cuiqiao said: "You still have to go to private school."

Meng Lianpeng laughed and said, "Girl forgot, the private school has a five-day holiday, and I don't go to school until after the Dragon Boat Festival."

Meng Cuiqiao said: "By the way, tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, I actually forgot..." He suddenly remembered that a few days ago, he quietly ran to Shigou Cliff to check, but he didn't see the giant dragon, so he felt relieved at that time. I only hope that it will go as far as possible and never come out again, but now that midsummer is coming, all snakes, insects, rats and ants have come out, will the giant dragon go and come back again?

Seeing his solemn expression, Meng Lianpeng pulled his sleeve and whispered, "Girl, what's wrong with you?"

Meng Cuiqiao said: "I was thinking... the Dragon Boat Festival needs to be protected from the five poisons, yes, you should wear more sachets!"

Meng Lianpeng smiled and said: "I've already put them on, you see." As he spoke, he took out three exquisite sachets from his waist, and said, "These sachets were made by sisters Fugui and Huakai, and they made a lot of them. , Distributed to everyone in the family, to seek good fortune and avoid evil. Yesterday morning, Madam ordered someone to send thirty of them. There are many tricks. I have distributed them to the servants in the East Wing Courtyard, and the rest are placed in the gauze cupboard.” Immediately. Go to the gauze cabinet to get it, pick a lotus-shaped sachet, and wear it for Meng Cuiqiao.

Seeing that he was wearing three sachets, Meng Cuiqiao took a closer look, but saw that two of the three sachets were in the shape of a tiger's head, one big and one small, and the other was a lotus flower in full bloom. He chose it for himself. This one is exactly the same.

Meng Lianpeng said with a smile: "A big tiger, a small tiger, the lotus is a girl."

Meng Cuiqiao was overjoyed in her heart, and the corners of her mouth raised slightly unconsciously.

Meng Lianpeng said: "Madam also ordered people to bring calamus, mugwort, realgar wine, and Zhong Kui's statue... The maids haven't hung up Zhong Kui's statue yet, girl, let's hang Zhong Kui together."

Meng Cuiqiao said: "After hanging up the statue of Zhong Kui, you can go to practice sword skills. Didn't you promise the big tiger last night that you must practice ten strokes well?"

Meng Lianpeng smiled and said, "It's too hot, let's practice at night."

Meng Cuiqiao said: "Then you go to the study to write."

Meng Lianpeng flattened her mouth and said, "It's so easy to go on school leave, and my husband didn't leave homework. I want to play for a few days..."

Meng Cuiqiao said: "You are naughty and mischievous, you will not be able to write until you are crazy, and I don't ask you too much, just copy "Thousand Characters" to me every day."

Meng Lianpeng said happily, "It's easy."

Meng Cuiqiao said: "Don't be perfunctory, if the handwriting is not neat, you will be fined to copy it again."

Meng Lianpeng grinned, stuck out her tongue, and asked again: "Miss, who is the elder brother who lived in the west ear room last night?"

Meng Cuiqiao said: "He is a servant of the county magistrate's family, named Chen Biluo. He escaped because he offended Mrs. Jane. The big tiger took pity on him and brought him home."

Meng Lianpeng smiled and said: "He is very beautiful, he is Mrs. Jane's male favourite..." He grew up in the land of fireworks, and he has been fascinated by it for a long time. .

Meng Cuiqiao said: "Stop talking nonsense, go and write!"

Meng Lianpeng pulled him and said, "Girl, come and see me writing, I write seriously as usual!"

Meng Cuiqiao was about to agree, when Jingke and Ouzi came in, they laughed together and said, "Aunt Meng, Miss Li from Longfeng shop said she is free today, please come over and talk."

Meng Cuiqiao was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said, "Lian'er, write well by yourself, and I'll check it when I come back."

Meng Lianpeng said in disbelief: "You are free every day, you can talk to Miss Li whenever you want. I am at home today, so you can stay with me."

Meng Cuiqiao comforted her warmly, but Meng Lianpeng just refused and hugged her arms tightly, so Meng Cuiqiao could only say: "In that case, stop writing and go to Longfeng shop with me."

Meng Lianpeng was overjoyed and let out a cheer.

Meng Cuiqiao said to the second servant girl: "Go to the warehouse and get the clothes, shoes and socks I customized for Miss Li."

Jingke and Ouzi took orders.

Meng Cuiqiao carefully selected a few pieces of elegant and exquisite precious jewelry from the dowry, opened the money box, and took out two ingots of excellent gold, worth more than 200 taels. When the second servant girl brought the clothes and socks, he took them. Put them into the brocade box together with the gold jewelry, and said: "Let's go."

Meng Lianpeng was amazed, and thought: "Miss, go talk to Miss Li, why did you give her so many presents?"

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