The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 309 The Whereabouts of the Caravan

"What should we do now?" Xuan Shijing asked Li Ke in a low voice.

No one expected that there would be such a scene on the way, and Li Yin's mansion actually hid the woman he plundered in Chang'an.

Li Ke shook his head slightly, and said: "I don't know, now we can only see what the father thinks, but now that Xiao Min has lost weight, the father should have a little compassion."

Xuan Shijing sighed silently in his heart when he heard the words, if there hadn’t been this mother and daughter before, maybe it would have been as everyone thought, His Majesty Li Er saw Li Yin’s tragic situation, and would punish him lightly, but he is so alive His Majesty Li Er had just arrived at the Shu Palace, first he heard Li Yin's "rhetoric words", and then he saw two women who had been kidnapped in Li Yin's mansion. of use.

"Li Yin, do you have anything else to say to me?" His Majesty Li Er looked at Li Yin with a look of indifference. Originally, he was displeased with what Wei Zheng said about Li Yin's actions during the performance. , Now that I have seen Li Yin's depravity with my own eyes, I am even more disappointed in this son.

"Father, my son, my father" Li Yin didn't care about his injuries at this time, and knelt down in front of His Majesty Li Er: "I know my mistake, my father, my son knows my mistake, my father!" Good luck."

"Excuse me? Think about what you did in your fief. When you arrive in Chang'an, you still don't know how to restrain yourself. The officials in the fief have advised you. Instead of listening, you even ordered the evil slaves in the mansion to beat up the subordinates. It's like a beast!" Li His Majesty the Second pointed at Li Yin and said, hating iron for being weak.

"Father, although Xiao Min is stubborn, but now he hits and scolds, and I hope Father, please be merciful." Li Ke bowed and handed Li Min to plead for mercy.

His Majesty Li Er closed his eyes and stopped looking at Li Yin, and waved his hands: "Since you said that, Ke'er, it's all right, I will pass on my will. From today onwards, the king of Shu, Li Yin, will be confined to the Shu palace to contemplate his mistakes behind closed doors. There is no order from me. Do not step out of the Shu Palace, Deyi."

"Your servant is here." Deyi bowed and said, "What orders does Your Majesty have?"

"The decree I asked you to make in the palace before, you and Xuan Cheng go to the door together to draft the decree." His Majesty Li Er said.

Hearing this, Deyi looked at Li Ke and Xuan Shijing who were standing not far away, and then at Li Yin who was kneeling on the ground, bowed and said, "Yes."

When Li Ke heard His Highness Li Second's words, he couldn't help being curious about what his father's intentions were, and it seemed that he was going to the palace to find someone to inquire about.

The farce in the Shu Palace finally ended at the will of His Majesty Li Er. Although there were quite a few twists and turns on the way, the dozens of boards Li Ke beat Li Yin also played a role. No other losses for now.

Of course, what Xuan Shijing didn't know was that before he and Li Ke left the Shu Palace, Wei Zheng reported Li Yin's evil deeds to His Majesty Li Er. Dropped more than half to go.

The circles in Chang'an City, because of Li Yin's grounding and demotion, have calmed down a lot for a while. All the governments are asking their children to avoid making trouble outside, and even the King of Shu has been punished by His Majesty. , not to mention you, an ordinary son of an official family.

Seeing that it was already the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, Li Chengqian had already rushed back to Chang'an from Liaodong, and Gao Jun probably arrived in Chang'an city too.

It is said that after Gao Jun took the caravan from Dengzhou to Erxian Village, Li Yuanjing sent people to set off from Xiangzhou to track down the whereabouts of his money along the way. Every time he arrived in a city, he would notify the local government to strictly investigate Even so, Gao Jun always set off two days earlier than Li Yuanjing, and he was on the road day and night, because Qiandui told Gao Jun that the farther away from Li Yuanjing, the safer, so when the people sent by Li Yuanjing arrived in Dengzhou, The pile of money has arrived at Erxian Village.

In the Dengzhou government office, Li Yuanjing and his guards sat in the guest seat of Datang, holding a tea bowl in his hand, listening carefully to the report of the local governor.

"You mean a few days ago a large caravan stayed in Dengzhou for one night and left Dengzhou the next day?" Li Yuanjing looked at the governor of Dengzhou.

"Exactly, the lower officials sent people to inquire around the city and found out that this caravan came from Chang'an, and came out at the end of the year to purchase new year's goods for various houses. According to the people in the city, this caravan was also bought in Dengzhou. There are a lot of local specialties. In the past few days, the largest caravan has never been bigger than this one." The governor of Dengzhou thought carefully and said: "Other caravans, in terms of scale, are definitely not small, but according to Your Highness, the amount of lost goods you mentioned is far from being able to be hidden by those caravans, not to mention that the caravans themselves also brought some things. If they were really hidden in the goods, then when they left Dengzhou, they would definitely Checked out by the soldiers guarding the gate."

"What is the origin of this caravan?" Li Yuanjing asked.

"The officials don't know about it now." Dengzhou Inspector replied, it was just because the caravan in the Hou's Mansion was too large, which aroused the idea of ​​the people in the city, but who would specifically ask what it was? What is it about?

"Since I know it is from Chang'an, I will definitely return to Chang'an." Li Yuanjing said in a low voice, and then he cupped his hands to the governor of Dengzhou and said, "This king would like to thank Lord Governor for your help. If he finds the things belonging to the Japanese king, Come, I must thank you very much." Li Yuanjing stood up and cupped his fists and said.

The governor of Dengzhou also stood up with Li Yuanjing, and responded with cupped hands: "His Royal Highness King Jing is polite, since this group of thieves have passed through Dengzhou, it is the duty of the lower officials to be in Dengzhou."

Li Yuan nodded his head, and after exchanging pleasantries with the governor of Dengzhou, he led his people away from the government office of Dengzhou.

"My lord, the governor of Dengzhou said that the caravan came from Chang'an. Is this credible? Normal people know that when the end of the year comes, the royal family members who are away from the feudal clan will return to Chang'an. If you want to go back to Chang'an, you're throwing yourself into a trap." The guard beside Li Yuanjing said.

Li Yuanjing waved his hands a little irritably, and said, "You have to believe what the governor of Dengzhou said, and you can't believe it all. No matter what, this is also a clue. Order the subordinates to pack up immediately and return to Chang'an immediately."

"Yes, my lord." The guard replied.

Li Yuanjing is thinking now that he must return to Chang'an immediately. It is best to stop the caravan before they enter Chang'an City and check it on the spot. king's money.

And the bandit caravan that Li Yuanjing was talking about had already been reorganized in Erxian Village and started to march towards Chang'an.

(End of this chapter)