Just as Liu Qiaoer expected, the person who kidnapped Zhu Zhengxiu this time was a man with some brains.
The fact that he had his men snatch the child away and did not immediately run away from the capital but hid next to a teahouse showed that he was a member of an organized and premeditated group.
Every group has a leader.
Liu Qiaoer’s decision was to lure the leader out and capture the leader first.
First, find a group of people to pretend to be them, and then follow the normal way of thinking to chase the group of people who took the children away.
In fact, Liu Qiaoer had already stayed and secretly looked for the person who actually took the child away.
The reason why Liu Qiaoer did this was because she thought of the most critical issue.
Even adults can’t stand traveling for a long time, let alone children.
Besides, what is the main purpose of the other party kidnapping the child
Revenge? Then there is no need to snatch the child, just kill him directly, and the Marquis of Zhenbei will definitely be in great pain.
The ultimate goal is probably to force Marquis Zhenbei to withdraw his troops.
As long as they withdraw their troops and the Huns return to their original place, they will no longer wander westward.
Liu Qiaoer didn't expect that despite all the precautions, Zhu Zhengzheng was still abducted by the Huns.
History says it was on the battlefield.
This time, it happened right on the streets of Beijing. Don’t be too arrogant.
Liu Qiaoer really wanted to see who this person who couldn't afford to lose was.
Lou Wei and others followed Liu Qiaoer's arrangement and monitored around the inn, because Liu Qiaoer had a hunch that they would definitely be followed by the group of people who kidnapped the child.
Sure enough, as soon as the fake Liu Qiaoer and the others left, someone followed closely behind them.
However, Liu Qiaoer did not ask anyone to chase them, because Qian Duo would be back with those people in three days.
Liu Qiaoer and the others were looking for the contact person who was following them.
Two of them chased after him, and one stayed behind.
Liu Qiaoer had sold all her eggs, so she carried the bamboo basket and slowly walked out of the city.
Lou Wei and his team also moved to several places, but the person left in the inn did not move, and they did not leave either.
Finally, in the evening, a carriage drove in slowly from outside the city.
At the city gate, everyone entering and leaving had to be checked, and this carriage was no exception.
"What do you do?"
"Going back to visit relatives."
The soldier at the city gate lifted the curtain of the carriage with his sword. A woman and a two-year-old child were sitting in the carriage. The child was eating and smiling at him cutely.
The carriage was very simple, and it seemed that there were only three people in their family. The man was reluctant and showed the pass, and the soldiers let the carriage into the city.
Liu Qiaoer, who had been queuing at the exit of the city, had a gloomy look on her face.
"The child in the carriage is Zhu Zhengzheng, but who is that woman? Why is the child so well-behaved in her arms?"
Liu Qiaoer asked Long Batian to locate Zhu Zheng, and it was exactly that carriage.
Liu Qiao'er suddenly touched her body, turned around, and said in an old voice: "Why is my bamboo basket gone? Look at my brain, I must have forgotten it..."
After saying that, she walked out of the team and walked back, trembling and very slowly, even slower than the carriage.
Gradually, she put a long distance between herself and the carriage. Liu Qiaoer was not in a hurry and continued to walk forward slowly.
The carriage in front really stopped at the inn. After the man got off, he took the woman and the child in, and the waiter led the carriage to the back.
The man went into the inn to book a room.
The three of them chose a room. The price was neither high nor low. It seemed that they had money, but they also didn't seem wealthy.
The child was always in the man's arms, and the woman was carrying a small bag, following behind them weakly.
Long Batian had been waiting in the inn for a long time. He was standing at the corridor on the second floor. When he saw the child and the woman, he didn't say anything. He went straight to the backyard of the inn, climbed over the wall, found Liu Qiaoer, and flashed back into the space.
"That man is a guard beside the Marquis of Zhenbei, and the woman is one of the child's wet nurses. They take good care of the child. It seems that they are spies who have been planted in the Marquis of Zhenbei's house for a long time."
It seems that before the child entered the Zhenbei Marquis's house, there were already Hun spies around the Zhenbei Marquis.
There was just no movement until the end, and then he struck with one strike.
This also explains better why we cannot avoid what is destined.
Now that the child has been found, Lou Wei is anxious: "Girl, when are you going to take the child back?"
Liu Qiao'er shook her head: "Don't rush for it for now, wait a little longer."
Before Lou Wei could say anything else, Liu Qiaoer said, "Tell the Marquis that there are Hun spies among the Marquis's guards and ask him to sort them out."
Lou Wei nodded in agreement and returned to the room. In order to avoid being noticed, the four people who stayed behind only took up a bunk bed.
Liu Qiaoer let them sleep on the common bed, and she simply put two benches together to make do.
The next morning, the guards and wet nurse who kidnapped the child took the child away.
Liu Qiaoer and others also chased after him.
As they walked, Liu Qiaoer felt something was wrong. They did not continue to head north, but went to a small village near the city.
Liu Qiaoer waved her hand, and the other three people also stopped.
Lou Wei was even more surprised: "Girl, where are they going? Are they really going home to visit their relatives?"
Liu Qiao'er also shook her head: "I don't know. The village is not big. If we continue to follow, we will definitely be exposed."
Lou Wei glanced at the village not far away. It was lunch time, with smoke rising from the kitchen. The three of them sitting in a carriage looked like they were going home.
Liu Qiaoer frowned and said, "Why don't you pretend to be a peddler and go into the village to take a look."
Lou Wei nodded, and the others stood guard outside. Lou Wei went into the city for a while and came back again, looking like a peddler.
He went into the village carrying a shoulder pole with two baskets filled with hair flowers, snacks and other things.
As soon as the rattle sounded, children ran out from the yard, some bought snacks, some bought hair flowers, and some women bought silk threads.
Half an hour passed before Lou Wei walked out of the village.
"Girl, they entered the village. The sixth house on the left has a bright red door and high walls. It looks like they are from a well-off family. The young master even bought some hawthorn candy."
Zhu Zhengxing loved eating candy, and Cui Boyao was afraid that he would damage his teeth, so he asked someone to make him some hawthorn candy as an appetite whet, but he was only allowed to eat it during the day and not at night.
Liu Qiaoer deliberately put two hawthorn candies in the goods, one penny each, and sure enough, Zhu Zhengzheng was attracted over.
Once they are sure the children are there, they can start.
"Let's take a break and explore the village at night. Also, we must be careful not to let them build a tunnel and move the child out again."
Only Liu Qiaoer and Lou Wei visited the village at night. The other two people stayed at the entrance of the village to see if the young master and his friends had left.
Liu Qiaoer and Lou Wei went into the city and went directly to the county government office. She wanted to see what kind of village that was and what the relationship was between the people in the village and the guards and the wet nurse.