Calmness and strength no longer exist, Pei Yanzhou is like a dead leaf in late autumn, and it is difficult to see the word "fenghua".
"Yan Zhou, this fire came suddenly, and natural disasters and other things..."
Lin Jingxiu's throat moved, and it took a long time for him to make a sound of comfort, but his voice was dry and hoarse, and it was also heavy.
"No one wants to end up in this situation, and she must also..."
"She's still alive."
These few simple words shocked the people around him.
Pei Yanzhou still didn't look at anyone else, nor did he speak again. He just thought of the day his mother left.
That day he knelt straight, like a ray of soul abandoned in this world.
There was noise and cover-up everywhere, but he couldn't hear anything.
All she knew was that Song Jinyin knelt next to him and cried until she couldn't stop crying. She carefully called him brother Yan Zhou and apologized to him, saying that she did not collude with her mother and did not deliberately block the last meeting.
At that moment, he suddenly became conscious. He thought, how could he really become a ghost? He should seek revenge and stamp out all the hypocrisy within him.
Later, he survived with hatred, and kept Song Jinyin by his side just to remind himself that some things should never be forgotten.
But after this stay, Song Jinyin stayed by his side for eight years.
Until today, she had decided to die and used such a fire to tell him that she didn't want to stay anymore and wanted to leave.
Different from the last escape, this time, I will never look back and draw a clear line with him.
Pei Yanzhou noticed the overwhelming regret.
The next moment, the people who were exploring the ruins came out and reported the same thing.
"Your Majesty, the young ladies have checked repeatedly and found no trace of a corpse. I think the girl had already escaped before the fire spread."
"Girl Jinyin..."
Steward Wang also rarely lost his composure, his old eyes turned red, "It's good to be alive, it's good to be alive!"
"It's just that the fire was quite strong, and the kids were all focused on it. I don't know when Miss Jin Yin left here, and I don't know..."
The young man who was shivering in the corner suddenly trembled in his heart when he heard the title of Crown Prince, and then suddenly remembered what happened just now.
He didn't want to lose his current job, and he was even more afraid that if he found the person in the future, he would offend the nobles and bear the blame. After some consideration, the young man finally plucked up the courage to go ahead.
"Sir, sir, the young one is the night watchman at the corner gate. Just now, just now, the young man saw a woman running out from the other side."
"Did you see what he looked like? Why didn't you pursue him then?"
Butler Wang saw the prince standing there, his eyes were downcast, and there was still scarlet color in his eyes. He didn't know what he was thinking. He was holding a jade pendant tightly in his hand and had no intention of speaking.
Butler Wang had no choice but to step forward and take over the conversation.
No matter what, as long as Jin Yin girl is alive, everything will be promising.
"Come back, noble man. The younger one followed him out. But the girl was too thin and too agile after running into the alley. The younger one was afraid that if she ran too far, she would be spotted by the patrolling officers or let the court There was a thief inside, so I turned around, but when I was about to call someone to investigate, I happened to hear the news about the water leak, and I was called to help..."
After hearing this, Butler Wang was worried, but he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Except for Song Jinyin, the thin girl who left did not do what he wanted.
As long as she was alive, even if she tried every possible means to escape, it would be better than becoming a corpse and causing the prince to lose his mind and fall into madness.
"Then go after him."
Just when everyone thought Pei Yanzhou would not speak, his hoarse voice came again, like a dry well, lifeless.
"Send people to seal the city gate for three days. Within three days, the imperial army and all my mysterious guards will search from house to house in hundreds of areas. No one can be missed."
"Yan Zhou can't!"
Lin Jingxiu's expression changed drastically and he stopped him.
Blocking the city gates, deploying troops privately, and surrendering Xuanwei, even if he is Pei Yanzhou, there is no way he can escape unscathed under such a commotion!
"You want to be accused of treason!"
Pei Yanzhou couldn't listen to anything anymore.
He walked step by step with difficulty. On the battlefield and in the court, he had gone to the Palace of Hell several times to count.
But he never panicked.
Only this time, he thought, no matter the crime of rebellion or the withdrawal of military power, it would not be worth the weight of finding Song Jinyin.
This time he will treat her well, and he just wants to treat her well.
At this moment, Pei Yanzhou seemed to see his mother.
His mother stood not far away, unchanged over the years, still smiling warmly and gently, like a warm spring breeze that could soothe everything.
"You still scared that little girl away?"
A seemingly chaotic sound came, covering everything around him.
Pei Yanzhou recalled those years again, his cold expression completely shattered.
He regretted it again.
At that time, his mother scolded him for his habit of being cold-faced, saying that he finally had a smiling little girl beside him, and asked him not to wrong his sister.
But he rarely seemed gentle to Song Jinyin.
Even when she was chasing after him calling her brother Yan Zhou, he never really responded to her once.
"Mother."
Pei Yanzhou's lips moved, and his heart was violently grabbed by something again, causing bursts of dull pain.
He suffered it all his life, and then laughed at himself: "The mother was right, the son still scared her away, but the son will get her back."
"My son will also get rid of all the things she doesn't like for her."
The murmurs were buried under the sound of cracking wooden pillars.
His life has reached this point, and he dare not relax for a moment. Only Song Jinyin can give him some breathing space.
But he knew that Song Jinyin would never look back, and he did not dare to tie her back to prison and stubbornly cut off everything from her like before.
He never dared to gamble again, he was afraid that there would be another fire.
But even so, Pei Yanzhou only has one thought left now.
He wanted to get Song Jinyin back and take good care of her body.
Maybe when everything settles, he can get her forgiveness and take her to Anyuan County to see everything she wants to see.
...
The city that was supposed to be in silence gradually became unjust because of the fire.
The huge mansion was brightly lit because of Pei Yanzhou's arrival, but the man did not stay any longer. Carrying injuries all over his body, he prepared to go find the missing Song Jinyin himself.
Just after taking a few steps, he saw the maid tied up in the corner.
His hair was disheveled, his eyes were round and red from crying, and his mouth was stuffed with a coarse cloth, and he was whimpering incessantly, trying to attract the attention of others.
He stopped, his eyes hiding the pain turned dark and cold, with a cold light overflowing.
Being kidnapped in Song Jinyin's yard was definitely not a trivial matter in his opinion.
"What did she do?"
"Your Majesty, this maid has been disrespectful to the girl."
Grandma stepped forward, glanced at the maid who was still trying to mess with her, then quickly walked away and stopped in front of Pei Yanzhou with her head lowered.
Just as she was talking, her mind suddenly flashed back to the look on the little girl's face when she talked about Hongli yesterday.
Grandma suddenly had a guess and was shocked all over.
This fire may be related to Song Jinyin deliberately leaving Hongli to serve.
Thinking of this, Mammy frowned and looked at Hongli next to her, anger bursting out of her eyes.
According to her guess, this maid had to deliberately abandon Song Jinyin in the fire to give Jinyin a chance to escape.
In other words, if all this was just an accident, then Song Jinyin at this moment would really die in the fire because of her thoughts!
Grandma's voice suddenly became stern, and she only regretted that she had acted too lightly.
"The girl didn't want to argue with this maid, so she kept her in charge. But today she was supposed to be guarding her, but when the fire broke out, this maid happened to avoid going to the small kitchen, and when she came back, she had a conspiracy in her eyes. The old slave thought. .....”
"Pull it down and kill it with a stick. Drag the body to the animal cage and share the food."
Pei Yanzhou didn't want to listen anymore, and only the word "disrespect" came to his ears.
Lin Jingxiu looked shocked again.
Just kill her with a stick. This maid must have done something evil, but sharing the food in the animal cage, even if it was just a corpse dragged in, was a torture he had not heard in many years.
If this spreads out, Pei Yanzhou will be guilty of bloodthirsty and cruelty, and the military power in his hands will become even more difficult to control.
Lin Jingxiu frowned.
He took a few steps forward and saw a crazy surge in Pei Yanzhou's eyes. He was shocked, but he had to speak.
"Nothing really happened to Song Jinyin. You can just kill the maid next to her with a stick. It would be too cruel to share this one."
"Then I won't kill him with a stick."
Pei Yanzhou looked at the maid with frantic eyes and begging with cold eyes.
"What does Mammy mean, but is she related to the fire?"
"I don't dare to make random guesses, but this maid may have deliberately not called for help. However, I still need to send someone to the kitchen to check."
"No need, I guess she is the one who made her suffer, so just throw her into the animal cage."
At this moment, the man completely transformed into the bloodthirsty Yama, with murderous intent filling his brows, and the aura around him made everyone breathless.
"Yan Zhou! Are you crazy?"
Lin Jingxiu didn't know that this man was so irrational.
But Pei Yanzhou didn't stop any longer, he just walked out of the yard eagerly and strode away in the night.
Butler Wang looked embarrassed, but saw Lin Jingxiu also following him in a hurry.
"Pull that maid down and kill her with a stick."
"But Prince..."
"Your prince has lost his mind now. If you follow his orders, he, Pei Yanzhou, will be imprisoned in a few days!"
Before leaving, Lin Jingxiu still stopped for a moment to get rid of his usual laziness.
"Don't worry, he won't remember such a thing. He only has Song Jinyin in his mind now. Leave someone to clean up this mansion, and send some people back to Zhuya Courtyard to guard it. Don't let anyone know about this!"
"I will follow him. If there is an emergency in the Duke's Mansion, he will immediately send someone to look for me or my mother."
"Yes, I understand!"
Butler Wang responded in a deep voice, suppressing his uneasiness. He only hoped that the prince could find the person earlier, and even hoped that after the person was found, it would not lead to such a stalemate again.
Seeing the young master of the Lin family leaving, Butler Wang made some calculations in his mind, but suddenly remembered Biyu's ability to find people, and hurriedly turned his head to order the people around him.
"Go to the mansion and call Biyu."
