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Chapter 554 Kidnapping
Changsun Wugou's car drove slowly out of Prince Qin's Mansion and arrived at Puguang Temple.

Hundreds of guards from Prince Qin's mansion followed in a circle, Princess Qin, how can the prince travel carelessly.

After arriving at Puguang Temple, the inside and outside of the temple are all closed, and no one else is allowed to enter or leave.Even if it's a nuisance to the people, she must protect the thoroughness of Princess Qin
Curtains printed with plum blossoms were erected on both sides of the road in front of the temple to block the sight of outsiders.And the eldest grandson Wugou hugged Li Chengqian, walked forward slowly with light lotus steps, dozens of maids, and the old lady followed around with cautious expressions.

In front of the main hall, the abbot of the monastery led a dozen or so young monks to greet him.The abbot clasped his hands together and said, "Greetings, my lord."

"The abbot is polite."

The abbot immediately led his eldest grandson Wugou and Li Chengqian into the palace, and there were only four personal maids accompanying his eldest grandson Wugou.As for most of the maids, the old lady was arranged outside the hall.

Inside and outside the temple of Puguang Temple, everything was quiet. Li Gan, the chief guard who guarded him, couldn't help wondering if Princess Qin had been visiting for a little longer, so he walked to the front of the main hall.

The maid immediately stopped Li Gan and said: "Your Majesty is offering incense inside, you dare to trespass."

Li Gan clasped his fists and said with an apologetic smile: "Sister, Princess Qin has been in for some time, I would like to ask my sister to let me know, and said that it is not too late, and I would like to ask Princess Qin to arrange to go back to the residence early."

The maid sneered and said, "Your Majesty is inside praying for His Royal Highness King Qin and the soldiers who are going to war. Who would dare to disturb you at this time. If there is a collision, your Majesty will blame you, can you bear it?"

Li Gan was furious from the bottom of his heart, I am a soldier of the Tang Dynasty, and you, a woman, dare to insult me.Li Gan calmly said: "It's not that the last general is worried, please take a look at it, if there is any mistake, neither you nor the last general can afford it."

Seeing Li Gan's serious expression, the maid didn't dare to say anything, she just said: "There are so many of you, you have surrounded this place three times inside and three times outside, what are you worried about. Really."

The maid moved to the outside of the hall and gently opened the door, but saw that the hall was empty.The maid thought, maybe she went to the back hall.

The maid thought it would be nothing if I just took a look, so she boldly walked into the hall, but saw the sandalwood, but there was no sign of anyone, and it was the same in the back hall.

"This!" The maid was a little puzzled.

When I walked to the corridor, I saw a monk's room was not covered up. The maid pushed open the door, stumbled, and was startled, but saw more than a dozen novice monks, and the abbot and the abbot were all tied up, and those with something in their mouths were planted in the room. Inside, I don't know about personnel.

The room was full, except for Princess Qin, Prince Qin's son, and four serving maids who were missing.

Suddenly, a scream came from the hall.

Hearing this, Li Gan secretly said: "Not good." Immediately, he pushed away the maid outside the temple and rushed into the temple.

The disappearance of Concubine Qin and Shizi turned into an uproar in silence.

The first moment he heard the news, Li Yuan was furious and said: "Which way is it, who actually took the courage of the bear and kidnapped my daughter-in-law and grandson under the city of Chang'an."

Facing Li Yuan's anger, Pei Ji and other important officials all lowered their heads.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, there are some clues about this matter. This matter was caused by a collusion between a horse boy in Prince Qin's mansion and spread the news. Afterwards, someone set up an ambush in Puguang Temple in advance, which led to the arrest of Princess Qin and his son. This minister is already I have sent people to interrogate the abbot and novice, they were all beaten unconscious without knowing it, so it should be impossible."

"Bastard, I don't want the process, I only want Qin Wangfei and the prince."

Pei Ji said: "The minister has already blocked all the roads outside Chang'an and ordered all states and counties to strictly search and arrest them. I believe there will be clues soon."

"I hope that's the case." Li Yuan tapped his fingers, pointing at the governor of Chang'an, and said, "You didn't realize that such a big thing happened. This is dereliction of duty. I dismissed your officials within five days. If the case is solved internally, if Princess Qin and the Crown Prince are safe and sound, I will restore your official position. If there is any mistake, I will take my life to make up for the crime."

"No." The Governor of Chang'an immediately kowtowed heavily, and then stepped back.

Pei Ju said: "Should we tell the King of Qin about this matter? I am worried that it will affect the morale of the King Qin's command of the Luoyang battle."

Li Yuan narrowed his eyes and said, "Don't say it for now."

Seeing Li Yuan's expression, Pei Ji thought of the words Li Jiancheng sent to him in a letter two days ago, and immediately asked, "Your Majesty, do you think it will be..."

The two monarchs and ministers have been dating for many years, and even a glance at each other already understands each other's meaning.

Li Yuan put his hands behind his back, sighed and said: "I'm a little annoyed, you just go and investigate this matter, and report back to me after you find out. Before all this is revealed, we can't make a conclusion. Maybe someone deliberately asked us to think about it in this way." Woolen cloth?"

Pei Ji saw that although Li Yuan said so, he was still impatient and said: "Your Majesty, I think you have not looked well these few days, take care of your dragon body."

Li Yuan shook his head and said: "I lost my beloved daughter in the year of destiny, how can I have a good look, don't worry, I know it myself, but I hope I don't let these rebellious sons piss me off to death."

Pei Ji quickly said that His Majesty's dragon body is the most important thing, so he resigned.

Liu Xu, head of Li Tang's Internal Guard Department, got up early that day.Li Tang Nei Wei Division is a new secret spy agency established by Li Yuan to integrate the original Li Tang intelligence department.

The Department of Internal Security is very mysterious and unknown to outsiders. The department is located in an invisible place near the Qianniuwei Yamen.

The head of the Department of Internal Guard is directly responsible to Li Yuan. The disappearance of Princess Qin and his son in the past two days made Liu Xu unable to eat or sleep well for several days in a row.There is actually someone in Chang'an, the land of Datang's confidant, who openly kidnapped Princess Qin and the son, this is simply a blatant provocation to Datang.

Liu Xu has already dispatched all the people in his hands to investigate, but so far he has only found some clues.

Although there is not much information, but based on Liu Xu's intuition over the years, he judged that Zhao Guo's secret agents were involved in this matter, but this is just speculation without direct evidence.For Zhao Guo's detailed work, Liu Xu has always been very troublesome.According to his understanding, more than half of Zhao Guoxi's staff are businessmen.

We must know that Zhao Guo established the country with business, and businessmen naturally support Zhao Guo very much.And Zhao Guo also relied mostly on businessmen who traveled north and south, letting them travel around and acting as their own eyes and ears.

This is simply not very easy to guard against, who knows that the salesman who sold you the fat silk cloth for you today is actually a spy of Zhao Guo.If it is said that businessmen are the eyes and ears of Zhao Guo, the Department of Internal Defense is at a loss.So what is more terrifying than businessmen is Zhao Guoxizuo's bribery of Datang officials.Liu Xu couldn't help but lament that the people of Zhao were very willing to spend money on this aspect. Liu Xu was only the head of the sixth rank. Officials of the same level as in the Tang Dynasty, their monthly salary was roughly equivalent to 35% in terms of job land, salary, food and silver, etc. through.And if Zhao Guoxizuo bought the head of Datang Liupin, the money they were willing to pay was [-] ten guan.

From Liu Xu's point of view, this is simply regardless of the cost. No one can guarantee that they will not be tempted to see so much money.Of course, Li Tang is still in great power at present, and all the officials in the Tang Dynasty are optimistic that Li Tang can win the battle of the world in the end.Therefore, there are not many people who are really willing to agree to Zhao Jun as a spy.But it is very difficult for lower-level officials and soldiers to covet the money.

"Report to the master!" An official from the Internal Guard Department knocked his foot on the threshold when he entered.

Liu Xu took a look and asked, "What's the matter, you're so panicked?"

"Master, there is an urgent military situation, and Zhao's main force in Youjing has moved!"

Liu Xu stared: "What?"

Liu Xu got up slightly from his seat, sat down again, and said with a self-conscious smile, "Isn't this expected? I didn't make such a fuss."

Liu Xudao, who had been paying attention to the movements in Youzhou, was actually not calm when he learned that Zhao Guo sent troops.

Liu Xu combined several official documents in his hand, drank a sip of tea, collected himself and asked, "When did it happen, how many soldiers and horses, did they come along the Yongji Canal?"

The official said: "Yes, what happened on January 28, as expected by the master, the Zhao army did transport troops along the Yongji Canal with warships. As for the soldiers and horses..."

"How many soldiers and horses? Why are you hesitating?" Liu Xu asked.

The officials reported: "According to our army's detailed work, there are more than 36 warships of Zhao Jun's size on the Yongji Canal, with sampans hundreds of miles away. According to the Zhao Jun's letter to the Tang Dynasty, Zhao Jun claimed to have [-] ships. Eighteen hundred people!"

Hearing this, Liu Xu almost spit out the tea in his mouth. He closed the tea bowl, wiped the tea stains from his mouth, and said, "Okay, there are some odds and ends here. 36, my big brother Tang’s soldiers and horses combined are not so many.”

"This is just Zhao Jun's claim. This is a call to action."

Liu Xu held the proclamation in his hand, but saw that Li Chongjiu's proclamation demanded that Li Tang stop besieging Luoyang and exchange all captured Zheng's territory, otherwise more than [-] Zhao troops would attack Chang'an in one go.Liu Xu understood from the words in the call to arms that this time the Zhao army was dispatched to encircle Wei and save Zhao. It seemed that the army was going straight to Chang'an, not to rescue Luoyang.

However, it is very likely that Li Chongjiu deliberately confuses Tang Jun. Zhao Jun's real movements are really doubtful.

Liu Xu thought for a while and said: "This is an urgent military situation. Immediately transcribe two copies, one for His Majesty, and one for King Qin who is on the front line in Luoyang. I think this is the battle for the ownership of the world." "No At the same time as the Tang army marched, in an unknown warehouse by the Wei River in Chang'an.

The eldest grandson Wugou and Li Chengqian were both bound in it.The eldest grandson Wugou glared at a man with a black cloth covering his face, and said: "It's ridiculous, Zhao Wang, a man of seven feet, dare not fight my husband on the battlefield, but kidnapped our two mothers and sons Don't you think it's despicable to threaten my husband?"

The masked man laughed when he heard the words: "Princess Qin, there is nothing despicable about winning a king or defeating an enemy, and it is not our intention to threaten King Qin with your lives."

"Then what exactly do you intend to do?" "Princess Qin, I can't tell you this, you stay here now, don't worry, our people will treat each other with courtesy."

PS: My computer has been broken for two days. These chapters are coded on other computers. I am not used to the input method and WORD, so there are many typos.Sorry everyone, once the computer is repaired, it will be changed immediately.

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