Chapter 253 A Step Late

"I will take people back now and tell His Majesty the news."

"I hope you won't break your promise."

In the room, Haitang Duoduo said to Li Chengze.

Just now, they have reached a cooperation and become allies.

Although Haitang Duoduo was a little worried whether this matter would develop as she expected.

However, she no longer had any choice.

Might as well give it a try!
Otherwise, you will return empty-handed.

At this time, Li Chengze nodded and smiled: "Don't worry."

"If I wanted to break my promise, I wouldn't have gone through all this trouble. What's the point?"

"There's one more thing." Li Chengze took out a letter from his sleeve and placed it in front of Haitang Duoduo.

"What is this?" Haitang Duoduo looked at the envelope in front of her.

Li Chengze said: "Just open it and take a look, then you will know."

Haitang Duoduo pondered for a moment, then reached out and opened the envelope.

When she saw the contents of the letter clearly, her expression changed rapidly and she looked at Li Chengze in surprise.

"This is……"

Li Chengze nodded and said, "You are not mistaken. This is the spy lurking in your Northern Qi."

"Take this as a meeting gift, it should be considerate enough."

Haitang Duoduo didn't expect that she could get this list.

With this list, we will be able to know who are lurking in Northern Qi and secretly transmitting information.

Then she could ask Zhan Doudou to prepare in advance, or she could catch them all in one fell swoop.

At this time, Li Chengze said again: "I advise you that when you know this list, it is best to stay put and pretend that you don't know."

“Why…” Haitang Duoduo reacted immediately before she finished her words, nodded and said, “Okay, I understand.”

If they wanted to arrest everyone on the list.

Doesn't that mean that Qing State will abandon these pawns and send some more people over when it knows that its spies have been exposed?

At that time, it will require careful investigation, which will cost a lot of manpower and financial resources.

If you pretend not to know and let these spies lurk, and pay a little more attention in the future, then you don't have to worry about new spies coming.

In fact, among the dozen or so people on the list that Li Chengze gave to Haitang Duoduo, only one or two were real, and the rest were made up by him.

As long as Haitang Duoduo and Zhan Dou can believe in my sincerity, that will be enough.

The rest is much easier.

Haitang Duoduo pondered for a moment, then immediately nodded and said, "Okay, I understand this matter. I will inform His Majesty when I return."

"By the way." Li Chengze smiled at Haitang Duoduo again and said, "Speaking of secret agents, there is one more thing I need to tell you."

"What's the matter?" Haitang Duoduo asked.

Li Chengze said: "It's Miss Lili, it's about your Northern Qi secret agents."

"As long as I'm here, you don't have to worry about her being in any danger."

"It can also be regarded as a guarantee for her personal safety."

Haitang Duoduo said with a gloomy face, "I think it's a threat."

"You want Lili to stay here as a hostage?"

Li Chengze stood up, slowly opened his hands, and said, "Whatever you think."

"Anyway, I have no intention of touching her, otherwise I wouldn't have stayed until now."

"Okay, now that the cooperation has been reached, I will go back first."

"Goodbye!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Chengze pushed the door open and walked out of the room.

"let's go."

Li Chengze waved to the guard beside him.

Afterwards, everyone left here.

After Li Chengze and the others left, the maids who were at the door hurried into the room to check on the Saint. They were relieved when they found that the Saint was safe and sound.

However, when I saw the saint sitting on the stool with a blank expression on her face, deep in thought, I thought that the discussion was not concluded.

"Saint, what should we do next?"

"Do you want to return to Northern Qi immediately?"

"Or should we continue to stay here?"

Haitang Duoduo came to her senses, immediately stood up from the stool, and said to the people around her:
"Let's go back to Northern Qi!"

The few people didn't know what was going on, but they didn't ask, so they had to follow the saint away.

A quarter of an hour later.

In the bustling town, a group of soldiers with weapons suddenly came and marched down the street in a mighty manner.

Soon, the leader shouted, "Everyone, search quickly. We must not let them leave!"

"Your Majesty has ordered that anyone who resists must be killed without mercy!"

In this way, the soldiers searched house by house in the town.

Afterwards, two middle-aged men came to an inn and pushed open one of the rooms.

There was no one inside.

And this room was where Li Chengze and Haitang Duoduo discussed their cooperation before.

One of the middle-aged men walked a few steps in the room, checked the teacups on the table, and said:
"We are a step late. These people just left not long ago."

"If we were faster, maybe we could catch him."

Another middle-aged man pounded his hand on the table and said, "Don't worry, they can't get away."

"Go back and report to His Majesty immediately. I will continue to lead the pursuit."

"As long as they don't rush back to Northern Qi's territory, I will take them back!"

"Okay." The middle-aged man nodded in agreement and immediately turned and left.

Afterwards, the soldiers who were originally searching the town immediately changed direction and quickly disappeared.

……

the other side.

After separating from Haitang Duoduo, Li Chengze has returned safely to Kyoto City.

After he returned to the city, he told his men to rest and not to hang around outside for no reason.

Soon, Li Chengze arrived alone in a dilapidated courtyard in the city.

When he entered the yard, a man named Pan Rui came to report to him on the progress of the gun manufacturing.

This person was recommended by Jia Xu and is responsible for the entire process of making guns. He is considered the steward here.

According to Pan Rui's report, in recent days, the blacksmiths have been eating well, dressing well, and can occasionally relax, so they are working with great enthusiasm.

According to the recent progress, this batch of rifles will be completed soon.

At that time, we just need to distribute it to the soldiers and let them start training.

"Okay, since everything is fine, let's continue according to the schedule."

Li Chengze waved to Pan Rui and said, "If anything happens, please notify me immediately."

"Yes, Your Highness." Pan Rui nodded in agreement, but there was a look of hesitation on his face.

Ok? ? ?
Li Chengze was about to turn around and leave, but after noticing the expression on the man's face, he asked curiously.

"what happened?"

"Is there something you want to say?"

Pan Rui pondered for a moment, and finally said: "Your Highness, there is something I don't know whether I should tell you."

"Just tell me if you have anything to say." Li Chengze said.

Pan Rui said: "It's not a particularly important matter."

"In recent days, several girls feel that the price they were offered before was too low and want to raise the price."

"Otherwise, there's no guarantee that they'll spread rumors outside."

(End of this chapter)