"I checked around and found that Shi Erlang was indeed kidnapped. But the group of people disappeared without a trace. To search for Li Xia, we can only predict his whereabouts first."
Jingjie was a little depressed, so he spread out the map and started pointing.
"The route Li Xia arranged for Yang Guo was to go south to Shouzhou, and then cross the Huaihe River to Huaiyou, the Song Dynasty. It can be seen that there must be Song troops on the Huaihe River to support him. The reason why he did not go to Hanzhong was probably because he was worried about Wang Dechen."
Zhang Rou was unhappy and said to herself: "He is afraid of Wang Dechen, but not afraid of me?"
"This... maybe he expected that his uncle would promise Shi Shuai to let Yang Guo take up his post in Shouzhou..."
"snort!"
Jingjie smiled bitterly and said: "In addition, Shi Shuai and Alan Da'er are talking about sending Yang Guo to serve in our territory to test us."
"We sent someone to test us, but this person defected, and Shi Tianze wasn't afraid to take responsibility." Zhang Rou snorted again.
"Father and son of the Shi family must have a deep love. This matter will not do us any great harm." Jingjie said, "But Li Xia still dares to come to our door, so we will keep him this time."
Zhang Rou glanced at his excited expression and gave a faint "hmm".
He was already a little tired of arresting Li Xia.
It's like a mouse comes into the house. It's nimble and smart. It can't be caught and won't be killed by medicine. And he has many important things to do, so how can he have time to catch mice every day?
Then I thought, Li Xia is much more harmful than the mouse and must be eliminated.
Zhang Rou then cheered up and said: "Li Xia will secretly follow Yang Guo along the way from Kaifeng to Shouzhou. You first go back to Bozhou to discuss with Wulang and find this little beast."
"Yes." Jingjie said: "This time we will try our best to..."
"Try your best? You don't have to try too hard." Zhang Rou actually said this, and then said: "This kid is good at assassination, please pay attention to your safety."
"Uncle..."
Zhang Rou waved her hand and said: "After returning to Bozhou, the security of the mansion will be strengthened. No one in the mansion will go out unless necessary."
Jingjie agreed, but even though the search hadn't started yet, he already felt a little frustrated for no reason.
He ordered his troops and headed to the south gate of Kaifeng. He took out Zhang Rou's letter at the city gate, was carefully searched and interrogated, and was finally released from the city.
After two days of galloping, they arrived at Bozhou. It was just getting dark when Jingjie entered the city, so he immediately went to find Zhang Hongdao.
…
"My cousin came back early? What happened?" Zhang Hongdao was reading a letter at the table, and turned to look at Jingjie, with a worried look on his face.
"It's getting late. You're not in good health, so why do you work so hard?"
"I didn't do any official business." Zhang Hongdao waved his hand, "It's a letter from Ba Lang. He has returned to Shuntian Road now. Li Fen wrote to him a while ago."
Jingjie sat down and said: "Li Fen's contact with everyone is too blatant."
"The more people he contacts, the less the Khan's court dares to easily touch the princes. Let him go."
"What did Hachiro say?"
"He wrote back to Li Fen, urging him to be loyal to the Khan's court."
Jing Ye nodded and said, "That's fine. If we investigate in the future, the Great Khan will understand the Zhang family's loyalty."
"You haven't said why you came back early?"
Jingjie sighed and smiled bitterly: "I don't know if I should tell you about this... to save you more trouble?"
"Alan Daer wants to force his father?" Zhang Hongdao frowned.
"That's not..."
Jingjie turned around and saw a calligraphy and painting hanging in Zhang Hongdao's study, which was written with the song "Sheep on the Hillside". He knew that Zhang Hongdao used it to motivate himself, or maybe he really loved that "goat" in his heart.
When things prosper, the people suffer; when they die, the people suffer." I was touched.
It can be seen that Zhang Hongdao has not given up on Li Xia.
"Li Xia has arrived in Kaifeng." Jingjie said:
Zhang Hongdao was stunned for a moment, then coughed a few times.
"Ahem...Li Xia...you still dare to come back?"
"Yes, they are making trouble again, and this time they have provoked Shi Tianze." Jingjie talked about the incident in Kaifeng City...
Zhang Hongdao was a little surprised when he heard this, but after thinking about it, he felt that Li Xia could do anything.
"Seeing what Shi Tianze wants, he plans to let Yang Guo's family go to the Song Dynasty, send Li Xia away as soon as possible, and end it hastily."
"Does this fulfill that boy's wish?"
"Shi Tianze doesn't have any big clues in Li Xia's hands. He just asked Yang Guo to hand over some information. Although there is a difference between silencing Yang Guo or sending him away, for him, the difference is not too big."
"But we are different. I actually killed the mayor."
"So, Shi Tianze is willing to let Li Xia go, but we have to kill him."
Zhang Hongdao smiled bitterly and sighed: "I am already tired just thinking about searching for me again."
"My uncle said there is no need to force him. We will block the road and search for Yang Guo's team. If we can find Li Xia, we will kill him."
"What if you can't find him? Are you really going to let him do this again and leave in a big way?"
Jingjie asked: "Since we can't find it, what can we do?"
"Let's search first..."
Two days later, a group of troops entered Bozhou City.
Liu Zhongzhi sat in the carriage, looked at the middle-aged scribe sitting opposite him, and asked, "Why does Mr. Bai suspect that Li Xia went north to contact the Zhang family?"
Bai Pu asked back: "Does Liu Xianjin think that Li Xia is here to see the historian?"
Liu Zhong said bluntly: "The Shi family is indeed more questionable than the Zhang family. For example, Li Xia met Shi Erlang immediately after entering Kaifeng."
"He wanted to kidnap Erlang." Bai Pu said: "I am not trying to excuse the historian. My father is Shi Shuai's staff and knows best about Shi Shuai's loyalty to the Great Khan."
"Loyalty." Liu Zhongzhi smiled slightly.
Bai Pu said: "If Li Xia has contact with the historian, he only needs to send someone to send a message if there is anything. There is no need to go to Kaifeng City. What's more, the exam is in full swing now. Is he just trying to make the historian arouse suspicion? After that, Erlang eliminated Liu
After experiencing doubts, Li Xia saw that he could not let the Goukao Bureau conflict with the historian, so he took Erlang abducted."
"It's possible." Liu Zhong touched his chin and started thinking.
"Also, when Li Xia went north last year, why did the Zhang family let a spy easily cross the border? When Li Xia arrived in Kaifeng, it was still the Zhang family who was hunting Li Xia, and Shi Shuai never intervened. As a result, the whole city was in trouble, but the man escaped. Zhang Wulang really
Can’t catch him?”
"Does Mr. Bai think that the Zhang family is secretly helping Li Xia?"
Bai Pu nodded, touched the beard on his lips with his hand, and said, "Isn't it suspicious?"
Liu Zhongzhi probed: "Perhaps...Mr. Bai was ordered by Shi Shuai to shift the blame to the Zhang family?"
"I did follow Shi Shuai's order to investigate the kidnapping of Erlang, and then found the Zhang family." Bai Pu said: "As for what Liu Jingzuo thinks...Shi Shuai really doesn't care."
"Yeah?"
"Liu Qianqian, you have to follow me all the way."
Liu Zhong was choked until he could not speak.
But thinking that celebrities always have the demeanor of celebrities, he didn't care about the ridicule and said with a smile: "Mr. Bai is right. However, when dealing with these great princes, you should rely on evidence and not just speculation."
"If you have any conjectures in advance, you can only find evidence if you keep searching."
Bai Pu wanted to touch his beard again, but he stretched out his hand to lift the car curtain, glanced out, and said casually: "There is an old case, have you ever heard of it?"
"Which one?"
"Last year, Daruhuachi'erdunbari, who was guarding Bozhou, was killed."
"I've certainly heard of the killing of the guardsmen along the way." Liu Zhong said straight away, "Di Cong was not strict with his subordinates, and he rebelled. As a result, Di Cong's family was confiscated, he lost his position as a prince, and his whole family was sent to the army."
Bai Pu said: "Di Cong has been guarding Yingchuan for many years, how could he not even be able to control his subordinates and cause such a big mess?"
Liu Zhongzhi couldn't help frowning and thinking.
"Mr. Bai means... maybe the Zhang family is responsible for this matter?"
"It's hard to say." Bai Pu said slowly, "But the Zhang family obviously has too many connections with Li Xia, which is strange."
Liu Zhong nodded and fell into deep thought.
The princes of the Han Dynasty had their own agendas, and the chaos far exceeded his expectations.
It was previously suspected that Shi Tianze had secretly worked with Zhao and Song Dynasty, and even passed on information, spying on the situation, and harboring suspicions of disloyalty. However, such small and secret actions are actually commonplace in troubled times.
And if the Zhang family really kills the town officer, it will be called a rebellion...
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