Chapter 0146: Waterway
"Open the gates and put the drawbridge! Hurry up—" Hassan hurriedly instructed the three men to work: "Move quickly, it looks like it's dawn in a few hours!" ”
"Yes, sir!" The three of them agreed in a low voice, and worked hard to remove the wooden barricades of the city gate, and then squeaked and pushed open the city gate and lowered the wooden sling bridge!
The wheels of the carriage suddenly gurgled, "Bang bang! Under the vigorous whip of a strong man, the speed of the car began to increase, and it drove straight in the direction of the outside of the city!
At this time, in the dark corner near the city gate, Guan Heng was watching Hassan's carriage leave alone, and there was a sudden sound of clattering horses' hooves not far behind him, and then Xia Ni shouted in a low voice: "Guan Heng, according to your orders, I found two horses nearby!" ”
"Well, it seems that Hassan and his men are not close to the place where they are going, let's also ride on horses and chase after them, just keep our distance as much as possible!"
The two nodded to each other, jumped on their mounts, and rode in the direction Hassan had left.
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I don't know how long it took, it was already dark, Guan Heng and Xia Ni rode their horses carefully, keeping a distance from the carriage of Hassan's master and servant in front of them.
"So, Hassan had already planned half a year ago to quietly transfer his treasure trove outside the Kaulu royal capital?!" Guan Heng immediately asked Xia Ni, "Is this the news you overheard outside his room window last night?" ”
"Well, I overheard Hassan as if he was afraid of someone, he had already emptied the contents of his treasure room in batches, and now it should be the last one on the carriage!"
Xia Ni said with a displeased face: "No wonder I visited the treasury of the City Guard Mansion a few times ago, and found that there was almost nothing of value there, it turned out that it had already been transferred!" ”
"Hehe, it doesn't matter!" Guan Heng said with a smile: "Let's follow Dinghassan, a fat silverfish, all the way to find the place where he hid the treasure, and when the time comes, hehehehe......"
Speaking of this, Guan Heng and Xia Ni both laughed evilly, and they said in unison: "Take all the savings of this fat pig and him to death!" ”
Hassan's carriage at first ran along the wide official road, and then gradually turned into the path of the forest, and quietly followed behind, only to feel that the surrounding scenery was becoming more and more desolate.
"Xia Ni, are you familiar with the geography around here?" Guan Heng whispered to the female thief beside him: "Do you know where the road ahead leads?" ”
"Hmm...... I think we're on the edge of a river leading to the royal capital! Xia Ni replied, "The river is wide and fast, and there are very few people nearby!" ”
"I see, but I don't see any hidden places around here where I can hide things!" Guan Heng said a little strangely: "I just don't know where Hassan is going to transport his carriage and things!" ”
"Huh?" As soon as he said this, Guan Heng suddenly twitched his nose and sniffed a few times: "What a heavy smell of water, it seems that we have really come to the bank of the river!" ”
"Guan Heng!" Shani stretched out her hand on her mount and pointed forward, "Hassan's carriage has stopped, and there is like a simple dock in front of it...... Hey? And what about a ship, do they want to transport things somewhere by water? ”
"Dismount!" Guan Heng commanded in a low voice: "Let's sneak over and take a look, maybe we can get a glimpse of some secret information!" ”
"Whoo!" The two men rolled over and dismounted, and then tied their mounts to the edge of a tree in the bushes, allowing them to nibble on the grass on their own.
Suosuo's voice came out quickly, thin and inaudible......
Guan Heng and Xia Nifu lowered their bodies and quickly sneaked into the grass near the improvised dock, relying on the tall and dense reeds to hide their whereabouts, and the two of them had quietly touched the side of the ship.
At this time, three strong men, at the urging of Hassan, carried more than a dozen boxes on the carriage one after another onto the clipper!
"Move faster!" Under the unusually scorching sun, Hassan kept wiping his fat face, because of the sweat that was constantly overflowing with nervousness and anxiety, his clothes were already soaked at this time, and the fat man kept shouting: "Oh, watch out for the box you are moving, it is full of my favorite gold and silver!" ”
"These guys are really clumsy!" The fat man couldn't help complaining: "It's okay to fight and kill or something, and the meticulous work of carrying valuables is really too reluctant for them!" ”
"Bang dang!" A heavy box lay on the deck, and one of the strong men said, "Lord Castle Guard, this is the last box!" ”
"Well, let's go!" The fat man Hassan nodded with satisfaction, and then walked to the cabin with his hands behind his back, and he was just about to get into the hatch when another subordinate behind him shouted: "My lord, the waterline of our ship seems to be too deep, if this is the case, we will encounter the reef area later, and the hull will be broken!" ”
"Stupid, this little thing still bothers me!" Hassan scolded impatiently: "Wouldn't it be possible to reduce the weight of the ship by throwing everything on the ship except for the treasure chest into the water?" ”
"For example...... Just like it! Syllable! Hassan raised his foot and kicked a small sampan tied to the side of the boat next to him: "This little broken boat is useless, throw it to the shore immediately, give me a quick movement, you must go to the island before noon, you know?" ”
"Yes, yes, all at your behalf!" The strong man's subordinates only agreed, and immediately reached out to untie the rope that bound the sampan, only to hear a plopping sound, and the little sampan was immediately thrown into the water by him!
At Hassan's urging, the medium-sized clipper, which was about fifty or sixty meters long and loaded with treasure chests, finally left the improvised dock.
Since the ship's operating system is powered by rare magic stones, it can keep the boat safe and fast, so it can still move smoothly and quickly on this turbulent river!
About three or four minutes after the medium-sized clipper had left, two heads and a small sampan popped out of the reeds by the river.
"Haha, I didn't expect Hassan, a dead fat man, to be quite polite!" Guan Heng said to Xia Ni while rowing the oars: "He actually left us a small boat, doesn't it make it clear that he told us to follow?" ”
"Hehe, that makes sense!" Xia Ni covered her mouth and smiled, and then she said to Guan Heng: "I vaguely heard Hassan say something like 'you must go to the island before noon', is he going to take someone to transport the treasure chest to a nearby island?" ”
"Well, there is this possibility, it seems that there are many inland islands on the fork in the tributary of this river!" Guan Heng rowed the boat and analyzed: "Maybe some inland island is Hassan's secret treasure hiding place!" ”
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