Traveling through time and space and becoming a deposed prince, he just wants to survive!
Chapter 50 Two people are missing
Time passed peacefully, and in the blink of an eye, the princess's wedding day arrived. According to the customs of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the man had to ride in a sedan chair to the woman's residence.
However, Shigang Village is quite far from Luancheng, and Zhao Sheng suddenly felt a little regretful. It was embarrassing to let a man ride in a sedan chair, even though he was a person from the later century.
After final negotiation, it was decided that Zhao Sheng would depart from the official residence of Dingzhou County and take a sedan chair to Luancheng. Since Luancheng was a new city, all relatives and friends from the surrounding areas could sit down.
For this reason, the workshop was closed for three days and everyone went back to rest. Jia Siren realized that this was a good opportunity because some of the people in the workshop were from Zhaojiazhuang and they would probably go home to visit.
So he led a group of servants, disguised as bandits and waited on the roadside, and successively captured two technical employees working in the workshop.
Mr. Zhao was busy with his wedding, and many people were assigned to the workshop security, including some newlyweds, and those who were familiar with him went to attend the wedding.
After all, this is a major event in life, but for Zhao Sheng, this is his umbrella of protection. As for living off her, it should be pretty good, at least he won't lose his life.
Since Zhao Hui came to Dingzhou County, he has met Zhao Sheng twice, but he did not recognize that this person was his sixth brother. This shows how weak Zhao Sheng's presence was in the palace back then.
Li Xin did not specifically point out this matter. Zhao Sheng is just an ordinary citizen now. It is better to have less trouble than more. Not knowing that Zhao Sheng is here may be the best outcome.
Three days after the wedding, all the necessary rituals were completed and Zhao Hui rushed to the capital because his wife was about to give birth.
Looking at the princess's mansion that he had built, it was like an impregnable castle.
An outsider cannot see the mechanism inside at all. You have no idea which one of the inner walls is hiding a person, and there is another fortification on the main room side.
Even if they wanted to come in, many objects that seemed to be just decorations could block the open door if put down, leaving them with only some narrow doors that could only accommodate one person, and going up the stairs would be a road to death.
As long as there is a person holding a spear on top, he can stab one person at a time, making it difficult to attack.
The same goes for the extra arrow towers in front: they are all firing positions that are easy to defend but difficult to attack, and no one knows what weapons are used there. It can be said that the Eight-Nation Alliance in later generations would never have thought of attacking them.
Li Shuya looks like a woman who practices martial arts, but she has a great figure. Moreover, because she likes Zhao Sheng, the two of them are very affectionate and sweet. They have been together for three days and have no mood to care about the things happening in the workshop.
Some people at the workshop were worried, especially a master in charge of the ingredients of snacks. He was also a craftsman selected from Zhaojiazhuang, but he did not come to work after three days. People were sent to Zhaojiazhuang to invite him, but they were told that he had not returned home.
Two people disappeared one after another, and Zhao Long, who was in charge of security at the Luancheng workshop, immediately came to report.
"Sir, this is a bit strange. The two people missing are from Zhaojiazhuang, who is responsible for mixing ingredients, and from Shigang Village, who is responsible for grinding the compressed biscuits. Although they are not from the same workshop, their disappearances at the same time and in the same direction are definitely a problem."
"Isn't this nonsense? Did you find anything after sending people to look for it?"
"We've asked both families. Three days ago, when they left the workshop, someone who was traveling the same distance with them saw them walking towards Zhao County Official Road."
After hearing what Zhao Long said, Zhao Sheng also felt a little uneasy and asked, "Are there any bandits nearby?"
"There have been riots by refugees in the past. We really don't have many bandits here. Besides, they were traveling together, so most people wouldn't touch them. Besides, no one has reported the crime. I heard someone died."
"That's strange. Could it be kidnapping? What's the purpose of the kidnapping?"
Zhao Sheng muttered to himself. Suddenly, Zhao Long seemed to remember something and said loudly, "Could it be that he wants the recipe for our production, just like my second uncle?"
"Yes, that's possible!" Zhao Sheng thought it made sense, because all the people who could come here at that time were skilled people, and some of them were people who came from poor families but could endure hardships.
"Could it be that these people kidnapped people just for the recipe for childbirth?" Zhao Sheng was certain of it, but he had no evidence. What should he do?
Now everyone is from the Luancheng workshop, in other words, they are also from the military grain workshop. We can send the prince's personal soldiers and the princess's guards to investigate.
"Well, I'll go find the princess, and you go back and check carefully to see if anyone suspicious has asked any questions before. Pay attention to internal issues."
After so long, Zhao Sheng also believed that someone had sneaked in. Everyone had a pretty good idea of the recipe, and maybe something was missing. The disappearance of these two people was definitely not an accident.
It is said that after Jia Siren kidnapped the two men, he did not dare to take them back to Zhao County. He found a remote house in a nearby village and interrogated them inside, while someone was guarding outside.
After Li Shuya learned about this, she immediately borrowed 5,000 personal soldiers from her father, took her own guards, and quickly launched an investigation at a point designated by Zhao Sheng.
Zhao County is surrounded by plains. They took the people to a village seven or eight miles away, and this village happened to be outside the jurisdiction of Dingzhou County.
When the personal guards were searching in a village next door, they had no intention of searching the village opposite because it did not belong to Dingzhou.
Finally, a farmer in the village asked curiously, "Sir, you are searching every house. Did you find anything missing?"
The guards were also not in a good mood: "What do you mean by lost things? We lost two living people. We suspect that they were captured by the enemy country."
"Oh, this is a big deal. I don't know if there will be any reward for reporting it." The farmer said to himself.
"He's the prince's man. Do you think there will be any reward?" Another soldier said jokingly as he was about to leave.
"If there's a reward, I'll tell you. There's a house across the pond. Originally, it was occupied by a bachelor. Seven or eight people have come in the past two days, and people are coming in and out every day. I even heard screams at night."
This sentence inspired the soldiers, and they walked towards the pond and the house over there. The farmers behind them were still shouting, "Soldier, where can I go to get the reward?"
In the end, no one paid any attention to him.
This was a team of twelve people, and they didn't ask for help from the surrounding areas, they just went straight there.
When they reached the courtyard by the pond, they were spotted by the sentry outside, who shouted, "Soldiers are here!"
The people in the house rushed out and scattered like birds and beasts. They chased and caught three people. The two people inside were beaten to a pulp and bleeding.
After learning about the situation, Mr. Zhao rushed to the scene with his men, treated the wounds of the two people, and sent them back to Zhaojiazhuang for recuperation. The person from Shigang Village was also sent there.
After investigation, it was found that the man was knocked unconscious and put into a sack and taken away. He was blindfolded the whole time and the only question he asked was the recipe.
The people in Zhaojiazhuang were smarter. They just said that they were in charge of the big stove and knew nothing else. Another one said that he was adding beans to the stone mill and only knew how much beans to add to the millstone every day.
So, they were beaten every day for the past two days, but Modouzi really had no idea. The people in Zhaojiazhuang also gritted their teeth and pretended to know nothing.
"You haven't seen these people yet?" Zhao Long couldn't help but ask.
"We were all blindfolded, so we really didn't see anything, but..."
"But what?..."
"But someone outside the door called out a man named Master Jia, and the voice of this Master Jia sounded very familiar."
Zhao Sheng asked in confusion, "Why does this Mr. Jia's voice sound so familiar to you?"
"This person isn't from Zhao County. He has a strong accent from another place, and he's been living in Zhao County for quite a while. I think he's been to our workshop before!"
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