Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 103 I can recognize him at a glance
"Old Yu, stop working, your tiger is missing!"

"what?"

Yu Er, who was busy digging earth and rocks, became anxious when he heard this and ran out of the pit with his tools.

Some disaster victims from the surrounding areas also rushed up, each holding a tool, looking like they were ready to eat someone.

"what happened?"

"Why is Tiger lost?"

"I don't know, but your wife is very capable. She went straight to the Crown Prince for help. The Crown Prince ordered the shed area to be sealed off to help you find your son!"

Several officials who came forward upon hearing the noise said immediately, "Put your things down quickly and go quickly. Don't delay any longer."

"Thank you."

Yu Er dropped his tools and ran towards the shed area.

"Sir, we also want to go over and help..."

"This……"

The clerk hesitated for a moment, then said loudly, "Everyone who is willing to help, please follow me and don't cause trouble."

"it is good!"

……

"Cuihua, Cuihua, how did Huzi get lost?"

Yu Er ran all the way to the shed area, panting. After seeing his wife, he hurriedly asked about the situation.

Cuihua had a look of regret on her face. "Hu'er felt sleepy after eating, so I wanted him to sleep more comfortably, so I didn't carry him on my back. Who knew he would die...?"

"Don't worry, we will find it."

Li Chengqian glanced at them and said in a deep voice, "The young and strong people in the shed area followed us to dig soil and fill the breach. The old and weak who stayed behind couldn't have taken Hu'er away with them. They must be outsiders!"

"That's not necessarily the case."

Su Chen shook his head. "To be able to take away a five or six month old baby from the shed area without alerting anyone, it could be that the perpetrator was someone he knew."

Li Chengqian said angrily: "No matter who committed the crime, if I catch him, I will not let him off easily!"

As the crown prince, he led countless disaster victims and laborers to the front line to build the river embankment, but as a result, the children in the shanty area were taken away.

This is clearly a slap in the face of Li Chengqian!
At this time.

Two cavalrymen rode up one after the other, "Your Highness, the official road leading to Changzhou has been blocked, and we have searched for a hundred miles, but found nothing unusual."

"Your Highness, the official road leading to the watchtower has been blocked, and no suspicious persons have been found."

Everyone's heart sank.

Changzhou and Wangting, one goes south and the other goes north. Apart from the Taihu Lake in the west, which is impassable, the only remaining road is the Changshu County official road to the east.

Could it be that Hu Zi was taken to Changshu County?

"Brother, I'm sorry..."

Cuihua was crying and wailing, as if all her energy had been drained away. She lay powerlessly in Yu Er's arms.

Yu Er was nervous and angry, but now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had given orders and many soldiers were sent out to search for Hu Zi, but there was no sign of Hu Zi, and he became more and more panicked.

"His Royal Highness..."

"Don't be afraid."

Li Chengqian forced a smile and consoled him, "I will definitely help you find your tiger!"

"Even if I have to dig three feet into the ground, I will not let go of a single suspicious person!"

Done.

Li Chengqian approached Su Chen and poked Su Chen's arm, "Is there any way?"

Su Chen: "I have already asked the people in the shed area. Apart from a few peddlers who passed by to buy and sell goods, no one noticed anyone else, and no one heard the baby crying."

"I think Hu Zi was still fast asleep when he was taken away."

"Just now Cuihua said that Hu Zi disappeared after she came back from cooking. It was no more than half an hour. In such a short time, they certainly could not have left Suzhou."

"Even if we take the official road of Changshu County, Lin Feng and the others will catch up quickly."

Even so, Li Chengqian was still a little worried.

Li Chengqian whispered, "Once those bastards take the child away, it won't be easy to find him again."

"I heard that there are many vicious brokers who, if they can't sell the children, will feed them, break their limbs and throw them on the street to beg..."

Lie.

Su Chen glared at Li Chengqian speechlessly, "You are the only one who knows a lot."

It's already this time, and you still want to rub salt into other people's wounds?
Good for you.

Li Chengqian scratched his head awkwardly, "If I catch him, I will tear him into pieces!"

"Let's wait until we catch him..."

Su Chen said this casually, and then he saw a cavalryman galloping towards him from the direction of Changshu County.

"His Royal Highness..."

"Have you found anything in the direction of Changshu?" "Your Highness, I followed Vice General Lin and chased them along the official road. Finally, we found a suspicious peddler couple at Xilinpo."

"They were holding a sleeping baby in their arms, about five or six months old. There was a birthmark on his body, which was more consistent with Hu Zi's characteristics. However, they said that the baby was called Gou Zi and was their own child. In order to be on the safe side, Deputy General Lin had someone escort them here to verify their authenticity."

Li Chengqian frowned and glanced at some of the disaster victims in the shantytown. "Do you know about this?"

Someone nodded: "Before, there was a peddler couple with a child of several months old, buying and selling goods in the shed area."

"Yes, I remember that their bamboo baskets mostly contained toys for children, and we always exchanged them for grain."

"That's what happened..."

Li Chengqian patted his head and looked at the Yu Er couple who seemed to have lost hope in life.

The peddler couple appeared in the shanty area many times, and some people also saw their children, but it seemed that they were not them.

"Keep looking, and make sure to find Hu Zi before dark!"

The peddler couple?
Su Chen tapped his folding fan.

The disaster victims in the shantytowns could not even afford a hundred coins, and the peddlers knew they had food, so it was reasonable for them to exchange food for other things.

However, it is rather strange that the peddler brings his wife and children with him when he sells goods.

"When will they arrive at the shed area?"

"I guess it will be around dusk."

"We can arrange for a carriage to go there. We can't trouble them to make the trip."

Su Chen smiled and gave the order. The guard looked at Li Chengqian, who raised his eyebrows and said, "I didn't hear what Su Chen said. Do you want me to repeat it again?"

"Yes!"

The guards went down immediately to make arrangements.

Li Chengqian whispered: "Did you discover something?"

Su Chen: "My intuition tells me that there is something wrong with this peddler couple!"

Li Chengqian's eyes lit up, "That Gouzi is Huzi?"

Su Chen shook his head. Without sufficient evidence, no one could be sure of this matter.

"I'm sick!"

"How could something like this happen out of nowhere?!"

"correct."

Li Chengqian turned his head to look at Yu Er and his wife and asked, "Besides the birthmark on his lower back, is there anything else that can be identified at a glance?"

Yu Er: "If Hu Zi was here, I would recognize him at a glance!"

Cuihua: "Yes, yes, Your Highness, Hu'er is here, I will definitely be able to tell it apart."

Li Chengqian: "..."

well.

Saying it means not saying it.

Time passed little by little, but no good news came back from Wangting and Changzhou.

The officials and victims who scattered in search also returned empty-handed.

The faces of Yu Er and his wife became increasingly ugly, and they hugged each other in silence.

Wang Ren, who received the news, hurried over with some officials.

"I have met His Highness the Crown Prince."

"Um……"

Li Chengqian glanced at Wang Ren and the others and ordered, "You came at the right time. I was so busy looking for my child that I delayed the construction of the river embankment. You guys go over there and watch."

"..."

Wang Ren opened his mouth, and then instructed Zhang Tao and others around him, "Go and command the construction of the river embankment."

"……Yes!"

Zhang Tao and others left quickly.

Wang Ren said softly, "Your Highness, is there any clue about the missing child now?"

"almost."

Li Chengqian glanced at the sky and said, "I think the carriage will be here soon."

"carriage?"

"coming."

Su Chen raised his hand and pointed at the carriage in the distance, "The peddler and his wife are here."

The Yu Er couple stood up at the same time and clenched their fists.

Could Gouzi be Huzi?

(End of this chapter)