Gone!

When Pei Yuanxiu came in a hurry, the clothes on his body were still a little messy, and his hair was also wet, obviously he was in a hurry to come over halfway through the bath, and at a glance he saw me who was pale and depressed, and hurriedly walked over: "Qingying! ”

I looked up at him, and everyone was shaking, and I couldn't say a word.

As soon as he reached out and picked me up, he felt me tremble in his arms: "What's the matter?" What's wrong with Li'er? ”

"Li'er......" As soon as I spoke, my voice was almost fragmented: "She's gone, Li'er is gone......"

“――？！” He frowned, and immediately turned to look at the people around him, and the maid who was still running around the mansion and shouting for Li'er saw him like this, and was so frightened that she immediately knelt on the ground: "Son, forgive your sins." ”

He looked at those people with a calm face and said, "What's the matter, say!" ”

Those people were so dumbfounded that they didn't dare to speak, only the two maids who served Li'er knelt on the ground, and said with a pale face with fright: "Childe, we came to serve Miss Li to get up this morning, but after knocking on the door for a long time, there was no sound, and then it was Mrs. who came to push the door open, only to know that Miss Li was gone." ”

"Where did Miss Leave go?"

"This—the slave doesn't know."

"Did someone kidnap Miss Li?"

“…… Slaves, slaves don't know. ”

"When did Miss Leave not see? Don't let me hear the third 'I don't know'. ”

He was not angry, not even the expression on his face, but such a calm tone only frightened the people around him even more, and the two maids were so frightened that they almost fainted, and their emaciated shoulders twitched and trembled. Seeing this scene, I hurriedly said, "Is Miss Li still in the house last night?" ”

The two of them nodded like pounded garlic: "Yes, yes!" ”

"Yes, I slept early last night, and the slaves and maids served Miss to sleep."

She was still there last night, that is, it happened in the evening to the present. But the question is, did someone kidnap her, or did she run away on her own?

My heart was entangled, and I grabbed Pei Yuanxiu's hand and couldn't help but force it, almost pinching him through the skin. He didn't seem to feel any pain at all, and said softly, "Don't worry, it's okay." After speaking, he raised his head and said to the guards around him: "You go and search immediately, every place in the mansion, every street outside must be searched, be sure to find Miss Li for me!" ”

"Yes!"

The men received the order and hurriedly turned around and left. Pei Yuanxiu looked down at me again, and said softly: "Don't worry, you'll find it." You can go back and rest first. ”

I shook my head, didn't speak, and walked to the main hall with a pale face.

Not long after sitting down, the two sisters of the Han family came.

I haven't seen them again in the past few days after the wedding, in fact, I haven't met them before the wedding, so naturally I am embarrassed and avoid suspicion, but in the same house, I have to see each other again no matter what, but I didn't expect that it was in such a situation. Han Ruoshi's face was tired, looking a little haggard than me, but Han Zitong walked in with a frown, and when he saw me sitting on the chair, a trace of anger flashed on his face, and he sneered: "Your daughter is gone, but you are as stable as Mount Tai!" ”

Han Ruoshi tugged at her sleeve: "Zitong, don't say that." She-she's sad too. ”

"I said something wrong?" Han Zitong looked at Han Ruoshi's pale and weak appearance, and then looked at my blank eyes, and became more and more angry, as if she didn't fight anywhere, and said, "What is she sad about?" The newlywed Yan'er is too late to be happy. Have you ever seen a mother who only cares about her own fun every day, and doesn't even look at her daughter. Now that Li'er is gone, she doesn't even go out to look for it, so it's sad? ”

"Zitong, don't ...... like this"

I haven't moved, but at this time, I raised my head and glanced at her anxious roar, and then looked at Han Ruoshi, who was only concerned about comforting her, and said calmly: "You can also go out and look for it, and come here to sue me immediately if there is news." ”

"You-" Han Zitong was furious: "What do you think of us?" ”

Han Ruoshi's face also stiffened, and the joints of her hand holding Han Zitong turned white. At this moment, Pei Yuanxiu walked in from outside, and as soon as Han Ruoshi saw him, she hurriedly pulled Han Zitong aside and said softly: "Don't be like this, Sister Qingying is already very sad." ”

Pei Yuanxiu glanced at them, especially at Han Zitong, who was still angry on his face, but didn't say anything, just walked up to me and said, "Don't worry, I have sent everyone out, no matter where it is, I must let people find her!" ”

I didn't speak, just nodded slightly.

On my body, it was very cold, and a little warm flush on my face that had just been moistened by the warm bath soup faded away at this moment, leaving only a pale like snow, seeing that I was shaking badly, Pei Yuanxiu didn't say anything, just stood beside me, gently took me into his arms, and comforted me softly: "Don't worry, don't worry." ”

I didn't speak, just a slight knock of my teeth.

I...... There's no way I can't help but worry......

If Li'er really ran out by herself, she is only so old, and the people sent out are enough to find her, and if she is willful and awkward, I can also slowly comfort her, so that she can change her mind and stop being angry.

But—

What if, in case she's taken away—

Who was her captor? What was the purpose of her capture? Will it hurt her? Isn't my daughter scared now, is she going to-

My heart was like being roasted on a low fire, and every breath I took was tormented, and my internal organs were almost boiled dry. Time passed little by little, and the people who had searched from near to far also sent back the news.

No.

No.

Or not.

My face became more and more pale, and my fingers became more and more cold, even if I was firmly held in the palm of my hand by Pei Yuanxiu, there was no way to warm it up.

It was until the evening.

As the afterglow of the setting sun fell, it seemed to light a fire on the whole earth, and I sat in my chair and looked at the fiery clouds in the sky outside the door, and my whole body was burned to the ground. Pei Yuanxiu has been with me, his face is calm, the two sisters of the Han family are also sitting next to him, Han Ruoshi coughs from time to time, and Han Zitong has been calm and has not spoken.

At this time, the last guard commander ran in, he was panting and was about to salute, Pei Yuanxiu had already spoken: "What about Li'er?" ”

The commander glanced at me and said cautiously: "Childe, our people have searched every street, not even the alleys, and we have asked about those houses, but we still haven't left the whereabouts of the young lady." ”

My heart sank.

Pei Yuanxiu also tightened his brows, and at this time, Han Zitong had already stood up and said, "It is impossible for her to be out of the city." She's still so young, how could she run away in one day and can't even find it?! ”

Han Ruoshi also said softly: "Yes." Li'er is still so young, could it be- was it really taken away by gangsters? Have you checked any information on this? ”

Pei Yuanxiu didn't speak, looked down at my pale face without a trace of blood, and was about to say something to me, when suddenly, an attendant ran in from outside and saluted a few of us: "Son, madam, two young ladies." ”

Pei Yuanxiu said: "What's the matter? ”

"There's an envoy from outside, asking for an audience."

"Come?" Pei Yuanxiu frowned, looked down at me, I suddenly seemed to feel something, hurriedly stood up with the handrail, and asked, "Where is the messenger?" Is there news of a divorced child? ”

The attendant shook his head and said, "He didn't mention the matter of Miss Li, but he said that he had a gift for Madame to celebrate the wedding." ”

As soon as I heard this, the spirit that had just been lifted a little collapsed again, and Pei Yuanxiu waved his hand lightly: "Just arrange it." ”

He said so, but the attendant didn't take the order, but hesitated, Pei Yuanxiu looked at him and said, "What's wrong?" ”

The attendant said cautiously: "Childe, come to envoy - it's Xichuan to envoy." ”

“……！”

Pei Yuanxiu's breathing and I tightened.

Not only me and him, but Han Ruoshi and Han Zitong next to him all looked at each other in surprise, and immediately looked at me, I was still a little incredulous: "Xichuan is coming?" Who is it? Isn't it—"

"Not the two from before."

"So, what kind of congratulatory gift did he say?"

Speaking of this, Pei Yuanxiu also straightened his face and said, "Bring him in." ”

The attendant immediately took the order, and after a while, I heard footsteps coming from outside, and as soon as I looked up, I saw a middle-aged man carrying a cloth bag and following the attendant in.

This person is not tall, he seems to be very sturdy and skilled, about forty years old, wearing a green coat with wide sleeves and wide sleeves, and carrying a long burden on his back, which is tied tightly around his chest. He walked to the center of the hall, and as soon as he saw me, he immediately leaned down deeply and bowed to me: "Miss." ”

The people around froze for a moment.

My identity is no longer a secret when I first entertained Pei Yuanfeng and Xue Muhua, but over the years, I have been content with the status quo, and I have never mentioned those illustrious pasts, not only myself, but also the people around me will gradually fade my origin in their consciousness. But now, a Xichuan envoy who has come to call me the eldest lady so openly has already clearly appeared in front of me once again the qiē that I wanted to hide and forget about jì.

The people around him were a little shocked first, and Pei Yuanxiu's breathing tightened.

The man saluted to a few people around him: "The villain greets the prince and the two princesses." ”

I was about to ask in a hurry, but before I could speak, Pei Yuanxiu next to me gently stroked my hand, signaled me not to be nervous, and then said to the man, "Who are you?" ”

"The villain Yan Zhong, on the orders of the head of the Yan family in Xichuan, came to present a wedding gift to the eldest lady."

"It's been seven days since we got married, and you're only here to give gifts now, isn't it too late?"

"Childe forgives sins. The villain was supposed to arrive before the eldest lady got married, but because of some accidents on the way, it was delayed these days. But the congratulatory gift, the villain still has to give it in full. ”

After speaking, he took off the cloth bag on his back and opened it, carefully took out a scroll from it, raised it in front of me with both hands, and said respectfully: "Miss, this is a congratulatory gift that the head of the family instructed the villain to hand over to you in person, and I hope that the eldest lady will accept it." ”

I frowned.

My heart is full of the matter of leaving my son, and I have been tormented very much, and now this person appears, is it a coincidence, or is it deliberate? He didn't say a word about the departure, did he know nothing, or was he hanging my appetite and deliberately worrying me?

I can't guess, and I don't dare to guess.

When it comes to my daughter, even if I can still be calm and rational on the surface, I know that my heart has been completely messed up, and I have no way to think calmly in the face of this person from Xichuan.

And-

I looked down at the scroll he had offered, it was a painting.

Yan Qingchen's congratulatory gift is a painting?

Since Pei Yuanfeng and Xue Muhua went back, he has been quiet for a while, even if Uncle Ai came to me with Su Su later, he didn't make any big waves, so quiet that I almost almost ignored him, but he suddenly came to give a wedding gift.

Looking down at the scroll, although it had not been opened yet, a chill arose when I thought that this was a congratulatory gift from him, my newlywed, a congratulatory gift, and thinking of what kind of mood he was in to send it.

And what makes me even more nervous is-

Leave the child.

As soon as Li'er disappeared, he sent someone to send a congratulatory gift, isn't it?

Thinking of this, I gritted my teeth, reached out and took the scroll, and slowly unfolded it.