boyutpedia Chapter 200
Chapter 200
Su Chen jumped off the carriage and turned to lead Princess Changle down.
The carriage drove in the middle of the road, and fully armed soldiers were distributed on both sides of the cement road, protecting the carriage in the middle.
Li Chengqian was traveling as the prince this time. If someone really attacked or assassinated him, it would be easy to identify the target.
"Li Ke, what happened in front?"
Su Chen took Princess Changle's hand and followed Li Ke to Li Chengqian's carriage.
"Bandits are waiting for us!" Li Ke answered simply.
When Princess Changle heard that there were bandits, she became nervous and held Su Chen's hand tightly.
"Don't be afraid!" Su Chen smiled at her and comforted her.
Li Junxian followed Su Chen in silence, but his hand was always on the hilt of the knife.
Su Chen didn't believe that there were such stupid bandits. It was obvious that they were not the kind of people that ordinary bandits dared to provoke.
Unless a certain force disguised itself as bandits and ambushed them.
Su Chen stopped beside the carriage of Crown Prince Li Chengqian and saw that Li Ke was still moving forward.
"Li Ke, where are you going?" Su Chen shouted.
Li Ke reacted and turned around and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince and Rengui are negotiating with the bandits in front."
Hmm?
Su Chen was very confused after hearing this. Shouldn't Li Ke be there to protect Li Chengqian?
He quickened his pace and caught up with Li Ke without thinking any more.
The team was a bit long, mainly because there were too many carriages transporting white winter melons.
Finally, they came to the front of the team, and Li Ke was not wrong.
There really was a group of bandits welcoming them.
"Your Highness, I am really responsible for guarding this section of cement road. You see, this section of cement road was poured only five days ago, and today is the fifth day of watering and maintenance.
Look at it again, the rice straw and wheat stalks laid on it are to prevent the water from evaporating too quickly.
If you don't believe it, you can touch it. We just finished watering it, and it's still wet."
The bandit explained to Li Chengqian in a panic.
He had to explain it clearly. Working here is 80 cents a day, and meals are provided.
As for why we know they are bandits, it is because they said they were bandits in Hua County at the beginning.
Yesterday, the foreman told them that His Highness the Crown Prince and a marquis would pass by here today, so they should welcome them well.
These bandits did what the foreman said, and when they saw the vanguard of the Crown Prince's team, they came forward to greet them enthusiastically.
First of all, they revealed their identities, Hua County bandits.
But when the soldiers in front heard that they were bandits, they immediately drew their swords and pointed them.
Then someone was sent to report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so Li Chengqian sent his trusted guards to check.
The guards came back and reported the same result as before, that is, there were bandits waiting for them.
As a last resort, under the protection of Xue Rengui and Li Ke, Li Chengqian came to the bandits.
This scene appeared in front of him, and Li Chengqian didn't know how to deal with it for a while, so he asked someone to call Su Chen.
"Su Chen, what do you think of these people?"
Su Chen bowed to Li Chengqian, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, I'll ask them first." Walking in front of the bandit, Su Chen asked:
"Who is the leader among you?"
"This young man, I, Tu Jiu, am the second in command of Lianhua Mountain."
The bandit who just explained to Li Chengqian bowed and said, he seemed to be one or two years older than Li Chengqian. Tu Jiu saw that Su Chen's clothes were nothing special, so he addressed him as a young man.
"My name is Su Chen. Who arranged for you to maintain this cement road here?" Su Chen nodded and asked.
"Sir, our foreman is Fu Qing. May I ask if you are Lord Su?" Tu Jiu asked in a low voice after answering Su Chen's question.
"Yes, they sometimes call me Lord." Su Chen nodded in acknowledgement.
"Lord, Fu Qing is a brother of our manor, one of the 150 people." Zhang Long suddenly stepped forward and said.
Zhang Long and his men are very familiar with the 150 people. They have trained together for so long and serve as their coaches.
In fact, when Su Chen heard Tu Jiu say the words "watering maintenance, water evaporation", he believed that these people were not bandits... not bad people.
Ordinary people would not know these words.
Su Chen nodded. These bandits were quite responsible. Half of the cement road was blocked by wooden stakes for maintenance, and now only one side can be used.
This is probably for the convenience of transporting materials. Fortunately, this cement road is more than four feet wide.
Then, Su Chen turned around and saluted respectfully to Li Chengqian, saying, "Your Highness, they should be the workers involved in the road construction."
"Yes, yes, Your Highness, Lord Su, we have work badges!"
Tu Jiu immediately took out the work badge hanging on his chest, and asked the other bandits to take out their work badges as well.
There were a dozen of them in total who were responsible for this section.The poured cement road not only needs to be watered for maintenance, but also needs to be prevented from being trampled by animals.
"Well, I believe you are road workers, you have worked hard." Li Chengqian nodded and said to Tu Jiu.
"Thank you, Your Highness, Lord Su!" Tu Jiu hurriedly thanked him, fortunately he kept this job.
"Tu Jiu, have you ever seen Chang Sun Chong, Fang Jun and others?" Li Chengqian asked.
"Your Highness, Young Master Chang Sun and Young Master Fang are both from the Engineering Department. They are rarely seen, and we are mainly responsible for the foreman." Tu Jiu answered every question seriously.
"Oh? Then do you know where the Engineering Department is located?"
"Your Highness, there is a toll station about five or six miles away from here, which is where the Engineering Department is located." Tu Jiu answered respectfully.
Li Chengqian nodded upon hearing this, "Okay, I know, you did a great job!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
"Zhang Long, pass the order down, all the people and horses pass from the left side of the road, and do not step on the right side." Li Chengqian ordered Zhang Long.
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Li Chengqian was about to put his arm around Su Chen's shoulder, but Su Chen moved aside.
Li Chengqian smiled awkwardly after reacting, "Let's continue!"
"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison.
"Brother-in-law, why do you think these bandits are maintaining the cement road here?" Li Chengqian asked in a low voice.
Since they are bandits, they are definitely not for the wages.
"I can't figure out why, maybe Tu Jiu and the others are 'righteous bandits'!" Su Chen shook his head and smiled.
Su Chen really guessed it right, Tu Jiu and the others are really "righteous bandits"
"Your Highness, get in the car." Su Chen made a gesture of invitation.
"Brother-in-law, you all can get on my carriage. We don't have much to go."
Li Chengqian suggested. He was bored all the way. There was no one to talk to.
Su Chen shook his head and whispered, "Your Highness, this is against the rules."
Li Chengqian looked at Su Chen with disdain. One foot had already stepped on the carriage, but it fell back to the ground.
He approached Su Chen and whispered, "Don't pretend to be serious. Father said that you never treated him as an emperor."
When Li Chengqian was talking, Princess Changle stood on tiptoe and listened.
"Who said that? Someone must have spread rumors!"
Su Chen denied it immediately.