This prince, it doesn't matter if you don't do it!

Chapter 511 Volume Five Seven Years of Zhenguan
Outside Qingshui City.

Lin Zhou led hundreds of elite riders out on horseback.

As the saying goes, if the master humiliated the minister to death, if the missions from various countries came empty-handed, they would not feel insulted, but they clearly came with large carts and small carts, this is an insult.

What's the matter, just showing off?
He may be a little afraid of you asking Linzhou to deal with the Tang or Ming missions, but he really doesn't take the missions from other countries to heart.

First of all, their Qingshui River does not border these countries, even if they offend these people to death, so what?As long as you can't fly, there's nothing wrong with them.

"General, there are ruts here."

"Chase!"

After all, Lin Zhou led his men and chased him out.

Of course, I didn't follow too closely.

They don't want to intercept and kill missions from other countries on their own territory.

However, after they chased them, they found that the road was going to Piaohe County. Seeing this, Linzhou immediately ordered: "Everyone, put on Tuyuhun clothes."

He also came prepared, as long as he changed into Tuyuhun's costume, he could pretend to be the remnants of Tuyuhun. Anyway, during this period of time, the remnants of Tuyuhun had not come to Piaohe County.

"After entering Water River County, everyone should be careful, and don't reveal your identity unless it is absolutely necessary."

After Linzhou finished speaking, he rode forward.

Everyone knows what he said. If it is time for life and death, he can reveal his identity. After all, only living has infinite possibilities.

Not far into Water River County, someone said: "General, there are discoveries ahead."

"Let's go! No matter which country's mission it is, kill it!" Linzhou said immediately after hearing the words.

But when they caught up, they saw a few solitary carriages abandoned on the spot, but there was no one there.

"Could it be that they sensed that someone was chasing them, so they abandoned the carriage and ran away?" Someone asked doubtfully.

Lin Zhou also thought so, nodded, and said, "It's okay, we have an explanation for sending these carriages back."

Although the people ran away, the carriage was still there so they could have an explanation when they returned.

But in the next second, a soldier curiously opened the carriage and exclaimed, "General, the carriage is empty!"

"Empty?" Linzhou was taken aback, and came on horseback. Seeing the empty carriage, he was also very angry, "Look at the other carriages."

Then, the other carriages were opened one by one, but the result was obviously the same, all the carriages were empty.

At this moment, Lin Zhou's anger was beyond words.

"Too much deceit!" Linzhou shouted angrily, "Chase!"

If the contents of the carriage were transferred, he would not be angry, but if the carriage itself was empty, it would be different, so he must figure out the problem.

As for whether he would run into trouble in Water River County, he was really not worried.

Li Yuanjing's name is still very useful, at most he will be blamed, so he won't lose his life.

After all, the crowd chased after him again.

After half a stick of incense, they found a few more carriages, but the carriages were still empty.

So far, they haven't even found a single member of the mission.

"Go on, chase!" Linzhou shouted angrily.

Just after they chased them out, a few people emerged from a small hill not far away. The leader looked at Linzhou and the others who were going away and asked, "Is everything arranged over there?"

"It's been arranged." A person beside him said, "They are all warriors of our clan, and they are willing to sacrifice for the great cause of our clan!"

Hearing the words, the leader sighed, and said: "There is no way, the imperial court of Ming Dynasty is too strong, if you don't make trouble for them, and keep meddling in our country's affairs, what is the majesty of our country?"

To put it bluntly, everything today was prepared to deal with Li Chengqian.

But Linzhou was completely unaware of all this, when they chased after half a stick of incense, they finally found a group of people in front of them running wildly with a carriage.

But how can a horse-drawn carriage run as fast as a war horse?
In just a moment, they were chased up by Lin Zhou's men.

The people in the carriage were not good at bothering them, they immediately drew their swords to face each other without saying anything, which surprised Lin Zhou and others.

However, relying on their large number of people, they quickly controlled the initiative on the battlefield.

"Which country's mission are you from?" Lin Zhou asked curiously.

Because among these people, there are costumes from various countries, and they look like a motley crew.

But those people didn't respond to Lin Zhou's questioning, they just fought desperately.

Lin Zhou also didn't want to cause too much commotion in Watering River County, and tried his best to settle the battle quickly, and it only took a moment to resolve the battle.

"General, the carriage is full of children!" At this moment, a subordinate exclaimed.

Lin Zhou was also surprised when he heard the words?
All children?

He thought that what these people must guard to the death must be some kind of rare treasure, but he didn't expect that they were all children.

Immediately ran over to have a look, and saw a gorgeously dressed noble young man sleeping soundly in every carriage.

"Could it be the princes and nobles from all over the world?" Lin Zhou thought.

"General, what should we do with these children? Take them home or stay on the spot..." The man said, and wiped his neck.

Lin Zhou hesitated, he didn't know what to do?
Just as he was about to wake up these children to ask what was going on, he spied on the wind and reported back: "General, the commotion on our side may be a bit louder, and we have recruited Daming's soldiers and horses."

"Withdraw!" Linzhou heard the words, and immediately said, "Leave together with the carriage!"

After all, everyone quickly evacuated from the spot.

Although they were not so worried in the territory of Ming Dynasty, they still didn't want to expose it if they could.

And their every move is watched by caring people.

"Great Zhao Wangting, there is nothing to be afraid of." Some people couldn't help laughing when they saw them retreating.

"What's nothing to be afraid of? It's just a joke." Some people even said disdainfully.

As for Da Zhao Wang Ting, they really never took it seriously.

Whether it's Li Yuanjing or Linzhou, to be honest, they're all taller than the dwarfs.

Especially Linzhou, after this incident, it can basically be judged that this person's ability is mediocre.

When Lin Zhou and the others left, all the missions hiding in the surrounding area appeared, and each of them even pulled out a row of carriages, which were even exactly the same as those stolen by Lin Zhou and the others.

But at this moment, everyone didn't speak, they were all picking up the corpses, and then drove the carriage to cover up the traces of the previous battle.

After doing all this, they continued to set off in silence, but just a few steps away, they ran into someone from Daming.

"I was ordered by the governor of Water River County to welcome the missions from various countries." The man was Yang Lin's nephew, and he was also the shopkeeper who opened a grocery store in Water River City.

Now that Yang Lin is the sheriff of Water River County, his nephew naturally followed suit and got a job as an official.

Li Chengqian knew about this, but he didn't care about it. After all, this guy has indeed made a lot of contributions to Daming over the years.

"Magistrate Yang is too polite." The Tubo envoy smiled, "Although we are here to send the ambassador to the Royal Court of Zhao, our main purpose is to do business with Piaohe County. I heard that the Ming Dynasty re-divided the five counties and thirteen prefectures. Each county in the prefecture has its own development direction in the future, and I also want to see what kind of business we can do with Water River County in the future."

"That's right, County Magistrate Yang, please don't be polite." The other envoy also smiled, "After leaving Dazhao, we are no longer a mission, but a business group from various countries."

It's not that they are humble, but they really think so.

Of course, it can also be seen from this that they really have no good intentions.

"Please." Magistrate Yang smiled, but didn't say much.

Although he is now the noble of a county, being an official is still a bit unfamiliar to him, but when it comes to doing business, hehe, that's his mother's old profession.

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Riyue Mountain, Ministry of Punishments.

Murong Xiaoyong is suffering from a headache.

These days, there have been several cases of missing children in Riyue Mountain.

In fact, before Li Chengqian asked, he was already paying attention!

Firstly, he was in charge of the Ministry of Punishment for the first time, and he also wanted to make some achievements.

Secondly, although these lost children were not born too noble, their identities are somewhat special after all.

For example, one of the children belonged to the Pu family. Although the child was not a direct descendant of Pu Xiruo, the Pu family was a supporter of Li Chengqian when he started his family. Maybe Li Chengqian knew that child.

"After so many days, there is no clue at all?" Murong Xiaoyong asked.

Today's Ministry of Punishment, to put it bluntly, is Murong Xiaoyong's words.

It is no exaggeration to say that Murong Xiaoyong formed at least half of the Criminal Department.

Before him, although Daming also had a Ministry of Punishment, it almost didn't exist.

"Second Lord, this thief is too cunning. Since he did it five days ago, he has disappeared. We searched all the inns in Riyue Mountain, but found nothing." The person who spoke was obviously Murong Xiaoyong Brought from Water River County.

"I wonder if they are no longer in Riyue Mountain?" Another person said.

Murong Xiaoyong heard the words, but did not speak.

To be honest, it is really difficult for them to let these guys investigate the case.

This stuff, that also depends on talent.

However, at this moment, someone hurried in and said, "There are clues, there are clues."

"What clue?" Murong Xiaoyong asked immediately.

The man immediately said: "Someone saw a carriage going north a few days ago late at night, it seems to have gone to Water River County."

"Jiaohe County?" Murong Xiaoyong was taken aback.

"Send someone to quickly investigate in Water River County." Murong Xiaoyong said, "I will enter the palace right away and report back to Your Highness."

It was related to Water River County, and he was also afraid that something might go wrong. Don't forget, he is a native of Water River County. It would be ridiculous if he checked and found out that it was related to him.

In the Daming Palace, Li Chengqian was also taken aback when he heard Murong Xiaoyong finish speaking.

Are the traffickers related to Water River County?

"Uncle Yu." Li Chengqian looked at Wei Shuyu who had been following him all this time and asked, "What happened in Water River County recently?"

Since that day, Wei Shuyu followed Li Chengqian to do what Xiao Yue and Gao Chunxing did back then.

Regardless of his young age, it's okay to do these things.

Of course, Li Chengqian only took it as giving him a chance to exercise.

After all, it is not too difficult to sort out the paperwork.

Hearing this, Wei Shuyu flipped through his notebook, and immediately said, "Brother, a few days ago, the governor of Piaohe County announced that he would contact business groups from various countries in the near future to resume business in Piaohe County as much as possible."

Yang Lin is a very well-mannered person, and he also wrote a memorial for this matter and sent it back to Riyue Mountain.

It's just that Li Chengqian has a lot of things to do, and it's normal to miss them sometimes.

Hearing what Wei Shuyu said now, he was taken aback for a moment and asked, "Are there any similar memorials in other counties?"

"No." Wei Shuyu's memory is still very good, and he immediately shook his head.

"Interesting." Li Chengqian understood immediately.

These countries seem to have no good intentions.

Well, Water River County doesn't border any country, but these guys go to do business with Water River County, their hearts are damning.

"Your Highness, what's wrong with this?" Murong Xiaoyong was a little puzzled. Although he shouldn't have asked this question, he was still a little worried because it was related to Water River County.

Li Chengqian said: "You don't understand, although my Ming Dynasty now has five counties and thirteen prefectures, but at the same time there is also a competitive relationship among the five counties and thirteen prefectures.

Everyone wants to build better under their own governance, but what is needed to build?
Obviously, these guys want to provoke a rivalry among the various counties of my Ming Dynasty, and they are so daring! "

After finishing speaking, Li Chengqian smiled dismissively.

He wasn't worried at all.

Murong Xiaoyong saw that he had nothing to do with Water River County itself, so he didn't care too much at the moment, as long as they don't get involved.

"You said that the traffickers might have taken the children to Water River County?" Li Chengqian asked.

"There is only this one clue for the time being." Murong Xiaojun said, "Recently, the Criminal Department of Weichen sent a large number of people to investigate, and almost searched the entire Riyue Mountain, but found nothing, only this one suspicious point, Wei Chen has already sent people to Water River County to investigate."

Li Chengqian nodded and said, "Investigate, strictly investigate! You can go to Water River County to investigate in person, and Yang Lin will cooperate with you."

Although this is not a big deal, since the founding of the People's Republic of Ming Dynasty, the royal court of Ming Dynasty has never plundered people, especially children, so Li Chengqian must give an explanation to the family members of the children.

It is not surprising that strict investigation.

"My minister takes orders." Murong Xiaoyong bowed immediately.

After he left, Li Chengqian frowned.

He always felt that things were a little strange recently.

According to the chronological order, children were robbed in Riyue Mountain first, then business groups from various countries went to Water River County, and finally Su Pi went north to commit crimes.

Strictly speaking, these three things happened almost at the same time.

Thinking like this, Li Chengqian wrote down three things on paper.

He wanted to see if these three things had anything in common.

"Brother, do you suspect that these three things are one thing?" Wei Shuyu muttered softly as he stood aside.

Li Chengqian shook his head and said: "I don't know, brother, but since it happened at the same time, we have to think about it, what if it's the same thing?
So what is the purpose of the people who do this? "

Li Chengqian is a very cautious person, unwilling to give up any doubts.

At the moment, I sorted out a few things.

While sorting out, adding and subtracting on the paper, he also asked, "How many countries are there in the caravan going to Water River County?"

"There are those in Gaochang, there are those in Kucha, there are those in Tubo and..." Wei Shuyu counted on his fingers.

Li Chengqian immediately added something to the paper.

After sorting out everything, he connected the children's case with the caravan with a line, and wrote the words "Jianhe County" on this line.

Judging from the tentative clues, this is the only commonality between these two things.

"Your Highness, should the caravan be linked up with Su Pi going north?" Wei Shuyu asked in a low voice.

"Why?" Li Chengqian smiled.

Wei Shuyu said: "Because there are Tubo, even though Su Pi went north, isn't Su Pi fighting against Tubo?"

When Li Chengqian heard the words, he immediately connected the two with a line, and praised: "Smart. Behind Su Pi's northward journey, there is probably Tubo's shadow. If Tubo was not behind it, Su Pi Never dare to go north this time.”

He thought so too.

He was very clear about Su Pi's situation.

After all, he looked at the only gap between the three, and was a little puzzled.

This gap is the children's case going north in Subi.

Is there a connection between the two?
Li Chengqian actually had the answer, but he didn't do it because he couldn't figure out what the other party's benefit would be if he did so.
If you want to say that Changle was robbed, he can understand it, but what is the point of robbing a few ordinary people's children?

"Forget it, we'll wait for further news." Shaking his head, Li Chengqian put down the charcoal pencil, and stopped entangled too much on this issue.

Indeed, if he can't figure it out, it's his habit to let it go if he can't figure it out.

Just when he was about to go out for a walk to clear his mind, Chang Le, Wu Mei and Xiao Hua ran in bouncing around.

"Brother, it's snowing a lot outside, shall we go build a snowman?" Chang Le said as soon as he came in, trotting over and pulling Li Chengqian's sleeve.

She was wrapped tightly in a lifetime fur cloak, which made her a little more cute.

"Don't pull it, it will fall apart if you pull it again." Li Chengqian pretended to beg for mercy, "Is it okay if you agree?"

For Changle, he has always had a sense of indebtedness. The little guy is too sensible, so he feels a little sorry.

After a while, everyone came to the square of Daming Palace, making snowmen, playing snowball fights, and it was very lively.

After a busy year, the rare moment of leisure made Li Chengqian feel a kind of long-lost happiness.

At first Wei Shuyu was a little cautious, but after Xiao Hua threw two snowballs on his face, the child's temperament improved.

Upstairs, Qibilinna, who was watching this scene, also ran down immediately, how could such a fun thing be without her?
Not long after, Mrs. Hou also came, and a group of people had a great time.

Of course, Su Quan never came down from the beginning to the end, but just watched from the window with a smile on his face.

Well, there was one more person who didn't come, that was Murong Wanqiu, she just took a few more glances and went in.

The seventh year of Zhenguan came to an end under a heavy snowfall.

(End of this chapter)