It was almost noon, Wei Luo said she was going to turn around after lunch, but Jin Lu and Bai Lan wanted to follow, but she stopped her. She said: "I'll be back after walking for a while, you don't have to follow, Zhuangzi is not big, so he won't get lost, I want to stay alone for a while."
At that time, the snow hadn't fallen as much as it is now, and Jin Lu and Bai Lan couldn't persuade her, so they obediently agreed.
He thought that Wei Luo would come back soon, but he didn't expect that after an hour, she was still nowhere to be seen. Jin Lu and Bai Lan were faintly anxious. Seeing the snow getting bigger and bigger, they held up an umbrella and went to the backyard to look for it. However, they searched the entire backyard, but they still couldn't find Wei Luo. The two of them were sweating in anxiety during the winter, and asked the servants in the backyard. One of the servants said that he saw Wei Luo going to the back mountain. The servant wanted to stop her, but she disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Only then did Jin Lu and Bai Lan realize the seriousness of the situation. If Wei Luo really went to the back mountain, it would be extremely easy to have an accident according to the current weather... Seriously, girl, what are you doing in the back mountain at this time? They just wanted to tell the steward to go to the back mountain to find someone, but Zhao Jie came back unexpectedly.
Both Jin Lu and Bai Lan knelt on the ground, knowing that they were wrong, but they were more worried about Wei Luo's safety: "I beg the lord to send someone to the back mountain to look for your majesty, it's getting dark soon, and your majesty may encounter some danger... All this is the maidservant's fault, the maidservant did not take good care of the empress and was willing to be punished."
Zhao Jie lowered his eyebrows and clenched the cloud pattern armrest of the rose chair: "When did Ah Luo go out?"
Jin Lu said: "It's been an hour."
It's been so long! Zhao Jie got up, ordered Zhu Geng to call the steward and all the servants in the villa, explained the situation, and arranged most of the people to go to the back mountain to look for Wei Luo. The servants below knew that the princess was lost, so they didn't dare to underestimate them. They cheered up and went to the back mountain in an orderly manner. As for Zhao Jie, he said word by word: "Shut these two people and all the servant girls who serve the princess into the firewood room. If there is any accident with the princess, they will be killed one by one."
Jin Lu and Bai Lan turned pale, and their bodies immediately softened.
They just knew that they were at fault first, so when someone took them to the woodshed, the two of them didn't struggle.
Zhao Jie stepped out of the inner room, his face covered with frost, and took the umbrella from Zhu Geng. Although he tried his best to calm himself down, his expression still couldn't hide his anxiety, "This king will go to the back mountain to look for it personally, you stay in the villa , if there is any news, go to inform the king."
Zhu Geng was startled, and subconsciously said: "The prince's body is so precious, how can he take risks because of it? Let the subordinates go down..."
Zhao Jie interrupted him without hesitation: "This king asked you to stay, don't you understand?"
He couldn't just watch Wei Luo's accident happen, let alone sit in the room and wait. If there is any bad news, he probably won't be able to let it go for the rest of his life.
Zhu Geng paused, then bent his knees and said: "Yes, this subordinate will follow the lord's order."
Zhao Jie didn't respond and walked towards the backyard. There was a small path leading directly to the back mountain in the backyard. I heard people say that Wei Luo went out from there. When Zhao Jie left the villa, the wind and snow swept in from all directions. There was a vast expanse of whiteness in front of him, making it difficult to tell the direction. He walked two steps forward against the wind and snow, the snow had already covered his ankles, he couldn't walk fast at all in this situation, Wei Luo shouldn't be able to walk too far. She won't come now, there are only two possibilities, one is that she got lost nearby and couldn't come back; the other is that she encountered some danger...
Zhao Jie didn't dare to think about the second possibility. At this moment, he really hated the little girl. It's not good to stay indoors in this weather, so why do you have to run out? If he finds her, he will definitely press her down and beat her severely.
An hour later, all those who went out to search gathered at the villa, without exception, there was no news of Wei Luo.
Zhao Jie's face became more and more ugly, and he threw the hot tea handed by the servant far away, and the hot water splashed all over the floor, "Keep looking! If you can't find it tonight, no one will be alive tomorrow!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone had to search harder in order to keep their heads.
The clothes on Zhao Jie's body were soaked through, so he went back to the house and changed his clothes before continuing to go outside. Zhu Geng knelt in front of him, and earnestly advised: "My lord, it will be dark soon, you should stay in the villa and wait for news, or you may be in danger if you go any further."
Zhao Jie ignored him and walked past him with a sullen face.
At this time, the wind and snow outside had stopped, but the sky gradually darkened, and not long after, even the last ray of light on the mountain was swallowed by the moonlight. The night on the mountain comes as it is said, with almost no transition. It is still broad daylight one moment, and you can't see your fingers in the next moment.
There were wolves in the mountains, and if Wei Luo could not be found by this time, it could only be a sign of bad luck.
Not only Zhao Jie, but even the servants in the villa are worried, after all, their lives are tied to the princess now. If they can't be found anymore, according to Zhao Jie's violent and brutal temperament, no one in Ming'er Villa can even think about living.
The moon rose higher and higher, and when the people in the villa came back for the second time, they all knelt outside, waiting for Zhao Jie's punishment.
Zhao Jie stood at the door with a gloomy face, clenched his right hand into a fist, and slammed it hard on the door frame beside him. The door frame was overwhelmed, and a fist mark was deeply dented. At this time, he had no strength to teach others, closed his eyes, and said hoarsely, "Keep looking for me."
The servants looked at each other, then stood up and said, "Yes, my lord..."
In the past few days, they have all realized that the wangfei is a piece of the lord's heart, the person who puts it on the cusp of his heart, and he is reluctant to wake her up when he wakes up on weekdays. If the wangfei suddenly disappears, they don't know what the lord will become.
Everyone knows in their hearts that the whole mountain has been searched, but there is still no one, and nine out of ten accidents happened.
As long as you can find someone, it will be considered an explanation.
Everyone held this thought in their hearts, rectified their moods, and were about to set off again, when they suddenly heard a suspicious voice from the verandah——
"What are you looking for?"
It's like the sound of nature.
Everyone looked together and saw Wei Luo standing on the porch in good condition, wearing a fox fur cloak trimmed with a garnet red butterfly pattern and a pair of ivory-white skirts underneath. There was no sign of injury on her body, except that her hair was a bit messy. His eyes were also a little dazed, as if he had just woken up.
Wei Luo looked at the people, then looked at Zhao Jie who was standing at the door, recalled the conversation he heard when he just came here, thought about it, and vaguely understood what was going on.
Zhao Jie stared straight at her without saying a word.
It wasn't until Wei Luo came up to him that he asked hoarsely, "Where have you been?"
Wei Luo lowered her eyes and happened to see the mud on his boots. He must have walked a long way. He only cared about changing his clothes, but he didn't have time to change his shoes. The entire upper was soaked. She paused slightly, pointed to the verandah behind her and said: "The wind in this room is too loud, so I slept in the back room, where the ground dragon was too hot, and I accidentally slept until now."
After finishing speaking, he looked back at the servants in the courtyard, thought for a while and said, "It's all gone."
The servants felt as if they were being pardoned, as if someone on the verge of a cliff had been pulled suddenly, and they were extremely grateful to Wei Luo, as long as it's okay, as long as it's okay.
Wei Luo walked back into the house, Zhao Jie watched her back, and after a while, followed her.
Wei Luo walked around the screen, first sat in front of the bronze mirror with golden bird and animal patterns, and took off her head full of emerald jewels, then went inside and changed into lotus-colored pajamas. Jin Lu and Bai Lan were not in the room, if those people were really looking for her just now, it is not difficult to imagine the current situation of these two people, they must have been locked up by Zhao Jie. Jin Lu and Bai Lan are her confidantes, Zhao Jie probably won't hurt them for a while. Wei Luo walked towards the bed, bent over and lifted the quilt, as if she was going to sleep straight away. It's just that before she lay down, her waist was tightly hugged by a pair of arms, and those hands were extremely strong, and with a ruthless slap, they firmly entrapped her into a hard chest.
"I've been looking for you for a long time." Zhao Jie's voice was hoarse, and his arms were still trembling.
Just now he really thought she was in danger, and he didn't even dare to think about the life without her in the future. He never wanted to experience that feeling again.
Wei Luo turned around and reached out to push him away. Standing on the footrest, she could barely make eye contact with him, and asked, "Do you think I ran away from home?"
Zhao Jie was very obedient this time, he didn't insist on hugging her, and only looked at her with burning eyes, as if he couldn't get enough of the lost and recovered treasure.
No need to answer, the answer is yes.
Wei Luo pursed her lips, maybe she wanted to say something, looked at him for a while, then slowly looked away, "One size counts, I'm a very reasonable person. Even if I get angry with you and quarrel , and won’t run away from home.” On the red sandalwood carved shelf in the corner were Zhao Jie’s changed clothes, which were wet and even dripping, and she asked, “When did you come back? How long have you been looking for me outside?"
Zhao Jie said: "Shen Shi came back. It didn't take long, only two hours."
Wei Luo remembered that when she came back from the backyard, it happened to be snowing heavily, and it seemed that the snow would not stop for a while, so she chose to come back instead of continuing to visit the garden. The figure that the servant said he saw must have been wrong.
He actually braved this big wind and snow to find her? Are you not afraid of accidents
It would be a lie to say that she was not moved, Wei Luo felt for the first time that Zhao Jie was really stupid, but he always said that he was stupid. She suppressed the raised corners of her mouth, and asked seriously, "Then do you know what's wrong with you?"
Zhao Jie nodded, "The scholar was ungrateful, crossed the river and demolished the bridge, and his quality was corrupted. He really deserves to be hacked into pieces." Seeing Wei Luo's satisfied face, he took a step forward, looked at her and said, "Ah Luo, yesterday was I said the wrong thing. I have never treated you that way, and I will not in the future. When we were not married, I couldn't control myself. Every mistake is my fault. You are angry with me, angry Wouldn't it be cheaper for me if you hurt your own body?"
Wei Luo tilted her head and looked directly at him: "You really think so?"
Zhao Jie's phoenix eyes were dark, "Really."
Wei Luo stared at him for a while, trying to find traces of lying on his face, but unfortunately he failed.
After a long time, she slowly opened her arms and said, "Okay, I can hug you now."