Chapter Eighty-Seven: Where Are You?
If it was a normal girl, it would definitely not be like this, but her IQ is like that of a child, and when her father asked her to close her eyes, she really closed her eyes and didn't open them.
But what should I say if I go to report to the official myself? Will the yamen believe him? No, he is Xiucai, the yamen may believe his words, but they will not believe Xiuxiu's words, not to mention that Xiuxiu can't express it, she draws everything she wants to say on the painting.
Those people will take Xiuxiu for fools, for fools! How could those officials believe what a fool draws?
Miao Hong tossed and turned all night without sleep, and the next day was the day of rest in the academy, he did not sleep lazily as usual, but came to Aunt Chang's shop early in the morning to eat breakfast.
The early stall was set up at the door, and there were already four or five guests seated. Today is the rest day of the college, and the students are not like usual, they hurriedly return to the college after eating to read in the morning, but while eating, they set up a dragon gate array on the dining table.
"Did you hear that? Zhang Shanchang is sick, and Li Hong and Wang Yun are going to visit the house with Liu Fuzi and Wang Fuzi today. β
"Alas, I can't envy it, Li Hong and Wang Yun are proud protΓ©gΓ©s of the teachers, like us, no one takes them with them if they want to visit the patient."
"That's right, the last time in the Zhuangyuan Building, Li Hong and Wang Yun were in the limelight, I heard that the meeting even the three princes and the four princes went, alas, I knew it was so, and I also went that day."
"What if you go, can you come out on top and show off in front of the two princes?"
"Forget it, let's not talk about this, I heard that Zhang Shanchang is not lightly ill, and even the imperial doctor has been invited."
"Whether Zhang Shanchang lives in Zhelu Lane or Shanshui Lane, I remember hearing about it."
"Zhang Shanchang lives in Shanshui Lane, but he is not there at this time, Li Hong said that Zhang Shanchang has a mountain house in the middle of Xiaoganshan, and he is recuperating there now."
Miao Hong knew that the courtyards on Xiaogan Mountain included the Qin family, the Zhang family, the Qian family and the Luo family, and by the way, one was the Yongguo Mansion. I heard that all the courtyards are connected to hot springs, so these families come to stay every winter, but now in this season, because it often rains, it is difficult to walk on the mountain roads when it rains, and those courtyards are empty. However, it is said that the courtyard of the Yongguo Mansion has been empty for several years.
The courtyard of Zhang's house is called the Hidden Moon Mountain House, the words on the door plaque are inscribed by Mr. Fengyang Zhang Jin, when he first came to the capital, Miao Hong and several students in the academy also made a special trip to pay homage to the sage Mobao.
Zhang Shanchang is a member of the Zhang family, and he wants to live in the moon-occult mountain house.
The moon occult mountain house, I don't know why it took this name.
The chopsticks in Miao Hong's hand suddenly stopped in mid-air, and he remembered that a few of them had gone to see the door plaque of the Hidden Moon Mountain House, and they had stood on the hillside for a while on the way back.
At that time, several of them had just arrived in the capital and were admitted to the world-famous Fengyang Academy, so it was inevitable that they would be a little proud.
As they looked around with their awnings in hand, one of the students pointed down the hill and said, "Guess what that place is?" β
Another said, "That must be the residence of the gentlemen." β
"No, it's a studio, and Fengyang Academy has a studio."
So everyone bet on whether it was Mr.'s residence or a studio, and the bet was on Xiao Shaoxing's daughter Hong.
They ran down the hill, only to find that it was neither a studio nor a gentleman's residence, but the great kitchen of the academy.
This incident made them laugh for a long time, and even now when they think about it, they still make jokes.
There was a path next to the Occultation Villa, and that time they were by mistake, but it also proved that it was not far from the Occultation Villa to that hillside, they were running down the mountain, and it took less than one cup of tea, and if they were walking down the mountain, it would be at most two teas.
Miao Hong thought of the man in the painting, combing his hair in a bun, curling a hairpin, and wearing a scribe's robe.
Yesterday he was so nervous that he didn't even look closely at the man's appearance, only remembering that the man had a beard.
Xiuxiu's painting skills are not inferior to him, and he is especially good at fine brushwork, and he depicts the physiognomy of the characters in detail.
Thinking of this, Miao Hong put down the chopsticks in her hand, walked into the house quickly, and was about to knock on Xiuxiu's door, but found that the door was hidden, through a curtain, if you don't open the curtain to see, you can't see that the door is open.
Xiuxiu is like a child, she likes to sleep lazily and never gets up so early.
Miao Hong's heart swelled with a sense of foreboding, and he pushed open the door and walked in. There was only one bed, a dressing table, and a table of eight immortals.
The quilt on the bed was spread out, and there was still drawing paper spread out on the table, but the person was gone.
Miao Hong turned around and ran out, saw Aunt Chang and Uncle Chang who were busy working on the stall, and asked, "Did you see Xiuxiu?" β
Aunt Chang said with a smile: "That girl is lazy, she must still be sleeping, it doesn't matter, I left her breakfast, and it's not too late to eat when she wakes up." β
"Aunt Chang, did you open the door panel?" Miao Hong asked again.
"It's not me, it's the owner who opened it." Miao Hong pointed to Uncle Chang, who was pouring water into the pot, and said.
Miao Hong hurriedly ran to ask Uncle Chang, "Uncle Chang, what time did you open the door in the morning?" β
Uncle Chang said while busy working: "It's very early, it's not me who opened the door today, it's your Aunt Chang, I got up in the morning and went to the toilet, and when I came out of the toilet, your Aunt Chang had already opened the door panel." β
No, it's not right at all.
Aunt Chang thought that the door panel was opened by Uncle Chang, but Uncle Chang thought that the door panel was opened by Aunt Chang. Uncle Chang went to the toilet in the morning, so it caused such a misunderstanding.
In fact, it wasn't either of them who opened the door, but Xiuxiu.
Xiuxiu got up early, opened the door panel and walked out.
When she went out, it may not be dawn, or it may still be the middle of the night, and it is more likely that it was after Uncle Chang and Aunt Chang just fell asleep last night!
Miao Hong turned around and went back to Xiuxiu's room, he wanted to find the painting Xiuxiu had painted yesterday, the painting of her father killing her mother.
But Miao Hong searched all the corners of the house and rummaged through all the sketches left by Xiuxiu, but only that one was missing.
Where is the painting, where is Xiuxiu?
Xiuxiu alone, a little girl who didn't even know where her home was, before dawn, with the stars on her head, walked out of the house in the dark night, took that terrible painting, and walked into the night alone, where did she go, who would she meet, what would happen...... Is she still alive?
Miao Hong didn't dare to think about it anymore, he didn't dare to think about it.
He was like crazy, looking for all the shops outside the academy, Aunt Chang's shop was here, he hoped that Xiuxiu had walked into these places, and she was just lost.