Huo Qixiao finally spat out a mouthful of blood.
This movement brought everyone's thoughts back.
The soldiers on the city wall took advantage of the criminals' stunned moment and shot arrows at them, and captured them all in the chaos.
“Your Majesty—!”
"Call the doctor!"
Huo Qixiao fell down, and for a moment, they actually ignored Tu Qingyu who jumped off the city wall.
When Huo Qixiao woke up again, he was told that the princess's body had disappeared.
"What do you mean by missing?" He asked with red eyes, "Ah? Tell me, what do you mean by missing?!"
"Won't you go and look for me if I'm missing? Huh? You useless people, go find me?!"
The subordinate lowered his head and replied carefully, "We have looked for it, but we can't find it."
"Not found? How could we not find him? Who was that young man who suddenly appeared today? How did the princess and he disappear from under the city wall, huh?"
"The prince vomited blood at that time, and all the people on the city wall... disappeared in chaos."
"Go! Go and find him!" He gasped for breath, his face full of madness, "I want to see him alive or dead."
"yes."
"Wait a moment, go and get all the people who serve the princess to come to me."
He wanted to ask when his princess had a good brother.
Who is this younger brother?
As long as we find this person, we should be able to find Tu Qingyu.
No matter what, she is his princess, they are a legitimate couple, and even in death, she will be buried in his own mausoleum.
The servant paused, then knelt back down, "Your Highness, all the people who served the princess are...all gone."
There was a momentary stagnation in the air.
When the servants in the room saw Huo Qixiao's expression change, they all knelt down.
"What do you mean by 'all disappeared'? Can a living person just disappear?" Huo Qixiao stared at the person who answered, and the coldness in his eyes made the person who answered tremble violently.
"Yes, it seems that those people who were close to the princess have not been in Yuezhou since yesterday."
Huo Qixiao fell silent for a long time before he slowly spoke, "Have those people been interrogated?"
"We've interrogated them. The leader is called Jin Shun. His mother used to be the head nanny of a small courtyard in the palace..." He explained Jin Shun's background one by one.
"Is there any connection between Jinshun and the princess?"
"I have examined it, and there is nothing."
"retrial."
How could there be no connection? Is it just a coincidence that there is no connection?
The close person made arrangements a day in advance, and the hostage situation happened the next day?
Also, Tu Qingyu is so skilled, how could he be kidnapped so easily?
When she left the capital, she clearly brought the people given by the Tu family with her.
But she did jump from such a high city wall.
He also saw the blood with his own eyes.
It is impossible for a human to survive at such a high altitude.
Even if he survives, his injuries will probably never heal.
What does she want?
Just to leave?
"Go, send someone back to the capital to see if the remaining followers of the Tu family are still there."
Tu Qingyu, I hope you are not really so cruel.
She was so cruel that she was willing to leave him even at the cost of her life.
"yes."
After his subordinates left, he asked the housekeeper beside him, "Where is Shu Muyun?"
"Your Highness, Miss Shu was terrified after being rescued yesterday. She had a high fever last night and has not woken up yet."
"Help me up."
"yes."
The housekeeper thought he was going to see Shu Muyun, but unexpectedly, he went to Tu Qingyu's residence.
They had just arrived in Yuezhou and Tu Qingyu's courtyard had only been cleaned once, with no signs of anyone having lived there.
Most of her things were still piled in the yard, seemingly untouched.
There was only an exquisite little sandalwood box on the table.
He walked over and opened the sandalwood box.
What caught my eye was a jade pendant that couldn't be more familiar.
This jade pendant was something he often wore when he was a child. There were two pieces in total, made of the same material, and both were engraved with his name.
Later, after he was rescued from danger, he gave one piece to the little girl who saved him.
How did it end up in Tu Qingyu's hands?
Or was it that Shu Muyun dropped it and Tu Qingyu picked it up?
An ominous premonition rose in his heart.
Under the jade pendant, there was a booklet that looked quite old.
He intuitively felt that as long as he picked up the booklet, he would know the truth of that year.
But now, his hands were shaking so badly that he couldn't even pick up a small booklet.
"Your Majesty?"
The servant beside him saw that his face was not right and hurriedly said, "Your Highness, you are not well yet and it has been a while since you came out. Let's go back first."
Huo Qixiao did not respond to him, but suppressed the fear in his heart and finally picked up the booklet in the box.
On the first page of the booklet, there was a peach blossom that had long since dried and turned yellow.
In the twentieth year of Chengde, my father wanted to take me to Yongjia. Mother said that it was the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, and she had never been there. She hoped Qingyu could record what he saw and heard and tell her about it when he returned.
But Qingyu couldn't remember so much, so Daddy found this booklet for me.
The handwriting is not beautiful, and has a childish charm that is unique to children.
Finally, in May of the 20th year of Chengde, I arrived. Jiangnan is indeed different from the capital. I can't understand the Jiangnan dialect, but the food is very unique and has a unique flavor.
February of the 21st year of Chengde. It turns out that February in Jiangnan is truly beautiful, with willows swaying and the scenery lush and green. It's a pity that my mother is not here.
…
What follows is just the little girl talking to herself.
He slowly sat down on the stool and read through the pages one by one, and even his heart calmed down.
Until he saw——
June 23, the 22nd year of Chengde. Today, I saved a little boy by the river. It seemed someone was trying to kill him. Luckily, my kung fu is still pretty good. Although my shoulder is injured, my grandmother always said that saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda.
Am I better than building a seven-story pagoda?
The boy was also good-looking. He gave me a pendant and asked me to wait for him.
But I can't wait any longer. Soon, I will follow my father back to Beijing.
Snap——
A tear fell right on the word "Jing".
The old butler quickly lowered his head and pretended that he saw nothing.
Huo Qixiao held the jade pendant tightly in his hand, tears falling down one by one.
It was Tu Qingyu who saved him, but what about Shu Muyun? What happened to Shu Muyun?
His mind kept recalling his first meeting with Shu Muyun.
It was also summer at that time, and he returned to Yongjia, wanting to find the benefactor who saved him.
Not long after arriving in Yongjia, they were trapped in a forest by a heavy rain.
A servant came to report that there was a small farm not far ahead, where perhaps they could stay for a night.
It was that night that he accidentally saw the scar on Shu Muyun's shoulder after she accidentally fell from a tree.
The scar was exactly the same as the one on the shoulder of the girl who saved him.
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