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Chen Lang personally led Gan Ning and the thousand other people to change into black clothes. Under the cover of night, they rode on the bamboo raft down the river, while Guan Yu and Chunyu Qiong led the group to stay behind to guard the camp.

At the same time, in Luoyang City, after the three chimes from the drum had ended, hundreds of shadows stealthily made their way to the back door of the palace. One of them lightly knocked on the palace door, and then the door opened.

Chen Lang's group rode on the bamboo raft and went down the river, reaching a distance of tens of kilometers away. At this time, from the river's surface, the brightly lit Luoyang City could be seen in the distance. Under the cover of the bright moon river water, it was extremely beautiful, just like a palace in the sky. Seeing this beautiful scene, Chen Lang could not help but exclaim in his heart. He suddenly felt that the so called achievements of civilization in the future would be the greatest failure of humanity!

Chen Lang saw a dense forest on the shore not far away, he immediately ordered the fleet to pass by, and hid in the reeds near the edge of the forest. After which, they climbed up the riverbank and arrived at the edge of the forest. An officer pointed to the sides of the guide and said to the group, "Luoyang's east main warehouse is located there, seven to eight kilometers away from Luoyang City."

Chen Lang looked in the direction where his finger pointed. He could vaguely make out the outline of the house in the extended shadows. Chen Lang and Gan Ning led the eight hundred people and quickly left the forest, sprinting straight to the direction of the big warehouse. Not long later, everyone arrived outside the Luoyang's big warehouse and hid in the darkness.

Chen Lang observed the large warehouse and saw that it was a very large warehouse, like a small village. Among them, there were rows upon rows of circular pointed grain and grass, and probably there were a few hundred of them; a few torches were flickering in the warehouse, and it was extremely dim, so he could not see the shadow of the patrolling soldiers. The entire warehouse was surrounded by a large circular wooden fence, and above the door, there was a patrol corridor.

Chen Lang waved his hand, and a few soldiers immediately ran over to the big gate and looked around, seeing that there was no one around, they immediately climbed up the stairs, and quickly knocked out the two sentries who were dozing off, and tied them up. The soldiers then came down from the door and opened it. Chen Lang entered and said to Gan Ning: "Immediately bring your men to the guard room and take control of everyone." Gan Ning replied as he led half of the soldiers and ran towards the rows of wooden houses in the big warehouse. Chen Lang then ordered the rest of the soldiers to quickly move the rations there. There was a large carriage in the warehouse that used to transport food, so Chen Lang's soldiers used the carriages to transport food. Carts loaded with food came out of the warehouse and headed towards the forest, the carriage's sound resonating in the night sky.

Chen Lang arrived at the high point of the large warehouse and looked towards the direction of Luoyang, hoping that their operation would be successful.

Gan Ning rushed to Chen Lang's side, cupped his fists and said: "wolf brother, all the guards have been captured. According to wolf brother's orders, not a single one were to leave, and not a single person was killed."

Chen Lang nodded.

Roughly two hours later, Pei Yuanshao rushed to the front of Chen Lang and cupped his fists and said: "Reporting to General, we have already transported a hundred thousand buckets of food and a large amount of dried meat." Chen Lang said: "The number is enough, retreat immediately!"

Everyone quickly left the large warehouse, which was bustling with activity. Soon, the entire place became silent, and a gust of wind blew by, causing a few ears of wheat to fly in the air. The door was wide open, but not a single person could be seen.

Not long after, more than two hundred rafts filled up with food and materials were sent back to the barracks. Just as they passed near the Luoyang, they suddenly realized that the entire place was brightly lit, and there were even sounds of commotion coming from there. Seeing this, Gan Ning could not help but become worried, and said: "God damn, how come the Luoyang City knows that we stole Dong Da Cang?"

Chen Lang looked towards the Luoyang City, only to see that to the east and west, and at the north city gates, there were many troops rushing out, the clamoring sounds came from afar, and he frowned: "It does not seem to be because of us. However, something big seems to have happened. " He then ordered, "Tell the brothers to hurry up and leave this area." When Gan Ning and the others gave the order, the soldiers on the rafts started to use all their strength to prop the boat up. At this time, the people on the raft could see the movement near the city gate from afar, but the people near the city gate could not see what was happening on the river surface, because the people near the city gate were all holding torches, while Chen Lang and the rest did not.

The troops came out from the city gate and started searching in all directions. A troop of soldiers and horses was approaching the river. The fleet gradually disappeared into the distance, becoming further and further away from the Luoyang City. The troop of soldiers and horses came to the riverbank, but they did not discover anything suspicious. They turned around and began to search downstream.

"Strange matter? What do they seem to be searching for? " Gan Ning asked curiously. Chen Lang nodded.

The group of raft returned to their starting point in fright, while Chunyu Qiong who was beside the river waiting for them immediately came over, and cupped her fists: "General, you have finally returned! Something big has happened! " Chen Lang laughed and asked: It can't be our problem, right? Chunyu Qiong said: "Not long ago, a Flying Feather Messenger came to the palace, ordering all of our Ying Yang Army's troops to search for the thief who kidnapped the two princes! "It is said that all the soldiers in the vicinity of the capital have already taken action!"

Chen Lang and Gan Ning were extremely shocked, Chen Lang asked: "The person who kidnapped the prince?" Chunyu Qiong nodded. Gan Ning said in disbelief: "How could a prince be kidnapped? And both princes were kidnapped? This, this is too rare! "

Chen Lang recalled the chaos in Luoyang City that he saw when he returned, and said: "So the reason for the ruckus in Luoyang City was because of the disappearance of the prince." And then he said, "Put it down for now. Hurry up and bring the rations into the camp and destroy all the rafts! The troops of the Luoyang City have been mobilized, it would not be good if they found out about this situation. " Gan Ning and Chunyu Qiong cupped their fists and promised, and quickly ordered the soldiers to send the food and destroy the boat, the forest beside the river was bustling with activity. Fortunately, this was the encampment of the Ying Yang Army, and the other armies would not come here for a while, if not this matter would not be easy to handle.

Chen Lang quickly returned to the camp. Guan Yu had already gathered an army and was waiting for him. Seeing that he had returned, he quickly went up to him and cupped his fists: "Big Brother, Chunyu Qiong has already reported to you, right?" Chen Lang nodded, looked at the gathered army and asked: "Where are the government messengers?" Guan Yu said: "I have already returned to report. Brother, should we do this? "

Chen Lang laughed: "Since the imperial government has ordered it, we must comply with it." He turned and said to Guan Yu: "Leave three thousand people to guard the camp, and the rest of the people will immediately leave the camp. We will split into ten teams to search for thieves to rescue the prince." Guan Yu cupped his fists and replied.

The camp door opened, and nearly ten thousand troops walked out. Chen Lang himself was leading a team to the northeast direction to search. Actually, the reason why Chen Lang decided to head towards the northeast personally was because he was worried that other armies would come and discover his secret.

Nearly a thousand men came to the Yellow River shore. At this moment, they saw a group of soldiers not too far away from the river, holding torches as they headed upstream. Chen Lang frowned, he immediately led his troops to welcome them. Both sides stopped their horses when they met. Chen Lang saw that the one leading the group of generals was one of the Western Garden Eight School's assistant, the Left Academy Officer Zhao Rong.

Zhao Rong's Chen Lang did not dare delay, and cupped his fists: "General Chen."

Chen Lang asked, "Why has General Zhao come to my defense?" Zhao Rong said, "They came here to search for the thieves."

Chen Lang said: "This area is my Ying Yang Army's defense zone, and it is under my Ying Yang Army's responsibility, so I won't trouble General Zhao anymore."

Zhao Rong knew that the military territory was very important, the West District Eight School that he belonged to was stationed in the capital, and the fir pool area was guarded by the Left Feather Forest Guard, so if he insisted on taking action here, he was afraid that there would be a conflict. Zhao Rong cupped his fist and said, "There are Ying Yang Army guarding this place, the thieves wouldn't dare to come this way, so I'll go search." Chen Lang cupped his fists and said: "General Zhao, please leave." Zhao Rong cupped his hands towards Chen Lang and led his men to another place.

Instead of saying that they were searching for the culprit who kidnapped the prince, it would be better to say that they were preparing for any other army that might come.

Chen Lang suddenly discovered that there was a distinct track on the side of the river and couldn't help but feel excited. He immediately dismounted and walked over. Arriving at the rut, he looked around and found that there were many footprints around the rut mark. The rut mark and the footprint were obviously new. Chen Lang turned his head to look in the direction where the rut marks and footprints were extended. They were headed towards the west.

Chen Lang immediately mounted his horse and pointed to the small fishing village in the distance and ordered: "Surround that fishing village!" And then, he led nearly a thousand of his soldiers towards that stupid fishing village, quickly surrounding it. Chen Lang led the hundred over people, following the tracks and footprints into the fishing village. They arrived in front of a desolate River Temple, and discovered an exquisite horse carriage that had been abandoned. Chen Lang indicated for them to hide in front of the walls of the temple. At this moment, the faint voice of a person could be heard from inside the temple. The voice was very low, so low that it was impossible to clearly hear what was being said.

Chen Lang waved his hand, leading more than a hundred soldiers to rush in. The moment he rushed into the temple hall, he saw seven to eight people fleeing in all directions in the darkness! Everyone swarmed over and tied up all the people who wanted to escape. The slightest dishonesty would result in a flurry of punches and kicks, and painful cries for mercy rang out one after another.

Chen Lang ordered his men to ignite the torches, and saw that the seven to eight people he had captured were all eunuchs, and could not help but frown and ask: "Who are you people?" The eunuchs were trembling in fear, but they did not speak.

Just then, an officer ran over to Chen Lang's side and whispered, "General, we found a child's corpse behind the curtain. Wearing yellow clothes. "