Bao Qing called Cao Yun and asked Cao Yun to write a letter. Looking at the beautiful handwriting, Bao Qing couldn't help but admire him. Unexpectedly, Cao Yun's hands were able to write such beautiful words with his hands that were playing with swords and guns.

"Brother Bao, although they are playing with swords and guns, in the early years, my father often forced me and my sister to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting together." Cao Yun smiled shyly.

"Really, fake? Do you still know how to play chess, calligraphy and painting? Can you play the flute?" Bao Qing asked with a blink of an eye.

"You know a little bit, you don't brag well without my sister!"

Bao Qing asked Cao Yun to take away the letter to Li Qing. The letter mentioned such things: the princess was safe and sound, and Hong Ba's son had been rescued by the Thirteenth Prince, and the Thirteenth Prince was in Yizhou at this time. The letter specifically instructed Li Qing to take over the two reinforcements and let Hong Ba lead troops to Yizhou to meet with the Thirteenth Prince.

After reading the letter carefully, Bao Qing pressed the Dragon Dan jade pendant and a red dragon jumped into his eyes.

"When you see Hong Ba, give him the letter and don't explain anything! If he wants to ask about your prince, you will say that the prince's hand is injured." Bao Qing could not force the Thirteenth Prince to write the letter with his own hands, so he had to lie that the prince's hand was injured. I hope that Cao Yun's woman's handwriting would make Hong Ba mistakenly think that it was written by the princess.

Bao Qing knew very well that Li Qing didn't know much about the situation, and could only deliberately pretend to be deep and not speak, which might lead to a trick.

"You can hold the jade pendant too. As a last resort, don't show it to others! Your appearance may be shocked, but I believe it is more awe." Hong Ba may never expect that Li Qing, who has been eliminated, is actually the Thirteenth Prince. Perhaps Li Qing's appearance brought Hong Ba not doubt, but more awe.

Of course, Bao Qing did not continue to talk to Li Qing because it is very likely that his speculation was completely wrong, and this jade pendant was not a token at all. As soon as Li Qing saw Hong Ba, he might be killed. So, after Li Qing left, all he wanted was to quickly gather Li Qing's troops, find a place to hide first, and then wait for news.

"The only place to contact is the contact point we set up at the beginning. It should be safe. If you have any news, let the people from the dynasty pass the news." Bao Qing finally reminded.

...

When Li Qing left, Zhang Long was a little reluctant. Bao Qing smiled and patted Zhang Long on the shoulder, saying, "Don't be like a daughter! Commander Li is not Jing Ke! Don't worry."

Li Qing smiled bitterly, then half-kneeled and gave a big gift to Bao Qing, saying, "I will definitely succeed when I go here! Take care of myself!"

Cao Yun's eyes were a little wet when he saw this scene. Li Qing and a few personal guards slapped their horses and slowly disappeared on the cold grassland. Zhang Long kept staring at his old Shangguan leaving, and suddenly turned around and asked, "Who is Jing Ke?"

After noon, according to the agreement with Diligu, the Liao people's grain transport officer, Bao Qing needed to take his men to disguise himself as a business trip to Yizhou Grain Road to exchange tea for grain.

This transaction surprised Bao Qing again. Only one day, Diligu was promoted and became the general manager of Yizhou Grain Road. Diligu was in charge of the four grain transports a day.

"Brother Qian's General Tea is really great. I want to increase the transaction volume this time. I don't know if Brother Qian is willing." Diligu said.

This is the trading time, so Jia Dahu must have followed him. Sure enough, Jia Dahu pulled Bao Qing and said, "The Liao people want to increase the trading volume by four times. Brother Qian, this is a good thing! Lord Diligu said that this will be the case every day in the future. Brother Qian, you can go back early to prepare the stock."

"The goods are not a problem, Brother Jia, I will ask you if you can ask Lord Diligu to send us a pass. Yesterday we met a Liao army of nearly four or five thousand people, but it hurt us badly. All the goods were taken away. It seems that we cannot complete today's transaction so easily." Bao Qing pretended to be innocent.

Jia Dahu told Diliguyi about this matter, but Diligu agreed immediately without saying a word. He was busy asking the number of caravans, name of the business, etc., and asked Bao Qing to send someone to the camp not far away to pick him up. Bao Qing nodded to Zhang Long, and Zhang Long understood and followed the Liao people.

The transaction was very successful, but Bao Qing used up all his tea. Maybe he won’t have to trade tomorrow, Bao Qing thought.

Within half an hour, Zhang Long came back with the so-called pass.

"Sir, that camp is not far from this. It is a grain transfer point for the Liao people. It should be the Yizhou Grain Road. I secretly looked at it and the amount of grain stored in the Liao people was at least the amount transported by the Liao people in five days. It should be a grain storage for five days. The grain traded just now was sent from there." Zhang Long said.

Bao Qing nodded and said, "I really didn't expect that we were afraid that we would easily encounter dangers when we were too close to Yizhou. I didn't expect that such a large grain transit station was not far ahead of us."

"Sir, the four or five thousand Liao people's grain protection teams should have camped at the grain transfer station. Judging from the number of camps, there are about four or five thousand people." Zhang Long said.

...

At night, Bao Qing couldn't sleep. It had been two days since he sent spies to monitor the Liao army to not repay him yet.

Could it be that all of them died? None of them could be returned?

"Sir, sir!" Zhang Long shouted outside the tent again.

Bao Qing snorted and said, "Come in!"

"Sir, the people who monitor the Liao army are back!"

"How many are you back?" Bao Qing asked anxiously.

"Just one person!"

"Let him come in!" Bao Qing got up and got out of bed, wrapped his body with clothes.

At this time, a soldier walked into the tent and bowed. Bao Qing raised his hand and signaled him to say quickly.

"Sir, the Liao people have not been moving yet. We went six people, and two brothers were discovered by the enemy's detective cavalry and shot to death. The four of us were waiting in the Liao people for more than a day, and there was no movement!"

Bao Qing asked, shook his head, and said to himself: "No, the Liao people should take action. What are Hong Ba doing? I believe that in another day, Li Qing should arrive. And the army of the Ninth Prince and Xia Shu will arrive too."

At noon the next day, all the troops of Li Qing's troops arrived and now they were handed over to Zhang Long to command. There was no movement in the Liao army yet.

Bao Qing couldn't help but wonder whether the Thirteenth Prince had colluded with the Liao army, but it was unreasonable to say that he would not collude. Only Hongba and the two armies could be able to fight against the court? And if he didn't collude, what did the Thirteenth Prince go to see Mrs. Yelu? What tunnels were going to dig, and why did he go to Yizhou? Has the two sides not agreed yet? The Thirteenth Prince was going to go to Yizhou to negotiate quietly, but was attacked by Zhuang Lei first, forcing him to dig a tunnel to go?

In fact, there is another problem that Bao Qing couldn't figure out, that is, the Plum Blossom Gang. It seems that the Plum Blossom Gang has no contact with the Thirteenth Prince. He has been surveillance until now and has not found any clues. The Plum Blossom Gang seems to have suddenly become silent. Of course, such silence does not mean that the Plum Blossom Gang has stopped various activities since then, but is waiting for the opportunity to perform bigger actions.

Just as Bao Qing was waiting anxiously, he received news from Ma Han from the dynasty. When Ma Han saw Fan Zhongyan, Fan Zhongyan wrote the details into a letter, which also delivered to Bao Qing.

Bao Qing hurriedly opened the letter, which told the story of the Thirteenth Prince in detail.

The Thirteenth Prince Zhao Dexin is the youngest son of Emperor Taizong and the most favored son of Emperor Taizong. It is said that the Thirteenth Prince Zhao Dexin was able to learn literature and martial arts when she was very young, which was very impressive and was favored by Emperor Taizong. Taizong once said that Zhao Dexin was not too young and really wanted to pass the throne to him. Of course, the first emperor later succeeded to the throne and took care of this younger brother.

Fan Zhongyan also mentioned one thing that the late emperor once wanted to pass the throne to the Thirteenth Prince, but the Thirteenth Prince refused.

After reading the letter, Bao Qing was shocked and a sense of uneasiness suddenly enveloped his heart. No wonder the Thirteenth Prince said he regretted it very much. Could it be that he did not accept the throne back then? If this person who was plotting against the Thirteenth Prince was not the Thirteenth Prince, then the various suspicions about the Thirteenth Prince and the performance of the Liao people and the Meihua Gang would be understandable.

However, what is still difficult to explain is the Hong Ba and Long Dan jade pendant. Why did Hong Ba assassinate himself and attract two reinforcements? If it weren't for rebellion, how could he dare to dispatch troops without authorization? And what happened to the Long Dan jade pendant.
Chapter completed!