Suoli didn't say much to them, and took out the token directly. The city guards recognized the token, knelt down and said, "I'm sorry to hear from Prince Guo. Your Majesty is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old."
Suori took back the token and said: "Get up, quickly open the city gate and let me leave the city."
"Um..." The city guards looked at each other, and one of them stood up and said, "I would like to inform your lord, once the city gate is locked, unless there is a serious military matter, you will not open it without authorization. Your lord, why not rest on the tower for a while, and wait until the city gate is locked."
Open the door and leave the city!"
"Bold!" Suo Li shouted with a stern face: "If you miss the king's important mission, even if you, a little city guard, have ten heads, it won't be enough for you."
"I'm guilty of a low position, please forgive me!" Seeing his anger, the city guards quickly knelt down to apologize. They were torn in their hearts. They didn't want to offend Yunli, but they also didn't want to bear the responsibility of opening the city gate without permission. They didn't know what to do.
"Since you know you are guilty, you shouldn't open the city gate." Seeing that the city guards were still kneeling on the ground and making no move, Suoli became more and more anxious and said: "If you don't open the city gate, don't blame me for being rude!"
"Your Majesty, please calm down. It's not that I refuse to resign my humble position, but it's my responsibility. If the prefect blames me, I can't handle my humble position!" After going around in a circle, the city guard officials finally expressed their biggest fear.
Suoli barely suppressed his anger and said: "If the magistrate blames him, just ask him to come to Fuyun Inn to see me. I will explain to him and open the city gate now! Otherwise, I will see the magistrate tomorrow.
I will definitely charge you with deliberately making things difficult."
The city guard kowtowed in panic and said: "I don't dare, I will open the city gate right now."
The reason why he didn't dare to open it was because he was afraid that the magistrate would blame him. Now that Prince Guo is willing to shoulder the responsibility and has also mentioned the inn where he will stay, they, low-ranking city guards, will naturally not make things difficult and go immediately.
Open the city gate.
Suoli secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He finally managed to trick the city gate into opening. As for whether it would cause trouble later, he could no longer care about it. The most important thing now was to find the prince.
Suoli led Aheng and others out of the city, and then followed Ling Ruo's previous words and went to search in various mountains and corners, shouting loudly while searching. The dark sky made it extremely difficult for them to find people.
Everyone is divided into three groups. Except for the side of the city wall, each group is responsible for one side. They search for mountains and rivers when encountering them. Regardless of whether they find them or not, they meet at the city gate after dawn.
Ah Heng and Ah Cheng were in charge of the west side, which was also the side with the most mountains. They searched everywhere, but found nothing except that their clothes were torn several times by trees. At this time, it was already daytime.
It was dimly lit.
"Damn it, where is the prince?!" He couldn't find him for a long time, and even though Ah Cheng had a calm mind, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious. His hand tightly grasped the long knife hanging on his waist.
"Your Majesty is a lucky person and everything will be fine." A Heng was also full of anxiety, but he was better than Acheng and could hold it in for the time being. "Keep looking. If the prince really comes here to look for Perilla Grass, he should be there."
It’s nearby and won’t go far.”
While they were talking, they had already arrived at the edge of a mountain. The steep mountain was daunting and they did not dare to get too close, lest they lose their lives if they accidentally stepped on the air.
Ah Cheng glanced down the mountain, and when he was about to leave, Ah Heng suddenly took his hand and said, "Look, what kind of flower is this growing among the rocks?"
"Flower?" Ah Cheng looked in the direction of Ah Heng's finger and saw a black-purple flower swaying in the wind among the rocks.
Under Ah Cheng's puzzled gaze, Ah Heng said: "I remember when Master Suoli was talking to the empress, he mentioned that perilla flowers that are more than five years old are black and purple. Black and purple flowers are extremely rare.
At least I have never seen it in so many years, so from this point of view, this plant should be purple
Perilla grass. And you see, in the soil near this flower, there are traces of the rhizome being pulled out. It seems that the perilla grass near the flower was uprooted. Apart from the prince, I can’t think of anyone else who would take the risk to do this.
I’m harvesting perilla grass somewhere.” Ah Heng has always been taciturn, and it’s rare for him to say so many words in one go.
Ah Cheng thought about it and said, "According to what you said, the prince should be nearby, but we have been looking for him for so long, but he has never been seen."
"There is still a place we haven't found!" As he said this, Ah Heng pointed to the bottom of the mountain. Ah Cheng understood what he meant, nodded and said, "Then let's go down and look for it."
A Heng looked at the sky and hesitated. Naturally, it was not because he was afraid that the mountain was too steep, but because Suoli had said before that no matter whether he found the prince or not, he would meet at the city gate at dawn. Now that it was getting brighter, they went down the mountain like this
If we go looking for it, we will definitely not be able to get there in time; but if we rush to the city gate now, if the prince is really down there, it will be even more dangerous if he is delayed.
Just when he wanted to discuss with Acheng whether to find someone to report the news and meet up together, he found that Acheng had already climbed down the rock. In desperation, he could only follow him down. No matter what, the most important thing was to find the prince.
When they climbed down the mountain to find Yunli, others rushed to the city gate one after another. Whenever they saw one person, Suo Li would ask him if he had found the prince, but the answers he received were all shaking his head.
Everyone had arrived, except A Heng and A Cheng who had not arrived. After waiting for a while, someone asked worriedly: "Sir Suoli, will A Heng and the others be in any danger? How about we go find them?"
Looking for it?"
"No need, let's go back to the city immediately." Suoli's words made everyone stunned, and said: "Master Suoli, aren't we looking for the prince? There are two other people, Ah Heng, whose life or death is unknown at this moment."
Suoli said solemnly: "Your Highness must be found, but there are too few of us and we are not familiar with this place, so searching like this is not an option. Although Your Highness told us before, we will not alert the officials of the places we pass by.
But in this case, we must rely on the power of the local government."
Everyone had no objection to Soli's words and agreed in unison, and then rode into the city. However, they soon stopped because a carriage stopped quietly on the side of the road, and Ping'er stood beside the carriage.
As soon as he saw them coming, he immediately rushed towards them and said eagerly: "How is it, have you found Master Seventeen?"
Suori shook his head and then said: "Is Madam here too?"
"Yes, Madam was worried about Master Seventeen's safety and couldn't sleep. Before the city gate opened, she sent someone to wait here in a carriage." At this point, Ping'er said without giving up: "Is it true that there is no news at all?
"
"It would be nice if there was one." With that said, Sori jumped off his horse and came to the carriage, clasped his fists and called "Madam".