The door of the cake shop.

"This son, please wait a minute, the new fragrant cake will be ready soon!" The owner of the cake shop said.

Twilight didn't feel in a hurry, so she just stood there and waited for the fresh fragrant cakes to come out.

After a while, the boss brought out a basket of fragrant fragrant cakes.

"Childe, how many do you want?"

"Two is enough."

"Trouble six copper coins."

Chao Duxue took the oiled paper holding the fragrant cake in one hand, and took out some broken silver to the boss in the other.

The boss looked at the broken silver in his hand, "Childe, wait a minute, I don't have so much money on me to find you, I'm going to go into the store and look for it." ”

As soon as the boss turned around and wanted to enter the store, several customers came and gathered at the door of the store.

Sunrise Snow didn't want to stand here any longer, so she said to the owner of the cake shop, "I'm in a hurry, I don't need to look for it!" Then he left the bakery.

When Chao Duxue came to the door of the garment shop, he found that the door of the garment shop was closed, and he looked around to see where Chu Jiu was waiting for him, but he didn't see her.

Chao Duxue saw the uncle who was setting up a stall next to her, and stepped forward to ask, "Sorry, I'm sorry, when did this ready-to-wear shop close?" ”

The uncle glanced at the door, "It's the door that was closed just now." ”

"Did you see a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl coming out of the store?"

"Girl?" The uncle thought about it and shook his head, "No one came out just now. ”

"Really?"

"Really, I've been standing here, and for a short time I only saw people go in, and no one came out."

Chao Duxue thanked the uncle, and then walked around the ready-to-wear shop to see if he could find Chu Jiu, he wondered if the stall uncle was doing business and didn't see Chu Jiu come out for a while.

But as time went by, the morning twilight snow who couldn't find the ninth day of the first month became more and more anxious, "Where did the ninth day go?" "Could she have gone back to the courtyard by herself without seeing him?" ”

So, Twilight hurriedly returned to the other courtyard.

Yin Duanhong didn't expect the sect leader to come back so early, but she noticed that only the sect leader came back alone, "What about the ninth month?" ”

"She didn't come back?"

"No, Sect Master, you were separated from Chu Jiu?"

Chao Duxue nodded, "You quickly take some people out to find her, I just took her to the garment shop on East Street, I went to buy food for her, and let her go into the garment shop by herself to wait for me, but after a while, the garment shop closed and closed the door, and I couldn't find it everywhere when I looked for Chu Jiu." He thought about it, could something happen to Chu Jiu? Since the stall owner didn't see anyone out of the ready-to-wear shop, maybe Chu Jiu was still inside, "Broken Red, let's take someone to that ready-to-wear shop to find Chu Jiu, I think that ready-to-wear shop is a little boring." ”

"Yes."

Together, they rushed to the ready-to-wear store.

After coming to the door of the ready-to-wear store, Yin Duanhong knocked on the door and saw that no one responded in the store, so he directly asked his subordinates to tear down the store door on the spot.

Boss Zhang, who heard such a big movement in the inner hall, hurriedly ran out, he looked at the group of people who demolished his store, and shouted unceremoniously: "Who are you?" Stop! Stop it! ”

Chao Duxue glanced at Yin Duanhong, Yin Duanhong understood, and immediately asked this Boss Zhang: "We are just here to find someone, we will leave soon." ”

"Looking for someone?"

"Yes, did a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl come to the store just now?"

Boss Zhang remembered the girl who overheard his conversation with Mingyue just now, could it be her? "What girl? I remember all the people coming in and out of this store! ”

As she walked around the store, she suddenly saw a goose-yellow dress on the counter, which was the one he had given to Chu Jiu. He immediately grabbed the dress and asked in a cold tone, "This is the skirt of the ninth year, she has been here!" ”

Boss Zhang was speechless, he forgot to put away the skirt.

Seeing that the boss didn't speak, Yin Duanhong immediately kicked him back and forced him to kneel, "Say, where is the owner of this dress?" ”

Seeing their fierce looks, Boss Zhang certainly wouldn't be so stupid to tell him and Mingyue about chasing and killing this girl, "This girl left through our back door." ”

"Why did she go through the back door?"

"I don't know, I really don't know, this girl gave me her clothes and asked me where the back door was, and she left through the back door, and I really didn't know anything where she went after that." Boss Zhang blamed Chu Jiu's disappearance on her own initiative to leave.

"Impossible, how could Chu Jiu leave by himself?" Chao Duxue didn't believe the words of this cunning shopkeeper, he angrily swept the things on the counter to the ground, and ordered: "Find, hurry up and get Zhao Chujiu back!" ”

"My subordinates know."

Yin Duanhong thought to herself, what is Zhao Chujiu thinking? Escaped?

****** ******

On the street, an elegant and ornate horse-drawn carriage is moving.

Chu Jiu was sitting in the carriage.

The person who saved her was the scholar Lu Gongzi she met in Meizhuang that day.

But today, when I look at it, this Lu Gongzi has changed his original scholarly dress, and he is dressed very gorgeously and extravagantly, and Chu Jiu feels that he must not be simple.

"Miss Zhao, you can sit closer." Li Ling looked at Chu Jiu cautiously, and his appearance of not daring to move against the wall was very cute.

Chu Jiu shook his head and looked at him with a little guard in his eyes, "Actually, it's already far away, you can let me go." ”

Li Ling was a little displeased when he heard Chu Jiu want to leave like this, "I saved your life, won't you even say thank you?" ”

"Chu Jiu thanked Lu Gongzi." He actually wanted to hear what she said, but Chu Jiu was still very grateful to this Lu Gongzi for being willing to let her come up and help her avoid the people chasing her.

Li Ling looked at Chu Jiu's low eyebrows and ears, and his mood was a little better. But he still didn't stop the carriage.

Chu Jiu seemed to sense that something was wrong, "Why don't you keep going?" ”

"Miss Zhao, I think you must be unfamiliar with life when you come to Shuwangcheng, why don't you come to my house, and I will entertain you well." It's rare that this Zhao Chujiu is alone now, and I also want to get along with this Zhao girl, because last time in Meizhuang, she was able to make him feel again, and he wanted to try again to see if she could really cure him.

"No, I'm not alone. Now that I'm gone, my friend will definitely be in a hurry. Chu Jiu rejected Li Ling's kindness.

But Li Ling would not let her go easily, "I will inform your friend that you are here with me." ”

Chu Jiu wanted to continue to say something to reject him, but at this time the carriage stopped.

The groom opened the curtain and said respectfully, "Lord Wang, it has arrived." ”

"Lord Wang?" Chu Jiu was stunned by this sudden title, and she turned her head to look at the prince Lu Gongzi. "Aren't you Gongzi Lu?"

"That's just a pseudonym, this king's real name is Li Ling, he is the king of Ling, Shuwangcheng is one of the king's fiefdoms."

Without waiting for Chu Jiu to come back to his senses, Li Ling hugged Chu Jiu's shoulders and got out of the carriage, "Let's go in and talk." ”

Chu Jiu looked at the mansion in front of him and found that the plaque above the main entrance read "Lingwang Mansion".

The one beside her is King Ling, a living prince! Chu Jiu had only heard the story of the royal family in the mouths of others before, but she didn't expect that she would be lucky enough to meet a prince.

Chu Jiu, who was still immersed in it, didn't notice that the subordinates who greeted Li Ling back at the door of the mansion were looking at her in shock, because they had never seen their prince take the initiative to hold a woman.

After entering the door, Chu Jiu pushed the prince away and walked around the mansion, his face full of excitement. She's also a person who has been to the Prince's Mansion!

Li Ling likes Chu Jiu's lively and active appearance, even the head of the house can't see such a noisy guest, and wants her to be quiet, he also came forward to stop the nosy head and let Chu Jiu Hu come.

"Chu Jiu, you're tired too, come over for a cup of tea and something to eat!"

Li Ling took Chu Jiu's hand and led her to the hall.

The eldest junior high school didn't realize that the originally polite Li Ling had changed his name to not call her Miss Zhao, nor did he realize that he was holding hands and taking a small advantage.

However, Chu Jiu, who sat at the table, looked at the delicate dim sum on the table, she couldn't help but think of Chao Duxue who helped her buy fragrant cakes, she was gone, he should be very nervous, right?

"What's wrong? You don't like these? Li Ling looked at Chu Jiu and didn't move.

"This tea is also very fragrant, you can also drink a cup." Li Ling handed Chu Jiu a cup of tea.

Chu Jiu didn't think much about it, took the teacup and took two sips.

Then, Chu Jiu put down the teacup and stood up suddenly, "It's a little late, I'm going back, thank you for your hospitality!" ”

Li Ling hurriedly grabbed Chu Jiu's hand, "Don't go!" Isn't it good to stay here? ”

Chu Jiu shook off his hand, a little scared, "This is your home, I'm not suitable here." ”

"What's out of place? What do you like? As long as you like it, I will give it to you, as long as you are willing to stay! Li Ling felt that the ninth day of junior high school might be his last chance, and he absolutely couldn't let her go.

"I don't want anything!" Chu Jiu was frightened by Li Ling's somewhat crazy and persistent appearance, and she didn't know what kind of conspiracy he had to let her stay.

Suddenly, Chu Jiu was dizzy, she looked at the tea she drank just now, and realized that she was drugged, "You drugged ......" Then, she fell into Li Ling's arms.

Li Ling stroked Chu Jiu's hair and said helplessly: "I'm sorry, I'm just afraid that you will leave me......"

"Lord Wang, Miss Zhao's room is ready!" The steward just now came to report.

"Good."

"Lord Wang, do you need someone to send Miss Zhao over?" The steward looked at the girl in his prince's arms.

"No, I'll do it myself!" After speaking, Li Ling personally carried Chu Jiu to the prepared room.

He put Hatsujiu on the bed, sat on the edge of the bed and stared at her small face, and after a while, he took Hatsujiu's hand, lowered his head and kissed the back of her hand, and then pressed her hand against his face.

"Don't leave me...... Stay with me! ”

His eyes as he looked at Chu Jiu were tender, and there was a bit of pleading in his tone.