Wei Chen was entrusted by Zhu Yuanzhang to find Li Shizhen's ancestors. This was a very secret mission.
In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know whether this thing could be done. It was hard to say in the huge crowds or in the chaos of war.
Wei Chen remembered very clearly what Zhu Yuanzhang said to him before he left Jinling, "Wei Chen, no matter whether the matter is completed or not, you must come back alive!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was particularly concerned about his subordinates.
Wei Chen left Jinling City and headed all the way to Hubei, first by water and then by dry road.
For Wei Chen, this journey was really not easy.
After entering Chen Youliang's territory, Wei Chen found that the atmosphere here was different.
The last time Wei Chen came to Chen Youliang's territory, it was quite loose and there were no restrictions.
This time Wei Chen came here and underwent many inspections along the way.
Fortunately, Wei Chen was very well prepared and no major accidents occurred.
But at a small intersection, Wei Chen almost capsized in the gutter.
They seemed to be looking for something, but Wei Chen didn't see it.
There were no notices, but when someone passed the intersection, soldiers came to inquire.
This small intersection is very inconspicuous.
There were only four soldiers. Wei Chen understood that this was on the surface. In the dark, Wei Chen had already felt that there were many people watching them.
This situation is very clear, that is, the person or thing they are looking for may be nearby, otherwise, this small intersection will not be heavily guarded.
Wei Chen was very strange, but he had already come this far.
If he turned around and left, it would make people even more suspicious. It would be better to walk over openly and see what they were doing.
Wei Chen also asked, and the locals didn't know what happened here?
Anyway, it has been like this recently, and the government has not given them any notice.
If you don't know something at all and don't know what happened, then you will definitely feel very uneasy. If you know everything, then you will face it naturally.
Wei Chen has been thinking about how last time he led his men to take away Chen Baldy and then sent him back.
It's been a long time. Is it related to the last mission?
But Wei Chen remembered it very clearly. They didn't leave any evidence last time and they did it very cleanly.
Wei Chen suddenly thought of one thing, that was the sweat medicine, which was specially made by them.
When he came this time, he also brought some with him. Could it be that they were looking for various Mongolian sweat medicines? Is this possible?
But Wei Chen also felt strange. There had been interrogations before, but there were not so many people, and no one searched him?
Wei Chen's mind is quite flexible, and he keeps these things on his body.
If someone comes to check, they will definitely find out. What should we do?
Wei Chen took a look at the road under his feet and thought of a way.
He seized an opportunity and threw these things at his feet when no one was looking.
At Wei Chen's feet, this was a small intersection with weeds, and these Mongolian sweat medicine rolled among the weeds.
Fortunately, there were several people in front of him, which provided a cover for Wei Chen. If he was alone this time, people would see his little moves clearly.
This inspection was really weird, I don’t know what they were doing.
So Wei Chen was unsure. Not only him, but everyone around him was confused about this situation. They didn't know what was going on. What was this doing?
But Wei Chen was thinking, why are there so many people in this small place?
He calculated the distance and the straight-line distance from Chen Youliang's palace.
After doing this calculation, he already understood.
This place is not far from Chen Youliang's palace, less than a hundred miles at most.
Maybe today's incident is really related to what happened last time.
If there were any omissions, this was his only oversight.
After all, he used a lot of sweat medicine last time for insurance.
Maybe they, most likely, are checking these things, because this is a breakthrough.
Wei Chen is still not sure whether this is the case.
But when he reached the winding mountain intersection, these soldiers were very strict in interrogating him!
After searching out all the things he had brought, a soldier separated them all for him with his hands.
And I check them one by one, and sometimes I smell them with my nose.
Their abnormal behavior made Wei Chen feel that maybe his idea was correct.
Wei Chen threw all the remaining sweat medicine on his body into the weeds. If there was no accident, he should be fine.
However, he didn't know whether the soldiers would find the things he threw into the weeds, or whether they would be picked up. This is all a problem.
It took a long time for them to return the things that Wei Chen took out to Wei Chen.
But when I returned it, a lot of things were missing.
What's missing? Of course it's money!
Wei Chen also understood this very well. It was already very good for him to return all the other things to him.
If he dared to be a little dissatisfied, think about it, at this juncture, they must have a way to deal with Wei Chen.
In order to seek peace, Wei Chen swallowed his anger and left.
Wei Chen didn't leave the intersection for long. He looked back with the corner of his eye.
I happened to see an old man reach out and pick up the things he threw in the weeds.
Wei Chen walked very slowly. He wanted to hear whether this old man would be caught here.
What would be the consequences if those things were discovered by these soldiers?
This was very important to him, as it allowed him to speculate and see if it was what he thought.
As expected, the old man was in the same situation as Wei Chen at the intersection.
Everything was taken out.
When the soldier found what the old man had picked up, the soldier shouted, "The assassin is here, catch him quickly!"
At this time, Wei Chen understood that maybe his guess was correct.
Then Wei Chen quickened his pace and walked forward as quickly as possible, because this place is not a place to stay for a long time!
If it takes a long time, there will definitely be problems.
The old man yelled, "What an injustice! This thing is not mine. I picked it up from the grass over there. I am not an assassin!"
The soldiers looked at the old man again and saw that he must be a local, and he couldn't be an assassin!
"Quickly report to your lord, block the intersection and search the area. The assassin shouldn't have gone far. Hurry!"
These things have nothing to do with Wei Chen anymore, because Wei Chen has gone very far.
