The spies tracked Li Ke for a long time but found nothing.
I was led by Li Ke on the street for who knows how long.
All the spies felt so exhausted that they couldn't even stand firm on their feet.
Then I saw Li Ke getting up and going back to the Governor's Mansion.
This also made them feel a little lucky.
"Have you seen, that Li Ke is walking towards us?" A spy found Li Ke walking towards them, and then said quickly to his companions.
"Turn around quickly and don't let him find us." Another spy beside him said quickly.
Just as the spies were about to turn around, Li Ke was already behind them.
"Brothers, are you tired after following me for so long?" Li Ke said to the spies in front of him with a smile.
The spies dare not answer?
"Why do you pretend that you don't know me? Aren't you the people who work under the auxiliary position?" Li Ke looked at the spies in front of him with a mocking look on his face.
"This young master must have recognized the wrong person. We brothers were just strolling around on the street."
"What does it have to do with Zhe Chong Mansion?"
Even if several spies were killed, they would not admit that they were following Li Ke.
Li Ke did not bother with them, but said: "It's almost time, and we are tired from shopping today. Let's go back."
After saying that, he walked forward with his hands behind his back.
Several spies. You look at the spies, and I look at you. There are incomprehensible expressions on their faces.
"Hurry back and report to your Excellency that Li Ke didn't interact with Zhao Chen at all today, but played a trick on us."
"Made, you are so difficult to deal with at such a young age." One of the spies cursed in a low voice.
Then everyone followed Li Ke and walked towards the Qizhou Governor's Mansion.
…
"Father, my son is back." Li Ke walked into the emperor's room and said to the emperor.
The emperor looked over.
"Have you contacted Mr. Chen?"
"We got in touch, and the emperor talked about his next plan." Li Ke nodded.
The emperor waved to Li Ke to sit down and spoke slowly.
Li Ke sat on the stool and looked at the emperor, and then said slowly: "Brother Huang has sent Cheng Chumo and Li Ruoshuang to Huangzhou and Taizhou respectively to ask for reinforcements."
"The emperor himself decided to distribute the secret message he got from Ma Zhiqing throughout the city in two days."
"Expose everything plotted by officials of all sizes in Qizhou to the public."
"Brother Huang asked me to keep all the 500 Beiya Imperial Guards with my father to protect my father's safety."
"He also said that if we wait for the people from Chang'an to be fully prepared, we may not be able to fight back, so we must resolve the Qizhou matter at this time."
Li Ke talked to the emperor about the news he heard from Zhao Chen.
"Father, my son asked the emperor a question." Li Ke suddenly said this to the emperor again.
"What words?" asked the emperor.
"My son asked the emperor if he could guess the identity of the man from Chang'an."
"The emperor told me that no matter who the man from Chang'an was, he must have done all this against my father out of greed for power and anger."
"From the imperial brother's tone, I guessed that he might be someone from our royal family."
"Ke Erchen feels that my father is very good to other uncles and uncles in the royal family and everyone else."
"What reason do they have to implement such a dialogue plan to deal with the emperor?" Li Ke said to the emperor, with a look of confusion on his face.
The emperor smiled and then said: "Didn't you just say it yourself? What are they trying to do against me?"
The emperor seemed to take this matter very lightly, and there was not even a trace of anger on his face.
Li Ke remained silent, but sighed secretly in his heart.
After this time, the royal family is afraid that they will suffer a bloodbath.
"Okay, you have worked hard today. Go back and rest early." The emperor and Li Ke said.
Li Ke nodded, turned around and left the emperor's room.
The emperor sat far away and did not move for a long time.
He seemed to be thinking about what Li Ke said just now.
…
"Are you really sure that Zhao Chen never showed up?"
In Beizhai, Lu Yifa asked with the returning spies.
"No, then Li Ke has been wandering on the street all day. Our legs were broken and we didn't find anything."
"And he communicates with so many people. He will ask almost every vendor on the street and then buy something."
"It feels like he is just hanging out on the street and doesn't have to do anything." The leading spies and Lu Yi reported, with faces full of complaints.
They walked outside for a day, and their legs were almost broken.
Lu Yifa looked at the spies in front of him, then waved his hand and said: "I know you have worked hard, so go back and rest now. Someone will send you something later."
When the spy heard that he could still get Lu Yifa's things, he felt happy. A smile appeared on his face, and then he cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Mr. Chang Shi."
As soon as the spies left, Ma Zhiyuan came over.
"What's going on today? Have you found any trace of Zhao Chen?" Ma Zhiyuan and Lu Yifa asked.
"No, the spies were teased by Li Ke for a whole day, walked with him for a whole day, and walked around the streets for a whole day."
"Although I had known that this would be the result, I still feel very dissatisfied." Lu Yifa shook his head.
His face was full of anger.
Ma Zhiyuan smiled and then said: "His Royal Highness the King of Shu has been following Zhao Chen for many years. The reason why you could find traces of Zhao Chen before was because of Li Ke's own negligence."
"It's different now. That kid is also a ghost. I'm afraid it won't be so easy for you to find a way to contact them!"
Lu Yifa did not speak, but looked at Ma Zhiyuan.
Waiting for him to explain his purpose.
"Just now, I went outside and found that all the 500 Beiya Imperial Guards around the emperor have been deployed in the east courtyard."
"I'm guessing that Zhao Chen is probably preparing to take action."
"So we'd better be careful." Ma Zhiyuan and Lu Yifa talked about their findings.
"There is no news from Chang'an yet, so the Emperor and others are preparing to take action first."
"It's impossible to say, our plan this time will end in failure, and all of us will die." Lu Yifa was a little angry, and his tone was quite impatient.
"Our current plan is to continue waiting here until the news comes from Chang'an. We have nothing else to do." Ma Zhiyuan and Lu Yifa said.
Lu Yifa just nodded and didn't say anything else.
Now they have reached the point where they are just one step away from the end, but they have to wait for news from Chang'an.
Lu Yi found that he only hoped that the man from Chang'an could handle all the matters in Chang'an as soon as possible.
In this way, they can do whatever they planned here without any worries.
"We still have to be more careful about Zhao Chen. I estimate that after he got something from Ma Zhiqing, it may spread in Qixian County." Lu Yifa suddenly remembered such a thing, and then said to Ma Zhiyuan.
No one knows whether there are any secret messages between them in Ma Zhiqing's belongings.
But if Zhao Chen really finds it and then spreads it widely among the people.
They are faced with incomparable passivity.
"I also know about this, and I will let people pay attention to it." Ma Zhiyuan nodded to express that he knew about it.