Chapter 731: One Step Ahead
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Perhaps Changyu and the Shao family were here.
No, they had to hurry to Changyu as soon as possible!
They could not let the Shao family find the Crown Prince before them!
Shen Yuxuan saw that these people were being stubborn, so he did not try to persuade them anymore. These people were all adults, so they definitely had their own ideas.
Then, Shen Yuxuan got on the carriage and went to Locust Village.
Shen Yuxuan had just left the town when Shao Zhongxi and three other people, who were also riding horses, rushed past Shen Yuxuan’s house and stopped at the Wei family’s gate.
The others had yet to catch up because of the horses.
These three people were sent by Shao Boqi all the way from the Imperial Capital.
They had also heard about this from the county. Seeing that the Wei family’s door had been locked for a long time, they naturally had to ask around.
On this street, there was a wall on the right side of the Wei residence that blocked the way. They all came from the left side and the signboard on the red door of the Wei residence on the left side wrote Shen residence.
They saw Shao Zhongxi and the other three people rushing to the Shen residence’s entrance. The Shen residence’s entrance was actually open and there was a servant guarding the door. Since the weather was cold, this servant was standing on the steps and jumping around to gain some warmth.
One of the three people that Shao Boqi sent over ran over first. He cupped his fists and asked the servant, “Good sir, do you know where the Wei family went? Is there a seven or eight-year-old boy that lives with them?”
“Yes,” the servant said. “That boy is about the same age as my young master. He used to study in the same academy as him. I know about it. What happened? A few people came to inquire about the whereabouts of the Wei family. They said that he was a distant relative of the Wei family. It just so happened that they were asking about him. I was there at that time. Now, my young master has gone to his classmate’s house. Why? Are you also distant relatives of the Wei family?”
In the end, the Ji family beat them to it.
Shao Zhongxi’s cold eyes turned even colder.
He was originally dressed in red and looked cold. Now that he looked like this, the servant subconsciously felt a little afraid and took two small steps back.
The three people that Shao Boqi sent were even more anxious. “Good sir, don’t be afraid. We’re not bad people. We just want to know where the Wei family went. Please tell us quickly.”
The servant was still quite afraid of Shao Zhongxi, but he was more or less at ease. He said honestly, “Originally, I wasn’t very sure, but just now, my young master told those people that he went to Changyu because Wei Zizhan’s brother went to Changyu’s Heshi County as a County Magistrate. Oh right, Wei Zizhan is a boy who is about the same age as my family’s young master. In their family, Wei Zizhan is only seven or eight as well.”
They really are in Changyu!
Shao Zhongxi narrowed his eyes.
The other three were shocked.
So, that Wei Zizhan kid was the Crown Prince?
So, the seven or eight-year-old boy who pawned the jade pendant at the pawnshop in Changyu should be Wei Zizhan, their Crown Prince, right?
“Thank you so much!” The three of them hurriedly cupped their fists and got on their horses. They whipped their horses to Changyu.
Shao Zhongxi was already on his horse and speeding ahead.
His nephew could only live if he got ahead of the Ji family.
However, even if their horse was the strongest of the batch, it could not withstand the cold winter and run for so many days without rest. However, if it was another horse on the road, it might not even be able to run as much as
their horse in a day.
Shao Zhongxi’s expression turned ugly at the thought of this.
He could only hope that his people in Changyu had already found his nephew.
Or, if his people in Changyu noticed that there were people from the Ji family and felt that something was wrong, they could stall the Ji family..
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