A secret decree left the palace gate and fell into the hands of Song Sen, the head of Yongzhou, Baiqisi.
Longyan was furious, thundering and storming.
Li Zhi strictly ordered Baiqi Si to find Lu Jiajiduo immediately, and the imperial guards in the palace were responsible for killing him.
With an order, Baiqisi's subordinates quickly took action.
Lu Jiajiduo escaped from the post office of Honglu Temple, but Song Sen already knew that he and his entourage were hiding in a shop owned by a foreigner in the West Market.
However, it was already dawn and Chang'an West Market had opened. As the only super city in the world, after the West Market opened, the streets instantly filled with people.
When Bai Qisi broke into the shop, he was shocked to find that Lu Jiajiduo and his entourage hiding in the shop had disappeared.
There were obviously Baiqisi spies around the shop, but Lu Jiajido just disappeared.
The most likely reason is that when the Western Market opened after dawn, Lu Jiajiduo and his entourage changed their clothes, mixed in with the crowd, and left the Western Market quietly.
Song Sen was shocked and angry when he got the news.
The meat that comes to your mouth is flying away like this. How can the emperor still trust Baiqisi after you tell him?
There are also remedial measures. One is to block the city gates and then raid the entire city. This method is unrealistic. Chang'an is a super big city with a population of over one million. If the entire city is raided, I don't know what a bad impact it will have on Datang.
Moreover, the city is too big to be searched.
The second is to mobilize the imperial guards to go out of the city and guard the roads in all directions outside Chang'an City. The imperial guards will wait and kill Lu Jiajiduo outside the city.
Song Sen immediately called the Imperial Guard General, and after discussion, the two decided to choose the second method.
So the imperial guards of Chang'an City were mobilized, and the army was divided into more than a dozen groups and rushed towards the main roads outside the city gate.
Only on the road outside Anhua Gate, the imperial guards were about to set off, but were stopped by Song Sen.
He knew that Li Qinzai was guarding outside the Anhua Gate. After analysis, if Lu Jiayiduo wanted to escape, he would most likely flee from the south, crossing the Han River and passing through Tubo, and the Anhua Gate was the southern gate of Chang'an.
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The pursuers attacked, and there was a roar.
Ten miles outside Anhua Gate, Li Qinzai and his tribe were still waiting quietly.
The principle of setting up an ambush and sniping is actually the same as hunting prey. What is more important than force is the patience to grit one's teeth and persevere.
An excellent hunter can often endure loneliness and is determined to win his prey.
Li Qinzai had been on the battlefield and personally killed enemies with swords. He knew what an ambush should be like.
Thousands of armies and thousands of horses have gone through it, and this small battle now is really nothing.
Time was passing slowly. Li Qinzai looked up at the sky. He had arrived here early in the morning and it was now almost noon. He had been waiting all morning.
There were many pedestrians on the road, most of them were traders and lackeys, and the most numerous were caravans from various countries, as well as servants rushing to and from delivering official documents, etc.
Everyone who passed by was carefully screened to make sure that Lu Kayitou was not among them.
After noon, Li Qinzai finally had self-doubt. Logically speaking, Lu Jiajiduo should have left the city long ago. Chang'an City should have already been full of reconnaissance cavalry, searching the whole city.
With Li Zhi's temper, after experiencing such a great shame and humiliation, he would definitely mobilize the imperial guards in the palace in order to kill the person who had deceived him.
How could Lu Jiajiduo still stay in Chang'an City?
Suppressing his impetuous mood, Li Qinzai waited patiently for a while.
Huang Tian paid off his hard work, and finally, a member of the Li family hurried over on horseback, his face filled with excitement.
"Fifth Young Master, a suspicious cavalry team came out of Anhua Gate!"
Li Qinzai hummed and said, "What do the cavalry look like?"
"There are fourteen people in the cavalry. They all wear sheepskin felt hats and the colors of Persian merchants. Some of them even have golden hair."
"How do you tell they're suspicious?"
"Everyone of them covered their faces with black cloth, and sat on the horse hill with their heads bowed, for fear of being recognized by others, and... a cavalry team that had traveled thousands of miles from Persia only had a dozen horses.
, the shopkeeper is not afraid of losing money."
Buqu smiled and said: "What's more, they left Chang'an City with a dozen horses without any Tang Dynasty products, so they just rode back to Persia empty-handed?"
"Although the villains are not in the business, they still understand the most basic principles. If they were really Persian merchants, they would simply go bankrupt after this round."
Li Qinzai smiled: "It is indeed suspicious. If nothing else happens, it should be Lu Jiajiduo and his group."
Immediately, Li Qinzai's expression changed and he said in a deep voice: "Men, lay an ambush and form an array!"
The tribes responded with a roar, and then quickly dispersed.
In the middle of the avenue, a hundred members of the Li family were arrayed holding halberds, and the air around them suddenly became stagnant.
The howling cold wind, the neat armor, and the cold light on the tip of the halberd all send strong signals to passers-by.
A killing is about to begin.
Passers-by were frightened by the momentum emanating from this song, and they took the initiative to avoid it. Some simply jumped out of the road and ran into the mountains and forests beside the road, for fear of being needlessly affected.
An hour later, the cavalry finally arrived.
The cavalry was moving very fast. They were rushing forward in a hurry, whipping the horses underneath them without mercy. They turned around to look while running wildly, as if they were afraid of the pursuers behind them.
When they were still about fifty steps away from the Li family's formation, the leader of the cavalry suddenly tightened the reins, forcing the entire cavalry to stop.
Everyone stared straight ahead, their expressions changing from initial shock to despair.
On the road fifty steps away directly in front, a group of hundreds of armored men were lined up in a neat queue, holding halberds in hand, waiting for them quietly.
Their armor is thick and powerful, and even their faces are covered by armor, leaving only a pair of cold eyes exposed.
Silently, a strong murderous intent filled the surrounding area.
Looking behind the array, there was a man and a horse standing quietly. It was Li Qinzai in plain robes. He was smiling at the cavalry that had surrendered to the trap. The smile on his face was still so humble and gentle, but the look in his eyes
The murderous intention is not concealed.
The leader of the cavalry was silent for a long time, then simply took off the sheepskin felt hat on his head, revealing that familiar face.
Sure enough, it was Lu Jiajiduo.
Li Qinzai nodded with a smile: "It's been a long time, Master. Are you okay?"
Lu Jiajiduo's expression was frightened and desperate. He took a deep breath and tried to suppress the fear in his heart, and said calmly: "Is Duke Li waiting for me here specifically?"
Li Qinzai smiled and sighed: "Master is your Majesty's conferred General of Huaihua and a doctor in the Taishi Bureau. He is leaving the city in a hurry today. How can there be no one to see him off?"
"Li is not talented, so I would like to personally give the master a ride."
Lu Jiayiduo said coldly: "Without any trouble, I am going out of the city on official business according to the decree of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. I also ask Duke Li not to obstruct me."
Li Qinzai was happy: "Isn't this a coincidence? Isn't it, I also followed the emperor's will..."
Lu Jiajiduo's heart tightened and he subconsciously blurted out: "What is the emperor's will?"
Li Qinzai's smile gradually faded and his tone became colder: "The emperor said that he will kill you."