Outside Shimizu Castle.

Lin Zhou led hundreds of elite horsemen to ride out.

As the saying goes, if the envoys of these countries come empty-handed, they still don't feel insulted, but they obviously come with a big car and a small car, this is an insult.

What's the matter, it's just a show?

He may still be a little afraid of letting Linzhou deal with the envoys of the Tang Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty, but he really didn't take the envoys of other countries to heart.

First, they have no borders on these countries, even if they offend these people to death, what can they do? As long as you can't fly, then you don't have any ruts with them.

"General, there's a rut mark here."

"Chase!"

After that, Lin Zhou chased people out.

Of course, I didn't follow too closely.

They don't want to do anything about intercepting other countries' missions on their own turf.

However, they chased and found that this road was going to Douhe County, and when Lin Zhou saw this, he immediately ordered: "Everyone, change into Tuyuhun clothes." ”

He also came prepared, as long as he changed into Tuyuhun's clothes, he could pretend to be Tuyuhun's remnants, anyway, during this time, Tuyuhun's remnants were not less than tossing in Douhe County.

"After entering Dohe County, everyone should be careful, and don't reveal their identities until they have to."

Lin Zhou said goodbye, and immediately stepped forward.

Everyone understands what he said, if it is really time for life and death, he can reveal his identity, after all, there are infinite possibilities in life.

Not long after entering Dohe County, someone said, "General, there is a discovery ahead." ”

"Let's go! No matter which country's mission, kill! When Lin Zhou heard this, he immediately said.

But when they caught up, they saw a few lonely carriages abandoned in place, but there was no one in sight.

"Did they sense that someone was after them, so they abandoned the carriage and ran away?" Someone wondered.

Lin Zhou also thought so, nodded, and said, "It's okay, send these carriages back, and we can also have an explanation." ”

Although the people ran away, the carriage was still there, and they could have an explanation when they returned.

But in the next second, a soldier curiously opened the carriage and exclaimed: "General, the carriage is empty!" ”

"Empty?" Lin Zhou was stunned for a moment, and came with a horse, and after seeing that the carriage was empty, he was also extremely angry, "Look at the other carriages." ”

Then, the other carriages were opened one by one, but the result was obviously the same, all the carriages were empty.

At this point, Lin Zhou's anger is difficult to describe in words.

"Too much deception!" Lin Zhou shouted angrily, "Chase! ”

If it was the things on the carriage that were transferred, he wasn't angry yet, but in case the carriage itself was empty, it would be different, so he had to figure it out.

As for whether he would run into trouble in Douhe County, he was really not worried.

Li Yuanjing's name is still very useful, at most, he will be blamed, and he will not lose his life.

With that, the crowd chased after them again.

That is, the kung fu of half burnt incense, they found a few more carriages, but the carriages were still empty.

So far, they haven't even found a single member of the mission.

"Go on, chase!" Lin Zhou shouted angrily.

Just after they chased out, a few people came out on the small hillside not far away, and the leader looked at Lin Zhou and the others who were far away and asked, "Is it all arranged over there?" ”

"It's arranged." A person beside him said, "They are all warriors of our clan, and they are willing to sacrifice for the great cause of our clan!" ”

When the leader heard this, he sighed and said: "No way, the Ming court is too strong, if you don't make some trouble for them and always meddle in our country's affairs, where is the majesty of our country?" ”

To put it bluntly, all of this today is prepared for dealing with Li Chengqian.

And Lin Zhou didn't know all this, and when they chased half a pillar of incense, they finally found that the group in front of them was running wildly with a carriage.

But where is the carriage where the war horses run fast?

In just a moment, they were chased by Lin Zhou.

The people in this carriage are not good at stubble, and when they saw this, they didn't have any words, and immediately drew their swords to face each other, which surprised Lin Zhou and the others.

However, they relied on the large number of people, but they quickly took control of the initiative on the battlefield.

"Which country are you from?" Lin Zhou asked with some curiosity.

Because among these people, they have costumes from all countries, and they look like a ragtag army.

But those people didn't react to Lin Zhou's interrogation, they just fought desperately.

Lin Zhou didn't want to make too much trouble in Dohe County, and tried to solve the battle quickly, and it was only a matter of moments to solve the battle.

"General, the carriage is full of children!" At this moment, a subordinate exclaimed.

Lin Zhou was also shocked when he heard this?

All kids?

He also thought that these people must be some rare treasures to defend if they fought to the death, but he didn't expect that they were all children.

He immediately ran over to take a look, and saw a richly dressed nobleman sleeping soundly in every carriage.

"Aren't you the princes and nobles of various countries?" Lin Zhou thought so.

"General, what are you going to do with these children? Bring it back or ...... it on the spot," the man said, wiping his neck with a gesture.

Lin Zhou was a little hesitant, he didn't know what to do?

Just as he was about to wake up these children and ask what was going on, the probe who looked at the wind reported back: "General, the movement on our side may be a little bigger, and we have recruited the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty." ”

"Withdraw!" When Lin Zhou heard this, he immediately said, "Withdraw with the carriage!" ”

With that, everyone quickly evacuated from the place.

Although they weren't so worried about the Ming realm, they were still reluctant to expose it if they could.

And their every move is watched by those who have a heart.

"Great Zhao Wangting, don't be afraid." Someone couldn't help but laugh when they saw them retreat.

"What is not to be afraid of? It's a joke. Some people said disdainfully.

For Da Zhao Wangting, they really never took it to heart.

Whether it is Li Yuanjing or Lin Zhou, to be honest, they are all tall among the short people.

Especially in Linzhou, after this incident, it can basically be judged that this person's ability is mediocre.

When Lin Zhou and the others went away, the missions of various countries hiding around all appeared, and one by one they even pulled out a carriage, which was even exactly the same as the carriages that Lin Zhou and the others had robbed.

However, at this time, everyone did not speak, they were all collecting their own corpses, and then drove the carriage to cover up the traces of the previous battle.

After doing all this, they continued to set off silently, but just a few steps after walking out, they ran into Daming's people.

"This official is ordered by the county guard of Dohe County to greet the envoys of various countries." That person was Yang Lin's nephew, and he was also the shopkeeper who opened a grocery store in Douhe City.

Now that Yang Lin is in the county guard of Douhe County, his nephew naturally follows the tide and gets a half-official position.

Li Chengqian knew about this, but he didn't care about it, after all, this guy has indeed made a lot of contributions to Daming over the years.

"Yang County is polite." The Tibetan envoy said with a smile, "Although we are going to the court of Dazhao this time, the main purpose is to trade with Dohe County, I heard that the Ming Dynasty has redivided the five counties and thirteen prefectures, and I want to come to each prefecture and county to have their own development direction in the future, and I also want to see what business we can do with Doohe County in the future." ”

"Yes, yes, Yang County Ling Mo should be polite." Another envoy also said with a smile, "Out of Da Zhao, I am not waiting for any mission, but a business group from various countries." ”

It's not that they're not modest, it's that they really think so.

Of course, it can also be seen from this that they are indeed not at ease.

"Please." Yang Xianling smiled, but didn't say much.

Although he is now the honor of a county, being an official is still a little strange to him, but when it comes to doing business, hehe, it's his old business.

……

Sun Moon Mountain, Criminal Department.

Murong Xiaoyong was having a headache.

These days, there have been several cases of lost children in Sun Moon Mountain.

In fact, before Li Chengqian asked, he was already very concerned!

First, he was in charge of the Criminal Department for the first time, and he also wanted to make some achievements.

Second, although these lost children were not born too noble, their identities are a little special after all.

For example, one of the children is from Platts, although the child is not a direct descendant of Pu Xiruo, but the Platts is a fan of Li Chengqian when he started his family, and Li Chengqian knows the child.

"So many days, no clues?" Murong Xiaoyong asked.

Today's Criminal Department, to put it bluntly, is Murong Xiaoyong's Yiyantang.

It is no exaggeration to say that at least most of this criminal department was formed by Murong Xiaoyong.

Before him, although Da Ming also had a criminal department, it was almost equal to none.

"Second master, this thief is too cunning, since he did it once five days ago, there has been no trace. We searched all the inns in Sun Moon Mountain, but we found nothing. "The person who spoke was obviously brought by Murong Xiaoyong from Douhe County.

"I wonder if they're no longer in Sun Moon Mountain?" Someone else said.

When Murong Xiaoyong heard this, he didn't speak.

To be honest, it's really hard for them to let these guys investigate the case.

This thing, that's also a matter of talent.

However, at this moment, someone hurriedly ran in and said, "There is a clue, there is a clue." ”

"What clues?" Murong Xiaoyong immediately asked.

The man immediately said: "Someone saw a carriage heading north late at night a few days ago, as if it was going to Dohe County. ”

"Watering River County?" Murong Xiaoyong was stunned.

"Send someone to investigate in Dohe County as soon as possible." Murong Xiaoyong said, "This official will enter the palace and return to His Highness." ”

It's about Douhe County, and he's afraid that something will go wrong, don't forget, he's a native of Douhe County, if you check it and find out that it's related to him, it will be funny.

In the Daming Palace, Li Chengqian was also stunned when he heard Murong Xiaoyong finish speaking.

Does the trafficker have anything to do with Dohe County?

"Shuyu." Li Chengqian looked at Wei Shuyu, who had been following him all this time, and asked, "What happened in Douhe County recently?" ”

Since that day, Wei Shuyu has followed Li Chengqian to do what Xiao Yue and Gao Chunxing did at the beginning.

Don't look at his young age, but it's okay to do this.

Of course, Li Chengqian just gave him a chance to exercise.

After all, it's not too difficult to sort out the paperwork.

When Wei Shuyu heard this, he flipped through his notebook and immediately said: "Brother, a few days ago, the county guard of Dohe County played a concert, saying that he would contact business groups from various countries in the near future to resume commerce and trade in Doihe County as much as possible. ”

Yang Lin is a person who pays attention to the rules of things, and he also wrote a recital early and sent it back to Sun Moon Mountain.

It's just that Li Chengqian has a lot of things, and sometimes he misses it, but it's normal.

Hearing Wei Shuyu say this at this time, he was stunned for a moment and asked, "Can other counties have similar concerts?" ”

"Nope." Wei Shuyu's memory is still very good, and he immediately shook his head.

"Interesting." Li Chengqian understood it at once.

It seems that these countries are not at ease.

Doohe County, it doesn't border any country, but these guys went to trade with Dohe County, and their hearts can be punished.

"Your Highness, what's wrong with this?" Murong Xiaoyong was a little puzzled, although he shouldn't have asked this question, but when it came to Douhe County, he was still a little worried.

Li Chengqian said: "I don't understand, although I have five counties and thirteen mansions in the Ming Dynasty, but at the same time, there is also competition between five counties and thirteen mansions.

Everyone wants to build their own rule better, but what does it take to build?

Obviously, these guys are trying to provoke a confrontation between the counties of my Daming Dynasty, but they are also very daring! ”

After speaking, Li Chengqian smiled disdainfully.

He wasn't worried at all.

Murong Xiaoyong saw that it didn't have much to do with Dohe County itself, so he didn't care too much about it at the moment, as long as he didn't involve them.

"You say the traffickers may have robbed the children and gone to Dohe County?" Li Chengqian asked.

"There's only one clue for now." Murong Xiaojun said, "Recently, Wechen's Criminal Department has sent a large number of people to investigate, and almost the entire Sun Moon Mountain has been turned over, but nothing has been found, only this one suspicious point, Wechen has sent someone to Dohe County to investigate." ”

Li Chengqian nodded and said, "Check, investigate!" You can go to Dohe County to investigate in person, and Yang Lin will cooperate with you. ”

Although this is not a big matter, there has been no robbery of people in the Ming Dynasty since the founding of the country, especially children, so Li Chengqian must give an explanation to the children's families.

It is not surprising that strict inspections are carried out.

"Wechen takes orders." Murong Xiaoyong immediately bowed and said.

After he left, Li Chengqian frowned.

He always felt that something was strange about things recently.

If you follow the chronological order, first there are children looted in Sun Moon Mountain, then the merchant groups of various countries go to Dohe County, and finally Subi goes north to invade the border.

Strictly speaking, these three events happened almost at the same time period.

Thinking like this, Li Chengqian wrote down three things on paper.

He wanted to see if there was anything in common between the three things.

"Brother suspects that these three things are one thing?" Wei Shuyu stood aside and muttered quietly.

Li Chengqian shook his head and said, "I don't know if it's my brother, but since it happened at the same time, I always have to think about it, what if it's one thing?"

So what is the purpose of the people who do this? ”

Li Chengqian is a very cautious person and is unwilling to give up any doubts.

At the moment, I sorted out a few things.

While combing, he added and subtracted on the paper, and asked, "What are the countries of the caravan that went to Dohe County?" ”

"There are Gaochang, Qiuzi, Tubo and ......," Wei Shuyu counted with his fingers.

Li Chengqian suddenly added something to the paper.

When everything was sorted out, he connected the children's case with the caravan with a line, and wrote the word "Watering River County" on this line.

Judging from the clues for the time being, this is the only thing that these two things have in common.

"Your Highness, should the caravan be connected to Subi going north?" Wei Shuyu asked in a low voice.

"Why?" Li Chengqian said with a smile.

Wei Shuyu said: "Because there are Tubo, although it is Subi who goes north, isn't Subi at war with Tubo?" ”

When Li Chengqian heard this, he immediately connected the two with a line, and praised: "Clever." Behind Subi's northward journey, there is a shadow of Tibet in nine out of ten. If it weren't for the fact that Tubo was obstructing him from behind, Subi would never have dared to go north this time. ”

That's what he thinks too.

He knew too well what was going on in Subi.

After that, he looked at the only gap between the three, and was a little puzzled.

This gap is the children's case in Subi north.

Is there a connection between the two?

Li Chengqian actually had the answer, but he didn't do it, because he couldn't figure out what the other party did to do it.

If you want to say that you robbed Changle, he can understand, just rob a few ordinary people's children, what is the meaning?

"Forget it, wait for further news." Shaking his head, Li Chengqian put down the charcoal and no longer dwelled too much on this issue.

Indeed, he can't figure it out, and if he can't figure it out, he will put it down for the time being, which is his habit.

Just as he was about to go out for a spin and empty his mind, Changle, Wu Mei and Xiaohua jumped in.

"Big brother, it's snowing a lot outside, let's go build a snowman, shall we?" As soon as Changle came in, he trotted over and pulled Li Chengqian's sleeve and said.

The fur of a lifetime wraps it tightly, but it is a little more cute.

"Don't pull it, it'll fall apart if you pull it again." Li Chengqian pretended to beg for mercy, "You still can't do it?" ”

For Changle, he has always had a feeling of indebtedness, and the little guy is too sensible, which makes him a little apologetic.

In just a moment, everyone came to the square of Daming Palace, building snowmen, having snowball fights, and it was not lively.

A busy year, a rare moment of leisure, made Li Chengqian feel a long-lost happiness.

At first, Wei Shuyu was still a little restrained, but after Xiaohua threw two snowballs in his face, the child's heart also came up.

Upstairs, Che Velina, who was watching this scene, immediately ran down, how could such a fun thing be without her?

Not long after, the Hou family also came, and a group of people had a lot of fun.

Of course, Su Yan never came down from beginning to end, just watched with a smile in front of the window.

Well, there was one other person who didn't come either, and that was Murong Wanqiu, who just took a few more glances and went in.

In the seventh year of Zhenguan, it came to an end under a heavy snowfall.

(End of chapter)