Chapter 7: The Reeds (3)

Using his hands and feet together, Zhao Gu struggled to swim forward. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

He walked in narrow waterways, and in some places only one person could pass, but the boat could not enter at all, so he had to take a detour.

The sound of the water was so loud that I couldn't tell if it was self-inflicted or if the water was swept out by a boat.

The night lit by torches everywhere faintly surrounded Zhao Gu, and he could only go up with his head and compete with the small boats piloted by officers and soldiers.

The arrows still fell beside him, though most of them were deflected, landing more than a dozen meters away.

But some of the arrows landed around him, and several of them missed past him, causing his scalp to tingle.

As soon as he showed his head and breathed, he was immediately greeted by waves of arrows.

Even if he tried his best to hold his breath and not show his head, the officers and men would shoot indiscriminately by virtue of their senses, just as they didn't cost money to make these arrows.

Under such a dense rain of arrows, Zhao Gu was finally hit by an arrow.

With a pop, an arrow passed through the water and hit his right foot, which did not pierce, but still made him shiver in pain, and a wisp of blood suddenly bloomed on the water.

But he still relied on a breath of hard air that did not kill him, temporarily escaped the encirclement, endured the pain on a piece of reed ground, Zhao Gu pulled out the arrow, quickly bandaged it, and dived into the water again.

Behind him, the whizzing boat broke through the water and headed straight in his direction.

The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and Zhao Gu could see the sinister smiles on the faces of the catchers when he turned around.

"No, if I continue like this, I will be chased to death by them sooner or later."

Zhao Gu decided to change his strategy, and when a lone boat sailed past him, he grabbed the boat at once and flipped up.

The five people on the boat were the catchers of Kaifeng Mansion, and they were stunned at first when they saw Zhao Gu coming up, and then they pulled out their sabers with joy, and looked at Zhao Gu with burning eyes, as if looking at a glittering piece of gold.

Zhao Gu will not be caught with his hands tied, in fact, what he wants is this kind of reaction to catch fast.

Taking advantage of the carelessness of the catcher, Zhao Gu threw out three stones like lightning, hitting the forehead of the three catchers.

With such a close impact, Zhao Gu used his best strength again, and the three catchers were immediately smashed to the ground, humming and chirping.

The other two caught up their contempt at this time, but they still didn't call anyone. Because if you catch Zhao Gu, you will get a reward of twenty yuan, and once someone else participates, wouldn't it be necessary for one more person to share the money.

Zhao Gu calculated the psychology of catching fast, so he dared to touch the cabin.

The two catchers rushed up with their knives, but Zhao Gu did not fight them, but ran hard and crashed into the cabin at once.

This small boat is not big, and the stability is naturally not strong, but when it was hit by Zhao Gu, it immediately lost its balance and was about to capsize.

Zhao Gu smiled coldly and hit it again, adding strength to the dumping of the boat.

The two catchers were unsteady on their feet, so they had to hold on to the cabin, but they couldn't change the side of the boat, and they felt that the sky was turned upside down, and the two fell into the water.

Grunt.

A burst of water bubbles sounded, these catchers were all landlubbers, Zhao Gu watched coldly on the sidelines as the five catchers died one after another, and then changed directions to continue diving.

In the next hour or so, Zhao Gu used this method to solve more than a dozen catches in the three small boats one after another, and the other catchers stopped one after another, not daring to surround him anymore.

It wasn't until the civil official who was smashed by Zhao Gu and full of teeth appeared that the catchers endured their fear and united to advance towards Zhao Gu.

Zhao Gu just solved the three catches in a small boat at this time, and this time he did it directly and did not overturn the boat.

Glancing coldly at the army behind him, he controlled the boat and a dragon tail swing, and then rowed away with the water waves.

After robbing the boat, his speed of escape naturally increased dramatically, but at the same time, he also became a live target for all clippers.

"Surround him, live or die."

"Whoever can kill Zhao Gu will have a bounty of fifty guan."

"Quick, catch him, just catch him, and you'll have a good year this year."

The chattering civil officials are still chattering behind them. Zhao Gu turned around and threw out a stone again, which smashed accurately into his mouth, smashing off half of the other half of his teeth that he hadn't smashed last time.

"Woo-woo-woo......."

Without his chatter, the scene suddenly fell silent. But the enthusiasm of the catchers was still mobilized, and Zhao Gu didn't expect this stone to solve the problem, and continued to row the boat and move quickly.

The catchers blushed and red-eyed one by one, like drunken drunks, hula-la-la, chasing after them, just like robbers who went to rob big houses.

You chased me and ran, time passed unconsciously, and in a blink of an eye, the sky gradually brightened.

At this time, no one paid attention to the weather, and no one noticed that under normal circumstances, it would have been dark by this time.

"Smack."

It wasn't until a drop of rain fell that everyone noticed that it was abnormal, and it was actually raining!

The winter rain carried an icy coolness, and it was very uncomfortable to fall on people's bodies, and soon numb their bodies, and they shivered all over their bodies.

Zhao Gu had plunged into the water before, and his clothes had not dried at this time, so he was naturally more afraid of the cold than the fast catchers, but he gritted his teeth, even if his hands were numb, he still held the oars rigidly, paddling mechanically.

The fast catchers gradually couldn't keep up with him, their enthusiasm for chasing Zhao Gu at the beginning was only because of Li Hao's bounty, and they were already exhausted after chasing all night, and when they encountered this winter rain, many people's faces were frozen white, their morale was greatly affected, and their speed was naturally getting slower and slower.

Seeing this situation, Zhao Gu was greatly encouraged, and his hands swiped harder and harder, even though his face was as white as white paper.

Zhao Gu has only one thought in his heart, live!

Finally, when the closest boat to Zhao Gu was also more than two hundred meters, the pursuers were completely discouraged, Zhao Gu rowed forward for some distance, decisively turned into another river, and soon disappeared at the end of the winding river.

After rowing more than ten miles of waterway in one go, Zhao Gu abandoned the boat, climbed ashore, and then burrowed into the woods on the shore without looking back.

He didn't dare to look back to observe the situation on the side of the clipper, because he didn't know if the young general named Cao Wei was also there, as long as he was there, even if Zhao Gu delayed for even one more minute, he would be in more danger of dying.

As for the small boat, it continued to move forward at a high speed in the direction of the strong wind, providing the last cover for Zhao Gu.

After entering the woods, Zhao Gu still didn't dare to stop, and drove more than ten miles of mountain roads in one breath and entered a no-man's land, so he found a hidden cave and planned to rest.

After making sure that no one was pursuing, Zhao Gu took out the fire fold and raised a pile of fire.

It was already pouring rain outside, and Zhao Gu dared to make a fire, so that the smoke would not be discovered at all, because the rain could cover everything.

At this time, he was extremely tired, after a night of high-intensity running, not only was his body overworn, but his spirit was also sluggish, but he still fought hard, dried his clothes by the temperature of the fire, and at the same time took off his backpack, took out the buns that had already been blistered, and ate four of them.

The steamed buns soaked in water were very untasty, slimy and difficult to swallow, but Zhao Gu laughed as if he was gnawing on the queen mother's peach.

At this time, he was far away from the seal, and his location was unknown, in other words, he was finally free!