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Zeng Lao asked curiously, "How can I lead him away by myself? What if he doesn't follow me?"

Su Qin: "I will find someone to pretend to be me, and then all of you will leave together. When he sees that everyone has left, he will naturally follow. I will find an opportunity to leave the team and go to the front to meet up with our people."

Mr. Zeng was a little worried: "It's too dangerous to leave you alone."

Su Qin pointed to a woman named Mai Dong beside her and said, "She's the most skilled among them. I'll have her lead me on a fast ride. We'll catch up with the team ahead in less than two days. Qiao Haomin doesn't know how many people we have here, so he won't notice."

Zeng Lao thought for a long time before nodding and agreeing: "Okay, then you must pay attention to safety."

Su Qin nodded: "Okay, I'll contact the person in front and send someone to tell you that you are safe."

At half past three in the morning, Qiao Haomin was sleeping soundly when someone knocked on his door: "Master, Elder Zeng and the others have left."

Qiao Haomin opened the door sleepily and asked lazily, "How long have you been gone?"

The person outside the door replied, "They left not long ago. I only dared to tell you after I saw them leave the inn."

Qiao Haomin yawned and asked, "Do you think I'm a pervert? Running away in the middle of the night?"

The subordinate said nothing, thinking: With your reputation, any pretty girl would run away when she sees you.

Qiao Haomin stretched lazily. "Alright, let's go later. There's no point in following too closely. How fast can they walk with just a group of girls and an old man?"

After saying that, he went back to sleep.

The inn returned to silence again. The city gate had just opened and Su Qin's team had just left the city. Seeing that no one was catching up, Su Qin asked Mai Dong to ride a horse and take her forward quickly.

Someone else has taken over the carriage.

After Qiao Haomin woke up, he ordered the team to follow and asked someone to go forward to inquire. Su Qin's team was no more than ten miles away from them, so they followed behind. They followed for a whole day. At night, Zeng Lao and his team did not reach the next city, so they camped in the wild. Qiao Haomin and his team also camped not far away. They followed without finding any problems.

It was not until three days later when they stayed in the same inn again that Qiao Haomin felt something was wrong when he did not see Su Qin. He asked someone to inquire and found out that Su Qin was no longer in the team.

Qiao Haomin was so angry that he laughed: "Are you so afraid of me following you?"

He went straight to find Mr. Zeng, who was looking at him with annoyance and didn't give him a good look: "What are you doing here?"

Qiao Haomin smiled and asked, as if he didn't see that Mr. Zeng was unhappy at all, "Mr. Zeng, where is your little granddaughter?"

Zeng Lao's mood became even worse. Qiao Haomin really came here for Su Qin. He rolled his eyes at Qiao Haomin and said, "What's it got to do with you?"

Qiao Haomin: "Don't be angry, I just wanted to show some concern for you because you're the only one I see."

Elder Zeng pointed at the guards standing beside him and said, "You mean I'm alone? Didn't Master Qiao see the people in my team?"

Qiao Haomin waved his hand and said, "They are just servants, how can they be the same? When you are away from home, you should always have a relative by your side to take care of you."

Zeng Lao: "These people are not servants, they are companions. Besides, I have been traveling for decades and never need anyone to take care of me. Mr. Qiao should take care of himself."

Qiao Haomin: "The past is the past, and the present is the present. Didn't you adopt a granddaughter because you were old and needed someone to take care of you? It's not appropriate to adopt a granddaughter but not keep her by your side to take care of her, right?"

Zeng Lao didn't want to argue with him, so he said casually: "She went back."

Qiao Haomin was surprised: "Going back? Why did you go back?"

Zeng Lao: "The little girl is weak and has fallen ill due to acclimatization, so I sent someone to send her back."

Qiao Haomin didn't believe it: "That's not right. We have been following her from behind but we didn't see Miss Zeng go back."

Mr. Zeng was already getting impatient: "Were you staring at us the whole time? There were so many people coming and going on the road, it's normal that you couldn't see her. Maybe you were still asleep when she left."

Qiao Haomin remembered that when they left in the early morning that day, he did sleep for a while. Could it be that Su Qin came back at that time?

That's not right. They came out on a mission this time. How could they go back so easily? Miss Zeng didn't look sick that night.

Seeing his disbelief, Mr. Zeng pushed him out impatiently: "Go, go, go. I'm tired. Don't disturb me while I rest."

Qiao Haomin was pushed out of the room and the door slammed shut. He looked at the closed door and narrowed his eyes.

It's impossible to get rid of him. He will definitely find that girl.

He noticed Su Qin not because he liked her, but because of the crystal headdress he gave to the queen.

Although he was amazed when he got the headdress, he thought it was some skilled craftsman hired by the Wuning Marquis' Mansion, so he didn't take it seriously at first. However, the queen's headdress was so attractive that many people asked him privately if there was any way to get another set.

He didn't mind the extra money, so he went to Wu Ning Hou's shop to order something similar, but was rejected by the shopkeeper. He went to Wu Ning Hou again, but was rejected again.

He was very puzzled as to why Marquis Wuning didn't make money. He didn't believe the excuses Marquis Wuning gave, so he began to pay attention to Marquis Wuning's Mansion and asked people to check the jewelry shop in Marquis Wuning's Mansion. Later, his people found that the craftsmen in the jewelry shop were all ordinary craftsmen, and the production drawings were all sent from outside.

He was very curious about who drew these drawings, and wondered if he could dig them out and use them himself. After searching for them for a long time without finding any, his curiosity grew even more, and he asked people to check everyone who had contact with the Wuning Marquis Mansion. Finally, he discovered that Su Qin had very close contact with the Wuning Marquis Mansion, and Su Qin had even been living in Qi Lusheng's farm.

At first, he had the same idea as King Liang, thinking that Qi Lusheng had a crush on Su Qin, which was why the two of them had such close contact. But later he realized that something was wrong. Not only did foreign merchants and goods frequently come in and out of that farm, but there were also many unfamiliar outsiders.

He secretly investigated and found that these people had skills and looked like retired soldiers. He thought that Marquis Wuning had the intention of rebellion or was preparing to confront King Liang, so he told the matter to the Duke of Lu.

The Duke of Lu even secretly went to the vicinity of the farm to take a look. As a man who had led soldiers all his life, he could tell at a glance that those people were all from the army, but they were definitely not active soldiers, because some of them were over age, some were under age, and some of those in their prime were still somewhat disabled.

He immediately understood that those people were retired soldiers or their nephews and nephews. The Duke of Lu's Mansion also had quite a few such people.

These people cannot rebel. If King Liang really has private soldiers, these people will definitely not be able to play any role.

Since there was no danger, Duke Lu didn't care about it. He just asked Qiao Haomin to secretly monitor the movements of those people.

Later, Qiao Haomin discovered that those people left in batches with the goods. He then realized that these people were a caravan. He was a little disappointed. It was no secret that the Wuning Marquisate was doing business with foreigners, and it was normal for them to set up their own caravan to go to foreign countries.

But in the end, Qiao Haomin discovered that Su Qin might be the one who drew the blueprints. Just when he was about to find Su Qin to find out, Su Qin and Zeng Lao also followed the caravan.