"Chunfeng, my master is about to travel far away. There will be guests visiting today. You stay in Laojun Temple and tell the visitor that my master is not at home and will come back in three months."
"Yes, Master. Disciple has taken note of it." Fifteen-year-old Li Chunfeng saluted solemnly, turned around and went to read.
Yuan Tiangang went out with his luggage on his back, glanced in the direction of Xiaojiazhuang, and said with a smile: "Master Hou, the old Taoist can't solve your trouble. According to the hexagram, the cause of this matter is still you. But about you Things are a blur and cannot be calculated accurately.”
After saying that, he drifted away.
An hour later, Xiaojiazhuang was gone.
"What? Master Yuan is not at home? Where have you gone? Have you asked about the location?" Xiao Rui was very surprised. Old Yuan is the volcano order and is responsible for stargazing. How can he leave his post without permission?
"According to his disciples, Taoist Yuan went out to visit friends and it would take him three months to come back."
The queen's body shook, "What? Three months? How can we find Chengqian?"
Xiangcheng started wiping away tears silently again, and Xiao Rui's head got bigger.
"Okay, okay, let's think of a solution. Everyone, please calm down and stay here. Crying won't solve the problem. We still have to find a way to find it."
Xiangcheng begged: "Husband, my mother and I are now without a master. Aren't you a god descending to earth? Please help us and look for it."
I? Immortals come down to earth? It’s just that people are spreading rumors, how can you...
Facing the expectant looks in the two women's eyes, Xiao Rui expressed his surrender.
"I will look for it myself. Today I leave my words here. If I don't find Cheng Qian, I will never come back!"
After that, he strode away.
"Sure enough, he is a good boy. I have seen the right person." Empress Changsun said happily.
Xiangcheng chased him to the door, waved and shouted: "Husband, be careful and pay attention to your safety."
As soon as he left the village entrance, Li Junxian followed him quietly, "Sir, what are you doing? Are you just pretending? Why do you want to go in person?"
"Go home and take a look. It's all a drama between three women. All the women in the house are urging me to find someone, and my head is spinning. Your Majesty is trying to trick me. I'll go out and hide. Fifth brother, you should change too. Put on casual clothes and let’s disguise ourselves and go out for a few days.”
Pfft... how many days do you want to play? If the Queen knew about this, she would have to...
Li Junxian suppressed a smile, arranged the garrison, then changed clothes with Xiao Rui, and left Chang'an in disguise.
Rumors began to spread in the city of Chang'an, and the court conducted a large-scale search and investigation. It seemed that someone was missing. The problem was that everyone kept silent and was just looking for the person. I don't know who was missing?
The fire cannot be contained in the paper. According to the gossip, the prince has been lost.
But it was incredible, the people were all in a panic. This is Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty. Is it still safe? Previously, a foreign assassin kidnapped two princesses and killed the champion prince before rescuing them. The last revenge has not been avenged, and now the Tang Prince has been kidnapped again?
It's not that he was kidnapped. I heard that the prince ran away from home...
The prince ran away from home? Are you kidding me? That was the crown prince of the country. He was well-dressed and wealthy in the East Palace, and was attended by stars like the moon. Why did he run away from home?
Trapped by love?
shit! The prince is only eleven years old, what kind of love does he know?
…
There was a lot of talk about it, but of course, the imperial court officials did not admit it and only said that the prince was studying. I can hide it for a while. Otherwise, once the prince is lost for too long, someone will be tempted to propose changing the crown prince.
So where is Li Chengqian?
For once, this boy was clever. He changed into Khitan clothes, bribed a shopkeeper of a Goguryeo caravan with ten taels of silver, and followed him out of the city. And they agreed that they would just help him get to Luoyang, and they would only be responsible for his safety and food and drink along the way.
The imagination is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. He is only eleven years old, how can he understand that people's hearts are sinister? Who knows what it means to keep one's wealth secret?
Ten taels of silver is a bad thing.
The shopkeeper of the Chamber of Commerce didn't care at first. He just thought it was a kid who ran away from home and was having fun. It was good to make money. He just took someone out of the city and it was no trouble.
But when he saw the other party casually taking out a twelve-yuan treasure from his heavy purse, the shopkeeper changed his mind. Having been doing business for many years, I still have this kind of discernment. There must be more than ten taels of silver in that bag, at least fifty taels! And when you hear the sound of broken silver colliding, there may be gold!
What is the concept of fifty taels of silver?
Converted into purchasing power, one tael of silver is worth four thousand soft girl coins. Fifty taels is two hundred thousand. If there is more gold, tsk tsk, one tael of gold is ten taels of silver, and if it is ten taels of gold, it is one hundred taels of silver.
In other words, this kid ran away from home with at least hundreds of thousands in cash. Fat fish!
Our Goguryeo caravan only made a little hard-earned money by taking one trade route. Now there is a fat fish in front of us. Can we not be tempted? No, this is not called being tempted, this is called seizing the opportunity.
So when we set up camp halfway that night, the shopkeeper gave the order to the ten men to start.
"You, please let me go. Do you know who I am? A group of robbers... I just want money for you. If you dare to touch a hair on my head, my father will not let you go..."
"Hey, father? What? Does this mean you are still a prince? Are you talking about it? Will the prince run away from home?" the shopkeeper said sarcastically.
"How presumptuous! I am the current crown prince of the Tang Dynasty. You are doomed. When I arrive in Luoyang, I will definitely send the defenders to capture you group of bandits! Kill them all, kill them!" Li Chengqian shouted, not knowing that these words were harmful. own.
Prince? Shopkeeper, is it real or fake? Could he be the prince?
It's possible, otherwise would he be so rich? Bringing so much gold and silver with you when you go out?
The subordinates were talking a lot, and the shopkeeper couldn't help but hesitate. He couldn't tell whether he was the prince, but what was certain was that he must be a child of a wealthy family, and he must be a noble.
"By the way, since this kid is the prince, he should have royal tokens on him. Look for it." A group of people searched all over Li Chengqian's body and not only found a precious jade pendant, but also found one in a sachet. Small seal.
Under the dim light, I could barely make out, "Don't crowd, do you know how to read?"
"Boss, what is written on this small seal?"
"Hiss...really, is it the seal of the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty? Is he really the prince?" The shopkeeper felt a little weak.
Everyone looked at Li Chengqian.
When Li Chengqian saw this, he stopped struggling and his attitude immediately changed, "Huh, how about it? You know you are afraid, right? Put the orphan down and return the money. Send the orphan to Luoyang safely. I can forget the blame and forgive you. Otherwise, …”
otherwise?
"The shopkeeper, he seemed to have said just now that when we get to Luoyang, he will let the defenders capture us and kill us all!" a timid subordinate reminded.
The shopkeeper's heart suddenly changed, and the shock and fear just now turned into anger in an instant.
Looking in the distance in the direction of Chang'an, and then looking back in the direction of my hometown, Goguryeo. Thinking of the child's identity, the shopkeeper smiled, stretched out his hand to hook Li Chengqian's chin, and showed a charming smile: "Prince, you are the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, and you can command the people of the Tang Dynasty. But we are merchants of Goguryeo. , I can’t listen to you.”
"W-what do you want to do?" Li Chengqian was not stupid, and of course he saw that something was wrong.
The shopkeeper laughed loudly and said: "What a God-given opportunity. Tell me, if you, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, were taken back to Goguryeo and given to the Goguryeo court as a hostage, how much would it be worth?"
"You, you dare? The small country of Goguryeo dares to confront me, the Tang Dynasty?" Li Chengqian panicked.
"Oh... so what if the Sui Kingdom in the Central Plains attacked you three times? We Goguryeo are not afraid of you. Also, it doesn't matter if you don't send it to Goguryeo. I think Jieli Khan in the northern grasslands will like you very much."
You, you... you let me go, I will give you a lot of money, I won't kill you, I promise...
"It's too late! From the moment you said you wanted to kill us, it was impossible for us to let you go. Stop his mouth and put it in a secret compartment in the box so that no one can find it."
The few secret guards who were secretly following him in the distance looked anxiously, "It's over, the prince has been kidnapped. What to do? Save him or not? This Goguryeo businessman is a gangster."
"The explanation above was just for covert protection, and it didn't say anything about being kidnapped. In this case, report it to someone personally and we will continue to follow up."
