Luo Yining took a quick look and made up his mind. He said to Guo, "A great favor must be repaid. To be honest, my father is an official in the court. When he arrives in the capital, he will reward you handsomely. I just need your help."
Guo took a deep breath. They spoke quietly. Her child was still asleep. She nodded in agreement. "Then my sister will hide first."
The torch flickered across the partition, the flames approached, and soon there was a knock on the door.
"The police are on patrol, whoever's inside, open the door!"
Hiding in the corner between the bench and the kang bed, Luo Yining couldn't help but hold her breath. Since they were searching, Lu Jiaxue must have returned to Datong. He must have noticed she was missing and was coming to arrest her.
Guo pretended to sit up from the bed, still clothed. She seemed to have just been awakened. "What are you doing, officer? I'm a woman, so it's inconvenient for me to open the door. I'm not a spy. I'm just taking my child to the capital to seek refuge with relatives."
The officer said, "Why are you talking so much? Get up and open the door! I don't care who you are!" The knocks were so loud that Guo had to get off her bed and open the door. She only managed to open it a crack, but the guards rushed in. Luo Yining, relying on her petite figure, hid in a small corner. The room was dim, and unless she bent down and looked carefully, she could not see anything. But she could not see what was happening. She only saw the shadow of the torch flickering. Sure enough, she heard someone climbing under the curtain, but there was nothing.
"Sir, there doesn't seem to be anything here..." said the person who opened the door at the beginning.
Guo said again, "Sir, what are you looking for? I think I can help you."
There was a pause in the room, and Luo Yining heard Lu Jiaxue's voice say, "Since there is nothing, let's go."
The person seemed to have retreated again, and the door was closed. Luo Yining realized that she was actually sweating a little, and she relaxed a little. But she didn't dare to come out yet. When she saw that the shadows of the flickering torches outside had disappeared, her whole body went limp. In fact, it had been a thrilling moment. If they had searched carefully, they would definitely have found her. But she bet Lu Jiaxue was in a hurry and wouldn't search too carefully.
Guo came over and called her, "Sister, you are so scared that your face has turned pale. It seems that your husband is either rich or noble, and he must be a high-ranking official. You should talk to him nicely if you have anything to say..." Then she came over to support her.
After Luo Yining was helped up by her, he immediately opened his eyes wide.
Lu Jiaxue was standing in the room, looking at her with his hands behind his back, his expression was so expressionless that it was hard to describe what he was feeling.
Luo Yining immediately realized that she had been betrayed by Guo and turned to run. Lu Jiaxue took two steps to catch up, twisted her hand, and held her horizontally in his arms. Luo Yining kept struggling: "Lu Jiaxue! You are crazy... Let me go!" Lu Jiaxue grabbed her waist and she could not move. At the same time, he carried her out of the door neatly. The owner of the post station had already prepared a carriage. He twisted Luo Yining's hand and carried her into the carriage, saying to the driver: "... Let's go."
The carriage curtain was lowered and the carriage started moving.
Luo Yining took a deep breath, feeling incredibly frustrated. But at that moment, even if she didn't trust Guo, she had no other choice. Running out would make her more conspicuous, so she could only hide inside the house.
"You're quite a good runner. You even managed to get out here." Lu Jiaxue asked her to half sit up, twisted her chin and said, "You're married to me now, and you're the wife of the Ningyuan Marquis. Do you know? This is at the border, where else can you run to!" There was a masculine heat in his voice when he spoke, and Luo Yining avoided him.
"How did you get her to tell the truth?" Luo Yining asked him.
Lu Jiaxue sneered, "Luo Yining, I'm a martial artist. I knew you were there the moment I entered the room. I just wanted to see how long you could hide. That woman is even more timid. I drew my sword and scared her, and she was willing to cooperate with anything..."
Luo Yining felt that his arms were shackled like iron clamps, and he struggled to break free and sit next to him.
Lu Jiaxue pulled her into his arms, still wrapping her in his cloak. His body was burning hot, but his tone was a little stern: "Why are you hiding? Are you trying to save your life? It's so cold, you'll freeze to death, believe it or not?"
The cold night was long and indeed much colder than the day, a bone-chilling cold. There was no stove in the carriage, even worse than in the house. Only his arms were warm, and not just warm, he was like a stove. Luo Yining closed her eyes and said, "Lu Jiaxue... I really have married someone else. Let's just write off the grudges from the past and let me return to the capital."
Lu Jiaxue held her cold, delicate hand. It was snow-white, flawless as if carved from jade. It felt boneless in his hand. He warmed her hand and said, "The one carried into the Marquis' residence was Luo Yining, the seventh daughter of the Luo family. You are now my legally wedded wife. Wei Yining has been reported dead by the Luo family. There's no point in you returning. You have no other choice now."
Sudden death...Will Luo Shenyuan say she died suddenly? If he says she died suddenly, how will she go back?
Luo Yining looked at him straight and shook his head, "I don't believe you."
Lu Jiaxue laughed, mocking himself. He said, "You don't trust me, but you trust him completely. He can only protect himself now, and he has no time to take care of anything else. You don't believe it, right? Don't you want to go back to the capital? I can take you back to see it!"
This road was indeed heading back to the capital, and the sky was already beginning to lighten. In the distance, the sound of roosters crowing could be heard.
Luo Yining was still very uncomfortable even though she was restrained in his arms. The carriage was getting warmer. Luo Yining wanted to sit aside, but Lu Jiaxue wouldn't let her go. She glared at Lu Jiaxue coldly. However, Lu Jiaxue turned over and pressed her down, a hint of a smile in his eyes: "Just now you told that person that I was your husband?"
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