"Wait, you said Yun Gongzi and they are gone?" Li Sanliang said in surprise.

"yes, let's go, but it's not been a while! Maybe you can still find them in the past, and say goodbye," replied the shopkeeper.

"How did you get there? Why haven't I seen them come out all the time? Li Sanliang muttered, as if talking to himself.

However, at such a close distance, the shopkeeper could naturally hear it, and said with a smile: "You don't know, Yun Gongzi and they all belong to the best courtyard in the Xiaoyao Inn, so the carriage can drive all the way to the door of their courtyard, and then drive out directly from the left and right side doors of the inn, I guess you have been waiting at the main gate before, so you can't see it." ”

Li Sanliang nodded, indicating that he was indeed at the main gate before, but now he still has to find the gang leader Mu Hong and Yun Commander first, although they have already left the inn, but they don't know that their whereabouts have been known by Jing Zhe, so let them prepare in advance, so as not to be ambushed or sneak attacked behind.

"Shopkeeper, do you know which dock Yun Gongzi they went to?"

Although Li Sanliang knew that they had left the inn and returned to Yangzhou, they didn't know which wharf they would board the ship on, after all, Xicheng was the base camp of Caoyun, relying on the Yangtze River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Caoyun was extremely developed, and there were many commercial wharves, and there were even several wharves named after the goods such as cloth wharf, grain wharf, and salt wharf, so Li Sanliang didn't know which wharf Yunqing they went to at this time.

The shopkeeper smiled when he heard this, and even the wrinkles spread out with laughter: "Haha, you asked this time, if I don't know it usually, but this time Yun Gongzi and they rented five carriages from the inn, because they have to calculate the cost of the distance, so they specially asked Yun Gongzi, they are going to the commercial dock in the north of the city, if you take the carriage over now, you should still have time to meet each other, see you off." ”

"Boss Lei, then let's go quickly!" When Li Sanliang heard this, he said to the Lei Tiger beside him, and thought about quickly lying on the back of the Lei Laohu.

Although the time was pressing, Lei Laohu still rolled his eyes: "It's a few miles from here to the north of the city, you want to exhaust me, and even if I run at full speed, I can't run the carriage." Shopkeeper, didn't Yun Gongzi leave a hundred taels of silver for three taels from you, then now we rent a larger carriage, and you deduct the rent directly from the one hundred taels of silver, and you put the rest of the money in the carriage, and we will rent it now! ”

"Okay! Wait a minute, two sons! I'll let someone handle it! The smile on the shopkeeper's face was even worse, after all, someone is always happy to take care of the business, and the other party didn't even ask the price of renting a carriage, and directly said yes, the price is still quite sufficient, but for the sake of them and Yun Gongzi are friends, this money should not be too ruthless, after all, Yun Gongzi is already so bold.

After a while, Li Sanliang and Lei Laohu got into the carriage rented by the Xiaoyao Inn, and there were ninety-nine taels of silver on it, and of course some copper coins. Li Sanliang and Lei Laohu sat on both sides, lifted the curtains and looked outside, and picked up all the people who had been scattered before for them to check the news into the carriage, Lei Laohu also stopped at the weapons shop that sold weapons, and used the remaining ninety-nine taels of silver to purchase, bought nine knives, nine daggers, and then stopped at the cloth shop to buy a few scraps of obsolete long rags.

Li Sanliang and they naturally didn't know the specific reason why Boss Lei did this, but among them, Boss Lei was the most experienced person, and some opinions and orders in the past were what Boss Lei said to do, how to do it, and how to execute it, so everyone didn't ask, but in terms of quantity, each of them was nine, and it should be distributed to them.

Although Boss Lei didn't have any explanation in the carriage, everyone didn't ask, and Li Sanliang also felt that when time was so tight, Boss Lei still did these things, which must be meaningful and useful later. Then Boss Lei stopped the carriage at the door of the liquor store, got out of the car and bought nine pots of wine, and moved to the carriage without saying a word.

Because the wine shop and the oil and rice are spread together, this time it was Li Sanliang who rarely got out of the carriage and bought two whole jars of oil.

The rest of the journey did not get off the carriage again, but drove straight to the pier in the north of the city. At this time, many large ships were docked on the wharf, with various flags hanging on them, and the names of major businesses were written on them, and the wharf was full of people, and the workers carried all kinds of goods up and down on the wharf.

Therefore, it is more difficult to find the helpers Mu Hong and Yun to invite them at the first time, but although Li Sanliang's sesame eyes are small, their eyes are really good, and they found Yun Qing at the first time, because in the crowd, it is very likely that they will disappear again in the next moment, so Li Sanliang hurriedly jumped up and lay on Boss Lei's back, while raising his right hand and shaking it and shouting Yun Qing's name.

It's not that he doesn't want to be called Yun Commander, but it's really the word Commander, which is a little too high-profile on this dock, although shouting Yun Qing can also make others notice him, but this is just an ordinary name, there are not dozens of names that are shouted loudly every day on the dock, but there are more than a dozen, so others don't remember it very clearly, unlike the word Commander, it is estimated that it will be remembered in two or three days, and now at this critical moment, it is better not to attract too much attention.

As for Yun Qing's side, he naturally also noticed Li Sanliang here, he heard someone call his name, and when he saw the other party again, the ominous premonition in his heart became even stronger. He also waved his hand to the other party to come over quickly, mainly because there were too many people on this dock, at least sixty-three people on his side gathered together and surrounded outside, at least it was safe, and he didn't have to worry about being heard if he said anything.

Lei Laohu, who was carrying Li Sanliang on his back, finally squeezed through the crowd and came to Yun Qing, who was in the center, Li Sanliang hurriedly said: "Commander Yun, calling you by your name just now is really a last resort......

Yun Qing stretched out her hand and interrupted Li Sanliang's explanation: "Now that time is urgent, you don't have to worry about these red tapes. ”

When Yun Qing said this, it was Lei Laohu who stared intently at Mu Hong's appearance after his appearance, and finally confirmed that the old man in front of him was Mu Hong, the helper, and when Lei Laohu was about to bow and greet him, he was dragged by Mu Hong's hand: "As Commander Yun said, now is an emergency, so don't care about these red tapes." ”

The two hurriedly nodded yes, and Yun Qing was the first to ask, "How do you know that we are here, why are you in a hurry to find us?" ”

Here Li Sanliang glanced at Lei Laohu, Lei Laohu nodded, and in a calm tone as much as possible, he talked about everything he and Li Sanliang had communicated in the alley to all the way here. Of course, the carriage stopped on the road and bought those things, so inconsequential things were not to be said.

"So, that Jing Zhe and the two Liao people already knew half an hour ago that I had joined forces with the Pastoral Gang Leader, and that the Pastoral Gang Leader had finally appeared at the Joyful Inn?" Yun Qing asked with a serious face frowning.

Lei Laohu nodded, and said in a tone of remorse and self-reproach: "Yes, this is the case, it's all because I didn't carefully check whether there was anyone squatting behind the wall when I communicated with Sanliang......"

"Actually, I'm to blame for this!" Li Sanliang hurriedly took responsibility.

"Okay? Now is not the time to talk about this, let me ask you, how long does it take to get here from the Cao Bang Headquarters to the Xiaoyao Inn, and then from the Xiaoyao Inn? Yun Qing asked, and after speaking, he looked at the entrance of the dock, at least there was no large-scale dust raised in that direction, which indicated that the situation was not bad now, and there were no large-scale troops coming.

"Because the Xiaoyao Inn is in the south, this pier is in the north, and the main hall is in the middle of the two, so from the Caobang General Hall to the Xiaoyao Inn, and then from the Xiaoyao Inn to the dock, it is equivalent to running one more round trip, and the time is about one hour to one and a half hours." Lei Laohu replied without thinking.

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