Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 268 The Missing Li Yin
Li Yin disappeared, which is a big event.

What made Gao Ming even more worried was that he was the one who lost Li Yin.

"Damn it, I knew this kid was unreliable. I would have sent someone to escort him back to Beijing if I had known, so I wouldn't have a headache now!"

Based on Gao Ming's understanding of Li Yin, he felt that Li Yin really hadn't returned to Chang'an, otherwise it would be impossible for him 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 Yin returns to Chang'an, he must pass there, so Gao Ming went straight to Jingzhao Mansion with his tiger.

The two rushed on and rushed to Jingzhao Mansion in only half a day. After arriving, Gao Ming went directly to Jingzhao Mansion Mu, and then directly explained his purpose of coming.

"May I ask Mr. Zheng, has my younger brother Li Yin ever been to Jingzhao Mansion in the past ten days?"

"His Royal Highness King Liang?"

The Mu of the Jingzhao Mansion is a member of the Zheng family in Xingyang. Gao Ming and Zheng Yang knew that they did not deal with him. If it was something else, maybe he might not cooperate, but if the prince was involved, he would not dare to be careless, so he immediately took responsibility for it. All the guards guarding the city gate came over.

"I want to ask you, has anyone seen His Royal Highness King Liang recently?"

Hearing his words, a city gate guard immediately stood up.

"Reporting to my lord, about 20 days ago, I met Lord Liang Wang. At that time, he, His Highness the Crown Prince, and His Highness King Wu went out of the east gate together."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Ming waved his hand.

"Not that time, I mean, has anyone seen Li Yin in the past half a month?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, all the city gate guards present shook their heads, expressing that they had never seen Li Yin.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming frowned even deeper.

"This kid Li Yin didn't even come back from the Jingzhao Mansion, where did he go?"

Gao Ming did not doubt that the guards at the city gate of Jingzhao Mansion had made a mistake, because if an ordinary person passed by, it is possible to forget, but Li Yin is a prince!
If it wasn't for going to Jinzhou with him, Li Yin might not come to Jingzhao Mansion for a year, and with Li Yin's arrogant personality, after the guards at the city gate saw him once, it would probably be a long time I can't forget it.

"I have no choice but to find it all the way back!"

Thinking of this, Gao Ming immediately raised his chin towards Hu Zi.

"Huzi, let's go to Puzhou!"

"Yes!"

Seeing Gao Ming and Huzi turn around and leave, Mu Jingzhaofu hurriedly tried to persuade them to stay.

"His Royal Highness, it's getting late now, why don't you rest in Jingzhao Mansion for one night, and then go on the road tomorrow morning!"

Hearing his words, Gao Ming smiled and shook his head, then heaved a long sigh.

"Hey... I want to rest too, but I can't help it. This kid Li Min is too worrying. Well, Mr. Zheng, please stay, and I will take my leave first!"

"His Royal Highness..."

Before he finished speaking, Gao Ming cupped his hands at him, and then left with Hu Zi.

Looking at the back of Gao Ming leaving, he immediately raised his hand, and then opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he still didn't say anything, and put down the hand that was originally raised.

After waving his hands to dismiss the crowd, he sat down, and then heaved a long sigh.

"Ah... such a loving and righteous prince, but the Zheng family has offended him, and they don't know whether it will be a blessing or a curse in the future!"

Gao Ming didn't know what Jingzhao Mansion's Mu was thinking, and after he left Jinzhou Mansion, he rushed to Puzhou with Huzi.

Puzhou is located between Jinzhou Prefecture and Jinzhou Prefecture. Gao Ming felt that if Li Min hadn't been to Jingzhao Prefecture, he must have stopped in Puzhou.

"There doesn't seem to be much fun in Puzhou. Li Yin has no reason to stay there, right?"

Thinking of this, Gao Ming frowned even tighter.

It was already midnight when Gao Ming and Huzi arrived in Puzhou, and the gate of Puzhou City was closed at this time, Gao Ming didn't care about other things, so he immediately asked Huzi to go up and call the gate open.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the curfew was still relatively strict, so Gao Ming and Hu Zi had to go through a lot of trouble before entering Puzhou City. Frightened.

"The villain doesn't know that His Highness the Crown Prince is here, but I hope His Highness the Crown Prince will forgive me!"

At this time, Gao Ming had been driving for a whole day and was already very tired. When he saw the kneeling guards in front of him, he waved his hands weakly towards them.

"Okay, you are also acting according to the rules. I don't blame you. You can check for me later and see if my younger brother Li Yin has passed through Puzhou City in the past half a month. Okay, that's it."

After finishing speaking, Gao Ming took Huzi and left the city gate, found an inn and stayed there.

After waking up the next day, Gao Ming immediately came to the gate of the city, but to Gao Ming's surprise, besides the guards, there was another person in a scarlet official robe at the gate.

Although Gao Ming has never met him, he can be judged from the color of his official robe that he should be the governor of Puzhou City.

Gao Ming's guess was right, as soon as he walked over, the official bowed to him.

"The humble official Puzhou Inspector Zheng Zhi has seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Hearing his words, Gao Ming immediately nodded expressionlessly.

"Well, there is no need to say more polite words. You should know the purpose of my visit. How is the investigation going?"

Seeing that Gao Ming went straight to the point, Zheng Zhi hurriedly bowed his hands to Gao Ming again.

"Reporting to His Royal Highness, according to the reports from the guards, His Royal Highness Prince Liang came to Puzhou with you last time, His Royal Highness. Apart from that time, he has never been here again."

After hearing Zheng Zhi's words, Gao Ming frowned instantly.

"Haven't been here? Could it be that he is still in Jinzhou?"

At this time, Gao Ming instinctively sensed something different, he frowned first, and then turned his attention to Zheng Zhi again.

"Master Zheng, let me ask you, is it not peaceful near Jinzhou, for example..."

Before Gao Ming could finish speaking, Zheng Zhi immediately knelt down with a "plop".

"His Royal Highness, although my humble minister is incompetent, he has always been conscientious in governing Puzhou, and he dare not be slack in the slightest. There are absolutely no rioters in Puzhou, let alone stir up civil uprisings. I hope His Royal Highness will learn from you! "

After finishing speaking, he kowtowed three times to Gao Ming.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming was a little dumbfounded.

"Uh... I'm just asking, why are you so excited? It's alright, it's alright, peace is fine, keep working hard in the future, Huzi, let's go!"

"Yes!"

Seeing Gao Ming and Hu Zi leaving Puzhou City on horseback, Zheng Zhi was a little dazed.

"Gone? Why did you just leave?"

Zheng Zhi originally thought that Gao Ming planned to use the excuse of Li Min's disappearance to cleanse the Zheng family, and Puzhou is the closest to Jinzhou, and he is a branch of the Zheng family in Xingyang. If Gao Ming wanted to cleanse, he would undoubtedly be A very good candidate.

But now Gao Ming actually left, and he was asked to continue to work hard, what does this mean?
"Does His Royal Highness want me to retreat in spite of difficulties, or do you want to use my mouth to tell the Zheng family to give up Puzhou? Or both?"

Thinking of this, the expression on Cui Wei's face suddenly became solemn, and then he hurried back to the government office. When it was almost noon, a carrier pigeon flew out of the backyard of the government office and flew towards the distance.

Gao Ming didn't know how much trouble he said casually would cause the Zheng family in Xingyang. At this moment, all he could think about was Li Yin's whereabouts.

"Li Yin didn't go to Puzhou. Could it be that he went directly to Luoyang after he came out of Jinzhou? But what did he go to Luoyang for? Could it be that he planned to go to Qizhou to find Li Ke?"

As soon as he thought of this, Gao Ming vetoed this guess, because according to his understanding, Li Ke has always been very strict with Li Yin. If it wasn't for lack of money, it would be absolutely impossible for Li Yin to go to Li Ke.

"Could it be that Li Yin is still in Jinzhou?"

Obviously, this answer is relatively in line with common sense, but a new question arises again, that is, why did Li Yin stay in Jinju for half a month?
"Why exactly?"

Just when Gao Ming was thinking about it and couldn't think of anything, he suddenly heard a loud roar from behind him.

"His Royal Highness 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.

"Hiss... This rotten horse, I will definitely chop it up later..."

Gao Ming felt that his skeleton seemed to be broken apart, and there was no pain anywhere on his body. Wherever his eyes could see, there were bright white spots everywhere, just like fireflies at night.

"Damn, is this what the saying goes, you see a golden star? It turns out that the golden star does not refer to a golden star, but a Taibai Jinxing..."

When Gao Ming was thinking wildly, Hu Zi also turned over and got off the horse, and then stood in front of Gao Ming with two sledgehammers in his hands, with a look of eagerness on his face.

"His Royal Highness, we are surrounded by people."

Hearing Huzi's words, Gao Ming realized that it was not accidental that he fell off the horse just now. He struggled to get up, and then turned his head to look around.

At a glance, Gao Ming found that there were more than a dozen black-clothed masked people around at this time, each of them was holding a Tang knife in their hands, and two of them were holding a thick knife in their hands. rope.

"Trip the rope!"

Looking at the thick hemp rope, Gao Ming immediately frowned.

"It's so courageous, who wants my life, the Zheng family or the Cui family?"

At this moment, Gao Ming thought a lot, his face darkened, and the murderous intent in his eyes was constantly brewing.

"Damn it, it seems that I was too naive and kind before, when I go back..."

Just as Gao Ming thought of this, a familiar voice came from his ear.

"Big Brother... Big Brother..."

Hearing this voice, Gao Ming's eyes widened immediately, he looked in the direction of the voice, and immediately gasped.

"Hiss... Sixth?"

The figure walking out of the woods was none other than Li Yin who had been missing for half a month!

At this time, Li Yin was tied up with a rope, and his hair was disheveled. He may have been running in the woods, his clothes were hung in tatters, and there were many bloodstains on his arms.

After seeing Gao Ming, Li Yin burst into tears with a "wow".

"Wow... Big brother, we let that kid Li Yun get hurt, woo woo woo..."

Hearing Li Yin's words, Gao Ming frowned immediately.

"Li Yun?"

Although Gao Ming had never met Li Yun, he knew that Li Yun was the seventh son of Li Shimin, who was named King Jiang in the tenth year of Zhenguan, and then went to Anzhou to be the governor.

In Gao Ming's view, Li Yun is just an ordinary vassal king, but why does Li Yun say that Li Yun harmed them?
Thinking of this, Gao Ming frowned immediately.

"Lao Liu, what do you mean by that?"

"I……"

Before Li Yin could speak, the person standing behind him kicked him to the ground and stepped on him with one foot. He pinched Li Yin's neck.

"You can call the name of His Royal Highness Jiang at will?"

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming couldn't help but roared immediately.

"Stop it, who the hell are you guys?"

Hearing Gao Ming's voice, the man holding the knife was stunned for a moment, and the knife in his hand was almost unsteady.

"His Royal Highness..."

Before he could speak, a masked woman next to him interrupted him.

"Don't panic, they are just two people now, as long as they get rid of them, His Royal Highness King Jiang can become the prince!"

Li Yun became the prince?

Hearing this woman's words, before Gao Ming could speak, Li Yin who was stepped on the ground immediately scolded him.

"Just like Li Yun, you still want to be a prince? Pooh...why do I call him by name? If that bastard is for my sake, I would still dare to beat him up. Damn you..."

Before Li Yin finished speaking, the masked woman immediately went up and slapped him twice.

But after being slapped twice, Li Yin did not stop breathing, but yelled at Gao Ming.

"Brother, have you seen it? They are Lao Qi's subordinates! Big brother, don't worry about me, let Hu Zi rush out with you, let Baiqiwei kill Lao Qi and his family to avenge me, I hate it so much... woo woo Woooo..."

Seeing Li Min with a sad and indignant face, Gao Ming immediately covered his face.

"Lao Liu, I know you have no brains, so don't meddle in such difficult things as using your brains next time, as long as you live well."

"what?"

After hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Yin was stunned.

"Brother, what do you mean I am not Lao Qi's subordinates, could they be Lao Ba? Fuck you, Li Zhen, I already knew that you are not a good guy. I really regret that I didn't do it when I played Hanging Axe last time." Damn you... woo woo woo..."

clever:"……"

Looking at Li Yin who was even more excited, sad and angry, Gao Ming sighed immediately, ignored this bastard, and directly turned his attention to the masked woman standing beside Li Yin.

"Girl, please forgive me, your brain is not much better than Li Yin's, and you can figure out such a simple frame. Do you think I'm a fool or yourself?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, the masked woman was taken aback for a moment, and then snorted coldly at Gao Ming.

"Hmph, I don't know what you're talking about, none of you are going to leave here today, come here, kill them for me!"

Hearing her words, a dozen masked men standing around Gao Ming rushed towards Gao Ming with their knives in hand.

(End of this chapter)