Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"This man's name is Zhang Si. He's an old man in his fifties. Every day he drives a donkey cart into the city to help people earn money. However, he doesn't live in Longcheng City, but lives in Caijia Village, twenty miles south of the city."

"Outside the city?" Concubine Di thought for a while, "Could it be that the prince and Baili are out of the city?"

"Ma'am" Shang En said, "Could it be that Baili pulled the prince into the donkey cart to avoid the people in the class, and then this Zhang Si drove out of the city."

"Well, that makes sense." Concubine Di nodded, "The prince and Baili got into the donkey cart to avoid the people in the class. I didn't know where I was going, so I drove the donkey cart out of the city and went straight back to Caijia Village, Prince Baili didn't have an accident, but was locked outside the city gate, unable to enter the city."

"Your Majesty is right." Ke'er nodded, "That's why General Song and Chong Ming have been unable to find anyone and have no news."

"It would be great if that's the case." Concubine Di breathed a sigh of relief, "If the prince and Baili have already left the city, they will definitely be in a hurry to return to the city. Didn't Chongming hear that Zhang Si goes to the city every day? Then we will go to the city early tomorrow morning." Go to the south gate and wait, and if you find this Zhang Si, you will know whether the people who got into his car yesterday are Wang Ye and Baili."

"Ma'am," Jia Jun said, "Then what if... what if it's not Wang Ye and Baili who get in the car?"

"Then look for another day. If there is no news of the prince tomorrow, we can only inform the government, but don't let them inform the court for the time being, otherwise the disappearance of the prince will definitely make His Majesty angry, and the innocent people in Longcheng may be affected by then. Now , no matter what, we must first find out where the prince is."

Although there seems to be Defang's whereabouts, everyone still can't sleep. Jiajun Chongming and Shang En returned to the house and sat quietly, Ke'er managed to put Weiling to sleep, and Concubine Di walked back and forth in the room, feeling full of pain in her heart. She was worried, seeing that Wei Ling had fallen asleep and said softly, "Ke'er, take care of Ling'er, I will go out and have a look."

"Ma'am, where are you going?"

"If the prince and Baili are really locked up outside the city, maybe they will be at the gate of the city now. I want to ask the guards and soldiers to see if there is anyone outside the city."

"Your Majesty, even if the prince and Baili are outside the city, it's time to find a place to rest, and they won't stand outside the city forever."

"Just in case, if the prince and Baili had called the door at the gate of the closed city, the city guards would definitely know about it. As long as they find out that someone has been locked up outside the city, at least I will feel more at ease."

"Ma'am, you..."

"Stop talking, take care of Ling'er." Concubine Di opened the door and walked out, but Ke'er didn't dare to shout, so she hurried to call Jiajun and the others, "General Song, the lady just left the inn by herself and said she was going Inquire about Wang Ye and Baili at the city gate."

"What! The empress is alone!" Jia Jun was shocked, "Chongming, Shang En, you stay and guard the princess and Ke'er, I'm going to chase after the empress."

Jia Jun chased out of the inn with a sword, and caught up with Concubine Di within a short distance, "Ma'am!"

"Jiajun" Concubine Di looked at Jiajun, "Why are you here?"

"Ma'am, why did you come out by yourself? You should go back to the inn to rest. This subordinate will go to the city gate to inquire about the news."

"No need, I don't have any news from the master. I'm not at ease, I can't sit still, let alone fall asleep, so Ling'er just lay down. I don't want to disturb the child, so I go out for a walk by myself, and stop by the city gate to inquire."