Sure enough, as Lin Yunyan thought, Li Shao only stayed in the paddock for half a day.
Hunting on a cloudy day will bring little harvest.
The group of people ran for half a day, but there were only a few rabbits and roe deer.
In the afternoon, it rained heavily, and Li Shao had to go home.
The next day, Li Shao refused to give up halfway and still took people out of the city to the paddock.
Lin Yunyan blocked him at the city gate.
Seeing Lin Yunyan blocking him, Li Shao couldn't turn a blind eye, so he had to follow Lin Yunyan's words and "take a step to speak."
"Your Highness, are you really going to hunt deer?" Lin Yunyan asked in a low voice.
Li Shao frowned: "What else?"
"After much thought, I'm afraid it's Li Du's trap," Lin Yunyan "persuaded" him, "If Your Highness goes to arrest Li Du, he might fall into a trap."
"Do you think I'm stupid?" Li Shao said, "If it wasn't a trap and he and Su Yi met there, we could catch them all in one fell swoop; if it was a trap, he would have to go to that mountain temple. If I hadn't seen him with my own eyes, I would
Will he show up rashly? If he wants to catch my fish, he will use himself as bait!"
Lin Yunyan's face darkened: "Your Highness said that the deer hunting was fake?"
Li Shao became irritated and said coldly: "If you ask like this, it means you know what Su Yi returned to Su Chang?"
Lin Yunyan pursed her lips and said nothing.
Li Shao became even more unhappy when he saw her reaction.
Ning'an is timid!
But he couldn't let Ning An sue and ruin his affairs, so he said: "Look clearly, I am going to the paddock. Li Du wants to be a bait, but I don't want to be a fish yet! Okay, don't do it to me."
Li Shao turned around and left.
When Eunuch Gao saw Li Shao coming back, Lin Yunyan looked sad and asked: "Your Highness, what's wrong with the princess..."
"She asked me to hunt a deer for her. She wanted to offer it to her mother," Li Shao compiled. "I told her that hunting a deer is not that easy. I haven't even hunted one myself. How could I agree to her request?"
It’s not like that.”
Hearing this, Eunuch Gao didn't fully believe it and said, "The princess is also filial."
It has to be said that Li Shao's deer hunting was not smooth this time. There was no harvest for two consecutive days. On the third day, the morning of the 24th, it was still the same.
Li Shao then proposed to go deeper into the forest.
I encountered a blind bear in the deep forest before, and His Highness escaped safely despite all the difficulties and dangers. Now that I want to go in again, how can the young commander of thirty people in the forest dare to agree?
Last time, Duke Fu helped turn the tide, but now there are only dozens of them. If he encounters trouble, he may not be able to send His Highness out in full, beard and tail, so how can he do anything to risk his life?
Li Shao sat on the horse and without saying any nonsense, he directly raised his hands in the direction of the imperial city.
"Do you really think I'm here to hunt deer?" He laughed, "I went out of the city to capture Li Du on the order of my father!"
Royal Foresters, you look at me and I look at you, all filled with hesitation and doubt.
The young commander didn't believe it either.
Perhaps the Holy Emperor had a keen ear and discovered Li Du's whereabouts. The person who was ordered to do so was either their imperial forest, the garrison in the capital, or the garrison yamen, but it was definitely not His Highness who led the team.
The Holy One will not let His Highness be put in danger.
Li Shao said: "Do you know how many hidden stakes there are for Li Du in the capital? If there is no name, suddenly mobilizing the guards and generals will definitely arouse the enemy.
That's why my father asked me to bring thirty Yu Lin to the paddock to show off in the name of hunting. I've been pretending for three days, and today it's time to capture that Li Du.
One by one, all of you should keep an eye on the left and right, and no one can leave the team.
The one who left the team is Li Du's spy, who wants to report the news to Li Du."
This place is some distance away from the Weichang Palace, and no one knows what orders Li Shao gave.
The people in the palace and Eunuch Gao waited until dark, but they still didn't return. When they reported back to the capital, it was too late, and they didn't know where they were.
Li Shao calculated very clearly.
They set off for Ji'an Town now, which has more than enough time, but when Eunuch Gao returns to Beijing to report the message, Li Du's eyes and ears receive the news and want to send another message to Ji'an, which is not enough.
"Your Highness," the young commander hesitated, "Your Majesty, you are serious..."
"What? What did I lie to you for? Or do you dare not catch Li Du?" After Li Shao finished speaking, he said angrily, without waiting for the young commander to speak again, "Think about it, there are only one person running around me.
Eunuch Gao, if it hadn't been for my father's instructions, would I have relied on Eunuch Gao to find out Li Du's whereabouts? That means Eunuch Gao doesn't know how to ride a horse, otherwise he could have followed me for twelve hours."
The young commander said: "Then, young men, let's talk to Eunuch Gao first..."
"He didn't know. Apart from Eunuch Cao, my father only told me," Li Shao said. "If this continues, if Li Duruo runs away, will it be yours or mine? Hurry up and follow him. Who dares to fall behind will be directly
Kill the traitor!"
Now that the conversation has come to an end, no one can say anything more and can only follow Li Shao.
The young commander looked at Li Shao's back and said to himself that His Highness had indeed done something extraordinary before, but for such an important matter as catching the traitor Li Du, he shouldn't talk nonsense...
Li Shao doesn't care what they think.
As long as everyone keeps up, no one leaks the secret, and can kill Li Du at night, that's enough.
He knew the route and could go all the way through the forest to Ji'an.
When we arrived near the Waishan Temple in Ji'an Town, it was already dark.
Li Shao did not let anyone light the torch, but quietly hid in the nearby mountains and forests, intending to observe.
The young commander said in a low voice: "Young man is from the village below. I know that in this area, this mountain temple has been abandoned for decades. If you look over there, you can still see some bright places, which is Ji'an Town.
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Li Shao listened to Xu Xu's brief introduction to the terrain and said, "It should be the third watch. I see clearly that we will arrest him only when Li Du shows up."
"This is natural!" the young commander agreed.
They all deserved credit for catching Li Du, so naturally they wouldn't shirk it.
But if there is no Li Du, they will never go out. They still have to keep an eye on His Highness and return to Beijing properly.
There is no rain today, the clouds are low, and there is no moon or stars.
They took a detour, and because the young commander knew the way, they took all the mountain roads and did not take the main road. Li Shao thought that they did not scare the snake.
He was hiding not far from the mountain temple, and could see the dark shadow underneath.
Counting the hours, it's not far from midnight.
"Look!" The young commander's eyes were sharp, and he suddenly pointed to Li Shao, "There is a little light over there, and there is a group of people coming down the mountain."
Li Shao looked over and his heart beat a little faster.
The team only lit two or three torches, but judging from the distance of the torches, the team was neither long nor short. They walked down the mountain road and arrived at the mountain temple.
Now that we were together, we could see things more clearly.
One carriage and ten men.
Li Shao's heart dropped halfway.
One side has fewer people, and the other side doesn't have many. Put them all together, and the 30-year-old Royal Forest has the upper hand!
The curtain of the carriage opened, and a person got out of the carriage.
Li Shao looked at it with his eyes wide open and was immediately sure.
His stature was exactly the same as Li Du's.
As for the facial features, I only had a quick glance due to the dim light, but they should be right.
