Later, I became the prince of the group

"Today, a batch of lumber that was ordered early arrived, Mr. Liu went to Fangzi to check the goods after not staying for a while."

"The sixth princess came here with Mr. Liu in the morning. She said she knew that you would definitely come here directly after the court, so she wanted to come here and wait for you to attend the court. Later, she felt bored after staying upstairs for a long time. It happened that Prince Pingcheng also came here. Now, I said that I was hungry at noon, and I wanted to take her to find a place to eat, and the two of them have a good relationship recently, so the sixth princess agreed."

"The two maids following the princess said that because they were with Prince Pingcheng, and the prince had guards around him, they didn't ask the guards to follow him. The place the two masters were going to was just across the street from us. Who knew? On the way, someone threw money suddenly, causing the common people to rush and scatter the two little masters and the guards, and someone took advantage of this moment to take the princess and the prince away."

"Those people were dressed like ordinary people, and their faces were covered with cloth. Prince Pingcheng's guards disappeared after chasing them. They didn't see the person who was throwing money. They probably mixed in with the crowd after shouting."

As soon as the sixth princess disappeared, the maids quickly came back to report the news. While dispatching the guards around the princess to search for the place where the two children were taken away, they dispatched troops in four directions to inform Wangfu, Liu Qi, Chu Yan, and Pingcheng County Wangfu.

Of course, not long after Chu Yan knew about it, the emperor also learned about it. When Chu Yan arrived at Taolefang, the gate of the city was under martial law, and the imperial army dispatched troops to search everywhere.

Because the palace was the closest to Tao Lefang, when Chu Yan and Liu Qi arrived, Chen Su had already interrogated the maids, and Chu Yan interrogated the others again to be on the safe side, and the events he got were consistent.

His face was gloomy, and there was irrepressible anger and sarcasm in his voice: "There are only four idiot guards around Shizi, do you think it's enough?"

The two court ladies could not stop shaking, holding back their tears.

They knew in their hearts that if something happened to the princess, both of them would die.

Liu Qi seemed to want to say something, but hesitated for a few turns and still didn't say it.

Chu Yan glanced at him, saw that his expression was uneasy, and his hands were shaking, so he held that hand.

Liu Qi exhaled lightly, and forced himself to speak calmly: "I think the kidnapper may not be after the princess."

Chu Yan gave him a "continue to talk" look.

"The kidnappers threw money to cause riots, and taking advantage of the crowd, they mixed in with the crowd and took away two people. This has a premise, which is to ensure that the person to be kidnapped will be separated from the guards." Liu Qi knew that Chu Yan must be better than him. Thinking of this earlier, he didn't just say it to Chu Yan, but he wanted to help himself to follow his train of thought.

"There are always a lot of people around the princess, and they follow her closely. This time, she came out on a temporary basis. On the contrary, there are not many people around the prince, and the little prince is impatient to be followed closely. The guards will keep a certain distance from him. The kidnappers This method is obviously prepared in advance, they can't expect that the princess will not bring so many guards at this time."

Chu Yan said: "What you said is reasonable, but there is no guarantee that this matter has something to do with Xiao Shizi. In case the kidnappers usually just pretend to be civilians, follow and monitor to find opportunities, and just happen to encounter such an opportunity, they impromptuly acted." , it's easy to throw some money out of the bag, and you don't have to prepare too much."

"But if they don't plan their route in advance, wouldn't they be afraid of being caught if they act hastily?" Liu Qi asked.

"There are only four guards in total, not as many as them. Do you think these four people can catch up and follow them to their old base camp alive to report the news?"

The four guards kneeling aside were belittled one after another, but they didn't dare to refute, and lowered their heads in shame.

Liu Qi thought for a few seconds, and finally understood: "So I can't confirm who it is aimed at. Has your county palace offended anyone recently?"

The latter sentence was asked to the maid of the prince of Pingcheng, and the maid shook her head quickly: "The old prince and the county king are far away in Pingcheng, and only our princess of the county takes the young prince with him in Beijing. Except for the Lu family, there is no one else. How can I offend anyone if I often go to other homes?"

Chu Yan didn't know much about the princess of the county, so he couldn't help but glance at Liu Qi, who nodded to him.

On the way to the palace, Liu Qi said: "Princess Pingcheng County has a peaceful temperament. She doesn't compete, grab, compete, or compare. She is not very popular, but she should not be bad. Moreover, she is in poor health and does not go out of the palace all the year round. Going back to my mother's house, I really can't think of anyone she will offend. Chu Li is a child, and it is impossible to offend anyone. Maybe it is the king of Liang or the king of the county, so he came all the way to the capital to kidnap him. people."

He has read the book for so long, and when encountering things, his thinking has become much smoother. Hearing his logical analysis, Chu Yan felt a little calmer.

He saw that Liu Qi was flustered, so he kept talking to make himself feel better.Although the disappearance of the sixth princess was not his fault, but she was abducted by him after all, he brought Xiao Tao'er to the shop and left her alone.

"If..." Liu Qi continued, "If it is aimed at the princess, it may be aimed at you, such as letting the sixth princess disappear from your house, so that His Majesty will have a grudge against you or something..."

Chu Yan also thought about the consequences, especially if the sixth princess could not come back, Emperor Chengxing might never forget this matter for the rest of his life, and the father-son relationship he tried to establish would no longer exist.

But Chu Yan always felt that no one would do anything to the sixth princess for this reason. After all, all his current performances showed that he was not destined for the throne. Compared with his third brother, the target should be framed.

It's hard to say.

In case someone wants to plant a seed in advance, in case they simply want to take revenge, or want to take revenge on Liu Qi, and make Liu Qi lose faith with him...

Chu Yan thought about many possibilities in a flash, and finally could only sigh secretly in his heart.

At first glance, the search of the whole city seems to be an extremely time-consuming thing, but it is the most effective method.If you look at the motive, there are too many possibilities, not to mention the situation with Prince Pingcheng is still unclear.

When he arrived at the palace, Chu Yan was afraid that the emperor would vent his anger on Liu Qi's head, so he asked him to wait at Perfection, and went alone. He saw that the emperor's bedroom was really solemn, and the maids and servants did not dare to breathe.

In the palace, Emperor Chengxing was explaining to the commander of the Forbidden Army, and the Queen and Minister of the Ministry of Justice were also on the side. The Queen had obviously cried.

Seeing Chu Yan and Liu Qi coming in, Emperor Chengxing interrupted coldly before they finished their salutes: "Zhen's Xiao Liuer was sent to your house, is this how you take care of her?"

Chu Yan didn't argue: "It's my son's fault, and my son will definitely get the sixth sister back."

"What if you can't find it back?" Emperor Chengxing couldn't help but raise his tone, the emperor was furious, and the whole hall was panicked.

The queen thumped in her heart, fearing that the emperor would say something irreversible in anger, she hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Tao'er will be safe and sound. I can't blame Ah Yan for not being responsible for this matter. There are bandits kidnapping people in the street in broad daylight!"

Emperor Chengxing was much calmer than she thought: "You will be credited with getting it back, but if you can't get it back, don't try to get rid of your involvement in this matter."

Chu Yan kowtowed immediately, vaguely guessing what was going to happen next.

Sure enough, at the next moment, Emperor Chengxing said: "Leave this matter to King An. Before the matter is over, King An can dispatch people from the Ministry of Punishment and the Forbidden Army to bring Princess Hepingcheng back to me in a safe place!"

As soon as the words fell, the commander of the imperial army and the Minister of the Ministry of punishment all looked surprised.

The emperor not only did not deal with King An, but also asked King An to take charge of this matter?All civil and military officials in the court know about King An's situation. Isn't Your Majesty afraid that the sixth princess will not be rescued if he is an abandoned son who is ignorant and incompetent?

No matter how surprised they were, they all retreated respectfully.

Several people hurried out of the palace again, and as soon as they left the emperor's bedroom, Chu Yan quickly asked: "How many people have the imperial army called, where did they start searching, and what directions did they search for?"

Regardless of how distrustful King An was in his heart, the commander of the Imperial Army answered with due diligence on his face: "All those patrolling outside the imperial city have been dispatched, and four teams were sent to the gate of the city. The remaining teams have The two factions went to the place where the Sixth Princess and the Prince of Pingcheng were abducted to find clues along the way, while the other teams surrounded and searched from the center and the periphery respectively."

"Do you have a map?"

The commander of the imperial army had been prepared for a long time and immediately took out the map from his sleeve.

While Chu Yan walked like flying, he didn't delay him from looking at the picture.He glanced quickly, estimated the distance in his heart, closed the map again, and quickened his pace.

The commander of the imperial army didn't know if he saw any flowers, and he couldn't help muttering in his heart. When he got out of the palace gate, as soon as Chu Yan opened the curtain of the carriage, he saw Liu Qi grinding.

He was a little surprised that Chu Yan came back so soon, looked at the inkstone in his hand again, and explained: "I was thinking that you might use it."

Chu Yan immediately relaxed a lot, said "thank you", then took the prepared pen and dipped it in ink, carefully circled a few places on the map, and then handed it back to the commander of the imperial army.

"As soon as the two children were abducted, the maid came back to report, and the guards rushed to the palace and the palace to report. The twenty guards of the palace arrived within two quarters of an hour after they were abducted, and the imperial army ordered the dispatch of troops. The time will not exceed half an hour. In such a short period of time, if they rush to take people away, it will be very conspicuous, and there will be people witnessing them along the way. The safest way is to find a place nearby to disguise themselves, or in advance Prepare a horse-drawn carriage to conceal people's ears, no matter if they take a horse-drawn carriage or disguise themselves and then find a way to leave, it is absolutely impossible for them to leave the range of this circle, so let people concentrate on this circle first, and focus on searching the small circle inside."

Perhaps his tone was too strong, which made the commander of the imperial army swallow the sentence "How did you determine the distance?"

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice has many years of experience in the job, and he nodded affirmatively after watching for a while: "Almost, the bandits are indeed most likely not out of this range."

Hearing Shang Shu say the same thing, the commander dispelled the idea of ​​questioning even more, and asked, "What about the other two circles?"

"It's because the kidnappers took the risk to hurry up. There is no news from the city gate, indicating that they are still in the city. If these people want to go out of the city directly, they must be overtaken by the imperial army on the way. They know that the city gate is closed. Finally, they will find a relatively safe place to stay before the imperial army has started a thorough investigation. If they don't plan to leave the city, they will directly find a safe place to stay.

"The so-called safe place should naturally be a den that has not been discovered for a long time. If they are targeting the prince Chu Li, in order to find out Chu Li's whereabouts conveniently, they will definitely find a place near the prince's mansion in Pingcheng. In the same way, if the target is Sixth Sister, she will find a place to settle near the palace."

The commander of the imperial army did not do it for nothing, and quickly followed his train of thought: "If they plan to leave the city, we have to search around the city gate; if they don't plan to leave the city, we search the area within these two circles. Search all around the circle and the city gate, and put it in other places first?"

"Almost, but I think the number of people near the city gate can be reduced." Chu Yan said, "The place near the city gate is not considered safe. If these people are smart enough, they will stay away from the city gate. If they are not smart enough, unless There is a nest near the city gate, otherwise they will subconsciously return to other footholds. As long as they settle near the city gate, it is not difficult to find clues, but the three circles are the most troublesome, Fang The cities are connected in all directions, and the longer it takes, the more likely they will move to other places, and then the whole city will be searched."

Chu Yan's voice was a little more serious: "The longer the time, the more dangerous the princess and the prince will be, understand?"

The commander of the imperial army nodded solemnly, then immediately got on his horse and went to pass orders.

The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment still looked at Chu Yan fixedly, and the prince hadn't said what the Ministry of Punishment should do.

"I know that Lu Shangshu has always been sober and loyal to his father." Chu Yan first complimented, "But in a hurry, I would rather believe what he has than believe what he doesn't. Please also send someone to check on Zhu Shengyou and Zhu Shengyou." If there is anything unusual in the Zhu residence recently, go to the post station and ask if there are any letters from Liangzhou in the near future."

The Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment stroked his beard and bowed slightly: "Listen to Your Highness's instructions."

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The biggest obstacle to my writing is actually the cold...

The south without heating, geothermal and air-conditioning is really terrible!

My hands are as cold as being washed in cold water for more than ten seconds outside the bed and pockets, I am too hard TT

Make it up tomorrow, I can do 6000 words tomorrow! (Happily and happily set the flag)