Wu Jue wanted to go to the Zhao Mansion yesterday to pick up things for Li Ruoshuang.
Who would have thought that on the road, they would see Huang Zhi being beaten to death by Du He outside Wangyou Bookstore from a distance.
Huang Zhi had been to the house before, and Wu Jue knew him.
I also know that among the shopkeepers, Huang Zhi and Zhao Chen have the best relationship.
Now that Huang Zhi was beaten to death by Du He on the street, Zhao Chen would be furious if he knew the news.
No one can control what happens when the situation arises.
Queen Changsun was also in a dilemma at this moment.
Write a letter to tell Zhao Chen the news. After all, Du He is Du Ruhui's son, plus Li Tai.
Queen Changsun didn't want to see Zhao Chen and Li Tai confront each other.
But if Zhao Chen is not told about this matter, Zhao Chen will find out about it sooner or later when he returns to Chang'an in the future.
How will Zhao Chen see her then...
"Wu Jue, please don't tell Ruoshuang about Huang Zhi under any circumstances. Just pretend you don't know anything."
"Where Zhao Chen is, I will go to Xinming with him." Queen Changsun explained.
At this moment, she could already imagine how furious Zhao Chen would be once he received the news from her.
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"Zhao Da, we have already contacted you. We can take this merchant ship down the river to the Lujiang River later."
Two days later, Zhao Chen and others were standing near the shore. In front of them was a merchant ship loaded with goods.
"Although there is only one checkpoint on the waterway from Yingzhou to Lujiang, Wei Ting will definitely send someone to inspect it."
"I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to escape, and this guy..." Qin Huaiyu glanced at Li Yuan.
It is difficult for them to guarantee that Li Yuan will not secretly cause trouble for them when the time comes.
Once they were discovered by Wei Ting's men sitting on the boat, it would be impossible to escape.
"No...I won't do anything, I promise." Li Yuan rushed to say.
The last time he was held down in the water to calm down, he almost died on the spot.
Li Yuan knew that if he said anything against them, he would probably be thrown into the river and drowned on the spot.
Compared with freedom, it is better to save life first at this moment.
"Qin San, stay with Li Yuan. If we are exposed, we will kill him first." Zhao Chen glanced at Li Yuan and said to Qin Huaiyu.
"Okay!" Qin Huaiyu nodded.
Qin Huaiyu looked over, and Li Yuan's heart dropped.
An hour later, everyone boarded the merchant ship.
The merchant shipkeeper was from Jiangnan and traveled to Chang'an for business.
The food from Chang'an was transported on this merchant ship.
Over the years, grain from Jiangnan has always been sent to Chang'an for sale. This is the first time that grain has been transported from Chang'an to Jiangnan.
The shopkeeper's surname is Liu, and he is a thin old man.
"Young gentlemen, please drink some water. If you feel seasick, you can go to the cabin to rest." Captain Liu, the owner, and Zhao Chen said.
"Thank you, shopkeeper." Zhao Chen took the bamboo tube and handed it to Cheng Chumo who was standing aside.
Cheng Chumo was more straightforward and finished it off in one breath.
"Why are you going to Lujiang at this time and not taking the land route?" Shopkeeper Liu sat opposite Zhao Chen and looked at Zhao Chen.
"Shopkeeper Liu doesn't know what he is thinking?" Zhao Chen said with a smile and took out a carved jade pendant from his arms.
"Do you recognize this thing?"
"Huang Family Orchid Pendant?"
"Isn't this the jade pendant of Jiangnan Shopkeeper Huang? How come it is in the hands of the young master?"
"Young Master, are you familiar with Shopkeeper Huang?" Shopkeeper Liu looked a little excited when he saw the jade pendant in Zhao Chen's hand.
It seems that the jade pendant in front of me is something extraordinary.
"Huang Zhi gave this to me, saying it would be of some use in Jiangnan." Zhao Chen said with a smile.
During this trip to Jiangnan, Huang Zhi specially sent this jade pendant to Zhao Chen.
He also told Zhao Chen that as long as he holds this jade pendant, businessmen from Jiangnan will definitely provide help to Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen also suddenly thought of this.
But I didn't expect that it would have some effect as Huang Zhi said.
"Shopkeeper Huang is a famous person in our Jiangnan. I heard that he is close to Wannian County Bus from Chang'an City."
"Prince Wannian, that is the famous man in front of His Majesty the Emperor."
"Don't worry, young master. Since shopkeeper Huang can give this jade pendant to young master, he must have a very good relationship with him."
"In this case, the young master can just sit on X's merchant ship with peace of mind. If there are any interrogations on the way, I will handle everything for the young master." Shopkeeper Liu and Zhao Chen said, patting their chests.
"Then thank you so much, Shopkeeper Liu. When I meet Huang Zhi again, I will definitely tell him what happened today." Zhao Chen cupped his hands and smiled.
"It's easy to talk, young master, sit down peacefully while I send someone to prepare something to eat." Shopkeeper Liu left the deck happily.
"Zhao Da, isn't this Huang Zhi the businessman for whom we collected tolls on Zhuque Avenue?"
"He still has so much energy?" Cheng Chumo thought of Huang Zhi's name.
I vaguely remember that Zhao Chen led a group of students from the academy to collect tolls at Mingde Gate.
At that time, the businessman who was with them was named Huang Zhi.
"Fortunately, this time it was also thanks to his jade pendant, otherwise it wouldn't have been so easy."
"After returning to Chang'an, I really have to thank him properly." Zhao Chen said with a smile.
"That's true. When you bring us together, I'll have a drink with him." Cheng Chumo said with a smile.
The river was rippling, the merchant ships were moving slowly, the breeze was blowing, and everyone was silent.
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"Your Majesty, it has been two days and the Prince of Lujiang County has not returned home yet."
"Who are these people outside the city?"
"Let him not even return home?"
In Lujiang City, Wei Zheng was talking to the emperor.
Wei Zheng went to the Lujiang County Prince's Mansion again today, but the news he received was that Li Chengqian had not returned to his home yet.
It's been three days.
What is there in the village ten miles east of the city that would keep Li Chengqian from returning home for three days?
"Since he won't come back home, I will go outside the city to have a look later." Old Li felt unhappy on his face.
After waiting for Li Chengqian for two days, he did not return home.
If he had not promised Empress Changsun to visit Li Chengqian, the emperor would have gone back home at this moment.
Zhao Chen still doesn't know what the situation is.
Old Li Tou doesn't want to waste his time here.
But Li Chengqian never returned home, and Old Li Tou had no other choice but to go to a village ten miles east of the city.
"That's fine. I just heard someone outside talking about the suppression of bandits in Yingzhou City."
"People say that Zhao Chen, the captain of Zhechong Prefecture in Yingzhou, together with the Tianzhu Mountain bandits, intends to attack Yingzhou City."
"Now, Zhao Chen's arrest warrants are posted at every intersection in Yingzhou City."
"Yingzhou, I'm afraid something happened." Wei Zheng was silent for a moment, talking to the emperor about the news he had heard.
"Wanted order?" Old Li's face tightened and his eyes were a little cold.
Naturally, he would not believe that Zhao Chen would be in the same group as the bandits in Tianzhu Mountain.
Yingzhou City dared to post such a wanted notice.
This can only mean that the Yingzhou officialdom and the bandits from Tianzhu Mountain are in the same group.
Wei Ting, the governor of Yingzhou, was the instigator.
"So Your Majesty, Zhao Chen's situation is very critical now. Your Majesty can just take a look at the Prince of Lujiang."
"Don't waste too much time." Wei Zheng and the emperor advised.
Wei Zheng believed that Zhao Chen's ability was just a wanted order and would not have much impact on Zhao Chen.
But if the emperor wastes too much time with Li Chengqian...?