At sunset, Zhao Shi did not wait for Jia Heng's return while waiting anxiously.
"Your Majesty, Jia Heng has been gone for a day, why haven't you come back yet? Is something going to happen?"
"Probably not, I guess there was something delayed." Zhao Shi comforted himself by finding an excuse.
Until late at night, there was still no trace of Jia Heng, and Zhao Shi realized that something was wrong. So Zhao Shi carefully reviewed his and Jia Heng's plans, and found no obvious flaws.
"Your Majesty, could it be that the Qin army detained Jia Heng?" said one of his followers.
"Probably not. Even if the Qin army doesn't want to contact me, there is no need to detain Jia Heng."
"Then where will Jia Heng go?" the attendant said, minding his own business.
When Zhao Shi thought about what this personal attendant said, he was very frightened for a moment.
"Is this Zhao Shi going to inform my father?" Zhao Shi said with a solemn expression.
"Hurry up and call the four city gate officials who are on duty today," Zhao Shi ordered to his followers.
Half an hour later, the man led four city gatekeepers to Zhao Shi.
"We will pay homage to the Crown Prince," the four city gatekeepers saluted Zhao Shi in unison.
"Excuse me, have you four seen Jia Heng leave the city today?"
"Your Majesty, I don't know who Jia Heng is." A city gate official said doubtfully.
"It's that short attendant who has been following me all this time."
After Zhao Shi finished speaking, he looked at the four people in front of him expectantly, and saw the eyes of the dead flashing with ignorance.
"It's the one with the scar on his ear." Zhao Shi reluctantly named Jia Heng's most obvious feature.
"Oh, Master, you are talking about Scar Er. I haven't seen him leave the city today."
"My lord, I have never seen a rotten man leave the city despite my humble position."
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"I didn't expect that Jia Heng had so many 'elegant titles'" Zhao Shi sighed with a wry smile.
Regardless of the dynasty or generation, it is not uncommon for people to be given nicknames.
When Zhao Shi confirmed from the city gate officials that Jia Heng had not left the city, he began to murmur again, if he had not gone to Zhao Tuo to inform him, where would he have gone?
The next day, 10,000 South Vietnamese soldiers, under Zhao Shi's order, carefully searched for Jia Heng's traces.
Han Chuan also learned about Jia Heng's disappearance the morning after meeting Jia Heng. After discussing with several Ying Long soldiers who had sneaked into Sihui County, Han Chuan decided to send someone to explain to Zhao Shi.
Zhao Shi knew that Jia Heng's disappearance was not caused by the Qin army, and sent all Yinglong troops lurking in Sihui County to secretly assist Zhao Shi in searching for Jia Heng.
Two days later, a Yinglong sergeant found the stronghold converted from a residential house where Jia Heng was imprisoned.
When Han Chuan sent someone to send the news that Yinglong's soldiers had discovered the mysterious stronghold to Zhao Shi, Zhao Shi immediately led his army there and ordered the army to surround the stronghold.
After a while, dozens of soldiers dressed as civilians were seen walking out of the stronghold.
"I humble my duty to pay my respects to the crown prince," the leading man walking at the front came to Zhao Shi and saluted.
"Who are you?"
Zhao Shi looked at the visitor and asked doubtfully.
"Sir, please look!" The leader standing in front of Zhao Shi said and threw a token towards Zhao Shi.
When Zhao Shi took the token and took a look at it, he was so shocked that he didn't know what to do. Because what Zhao Shi was holding in his hand turned out to be the token of the South Vietnamese Royal Guards.
Until this moment, Zhao Shi knew that Zhao Tuo had been spying on him and was completely disappointed in Zhao Tuo.
"Come here, arrest all the Qin spies in front of you." Zhao Shi ordered the South Vietnamese army behind him.
After a while, a group of South Vietnamese soldiers took control of all the South Vietnamese palace guards, and another group of South Vietnamese soldiers rushed into the stronghold behind the guards to search.
When two South Vietnamese soldiers came to Zhao Shi holding the bruised Jia Heng, Zhao Shi was completely furious.
"Come here, kill these Qin spies."
After just a few breaths, the heads of the guards of the South Vietnam Palace moved away.
Seeing the heads falling on the ground one after another, a look of determination flashed in Zhao Shi's eyes.