Every month, the eldest lady's family would go to the city to catch a fair, mainly to get some woven cloth to exchange for some grain or some broken silver.

On this day, the eldest mother said to Lu Xin: "Xin'er, the eldest mother is not feeling well today, so I will ask you to accompany the uncle to the city." After saying that, he coughed straight away. Lu Xin was nervous for a while, and hurriedly helped the eldest lady stroke her back, gave her relief, and asked worriedly, "Auntie, what's wrong?" Feeling uncomfortable somewhere? Do you want to call a doctor to take a look? ”

The eldest lady shook her head and said to Lu Xin: "Don't get in the way, don't get in the way, it's like this when you're old." If you go this time, you can also walk around the capital and take it as a distraction. ”

The eldest lady thought: any girl in their village will be happy if they can go to the city, after all, young people like to see the fancy things in the market.

But Lu Xin didn't show a happy look, she still said: "I'm not going, my aunt is home alone, I don't worry."

The eldest lady listened to Lu Xin's filial piety and considerate words, and her mood was much more comfortable, she said: "It's okay, I don't work at home, just sit and wait for you to come back for dinner, if you don't help the uncle go to the market, I don't worry about him going alone!" After hearing this, Lu Xin nodded and agreed.

Lu Xin, who was dressed in a coarse cloth dress, still couldn't hide her pretty appearance, and the way into the city constantly attracted the side peeps of passers-by, making her feel uncomfortable.

When Lu Xin came to the streets of the capital, she saw that it was still as lively and prosperous as before. The stalls are set up, the performers are showers, and the storytellers are storytelling, and a small group of people will watch in every small place, which is very lively. It's just that she doesn't have the mood she once had, and this place will forever become her sad place.

She and the uncle pushed the cart all the way to the cloth village, and after exchanging the silver, the uncle thought: The daughter's family must have something she wants to buy and see, and it is inconvenient for him to follow an old man, and he doesn't understand these. So, he told Lu Xin that he was going to buy some food and supplies, and let Lu Xin wander around here alone, and Shen Shi waited under the city tower to go home together. Lu Xin also wanted to walk alone, so she nodded.

Li Qingyuan sat lonely on the balcony of Yipinxiang Pavilion, in addition to the guard Mai Feng in the wing room, there was also a female singer who was playing the qin.

At this time, it was dog days, the weather was hot and humid, and it had been more than three months since Lu Xin disappeared. Li Qingyuan remembered the first time he saw Lu Xin on this windowsill sacrificing herself to save people, and remembered the scene of bringing her here to eat. His heart felt even more stuffy, it was really sad! He listened to the sound of the piano like this, looked out the window, and fell into deep thought.

Lu Xin walked back to the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the gate was still as if he came back more than two months ago, the courtyard was closed, and the guards guarded it. Seeing that she couldn't get in, she had no choice but to leave. When passing by Yipinxiang Pavilion, Lu Xin stood at the gate and looked inside, where it was still full of people, and the reliefs were as old as before. She didn't look any longer, then walked forward.

Li Qingyuan suddenly saw a familiar figure flickering into his sight, he immediately stood up from his chair, and stuck his head out of the window to look for the familiar figure just now. When he locked his eyes on a slender figure in plain clothes and coarse cloth, he called excitedly: "Xin'er, it's Xin'er."

He rushed downstairs, and Mai Feng, who was guarding the side, was startled by the emperor's sudden action. He also hurriedly chased after him.

When Li Qingyuan chased him to the street, he looked anxiously left and right on the street where there was still the figure just now.

Seeing this, Mai Feng asked, "Childe, what did you find?"

Li Qingyuan said with a slightly disappointed expression: "I seem to have seen Xin'er just now, very similar, very similar."

Mai Feng was also surprised when he heard this, and Li Qingyuan immediately ordered: "Send someone to patrol the street immediately to see if any traces of her have been found."

Mai Feng received the order and immediately went to make arrangements.

They had searched in the capital for more than a month, but there was no news of Lu Xin. Therefore, the possibility of Lu Xin in the capital was ruled out, and the manpower was arranged to be searched for in several counties and counties near the capital. Now that more than two months have passed, Li Qingyuan is becoming more and more disheartened the more he searches, is it true that he and Xin'er missed it in this life?

Lu Xin was thinking about things aimlessly while walking, and she felt that the future was bleak. Since the Lu family's accident, she has wanted to go to a neighboring country to find her second brother Lu Zong. But the world is so big and the sea of people is vast, how can she find it? And the second brother is afraid of being hunted down and killed by the emperor of Shu Xinguo, so it is very likely that he has been incognito.

Lu Xin, who was pondering, suddenly felt a hard collision from behind, and both of them fell to the ground. She touched her bruised knee in pain, and then looked at the man who had knocked her down. I saw that it was a gray-faced and small little girl. She didn't care about the injured hands and feet of the fall and hurriedly got up, and without looking at the person she had knocked down, she ran away in a hurry. When Lu Xin was feeling inexplicable, the little girl was chasing after several fierce men, shouting: "Don't run, hurry, catch up."

The little girl panicked and turned her head to look at those who were about to catch up, and became even more anxious. Sure enough, she didn't run far before she was chased by the men and surrounded by them. The last one to catch up was an old mother, who saw her holding a whip in her hand, and without hesitation, she struck the little girl with all her might.

Lu Xin got up from the ground, pushed aside the crowd of onlookers, and saw that the grizzled little girl was beaten and rolled on the ground. The old woman scolded viciously while beating: "Look at you still running, see where you dare to run?" The old lady will break your leg today. ”

Lu Xin watched the old mother whip every whip with all her might, and if she continued like this, the little girl would definitely be beaten to death. She was about to go out to stop it, but when she saw that the girl was beaten and was afraid, she cried for mercy: "Don't hit me, don't beat me, I won't dare next time, woo woo!" Lu Xin, who was watching from the side, heard that this voice was so familiar, and she looked at the girl on the ground again, and was immediately stunned.