Chapter 271: The Missing Li Su (Part II)
Li Su is gone, this is a big deal.
And what made Gao Ming even more worried was that he lost Li Su.
"Damn, Lao Tzu knew that this kid was unreliable, and I would have sent someone to escort him back to Beijing if I knew it, so as to save Lao Tzu a headache now!"
With Gao Ming's understanding of Li Su, he felt that Li Su, this kid, should really not have returned to Chang'an, otherwise it would be impossible to have no news at all.
"It seems that we can only go to Jingzhao Mansion first."
Jingzhao Mansion is the first stop from Chang'an to Jinzhou, which is commonly known as the official road, if Li Su comes back to Chang'an, he will definitely pass through there, so Gao Ming took Huzi and went straight to Jingzhao Mansion.
The two of them hurried up, and it only took half a day to rush to Jingzhao Mansion, and after arriving, Gao Ming directly found Jingzhao Mansion, and then directly explained his intention.
"Dare to ask Lord Zheng, in the past ten days, my younger brother Li Suke has been in Jingzhao Mansion?"
"His Royal Highness King Liang?"
Jingzhao Mansion Mu is a member of the Xingyang Zheng family, Gao Ming and Xingyang Zheng don't deal with him, and he also knows that if it is something else, maybe he may not cooperate, but when it comes to the prince, he doesn't dare to be careless, so he immediately found the guards who were responsible for guarding the city gate.
"This official asks you, has anyone seen His Royal Highness King Liang recently?"
Hearing his words, a city gate guard immediately stood up.
"Lord Huiqi, about twenty days ago, the little one met Lord Liang Wang, when he went out of the east gate with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness King Wu."
As soon as his words fell, Gao Ming waved his hand.
"Not that time, I mean in the past half a month, has anyone seen Li Su."
Hearing Gao Ming's words, the city gate guards present all shook their heads, indicating that they had not seen Li Su.
Seeing this scene, Gao Ming's brows suddenly wrinkled even deeper.
"Li Su, this kid didn't even need to come back to Jingzhao Mansion, where did he go?"
Gao Ming didn't suspect that the city gate guards of Jingzhao Mansion were mistaken, because if it was an ordinary person passing by, it was possible to forget it, but Li Yu was a prince!
If it weren't for the fact that he was going to go to Jinju with him, Li Su might not necessarily come to Jingzhao Mansion once a year, and with Li Su's arrogant personality, after the city gate guards saw him once, I am afraid that they would not be able to forget it for a long time.
"I have no choice but to find it all the way back!"
Thinking of this, Gao Ming immediately raised his chin towards Huzi.
"Huzi, let's go, let's go to Puzhou!"
"Yes!"
Seeing Gao Ming and Huzi turn around and leave, Jingzhao Mansion Mu hurriedly said something to stay.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, if it's getting late today, it's better to rest in Jingzhao Mansion for one night, and then hit the road tomorrow morning!"
Hearing his words, Gao Ming immediately shook his head with a smile, and then let out a long sigh.
"Alas...... I also want to rest, but I can't help it, this kid Li Su is too worrying, okay, Lord Zheng, please stay, I'll leave first! β
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince......"
Before he could finish speaking, Gao Ming arched his hand towards him, and then left with Huzi.
Looking at the back of Gao Ming leaving, he suddenly raised his hand, and then opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, and the hand he originally raised was also put down.
After waving away from the crowd, he sat down and let out a long sigh.
"Alas...... is such a loving and righteous prince, but the Zheng family offended him, and he doesn't know whether it will be a blessing or a curse in the future! β
Gao Ming didn't know what Jingzhao Mansion Mu thought, and after leaving Jinzhou Mansion, he rushed to Puzhou with Huzi.
Puzhou is located between Jinju and Jinju, and Gao Ming felt that if Li Su did not go to Jingzhao Mansion, then he would definitely stay in Puzhou.
"There doesn't seem to be much fun in Puzhou, Li Su has no reason to stay there, right?"
Thinking of this, Gao Ming's frown suddenly wrinkled even tighter.
When Gao Ming and Huzi arrived in Puzhou, it was already midnight, and the gate of Puzhou City was closed at this time, and Gao Ming didn't care about anything else, so he immediately asked Huzi to go up and open the city gate.
Tang Chu was still relatively strict with the curfew, so Gao Ming and Huzi also took a lot of trouble to enter Puzhou City, and when the city gate guards knew that the person standing in front of them was the prince, their legs suddenly weakened.
"The villain didn't know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had arrived, and I hope His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will forgive his sins!"
At this time, Gao Ming had been on the road for a whole day, and he was already very tired, and when he saw the guards kneeling in front of him, he immediately waved his hand at them a little weakly.
"Okay, you also do things according to the rules, I don't blame you, go back and help me check, see if my brother Li Su has passed through Puzhou City in the past half a month, okay, that's all."
After speaking, Gao Ming left the city gate with Huzi, found an inn and stayed.
After waking up the next day, Gao Ming immediately came to the city gate, but to Gao Ming's surprise, in addition to those guards, there was also a person wearing a scarlet official robe at the city gate.
Although Gao Ming has never seen him, it can be judged from the color of his official robe that he should be the assassin of Puzhou City.
Gao Ming guessed correctly, as soon as he walked over, the official bowed to him.
"Weichen Puzhou Thorn Shi Zheng Zhi has seen His Royal Highness the Prince."
Hearing his words, Gao Ming immediately nodded expressionlessly.
"Okay, there is no need to say more kind words, you should know the purpose of my visit, how is the matter going?"
Seeing that Gao Ming went straight to the point, Zheng Zhi hurriedly arched his hand towards Gao Ming again.
"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, according to the report of the guards, His Royal Highness King Liang came to Puzhou with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince last time, and he has never been here again except for that time."
After hearing Zheng Zhi's words, Gao Ming's brows instantly furrowed.
"Haven't been here? Could it be that he is still in Jinju? β
At this time, Gao Ming instinctively sensed something different, he first frowned, and then set his eyes on Zheng Zhi again.
"Lord Zheng, let me ask you, is it not peaceful near Jinju, such as ......"
Without waiting for Gao Ming to finish speaking, Zheng Zhi suddenly knelt down with a "poof".
"His Royal Highness the Prince, although Weichen's ability is shallow, he has always been conscientious in the governance of Puzhou, and he does not dare to have a trace of slackness, there is absolutely no chaos in Puzhou, and no one has provoked a rebellion, and I hope that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be clear!"
After speaking, he kowtowed three times to Gao Ming.
Seeing this scene, Gao Ming was suddenly a little dumbfounded.
"Uh...... I'll just ask, why are you so excited? Okay, okay, just be peaceful, continue to work hard in the future, Huzi, let's go! β
"Yes!"
Seeing Gao Ming and Huzi riding horses away from Puzhou City, Zheng Zhi was suddenly a little stunned.
"Gone? Why did you leave? β
Zheng Zhi originally thought that Gao Ming was planning to use the excuse of Li Su's disappearance to purge the Zheng family, and Puzhou was the closest to Jinzhou, and he was a side branch of the Zheng family in Xingyang, if Gao Ming wanted to cleanse it, he was undoubtedly a very good candidate.
But now that Gao Ming is gone, and let him continue to work hard, what does this mean?
"Does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince want me to retreat in the face of difficulties, or do you want to tell the Zheng family through my mouth and let them give up Puzhou? Or both? β
Thinking of this, the expression on Cui Wei's face suddenly became solemn, and then he hurriedly ran back to the mansion, and when it was almost noon, a carrier pigeon flew out of the backyard of the mansion and flew into the distance.
Gao Ming didn't know how much trouble his casual words would bring to the Xingyang Zheng family, and at this time, he was busy thinking about Li Su's whereabouts.
"Li Su didn't go to Puzhou, could it be that after he came out of Jinzhou, he went directly to Luoyang? But what did he do in Luoyang? Could it be that he is planning to go to Qizhou to find Li Ke? β
As soon as he thought of this, Gao Ming vetoed this speculation, because according to his understanding, Li Ke has always been very strict with Li Ke, if it weren't for lack of money, Li Ke would never have gone to Li Ke.
"Could it be that this kid Li Su is still in Jinju?"
Obviously, this answer is relatively common-sense, but a new question arises, that is, why did Li Su stay in Jinju for half a month?
"Why?"
Just when Gao Ming didn't come up with any clue when he wanted to break his head, he suddenly heard a loud roar from the tiger behind him.
"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince be careful!"
As soon as his words fell, Gao Ming suddenly felt himself flying, and then fell heavily to the ground, almost knocking him unconscious.
"Shhh...... This rotten horse, I must chop it up when I turn around......"
Gao Ming felt as if his skeleton had been shattered, and there was nothing on his body that didn't hurt, and everywhere he could see his eyes was shining little white dots, just like fireflies at night.
"Damn, is this what the saying goes? It turns out that this Venus does not refer to a golden star, but to a platinum star......"
When Gao Ming was thinking nonsense, Huzi also turned over and dismounted, and then held two sledgehammers in front of Gao Ming, and his face showed a little eagerness.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, we are surrounded by others."
Hearing Huzi's words, Gao Ming realized that it was not an accident that he had fallen just now, he quickly struggled to get up, and then turned his head to look around.
At a glance, Gao Ming found that more than a dozen black-clothed and masked people appeared around at this time, each holding a Tang knife in their hands, and two of them were holding a very thick rope in their hands.
"Tripside!"
Looking at the thick hemp rope, Gao Ming's brows suddenly wrinkled.
"What a big guts, who wants my life, is it the Zheng family or the Cui family?"
At this moment, Gao Ming thought a lot, his face darkened, and the killing intent in his eyes kept brewing.
"Damn, it seems that I was too naΓ―ve and too merciful before, wait until Lao Tzu goes back ......"
As soon as Gao Ming thought of this, a familiar voice suddenly sounded in his ears.
"Big brother...... Big Brother ......"
Hearing this voice, Gao Ming's eyes immediately widened, he looked in the direction where the voice came from, and immediately gasped.
"Shhh...... Sixth? β
The figure that came out of the woods was none other than Li Su, who had been missing for half a month!
At this time, Li Su was tied by a rope, his hair was also scattered, he may have been running in the woods, his clothes were also hung in tatters, and there were many blood marks on his arms.
After seeing Gao Ming, Li Su cried out with a "wow".
"Wow...... Big brother, we let Li Yun's kid hurt him, woo woo woo woo ......"
Hearing Li Su's words, Gao Ming immediately frowned.
"Li Yun?"
Although Gao Ming has not met Li Yun, he knows that Li Yun is the seventh son of Li Shimin, who was named King Jiang when Zhenguan was ten years old, and then went to Anzhou to be the governor.
In Gao Ming's opinion, Li Yun was just an ordinary vassal king, but why did Li Yun say that Li Yun harmed them?
Thinking of this, Gao Ming immediately frowned.
"Sixth, what do you mean by that?"
"I ......"
Before Li Su could speak, the person standing behind him kicked him to the ground and stepped on him with one foot, and then pulled out the knife at his waist with a "swish" and pressed Li Su's neck with the knife edge.
"How can you call the name of His Royal Highness King Jiang casually?"
Seeing this scene, Gao Ming couldn't help but yell at once.
"Stop, who the hell are you?"
Hearing Gao Ming's voice, the man with the knife was stunned for a moment, and the knife in his hand was almost unstable.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince......"
Before he could speak, a masked woman next to him suddenly interrupted him.
"Don't panic, now they are just two people, as long as they are eliminated, His Royal Highness King Jiang can become the crown prince!"
Li Yun became the crown prince?
Hearing this woman's words, before Gao Ming could speak, Li Su, who was trampled on the ground, immediately scolded.
"Just Li Yun's egg, you still want to be the prince? I bah...... Why did Lao Tzu call him by name? If that miscellaneous piece is in Lao Tzu's face, Lao Tzu will dare to beat him, fuck your uncle's ......"
Before Li Su finished speaking, the masked woman immediately went up and slapped him twice.
However, after being slapped twice, Li Su did not stop breathing, but yelled at Gao Ming.
"Big brother, did you see that? They are Lao Qi's men! Big brother, don't care about me, let Huzi rush out with you, and let the hundred cavalry guards kill the whole family to avenge me, I hate it so much...... Woowoowoo......"
Looking at Li Su, who was sad and angry, Gao Ming immediately covered his face.
"Sixth, my brother knows that you don't have a brain, so you don't mix it next time you use your brain, you just need to live well."
"Huh?"
After hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Su was stunned for a moment.
"Big brother, what do you mean, I am not the seventh child, is it the eighth? Fuck your uncle Li Zhen, I already know that you are not a good thing, I really regret that I didn't kill you last time I played with the Hanging Axe...... Woowoowoo......"
Gao Ming: "......"
Looking at Li Su, who was even more excited and angry, Gao Ming immediately sighed, and no longer paid attention to this second goods, and directly set his eyes on the masked woman standing beside Li Su.
"Girl, please forgive me for being blunt, your brain is not much better than Li Su, you can think of such a simple frame-up, do you take me as a fool or yourself as a fool?"
Hearing Gao Ming's words, the masked woman was stunned for a moment, and then snorted coldly at Gao Ming.
"Hmph, I don't know what you're talking about, none of you want to leave here today, come here, kill them for me!"
Hearing her words, more than a dozen masked people standing around Gao Ming immediately rushed towards Gao Ming with knives.