In the shipbuilding workshop, Li Xiu came to the room where Qi Niang lived with a gloomy face, only to see that the guards such as Hat'er and the fat sister were also standing here, and when they saw him, they immediately greeted him, and the fat sister took the initiative to punish him: "The subordinates are incompetent, they didn't protect Qi Niang, please punish the master!" ”

Looking at the fat sister with a face full of shame, although Li Xiu was annoyed, but the fat sister was the first batch of people to follow him after all, and she never dared to slack off when she was usually conscientious, plus this time it must have been Qi Niang who ran away by herself, so she couldn't blame the fat sister entirely, and he calmed down and said: "Now is not the time to say this, take me into the room!" ”

Hearing that Li Xiu didn't blame herself, the fat sister felt even more guilty, she was the head of Qi Niang's guard, but she didn't even know when Qi Niang disappeared, which was naturally very dereliction of duty, but she also knew that she didn't talk about these things now, so she stood up and took Li Xiu to Qi Niang's room. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

When Li Xiu followed the fat sister into Qi Niang's room, the hater next to him also opened his mouth and introduced: "Sir, I came to look for Qi Niang just now, but when I pushed the door open, I found that the room was empty, and even the quilt had not been opened, according to the fat sister, yesterday Qi Niang instructed them not to disturb, saying that they were going to design a new ship type, because this kind of thing is not the first time, so the fat sister They were not surprised, until I came in today and found that no one was missing, Qi Niang was likely to leave last night!" ”

"Oh? How do you know she left at night? Li Xiu had a calm face at this time, and now his mind was full of anger, and it was difficult for him to even think normally.

"Sir, please see, Qi Niang's room is divided into two rooms, Qi Niang generally does things in the inside, three meals a day are sent to the table outside by the fat sisters, yesterday's three meals Qi Niang eaten, but today's breakfast and lunch Qi Niang did not move, because it often happened that Qi Niang was too engrossed in doing things, so she forgot to eat, and the fat sisters did not dare to disturb, so they did not find that the Qi Niang in the middle was gone." Hate Er explained again at this time.

"It's all my fault, in fact, when I found out that Qi Niang hadn't eaten this morning, I should have gone inside to take a look!" At this time, the fat sister spoke again in annoyance.

However, when Li Xiu heard this, he knew that he couldn't blame the fat sister, because Qi Niang was very disgusted with other people's interference, Li Xiu used to see Qi Niang delaying her meal because of her work, and when she wanted to persuade her kindly, she was reprimanded by Qi Niang as soon as she entered the room, and it is estimated that the fat sister and they all know Qi Niang's temper, so they naturally dare not disturb easily.

I didn't eat breakfast, and the quilt on the bed was not opened, it didn't look like someone had slept at all, and just like Hate said, Qi Niang should have left last night, and the way to leave has been found by Hate Er, because there is a rope in the position of the back window, the room where Qi Niang lives is located on a high ground, and outside the window is a very steep slope, almost ninety degrees, it is difficult to climb up, so the fat sister They did not arrange manpower here, and after going down this slope, it is the timber yard of the shipbuilding workshop, which is full of piles of wood, It looks like a gossip array, hiding someone at night and playing.

Looking at the rope by the window that hung down to the bottom of the steep slope, Li Xiu finally calmed down, Qi Niang must have left by herself, as for the reason for her leaving, Li Xiu had already guessed, it must have been that day that she saw the album she asked for from Li Chengdao, so she guessed something.

However, what makes Li Xiu a little strange is that even if Qi Niang guessed that Li Chengdao came back, she shouldn't know where Li Chengdao is, after all, only she and Zhang Shiyi know about this matter, and Zhang Shiyi didn't come back, so even if she escapes, I'm afraid she won't be able to find Li Chengdao?

"There are several exits in the shipbuilding workshop, they should all be guarded, didn't anyone find out that Qi Niang left?" At this time, Li Xiu finally forced himself to calm down, and then asked again.

"Master Qiyu, there are a total of eight exits in the workshop, because Qi Niang lives here, so we are also extra careful, each exit is guarded, but no one has found any trace of Qi Niang, but there is another possibility, that is, Qi Niang left from the water by boat!" At this time, the fat sister immediately reported that this is a shipbuilding workshop, and the whole workshop faces a big river, so as long as there is a boat, it is easy to come out of the workshop.

"This is a shipbuilding workshop, and the most important thing is a ship, so there is no way to check it?" Li Xiu couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and at the same time, the irritability that had just been suppressed in his heart also swelled even more.

"I don't know, although there are many ships in the shipbuilding workshop, but in addition to those docks, there is only one dock that can be launched, and the management of ships in the workshop is very strict, and the dock is also guarded by special people, and there are several ships in the dock, and one less will be discovered, I have asked the people in the workshop before, except for a batch of new ships that need to be delivered today, there are no other ships leaving the workshop!" At this time, the fat sister reported again.

"New ship? What new ships? When Li Xiu heard this, he suddenly had a bad premonition.

"It's the batch of new ships that were intercepted by Master Zhang some time ago, saying that they were going to be handed over to a big businessman in Quanzhou." The fat sister reported again, and after guessing that Qi Niang should have left by water, she investigated the boat that left the workshop clearly.

"What!" Li Xiu couldn't help but shout when he heard this, others didn't know who the big businessman in Quanzhou was, but he knew very well that the other party was Li Chengdao, in other words, this batch of ships was going to be handed over to Li Chengdao, so he was almost certain now that Qi Niang must be secretly hiding on those ships, so that she didn't need to do anything at all, and when the ship was handed over, he would naturally see Li Chengdao.

Thinking of the above, Li Xiu was also annoyed and helpless, but at the same time, he was also a little surprised, and couldn't figure out how Qi Niang knew that those ships were handed over to Li Chengdao? Could it be that she has other sources of information?

At the same time, in the open sea south of the Yangtze River estuary, a group of sea ships are sailing smoothly, and the guys on board are sounding the horn, raising all the sails on the ship, and mustering up enough wind to sail in the direction of Quanzhou.

On the bottom floor of the cabin of one of the ships, this was originally the cargo hold of this ship, but because it was a new ship that needed to be delivered, there was naturally no cargo on board, and the empty ship was easy to capsize because the center of gravity was too high, so some ballast stones were piled up in the cargo hold to lower the center of gravity of the ship.

Behind the ballast stone of one of the cabins, there was a slender figure curled up there, and made an even breathing sound, as if he had fallen asleep, and after a long while, I saw this figure stretch out for a long time, and then a crisp voice said to himself: "I'm so hungry, I knew I would have brought something to eat before I came!" ”

This figure is naturally Qi Niang who quietly escaped from the shipbuilding workshop, Li Xiu just came back that day, she hurried to find Li Xiu when she went home, and saw Li Chengdao's album on the table in the bedroom.

Although the distance between the Americas and the Tang Dynasty is far away, and sometimes the fleet rarely goes back and forth once a year, Qi Niang and Li Chengdao have always maintained correspondence, so Qi Niang knows that Li Chengdao likes to paint, and he also carries a picture album with him, and even Li Chengdao's letters sometimes contain a picture of the Americas painted by him, so Qi Niang recognized the origin of the album at a glance.

In addition, Qi Niang also knew that this album had always been Li Chengdao's belongings, and it would never be easily handed over to others, but now it appeared on Li Xiu's table, and later she also tested her eldest brother Li Xiu, although Li Xiu did not reveal anything, but she had seen something from his expression, which made her almost conclude that Li Chengdao was likely to have returned.

This discovery also made Qi Niang very excited, since the farewell of the year, she has not seen Li Chengdao for six years, and the usual correspondence makes her miss Li Chengdao very much, so she made a decision in an instant that she must see Li Chengdao.

However, Qi Niang is also very smart, she knows that Li Xiu will definitely not let her see Li Chengdao, so she pretends to be like usual on the surface, thus dispelling Li Xiu's suspicions, and then she began to analyze Li Chengdao's current position.

As far as Qi Niang knows, the fleet from the Americas is generally the first to Liuqiu, because the bearded guests have a stronghold in Liuqiu, and then they will go to Quanzhou, which is very close to Liuqiu, when they think of Quanzhou, Qi Niang thought that Zhang Shiyi suddenly ran to Quanzhou before, you must know that Zhang Shiyi's business is now very big, and the general merchants are not worth his personal trip, and Zhang Shiyi went very suddenly this time, and even Qi Niang went to Qu Yi to inquire, and even Qu Yi didn't know that Zhang Shiyi was going to Quanzhou in advance.

In addition, not long after Zhang Shiyi went to Quanzhou, he suddenly stopped all the ships to be delivered by the shipbuilding workshop, and gave priority to the so-called "big merchant" in Quanzhou, which made Qi Niang naturally think of Li Chengdao, if the big merchant was Li Chengdao, then all this would have a reasonable explanation.

It was precisely guessed above that Qi Niang also immediately decided, since these boats were handed over to Li Chengdao, then she didn't have to do anything at all, she just needed to follow these boats, of course, she couldn't get on the boat openly, otherwise she would definitely be stopped by Li Xiu, so she played with a golden cicada out of her shell, quietly slipped out of the room, and then hid in one of the boats at night.

But Qi Niang is still too young after all, she forgot to prepare food and water when she got on the boat, now that a day and a night have passed, she also feels hungry and thirsty, some of which are still bearable, the key is that thirst is too torturous.

"I'm so stupid, it's okay not to eat for a few days, but it's not okay to not drink water for a few days, with the speed of this batch of new ships, it will take three or four days to reach Quanzhou at the earliest, I'm afraid I will die of thirst before I see Chengdao!" Qi Niang whispered to herself again at this time, and her face also showed a look of chagrin.