In the East City, the chaos gradually stopped.

Three merchants from Zhao were captured by soldiers who rushed over, and all three craftsmen arranged by Li San were injured. At the same time, news came that chaos occurred in the western market, and the craftsmen were also injured.

"What the hell is going on?" Li San frowned and said, "It was originally everything in his plan, but the matter was seriously beyond his expectations.

"Immediately notify all the craftsmen to return to the Equipment Department, we may be fooled." After thinking for a while, Li San said in surprise.

He turned his head and looked at the Wei family restaurant, only to see Zhao Kuan turn around and enter the restaurant.

He continued, "How is the situation in the restaurant?"

"There are two guards who don't know where they went?" said a waiter in the restaurant.

Li San felt something was wrong, "Go quickly and I'll see Your Highness now."

A group of secret guards responded and dispersed one after another, and Li San immediately went to the royal palace.

"What, the craftsman was beaten?" Xiao Ming was slightly surprised when Li San told the situation in the east and west markets.

To be on the safe side, he said to Zhao Long: "You should immediately notify the soldiers guarding the city to close the city gate. Without my order, you are not allowed to open the city gate."

Then he said to Li San: "Let's go, let's go to the Equipment Department now."

The two went out, and at this time, the bell of three long and two short sounded in Qingzhou City. This was the order to call the craftsmen to return to the Equipment Department urgently.

When we arrived at the Equipment Department, some craftsmen had already returned one after another. After waiting for about an hour, basically all the craftsmen had arrived.

"Your Highness, what happened?" Chen Wenlong also rushed to the Equipment Department, looking nervous.

"I'm afraid something happened." Xiao Ming has seen these craftsmen one by one, and always felt that there was one missing. He often went to and from the Equipment Department and was naturally familiar with the craftsmen here.

"Your Highness, Zhang Liu is gone." A craftsman suddenly shouted.

Xiao Ming nodded, it was this Zhang Liu.

When Chen Wenlong heard this, his expression suddenly became dark. He understood that now all forces were staring at the Equipment Department, and this craftsman was the target they were hunting.

"Your Highness, is it..." Chen Wenlong hesitated.

"Zhang Liu was probably captured. I really underestimated the courage of these people. I thought they would only use the method of bribery, but I didn't expect that they would directly capture the person." Xiao Ming said in a solemn voice.

Li San's face turned red, and he said angrily: "Who is following Zhang Liu?"

"Dutong Li, it was Zhang Liu who I followed. When I saw Zhang Liu entering the street in front of Duanjiafang, I stopped following him. After all, we followed him like this before." A secret guard said in fear.

"Why would Zhang Liu be arrested after entering Duanjiafang?" Li San said in confusion.

A craftsman said: "Unless Fangding was in the middle of the inter-joint contact at that time, there would be no Fangding patrols on the street in front of Duanjiafang."

"What a careful plan. It seems that they have prepared this matter for more than one day or two." Xiao Ming smiled bitterly.

Speaking of which, the Secret Guards were not established for a long time, and Zhao has passed down from generation to generation, so King Zhao naturally had a mature intelligence system, and his Secret Guards were still a little tender.

Zhang Liu is one of the core craftsmen of the Equipment Department. He not only participated in the refining of steel, but also the core craftsman in the production of artillery. He also participated in the production of hydraulic forging machines.

If Zhang Liu is abducted, it will mean that all the craftsmanship mastered by Zhang Liu will likely be acquired by others, and this will lead to serious consequences.

"Find it for me, even if you turn Qingzhou City into the sky, you will find the people for me." Xiao Ming said.

Li San said angrily: "Your Highness, why not arrest Zhao Kuan directly and interrogate him."

"Do you have evidence? Are you sure which force Zhang Liu was captured? " Xiao Ming asked.

Li San showed shame on his face and shook his head.

Xiao Ming said: "The work of the Sewei is still not rigorous enough. You are responsible for Li San's matter."

Li San knelt down and said, "Your Highness also asks you to punish me."

"Whether you punish or not depends on whether you can make meritorious service. Zhang Liu must not leave my fiefdom." Xiao Ming said in a stern voice.

"Yes, Your Highness, I'll do it now." Li San was annoyed. This time he was fooled, this was a provocation to him.

He stood up and looked at the secret guard who had lost Zhang Liu and said, "What are you still standing there? I will notify all secret guards immediately and use all the eyeliners to find Zhang Liu. Your Highness chopped my head and I will chop your head."

The secret guard shivered in fear and immediately left the Equipment Department.

Li San also turned around and left.

Chen Wenlong sighed at this time, "Your Highness, there are so many craftsmen and the secret guards are limited, so it is impossible for everyone to keep an eye on it so carefully. There are many fine works in Qingzhou now, so it is hard to guard against. You have to think of a safe way."

Xiao Ming nodded, "You are right, but it's too difficult."

Since ancient times, this spy has been a group of people that are very difficult to guard against. The most effective way to deal with spies is to spies, which is the secret guard headed by Li San and Wang Xuan.

In addition, whether in the Equipment Department, Military Workshop, or other workshops, craftsmen who have core secrets will sign a confidentiality contract. The contract stipulates very clearly that anyone who leaks Qingzhou secrets will be punished with severe punishment.

This is to prevent being bribed by spies from the craftsman level. However, this time he and Li San did not expect that this time, the work was so bold that they would actually kidnap people directly.

He was worried, but suddenly Li San came back, and Wang Xuan was also coming in with him.

Li Sanyi looked unhappy, and Wang Xuan said with a smile: "Your Highness, I have caught the person who plundered Zhang Liu, but this person claims to be the prince of Zhao, and I hope your highness will deal with it."

"Catched? How did you catch him?" Xiao Ming said in confusion.

The Secret Guard is now divided into the left guard and the right guard. Li San is currently responsible for the fiefdom, while Wang Xuan is mainly responsible for external intelligence spy.

Wang Xuan said, "Your Highness, this incident was a coincidence. Li San never took the thugs from the market to fill the secret guards, but in my opinion these people are the most suitable for being eyeliners, so a group of people had been introduced to the secret guards. Similarly, the merchants in Zhao seemed to have bought some street guards as I thought, but there was one person here who was the secret guards. After learning about this, I asked him to use his trick to see what these merchants in Zhao wanted to do? I never thought that today they had received the order to kidnap Zhang Liu."

After pausing, Wang Xuan continued, "Time is already very tight at this time, so I did not inform Li San, so I took the secret guards to rob the carriage halfway."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ming breathed a lightly. He invested a lot of money and manpower, and this secret guard had some effect after all.
Chapter completed!