The disappearance of the young prince finally reached the ears of Emperor Shengjing on the opening day of Xiangyan Hall. Now the emperor is sending people to search for him secretly, and Taifu Jian also knows about it.
To be precise, many people in the court got wind of the news. It had already spread to the other side of the border, and this matter could not be suppressed after all.
Another reason why the news spread so quickly was Zhou Jinyan's laissez-faire. Now it doesn't matter if everyone knows, the secret guards have grasped the whereabouts of the young prince.
"Master, the young prince met the princess at Wanwu Peak."
Zhou Jinyan frowned. He knew that Jian Yu had gone out early in the morning. He had sent secret guards to follow her secretly. However, the message had not come back yet, so she went to the Peak of All Things? Why is Jialiang there?
Wanwu Peak and Chiliangtian belong to the same mountain range. The distance between the two mountains is quite far, and the species on the mountains are very different. The products in Wanwu Peak are richer, with countless flowers, grasses and wild fruits. It is said that there were villagers in the past. Ganoderma lucidum has been dug here for thousands of years.
Jian Yu came here to relax, but actually she took the opportunity to identify some flowers and green plants to see if they could be used in making incense.
There were many flowers and plants in Dazhou that Jian Yu had never seen before, so she specially brought along a nanny who was familiar with them. When she encountered something she didn't understand, she would ask, and she would always be able to accurately tell the habits of the flowers and plants.
Originally, Jian Yu invited Mrs. Zhang to accompany her, but Mrs. Zhang was going to worship her ancestors today, so she couldn't push it away. Seeing that Jian Yu was going to the mountains, she asked Mrs. Zhang, who had been with her for many years and also knew a lot about flowers and plants, to come with her. Together with grandma.
Jian Yu didn't refuse. She called Mrs. Zhang for the same reason. She needed to quickly get in touch with the flowers and plants of Dazhou.
For this reason, Jian Yu spared a day and even went out early in the morning. Listening to her grandma's introduction, Jian Yu benefited a lot and had many ideas for making incense.
On the way down from the mountainside, Jian Yu was knocked down by a child running down the mountain.
The middle-aged man who was chasing the child looked slightly stern when he saw Jian Yu, and his eyes flashed with guard.
Jian Yu frowned when she saw this. What was her reaction?
This time Jian Yu learned her lesson wisely. She went up the mountain not only with the maid, but also with four palace guards. They had been trained by the bodyguards and looked very strong.
The four guards had long knives on their waists, and the tips of the knives were wrapped in black leather. They looked like they were not the guards of an ordinary mansion. This was the reason why the middle-aged man was a little afraid. He knew that the identity of this beautiful woman must be extraordinary. She must be the concubine of a certain Shengjing official!
If Jian Yu knew what the man was thinking, she would definitely be angry. I am the wife!
The collision caused Jian Yu to stumble and sit on the ground. The child was not much stronger than her. When he fell to the ground, he rolled down the hillside twice, and finally hit the root of a tree and knocked heavily.
When the child was curled up on the ground and before he could react, the middle-aged man strode over, picked him up, and said to Jian Yu, "I'm sorry, madam. It's so offensive. I'll take him away right now."
Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Jian Yu stopped him: "Wait a minute!"
There is obviously something fishy here! This person didn't look at the child's injuries. Instead, he immediately covered the child's mouth and clamped it around his waist...
Human traffickers!
"Hold him down!"
Jian Yu gave the order, and four palace guards quickly stepped forward. The middle-aged man still wanted to run, but was pushed to the ground and chewed a mouthful of mud.
"Are you OK?"
Jian Yu walked to the boy who was thrown to the ground by the middle-aged man before he ran away, and stretched out her hand to pull him up.
The child sat up, covering his slightly swollen cheeks and sobbing: "Sister Fairy, he is a bad guy, he wants to kill me! Wuwuwuwu..."
When the secret guard said this, Zhou Jinyan frowned and said, "He cried?"
The secret guard paused, "Fake."
He could clearly see from a distance that the young prince was crying very loudly, and there was not a single tear in his eyes, nor did he rub them until they turned red.
Zhou Jialiang's journey from Bianbei to Shengjing was very smooth. Following the caravan, he even traveled faster than ordinary people. Unfortunately, something went wrong when he came to Shengjing.
No matter how smart he is, he is still a child. Zhou Jialiang accidentally exposed his wealth. The banknote he hid on his ankle was seen by Wei San, who was the middle-aged man.
The caravan had something to do and had to go to Yizhou before arriving in Shengjing, so he and Zhou Jialiang were not on the same road. Wei San offered to take Zhou Jialiang to the inn and rent a car for him. He could reach Shengjing in half a day. The family agreed.
Wei San was not that kind at all. He wanted to kill Zhou Jialiang and swallow the one hundred taels of silver notes. Anyway, a child could do it without being noticed. When his master asked, he said he would send it to the inn. , came back by himself.
As for the fact that the other party did not reach Shengjing but died at Wanwu Peak, he would not be afraid even if it came out. It was because he left that his descendants were killed!
Everything was well planned, and he was just thinking about throwing people into the mountains and canyons to feed the wild beasts. Who would have thought that he would wake up halfway. The kid was very strong, and even if he was drugged, he could punch him hard. I couldn't straighten my waist for a long time!
Seeing that the person was about to run away, he chased after him, and ended up running into Jian Yu and his group.
The secret guard followed him the whole time. When the young prince's life was really in danger, he would take action. Before that, he obeyed his master's instructions and didn't care what kind of suffering the young prince suffered.
Zhou Jialiang was raised like this. While other children were still acting like spoiled children beside their mother, he, a little wolf cub, had already learned to hunt.
Therefore, Zhou Jialiang was able to do what other children could not do, and came to Shengjing from Bianbei alone.
"My subordinates can clearly see that the young prince bumped into the princess on purpose." The secret guard was not applying eye drops, but praising the young prince's intelligence.
Zhou Jinyan knew what Zhou Jialiang was thinking, and he was just afraid that others would be concerned about it if it didn't have anything to do with him, so he went out of his way to bump into the one who was obviously a noble person among the group of people. If he got involved, he couldn't ignore it.
"The princess took the young prince to the hospital to check his injuries, and then stopped at a nearby post station."
It takes two and a half hours to get from Wuwu Peak to Shengjing. Jian Yu took Zhou Jialiang to a nearby town to find a medical center. When they came out, the sun was almost setting. She didn't want to travel at night, so she went to the nearest inn to rest.
There were two types of post stations in the Great Zhou Dynasty. One was specifically for sending messages to officials and where officials lived. The second type was for ordinary people and merchants to live. Here they could rent carriages, buy and sell horses, hire coachmen and bodyguards, etc.
Both are managed by the government, and usually the two stations are not too far apart. The latter is relatively more crowded, and Jian Yu lives in the former.
"Is there anything unusual about her trip?"
Zhou Jinyan was asking about Jian Yu's trip to Wanwu Peak. How could she meet Jialiang by chance?
"My subordinates have been following the young prince these days and have not found any connection between the caravan and the princess."
The secret guard reported truthfully.
Zhou Jinyan tapped his fingers on the table, eyes half-squinted, what a coincidence.
At that time, Jian Yu didn't know that she was suspected of having ulterior motives. She was coaxing the child, or... was being coaxed by the child?
