Gu Yingxue fainted from the heat; to be precise, she suffered from heatstroke.
The weather was already very hot, and she was gagged, her hands and feet were tied, and she was locked in a closet in a cramped space. She was also a little scared, so she fainted.
Because of the spy incident, General Peng went to see Gu Shouxin after breakfast. After they finished talking, Gu Si blocked his way.
A year has passed, and Gu Si is now a fourteen-year-old girl. Since Gu Xin's accident, she has endured a lot on her own. She has grown taller and looks much more mature.
After she bowed to General Peng and Gu Shouxin, she asked, "Grandpa Peng, is Xue'er feeling unwell today? Why didn't she come?"
General Peng was taken aback: "She didn't come over? I didn't see that girl at breakfast this morning. I thought she had come over! She must be sleeping in. Si'er, do you want to come with me to wake her up?"
Gu Si was naturally going. Now that Xie Zhiyi was gone, only she and Gu Yingxue remained of the once lively group of girls. She still preferred to have someone with her.
Upon arriving at the Peng residence, Gu Si went directly to Gu Yingxue's residence without needing anyone to guide her.
It turned out that the person had already gotten up and left the yard.
The maid said that Gu Yingxue had gone to see General Peng, so Gu Si asked the maid to go and call him.
Before long, the maid returned in a panic: "Miss Gu, did our young lady really not go to your house?"
Gu Si frowned: "What's wrong? Isn't Xue'er at Grandpa Peng's? She definitely didn't come to my house today."
The maid was almost in tears: "She's not with the old general. But when the young lady went out, she told me not to come with her. She was going to have breakfast with the old general, and after that, she would go with him to find Lord Gu. What should we do? The young lady is missing."
Gu Si: "Don't worry, Xue'er might have gone somewhere else. Have you sent someone to the women's camp to ask? And what about the snack street?"
The maid nodded: "They've gone, they've gone. The old general heard that the young lady wasn't in the manor, so he sent people to look for her."
Gu Si looked up at the sky. The sun was almost at its zenith, almost noon. Where had Xue'er gone?
...
It wasn't until the afternoon that everyone realized Gu Yingxue had disappeared.
What is certain is that she did not leave the Peng residence today; neither of the gatekeepers at either gate saw her leave.
General Peng ordered his men to search everyone one by one. When he discovered that his personal attendant was missing, he immediately sent someone to fetch him.
Gu Er didn't reveal anything, and the people around him probably didn't notice anything either, but he felt that this matter seemed to be related to his attendant.
A short while later, a servant came to report that his personal attendant had not left the house today, and that the man could not be found in the mansion.
General Peng personally led his men to his personal attendant's room and ordered them to search the room.
The house was very clean, and the clothes and daily necessities were still there, so it didn't seem like they had run away.
General Peng glanced around and saw something that looked very familiar in the cabinet door his men had closed. He immediately called out to stop them, "Don't close it!"
After saying that, he ran over, opened the cabinet, and found a bracelet in the bottom cabinet. He recognized it; it was the one his beloved granddaughter usually wore.
General Peng gripped his hand and said, "Go! Give the order to immediately seal the city gates and conduct a city-wide search!"
The subordinates should take immediate action.
General Peng sent someone to talk to Gu Shouxin about this matter, wanting to ask if Gu Shouxin's men who were monitoring their family had seen what happened that morning.
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