When we walked to the front of the last house, the iron door was unusually unlocked.
"There is no lock, so you don't have to work hard to open it now." Duan Tianming said, holding a torch in one hand, opening the iron door with the other and walking in.
Xiao Chen and Liu Rufeng also walked in.
This house is slightly larger than the other rooms. Except for having no windows, it has all the other daily necessities.
What's even more rare is that there is actually a table set up.
"What's the use of this table? You're exhausted after a day's work. Just come back and sleep. Hey, it seems like only one person sleeps on the bed in this room?" Duan Tianming stood in front of the bed holding a torch, muttering unconsciously.
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"How do you know there is only one person sleeping?" Xiao Chen also walked over and asked with a smile.
"Although this bed is relatively large, there is only one quilt on it." Duan Tianming smiled proudly.
"Captain Duan is very thoughtful now." Xiao Chen smiled and began to look carefully on the bed.
I checked the mattress all over the bed, but couldn't find any clues.
Xiao Chen felt very depressed.
Judging from various signs, this room is likely to be where the prince is detained. However, the other party seems to have received the news in advance and dealt with the room thoroughly.
If he couldn't find any evidence, he would have no choice but to pry out something useful from Shopkeeper Li's mouth.
However, if this old fox doesn't use torture, I'm afraid he won't confess until he dies.
But if he could open his mouth through torture, I'm afraid his superiors wouldn't place the prince in the Li family compound.
Xiao Chen shook his head and smiled bitterly.
This psychological warfare, which has not been used for a long time, seems to have to be used again on Shopkeeper Li.
Everyone searched every corner of the house.
It's exactly the same as the previous rooms, nothing gained.
"There is no harvest here, what should we do next?" Duan Tianming said worriedly.
Seeing that the day for the emperor to return to Beijing is approaching, if there is not even a little clue, the factory owner may not be able to withstand it.
After so many days, the emperor must have thought of a way out if the prince could not find his way back.
If someone else is appointed as the crown prince, all Dongchang's efforts will be in vain, and he will definitely be regarded as a model by the emperor and punished.
Death is not terrible, but dying like this would be too frustrating.
"What should we do?" Xiao Chen said, walked to the table and sat down, "If the emperor really takes action against Dongchang, then he is unjust first. Let's go to Jinyiwei Prison to rescue Li Shangshu and Lord Chang, let's leave
Capital City.”
"Then Mr. Wang Changlian from the Ministry of Rites and Xiao Yu will also be taken away together?"
"Anyone who is close to us and may be implicated will be taken away." Xiao Chen said coldly.
At this point, I can only think about the worst. If the emperor gives everyone a way to survive, then I will continue to search for the whereabouts of the prince.
If the emperor takes this opportunity to kill everyone, I'm sorry, I'm not a lamb to be slaughtered!
"Yes." Duan Tianming also nodded, "We have lived and died for the imperial court. It would be unjust if we were beheaded without any reason."
As he said this, he folded his hands on his chest and leaned on the table next to Xiao Chen.
There was a "thump" and the table shook, and Duan Tianming hurriedly stopped his body.
"The floor in this room is flat, could it be that the table is uneven?" Duan Tianming turned around and looked at the table.
Xiao Chen next to him also stood up: "Carry the table away."
Duan Tianming and Liu Rufeng hurriedly reached out and lifted the table aside.
Under the table leg against the wall, there is a small folded piece of rag.
"So it's this thing that makes the table unbalanced." Duan Tianming smiled, bent down to pick up the piece of cloth, and looked at it carefully.
"This color looks a bit familiar." Liu Rufeng whispered from behind.
"Show me." Xiao Chen stretched out his hand.
Duan Tianming handed over the piece of cloth.
After looking at it for a while, Xiao Chen looked around and asked, "Who's still wearing the captain's uniform?"
"Me." A school captain said, walked up to Xiao Chen, lifted up his cloth, revealing the Dongchang school captain's uniform underneath.
Pulling up the other party's clothes, Xiao Chen placed the piece of cloth in his hand on the clothes.
The colors of the two pieces of cloth are exactly the same.
"This..." Duan Tianming and Liu Rufeng couldn't help but exclaimed at the same time, "A piece of cloth from Dongchang's captain's uniform?"
"This is what the prince left." Xiao Chen raised his head and let out a long breath, "Finally found a clue to the prince."
"Could it be just pieces of cloth with similar colors?" Duan Tianming asked doubtfully.
"No." Xiao Chen shook his head, "When the prince left the Dongchang prison, he was wearing the uniform of the Dongchang captain. He did this because he knew that we would definitely search for his whereabouts, so he deliberately removed the clothes from his clothes.
Tear off the piece of cloth and leave it as a message. Before we came to Gu'an County, the news had been leaked, and the other party took the prince away again. But here is the breakthrough for us to find the prince."
"What should we do?" Liu Rufeng was eager to try.
"Arrange for someone to return to Beijing and mobilize the 100 East Factory captains to completely control this courtyard. The divine machine commander is following me, ready to beat the old man in black into a sieve at any time." Xiao Chen said coldly.
"Yes, I will send someone back to mobilize the troops right away." Liu Rufeng responded, turned around and walked out of the room.
"Where are these people from the Li family?" Duan Tianming asked.
"Control in this courtyard, I will completely pry open their mouths." Xiao Chen punched the table next to him.
In the Jade Room on the third floor of the Zhongzhen Inn in Beijing, Zhang Laotie had a livid face and his hands behind his back were tightly clenched into fists.
Opposite him, Wang Zhongzhen was hunched over, looking down at his toes, not daring to make a sound.
"This Hu Yanqing, does he want to establish a new branch?" Mr. Zhang narrowed his eyes slightly, and his words were so cold that it made people tremble.
"Shopkeeper Li has tried to stop him in every possible way, but he still took action against the Magistrate of Gu'an. Logically speaking, if something happened to the Magistrate of Gu'an, Zhuozhou Prefectural Government should have arranged for people to investigate and deal with it. However, the people from Zhuozhou haven't arrived yet, and the people from Dongchang
We went directly to Gu'an." Wang Zhongzhen said in a low voice.
"Who are all going to Dongchang? Is the owner of Dongchang personally leading the team?" Mr. Zhang asked.
"This is still unclear. Our people discovered Ni Duan from Dongchang's unique riding posture."
"Where is Hu Yanqing?"
"After receiving the news that Dongchang started taking action, we have already evacuated Gu'an County and rushed to another of our strongholds." Faced with Mr. Zhang's questioning, Wang Zhongzhen did not dare to be careless at all.
Today, Mr. Zhang, who has always been kind, got completely angry.
Even Wang Zhongzhen, who controlled the entire economy of his own power, couldn't help but feel guilty.
Although it was Mr. Zhang's old subordinates who annoyed Mr. Zhang, but the shopkeeper Li who indirectly caused the conflict was someone he had trained by himself.
Before the great cause was accomplished, factional disputes began. This can make people laugh out loud.
"Your people are not wrong this time. The one who is wrong is Hu Yanqing. I think he is no longer suitable to continue to complete this matter. Send a message back to Gu'an and try your best to deal with Dongchang. Don't give up on Gu'an until you have to.
Stronghold." Mr. Zhang said slowly.
"Yes." Wang Zhongzhen was about to turn around and leave.
"Wait a minute," Mr. Zhang stopped the other party, "notify everyone that they will only obey your orders from now on."
"Ah?" Wang Zhongzhen frowned, "What about General Huyan? He has been in charge of operations?"
"From now on, in terms of actions, when I am away, you will be fully responsible. Since there is no room for two tigers in a mountain, then kill one." There was no expression on Mr. Zhang's face.
Hearing this, Wang Zhongzheng felt a chill down his back.
Although he knew that Mr. Zhang meant to kill Hu Yanqing when he said to kill one, he still felt a sense of fear in his heart.
This Hu Yanqing has always been Mr. Zhang's subordinate. After the disaster, he followed Mr. Zhang and protected the young master until he escaped.
In terms of qualifications, Hu Yanqing is above me.
Now, after gradually regaining his strength, Hu Yanqing is showing signs of pushing himself further and becoming the number one person under Mr. Zhang.
Wang Zhongzhen still thought that before the great cause was accomplished, everyone should work together to achieve great things.
But unexpectedly, Hu Yanqing sent himself to the guillotine in the case of Gu'an.
After exiting the room, Wang Zhongzhen's clothes were completely wet with cold sweat.
