Zhang Quan is familiar with the terrain here, and he can return in the shortest possible time;

Zhang Quan knew that the whereabouts of King Jin directly determined the life and death of these guards, so he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly found a way to Shuangxia Town.

Looking at the disaster relief army led by King Chen, when it reaches the unitary time, the sun will sink.

Several officials saw that Jin Xiuchen was only interested in frolicking with beauties and did not realize the problem of time, so they pushed a representative to come forward and propose to Jin Xiuchen in the carriage.

"Your Highness, if you go further, you will cross the river, the sun is about to set, and now that people are sleepy and tired, should we stop, set up tents, rest for one night and then go on the road?"

As the official spoke, the laughter in the carriage suddenly stopped.

Before Jin Xiuchen's voice was heard, a coquettish voice came out through the car curtain. "Your Highness, the concubine wants to sleep peacefully by the water. ”

"Okay, it's up to you. ”

"Your Highness is so good~. ”

"Do you hear that? Yue'er wants to sleep peacefully by the water. The man's deep and melodious voice came out.

When the officials heard this, they were immediately annoyed, thousands of elite soldiers had to travel dozens of kilometers because of the idea of a woman playing, which was really ridiculous!

But thinking that the emperor gave Jin Xiuchen the right to speak and make decisions, he could only scold in his heart with anger and secretly, and said with a sad face: "Weichen understands." ”

Following Jin Xiuchen's words, the army continued to march, and when it reached the riverside, it was almost the end of the hour, when the sky and the earth were dark, everything was hazy and blurred, the guards lit the torches and braziers, and the camp tents were set up quickly and orderly.

Everyone was busy, and no one noticed that two ghostly figures had burrowed into the largest tent in the rest area.

Zhang Quan, who was sent out by Wenge, had no horses or cars, so he could only walk along the waterway, and finally found a civilian abandoned fishing boat in a shallow bay for most of the day.

The moment he saw the banner of Dayong and the guards of Dayong, Zhang Quan was excited, it seemed that this should be the second batch of disaster relief teams sent by the imperial court to Shuangxia Town, which was still a long way from Shuangxia Town.

The guard saw a man in Tsing Yi driving a broken fishing boat to the shore, and scolded: "Go away, go away! ”

Because of Jin Rui's trip and its secrecy, the group was very low-key in dressing, and when Zhang Quan heard it, he knew that these guards had mistaken him for fishermen, and hurriedly said: "This military master, I am a person from the Jin Palace, and I have something important to see the leader of your trip." ”

"His Royal Highness King Chen. The guards took Zhang Quan to Jin Xiuchen's tent.

"What's the matter?" Jin Xiuchen's lazy voice came out through the tent.

The guard bowed his hand and said respectfully: "Your Highness, a person who claims to be from the Jin Palace's Mansion is asking to see you." ”

"King Jin?" With a faint and puzzled tone, he paused for a moment and said, "Let him come in." ”

When Zhang Quan heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and hurriedly lifted the curtain and entered the camp tent, the camp tent was not big, he saw the handsome man sitting in front of the bookcase at a glance, and then looked at the nobility he exuded, and knew in his heart that this was King Chen, and hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "The humble Zhang Quan has seen His Royal Highness King Chen." ”

Jin Xiuchen put down the book in his hand, looked up at Zhang Quan, and asked, "Are you from the Jin Palace?"

Zhang Quan tore off the token on his waist that could prove his identity, held it in both hands, and said respectfully: "The humble position belongs to the Jin Palace." ”

Qi Xin took the token and turned around and handed it to Jin Xiuchen.

Jin Xiuchen's fingers rubbed the lines of the token, with a trace of unknown emotion in his eyes, and he opened his lips and asked, "What's the matter with finding this king?"

Zhang Quan listened, knelt down and said, "Please ask His Royal Highness King Chen to save our prince!"

"What do you mean?" Jin Xiuchen listened, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his face was slightly condensed.

"Our prince wanted to go to Shuangxia Town for disaster relief, but he stumbled and fell off a cliff on the mountain not far from here, and now there is no trace, and his life and death are uncertain. Zhang Quan briefly narrated that the most important thing is the disappearance of King Jin now.

Jin Xiuchen seemed to be shocked when he heard this, he was stunned for a moment, got up and said awe-inspiringly: "Qi Xin, gather people and horses, and immediately set off to search and rescue King Jin." ”

Qi Xin listened and agreed to leave the tent, Zhang Quan kowtowed and thanked him, and his heart was a little relieved, he thought it would take some words, but he didn't expect King Chen to be so easy to speak.

Of the 1,000 elite soldiers who followed this time, Jin Xiuchen left 300 people to take care of food and other things by the river, and the remaining 700 elite soldiers and accompanying officials followed Jin Xiuchen to the place where Jin Rui fell off the cliff as Zhang Quan said.

Seven hundred people are not a small number, and the dispatch is so great that hundreds of torches reflect the night as if it were day.

A small soldier looked around in the crowd, pulled the man beside him, and asked suspiciously: "Why haven't you heard that His Royal Highness the King of Jin has also been sent to Shuangxia Town?"

"Yes, the first batch of disaster relief grain was escorted by His Royal Highness King Qu and King Ning, and the batch we are escorting now is the second batch, His Royal Highness King Chen is responsible for escorting, and I haven't heard that King Jin was sent. ”

"Hey, didn't His Royal Highness King Jin be reprimanded by the emperor and think about it behind closed doors?

"What else can you do here?

"It's really troublesome! A prince is not good to stay in Kyoto, and if he falls off a cliff while playing in the mountains and rivers, he will be tired, let's not sleep to search and rescue!"

The more the soldiers talked, the more angry they became, and their remarks attracted everyone around them to echo them.

Ugly at the beginning

The more than a dozen guards who continued to search for Jin Rui in the valley saw that the light of the torches not far away reflected half of the valley, and they knew that Zhang Quan had returned with people, and they were excited in their hearts.

Only Wen Ge looked at the light in the distance, with a puzzled face, calculating the time when Zhang Quan would leave in his heart, and couldn't help but say, "Why is it so fast?"

When he saw Jin Xiuchen in the team that came, Wen Gezheng was stunned for a moment, and it was clear that Zhang Quan might not have arrived in Shuangxia Town, but met the second batch of grain delivery teams assigned by the imperial court.

It's just that, how could it be His Royal Highness King Chen who is responsible for transporting grain?

However, Wen Ge was not in the mood to dwell on this issue at this time, it was better for Jin Xiuchen to come, he had never participated in the seizure of the heir, let alone stood in line, and Su Ri had no entanglement of interests with the Jin Palace, so he led the search and rescue safer than several other princes!

Wenge hurriedly stepped forward and bowed. "The grass people have seen His Royal Highness King Chen. ”

Jin Xiuchen looked at the haggard man in front of him, frowned, and said, "Who are you?"

"The grass people are the staff of the Jin Palace, Wen Ge. ”

He is Wen Ge, Jin Rui's number one planner! Jin Xiuchen looked at him without a trace, and retracted his gaze and asked. "Is there any news from King Jin?"

Wenge shook his head with difficulty, and said in a hoarse voice, "Not yet." After searching for nearly a day, there was still no clue, and he didn't dare to imagine that His Highness had encountered danger!

Jin Xiuchen looked at the valley shrouded in night, his eyes flashed, and he opened his lips and said, "Search." ”

The well-trained guards obeyed the order and immediately scattered in all directions, every branch in the valley, the bushes, the stone platform protruding from the cliff, the river underwater, the river downstream... Wherever they could hide people, they were the target of their search.

The next day, the sun was rising, and seven hundred elite soldiers searched all night but did not find a trace of Jin Rui's existence!

"Are you sure King Jin fell into this valley?" Jin Xiuchen asked in a slightly deep voice, looking at Wen Ge.

When Wen Ge heard this, his heart was awe-inspiring, and he hurriedly said: "The matter of the safety of His Royal Highness the King of Jin, the grass people dare not lie, and they did fall in this valley. "I'm afraid that Jin Xiuchen will be angry and withdraw the search and rescue people.

The accompanying officials looked at Jin Xiuchen and only cared about searching and rescuing Jin Rui's traces, and had completely forgotten the purpose of this trip to transport grain, and couldn't help but be anxious, looked at the sky and said: "Such a place has been searched for a long time, if someone had searched it a long time ago.... His Royal Highness King Jin couldn't have been rescued, right?"

The people of the Jin Palace's Mansion were stunned when they heard this, they only cared about search and rescue yesterday, where did they think about the possibility that the King of Jin might be rescued! But if His Royal Highness has been rescued, then he has a little more vitality, his vitality is more, and the vitality of these accompanying guards will naturally be a little more!

Wen Ge thought more about it than those simple-minded guards, and frowned when he heard this: "This... No, His Highness fell into the cliff last night, and our group immediately went down the mountain to search and rescue, and we didn't see anyone moving!"

Jin Xiuchen listened quietly to the words of several people, and asked at the right time, "Is there a village around here?"

Zhang Quan was most familiar with the terrain here, and when he heard Jin Xiuchen ask, he hurriedly said: "There is a small village called Yangliu Village ten miles away. ”

"Leave two hundred people here to continue the search, and the rest of the people will go to Yangliu Village with this king!" Jin Xiuchen stood up and gave an order after listening to Zhang Quan's words.

The accompanying officials heard that Jin Xiuchen still wanted to go to the village to search for people, and they were anxious, so they stepped forward and reminded in a whisper: "His Royal Highness King Chen, the purpose of our trip is to send grain to Shuangxia Town!"

Jin Xiuchen raised his eyebrows when he heard this, turned around to look at the person who spoke, and asked in a deep voice: "Do you want this king to watch his nephew's life and death uncertain, and abandon it without asking?"

The officials did not dare to bear this reputation, and they were busy confessing their crimes!

The journey of more than ten miles is only half an hour.

When such a large number of officers and soldiers appeared in Yangliu Village, the villagers did not know the good luck and the evil, and in accordance with the principle of avoiding what they could, they immediately abandoned their work, took refuge in all directions, and closed their doors.

Jin Xiuchen looked sideways at Qi Xin, who stepped forward willingly, stopped a villager who was about to flee, and asked, "What new faces have appeared in your village in the past two days?"