It took Liu Yunqing two days to prepare to leave. On the third day, Liu Yunqing got up early. She took a mat and sat on the steps to watch Xia Jingyao practice martial arts. Seeing Xia Jingyao finish practicing, Liu Yunqing quickly stepped forward to help Xia Jingyao wipe his sweat.
"Why did you get up so early? You didn't get much sleep." Xia Jingyao reached out and hugged Liu Yunqing.
"I haven't seen you practice martial arts for a long time. When I wake up, I get up." Liu Yunqing replied with a smile.
"Now that you're awake, come and have breakfast with me." Xia Jingyao picked up Liu Yunqing and walked towards the room.
Soon, the maid brought breakfast, and the two of them finished their breakfast while talking and laughing. After breakfast, Liu Yunqing helped Xia Jingyao change clothes, and then watched Xia Jingyao walk out of Qingyun Courtyard. Looking at Xia Jingyao's retreating back, Liu Yunqing's tears fell silently.
"Madam, let's go." Haitang came to Liu Yunqing's side.
"Let's go." Liu Yunqing wiped away her tears and walked directly outside the courtyard. Liu Yunqing didn't look back until he left the Hou Mansion. She was afraid that after one look, she would not have the courage to leave.
Liu Yunqing entered the shop, and the guards were waiting not far away as usual. It's just that this time Liu Yunqing didn't go to work in the store. She handed a letter to the shopkeeper and asked him to deliver it to the guard outside the door at closing time. Then he left the store through the back door. At the back door, there was a carriage waiting for a long time. Liu Yunqing and Haitang got on the carriage and headed straight for the south gate. Without any surprises, Liu Yunqing left the city smoothly. At the same time Liu Yunqing left the south gate, carriages also left from the other three gates.
The day passed in the blink of an eye. The shopkeeper handed the letter to Captain Sun and told him that his wife had left long ago. Captain Sun led people into the store and looked carefully, but found no sign of Liu Yunqing. Captain Sun quickly took the letter and rushed to the government office. After Xia Jingyao finished his day's work, he just stood up and was about to go home when he saw Captain Sun running in sweating profusely.
"Master Marquis, it's bad, my wife is missing." As soon as he saw Xia Jingyao, Captain Sun had no time to salute and shouted quickly.
"What do you mean missing? What happened?" Xia Jingyao asked eagerly.
"My subordinates don't know, but Madam left a letter." Captain Sun presented the letter to Xia Jingyao.
When Xia Jingyao saw the five words Xia Jingyao personally wrote on the envelope written by Liu Yunqing, his heart skipped a beat. He was very familiar with Liu Yunqing's handwriting, and he was sure that it was written by Liu Yunqing. Xia Jingyao couldn't wait to open the envelope and took out the letter.
"Xia Jingyao, thank you for giving me a beautiful dream. I wish this dream could go on forever, but no matter how beautiful the dream is, I will eventually wake up one day, and now is the time to wake up. Xia Jingyao, I left, but that doesn't mean I don't like you anymore. On the contrary, I love you very much, and it's because I love you that I have to leave. I have exhausted all my luck to be able to meet you. If I can get your love, I will have no regrets in this life, and I dare not ask for more. These few short months of getting along are enough for me to remember for a lifetime. I will take Haitang away, and she will protect her. It's mine, don't worry. Don't come to me, let me have a safe hiding place in this world. I took away some money, which I lent to you, and I will definitely pay it back in the future. Yours. By the way, help me take care of Lian'er. If possible, I hope I can set her free. Xia Jingyao, I wish you well and never see you again in this life." Xia Jingyao read the letter word by word. There were many words. Mo Du fainted. You don't need to think about it to know that it was caused by Liu Yunqing's tears. Xia Jingyao could feel Liu Yunqing's reluctance when he wrote this letter.
"Have you, Madam, been in contact with anyone suspicious in the past few days?" Xia Jingyao looked at the letter and was in a daze. After a while, Xia Jingyao looked at Captain Sun and asked.
"Suspicious person, there is no suspicious person. By the way, Mr. Zhao met Madam three days ago." Captain Sun thought about it carefully, and it seemed that Zhao Tan was the most suspicious.
Hearing that Zhao Tan had visited Liu Yunqing, Xia Jingyao roughly guessed the reason for Liu Yunqing's departure. Xia Jingyao suddenly felt that he no longer recognized Zhao Tan and had become so strange.
"My lord, my subordinates will bring someone back to get my wife back," He Wu said. He knew best how much Xia Jingyao cared about Liu Yunqing. Ever since Liu Yunqing entered the Hou Mansion, Xia Jingyao seemed to have changed. To be precise, Xia Jingyao began to look like a human being. Before, at the border, Xia Jingyao was like a killing tool, no different from a cold sword.
"No need." Xia Jingyao sat on the chair and looked at the letter in his hand again. At this glance, it is an hour.
"Go back home." Xia Jingyao put the letter close to his body, with neither sadness nor joy on his face. The killing tool was back again.
Returning to Qingyun Courtyard, Xia Jingyao drove all the servants in the courtyard to Jingyun Courtyard. He sat alone in the yard, looking at the dark night sky. At some point, snowflakes fell, and Xia Jingyao sat there motionless, as if he was a sculpture. The snow fell harder and harder, and the sculpture turned into a snowman.
He Wu took the cloak and came to Xia Jingyao. After knocking the snow off Xia Jingyao's body, he put the cloak on him. He Wu put a large cloak on Xia Jingyao and left Qingyun Courtyard. He stood at the entrance of the courtyard and watched Xia Jingyao slowly turn into a snowman again.
It snowed all night, and Xia Jingyao also sat in the courtyard all night. When the first ray of sunshine in the morning shone, Xia Jingyao stood up. He left Qingyun Court, left the Hou Mansion, and came to the Mansion Office. He Wu brought clean clothes and steaming breakfast. After Xia Jingyao changed clothes and had breakfast, he started busy as usual, as if what happened yesterday didn't happen.
When Zhao Tan received the news of Liu Yunqing's departure, he immediately sent people to find Liu Yunqing's whereabouts. For Zhao Zi's happiness, he must kill Liu Yunqing. The original plan was to send Liu Yunqing away and do it when he left Fuchang County. Unexpectedly, Liu Yunqing left early, catching him off guard. However, Zhao Tan's men searched for several days and found no trace of Liu Yunqing. Even Liu Yunqing's direction was not clear. Seeing that the wedding was approaching, Zhao Tan had to return to the imperial capital first, but the number of people looking for Liu Yunqing doubled.
During the few days that Zhao Tan was looking for Liu Yunqing, Xia Jingyao also completed the handover of government affairs. In the past few days, Xia Jingyao has been staying in the mansion and has never returned to the Hou Mansion. Returning to the Hou Mansion again, Xia Jingyao suddenly felt like he was in another world. There was no one he wanted to see here. It felt like home just now, but in the blink of an eye, it turned into a cold building again.
Xia Jingyao came to Qingyun Courtyard and stood there for a long time, but did not go in after all. The person he wanted to see most would never appear in this yard again. Xia Jingyao stretched out his hand to hold the jade pendant at his waist, as if holding Liu Yunqing's hand again.
