Su Mengtang suddenly opened his eyes and sat up, and asked Ziruo, "When did it happen?" Ziruo took out Tong Ning'er's letter from her waist and handed it to Su Mengtang, while saying: "When Zifeng woke up in the morning, she found that there was no one in the room, so she sent people to look for it everywhere, and she kept inquiring at the gate, and the people at the gate said that Tong Girl left with her servants as soon as it was dawn. ”

Su Mengtang hurriedly unfolded the letter left by Tong Ning'er, and saw that it read, "Sister Mengtang, I will go to Lin'an City to find Brother Xiang Kang first, and ask him to send someone to take strict precautions at the Lin'an City Gate to prevent Coral from having a chance to enter the city." In order to catch up in front of the coral, I didn't say goodbye, and asked Sister Mengtang not to be surprised. In addition, please tell Brother Yunhua that I will wait for him to find me guilty of guilt. In the lower left corner of the paper, there are still a few strokes of a small figure with a thorn on his back, making a gesture to another little man with a high toe.

Su Mengtang couldn't help but laugh, and said lightly: "This Ning'er is like a child." But fortunately, Brother Xiang commanded the patrol battalion of Lin'an City, and with him sending people to guard the city gate, it would be difficult for Coral to go in and report to Shi Miyuan. Zi Ruo said: "Then let He San and Pan Si continue to search the mountain?" Su Mengtang sighed faintly and said, "It's been a night, I'm afraid it's hard to find." Let them come back, send a message to the people on Lotus Peak, Lingyan Peak, and Twin Vulture Peak, strengthen vigilance, and if you find Coral and Hou Zhen, you must not let them run away again. ”

Ziruo nodded, and was about to answer, but coughed violently. Su Mengtang asked with concern: "You have always been strong, why did you cough?" Ziruo shook her head and said with a smile: "Ziwen and I both have some coughs today, maybe we are suffering from the cold, the girl doesn't have to worry." Su Mengtang said: "If you are sick, you can find Lao Fu of Chunfeng Pavilion to see, although his speech is absurd on weekdays, his medical skills are very good." Ziruo smiled: "Okay, at noon, when the girl rests, let's go find Uncle Fu." It's just-" Ziruo suddenly glanced out the window and said, "Girl, Bihu is kneeling outside early in the morning, girl, what should I do?" ”

Su Mengtang hurriedly got off the bed and asked Ziruo to change her clothes. Ziruo's hands and feet were nimble, she opened the suitcase and chose a plum-red gown for Su Mengtang to wear, and then asked the little girls to bring water and utensils for gargling and washing, and personally took care of Su Mengtang's washing. When combing his hair in a bun, Su Mengtang suddenly asked, "Where did the two little ones go, why didn't they hear the movement?" Ziruo said: "The little young master took Miss Qiu to play chess early in the morning, and Ziwen followed, and this child was in the small pavilion outside the deer garden." Su Mengtang smiled: "No matter how big something happens, it won't affect his playfulness." ”

Ziruo tied up Su Mengtang's hair, pulled it into a peach-shaped bun, inserted Jin Tian, and chose a tourmaline-inlaid step to say goodbye, and said, "Okay, girl." Su Mengtang stood up, took a few steps back, looked at himself in the mirror, and then walked out. Ziruo followed behind, and suddenly felt dizzy, she barely stood firm, and forced herself out, with a hint of ominous premonition in her heart.

Bihu was dressed in plain clothes and knelt under the osmanthus tree in Lan Zexuan. The little maids in the courtyard had never seen Bihu, a green-clothed maid who had always been valued by Su Mengtang, kneeling down to ask for punishment like this, all watching and whispering under the corridor. Seeing this, Zi Ruo said: "All the good and capable girls, don't do their own work, they are all here to watch the excitement." Ziruo was like Su Mengtang's mouthpiece, as soon as she spoke, the little maids suddenly scattered in a panic, those who should prune and wipe the railings all returned to their positions, but they all quietly supported their ears and listened to what Su Mengtang would do.

Su Mengtang looked at Bihu, Bihu raised his head and smiled trustingly at Su Mengtang. Su Mengtang knew in her heart that at this time, in full view of everyone, she not only wanted to let others see that she was fair, but also must not reduce Bihu's prestige in front of the little girl, otherwise I am afraid that no one will be willing to believe Bihu in the future. She made up her mind and raised her voice and said: "Bihu, I sent you to guard the Art of War Hall yesterday, but you neglected your duties and let go of the guilty, do you know your mistake?" Bihu kowtowed and said, "The slave is unforgivable, please punish the girl heavily." ”

Su Mengtang let out a sigh of relief, and said: "I remember that you have been working in the villa for many years, and you have never been out of the pool, yesterday's incident is also for a reason, not all in you, since you receive the penalty, I will fine you for half a year, and keep vigil in my Lan Zexuan for two months." Bihu showed an unbelievable expression: half a year's money is nothing, Su Mengtang's usual reward for her and the purple-clothed maidservant, just a bracelet and a hairpin, can also be worth a few years' money. Moreover, over the years, Su Mengtang saw that several of their eldest girls were about to reach the age of marriage, so he secretly bought a field for each of them, kept it as a dowry, and gave them the money in exchange for rent as a reward. In this way, Bihu's annual income is much more proportional.

As for the vigil for two months, it seems to be a hard labor, but to protect Su Mengtang, not everyone has this opportunity. This is tantamount to announcing to the outside world that Su Mengtang's trust in Bihu has not diminished in the slightest. Bihu thanked Su Mengtang in her heart, but she was also very ashamed, she immediately kowtowed and said: "Bihu will be punished, from now on, I will never do it again." Su Mengtang glanced at Ziruo, Ziruo stepped forward to help Bihu up, and personally comforted her and sent her out of Lan Zexuan's door.

When Ziruo came back, he was followed by Jiang Liu, who was in charge of flying pigeons in the villa, and Jiang Liu was holding a gray carrier pigeon in his hand. Su Mengtang was about to warm up the pavilion and sleep again, when she saw Jiang Liu coming, she suddenly came to her senses, and asked Ziruo to take Jiang Liu into the hall. Jiang Liu gently touched the pigeon's head, took out a note from the copper pipe on the pigeon's leg with his right hand, and handed it to Ziruo, who hurriedly handed it to Su Mengtang.

After Su Mengtang unfolded it, he almost laughed out loud: Let's not talk about the content of the note, just look at the twisting and crawling handwriting, and only Li Zhuoran can write it - back then in Luyang Academy, because of the problem of words, Li Zhuoran was scolded by Mr. Tong a lot. Su Mengtang looked at it for a moment, the smile on her face disappeared, and she said to Ziruo: "Please Zhang Gongzi, Zhuo Ran found it." Zi Ruo responded and walked out, but before he could step out of the threshold, his body went weak and fell to the ground.

Jiang Liu was the closest, and immediately threw the pigeon to help Ziruo, and Su Mengtang immediately shouted: "Come on." Hearing this, a few little maids in yellow came in, and when they saw Zi Ruo fainting on the ground, they hurriedly tried to help her up. Here Su Mengtang hurriedly asked Jiang Liu to go to Chunfeng Pavilion to find the doctor of the villa - Mr. Fu, Jiang Liu just stepped out of the door, and a green-clothed maid named Bi Cong ran in outside, she was in a hurry, and said to Su Mengtang when she came in:

"Girl, no, the purple girl fainted outside the deer park!"