Going to Beijing to save his father, all the powerful officials in the city are vying to be his fath

Prince Liang looked at Zhao Liangchen and suddenly asked, "Did your father know that Master Zhao had entered the palace?"

Zhao Liangchen turned to look at King Liang and saw that he had a smile on his face, but his eyes were calm. He also replied calmly, "I know. I first told my father about my suspicions. He supported me in going to find Master Tong."

King Liang nodded and said, "Okay, if we catch the man tonight, you and your father should be credited with the first achievement."

Zhao Liangchen immediately bowed and said, "I dare not take credit for this. Everything was planned by the Emperor and Master Tong."

King Liang raised his hand and patted his shoulder: "You are still young, work hard, and you will definitely achieve great things in the future."

Zhao Liangchen didn't know what to say and could only nod in agreement.

At this time, Liu Jin had already wrapped a bag of mooncakes and handed it to Zhao Liangchen: "Master Zhao, take these with you. If you get hungry later, they will fill your stomach. I have someone else wrap the rest and distribute them to the brothers in the Imperial Guard."

Zhao Liangchen took it with a smile: "Thank you, Eunuch Liu."

Liu Jin also smiled and replied: "You're welcome, it's what our family should do."

Because Zhao Liangchen is the emperor's man, he has a good relationship with his attendants. Zhao Liangchen likes Liu Jin very much, because in his previous life, Liu Jin was loyal to the emperor from beginning to end, even to officials close to the emperor. Although he died when the palace gate was breached in his previous life, I don't know what the ending of him and the emperor will be, but it must not be a good one.

He glanced at Li Quan who was standing not far away. Li Quan was the eunuch who held the seal and had great power. In theory, he should be the emperor's most trusted person, but no one knew to whom Li Quan held the seal.

Everyone had gathered, and Zhao Liangchen led his men out of the palace. After he left, King Liang also followed him out of the palace.

Outside the palace, Zhao Liangchen mounted his horse and went straight to the Dailou Gate in the southwest to exit the city. Tong Zhongqian and Jin Tong were already waiting there with their men.

A group of less than 300 people headed straight for the imperial guards camp in the west of the city.

Only the sons of nobles in the capital or the common people with good family conditions could join the Imperial Guards. Therefore, during the festival, except for the necessary officers and soldiers on duty, many people returned home to celebrate the festival, and the camp was very quiet at this time.

Jin Tong, the commander of the Imperial Guards, also returned home today. When Tong Zhongqian sent someone to his house to announce the decree, he broke out in a cold sweat. If the escaped prisoner was hiding in the Imperial Guards camp, he would be in trouble. It would not be a simple matter of suspension and house arrest. Not only would he lose his position, he might even lose his life. Therefore, he was the person who least wanted to find the prisoner in the Imperial Guards camp.

So when he learned that it was Zhao Liangchen who suggested that someone might be hiding in the Forbidden Army camp, he felt resentful and thought that he was simply ridiculous. How could someone be hiding in the camp?

He trains these soldiers every day, how could he not tell whether they were hiding people or not? Zhao Liangchen is also a member of the Imperial Guards. How could he frame the entire Imperial Guards camp in order to clear his own name?

Originally he admired Zhao Liangchen very much, but now he wanted to kick him to death.

The gatekeeper saw so many people coming at once and thought it was an enemy attack. He was about to sound the alarm, but when he saw Jin Tong at the front, he felt relieved and went to meet him, asking curiously, "Commander Jin, why are you here now?"

Jin Tong was in a bad mood and didn't want to waste time talking to him, so he directly ordered: "Open the door."

Seeing that he was in a bad mood, the guard didn't dare to ask any more questions and quickly asked someone to open the door.

Jin Tong rode into the camp with Zhao Liangchen and others.

At this time, all the officers and soldiers were asleep and had no idea what was happening. Jin Tong did not ask anyone to wake them up. Instead, he asked Zhao Liangchen angrily, "Since Zhao Du Yuhou said that the person is hiding in the Imperial Guards camp, then where should we start looking?"

Zhao Liangchen knew that he had offended him, but he didn't have time to explain now. He knew that Jin Tong was a very upright person and there would always be a time to explain things clearly in the future. The most urgent thing now was to find someone. He did not refuse Jin Tong's questions. Although he guessed that Zhao Kuo and others were hiding here, he had also analyzed it and thought of several places where Zhao Kuo might be hiding in advance.

So he expressed his thoughts.

The first possibility is that Zhao Kuo and his men are hiding among the Imperial Guards. There are a total of 50,000 Imperial Guards. Except for his own battalion, most of the people in other battalions do not know each other. As long as they disguise themselves a little and have the help of their brothers in their own battalion, they will not be discovered. However, this is the biggest risk. If anyone recognizes them, all their efforts will be wasted.

Moreover, this requires gathering everyone together and checking them one by one, which is very time-consuming. Although many people have gone home today and at least one-third of the people in the camp are missing, it is still not easy to check.

The second possible hiding place is the camp's cellar, a storage area.

This camp is a fixed camp that has existed for hundreds of years. The barracks inside are all brick and tile houses, and they are fully equipped with granaries, warehouses, cellars, armories, etc. These places are full of various things, so it is easy to hide a few people.

This is safer, but because you are locked in and cannot come out, it is easy to be blocked by others, and eating, drinking, defecating and urinating also become problems.

The third one is the back mountain. This camp was built against the mountain. To the southwest is a long mountain with lush vegetation, which is convenient for Tibetans to have food and drink, and also conducive to escape. However, the disadvantage is that the mountain range is very deep, hundreds of miles long and more than ten miles deep. There are many wild beasts and poisonous snakes. Once you enter the mountain, it is easy to get lost if you want to cross the mountain to the other side, which is very dangerous.

After analyzing these Tibetan methods, Zhao Liangchen said to Jin Tong and Tong Zhongqian: "My lords, this is what I think. Commander Jin is in charge of the entire camp and is familiar with the soldiers in the camp. He knows who is reliable. You will lead people to check the officers and soldiers in the camp.

Lord Tong and your people are experienced and careful. Please check all warehouses, cellars and other places where people can be hidden.

I will take my men to the back mountain. Firstly, they are familiar with the back mountain, and secondly, they can handle the danger."

Tong Zhongqian had no objection to his suggestion. If he went to the mountain, not only would he not be able to find anyone, he might also get lost. He was not familiar with everyone he checked one by one.

However, Jin Tong was somewhat dissatisfied and said in a bad tone, "Zhao Du Yu Hou, if I remember correctly, your family is still a suspect in the matter of letting the prisoner escape. Who knows whether you went up the mountain to look for him or to let him go, or whether your family deliberately hid him in the mountain to frame us."

Zhao Liangchen: "The commander is right. You and Master Tong can send your own people to follow me. If we really find anyone on the mountain, your people will handle it."

Jin Tong agreed with this opinion and immediately asked someone to call a few of his confidants to follow Zhao Liangchen. Tong Zhongqian thought about it and also sent two of his skilled men to follow Zhao Liangchen up the mountain.

As soon as he left, Jin Tong and Tong Zhongqian also started looking for someone.

It was almost midnight when Zhao Liangchen went up the mountain. The mountain was pitch black, and from time to time the cries of unknown wild beasts and birds could be heard.

Zhao Liangchen was not wandering around the mountain blindly. He was very familiar with the back mountain because he often took people hunting in the mountain. He knew a safe way into the mountain. If Zhao Kuo and the others were really hiding in the mountain, or planned to leave from the back mountain today, then they would definitely not go to a dangerous place. The most likely possibility was to follow this safe road into the mountain.

Zhao Liangchen and his group consisted of about a hundred people. They did not light torches for fear of alerting the enemy, and relied on moonlight to enter the mountains. Fortunately, today was the fifteenth day of the lunar month, and the moon was in the sky, so it was still bright.

They were all soldiers who had undergone long-term training and were not slow. After they climbed over a hill, the road began to narrow slowly and finally could not be found. This was the deepest place they usually went when hunting, and it would be easy to get lost in the mountains if they went any further.

Zhao Liangchen asked everyone to stop and spread out to look for traces of possible footsteps.

This is a valley, and there are several mountain passes leading to other mountaintops. Because of the valley, the moonlight can no longer reach the bottom of the valley. There is no way, Zhao Liangchen can only order torches to be lit to search.

The group searched the entire valley upside down, and finally heard a shout: "Boss, there are new tracks here."