After Ming Jing and Konan went missing, Qing Yan was forcibly dragged out of the cave by Asuma. After Asuma talked him down, Qing Yan finally calmed himself. He and Asuma immediately rushed back to Muchuan County and told Tamamachi Seiyo everything that had happened.
Tamamachi Seiyo grew anxious as well. After all, Ming Jing had been leading the canal project. If Ming Jing could not return, the ministers and nobles in the Royal Capital would probably swallow the charitable funds for digging the canal without hesitation. And if work on the canal stopped, what would happen to these disaster victims?
Thinking of all the possible consequences of Ming Jing's accident, Tamamachi Seiyo could not help shivering. He looked at Asuma and asked, "Do you have a plan, sir?"
"Please have Mr. Tamamachi select two hundred Patrol Officers to go down there with me and search for the Young Master!" Before Asuma could answer, Qing Yan stepped forward and said anxiously.
"That was my thought as well," Asuma said. They had discussed this plan on the way back.
"Two hundred people?" Tamamachi Seiyo lowered his head and considered it for a moment before shaking it. "Too many people means too many loose tongues. Two hundred would be difficult to control. How about one hundred? If we still haven't found him within three days, we'll send more men."
"But—"
The moment Qing Yan heard Tamamachi Seiyo cut the rescue force in half, he grew anxious. Before he could finish, however, Asuma nodded in agreement. "Mr. Tamamachi has thought this through more carefully. Let's do that!"
"Captain!" Qing Yan glared at Asuma in dissatisfaction. If Asuma could not give him a satisfactory explanation, Qing Yan would absolutely fight him.
"Qing Yan, don't forget Ming Jing's identity. If word of his accident reaches