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The carriage didn't go very fast, and with a slight trot, it was enough to keep up. Li Yanchao was not suspicious of this, he felt that the object he was following did not find out about his existence, so he naturally did not need to leave in a hurry. Besides, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a sick man, which everyone knows. In the past, when the emperor took the queen mother and the prince on a trip, the prince's car always drove slower than ordinary people, and many families in Beijing privately talked about this matter as gossip, saying that the prince's body was probably really weak, and it was difficult to withstand even a slightly faster speed and bumpy road conditions when riding in a carriage. The carriage went slowly, which made him even more convinced that it was the prince he was looking for in the carriage!

However, no matter how slow the carriage went, it was much faster than walking. Li Yanchao's son-in-law was born as a brother, although his family background was down, but it was not comparable to ordinary ordinary people, he lived a pampered life since he was a child, and he had never practiced martial arts, how good could his physical fitness be? After running for a while, he was a little unbearable, panting, his legs were heavy, and he suspected that he might not have the strength to follow too far.

Could it be that he really gave up like this? Hateful! If only he had discovered earlier that the other party was planning to divert the tiger from the mountain, as long as he had left an extra retinue by his side at that time, he would not have had to work so hard at this time. However, the whereabouts of the crown prince are related to his future, how can he give up easily? As long as his legs can still hold on, he must fight to the end!

Fortunately, the prince in the carriage was probably really too weak, and after the carriage drove at that speed for a while, it went out of the city, but began to slow down, and once stopped on the side of the road, and waited for a quarter and a half of an hour before continuing to move forward.

Li Yanchao was very happy, and he took the opportunity to take a good rest. He guessed that His Royal Highness the Prince's condition was probably really not very good, although the doctor surnamed Ye was said to be very skilled in medicine, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had also used medicine with him for a while, but the imperial doctors in the palace were helpless against His Royal Highness the Prince's illness, what could a little-known mountain doctor do? However, the prince can go out to play occasionally, and his condition should improve, and it seems that the doctor surnamed Ye also has some ability, but unfortunately the foundation is too weak, and he still can't bear it after all.

Li Yanchao made up for the prince's current physical condition, but the person hid behind the big tree planted on the side of the road, probing his brain, as if he wanted to peek at who was sitting in the carriage.

Zhao Mo, who was sitting in the carriage, naturally noticed his actions. He lifted the corner of the curtain of the car, peeked a few times in the direction of the big tree where Li Yanchao was hiding, sneered, and ordered Huang Jincheng's soldiers outside to continue to set off.

Li Yanchao hadn't taken a breath yet, and the target he was tracking left again. His legs were sore, and he finally had a chance to rest, and he was reluctant to get up. Just thinking about the future...... After all, he resisted the temptation to rest for a while, gritted his teeth, got up, and continued to chase after him.

Maybe it was because he was too tired, although the carriage and the accompanying knights stopped and stopped, and it seemed that the people in the carriage were not in a light condition, but it was still difficult for Li Yanchao to follow the carriage all the time, and he almost lost it several times. Fortunately, Li Yanchao recognized the direction of the carriage, which seemed to be heading in the direction of the gate of Jinling City, and guessed that it was probably because the prince had lived in the town for a few days, and his condition had recurred, so he decided to turn back to the city to seek treatment from Dr. Ye, right? Although Li Yanchao had lost it several times, as long as he walked along the road into Jinling City, he would always find that the carriage and his party were driving slowly not far in front of him not long after. He immediately followed.

However, after losing it three or four times, he began to feel that something was wrong. Why did there seem to be a few fewer guards around the carriage? He remembered that when they left the house, there were seven or eight guards on horseback guarding the carriage, but now there were only four people left, where did the others go? When did they leave?

When he found out that something was wrong, Li Yanchao couldn't help but think about it. However, he was so tired that he couldn't stand it, and he didn't have the strength to think about it. He only felt that his legs were sinking as if they were filled with lead, and it was getting harder and harder to lift them step by step, and he probably couldn't hold on anymore.

How far had he walked? It had only rained and snowed a few days ago, and in order to avoid the attention of the prince and his party, he walked along the side of the road, and as soon as one of the prince's guards turned back, he immediately hid behind a tree or stone on the side of the road. After only a few miles, he didn't know how many puddles and mud puddles he had stepped on. On the first day of the new year, the new official boots were already covered with mud, and the snow penetrated the top of the boots, staining the feet in the boots, and it was so cold that the soles of his feet were about to freeze.

When Li Yanchao really couldn't walk anymore, he found that there were more pedestrians on the avenue, and the people walking on the road were not only the target carriage and himself, but also many pedestrians who had been traveling in horse-drawn carts and donkey carts for a long time, and he suddenly felt that he was really stupid! Before he left the town, he could have hired a car to sit on the side of the road, even if he had to take the risk of letting the coachman know that he was following the carriage in front of him, but what could a country coachman know?

Fortunately, Li Yanchao knew in his heart that the carriage that the prince was sitting in was too fast, he didn't know that the prince was going to the city to see a doctor, and it was impossible to catch up with him after he was lost, if he really stopped to hire a car, he would have lost the prince's whereabouts long ago. Therefore, he only regretted it slightly in his heart, and he stopped dwelling on it.

He took advantage of the fact that the carriage in front of him stopped again to rest, and quickly hired a broken carriage from the side of the road, and did not dislike the dirty carriage, after all, it was the only car he could hire at the moment. After getting into the car, he hurriedly urged the coachman to follow the target carriage that was about to set off again.

The coachman wondered in his heart, but for the sake of the employer's generosity, he complied. He drove the carriage all the way, never lost it once, and directly sent Li Yanchao outside the Jubao Gate in Jinling City.

Who knew that the carriage in front of it did not enter the city from Jubaomen and drove towards the Ye Family Medical Hall as expected by Li Yanchao, but instead turned around, turned onto Qili Street, entered Tongji Gate directly, and went in the direction of the guard station.

Li Yanchao's eyes lit up. Yes, Huang Jincheng, the new commander of the guard, is the cousin of the prince's relatives, and the prince must be looking for him!

However, the garrison is heavily guarded, and it is impossible for people to come and go casually. If Li Yanchao wants to continue to follow the prince's carriage "unconsciously", I am afraid it is impossible.

But it doesn't matter. Li Yanchao thought to himself: He just needs to know where the prince is staying, and he doesn't have to do anything to the prince right away. It is enough to know where the prince has gone.

He asked the coachman to park the carriage on the side of the road outside the garrison, and watched from a distance as the carriage and a group of guards drove into the garrison, thinking that this place was not very far from the Shangyuan County Ya, would he continue to let the carriage send him back, and then send someone here to monitor?

While he was pondering, the target carriage stopped within his line of sight, and then one of the guards rolled over and dismounted, and stepped forward to lift the curtain, as if to ask the people in the carriage to come down.

Li Yanchao stared at the direction of the carriage a little nervously, and when he saw the cloak that he had seen once at the door of the mansion where the prince lived in the town appeared again, he knew that this person must be the prince he was concerned about.

However, when the man got out of the car, he stood still, but he seemed to be two heads shorter than the guards beside him. Li Yanchao couldn't help but feel sorry, desperately recalling the prince's height, wondering what was going on. The man in the cloak turned and glanced over to him.

Li Yanchao almost didn't jump. How could it be Zhao Mo?! Zhao Mo, the grandson of the Liao King, hadn't he always lived in Jinling City? He lived with the family of Qin Bai, Marquis of Yongjia, so how could he suddenly appear in the town? Besides, the person in the carriage should be the crown prince, how could he become Zhao Mo?

Li Yanchao refused to give up, with a bit of luck, staring at who was the next person to get out of the car, perhaps, the prince was still in the car, just lent the cloak to Zhao Mo to wear?

The results disappointed him again. The one who got out of the car behind Zhao Mo was a tall and strong man, who looked like a guard or a domestic servant. Apart from him, no third person got out of the car.

Li Yanchao really couldn't believe that the prince was not in the carriage, he clearly remembered that when he was at the door of the house, the man in the cloak he saw was not as short as Zhao Mo! Now that the people who get off the bus are not in the right version, is it possible that they have changed people halfway?

Yes, he lost the carriage several times, if someone arranged the prince to another carriage during the period, and then sent a few guards to accompany him, Zhao Mo changed into the prince's cloak and got on the car, and tricked him into continuing to follow him...... It's not impossible.

However...... If this is the case, it can only mean one thing: the prince has already discovered that he is following, so he came to such a plan to lure him away!

Li Yanchao suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly ordered the coachman: "Hurry up, let's get out of here quickly!" He can't let Huang Jincheng have a chance to arrest him, so he can only leave as soon as possible.

Before the broken carriage could turn around, and before it could run, several guards surrounded it with a cheer and ordered the people in the carriage to come down. The coachman was so frightened that his legs went limp, and he fell to the ground and begged for mercy. Li Yanchao was also in a cold sweat, but he continued to pretend on his face, and said his identity with a straight face: "Bold! I am the Shangyuan County Commander, what do you want to do? Why don't you retreat quickly?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, two soldiers really retreated, but instead of letting him go, they were making way for Huang Jincheng, who came over at some point.

Huang Jincheng walked in slowly with a cold face, and looked at Li Yanchao with a smile: "See you again, Master Li, it seems that ...... You're guts. ”

Li Yanchao's heart trembled, but his face was still cold and arrogant: "What do you mean by this? Xia Guan just wanted to visit the famous places in the city, and happened to pass by the guardhouse. ”

Huang Jincheng sneered and looked back. Zhao Mo put on the familiar cloak and smiled and said to the Jinling prefect beside him: "Look, Lord Prefect." I am willing to give you face, and you brought him to make amends for me, and I have not embarrassed him. That's how he did to me...... He followed my carriage all the way from the town into the city. What the hell else does he want to do?!"

The face of the prefect of Jinling was already as black as the bottom of the pot.