Chapter 321: Arrangement

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"Who?" The night patrol archers running in front suddenly stopped and shouted at the dark alley in front of them, "Come out!" Everyone who followed stopped and looked at the alley.

Seeing that no one answered, the leading night patrol archers were about to step forward to arrest someone, when they heard the sound of "go out", and one person staggered out and was kicked out.

When everyone saw it, it was Fan Yiguang who was wandering near the Million Restaurant as the beggar Han said earlier.

Then another archer came out behind him, and came forward to salute Lord Shen: "My lord, my subordinate is Lu Zhuang, who is responsible for tracking Fan Yiguang's Six Little Banners, someone came to look for this guy in the afternoon, and then he went to the back alley of the Million Dollar Restaurant, and wandered there for an hour despite the night ban." ”

When Lord Shen heard this, he asked, "The person who came to the door, have you investigated?"

Lu Zhuang lowered his head a little embarrassed: "Lord Hui, my subordinates are ashamed and went to track down, but they were thrown off, and my subordinates were afraid that this Fan Yiguang would make trouble, so they didn't track it anymore." ”

Lord Shen did not pursue it.

And I have to be glad that this Lu Zhuang can distinguish the priorities.

At present, there are less than twenty spies he has specially cultivated, and it is not enough for anyone to stay in the town to keep an eye on a person related to Zeng Qi.

The problem of manpower seriously hindered his movements, and it was because of this that he endured the affairs on the mountain and secretly arranged it, hoping to give them a surprise attack to eliminate them in one fell swoop when the mountain bandits were fighting each other, so as to prevent future troubles.

Lord Shen's gaze shifted to Fan Yiguang, who shrunk his head and trembled slightly, and asked, "Are you going to the Qinghe River?" ”

Fan Yi's bald head hung lower, and his voice was almost inaudible "um".

"But to see Zeng Qi?"

Fan Yiguang raised his head suddenly, and his body trembled even more: "Big, my lord, you know everything?" ”

Hearing this, the Han beggar shouted proudly: "My lord, you see, the villain is right, the boat was used to escape!" ”

Lord Shen's gaze swept lightly, and the Han beggar closed his mouth in disdain.

"Take him with you, move quickly." Lord Shen didn't talk nonsense, confessed, raised his chin, and motioned to the night patrol archers in front of him to open the way.

Fan Yiguang knelt on the ground with a plop and begged: "My lord, the shopkeeper Zeng is not a human trafficker, he has grievances, please be aware of it!" ”

Lord Shen lowered his eyes and looked coldly at Fan Yiguang who was prostrate on the ground: "It seems that you still know something else." Why don't you confess during the day? ”

"The adults are wronged, the villain doesn't know during the day, and the villain only got the news in the evening."

"Oh? When you get the news, why don't you report it to the Inspection Division? ”

"My lord, you heard the villain say, my shopkeeper asked the villain to sneak back to the restaurant to find an account book, the shopkeeper has not escaped so far, he must be looking for a machine to clear his grievances, and the account book must be evidence, but the search in the town is too strict, he didn't dare to show up, so he asked the villain to help. It's a pity that the villain can't help it...... The villain thought that it would be better to persuade him to go to the inspection department to find the adult to make it clear, and the villain could help him draw the ...... from it" Fan Yiguang's voice gradually lowered.

He suddenly realized that now he was pulling the strings, but he was also involved in it.

Master Shen asked in a flat voice, "What account book?" ”

"The villain doesn't know, the shopkeeper said that it was hidden in the dark compartment on the bookshelf in the small study."

Lord Shen's eyes turned to Lu Zhuang: "You go back to the Million Dollar Restaurant, let the people who are guarding there look for it." After that, he said to Fan Yiguang again, his voice was affirmative, and there was a slight sarcasm, "If there is an account book, it must be evidence to prove his guilt, not to clear his grievances." ”

If the people tracked by Komatsu hadn't escaped back to Xiashan Mountain, maybe he would have felt that Zeng Qi was wronged, but now he only felt that Fan Yiguang's statement was naΓ―ve and ridiculous.

Fan Yiguang raised his head and looked at Lord Shen in a daze, his mind was a little overwhelmed.

Lord Shen didn't pay any more attention to him, but only ordered someone to escort him and hurried towards his destination.

Halfway through the street, a thought popped into his mind.

"Wait!" He stopped the group, pondered for a moment and secretly screamed that it was not good.

That's not right!

Fan Yiguang didn't know Zeng Qi's true identity.

In other words, Fan Yiguang is not Zeng Qi's real confidant.

Revealing his whereabouts to someone who is not his confidant is not selling himself?

If Fan Yiguang directly handed the news to the Inspection Division, wouldn't he have been able to escape yet?

He almost fell for Zeng Qi's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain!

Zeng Qi must have deliberately let Fan Yiguang leak the news, but he didn't expect Fan Yiguang to be so loyal to him, and he even wanted to help him sneak into the restaurant to find a photo album.

If he had gone to report earlier, perhaps he would have arranged for someone to lurk nearby, ready to catch turtles in the urn.

Was that boat his bait, or was it his decoy to escape from the waterway? His purpose was to direct their attention to the riverbank, and then he would be able to swagger away from another place?

But the entire town of Luoxia was surrounded by him, and if he didn't take the waterway, where could he escape?

He has been in office for half a year, although he knows Luoxia Town well, and after Jiang Han accidentally discovered the cave, he successively let people find and block several secret passages that can lead to the outside of the town, but after all, the time is still short, compared to the secret operation of the mountain bandits who have been entrenched on Luoxia Mountain for many years, there are still great shortcomings.

He couldn't guarantee 100% that as soon as the town gate closed, all the passages would be completely blocked.

Lord Shen's handsome eyebrows were about to turn into a straight line, and everyone looked at him inexplicably, not knowing what to do.

If there is a secret passage that he doesn't know can lead to the outside of the city, Zeng Qi didn't escape, and he still needs to divert the tiger from the mountain to lure his people away to escape, then this secret passage can only be in a very easy place to be exposed.

Could it be in a place where the night patrol is more densely populated?

No, even if it is dense, Luoxia Town is several miles away from the city wall, and there are only seven or eight teams of the night patrol team, there are always gaps that are missed, and as long as there are gaps, the chance of escaping is very high.

There is no other way, then, Zeng Qi can only escape by waterway!

Lord Shen, who was in deep thought, came back to his senses, glanced at the people who were waiting for his order with a solemn face, and said to the leading night patrol archers: "You go and find the nearby night patrol team." Then he looked at the others, "Who's going to hold the boat?" ”

Everyone was dazed, and after looking at each other, only one person stood up.

"Okay, you pick two people together, led by Han beggar, and go to the ship. If Zeng Qi is there, take it immediately, and if there is no one, you can hold the boat and search north along the riverbank. If a suspicious vessel is found, a signal is given and a chase is immediately pursued. ”

The archer respectfully received the order, although Han beggar was full of confusion, when he saw Lord Shen's tense face, he could only suppress his doubts and lead the little beggar to lead people away.

As soon as a few people left, Lord Shen said again: "The rest of the people, in groups of three, dispersed, searched along the riverbank, found something suspicious, and immediately sent a signal." ”

After a while, the nearby night patrol team came, and after Lord Shen made some arrangements, he also took the remaining three people through the alley and went to the river in person.

At the same time, Jiang Han, Liu Dakang and others followed the man who reported the news to the mouth of the Qinghe Canal.

The garbage heap mentioned by the man is the place where the little son of the Tian family was found.

The group endured the stench and quickly approached the garbage heap that had formed a small slope.

"The ship is there." The man who told the news pointed forward.

There is a bluestone step on the Qinghe embankment about ten zhang in front of the garbage dump, which is a place for nearby residents to wash and draw water.

The crowd craned their necks to look, and vaguely saw the roof of a canopy swaying in the moonlight, but there was no sign of shore.

It doesn't seem to have started to run yet.

This garbage dump is already the last place where you can barely hide, and there are no houses built on the banks of the river beyond that.

Jiang Han and Liu Dakang glanced at each other, and were hesitating whether to rush over now, when the messenger turned his head to look at Jiang Han: "If you rush over to arrest someone, I won't go." "After that, we will retreat.

Jiang Han grabbed him with his backhand: "Are you sure Zeng Qi is on the boat?" In case he hadn't gotten on the boat yet, we would have been exposed when we rushed over, and Zeng Qi would definitely not have come. ”

"Well, that's the ship we're asking about...... Otherwise, you can keep an eye on it and wait until it's offshore. ”

Wait until it's going offshore......

They can only see the top of the ship when they hide here, and when they can feel the ship offshore, I'm afraid the ship is far from the shore, right?!

Jiang Han held his forehead and scolded secretly, can he be more unreliable?

"I've completed my mission, and you didn't ask us to help arrest people......" The man hesitated and asked, "Do you want to add money?" ”

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Jiang Han grinded his teeth and squeezed out a word from between his teeth, "Get out!" ”

Isn't it just a close probing?

Can it still be difficult for her?

Jiang Han left the man alone, approached Liu Dakang's side, and said, "Brother Kang, you wait here, I'll go and take a look first, you look at my gestures, and you will rush up as soon as I wave my hand." ”

Liu Dakang looked at the last quarter moon in the sky and said, "How do you want to get over......

Before he finished speaking, he saw Jiang Han pounce on the ground and crawled in the direction of the target......

Liu Dakang was silent.

Xindao, is this girl so active just to catch Zeng Qi and clear her charges?

If it were normal, she would definitely force him to crawl over.

What kind of wind is blowing today?

It didn't matter what wind was blowing, although she was crawling forward, her movements were slow, but her eyes staring at the top of the boat were glowing green, and every time she took a step forward, her heartbeat was a little faster.

Zeng Qi wants to be on this ship.

Don't make a mistake in judgment, although she doesn't want to go to prison, she doesn't want Lord Shen to pick up the leak.

Half an hour later, a few meters away from her target, she suddenly noticed that the boat had begun to move, and then she could see half of the hull.

It's not good, Zeng Qi is going to run away!

She got up and shouted without looking back: "Brother Kang, hurry, the boat has run away!" After shouting, she had rushed to the shore and jumped to the stern of the boat without thinking.

"Bang!" "Whoa!"

The sound of collision and water splashing sounded, the canopy shook violently, and Liu Dakang and the others didn't have time to think about it, so they quickly rushed over.

Immediately afterwards, I heard a man's roar: "You little thief, what do you want to do, I'll kill you, I'll kill you!" ”

Everyone who rushed to the shore saw that Jiang Han was hanging on the stern of the boat, dodging and trying to pull the pole that attacked her.

Liu Dakang hurriedly shouted: "Stop, we are the yamen to catch fast, drive the boat back quickly, otherwise we will go down and chase after us!" ”

Hearing this, the stout boatman stopped the pole, grabbed Jiang Han's collar, and said happily: "Ladies and gentlemen, you are chasing this little thief, I will catch you, don't let him escape!" With that, a violent force carried Jiang Han onto the boat.

Jiang Han, who was thrown on the board of the boat, had a little foggy in his head, and Liu Dakang on the shore also felt inexplicable.

How is this man not afraid?

also regarded Jiang Han as a thief......

Not good!

A thought flashed into his mind, and Jiang Han quickly got up and rushed into the cabin.

There was nothing to be desired, there was only a pile of fishing nets, some fishing gear, and a few wooden basins and barrels in the cabin.

The man had apparently gone out fishing in the middle of the night......

Why is Zhou Banxian like this?

How can a person who has always been reliable drop the chain at a critical moment?!

Jiang Han walked out of the cabin in despair, almost colliding with the boatman who chased in.

She hung her head and said to Liu Dakang on the shore: "Brother Kang, there is no one inside, I believe the wrong person, I should go to Nancheng!" ”

"What do you mean?" Liu Dakang understood the previous words, but the latter words were inexplicable.

"It means that Zeng Qi didn't run away from here, he escaped from downstream, let's run for nothing!"

Liu Dakang was rarely clever: "Escape from the downstream? So what are you waiting for, hurry up and let this big brother row a boat to help chase it! ”

That's right, go chase now, Zeng Qi is still on the river, and there is still hope of catching up.

Jiang Han rekindled his hope and shouted eagerly: "Quick, you guys come up too!" This ship has been requisitioned by the Yamen! ”

By this time, the boatman had an idea.

These people were indeed chasing the thief, but not the thief who jumped into his ship, but someone else.

After listening to Liu Dakang's request, he cooperated very well to prop the boat away from the shore and went downstream to help chase the thief.

It's a pity that there were a lot of twists and turns this night, and the boat didn't last far, when I heard a whooshing sound, something rushed into the air and exploded.

Immediately afterwards, I heard someone shouting on the shore: "Zeng Qi thief, don't come to the shore quickly, the ship of the Inspection Department will come soon, you can't escape." ”

As soon as the words fell, after a while, the figures on the shore shook, and six or seven people appeared.

This is a big misunderstanding!

Jiang Han looked at the people by the river carefully, although he couldn't see it really, one of them was definitely Lord Shen.

Jiang Han was stunned, why did Lord Shen appear here?

Shouldn't he have followed the beggar Han to the broken shed?

Could it be that Zeng Qi is not downstream either?

Not downstream, not in the midstream......

Jiang Han's face sank, and he hurriedly said: "Brother Kang, don't go downstream, go upstream, hurry, go north!" ”

"Why?"

Jiang Han was blindly directing all night, and Liu Dakang was already a little annoyed at this moment, he said impatiently: "One after another, what news did you find out from someone?" ”

After catching Zeng Qi, he also said that if it was some fake news at all, causing them to run up to the river, and no one in the town took care of it, wouldn't Zeng Qi be better able to escape?

Jiang Han was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, and his words were reversed: "Oh, Brother Kang, there is only upstream left, hurry up!" Lord Shen and the others were originally going to go downstream, but now they have run to the middle of the stream, and Zeng Qi will really run if they delay it any longer. ”

Liu Dakang pursed his lips, and after being silent for a while, he still let the boatman turn around.

The boatman was very powerful, and the awning boat moved very fast, and in a short time it passed the passenger ship dock and reached the area of the cargo ship dock.

However, along the way, not only did not see the so-called escaped boats, but not even a single fishing boat.

The canopy boat continued to go up around several large ships parked at the dock, and soon bypassed the last large ship and left the dock area.

Just when Jiang Han was about to despair, a small boat drove out of the concave corner in front of him.