Died three times, the third ex-husband went crazy

Chapter 132 Too Much

They entered Hedong as the eldest son of the Luo family, and on the grounds that they were inconvenient to meet each other because of their duties, they rejected the banquet of the officials of Hedong, and at the same time released the news that Luo Yuanqing would only bring a few followers with him in order to grasp the real situation. go out.

Because he showed his identity with great fanfare, even if no one in the officialdom in Hedong saw Luo Yuanqing with his own eyes, not only was no one suspicious, but everyone was even more panicked and cautious.

Chen Ci, Li Ying and Lin Yu just pretended to be the attendants of "Luo Yuanqing" and went out for activities.

They inquired about the last place the prince appeared, halfway to the disaster-stricken place called Lucun.

Zhu Rongzhan personally escorted a batch of food for disaster relief to Lu Village, but the food disappeared. Most of the sergeants and civilian husbands who transported the food trucks died. Only the prince and a few soldiers were missing.

Maybe they escaped by protecting the prince, or they escaped by themselves, or they died in other places.

The three immediately set off for Lu Village, Li Ying said: "The intention of the Hedong officials is to push the matter onto the victims, saying that the victims are making trouble."

The Li family has many sources of information in Hedong, and Li Ying easily found out the plans of the officials in Hedong.

"They want to say that the disaster victims robbed the grain team?" Lin Yu frowned and said, "But the crown prince brought with him should be the elite of the Eastern Palace. Ordinary disaster victims have neither strong physique nor sophisticated weapons, so how could they be able to fight?" ?”

Chen Cidao: "It is true that most of the guards around the prince are veterans, but I heard that most of them are physically disabled, or old and weak. What's more..."

His voice sank: "A truly hungry person, as long as he knows that there is food ahead, his fighting power can be like that of a demon."

Li Ying nodded: "Since Mr. Chen knows so much about the people in Qianshou who have said so—and the crown prince is kind and sympathetic to the poor people, if he doesn't want to treat the victims as enemies, he didn't order them to be killed in the first place. Maybe it will be caught."

"You also think it's the victims of the disaster?"

Li Ying: "I'm just saying...there is a possibility."

"Is there another possibility?" Lin Yu said, "There is no more food in the relief granary in the river east? The crown prince ordered that all the officials had to follow, but maybe they just brought in grain pretending to be grain. Once the prince His Highness was transported to Lu Village for disaster relief, and the matter would be exposed, so they had no choice but to take the risk and attack the prince on the way?"

Li Ying thought for a moment, then smiled wryly, "Are they so courageous that they dare to attack the prince?"

However, Lin Yu didn't feel that he had overestimated the courage of those people. What they did in the previous life was crazy enough, and even directly led to the instability of the capital: "Hedong is a place of heavy taxation, culture and education are prosperous, and there are many officials in the court. The aristocratic clan is powerful, once it is unstable, the world is in danger. The emperor did not dare to do it easily, otherwise, why would he only send Luo Yuanqing as a disaster relief envoy after a few days? No one can say whether he is here to investigate or to appease good."

"I heard that the crown prince's status is unstable." At this time, Chen Ci also joined the conversation: "If I were a nobleman from the east of the river, I would think, could this be done by the court? The emperor wanted to replace the crown prince. , then discarded the original prince here as an excuse to attack the Hedong gentry?"

Li Ying said bluntly, "The more you think about it, the more outrageous it becomes."

He recalled what happened in his previous life - if the emperor hadn't been forced into a desperate situation, he would not be willing to take the prince's life, how could he abandon Zhu Rongzhan as a pawn?
"Whether the facts are so unimportant," Chen Ci said slowly: "If it wasn't done by the Hedong gentry, would Hedong be so suspicious of the court? Only by destroying can the other party feel at ease. So who is the beneficiary? Will there be a third party lurking in the dark?"

This idea is indeed the idea that the rebel leader would have.

The main fight is a snipe and a clam, and the fisherman benefits.

Li Ying looked at him: "Could it be that you did such a thing? You have arranged for the Mantis Army to ambush the prince here, and then deliberately appeared in front of us, reasoning and pretending to be innocent?"

Chen Ci said unhurriedly: "If the power of the Mantis Army has penetrated into Hedong to this extent, then I will wake up laughing in my dreams."

Li Ying smiled lightly: "Oh, who can say for sure, you have no evidence to prove that you didn't do anything."

Chen Ci also smiled slightly: "If you say that, why can't it be Li's doing it? There is a concubine Li in the emperor's harem who has already given birth to a prince. Maybe you are taking this opportunity to get rid of the prince so as to support Li. The prince is on the throne."

Seeing them talk to each other, and the smell of gunpowder gradually escalated, Lin Yu suddenly said, "I thought of a joke."

This jumping topic successfully interrupted the exchange of words between the two.

Chen Ci asked curiously, "What joke?"

"Someone asked: If I have 20 elite soldiers and the prince dies in my jurisdiction, how should I explain it to the emperor?"

Li Ying became interested: "What's the answer?"

"There is no standard answer," Lin Yu said: "Some people say, 'If I have 20 elite soldiers, I still need to explain to the emperor? The emperor should explain to me!'"

Chen Ci laughed.

Li Ying is worried that Lin Yu is becoming more and more contemptuous of the royal family, and she does not want her to leave with Chen Ci and stand on the opposite side of the royal family.

He shook his head and said, "Such an answer would be domineering. Is it such a simple matter to change the dynasty?"

Lin Yu smiled and said, "Don't be so serious, it's just a joke."

They soon arrived at the place where the prince disappeared. Fortunately, there was no heavy rain in the past few days, so there were still traces left on the road after the bloody battle that day.

A group of people walked on the road, simulating what happened that day.

"The convoy passed by here, and then encountered an attack..." Chen Ci raised his head, observing the surrounding terrain, trying to determine whether there is a nearby place to ambush, such as whether there is a forest in a high place for hiding, or whether it can be pushed The high platform cliff under the stone.

Li Ying crouched next to the bloodstains, studying their shape and the direction of the splash, and judged where the attack started—a frontal attack?Or is it cutting the team into front and back in the oblique stab, or is it a surprise attack from the tail of the team?
Chen Ci said: "This place is not suitable for an ambush."

Li Ying said: "The attackers caught up from the end of the team. It's very strange. Generally speaking, the attack is either a sudden encounter and a strong attack from the front, or it is premeditated and intercepted at the middle, or an ambush from front to back, so that the opponent is surrounded. In the subsequent contact battle, it can only be a pursuit."

Chen Cidao: "If you pursue him, the possibility of a third party's attack will increase."

Lin Yu said: "Because the Hedong gentry know this land well enough, they should set up an ambush, and Lu Village is in front. If they rob the grain team, they should attack from the front. Right?"

Chen Ci nodded: "That's right."

Lin Yu looked at Li Ying. As the eldest son of the Li family, and with countless dead soldiers in his hands, he should be the person who knows the situation above the court best. She frowned and asked, "Then the third party is the most powerful?" Who could it be?"

Li Ying was right to ask this question.

Li Ying smiled wryly and shook her head: "There are too many people who might attack the prince."

(End of this chapter)