royal girl

Chapter 69 A Thousand Miles of Light and Shadow 2
It was cold and windy outside the window, and the room was as warm as spring. Huiyu looked at the red flames burning brightly in the brazier, and slowly regained consciousness.The person who came was actually Ji Qiyu. The news was like a thunderbolt hitting his head from a clear sky, and Huiyu suddenly felt a little complicated inside.

Mrs. Dong Er obviously didn't expect that the person who came would be a prince, and she still had to do what she should do to the guard who came, "The fourth prince is here, how dare my wife let the prince come in person, naturally It’s just that men and women are different, and it’s inconvenient to go out, and there may be rumors, so please forgive me, His Royal Highness.”

It was Jiang Qing who came here, and it was obvious that he was incapable of accepting such decent and reasonable words from Mrs. Dong Er.After all, is the rumored Mrs. Dong Er really a gentle and virtuous image? He was already ready to face a dominatrix, but suddenly the plot took a 180-degree turn, but he met such a gentle and courteous wife, Jiang Qing said that the rumors are too abnormal, it's cheating.

"Madam is serious. Your Highness has been entrusted by Lord Xing to take care of your wife and daughter, so you don't have to worry." Jiang Qing looked at Mrs. Dong Er and replied, "My Highness will be here soon. If Madam really feels inconvenient, I will go back right away." Say."

Mrs. Dong Er listened to Jiang Qing's words, and she understood that this matter has something to do with her elder brother?Before recalling it, Huiyu next to him smiled and said, "I'm sorry to trouble Guard Jiang. We appreciate Your Highness's kindness. It's just that it's inconvenient to be away. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

This is the refusal, Jiang Qing is not surprised, she bowed her head and said: "Yes, I will convey it to you. Your Highness said that if Madam and Miss have anything to do, you can report it at any time."

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness." Hui Yu said, the weasel greeted the chicken, who knows what Ji Qi Yu'an is thinking, it's better to keep a distance.

After Jiang Qing came back, she told Huiyu and the others what they meant. Ji Qiyu had just finished taking a bath, her black hair was still dripping with water, and a maid was slowly wiping it with a dry cloth.Ji Qiyu nodded lightly, expressing that she knew, but didn't say anything.

Jiang Qing retreated outside the door, not knowing for a while whether her master was angry or not.However, although Miss Dong Er is young, she...it seems that he is not a simple person these few times. He, as a slave, should not worry about the affairs of the masters.

The snow had already stopped, but who knew it would start to fall again in the middle of the night, and it was even bigger than the previous few days, but it was only in the middle of the night. When Huiyu opened the window in the morning, she saw a thick layer of snow accumulated in the yard.The soldiers in the post station were cleaning hard, Huiyu couldn't help frowning.The road was already blocked by heavy snow, but now it has been snowing non-stop. I am afraid that the road that has just been cleared is blocked again.

Naturally, Huiyu, a woman, can't and is powerless to take care of such things. After washing up, she went to Mrs. Dong's wife for breakfast. She didn't meet Ji Qiyu yesterday, and she didn't know what that guy was thinking. But Huiyu can't take care of him right now, after all, they are still a little familiar strangers.

There are not many varieties of breakfast. After all, this post station does not have a lot of food. If you can have meat, you should laugh secretly.

After eating a bowl of hot porridge, Huiyu immediately felt comfortable all over, and said to Mrs. Dong Er, "Mother, I'm afraid we will stay here for a few more days. The snow fell in the middle of the night last night. It's really not small."

Mrs. Dong Er also sighed, "I knew it would be like this, so I shouldn't have brought you out to suffer for nothing."

Hearing that Mrs. Dong blamed herself for letting her daughter suffer, Huiyu hurriedly said, "Where did you suffer? Someone took good care of you along the way, but it's just a few days of delay, it's okay."

When the mother and daughter said this, they heard noisy footsteps and chaotic voices coming from the courtyard next door, and this movement came from Ji Qiyu's courtyard.This inn was relatively small, so the only two small courtyards here were shared equally between Huiyu and him, and the two of them lived next to each other and became neighbors for a few days.

The commotion in the courtyard next door was a bit loud, Huiyu and Mrs. Dong looked at each other, and said: "I'll send someone to see what's wrong, after all, if something really happens, we can't bear it if we just do nothing, Your Majesty." anger."

Mrs. Dong Er nodded, and Huiyu let Zhong Daxin go.Soon Zhong Daxin came back, panting through a door, "Returning to Madam and Miss, the servant has inquired, and said that the fourth prince took people to see the road blocked when it was dark. The situation, I didn't expect the fourth prince to disappear with his men and horses. Jiang Qing was so anxious that he was calling people to find him."

Huiyu and Mrs. Dong's expressions changed in an instant, and Mrs. Dong immediately stood up and said to Zhong Daxin, "Take our guards over to help immediately, and follow the instructions of Guard Jiang. We must find His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince as soon as possible." .”

"Yes, the slave will go now." Zhong Daxin immediately went to report to someone, and the courtyard on Huiyu's side became noisy for a while.

Huiyu looked a little ugly, you said Ji Qiyu is just looking for trouble?If you don't stay in the house well, why are you a prince looking for a way? A group of subordinates can't be arranged?It doesn't matter if you lose it yourself, but it's troublesome for others. For the first time, Huiyu felt that this person was troublesome enough.

Jiang Qing looked at the people brought by Zhong Daxin with a happy expression on his face, and he clasped his fists together, "Thank you very much."

"It's our wife's intention. I will obey Jiang Shiwei's arrangements for everything, please just tell me." Zhong Daxin said loudly.

Jiang Qing nodded, "It's so much work." After saying that, he took the people on the horse and left the post station and ran forward.

Huiyu couldn't sit still in the room, looked at the second Mrs. Dong who was also anxious and said, "Mother, I'll send someone to ask Yi Cheng for a copy of the map."

"What are you going to do?" Mrs. Dong looked at her daughter in confusion, what's the use of this kind of thing that men only use at this time.

"Look at the roads here. Let's find out the place first, so we have a good idea." If something really happened to Ji Qiyu, she would know how many ways to find someone.But there is only one main road leading to the border, Huiyu regretted not asking where Ji Qiyu went to explore the road.

Mrs. Dong Er looked at her daughter suspiciously, thought for a while and said: "You are a girl from every family, so worry about it, this is all a man's business. With Yi Cheng here, he is no more knowledgeable than us women. You accompany me Talk to your mother."

Mrs. Dong Er's strength can only be found in the scheming among women, and she lacks a little experience and insight in the outside world.And here, it has always been a man who dominates the outside, and a woman who dominates the inside. It is a rule that a woman cannot interfere with a man's outside affairs.But Huiyu is not an ancient person who was born and bred here after all, her consciousness has not been fully communicated here, what happened is not because the women here think of relying on men first, but how they use the most favorable situation to solve the biggest problem difficulty.Modern women are all female men, and they roll up their sleeves when things happen, so sister can do it herself!

But it obviously doesn't work here.

Huiyu patiently talked with Mrs. Dong Er, and secretly winked at Xueying, who quietly backed out.

Seeing that the snow was getting bigger and bigger, and there was no news yet, Huiyu couldn't sit still, so she pretended to be sleepy on purpose, and complained that she would go back and lie down for a while.Mrs. Dong Er didn't have any doubts, so she let Huiyu go back.Back in the room, Xueying had already brought the map, and Huiyu sat at the table and spread the map on it, without raising her head, she said to Xueying, "Go outside and watch."

"Yes." Xueying withdrew and guarded the door without saying a word.

The more Huiyu looked at the map, the more she frowned. What she said before was correct, there is indeed only one road leading to the border here.If Ji Qiyu went to explore the way, there was indeed only one way, but how could such a good person disappear?Could it be that Ji Qiyu didn't bring anyone with him when he went out?Are all his guards dead? Even if they dare not follow too closely, they definitely dare not not follow.

If this is the case, then both the guard and Ji Qiyu are missing.

Under what circumstances can several people go missing and can be found by others for a long time?

Huiyu's eyes fell on the mountain nests on both sides of the road. There are hillsides more than [-] meters high on both sides of this road. If the snow on the big hillsides suddenly falls due to snow... even such a small-scale avalanche will be destroyed. fatal.

But Jiang Qing couldn't have imagined such a situation, right?If the avalanche is found somewhere and can be reported immediately, then what I think may not work.If it doesn't work, what happened?

Huiyu couldn't think of it, and couldn't figure it out. There was only one way, but the person disappeared.

Putting away the map, Huiyu felt that in this ancient age where there were no computers, no mobile phones, and news was very backward and congested, something could really make people anxious.She was not worried about Ji Qiyu's life or death, but she was worried about how she would face the emperor's anger in the future, even if Ji Qiyu was not favored, she would still be a prince, okay?After all, they stayed in the same inn with the fourth prince, and the possibility of being cannon fodder was as high as 90.00%.

Mrs. Dong Er was also restless in the house at this time. She acted nonchalantly in front of her daughter, but she was actually very worried about the safety of the Fourth Prince.If something really happened to the fourth prince, they probably wouldn't be able to escape.

When everyone was panicking, Zhong Daxin came back.

Huiyu rushed to Mrs. Dong's room at the first time, and listened to Zhong Daxin's report: "The inn that the fourth prince Shen Shimo left at the end of the hour, with four guards, followed the road to check the traffic congestion. Unexpectedly When we walked halfway, we suddenly encountered an avalanche. Two guards escorted the fourth prince to escape. When the other two were buried under the heavy snow and dug out, they were already dead. The avalanche did not last long, and the collapsed It was just a piece of snow protruding from the corner of the mountain. When the people behind cleaned up the fallen snow, they could not find the fourth prince and the two guards, as if they had disappeared out of thin air. Now guard Jiang is leading people Still looking, the little one is afraid that the wife and the girl will come back and report back first."

This situation is similar to what Huiyu thought before, but it just disappeared suddenly. Could it be possible to meet the black hole of time and space that suddenly appeared?Wouldn't the fourth prince also experience a time-traveling journey?

Thinking of this, Huiyu looked at Mrs. Dong and said, "Since there is no danger ahead, mother, I want to go and have a look. If we stay here and don't go out to have a look, what if... how will we explain in the future?"

"You stay here, I'll take someone there." Mrs. Dong immediately stood up, looked at Dong Huiyu and said, "You are a little girl, and you haven't grown up yet. How do you know what to do in such a situation?" Just do what you want and don't make trouble."

Mrs. Dong Er was afraid that her daughter would be in danger if she followed, so she naturally refused to let her daughter go with her. Huiyu had no choice but to watch Mrs. Dong lead her out in a cloak against the cold wind due to her tough attitude.

After Mrs. Dong Er left, Huiyu stayed alone in the inn, and couldn't sit still.After thinking for a while, he stood up and said to Xue Qi: "Go and see if there are any carriages in the post station. If there are any, prepare them immediately, and let's go and see."

Xueqi turned pale, and persuaded: "Girl, it's very dangerous outside, Madam ordered you not to go."

"I can't watch my mother take risks, not to mention Zhong Daxin also said that there is no danger on this road now, go!"

Xueqi didn't dare to disobey and turned around, and went. Xueying had already brought Huiyu's cloak and put it on Huiyu, saying: "Your servant, please bring one more."

Huiyu nodded after thinking about it. I'm afraid I'll have to get out of the car for a walk when I go out this time. Not only will I need to prepare an extra cloak, but I'll even need to bring an extra pair of shoes.Xueying was well prepared, and even brought an extra box of silver frost charcoal in the hand warmer.

The carriage was soon ready, Huiyu took the two maids, let Zhong Daxin lead the way, and took the four guards left by Mrs. Dong Er in the station, and chased after her along the road.

After leaving the post station, there is a vast expanse of whiteness all around, and the whole earth is covered with a layer of white.Moreover, the light snow in the sky was still falling, Huiyu squeezed the armholes tightly and held the stove, but she still felt a bit cold as if it was coming in from under the soles of her feet when she wore the big hood on her head.

It's freezing cold!

The roads in ancient times were all dirt roads. When the snow fell, they were frozen hard, covered with another layer of snow, and then frozen again. Not to mention that the carriages were also extra careful when driving, even the guards on horseback were very cautious.The speed is really not fast, if it is too fast, if something really happens, I am afraid that it will be too late to brake.

brake?

Something seems to have slipped before Huiyu's eyes. If they found Xue Bengji Qiyu and the others wanted to rein in the horse but found that the ground was too slippery...

There are [-]-meter-high hills on both sides, and there is a road leading to the border gate in the middle. There are thorns and grass nests everywhere on both sides of the road. Some grass nests are very deep, but they are covered by ice and snow... plus The snow has never stopped, and an avalanche has occurred. If the avalanche of snow covers the grass nest...

If it is really what I think, then it is estimated that the fourth prince and the two guards will be terribly cold now, and it will be seven or eight hours since they disappeared.

Huiyu raised the curtain of the car, and said to Zhong Daxin, "Take your guards and immediately catch up with Madam's carriage and look for it along the Caowozi..." Huiyu said what she thought of, and finally added, "We are here Go forward, speed up and catch up, you have been missing for seven or eight hours, and if it is too late, your life may be in danger."

Zhong Daxin didn't dare to say anything else when he heard it, but he still left a guard to guard Huiyu, and led the other three to chase after him.Huiyu told the coachman to go as fast as possible, the sky was getting dark, and seeing another snowstorm was coming, it might be even more difficult to find someone by then.

Huiyu's carriage drove forward against the wind and snow on the road, and the stove in her hand gradually cooled down. Xueying immediately took it to add some charcoal fire, and then stuffed it to Huiyu, and then said: "It's been half an hour. I have only walked such a short distance, I am afraid that I may not be able to catch up even in the dark. Girl, it is not safe in the dark, otherwise you should go back first, and the slave will continue to meet Madam."

Huiyu shook her head, "No way, my mother hasn't come back yet, how can I sleep peacefully?"

Xueying wanted to persuade her again, so she came in through the curtain of the car tremblingly when she heard Xueqi's voice, "Zhong Daxin is here."

As soon as the words fell, Zhong Daxin had already arrived at the car, and said to Huiyu through the curtain: "Girl, Madam told you to turn around and go back, she will find His Highness the Fourth Highness with Guard Jiang. The servant has already told Madam what you said After listening, Madam also told Jiang Shiwei, and now everyone is looking for it step by step."

Hearing that Mrs. Dong Er had met Jiang Qing, Huiyu breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Zhong Daxin, "Go to your mother immediately and help me. If I don't go back, I will catch up soon, and one more person will be able to catch up." More strength."

Zhong Daxin couldn't persuade him, so he had to turn around and leave again.

Under Hui Yu's instruction, the coachman sped up a little more, but the coachman also said that this carriage was originally used in the post station, and it was not as good as the ones brought by the Dong family and the fourth prince. If it was faster, it might not be able to withstand it. , can only be so fast.Huiyu heard the words and had no other choice but to rush forward like this.Not only was the frame of this carriage not good, but it was also poor at keeping warm. At least it wouldn’t be so cold holding a hand stove in Huiyu’s carriage, but the carriage was leaking so much air that Huiyu’s lips were blue from the cold.

It was completely dark outside, and Huiyu could see the scattered torches in the distance when he opened the curtain, so he was relieved, and finally he was about to catch up.

The wind and snow were overwhelming, and the roaring cold wind seemed to be circling past the top of the mountain.Even sitting in the carriage, Huiyu could feel the fear of being swept away by the strong wind.

Xueying and Xueqi sat tightly next to Huiyu, shielding her from the cold wind that rushed in. The faces of the two girls were also not good, and they both laughed happily when they saw the car that was about to catch up with his wife.

Suddenly, the carriage jolted violently, and the wheels seemed to have run over something hard. Huiyu was bumped hard in the carriage and leaned against Xue Qi, who hit the carriage, and her forehead suddenly swelled. famous.The wind outside was tight, and the carriage was already hit by something, and the body was tilted to one side. When this matter was blown by the fierce cold wind, the not-so-useful carriage was instantly overturned.

Huiyu felt the world turned upside down, and the hand warmer in her hand fell out. She didn't know what hit it, her shoulder hurt sharply, and she fell out of the carriage due to the force.Xueqi was shocked when she saw it and grabbed Huiyu's arm, but she was also thrown out.

The carriage overturned, Huiyu threw it out of the carriage, landed on the ground and slid along the road this time.Xueqi's shout seemed to be still lingering in her ears. Huiyu wanted to stop, but she couldn't stop at all. She rolled forward involuntarily like a pebble spinning downhill.Xue Mozi got into the clothes, chilling the skull, Huiyu didn't care about these, but felt that she had hit a soft place hard, and then her body was blocked by it, changed direction and fell straight down.

The world is spinning, top-heavy, and sparks are flying in front of my eyes.Huiyu's first feeling was that when her body finally stopped, it took her a while to wake up. It was pitch black in front of her eyes, and she couldn't see where she was at all.Stretching out his hand and touching it cautiously, the tentacles felt a little prickly, which was the feeling only when dry grass fell into the palm of his hand.

Huiyu instantly felt a bit miserable. She thought that maybe Ji Qiyu would end up in the grass nest, but she didn't expect to fall into the grass nest before seeing how miserable she was.unlucky!
"Girl, girl, are you there?"

"I'm here." Hearing Xue Qi's voice, Huiyu felt so kind for the first time. It turned out that Xue Qi also fell down with her.

Xueqi's voice was buzzing, as if she was crying, Huiyu hurriedly said, "Why are you crying, aren't we doing well?"

"Girl, don't move, the servant will come over here."

Huiyu heard a chi chi la la sound in the darkness, it seemed to be the sound made by Xue Qi standing up and stepping on the weeds around her.

"Do you have fire pockets?" Huiyu asked. Naturally, a young lady would not have such a thing, because this time she came out with a hand warmer, so it is estimated that these two girls would have such a thing.

"I don't have it on the maidservant, but Xueying has it." Xue Qi followed Hui Yu's voice and slowly leaned over.

After a short period of adaptation, Huiyu was able to vaguely see some shadows in the dark. Seeing Xueqi's figure approaching, she was about to speak, but she saw the girl tripped by something, her whole body The five bodies fell firmly to the ground.

Before Huiyu could speak, he heard another faint moan from someone else in the grass nest.Because the voice was too low, Huiyu felt that she might be a little dazed in wanting to find someone. It would not be such a coincidence, and Ji Qiyu would not be here before Mrs. Dong Er and Jiang Qing were here. .

"Ah..." Xue Qi's scream sounded instantly.

Huiyu was so frightened that she trembled all over, goosebumps arose, and her scalp became tense. She couldn't help shouting, "What are you talking about?"

"Girl... Girl, it's... a person..." Xue Qi was about to cry, it was obvious that she was quite frightened.

Huiyu was overjoyed, "Get up quickly, and check to see if the person is still alive? It may be the Fourth Prince and the others. It would be great if they are, and God blesses them as long as they are not dead."

"It turns out that Miss Dong Er was praying for the protection of the Buddha, and His Highness really did not die."

The human voice that suddenly appeared behind him seemed to slip past his ears with a ghastly feeling. Not only did Huiyu's scalp shudder and his body tremble, but he also felt his eyes darken and his body go limp, almost fainting.

Seeing Huiyu's body limp and falling down, Ji Qiyu stretched out a hand to hold her.

They couldn't see each other's faces in the dark, but Huiyu was so angry that she wanted to yell, but reason told her to calm down, take a deep breath, break her arm from Ji Qiyu's hand, and still couldn't help saying : "Does Your Highness think it's fun to scare people in the dark?"

Huiyu didn't hear the answer from the person opposite, and Xueqi didn't dare to speak at the side, so she could only crawl towards Huiyu gropingly, staying by her side, making up her mind that if the Fourth Prince was uneasy and kind, Punch through.As for the consequences... let's talk about it.

Ji Qiyu didn't speak, and there was a sense of tension in the darkness.Huiyu was going to die of anger. She had worked hard and had a car accident, so she accidentally found someone.This person had obviously stayed in the grass nest for a long time, and he must have adapted to the situation in the dark earlier than her, but he didn't reveal his identity when they fell down, which was obviously uneasy and kind.Sure enough, this guy is not a good person, Huiyu was furious.

"I have broken my arm."

"Huh?" Huiyu choked back, full of anger to accuse, with a broken arm?

"I don't know if it's an enemy or a friend, so I dare not speak rashly."

Huiyu couldn't see Ji Qiyu's face at this moment, but through the darkness, she seemed to be able to hear Xiao Suo in these words.The heart that was still hard just now seemed to be bumped somewhere, it didn't hurt, but it was a little depressed.

"Later, before I had time to speak, your maid stumbled."

No matter what he said, it seemed that it was all his fault, as if it was really the case.Huiyu felt a little embarrassed, "How are you doing now? Are you okay?"

"I can't die, I can't move, and my legs are also pinned down."

Huiyu: ...

Poor baby, this is too bad luck.

"I was suppressed by you, can you let me go?"

Huiyu: ...

(End of this chapter)