According to Qingwen, the bamboo forest is located near the Fengyao Bridge, not very far from the Yihong Courtyard. If you pass through the forest, it will be much faster to walk from the Fengyao Bridge to the gate than to take the Qinfang Bridge.
And after what Qingwen said, Sun Shaozong also remembered that he did pass through a bamboo forest when he took a detour at noon.
Sun Shaozong breathed a sigh of relief first, because the Zhuijin Building where Jia Yingchun stayed was almost separated from Yihong Court by the entire Qinfang Pond. Whether the thief wanted to escape over the wall or find a place to hide, it was unlikely that they would be able to escape. Disturbed to the side of Zhuijinlou.
Therefore, he discussed with Jia Lian that it would be inconvenient to search for the thieves in the Daguan Garden right now, so he might as well disperse the servants and send them to the courtyards of the female relatives. Guard the door tightly, lest the thieves take advantage of the chaos to injure people.
As for him, he naturally went to the Yihong Courtyard to see what was going on. If Baoyu was fine, he would gather the female relatives in the garden one by one and take them to the front yard for refuge.
"The front yard must also be guarded here, otherwise the thieves will take advantage of it and disturb the old lady, aunt and others, then our sins will be big."
"This is a big matter, and others are afraid that it will be difficult for others to take up this position. I am afraid that they can only trouble the second brother to sit here."
Naturally, he saw that Jia Lian was timid and did not dare to venture into the yard, so he deliberately gave him a step down.
And Jia Lian saw that Sun Shaozong's arrangement was prudent, and he didn't need to take risks by himself, and he would have had any different opinions by pecking the chicken that he ordered earlier.
So Sun Shaozong took the lead, leaving Jia Lian to lead half of his troops to guard the main gate and the corner gate leading to the front courtyard.
Sun Shaozong asked for a whistle and torches from the family who stayed behind, and also led a team of people to go to Yihong Court through the bamboo forest. Although the thief is unlikely to stay in the same place, it is still necessary to investigate by the way.
Besides, I don't know right now if anyone was injured by those thieves, and in case any wounded were abandoned near the bamboo forest, I would like to help them along the way.
"Master Sun!"
Seeing that Sun Shaozong was about to lead the team, Qingwen hurriedly came up and demanded, "This servant is very familiar with this garden and is willing to lead the way for the adults!"
Sun Shaozong glanced at her, then turned back and bowed to Jia Lian: "Second brother, please tie this girl up and send it back to me!"
Having said that, he led the team into the garden without looking back.
The crowd was bustling, first following Liudi to the front of the Qinfang Bridge, most of the people crossed the bridge to find their respective targets, while Sun Shaozong went down the stream from the Fengyao Bridge to the other side.
After walking a hundred or ten paces on the other side, I saw a large and small bamboo forest blocking the way.
Sun Shaozong looked back and saw the six people behind him, all of them timid, and said, "Don't be afraid, this official will explore the way in front of you later, and the few of you will fan out in the back, each calling your name, if one of you is broken. The news, I will immediately go to the rescue, and I will definitely not put you in danger."
Although those few servants were still apprehensive, but seeing Sun Shaozong taking the lead, they couldn't hold back, so they all expressed their desire to follow Master Sun to kill thieves and protect the master.
So Sun Shaozong headed in the middle and entered the dense forest. He just took a few steps forward when he heard the screams of 'Deng Guida', 'Zhao Tiedan', and 'Wang Amao', all of them were afraid of their own The voice was drowned out by others, shouting to the point of hoarseness.
However, this is exactly what Sun Shaozong wanted. After all, he is only extremely powerful, and he is not invulnerable.
And with these shouts, the thief will run away from the wind, regardless of whether he can find the trail and chase after the thief, at least his own safety can be guaranteed.
Just like this, he arrived in the middle of the bamboo forest calmly, and Sun Shaozong suddenly realized that his eyes were suddenly enlightened. It turned out to be an open space, and he built a small pavilion out of bamboo. It was quite interesting to look at.
However, the pavilion, which was ventilated from all sides, could not be hidden at all, so Sun Shaozong didn't pay much attention to it. He lowered the torch in his hand and prepared to pass through the pavilion.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the pavilion, he stepped on a few gravel, and Sun Shaozong immediately stopped half a step and looked suspiciously at his feet.
Although the upper part of this pavilion is made of bamboo, the lower part is a stone platform, which is more than three inches above the ground. Even if no one cleans it on weekdays, it will be contaminated with dust at most. How can there be such a lot of gravel. inside
However, Sun Shaozong looked down and saw not only a few gravel stones, but also some moist soil scattered on the ground irregularly on the bluestone slab.
This is…
Sun Shaozong held the torch and swept around again, and found that except for his feet, the rest of the place was very flat, and he had never seen any gravel or soil.
"Master Sun, did you find something?"
At this time, he heard someone timidly inquiring from behind, and Sun Shaozong looked back and saw that it was two servants holding torches, who had already searched the open space, and said casually: "It's nothing, it's just some footprints left by those thieves. "
After speaking, he looked at the dirt and gravel for a few more times, and then he lifted the torch and continued to search forward.
And this time, until he stepped out of the bamboo forest, there was no other discovery.
But outside the bamboo forest, a few lanterns and an embroidered shoe with high-soled clogs were thrown in a mess.
Sun Shaozong immediately instructed: "You spread out and shout, and see if there are any injured people who have been abandoned nearby."
When they got out of the woods, the servants were much more daring, and they all spread out and shouted, but they didn't hear a response for a long time, so they gathered around Sun Shaozong again.
So Sun Shaozong took them to Yihong Court again.
Who would have thought that when I arrived at the Yihong Courtyard, it was empty inside and out, but there was no one there!
"Sun... Master Sun."
Several servants couldn't help but panic, and one of them couldn't help but said: "It couldn't be those thieves who took away Second Master Bao, right?"
"Do you think that's possible?"
Sun Shaozong asked the housekeeper back, and seeing that this fellow nodded dumbly, he couldn't help but say: "Even if three thieves can hold this yard full of old and weak women and children, the dozen or so that Butler Zhou brought are all from the house. Nursing homes, wouldn't they be kidnapped by them?"
After Sun Shaozong said that, he led the crowd into the west wing, opened one of the cupboards, and saw that there were all close-fitting clothes such as bellybands, he reopened the other one with a blank expression, pointing to the bag that had obviously been turned over. He explained: "When the servants in the courtyard left, they also brought a change of clothes. Obviously, they didn't panic when they left - if they were kidnapped by thieves, how could they be so calm?"
"In my opinion, 80% of them have been escorted to the front yard by the housekeeper Zhou, and it was only because of the Fengyao Bridge we walked that we staggered from each other."
When I turned around, I saw a few strong offspring, all drooling at the little clothes that came out of the closet, who cares about their reasoning
Sun Shaozong sighed speechlessly, and took these idiots out of the Yihong Courtyard, all the way northwards into the garden, ready to turn counterclockwise and escort all the female relatives in the garden out.
After going north for a distance, Sun Shaozong led the crowd to abandon the road again, and went east along the path. After about a few dozen steps, they saw a temple looming in the mountains.
This area is naturally the Chucui Temple where the temple leads the practice.
Seeing that it was quiet inside, and only the oil lamp was lit in the Buddhist hall in the center, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but feel a little suspicious. It stands to reason that he had spent a lot of time in the bamboo forest, and the people he dispatched to Chucui Temple should have arrived. That's right.
Pressing the doubts, he strode to the front of the mountain gate and shouted loudly: "Is Miss Miaoyu inside?!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a heart-piercing cry of a baby in the meditation room, and after a while, he heard someone annoyed inside: "Who is it outside? Come to this clean place at night to make a fortune. very?"
This voice seemed to be the little nun under Miaoyu's hands, and it didn't sound strange, but Sun Shaozong did not relax his vigilance, but raised his voice: "This official is Sun Shaozong in Shuntian Prefecture, because there is a crime in this garden. Thief, I am entrusted to take you to the front yard for temporary shelter - please come to the door to meet Ms. Miaoyu quickly."
Hearing that it was Sun Shaozong, the little nun glanced through the crack of the door, then quickly opened the door and said, "I'll go and ask the nunnery master to come out!"
Not long after, Miaoyu held a baby girl and led the two little nuns outside.
Only then did Sun Shaozong let go of his heart, secretly wrote down a note to the few family members who didn't know where to go, and greeted: "This official is going to gather other female relatives in the garden. Miss Miaoyu is quite familiar with this garden, I don't know who is the closest to here. Which girl?"
Miaoyu frowned and said, "Is there really a thief in this garden?"
Without waiting for Sun Shaozong to answer, she said again: "I'm not close to the four sides here, except that it's closer to the Yihong Courtyard of Second Master Bao—but the adults should have been to the Yihong Courtyard a long time ago."
"Other than that, you can either turn back to the Yihong Courtyard and go west, you can go to Miss Lin's Xiaoxiang Pavilion, or continue to the north, then go west, you can go around to Miss Xue's Hengwu Garden..."
Before she could finish speaking, Sun Shaozong asked, "Which way is it closer to Zhuijin Tower?"
Miaoyu was stunned for a moment, and then said: "It is natural that Hengwuyuan is closer."
Sun Shaozong said flatly: "Then go to Hengwu Garden first!"
In this garden, he is most concerned about his sister-in-law Jia Yingchun, followed by Li Wan, and Zuijinlou happens to be not far from Li Wan's Daoxiang Village - if not for this, Li Wan would not have been so easy back then, so he just touched the building. Had a private meeting with him.
So everyone went out from the small road and rushed along the main road to Hengwuyuan.
Not too far away, I saw a few people in front of them holding torches to greet them, and when they got closer, they were the team of servants who were dispatched to Zhaocui Temple.
Sun Shaozong stepped forward and asked in a cold voice, only to realize that they had lost their way and had never been able to find the location of Shuicui Temple.
Sun Shaozong's heart moved slightly when he heard the words, and he couldn't help but glance back at Miaoyu.