On the mountain trail, Li Chengqian appeared in tatters again. Relying on the map of Youzhou prepared by Cui Ning'er for him, he was able to follow the country trails in the mountains and evade all the pursuing soldiers. Unfortunately, he didn't know that it wasn't the bad guys chasing him, but one of his own. But it hurt Lao Gao, the chamberlain, and all the secret guards.
"According to the map, you can't go further northeast, and you will reach Youzhou. Go out of the mountain in front, go to Guandao Town to replenish your supplies, and then turn to the west, pass Weize Pass, and go straight to Run to Taiyuan. After so many days, they should not be able to find me."
With this thought in mind, Li Chengqian simply packed up his clothes, tried not to look so embarrassed, and bravely walked towards Wuyu Town ahead.
The next day, a group of people came to Wuyu Town, headed by Lao Gao, the chamberlain with a face full of vicissitudes of life. I originally thought that I could finally deliver this mission, but I didn't expect that no one was found for half a month. Lao Gao wondered more than once whether the pursuers of Zheng and Lu's family had not been killed. Were they beaten to the punch? Or is it that the prince fed tigers and leopards in the mountains?
After spending a lot of time and mobilizing thousands of people to disperse, we finally found clues in the mountains and forests two days ago, followed them, and tracked them down to Mullet Town.
There are not many shops selling food and drink in the town, only three. The prince will definitely eat and drink when he passes by. So soon Lao Gao took the portrait and asked about it.
"Shopkeeper, are you sure you read this correctly? Have you seen this child?"
At a stall selling sesame cakes, Lao Gao's voice trembled slightly.
The old man, the shopkeeper, stared at it for a while again, "Yes, that's him. But..."
"But what? Shopkeeper, you can't be careless. If you have anything to say, I won't treat you badly." The secret guard next to him threw a tael of silver directly over.
The old man quickly picked up the silver and said with a smile: "Thank you for the reward, uncles. It's not that the villain is greedy for money. This portrait is very similar. It's just that the child I saw yesterday was in rags, like a beggar. But There is no portrait of the young master as talented as he is."
The chamberlain, Lao Gao, took a long breath and said, "Okay, as long as it's him. He's been in the mountains for half a month. It's good to be alive, let alone clothes. Shopkeeper, which direction did this child go?"
The shopkeeper was kind-hearted, and he could see that the person in front of him seemed to be anxious to find someone, as anxious as if a child had been lost at home, so he stopped talking and told everything he knew.
"The kid seemed to be going a long way, so he and the old man bought twenty flax cakes at once. They packed a big package and then went northeast. Probably to Youzhou City."
This means the direction is wrong. The northeast direction is just out of the town, but not necessarily to Youzhou City.
Lao Gao, the chamberlain, muttered: "Yes, the Marquis made a mistake. The young master may have gone to Youzhou to join the Consort Chai."
"Thank you so much, shopkeeper. If you find my young master, you will definitely get a generous reward." After throwing away a tael of silver again, Lao Gao handed it over and left.
A passing fur goods merchant said enthusiastically, "Are you looking for the child in this painting? Then I think it's better not to waste your efforts. You won't find it."
Lao Gao's face turned cold, and he turned to look at the person who came. The person's neck felt slightly cold for no reason. He turned around and saw, good guy, a sharp dagger was already placed on his neck.
"What are you talking nonsense about? Have you ever seen my young master?"
"No, no..." The man was trembling with fear.
"No? No, are you cursing my young master? You're looking for death!" He said and was about to take action.
The old man at the sesame cake stall had the courage to shout: "Don't do it, don't do it. This is Chen Pi, a fur merchant in the town. He is a good man. Chen Pi, if you know anything, please tell me quickly. This is an adult. Let's go." Lost, specifically looking for children."
The chamberlain Lao Gao waved his hand, and the secret guard put away his dagger.
The fur trader trembled and told what he saw yesterday, "Yesterday I just came back from selling fur goods. Before I entered the town, I saw someone taking photos of flowers on the official road over there. That boy was the one in the painting, and he seemed to be able to do it. He used fists and kicks, but he couldn't hold off the large number of people on the other side. After a while, he was knocked unconscious, put in a sack, put on a carriage and kidnapped."
"I wanted to call for help, but there were so many of them and they all had guys with them, so..."
"By the time I returned to the town to look for the person, I could no longer catch up. The trafficker had long disappeared."
What? ? ? Is this true? Are you sure you read that correctly, he is my young master?
Lao Gao lost his composure, and saw that the young master was right in front of him. He had been looking for him for many days. He had been out of Chang'an City for a month, and he was sleeping in the open air. He immediately caught up with him, and something went wrong again!
The fur trader pointed to the northeast exit of Wuyu Town and said, "If you don't believe me, go and see for yourself. The flax cakes were scattered all over the floor. I don't know if there is any evidence now."
Taking this man and the old man with the sesame cake, everyone came to the scene of the incident, and sure enough they found clues, including scattered sesame seeds. "Yes, these are the sesame seeds that fell from my sesame cake."
Lao Gao said bitterly: "It's too late after all! Let's go, let's chase!"
Saying that, he turned around and walked back.
The fur trader hurriedly stopped, "Hey, that's wrong. I didn't go to the south to take pictures of flowers. I went to the northeast. I think I went to Youzhou."
Um? you sure?
"I'm sure. There were almost twenty of them in their group. They ran past me and headed towards Youzhou. That's absolutely right."
Lao Gao frowned and said: "If you are from Luoyang, you should go back to Luoyang if you arrest the person. How come you go to Youzhou?"
The secret guard guessed: "Sir, are they not from Luoyang? We have killed all the people in Luoyang. Are they from other forces?"
Lao Gao's frown deepened, "Other forces? Youzhou is our territory. Their hands have been chopped off once... Unless, it's not good! Let's go to Youzhou quickly."
He suddenly had a bad guess. Youzhou was not necessarily the one who had the five surnames and Qi Wangdong. Youzhou was a border area, where fish and dragons were mixed together, and he might have been kidnapped by foreigners.
Although the other party may not necessarily know the identity of the prince, he may be a human trafficker or a flower girl... What if the prince was sold as a slave to Goguryeo? The Khitan, the Turks... are over, and I will never redeem myself!
Lao Gao guessed right, he was indeed not from Luoyang.
It was also Li Chengqian who had too few ideas. Where can't we resupply? Does it have to be in this mullet town? And as soon as we had a full meal and bought dry food and water, we just had to follow the map and turn back. But he met an acquaintance in Wuyu Town.
It was none other than the fourth son of the Goguryeo caravan who kidnapped him in the first place.
The people in the Goguryeo caravan sold their supplies at a low price and took a smaller route. In order to be on the safe side, the leader also asked the fourth member of the team to go to Youzhou for help. There are also other Goguryeo caravans in Youzhou, with more people.
It's a pity that God's calculations are not as good as those of others. When the Fourth Brother brought his people back to pick him up, he didn't see his caravan all the way. Finally, he followed the route to the mountains west of Luoyang and saw the bodies of his caravan brothers. Only then did the fourth child know that he had made a mistake.
So he reluctantly returned to Youzhou with his men. Forget about this great achievement, the caravan was gone, and he had to think about how to make a living in the future.
But as luck would have it, when Lao Si and his group walked to Wuyu Town, a familiar figure came into view. Lao Si rubbed his eyes. Isn't this a meat ticket? how? He escaped but didn't return to Chang'an?
Hahaha... God is wise and it takes no effort to get it.
So Li Chengqian fell into trouble in such a confused manner. Once again, the sheep is caught in the tiger's mouth. Going round and round, I might actually go to Goguryeo to be a hostage.
