Chapter 98

The next morning, Gu Huaiyi came to zuiquanju early. The arrival of commander Zuo honghuwei naturally made the owner of an's family, who was the owner of the shop, very happy. Seeing the smile on the owner's face, Lu que also sighed. No matter how to say that an's family was the descendant of Ren Gong, he didn't even have the strength of a family.

After breakfast, Gu Huaiyi personally sent Lu Que and Gu Qingcheng to the Hubu official ship returning to the imperial capital Qianyuan city. He didn't leave until he watched the official ship leave Qingquan city.

In fact, Gu Huaiyi still has some worries. He naturally knows what kind of temperament his niece is. Although he agrees on the surface, he is not sure that he will get off the ship halfway.

But he was too busy. Daqian had five big warehouses, two in the north, one in the south, one in the East and one in the capital. In the south, Dacang is located in Qingquan city.

Qingquan city was originally the material transfer station of the four legions in the south. Tens of thousands of materials need to be counted every day.

Now xiyuanze animal tide may break out at any time. The four army commanders of the southern territory, together with Feiying, sent a letter to the imperial capital, asking for the allocation of materials in the southern warehouse. Although the imperial edict of the emperor and the writing of the inner and outer pavilions have not yet been issued, some preparatory work has to be done in advance by the honghuwei commander stationed in Qingquan city and Xiajing mansion of Qingquan county.

In addition, this time is also the time for new grain to be put into storage this year. Although he is not at ease, Gu Huaiyi really has no time to send them back to the capital in person. It is estimated that he can only spend this year's festival in Qingquan city. However, he still informed the Ministry of household officials who escorted the official ship that they must be sent back to the capital safely.

"Sister Qingcheng, this official ship doesn't need to stop inspection along the way. It goes north along the north south canal to the capital. How do we get off the ship?" Once in the cabin, Lu que said to Gu Qingcheng. If they are the only two, they can slip off the boat and swim to the shore at any chance.

But now there is the white wolf king. Although the white wolf king is a mysterious spirit beast, and his accomplishments are much higher than Lu Que's, it's really not easy for him to sneak away from others because of his huge body like a buffalo.

"Do you know why the Hubu official ship wanted to return to Beijing at this time, and what did it carry?" Gu Qingcheng naturally knew what Lu que meant, but she didn't worry about it at all. Instead, she asked with a smile.

"At this time, the transportation to Beijing must be some Nian Yi tribute." Lu said with some uncertainty. He didn't see the shipment and naturally didn't know what was on board. But now it's early November, and it's only more than a month away from the new year's festival. What I want to transport is the festival tribute and so on.

"Yes, it's not." Gu Qingcheng nodded, then shook his head and said, "what this ship carries are all the fruits of Southern Xinjiang ordered in advance by the major palaces in the capital. The fruits you ate last winter were transported by this official ship."

Gu Qingcheng said that Lu que understood, but even if he knew what the ship was carrying, how would they get off the ship?

Seeing that Lu que was still puzzled, Gu Qingcheng said, "this official ship doesn't need to stop inspection along the way, but it doesn't mean it won't stop. You have also studied the map of Daqian in the Academy. This ship starts from Qingquan city and travels north and south to Hebei. It takes about five days to reach the capital. Where is its first stop? "

"It's Star Lake County." Lu said without thinking. He has carved the map of Daqian more than once, and is familiar with the mountains and rivers of Daqian 108 county. Speaking of Xinghu County, Lu can't help but move in his heart and look at Gu Qingcheng“ Sister Qingcheng, do you mean this official ship will dock in Xinghu county? "

"Not bad." Gu Qingcheng nodded, "Xinghu county is rich in fragrant pears. Xinghu fragrant pears are big, thin skinned, sweet and juicy. They are most popular with the capital government. Didn't you also order two cases last year? This official ship will ship Xinghu fragrant pears in Xinghu county. We'll just have a chance to get off the ship

Lu que nodded after hearing the words. Since the East and West canals and the north and South canals were connected, the water transportation of Daqian has been extremely developed. Especially in the reign of Emperor Wen, some folk craftsmen presented the drawings of Lingshi runner. With the power of Lingshi and the array, the metal runner at the bottom of the ship was driven to make the ship move quickly, which was at least five times faster than before.

In the past, it took at least ten days to change horses and ride along the road from Qianyuan city to Qingquan city. Now it only takes five or six days to take the Canal waterway, which shows the speed of lingshizhen boat.

According to the calculation of time, the official ship will go north without going to the Yongning canal section. When it's sunset in Xinghu County, there will be many people loading goods at the wharf, so it's easy to leave without knowing it.

As for the white wolf king, as long as he got to the shore, he would have run past at his speed before he was discovered by others. At most, he would feel a gust of wind.

After drinking tea, Gu Qingcheng returns to the upper cabin to have a rest, while Lu que looks at the scenery along the river through the window of the boat. Although it's early winter, even the south is bleak, Lu que still enjoys seeing it for the first time.

But after an hour, Lu also felt a little boring. After lunch, Lu also went to the upper cabin to have a rest.

I don't know how much time has passed. Lu que just feels that the boat is shaking and the speed is slowing down. He gets up from bed and finds that the official boat has entered the city of Xinghu county. It's a little later than Lu que expected. By this time, it's completely dark, and there are thousands of lights in the city.

Lu short quickly picked up the package and went downstairs, found that Gu Qingcheng had packed up and waited there. When the official ship came to a complete stop, there was a noise of people on the dock. Lu Que and Gu Qingcheng look at each other, and Lu que walks out of the bed cabin first.

"Mr. Lu Shaoguo, we only stop for one hour and we will sail overnight. You still... Er..."

The two sergeants who were guarding outside the cabin had not finished their words when they were slapped on the back neck by Gu Qingcheng, who was following behind them. Their eyes were all the time and they fainted. Gu Qingcheng's action is clean and neat, without any procrastination.

"Sister Qingcheng is good at it." Lu que praised, and then looked at the two soldiers who passed out and were being dragged into the cabin by the white wolf king with his clothes in his mouth. He was worried and asked, "are they OK?"

"It's OK. I just cut off my blood. I won't wake up in an hour."

"That's good." Lu que looked at the two sergeants apologetically. As soon as they left, they would be blamed. Although they were called guards, they had been watching over their cabin door all day, but they took care of them very carefully. They were always ready to meet the demands of food, tea and fruit.

"I've left letters. They won't be involved." Gu Qingcheng looks at Lu Que and smiles. When dealing with the eighteen Marquis's house, Lu Que and his father plan for the overall situation behind them, and they don't leave a trace of life for the eighteen Marquis's house. Other people don't know about this, but Gu Qingcheng knows about it, but for the innocent people, Lu que is the one with the best heart.

Gu Qingcheng took a look at the bow and stern of the official ship and said, "they are loading at the stern. Let's go from the bow."

The two men and the white wolf king walked to the bow of the ship along the shadow of the ship. At this time, the people on the ship were busy counting and loading goods, but no one noticed them. When they came to the bow of the boat, they saw a boat near the bow. They looked at each other, put their hands on the boat and jumped down. He rowed the boat into the darkness while others were not paying attention.

"Sister Qingcheng, the city gate and water gate are all closed now. Shall we have a rest in the county city or go out of the city now?" They went ashore from a dark place without lights. Lu que asked.

"We can't stay here. We go out of the city overnight. It's not far from Qingquan city. When the people on the official ship find out that we are missing, they will send a letter to the second uncle Feiying. One night, they can go back and forth several times. When they get caught by the second uncle, you may be OK, and I will be miserable." Gu Qingcheng said, looking around, with a look of lingering fear. He was obviously afraid of her second uncle Gu Huaiyi.

"Well, let's go." Lu que nodded with a smile. It was the first time he saw Gu Qingcheng who was afraid. He didn't see it when he was in Qingquan city. Lu que looked at the stars in the sky, distinguished the next direction, and went straight to the east of the city.

"Where are we going? Do you know where to get out of town? " Gu Qingcheng asked curiously. As far as she knows, Lu que has never been to Xinghu county.

"I don't know." Lu que shook his head. Seeing Gu Qingcheng's face changed, he said, "there is a lot of water in Xinghu county. In order to prevent water disaster, the old city of Xinghu was built on hills. After Taizu excavated the canal, it was expanded because it was a water transport hub. So far, it has the current scale."

At this point, Lu Xudun said, "now that the gate of the city is closed, we can't get through without a document. We can only cross the city wall and go out. Now the east city of Xinghu is where the old city used to be, where the terrain is high and the wall is low, so it's easy to turn out from there. Besides, there is a ferry 30 miles east of the city. We can rent a boat to enter the chijiang River along the Danshui River, and then enter the north south canal, so that we can avoid Qingquan county. "

Lu que continues to walk to the east of the city, but doesn't find Gu Qingcheng's eyes shining behind him. She has seen all these things Lu que said in the book, but it's not what ordinary people can do to connect these things in a moment, consider all the factors, and make a decision. No wonder even his father said that as long as Lu que grew up, his intelligence would surpass that of his father Lu Chun, Duke of Wei, and his mother's eldest princess Yu Chuqing.

They came to the shadow of the east wall of the city, carefully observed the guard situation of the wall for a while, found a gap between the guard and patrol, and went up to the wall from the place where the fire couldn't shine.

After going up to the city wall, Lu que wanted to take out a rope from the package and use it to go outside. But Gu Qingcheng stops her. She lets Lu que sit on the white wolf king. She jumps down from the wall in Lu Que's unbelievable eyes, and the white wolf king also jumps down.

"Sister Qingcheng, your cultivation is in the realm of imperial Qi?" They went out of the city and hid their bodies in the woods outside the city. Lu que looked back at the wall, which was nearly ten feet high. It was still unbelievable.

With such a high city wall, it is absolutely impossible for him to jump down from the blood stealing scene intact, and he just felt the breath of Zhenyuan running from Gu Qingcheng. At this time, Lu que suddenly remembered that when he was painting in the mountains and seas, Yun Xiansi had said to him that Gu Qingcheng's cultivation might be the highest in Fengming academy, no less than his brother Gu Qianxue. At this time, Lu que believed.

"We just broke through. Let's go." Gu Qingcheng did not hide, nodded, carefully listened to the surrounding movement for a while, and pulled Lu que to the East.

"18 years old Yu Qi State?" Looking at Gu Qingcheng walking beside him, Lu que felt a sense of pride. Since Gu Qingcheng can do it, so can he.

When they arrived at the ferry, it was still dark. They called up an old boatman who was sleeping on the boat. The old boatman was obviously a man who had seen the world. Although he was a little frightened at the first sight of the white wolf king, he did not lose his manners. They paid double for a boat and left Xinghu county.

It is obvious that the old boatman often runs on the southern waterways. He has talked and laughed with the patrol officers several times during the inspection. When the officers and soldiers saw him, they did not ask to go on board for inspection. They just asked a few questions and let him go. Lu Que and Gu Qingcheng can't help but feel lucky that they didn't have the idea of rowing south, otherwise they would have been discovered by these patrol officers and soldiers.

Because they had seen two notices from an official with pictures of them, it was obvious that Gu Huaiyi had learned that they had left on the way, and that they were wanted.

It took them less than half a month to reach the southern section of the north south canal because they had made a detour. They didn't get off the boat at the ferry near zhennanguan. A few miles ahead of schedule, they asked to dock. After paying for the boat and thanking the old boatman, they got off the boat. At this time, they were less than 50 miles away from zhennanguan, the southernmost part of Daqian.

Lu Que and Gu Qingcheng discussed and asked the white wolf king to go through the mountain forest and wait for them in the south of zhennanguan. Some dangerous cliffs are a dead end for human beings, but they are nothing to the white wolf king, the mountain forest overlord of spirit beast level. The white wolf king, who was a spirit beast of xuanjie and signed a spirit beast contract with Gu Qingcheng, naturally understood what they meant. He nodded his head, rubbed his head against them, and then disappeared in the mountains after several jumps.

When Lu Que and Gu Qingcheng arrived outside zhennanguan, it was already dusk. The first time I saw the two people in zhennanguan, they were all shocked by the huge city.

Zhennan pass is built between two high mountains. The height of the pass is nearly 100 Zhang. The high mountains on both sides are precipitous cliffs. Just look at the huge and magnificent Guancheng, it gives people a sense of insurmountable, one man in charge of Guancheng, ten thousand people can't open it. It's a disaster for anyone who wants to lead the attack.

"This is zhennanguan? As expected, it is worthy of the name of Xiongguan. " Lu said in amazement that he was really shocked by the majestic pass in front of him. After all, there are two feelings from the book and personal experience. In the face of such a powerful pass, Lu que also has the idea that even his father Lu Chun led the army, there was nothing he could do about it.

"It's no wonder that Nanli and Tianxing seldom send troops to attack Daqian. In the face of this situation, even a million troops are powerless." Lu que sighed again.

"Now is not the time to sigh. How can we get out of the customs?" Although Gu Qingcheng was also shocked, her contractual contact with the white wolf king told her that the white wolf king had arrived in the south of Zhennan pass, and they had to find a way to pass the pass and join the white wolf king.

"That's going to hurt sister Qingcheng." Lu que pointed to the caravan approaching zhennanguan not far away. There was a blue whale triangle flag on the caravan with the word Duanmu written on it. It was the caravan of Duanmu family, one of the great merchant families in Daqian.

"Hanhai County, Duanmu family, do you mean we disguise ourselves and get into the caravan?" Gu Qingcheng was puzzled. Such a long-distance caravan must be familiar with each other. It's impossible to sneak in without being found out.

"It's true to enter the caravan, but you don't have to disguise." He said, "I'm missing landing." he laughed at Gu Qingcheng and pointed to the bottom of the car. Gu Qingcheng knows it in an instant.

Because it's late in the evening, it will be closed immediately, but there are still several caravans to go through the customs, and the guard taxis also speed up the clearance. As long as there is no problem with the customs declaration and the goods on board are consistent with the declaration, the customs clearance will be released. Although Lu Que and Gu Qingcheng, who were hiding under the car, were a little frightened, they passed zhennanguan safely.

There is a Guanshi in Sanli, south of the town, which is mainly used for trading with Tianxing and Nanli countries. Therefore, the caravan did not stay in Guanshi, and went directly to Guanshi outside of the town after customs clearance.

Lu Que and Gu Qingcheng rolled from the bottom of the carriage to the weeds on the side of the road when the carriage was about to close the market. At this time, both of them were blushing. After all, it was not easy to grasp the bottom of the carriage, not to let themselves fall, but also to restrain their breath.

"Where is the white wolf king?" Lu que gasped and asked.

"In the mountains thirty miles away in the south," Gu Qingcheng said. Although she was not breathing like Lu que, she was also flushed.

Gu Qingcheng took out his water bag and took a drink. Then he handed it to Lu Que and said, "let's have a rest, drink some water and eat something. We'll go there tonight. With the white wolf king, we'll be much safer.

"Good." Lu took the water bag and did not drink it to his mouth. Instead, he hung it in the air and poured it into his mouth.

After a short rest, they got up and rushed to the mountain forest where the white wolf king was. By the time they arrived, the moon was already in the middle of the sky.

"It was the beginning of the moon when I left Qingquan. Now it's half moon and the moon is full." Relying on the white wolf king, Gu Qingcheng looked at the full moon in the sky and murmured.

"Yes." Lu que looks at Gu Qingcheng in the moonlight. Nearly half a month's time has brought their relationship closer. It's common for them to drink in the same water bag.

"Go to bed early, and you'll be on your way tomorrow." Gu Qingcheng said softly.

"Good." Lu nodded and went to sleep with a big tree. With the white wolf king in, there was no need for them to watch the night in turn.

The next day, it was just dawn, and Lu Que and Gu Qingcheng were awakened by the sound of footwork. Looking at the team coming here in the distance, they looked at each other and said, "it's a rout."