Chapter 49 Li Gan
It's dawn.
The Jinyi Ren and his subordinates who returned one after another had already left the Qianhu Office. But the exhausted Qianhu Lord and Deputy Qianhu Lord still could not recover from their nervous and excited state.
"The identities of those two people are not simple..."
"Age, features, aura, everything matches..."
"I also saw the jade pendant on that person's waist. Did you see it too?"
"I saw it, I saw it! If I hadn't seen it, I wouldn't be so frustrated! This guy is driving me around like a top! He keeps spinning non-stop!"
"well……"
They both sighed at the same time.
This time, Li Gan brought his brocade cavalry to the North Gate, which in itself was a signal.
The imperial court is likely to use force against the Tartars in the north.
It is said that a member of the royal family of the Northern Barbarian court, someone called King Nanling, once followed their intelligence agency and sneaked into the Great Chu.
This guy had been lurking in the capital of Da Chu for several months, and no one had discovered his flaws.
Later, he made friends with many sons of powerful and wealthy people, and all of them who loved drinking and making mischief hung out with him.
This group of people wandered around the capital city openly, and even visited all the brothels in the capital city. They could even tell you which courtesan liked which kind of incense.
The most crucial thing is that this group of people somehow sneaked into the Military Affairs Office and stole the defense map of the northern Jieling Mountain area.
This news was secretly released by Li Gan's mortal enemy, the youngest son of King Annan, intentionally or unintentionally.
It must not be false.
Looking at Li Gan's dejected expression, he has probably fallen out of favor.
However, that one and that one actually changed into casual clothes and came out with him, and it seemed that they had not fallen out of favor.
After all, Li Gan was just a minister, while that one was the crown prince of the Great Chu Dynasty!
If His Majesty had even the slightest bit of distrust in Li Gan, he would never have placed him next to the Crown Prince!
The concerns of the two thousand households are justified.
Li Gan, the leader of Jinyi Yunqi, is indeed facing a crisis of trust.
Because the theft of the Jieling Mountain defense map involved several princes and nobles, one of which was the Annan Palace, which had always been at odds with him.
The King of Annan strongly advocated that in the case of the theft of the Jie Ling Mountain defense map, the Jinyi Yunqi were guilty of an unforgivable crime!
Because they failed to identify the spy.
Because they failed to protect the precious information.
Because they failed to seal off the city immediately and let the enemy go.
Because they...
In short, no matter how wrong they were, it was all their Jinyi Yunqi's fault.
In the imperial court, the Imperial Censorate had already staged an impeachment war. Impeachment memorials from various forces flew to the emperor like snowflakes. However, the emperor ignored them and kept them for the time being.
The fact that His Majesty did not say anything also shows his attitude.
It is very likely that this indicates that Li Gan, the leader of the Jinyi Cloud Cavalry who had just been promoted to the emperor's confidant a few years ago, has fallen out of favor before he could gain power.
Since Li Gan became the leader of the Jinyi Yunqi, he has offended many powerful people in the court.
Now that he seemed to have an opportunity to give the fallen dog a beating, how could those people he had offended let him go?
Look, the King of Annan danced the most happily!
There is no shortage of smart people in the court who are good at changing their attitude according to the situation.
Seeing that the impeachment letter was kept by the emperor and not sent out, those who were led astray by the King of Annan, or those who pretended to be ignorant, immediately chased after Li Gan and started to sting him like wasps whose nest had just been poked.
Although Li Gan didn't care much, he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed after hearing these voices scolding him so many times.
He simply accepted the order, followed the clues he had found before, ran to the remote corner of Beiguan Town, and investigated the case personally.
But he never expected that as soon as he left, the Crown Prince and the Emperor's grandson caught up with him!
At that time, he almost went berserk and sent these two troublesome guys back.
Fortunately, the emperor's order arrived soon after, instructing him to take these two troublesome guys for a walk and understand the sufferings of the people. At the same time, he must protect the safety of these two at all costs.
It doesn’t matter even if the defense map can’t be found.
After all, since it has been stolen once, the old arrangement must never be used again.
Although Jinyi Yunqi's intelligence showed that the enemy had been ambushed in Huanhua Tower and had not escaped from the border in time to hide in the Northern Barbarians, the defense map might not have been sent to the Northern Barbarians in time.
If we can capture the enemy and get the defense map back, many things will become much simpler.
However, this enemy is not a simple character either.
Since it failed once during the Lantern Festival, it has never happened again.
But each checkpoint secretly strengthened its defenses and blocked several major traffic routes. Moreover, the most important thing was that according to the report from the spies in the Northern Barbarian Capital, their King Nanling did not return to the Northern Barbarians.
He even missed the important event of celebrating the Empress Dowager's birthday.
Therefore, Li Gan felt that the Nanling King Xiao Lubuhua was most likely still staying in the territory of Da Chu, but he didn't know whether he was still staying in Beiguan Town or had escaped to another place.
Based on the clues he had obtained, Li Gan had sent his men to simply plow through several possible directions.
Currently there are only three directions that are most suspicious.
He thought about it for a long time, and finally did not dare to leave the crown prince and the emperor's grandson in the Beiguan Town Qianhu Suo.
If he left those two behind, they might find a chance to sneak out.
No, not maybe.
They will definitely sneak out!
When I left the capital at that time, didn’t they sneak out of the palace and leave the capital quietly?
If we let these two guys out of our sight, and in this border town where Hu and Han people live together, who knows what kind of danger they will encounter next!
After thinking it over, Li Gan really didn't dare to keep them.
Although there might be some risks, it would be better to keep these two people under your nose and keep a close eye on them, so that you can feel more at ease.
Li Gan divided the Jinyi Cloud Cavalry into three teams. The other two teams focused on exploring two other more reliable directions. He himself took two distinguished escorts with him to check the most unlikely corner.
Beiguan Village.
Such a small village has almost no special features except that there are many mountains around it, the village itself is at the foot of the mountain, close to the forest, there is also a small river with not much water nearby, and the land is relatively flat.
Most of the villagers have lived next to each other for generations and are very familiar with each other.
Even if there are outsiders, they have to explain their origins clearly, and will be closely watched by the curious eyes of the entire village at all times.
It is better to hide your identity in the town.
This place is unlikely to be able to hide a figure as big as Xiao Lubuhua.
The reason why Li Gan wanted to come here was purely because Jinyi Yunqi had gone hunting in the mountains before.
Several of Li Gan's men accidentally discovered a small wolf pack and fought a battle with the wolves. The wolves suffered heavy losses, leaving behind more than half of their bodies.
The remaining few howled miserably, then ran away with their tails between their legs.
One of them also took away an arrow.
(End of this chapter)
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