"Vanilla, where is Vanilla?" As soon as he opened his eyes, Lu Wushuang searched everywhere for Vanilla.
"Shuang girl, calm down and listen to me. Vanilla is dead. On the Black Rock Peak, you fainted holding Vanilla's body. Three days passed after you were in this coma. I made the decision to have Vanilla's body cremated.
Her ashes are all placed in this urn." Bei Tangye took an urn made of white jade from the table and handed it to Lu Wushuang.
Lu Wushuang took the urn and held it in her arms. Her eyes were moist and she murmured to herself: "Herb, I'm sorry, my sister is useless and can't protect you."
Bei Tangye sat by the bed, seeing Lu Wushuang crying sadly, his heart twitched and started to hurt.
After staying by the bed for three days, Bei Tangye, whose eyes were bloodshot, reached out and hugged Lu Wushuang, letting her cry on his shoulder.
Half an hour later, Lu Wushuang stopped crying. She withdrew from Bei Tangye's arms, raised her head, looked around the room, looked at him with red eyes, and asked, "Where is this place?"
"The prefect's Yamen in Youzhou." Beitangye answered.
"Why did you appear on the peak?" Lu Wushuang continued to ask.
"I followed the imperial brother's order to come to Youzhou to investigate the case of the missing pregnant woman and traced it to the top of Black Rock Peak." Beitang Ye answered truthfully.
"I see." Lu Wushuang murmured, then changed his tone and returned to his indifferent expression, "I want to be alone for a while, so you can go out first."
"You haven't eaten for a few days, so you must be hungry. I asked the kitchen to cook you some porridge." Bei Tangye stood up and left the room, and the dignified Prince Qi walked to the kitchen in person. He did not pretend to do anything to others, but did it himself.
, wash rice to make fire, and personally cook porridge for Lu Wushuang.
In less than half an hour, a small pot of fragrant and thick white porridge was ready.
Bei Tangye filled a bowl of porridge and carried it himself to the room where Lu Wushuang was resting.
"Shuang girls, the porridge is here. I cooked it for you myself."
Before anyone arrives, the sound comes first.
The Beitangye man shouted excitedly while still walking on the corridor.
The room was silent, deserted, and no one responded.
An uneasy feeling welled up in his heart, and Bei Tangye walked quickly towards the room. When he opened the door, the furnishings in the room were still the same, but the person on the bed was gone. Only the urn of vanilla was missing.
With a "pop" sound, Bei Tangye let go of his hand, and a bowl of hot and fragrant porridge fell to the ground. His black brocade boots splashed a lot of white porridge grains. But he couldn't care so much, and turned around to go to the prefect's Yamen.
He ran away quickly, shouting: "Shuang girls."
On the way, he met Chen Yuan, the magistrate of Youzhou. Seeing Beitang Ye rushing outside the Yamen, Chen Yuan was slightly surprised, "Prince Qi, has something happened in such a hurry?"
Beitang Ye's whole heart was tied to Lu Wushuang who left without saying goodbye again. He didn't hear Chen Yuan's questions at all. His running speed did not slow down, and he ran outside the Yamen like the wind.
Standing at the majestic gate of the Yamen, Bei Tangye looked left and right, anxiously searching for Lu Wushuang's figure.
At the corner of the street, a woman in a long green dress had her hair loosely pulled up. The only decoration in her hair was a green hairband. Her height and back were almost the same as Lu Wushuang's.
Beitang Ye ran towards the figure like wind and lightning, grabbed the girl, hugged the girl tightly from behind with both hands, opened her thin lips lightly, and murmured to himself, "Shuang girls, you are not allowed to
Go, you are not allowed to leave me without saying goodbye again."
The strong male aura approached from behind, and the woman in green clothes trembled. Being hugged intimately by a strange man for the first time, the girl's heart beat faster and faster uncontrollably.
Listening to those affectionate and pleading calls, she felt envious and jealous. If there was someone who could treat her affectionately like a brother-in-law, she would be willing to die.
The girl slowly turned around, raised her head, and looked at Beitang Ye's handsome face, slender eyebrows, handsome nose, moderately thick lips, and especially those dark and deep eyes.
There were a few streaks of blood, but the deep affection in her eyes that didn't have time to subside seemed to be directed at her, and the girl's heart beat even more uncontrollably.
"Young master, my name is Nangong Yudie. The south of the south is the palace of the imperial palace, the drizzle of rain, and the fluttering of colorful butterflies." Nangong Yudie turned around and looked at Beitang Ye with his soft eyes and introduced himself.
"You are not a double girl."
Seeing that the girl in front of him was dressed in blue, with a hint of nobility between her beautiful and elegant brows. After Bei Tangye was surprised, he pushed Nangong Yudie away without grace and pushed her to the ground mercilessly. He walked around her and went to
Chase him through the intersection on the right, continuing to look for Lu Wushuang.
On the street, Beitang Ye stood in the vast sea of people, looking at the endless flow of passers-by, but he could only miss the beautiful figure in his heart.
The sun sets over the western mountains, and the tired birds return to their nests.
Bei Tangye returned to the Youzhou magistrate's office dejectedly. He was completely helpless and did not realize that he was being followed.
The largest and most luxurious inn in Youzhou City is Tianzi Room No. 1.
Nangong Yudie, with green clothes and dark hair, sat in front of the piano table in the guest room, plucking the strings with her slender hands, and the gentle and lingering piano music flowed out with the girl's love for spring.
A guard in black warrior uniform stood respectfully in front of her and reported: "Princess, I have found out clearly that the young master who was rude to you on the road walked into the Youzhou Magistrate's Yamen in the evening. My subordinates
I also specifically inquired about it, and found out that a noble man recently moved into the Youzhou magistrate's office, and he is the Prince of Qi, Beitang Tiao, from the Beitiao Kingdom."
"My princess sees that he has an extraordinary bearing, and there is nobility between his brows. It is very likely that he is looking at the north of Qi King Beitang Ye. You should immediately fly a pigeon to pass the letter and tell the emperor brother that I have arrived in Youzhou and will temporarily stay in Youzhou City.
It's been a while." After Nangong Yudie finished his instructions, he waved his hand and the black-clothed guard exited the room.
The night is filling the air, outside Youzhou City, fifty miles eastward in the woods.
An ordinary-looking carriage was running under the vast night. It was so dark that it was impossible to see the road, and the carriage stopped.
"Girl, it's too dark now. I really can't go on my way. I may have to sleep in the wilderness tonight." The coachman said slightly apologetically after stopping the carriage.
The curtain of the carriage was opened, and Lu Wushuang, wearing a black gauze skirt and a black gauze hat under her head, slowly stepped out of the carriage.
There was a chill all over her body, and her whole body was so cold that it was difficult to get close to her.
Taking off the black gauze hat on her head, she looked up and looked around. It was pitch black. The vast night sky above her head was covered with dark clouds, and there was no trace of moonlight or stars.
"That's all we have to do, go and collect some firewood and light a fire at night." Lu Wushuang sighed.
When she was at the magistrate's office in Youzhou City, she took advantage of Beitangye's time to cook porridge. With a thought, she put the urn of Vanilla into the colorful exquisite bracelet, put on a set of black clothes and left the magistrate's office, heading to the east city.
He opened the door and rented this carriage to go east out of the city.
"It's cold at night. The girl will sit in the carriage for a while. I will go and collect some dry firewood now and light the fire before calling the girl out." The coachman said politely after collecting Lu Wushuang's ten taels of silver for the carriage fare.
After a while, the fire rose and illuminated the world.
Lu Wushuang and the coachman gathered around the fire and ate some dry food. The coachman took a jug of wine from the carriage and took a sip. The spicy wine poured into his throat and circulated in his body, warming his whole body.
Drinking can strengthen courage. At the same time, looking at Lu Wushuang, who was as cold as ice, the coachman started talking more.
"Girl is alone, why do you want to go to a place as far away as Yuezhou?"
Lu Wushuang lowered her head, staring at the blazing flames with her dark eyes. The firelight shone into her pupils, but it still couldn't dispel the coldness in her eyes. Her whole body seemed to be wrapped in a layer of ice, and she didn't want to open up to anyone.
Open your heart.
When his concern was not responded to, the coachman stopped asking questions.
After sitting for a while, after driving for a day, the coachman was so tired that he dozed off. He took out the quilt and straw mat from the storage box in the carriage and was about to open a bunk next to the fire. Lu was silent.
Wushuang spoke.
"Old man, you are old and you have to drive the carriage tomorrow. You will sleep in the carriage tonight."
"Well, how can this be done?" The coachman refused, but he was deeply moved in his heart. It was the first time he met such a generous and kind-hearted guest, and he actually let him sleep in the car while he stayed next to the fire.
"I said yes. If you don't have a good rest at night, how can you drive the carriage during the day? Besides, I slept in the carriage all day during the day, and now I can't sleep at all." Lu Wushuang insisted.
"Thank you, girl. She is a kind person, and good people will be rewarded." The coachman thought that Lu Wushuang's words made sense, so he stopped refusing and got into the carriage with the quilt in his arms.
The night gradually deepened, and the sky became darker and darker.
Lu Wushuang, who had been sitting by the fire, heard the sound of snoring in the carriage. With a thought, she summoned the red python, touched its head, and said softly: "Go ahead and find it yourself in the woods."
Let’s go eat.”
The red python's huge body slid deep into the woods, leaving a trail of slippage.
Lu Wushuang took out the cold jade bed, sat cross-legged on the cold jade bed, closed his eyes slightly, and meditated.
The fresh air in the forest at night is very beneficial for meditating.
An hour later, Lu Wushuang opened his eyes, and his bright pupils were as bright as the sun in the dark night.
At the right moment, there was a noise in the woods, and the red python came back. There was a jade-green fruit in its mouth, exuding a pleasant fragrance. The red python spit out the green fruit in front of her. Lu Wushuang lowered his head to pick it up.
Picking up the fruit, even just smelling the fruity aroma, is refreshing.
Needless to say, this fruit must be a good thing.
Without hesitation, Lu Wushuang wiped the fruit clean and put it into her mouth. The crispy pulp and sweet juice slid into her throat, which was extremely comfortable. She even felt an invisible force moving through her body.
Lu Wushuang quickly sat cross-legged and meditated, absorbing the power emanating from the magical fruit.
Another hour passed, and when Lu Wushuang opened her eyes, it was almost Yin hour. She felt that the Xuanbing magic in her body had greatly improved and had broken through the fourth level.
"That's great. As long as you break through the fifth level, you can turn water into ice and you won't have to be bullied anymore." Lu Wushuang showed his first bright smile since Vanilla's tragic death.
At this time, the sound of turning over in the carriage was heard. Worried that if the coachman woke up and saw the red python scared to death, Lu Wushuang thought and quickly put the red python into the colorful exquisite bracelet.
After sitting cross-legged and meditating for a while, dawn dawned on the horizon and the chirping of birds could be heard from the woods.
In the carriage, the driver woke up, jumped out of the carriage, and said hello to Lu Wushuang.
"Good morning, girl."
Lu Wushuang, who had not slept all night, nodded. There was no trace of tiredness on her face. After taking the strange fruit, her eyes were bright and she was full of energy. She was even more energetic than the coachman who had slept all night. She turned off the light
After lighting up the fire, he jumped on the carriage, and the coachman continued on his way, whipping up his whip.
Youzhou City.
Beitang Ye stayed up all night. At dawn, Tie Yi sent a message.
"My lord, I have heard that before noon yesterday, Miss Lu rented a carriage at the east gate and left the city."
"Prepare your horses and chase to the east immediately." Bei Tangye's eyes suddenly lit up, he regained his energy, and strode outside the prefect's Yamen. As long as there is news.
"But the emperor sent a message yesterday, asking you to return to Beijing immediately." Tie Yi stood on the spot and advised.
"Brother Emperor will understand me. Go and prepare your horse."
At this time, Bei Tangye's heart was completely focused on Lu Wushuang, and he couldn't care about anything else. He urged Tie Yi anxiously.
With a sigh in his heart, Tie Yi shook his head and walked away.
Love is really a terrible thing. It changed the prince so much that he didn't even listen to the emperor's words.
In Youzhou City, on the eastbound official road, Beitang Ye rode in the lead, wearing hunting clothes. Tie Yi and four hidden guards followed closely behind, galloping all the way, raising dust all over the sky.
The most luxurious inn in Youzhou City, Tianzi Room No. 1.
The morning sun is shining, dispelling the mist, and shining thousands of rays of light on this ancient city.
Nangong Yudie got up together, and after washing up, the guards came to report.
"Princess, Beiwang Qi King rode out of the city with his hidden guards early in the morning and headed east."
"What, he left, how long has he been gone?" Nangong Yudie's delicate and elegant face showed a trace of anxiety. The teacup she just held in her hand fell to the ground and fell into pieces. The tea spilled all over the floor and soaked her.
dress.
"Half an hour, the princess was still sleeping at that time, and I didn't dare to disturb the princess," the guard reported.
"Go and prepare the carriage immediately. This princess also wants to leave the city." Nangong Yudie gave the order. The guards did not dare to disobey and immediately went downstairs to prepare the carriage.
Nangong Yudie changed into a clean and refreshing white chiffon dress and asked her personal maid Guizhi to pack her bags. The master and servant went downstairs and checked out of the room. The guards had already prepared the carriage, wearing straw hats and holding riding whips.
Sitting in front of the carriage.
After getting on the carriage, the guards raised their whips and drove the carriage eastwards.
It seems that Nangong Yudie has taken a liking to Beitang Ye and will not give up until he gets the gesture.
There are few stars at night and the cold wind is blowing.
After two days of driving, the carriage stopped at the Suhe River in the wild tonight.
Green grassland and gurgling water.
A fire was lit by the river, and the coachman sat by the fire to warm himself.
Lu Wushuang talked to the coachman and walked alone to a place with deeper water about ten meters upstream. He took off his clothes and slipped into the water for a swim.