"In May, the cockroach moves the stock, in June the chicken shakes the feathers, in July in the wild, in August in Yu, in September in the household, and in October the crickets go under my bed!"

On the quiet autumn night, the stars are dazzling and the moon is like a hook, and the crickets outside the mansion are endless, Yun Jiuji leans on the window and glances slightly, listening to the night song of the autumn insects, reciting the poems that her mother loved before her death.

Her mother, Bai Shuangyin, was full of poetry and books, knew everything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, had a gentle personality, was a talented beauty, humming familiar poems, she felt that her mother was by her side, and she never left the general.

After a month of boiling rumors about King Qi and her, they gradually subsided, and presumably Shang Qi's conscience found out and let her go for the time being. After that, the tacit understanding between the two governments did not interfere with the river water, and Yun Jiuji's small life was full and comfortable.

Treasure Fan Pavilion, Yun Jiuzhe heard the cry of the cricket, looked at the starlight outside the window, his eyes lit up, and he grabbed Xiaoman and didn't let go, "Xiaoman, tomorrow...... Mr. Li is on leave, so we don't have to go to class, let's catch ...... Let's catch crickets. ”

Xiao Man smiled, revealing half of his missing teeth and persuaded: "Childe, Miss will curse if she knows, how can it be good to be bitten by insects outside?" ”

Yun Jiuzhe pouted and shook his head dissatisfiedly, "Xiaoman, you answer...... After me, take me out to catch crickets on vacation, my sister didn't allow me to go out of the house, we went secretly. ”

"Don't go, Childe is obedient."

"I won't, I'll go!"

Yun Jiuzhe pouted and pulled Xiao Man's clothes in protest.

The fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy was the age of playfulness, and he was soaked by Yun Jiuzhe for a night, and promised to find an opportunity to sneak out of the house tomorrow to catch crickets.

The next evening, the master and servant sneaked out of the house with two bamboo tubes, and went to the east to catch crickets in the reeds.

After rummaging for half an hour and finding nothing, the master and servant couldn't help but drill into the depths of the reeds, and when Xiaoman finally caught one, he was about to ask the master for credit, but when he turned around, he saw no trace of the master.

Lisuo put the cricket into the bamboo tube, Xiaoman went deep to look for it, and after looking around, he didn't see any trace of the master.

Seeing that the sky has been darkened, Xiao Man can't find the master's anxious turn, tears are rolling in his eyes, the master has an accident, where can he afford it! There is no way but to rush back to the house to report to the young lady and send someone to find it together.

"Miss, Childe is gone!" Xiaoman didn't have time to knock on the door, so he went straight into the study, sweating profusely.

"What?" Yun Jiuji put down the book, the blood on her face faded, she stood up and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" Come on! ”

Xiao Man said guiltily: "I caught crickets with my son in the reeds outside the house, and we got separated on the way to catch crickets. ”

Yun Jiuji didn't stop at all, and walked out of the study quickly, seeing this, Chun Tao hurriedly trotted with a robe and followed, draped it on Yun Jiuji, and went to gather people to find people.

At this time, the sky was already dark, it was pitch black outside, there were only a few stars hanging in the sky, as if they were about to disappear at any time, and the cold air of late autumn was dark and cold as the night fell, seeping into the bone marrow.

The domestic servants, maids, and mothers-in-law of the house all went out, and more than a hundred people rushed to the reeds to the east with torches in hand.

"Childe!"

"Zhe'er, where do you want?"

"Childe, Childe, where are you ......"

The shouts echoed in the night, long and far-reaching.

Shang Qi was having dinner in the mansion, when he heard shouts outside the mansion, took a sip of soup, and asked, "What's the hustle and bustle outside?" ”

Lu Yiyi: "It seems that the little son of Yunze Mansion has lost it." ”

"Lost?" Shang Qi put down the white jade bowl and stretched out his hand to signal, the guards hurriedly stepped forward to hand over the mouthwash cup, took the silver bowl, took a sip and spit it in the silver basin, Lu Yi picked up the plain white handkerchief on the tray and respectfully handed it over.

Shang Qi took it, wiped his thin lips gently, threw the plain white handkerchief on the tray, stood up elegantly, walked to the window, and saw that the air in the east was red, guessing that Yunze Mansion must be looking for someone with a torch.

Shang Qi sneered: "Lu Yi, will the realm of the Qi Wangfu be embarrassed?" ”

Lu Yi confessed, "The prince is angry, and the slave will send someone to investigate!" ”

Shang Qi nodded as if he was nothing, and continued to look to the east, his eyes dark.

"This is a suburb, and there is a winding river deep in the reeds. That's dangerous! Yun Jiuji walked forward with the fire in her hands, worried.

A fine bead of sweat appeared on Chun Tao's face, and she persuaded: "No, Gongzi is most afraid of water on weekdays, and he will definitely not be near the river." ”

The group searched the entire reeds and finally found no one, Xiaoman was trembling with the torch, tears poured down, "boom", the torch fell to the ground, and the torch swished and burned on the grass.

Yun Jiuji was startled and called, "Xiao Man! Hurriedly picked up the torch and extinguished the fire that had not been lit and said: "If it weren't for the fact that the grass has not yet withered, and the reeds were damp after raining the day before yesterday, I am afraid it would have caught fire long ago!" Stabilization! ”

Yun Jiuji scolded Xiao Man for being calm, why didn't he panic, the whole reed bush is so big, and so many people can't find it, isn't it strange?

Could it be that something happened?

Wiping the sweat on her head, Yun Jiuji looked at the majestic Qiwang Mansion in the distance, which was brightly lit and prosperous at this time.

"Xiaoman, take it!" Yun Jiuji picked up the torch and handed it to him, and called to Chun Tao not far away: "Chun Tao, hurry up and go to the Qi Wang's Mansion with Xiao Man for help, and send someone to the Bai family for help, be quick, forget about the Yun family, it's too far, and the others will expand the search area!" ”

Chun Tao nodded and hurriedly went to arrange.

Looking at the dense reeds, which were already half-yellow, Yun Jiuji was in a heavy mood, and she couldn't breathe in a hurry, and secretly warned herself to be calm, and her younger brother would be fine!

Inhaled hard, the blood marks cut by the sharp reeds were staggered, and once again the reeds were opened, the edges of the reeds were like saws, and there were inevitably more openings in vain, Yun Jiuji was unconscious, and there was only one thought in her heart - to find her brother.

Pray for the king's house.

"Oh, haven't found it yet?" Shang Qi took a sip of tea, looked at the little guy in Yunze Mansion who was in a hurry, waved his hand indifferently and said, "Come on, bring our people to help, I want to see the territory of Qiwang Mansion, and I can lose someone!" ”

The guard nodded, turned his head sideways and beckoned to the little guy next to him: "Lead the way." ”

Xiaoman kowtowed and thanked him, and hurriedly set off with all the guards of the palace to find someone.

After another carpet-like search, he found Yun Jiuzhe's bamboo tube with crickets in the depths of the grass, and searched for a radius of ten miles along the bamboo tube, but in the end, to no avail, Yun Jiuzhe seemed to disappear out of thin air.

Yun Jiuji watched the vast reeds fluttering in the wind, raising her eyes to see the east, west, north and south clearly, and a pair of bloodstained hands tightly clutched the bamboo tube left by Yun Jiuzhe.

Yun Jiuzhe is definitely not around anymore, it is impossible to send so many people and not find it! No matter how stupid he is, he knows the way home, it is impossible for him to disappear out of thin air, is someone kidnapping?

"Will someone kidnap Jiuzhe?" Although Yun Jiuji didn't want to believe it, but there was only this possibility at the moment, and the two uncles of the Bai family nodded in agreement with this speculation.

"I don't know what the other party is asking for? Is there a deep hatred, or is it a desire for wealth? Yun Jiuji's back was cold, she broke out in a cold sweat, and her voice couldn't stop trembling.

"In any case, now is not the time to panic, let's discuss how to find someone first, and then say, if it is to seek wealth, there must be no danger for the time being." Second Master Bai patted her shoulder and comforted her not to panic.

Several people settled down, carefully checked the nearby terrain, Yun Jiuji compared the road map, and said: "Uncle, I will go to the Qiwang Mansion to ask about the time of Jiuzhe's disappearance, but there are suspicious vehicles passing by, after all, the place where Jiuzhe happened is close to the side gate of the Qiwang Mansion, where the guards who are specially guarded, and the lookout is far away, and the clues will be found." ”

Uncle Bai nodded and said, "It's feasible, I'll go to a farther place on the other side of the river to find it, I'm afraid that someone will kidnap her to the other side." He glanced at Second Master Bai and patted him on the shoulder, "Second Master, you go south to find it." ”

"Listen to the order, divide into four teams and go out, every two hundred people will cooperate with a few masters to find someone, and the rest will follow me to the city, be careful, don't let go of even a fly!" The chief of the guard waved and assigned the guards to arrange the search and rescue matters.

They divided their work and set off for their respective places.

It was getting late, and Yun Jiuji trotted towards the Qi Wang's Mansion.

Ling Xuan Palace.

"Your Highness, Miss Yun is here." The guard passed the word, and a magnetic sentence came from inside, "Come in!" ”

Shang Qi held the tea, sat on the throne with an indifferent expression, and watched Yun Jiuji come in, the bloodstained hands under the sleeves were staggered, remembering a long memory, and a trace of pain appeared in his eyes.

After Yun Jiuji finished his salute, his expression had returned to normal, put down the teacup and said, "Give me a seat." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Time was pressing, and Yun Jiuji explained the meaning in a concise and shocking manner.

Shang Qi bowed his head, and his fingers tapped the red sandalwood case on the bookcase, "Summoning the doorkeepers, the guards of the lookout tower are coming." ”

Yun Jiuji stood up gratefully and saluted, although Shang Qi looked high, but it was still good to be a neighbor, at least he would not die without help.

Suddenly, several doormen walked in, bowing their heads and looking cautious.

"Miss Yun asked and fully cooperated." Shang Qi dusted off his sleeves and glanced at the guards.

Yun Jiuji smiled gratefully at Shang Qi, stood up and said, "I'm sorry for you to recall that from noon to evening today, what suspicious vehicles and people passed by at the main gate, side gate, and lookout?" ”

The doorman with a long camera walked forward and said, "Your Highness Qiyu, Miss Yun, I was guarding the main gate, and when Shen Shi saw three carriages passing by the gate of the mansion, one was a donkey cart, and the carts were full of straw. An ordinary carriage, and I remember the driver as a man with a green beard and a long beard. There is also a luxury car, which is the car of Beihoufu, and there is a 'Yang' word on the headlights. ”

North Houfu? Yun Jiuji remembered that arrogant straw bag Yang Xiangongzi, could it have anything to do with him?

A stout man came out and said: "Your Highness, Miss Yun, I saw four cars passing by at the side door of the unitary time, and there was also a donkey cart carrying straw, the other three were all carriages, one was relatively shabby, and the other two were ordinary carriages, because it was almost dark at that time, I couldn't see clearly, I vaguely remembered that there was a carriage that was in a hurry, and I scolded the coachman a few words." ”