As time passed, the Gao caravan became farther and farther away from Mingzhou City.

An hour later, the team stopped for breakfast.

Jiang Mi didn't realize until this time that she was patronizing and bringing money, and there was no food on her body. Of course, in fact, she can't bring food, she doesn't even have a mount alone, how many meals can she take?

When Jiang Mi saw others eating sweetly, she sat in the carriage and said nothing, as if she didn't know hunger. One of the stewards of Gao's convoy frowned and thought: These little boys dare to go out alone without knowing anything!

After thinking about it, he waved his hand and asked Jiang Mi to call him over.

Looking at the short boy standing in front of him, with low eyebrows and eyes, the old steward couldn't help but soften his heart, he coughed and asked, "Do you know how to cook?" ”

Jiang Mi nodded.

"Where's the stove?"

Jiang Mi nodded again.

"Then you can do more of these things from now on."

Jiang Mi realized after a while that the old man was exchanging his labor for dry food. She nodded hurriedly and whispered, "Thank you grandpa." ”

I don't know which of Jiang Mi's words touched the old steward's heart, he sighed, reached out and patted Jiang Mi's shoulder, and said, "It's too late for you to go home now." With that, the old steward turned and walked away with his hands behind his back.

……

Cui Zhai.

Old Madam Cui was talking to a few middle-aged women in the wing room, when suddenly, a rush of footsteps came from outside. In the blink of an eye, the maid and servant who served Jiang Mi appeared at the door sweating profusely.

The two were about to speak, but when they saw so many people in the room, they closed their mouths tightly.

Seeing this, Mrs. Cui frowned, she waved her hand to let the irrelevant people retreat, leaving only Cui Ziying and the housekeeper and daughter-in-law who took care of the Cui family's old mansion, and Mrs. Cui asked the two people, "What happened?" ”

A servant fell to his knees with a thud, and the servant said in a trembling voice, "Old lady, young lady is gone." ”

Almost as soon as the servant's words fell, Cui Ziying said urgently: "What do you mean by this?" What does it mean that the young lady is gone? ”

The maidservant girl said in a hurry next to her: "Today, the young lady said as usual that she wanted to sit in the restaurant, and Xiao Wu and I followed. After the young lady arrived at the spring restaurant. I ordered the wing room on the second floor and let us wait outside. But we waited and waited, and saw that the people in the wing room had been in and out of several batches, and the young lady had not yet come out. So he went and screamed. The young lady did not respond. The maid and Xiao Wu ran to the side room. But there is no young lady in the wing! ”

The servant added on the side, "The wing room of the Kasuga Restaurant is a large room, separated by a human-high screen. We stood outside the door all the time, and we didn't see any woman like the young lady come out. ”

The servant did not finish his words, but all the people present were human spirits, and they understood at once. That Jiang's. I was afraid that she still knew how to disguise, and then she left from under their noses with a hand of disguise.

For a moment, the room fell silent.

Old Madam Cui stretched out her hand to support her forehead. Seeing that she suddenly became tired, Cui Ziying hurriedly ran over to support Mrs. Cui.

After shaking her head, Old Madam Cui spoke, and she ordered: "Check the number of people who came out of the wing room of the Spring Restaurant during that time period and their identities and appearances, and pursue them one by one!" ”

"Yes."

"Send someone to do it immediately, don't let the news go!"

"Yes."

After giving two orders in a row, Old Madam Cui didn't have the energy to deal with the servants and servants, so she waved her hand and asked people to take them down. Old Madam Cui was dizzy for a while.

Next to her, Cui Ziying saw that her grandmother was so angry, her pretty face turned purple, and she said hatefully: "If you come out of a small family, you can't get on the stage!" What time is it now, she doesn't know at all about the family's face and her brother's hard work......"

Old Madam Cui waved her hand, and after she made Cui Ziying stop her mouth, she whispered: "This Jiang family is of great significance to Xuan'er, no matter what, I have to find it back!" Ziying, you go down and arrange it in person. ”

"Yes."

As soon as Cui Ziying left, Mrs. Cui leaned on the couch and closed her eyes.

Side. Mrs. Cui Wu, who has one of the most important daughters-in-law in the Cui family, spoke, and she said, "Mother, the fact that the Jiang family is blessed is not a lie...... It's probably not a good thing for her to get lost at this juncture. ”

After a while. Mrs. Cui Wu asked, "What happened?" ”

Old Madam Cui said tiredly: "She knows that Zixuan is going to accept the concubines of the six sects as concubines in three months. ”

Mrs. Cui Wu sighed and couldn't help but say: "Ziying is right, if you come out of a small family, you just won't take care of the overall situation!" ”

Old Madam Cui was really tired, and after a while, she waited for the dizziness to stop for a while, and then ordered in a low voice: "What about the three servant women that the Jiang family brought?" Call them here! ”

"Yes!"

Cui Ziying had just walked out of her grandmother's room. saw Cui Zixuan enter the house surrounded by all the sons.

Looking at her handsome and dazzling brother like a god in the sun, and looking at her brother's radiant spirit, Cui Ziying's heart was uncomfortable for a while.

On the other side, Cui Zixuan saw his sister from a distance, and saw that she did not rush to himself like before to talk and laugh, but rather gloomy between her eyebrows. At that moment, Cui Zixuan turned his head and said to the sons, and after letting them disperse, Cui Zixuan strode towards his sister.

After a while, Cui Zixuan came to Cui Ziying. Lowering his head, Cui Zixuan looked at his sister and asked softly, "What happened?" ”

Cui Ziying looked up at her brother.

After a while, Cui Ziying bit her lip, and she whispered, "Brother, don't be angry about one thing. ”

The smile on Cui Zixuan's face slowly disappeared, he looked at his sister calmly, and said in a deep voice: "Well, you can say it." ”

Cui Zixuan said in a low voice: "Jiang, the missing ......"

Cui Zixuan took a while to understand the meaning of his sister's words.

Cui Ziying glanced at her brother, bit her lip and continued: "She disappeared by herself, and the servants who followed said that they had been guarding outside the wing room, and only found out that she had disappeared after seeing that Jiang had not come out. Brother, she changed her face and left from under the noses of her subordinates! ”

Speaking of this, Cui Ziying looked at Cui Zixuan again.

Cui Zixuan's face was pale and pale, and the blue tendons on his forehead burst out!

Cui Ziying became more and more uncomfortable, she glanced back and said, "Hey, aren't those three people from Jiang's side?" Brother, call them over and ask. As soon as the voice fell, Cui Ziying had already shouted to the three mothers, "Come here." ”

The three mothers had just walked out of Mrs. Cui's yard, and their faces were pale at this time. When he saw Cui Zixuan this time, he showed an expression of shame and annoyance at the same time.

After they stood still, Cui Zixuan spoke, and he asked word by word in a dumb voice, "What the hell is going on?" ”

The three mothers fell to their knees with a thud. The cold face at his uncle. Mother Li said ashamedly: "It's all the old slave who is not good, the princess can't eat and sleep these days, the old slave always thinks that she will slowly figure it out, so she didn't persuade her." ”

Mother Gui was also in pain, she choked and said, "The old slave also sensed that the princess's expression was wrong. But the old slave just thought, which woman doesn't go through this experience? The princess was a little squeamish, and if the old slaves followed her to comfort her, she was afraid that she would be even more squeamish, so the old slave just pressed her with a big reason. ”

Mother Gong was even more painful, she said with a white face and trembling voice: "After hearing that my uncle wanted to take a concubine, the princess was very painful. It's all the old slave's fault, knowing that my aunt left on the wedding night, and I left for a few days, the princess looked forward to it, and she didn't even look forward to her uncle's shadow when she heard that her uncle wanted to take a concubine. And those noble concubines are more noble than princesses. Of course, the princess couldn't think about it. This is the negligence of the old slave, the old slave regrets it, the old slave is so remorseful! She pounded her chest as she spoke! Gasping for air!

The words of this palace mother are clearly accusing her brother! Cui Ziying was a little angry, she was about to scold, but when she saw her brother's expression, she swallowed the words back.

Cui Zixuan's face was very ugly.

He stood with a pale face for a while, and after a while, Cui Zixuan said coldly, "Don't worry, she won't go far!" ”

Cui Zixuan's words came out. The three mothers looked up at the same time.

Cui Ziying has always been a god to this brother, and was the first to ask excitedly: "Really?" Why did my brother say that? ”

Cui Zixuan didn't have a smile on his face, and he said coldly: "She has been pampered for many years and can't even ride a horse, let alone relatives and friends. Where can you go? ”

The three mothers glanced at each other, but they were still panicked, only Cui Ziying nodded frequently when she heard this, and said repeatedly: "It's too." People like us who are used to being served even by people to dress and eat, where will we get used to it when we suddenly go outside? If only I would have come back honestly. ”

……

In the blink of an eye, it was evening.

The caravan had already found a place to camp. Jiang Mi was busy building a stove and boiling water, and she was so tired that her little face was black and white. The black ones are naturally the gray ones of the pot stove, and the white ones are the ones that she can't eat and sleep well these days, and she gives them nothing.

Shao Xiaozi saw Jiang Mi busy and hurriedly ran over to give her a hand. But he didn't know anything, the stove was hit by a stone, and the boiling water was scalded to his feet by hot water, and he was always helping out.

In desperation, Jiang Mi had to beg him not to do anything, just follow her.

Shao Xiaozi was also a little embarrassed at this time, after he ran a few laps behind Jiang Mi's buttocks, he saw Jiang Mi sweating profusely, he suddenly said: "Brother Wang, you also ran away from home, right?" ”

Jiang Mi, who was choosing wild vegetables, stiffened.

After a while, Jiang Mi picked up the dishes again, and she whispered while busy: "You said a word, are you also running away from home?" ”

Shao Xiaozi said, "I'm going to find my brother." He said happily: "They said that my brother came to Suzhou, and I missed him." ”

Jiang Mi asked without a word: "Did your brother use to work outside?" ”

"Not really. He was a petty official under General Zhao of the Later Zhou Dynasty. ”

Jiang Mi let out an "oh".

On one side, Shao Xiaozi looked at Jiang Mi's increasingly pale face, and couldn't help worrying, he persuaded: "Seeing that you are also pampered like this, if you can go home, I advise you to go home." ”

Jiang Mi put away the vegetables she had chosen and walked towards the river not far away, and said in a dumb voice to Shao Xiaozi, who was following behind, "You don't understand, I think it's good to be like this now." Only when she is constantly busy and tired, she has no time to think nonsense, and her heart will not be so painful!

……

Cui Zixuan stood in the study.

The study was a mess, littered with smashed porcelain. A few sweaty guards had just rushed to the threshold, and under the flickering candle flame, their own Langjun's face was stiff.

After a while, those guards still stepped into the study in small steps, saluted Cui Zixuan, and one of them bowed his head and said, "If you go back to Gongzi, the restaurant on East Street has also been found, but the young lady has not been found." ”

As soon as this person's voice fell, with a "snap", Cui Zixuan picked up the teacup on one side and smashed it on the ground!

Several of the guards shuddered.

At this moment, Cui Zixuan forcibly shouted angrily, "Quit!" ”

As if pardoned, several of the guards ran and crawled out.

As soon as they retreated, Cui Zixuan sat on the couch and gasped.

Wheezing and wheezing, he grinded his teeth in hatred. Under the candlelight, his face was blue and black, and it was really hard to see the extreme.

A moment later, several guards heard a low roar coming from the study, and then, their usual personable Lang Jun grinded his teeth and the angry voice came, "Jiang Mi! Jiang Mi! How daring! This is not a peaceful time! You, you don't bring anyone with you! ”

He was so angry that he stretched out his sleeves and flicked it, and there was a clanging and thumping sound of porcelain cracking!

As soon as Cui Ziying entered the door, she saw such a brother.

She bit her lip and hesitated for a moment before stepping forward. When she came to her brother, Cui Ziying begged in a soft voice: "Brother, you haven't eaten all this time, eat something to fill your stomach." ”

Cui Zixuan glanced at her. After a while, Cui Zixuan said in a hoarse voice, "Grandmother, can you rest?" ”

Cui Ziying shook her head, "Not yet." In the blink of an eye, she said, "Grandmother's head wind has been committed again." As she spoke, she glanced at her brother.

Cui Zixuan knew why his grandmother had a headache, and after a while, Cui Zixuan's low voice came, "You said that since the Jiang family doesn't want to...... Why did she ......" just said this, Cui Zixuan immediately realized that his words were really redundant, so he fell silent.

After the two siblings were silent for a moment, Cui Ziying was agitated, she looked up at Cui Zixuan and begged again: "Brother, you can eat something." ”

Cui Zixuan shook his head, he stood up expressionlessly, and after drawing his sword from the ground, Cui Zixuan walked out of the door and ordered in a dumb voice to the guards outside: "Since there is no one in the city, it is out of the city." Gather everyone and go out from the four cities of southeast, east and west, and search for merchants and pedestrians within thirty miles along the way! ”

"Yes!"

Cui Zixuan closed his eyes heavily, and said again after a while: "The young lady can change her face, and all men and women with similar body types can't let go!" ”

"Yes!"

Seeing Cui Zixuan walking away, Cui Ziying hurriedly ran out and grabbed her brother's sleeve, she said urgently: "Brother! This can't be leaked! She rushed to the front of Cui Zixuan to stop him, and said, "Brother, no matter how tight the people are, they won't be able to control the wind if the matter is so big, where is your face when it spreads?" ”

Cui Zixuan suddenly looked down at his sister.

After staring at Cui Ziying for a while, Cui Zixuan gasped and said, "It's not that you don't know how chaotic it is outside...... The more she stays outside, the more dangerous it will be! Speaking of this, the green tendons on Cui Zixuan's forehead jumped a few times, grinding his teeth, and he ordered: "Go!" (To be continued.) )