When Qu Hao and Meng Yao heard this, they immediately understood that they were already wanted criminals, and it was no longer safe here.

After thanking the person who read the arrest warrant, the two of them pretended to retreat as if nothing had happened, and they could see with the peripheral vision of their eyes that there were several pairs of eyes looking at them again, but fortunately, both of them had buns, and they were not wearing strange clothes, nor were they riding strange horses, so no one would suspect them for the time being, but if there was an official or soldier interrogation, it was possible to be exposed.

You must leave Han Yue immediately, and leave Wu immediately.

As Qu Hao walked, he quickly thought about how to leave as soon as possible. It seems that riding a motorcycle is not good, although the motorcycle is fast, but the goal is too obvious; Walking is even more unrealistic, and you don't know what kind of risks you will encounter along the way; Riding a horse also seems unlikely, a Meng Yao can't ride, two people riding a horse will definitely be slower than a single horseback chaser, and besides, he is not familiar with the terrain at all.

So there is only one way left to go, and that is the waterway. And by water, there is only one direction: the state of Chu.

The two of them walked towards the pier, and when they saw that the ferry boat that had taken them across the river at noon was also docked on the shore, they got on the boat.

Qu Hao and Meng Yao decided not to go to Wu Rong's house location, but to the place where the luggage was buried, so they instructed the boatmen to drive to the opposite location they designated.

Also on this boat, the mood of the two people when they went was completely different from when they came. He came with curiosity and joy, and went with worry and sorrow. The sunset shone on the river, dyeing the entire river red, but the two had no interest in appreciating it.

The boat approached the shore and slowed down, and Qu Hao stood at the bow of the boat, waiting for the docking.

Suddenly, there was a snort in his ears, and Qu Hao saw that the boatman who was sitting in the middle had stood up at some point, and the boat slurry in his hand swept towards him.

Qu Hao subconsciously took the ship slurry with both hands, slowed down the impact, withstood the attack, and the boat began to shake in an instant, Wu Mengyao was so frightened that he grabbed the sides of the boat with both hands and screamed again and again.

Without waiting for the boatman to take back the pulp, the boatman standing at the other end of the boat held a long bamboo artemisia over Wu Mengyao's head and stabbed at Qu Hao, Qu Hao reacted quickly, let go of the bamboo artemisia on one side, freed up his left hand to hold the sculls and rowed board, and pulled it in the direction of the bamboo artemisia, only to see the boatman stumble and fall into the water.

Seeing that the sneak attack had failed, the other boatman also fell into the water, hurriedly jumped into the water, swam to the bow of the boat, grabbed both sides of the boat with both hands, and began to shake from side to side, trying to overturn the boat and take advantage of the good water to defeat the opponent.

Qu Hao didn't dare to slack off, quickly took out the copper flute sword, held the sword with his backhand and slammed it into the bottom of the boat between the two hands of the boatman.

The blade of the sword plunged through the bottom of the ship into the boatman's head, and a large pool of blood immediately floated out of the water, and a vomiting smell of blood immediately filled the entire area of the boat.

This unfortunate boatman was unarmed for this man and a woman, and it was in a small space on the ship, so it was not difficult to deal with, if he was more sure in the water, but he went to report to the Lord of Yama before he could figure out what was going on.

Seeing that the bottom of the boat had been pierced, Qu Hao was worried about the influx of the river, so he did not withdraw his sword for the time being, but held the copper flute in his hand and waited to fight back against the attack of another boatman.

When the other boatman saw that his companion was dead, he was so frightened that he abandoned his dead companion and the boat and went ashore.

Qu Hao immediately picked up the boat pulp and rowed the boat to catch up, and the boatman and the boat docked almost at the same time.

After the boatman climbed ashore, he ran desperately upward, Qu Hao jumped off the boat a few steps before catching up, and swept the copper flute to the boatman's calf and knocked him to the ground.

Qu Hao stepped forward, pressed the copper flute against the boatman's throat, and asked loudly, "Who are you?" I didn't miss a penny of your money, why do you want to harm us. ”

The boatman was so frightened that he trembled, and hurriedly said: "The good man spares his life, the little one is called Wang Aqi, we have read the arrest warrant at the head of the city wall, and after listening to what you said on the ship, we know that you are outsiders, and we suspect that you are spies, but we just want to extort you from a little money, and we have no intention of harming your lives."

Qu Hao let go of the copper flute, spat Wang Aqi, and scolded him: "Birdman, you are the spy."

turned around and walked onto the boat and helped Wu Mengyao off the boat.

At this time, there was a commotion on the surface of the water, Qu Hao and Meng Yao looked towards the water, only to see a large group of fish attracted by blood, chasing and jumping, extremely excited, terrifying.

Qu Hao retrieved the bronze sword and tied Wang Aqi's hands back to the bow of the boat with a cable to prevent him from attacking again.

After doing these things, Qu Hao and Wu Mengyao found the location where the luggage was buried, took out the luggage and left, looking for the ship that would send them to the Chu State.

Qu Hao and Meng Yao searched along the river bank for more than ten minutes, and finally found a larger canopy boat, an old man and a young boatman were sitting on the shore eating dinner, the old one looked in his 40s, and the younger one was in his 20s, like a father and son.

The canopy boat is a unique means of water transportation, the middle of the boat is made of bamboo strips to make a black arc top canopy, supplemented by straw mats on the board, which can sit or lie down, but because the canopy is low and the hull is narrow, it is inconvenient for passengers to stand upright.

Qu Hao stepped forward to greet them, and then asked, "Boatman, can I rent your boat to go to Chu State?"

The older boatman said, "Yes, you guys should come over early tomorrow morning, just as we are going back to Shucheng in Chu State, where are you going?"

"It just so happens that we're also going to Shucheng, so let's leave tonight, okay? We have an urgent matter and I can pay double the rent. "Qu Hao actually doesn't know how far Shucheng is, but now the top priority is to leave Wu State, and it doesn't matter which city he goes to.

The man replied, "No, it's too hard to sail at night."

Qu Hao was helpless, took out a piece of gold and said, "We really have an urgent matter, can the boatman make it convenient."

As soon as the man saw that it was a piece of gold, the pupils of his eyes immediately lit up, and after taking it, he hurriedly said, "Yes, you can leave now."

As he spoke, he began to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and when the two of them got on the boat, they released the anchor rope.

After getting on the boat, while sailing, Qu Hao chatted with the older boatman: "Boatman, are you from Chu?"

The boatman replied, "Yes, we are from Shucheng, and we put the wooden platoon here."

"Oh, the boat is far away?" Qu Hao asked.

"It's not far, go a little faster, and you can play a round trip a day." Said the boatman.

"Then why don't you dock your ship at the edge of the city? It's so lively over there. Qu Hao asked, in fact, he wanted to find out if the two of them had gone to see the arrest warrant at the head of the city wall on the other side of the river.

"The workers don't like to be busy, this side is quiet and spacious, and cooking won't disturb others." Said the boatman.

"Oh. Then which monarch of your Chu State is now?" Qu Hao asked.

"Our Chu country is now the king of Chu Mu." There seemed to be a hint of pride in the boatman's words.

"Chuanjia, you are from Chu State, so do you know Qu Yuan? Do you celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival? Qu Hao asked, among the ancients, he had the best impression of Qu Yuan of Chu State, first of all, because he was also surnamed Qu, maybe Qu Yuan was his ancestor; Another is that Qu Yuan gave his descendants a Dragon Boat Festival, not to mention the holiday, and delicious zongzi to eat.

Hearing Qu Hao ask this question, Wu Mengyao covered her mouth and laughed, it is the Spring and Autumn Period, and Qu Yuan is a person from the Warring States Period, and Qu Yuan's grandfather is estimated not to have been born yet.

The boatman was stunned for a moment and said, "I don't know, I haven't heard of this person." Didn't understand what you're saying. ”

The boatman asked Qu Hao: "Hakka, which country are you from?" ”

"We are from Wu." Qu Hao replied.

After sailing for so long, the young boatman didn't say a word, as if he was out of the way.

The sky gradually darkened, Qu Hao and Meng Yao sat in the middle of the Wupeng boat, put down the tarpaulins on both sides, and then snuggled up and sat together, taking turns to fall asleep for safety.

The two boatmen, one old and one young, sat at both ends of the boat, taking turns rowing the oars, taking turns to sit and doze off and rest, and the boat moved slowly against the current on the river.

The sky was bright, and Qu Hao came out of the black peng.

The sun rises from the surface of the river, the river water is as crystal clear as a sapphire, the mist on the river surface is thick, like a fairyland, the long continuous reeds on the river bank have withered yellow, swaying with the wind. The young boatman took a fishing net and began to cast his net to catch fish, and the image of the river being quiet and peaceful was intoxicating.

When the old boatman saw that they had woken up, he sang happily. And this ballad is actually "Pu Jia", which Qu Hao and Wu Mengyao are very familiar with:

The leaves are pale, and the white dew is frost. The so-called Iraqi people are on the water side.

Tracing back to it, the road is long and obstructive; Tracing from it, it is like being in the middle of the water.

Meng Yao heard the ballads in the Book of Songs here and now, as if listening to the original soundtrack to compose songs, she was deeply infected, and she also got out of the Wupeng boat, while listening to the boatmen singing the masterpieces in the "Book of Songs", while enjoying the beautiful scenery of this autumn.

When the older boatman saw that both of them were out of Ubong, he suggested that they rest on the shore for a while, and that they should make something to eat.

Qu Hao and Meng Yao were about to relax, so they agreed.

When the boat was on the shore, the father and son were making a tripod with wooden sticks in the mud, and hoisting a clay pot half filled with water, and under it lay dead grass and reed rods to make a fire and boil it, when Qu Hao came over and lit the hay with a lighter.

The two shipwrights were stunned by Qu Hao's ignition action, thinking that there would be such a magical thing.

Qu Hao watched the two fathers and sons busy, thinking that the ancient people were much better than the modern people, and when he heard the older boatman call his son a chicken woman, he felt funny. When I asked, the surname was Ji, and the name was quite good. His father's name is even funnier, called Ji Jiao, and the pronunciation is "chicken call", and the good name is ambiguous because of the pronunciation.

The two fathers and sons took out a few fish from the bamboo basket hanging in the water with a rope from the bow of the boat, cleaned the fish entrails with a knife, and asked Qu Hao if he wanted it, Qu Hao said that we would make it ourselves in two parts, and then the boatman divided two big ones into Qu Hao and Wu Mengyao, and threw the other few in the clay pot and boiled them.

Qu Hao took the two fish, washed them and put them on the reed pole, asked the boatman for some salt to smear them with salt, and then skewered them with two cleaned wooden sticks, made a wooden frame and roasted them on the fire after making a fire.

After a while, the boiled fish of the boatman's father and son was cooked, and one of them served a bowl and ate it, and Qu Hao and Meng Yao also ate the game grilled fish.

After eating, Qu Hao and Meng Yao returned to the boat. They weren't sure if they were safe, and they only wanted to reach the towns of Chu as soon as possible.

When the boatman and his son saw that they were on board, they also quickened themselves to eat the fish and pack their things, returned to the boat, and set off again.

The young boatman rowed, and his father kept casting nets to catch fish, and he really caught a lot along the way.

After about two more hours, the boatman said to Qu Hao, "It's almost there."

Qu Hao breathed a sigh of relief gently, arriving in the Chu State, at least it meant that no one would treat them as spies.

The boat slowly approached the shore, and Qu Hao stood out of the black peng with the heavy backpack on his back first, but the shore in front of him was empty.

He looked at the shore, stretched, and jumped ashore as soon as the ship came to shore.

Suddenly, Ji Po, who was standing beside him, threw a black object forward, Qu Hao subconsciously glanced at this thing, but unexpectedly, this distraction was tricked.