Subcontracting

Author: Loeva

Subcontracting

Li Yanchao followed the carriage without hesitation for long.

The carriage was not moving very fast, and he could keep up with it as long as he trotted a little. Li Yanchao did not become suspicious about this. He felt that the person he was following did not notice his presence, so there was no need to leave in a hurry. Besides, His Royal Highness the Prince

Everyone knows that he is a sick man. In the past, when the emperor took the queen mother and the prince on a trip, the prince would always drive slower than ordinary people. Many aristocratic families in Beijing privately discussed this matter as gossip.

He said that the prince's body was probably really weak. It was difficult for him to withstand even a slightly faster speed and bumpy road conditions when riding in a carriage. The carriage moved slowly, which made him more convinced that the person in the carriage was exactly what he was looking for.

The prince!

However, no matter how slow the carriage moved, it was still much faster than walking. Li Yanchao was born as a young master, and although his family was in a poor state, he was not comparable to ordinary common people. He had lived a life of pampering and carelessness since he was a child.

He had never practiced martial arts, so how could his physical fitness improve? After running for a while, he couldn't stand it anymore. He was panting and his legs were heavy. He suspected that he might not have the strength to follow too far.

Did he really give up like this? Hateful! If only he had discovered earlier that the other party was trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain. As long as he had kept an extra follower by his side, he wouldn't have had to work so hard at this time. However, the whereabouts of the prince

It is related to his future, how can he give up easily? As long as his legs can still hold on, he will fight to the end!

Fortunately, the prince in the carriage may be really too weak. After the carriage drove at a neither fast nor slow speed for a while, it started to slow down after leaving the city, and even stopped on the side of the road for a while.

, waited for a quarter and a half before continuing to drive forward.

Li Yanchao was so lucky that he took the opportunity to take a good rest. He guessed that His Highness the Crown Prince's condition was really not very good, although the doctor named Ye was said to be very skilled in medicine, and His Highness the Crown Prince had been using medicine from him for quite a while.

However, the imperial doctors in the palace are helpless to deal with His Highness the Crown Prince's illness. What can a little-known mountain doctor do? I guess he can just prescribe a health prescription for His Highness the Crown Prince and give him some physical conditioning, right? But

, the prince can occasionally go out for fun, and his condition should be improved. It seems that the doctor named Ye is also somewhat capable, but unfortunately his foundation is too weak, and he still cannot bear it after all.

Li Yanchao thought about the prince's current physical condition, but he was hiding behind the big tree planted by the roadside, poking his head around, as if he wanted to peep at who was sitting in the carriage.

Zhao Mo, who was sitting in the carriage, naturally noticed his actions. He lifted a corner of the curtains, peeked a few times in the direction of the big tree where Li Yanchao was hiding, sneered, and ordered Huang Jincheng's soldiers outside to continue setting off.

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Before Li Yanchao could catch his breath, the target he was following left again. His legs were so sore that he finally had a chance to rest and was reluctant to get up. He just thought about the future... He finally resisted.

Tempted to rest for a while, he gritted his teeth and climbed up, continuing to chase after him.

Perhaps it was because he was too tired. Although the carriage and the accompanying knights were walking and stopping, and it seemed that the people in the carriage were seriously ill, it was still difficult for Li Yanchao to keep following the carriage, and he almost lost it several times.

Fortunately, Li Yanchao recognized the direction of the carriage, which seemed to be heading towards the gate of Jinling City. He guessed that after staying in the town for a few days, the prince's condition had relapsed, so he decided to return to the city to seek treatment from Dr. Ye.

Right? Although Li Yanchao lost track of him several times, as long as he kept walking along the road into Jinling City, he would always find a group of carriages driving slowly not far ahead. He immediately followed them.

Go up.

However, after being lost like this three or four times, he began to feel that something was wrong. Why did the number of people responsible for guarding the carriage seem to be missing several times? He clearly remembered that when they left the house, there were seven or eight of them.

The mounted guards were guarding the carriage, but now only four of them were left. Where did the other people go? When did they leave?

When he realized something was wrong, Li Yanchao couldn't help but think about it more. However, he was so tired that he couldn't bear it anymore and had no energy to think about it. He only felt that his legs were as heavy as lead, and he could lift them step by step.

It's getting harder and harder, and I probably can't hold on anymore.

How far had he walked? It had rained and snowed just a few days ago. In order to avoid the attention of the prince and his party, he walked along the roadside. Once someone among the prince's guards turned back, he would immediately hide on the roadside.

He walked behind a tree or a stone. After only a few miles, he stepped into several puddles and mud puddles. The new official boots he wore on the first day of the New Year were already covered with mud, and snow water penetrated the uppers.

The feet in the boots were soaked and the cold was biting. The soles of his feet were almost frozen. He wished that the next moment, a basin of hot water would appear in front of him and give him a good soak.

When Li Yanchao couldn't walk anymore, he discovered that there were more pedestrians on the road. The people walking on the road were not only the target carriage and his party, but also many people traveling in carriages and donkey carts. He suddenly felt that he was really stupid.

Absolutely! Before he left the town, he could have hired a car and sat on the roadside. Even if he had to risk it, the driver would know that he was following the carriage in front, but what could a country driver know?

!Better than him walking on two legs, right?!

Fortunately, Li Yanchao knew in his heart that the carriage the prince was riding in was moving too fast. He didn't know that the prince was going to the city for medical treatment at that time, and it was impossible to catch up again after losing him. If he really stopped to hire a carriage, he would have been there long ago.

He lost the whereabouts of the prince. Therefore, he only regretted it for a while and stopped worrying about it.

When the carriage in front stopped to rest again, he quickly hired a broken carriage from the roadside. He didn't mind the mess of the carriage. After all, it was the only carriage he could hire at the moment.

After getting on the bus, he anxiously urged the driver to catch up with the target carriage that was preparing to set off again.

The coachman was very puzzled, but for the sake of the employer's generosity, he did as he was told. He drove the carriage all the way without losing sight of him once, and sent Li Yanchao directly outside the treasure-gathering gate of Jinling City.

Unexpectedly, the carriage in front did not enter the city through Jubao Gate and drive towards the Ye Family Medical Center as expected by Li Yanchao. Instead, the carriage turned around and turned onto Qili Street, directly entering Tongji Gate and heading towards the direction of the guard station.

Went.

Li Yanchao's eyes lit up. Yes, Huang Jincheng, the new commanding officer at the guard station, is the prince's direct cousin. The prince must be looking for him!

However, the guard station was heavily guarded and it was impossible for people to come and go at will. It would be impossible for Li Yanchao to continue to follow the prince's carriage "without anyone noticing".

But it doesn't matter. Li Yanchao thought to himself: He just needs to know where the prince is staying, and he doesn't want to do anything to the prince immediately. It is enough to know where the prince has gone.

He asked the coachman to park the carriage on the roadside outside the guard station. He watched the carriage and a group of guards drive into the station from a distance, wondering whether this place was not very far from the Shangyuan County government office.

This carriage will take him back, and then someone will be sent here to monitor him?

While he was thinking about it, within his sight, the target carriage stopped. Then a guard got off his horse and stepped forward to lift the curtain, as if to invite the people in the car to get out.

Li Yanchao stared nervously in the direction of the carriage. When he saw the cloak he had seen once at the door of the town's prince's house appeared again, he knew that this person must be the prince he was paying attention to.

However, when the man stood still after getting off the car, he appeared to be two heads shorter than the guard beside him. Li Yanchao couldn't help but feel a sudden pause, trying to recall the height of the prince, wondering what was going on. The man in the cloak turned around

She turned around and glanced in his direction.

Li Yanchao almost jumped up. How could it be Zhao Mo?! Zhao Mo, the grandson of King Liao, had always lived in Jinling City? He lived with the family of Yongjia Marquis Qin Bai, how could he suddenly appear in the town?! Besides, the person in the carriage should be

He is the prince, how could he become Zhao Mo?

Li Yanchao refused to give up, and with a bit of luck, he kept an eye on who would get out of the car next. Maybe the prince was still in the car and just lent his cloak to Zhao Mo to wear?

The result disappointed him again. The person who got off the bus behind Zhao Mo was a tall, strong man who looked like a guard or a domestic servant. Apart from him, there was no third person who got off the bus.

Li Yanchao really couldn't believe that the prince was not in the carriage. He clearly remembered that the man in a cloak he saw at the door of the house was not as short as Zhao Mo! He was a man of normal height. The man who got off the carriage now

Wrong version, could it be that someone was replaced midway?

Yes, he lost track of the carriage several times. If someone arranged for the prince to go to another carriage and assigned a few guards to accompany him, Zhao Mo would put on the prince's cloak and get on the carriage, tricking him into continuing to follow... This is not

Impossible.

However... if this is the case, it can only mean one thing: the prince has long discovered that he is following him, so he came up with such a trick to lure him away!

Li Yanchao suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and quickly ordered the driver: "Quickly, let's get out of here!" He couldn't let Huang Jincheng have a chance to catch him, so he had to leave as soon as possible.

The broken carriage turned around, but before it could run away, several guards surrounded it with a roar and ordered the people on the carriage to get off. The coachman was so frightened that his legs were weak and he fell to the ground begging for mercy. Li Yanchao was also covered in cold sweat, his face

But you still have to keep pretending and tell your identity with a straight face: "Bold! I am the magistrate of Shangyuan County. What do you want to do? Why don't you retreat quickly?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, two soldiers actually stepped back, but they were not making way for him to leave, but making way for Huang Jincheng, who had walked over at some point.

Huang Jincheng walked in slowly with a cold face and looked at Li Yanchao with a half-smile: "We meet again, Master Li. It seems...you are quite courageous."

Li Yanchao's heart trembled, but he still had the cold and arrogant look on his face: "What do you mean, Mr. Qianshi? I can't understand. I just wanted to visit various scenic spots in the city and happened to pass by the guard station."

Huang Jincheng sneered and looked back. Zhao Mo, wearing that familiar cloak, smiled and said to the Jinling magistrate beside him: "Look, magistrate. I am willing to give you face. You can bring him to make amends to me."

, I never made things difficult for him. But this is what he did to me... He actually followed my carriage from the town all the way into the city. What else does he want to do?!"

The face of the prefect of Jinling was as dark as the bottom of the pot.
Chapter completed!