Chapter 55: Who Did It?
The second lady is gone, missing!
Now the whole palace is in a panic!
Everyone went to look for it separately, inside and outside, before and after, left and right, far and near, all the places they could find, all the places they could find.
It's been a day, and it's still gone.
When the night came, the wife was so angry that she fell to the ground and didn't wake up!
The old mother and the maid panicked and hurriedly invited Lang Zhong.
Na Langzhong gave his wife a pulse, stroked her sparse goatee, took a shallow sip of the hot tea handed over by the maid, stared at a pair of cross-eyed eyes, and said in a hoarse voice: "This is just caused by excessive fright and worry, we have to let her calm down, rest more, and not be stimulated anymore!" I will prescribe a prescription, decoction a few pairs of medicines, and it will be fine after a few days!"
Zhang's mother sent Lang Zhong to the gate with a thousand thanks, Lang Zhong blinked his eyes, and glanced at the people who were holding sticks, staring at each other, like facing the enemy, in and out of the courtyard, Zhang Ba opened his mouth, wanted to say something, but he held it for a long time, and swallowed the words that came to his mouth.
When he turned over on the donkey, he couldn't help but look back at Zhang's mother and said, "Is there anything big happening in this house?......!"
"Oh......! this ......" Zhang's mother sighed and looked around.
"Isn't it inconvenient to say?" Lang Zhong grinned when he saw Zhang's mother spitting out, "The old man ......is talking too much!"
Zhang's mother felt a little bad, as if she didn't believe people, and hurriedly said: "Oh, the second lady in the house is gone......!"
"Oh——?! that's ......!" Lang Zhong immediately turned his head, paused, blushed slightly, and continued hesitantly, "I have something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not......!"
"Sir has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it. Zhang's mother sighed, took a few steps forward, and got closer, so that Lang Zhong's voice could be quieter, so as not to say anything inappropriate and not be able to end, "We are also old customers for many years, you can say anything straight!"
"Uh-huh......!" Lang Zhong cleared his throat, the muscles on his face twitched and shook a few times unconsciously, "I don't know if this is said, is it useful or not?!"
"Uh-huh——!" Lang Zhong didn't know whether he was nervous or hesitating, and kept clearing his throat.
"Oh, old gentleman, just say it, this is really a desperate person!" he has been there, and the anxious Zhang Ma slapped his thigh.
"Oh......!" he replied as if he was still worried, and continued to look around, realizing that there were no outsiders, and then slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
"What I want to say is that I am a Langzhong not a ......"
"Yes, yes!" Zhang's mother nodded frequently, and said in her heart, you should say it quickly, don't grind.
"I often have to go up the mountain to collect medicine by myself, and I have encountered a lot of strange things when I go up the mountain to collect medicine! No, I went up the mountain to collect medicine early this morning. ”
As he spoke, he turned around, pointed to the swarthy mountain not far away, and continued, "Do you know what that mountain is called?"
"You know, isn't that a pillar of heaven? Zhang's mother looked up and said.
"Yes, a pillar of heaven, the mountain is steep, the hidden dragon is crouching tiger, and there are many precious Chinese herbal medicines growing on the mountain. ”
Speaking of this, Lang Zhong's eyes suddenly showed a hint of panic, and he stared at Zhang's mother: "You know that there is a 'Forgetfulness Cliff' on it, right?"
"I know, I know!" Zhang's mother nodded quickly, afraid of delaying time, so that he could get to the point quickly.
"'Forgetting Cliff', yes, it's the 'Forgetting Cliff!' When I came to the bottom of 'Forgetting Cliff', the silence of Siye was a little weird, and I couldn't even hear the sound of running water and insects. ”
Speaking of this, Lang Zhong paused, glanced around, and then said: "After crossing a large area of barren grassland, looking out of the cracks in the grass, you can see a large area of rocky land, strange rocks and scales, different sizes, and then there is a mountain stream, the water is murmuring, like a muttering spell." ”
Then his eyes widened in horror, "At this time, I vaguely heard cries and cries for help not far ahead!"
"What? you, did you really hear the cry for help, is it Miss?!" Zhang's mother opened her mouth wide in surprise, and she couldn't close it for a long time.
Lang Zhong paused, stabilized his mood a little, and then continued: "I don't know if it's a young lady, but it's indeed the voice of a female baby!"
"Then hurry up and save her!" Zhang's mother said anxiously.
"Save her ......?!" Lang Zhong held down his heart that was beating suddenly, and said with palpitations: "Oh my mother Zhang, this scare is about to scare me to death, how dare I move half a step!" I had to arch my head into the grass, try to lower my body as much as possible, for fear of being discovered, my breathing stopped, and I didn't dare to make the slightest movement!"
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The eldest lady was in the attic of the back garden, and she could hear the noise below, so she asked the apricot blossom girl what was going on?
The apricot blossom girl anxiously told the eldest lady that the second lady had been out all day, and there was not even a shadow, and the wife was so angry that she fainted!
"What——! "The eldest lady roared angrily, "what have you all done, why didn't you tell me earlier!"
The apricot blossom girl lowered her eyebrows and said aggrievedly: "Miss, aren't you punished here!"
The eldest lady jumped like thunder, "When has this been, why do you care so many ......?!"
The eldest lady ran down from the confined attic in the back garden, went straight to her mother's sickbed, and anxiously asked her mother, "What the hell is going on?!"
Mrs. opened her eyes slightly, and after a long time, her sloppy gaze gradually gathered, and her chapped lips tried her best to open several times before she finally barely let out a weak and hoarse voice: "Erya...... is it? Are you back?......!"
"Mother——! it's me, I'm the eldest girl, how did you get sick like this?!" The eldest lady took her mother's hand and cried bitterly.
Mrs.'s eyes, which had just brightened, dimmed again, "Big girl, why are you, your sister, why hasn't she come back, where has she gone?!"
The eldest lady choked up and said, "Mother, don't worry, I'll go look for it, and I'll definitely find my sister back!"
Then he instructed to follow behind him, nervous, for fear that his wife would blame his dereliction of duty and take care of his mother!
The apricot blossom girl nodded like a chicken pecking rice.
Out of the main house, the eldest lady stepped on the cobblestone-paved path, and kept thinking about it as she walked, where can my sister go? Is there any danger? The more she calculates, the more panicked she becomes!
Turning a moon gate, I saw several family members surrounding Zhang Jiaotou in the house, shushing and asking for warmth.
A stout family member nodded and said, "Master, these days have made our brothers anxious!"
Another housekeeper, who looked like a bamboo pole, then said, "Yes, Master, you haven't suffered any crimes in that prison these days, have you?!"
"What kind of identity is this family, there is a master here, let alone killing a little thief, even if he really kills the wrong person, he will be a hundred, and he can't let the master suffer!"
The broad-shouldered and round-waisted Zhang Jiaotou touched his beard all over his face, smiled "hehe", and said, "It's okay, it's okay, thank you disciples!"
Then he twisted his neck, looking very tired, "——, I said, why am I not here for a few days, and there is an accident in this house——?!
A few apprentices echoed: "Yes, yes! This is not your Zhang Jiaotou Town, all the fucking demons and monsters have come out!"
The fat family member leaned in front of everyone and said mysteriously: "What the hell is going on? Isn't it the family of the thief who was killed by the master to seek revenge and ......revenge!"
"Impossible, impossible!" the bamboo-like housekeeper shook his head like a rattle, "his family? where does he have any family, she only has a trembling grandmother who can barely make ends meet the family by sewing and washing clothes for others, earning a little scattered silver, she will come to seek revenge......!"
"Oh......!" Zhang Jiaotou lowered his head when he heard this, "Who could have done that?!"