A knife in love

Chapter 2888
Ding Guan harbored ulterior motives, worried that Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan would be upset that he brought Fei's father and son to Yu's old shop yesterday, but the more he was afraid of something, the more he thought that when they met, Murong Danyan Then he asked if the Fei family father and son came with him, and his heart was terrified.Fortunately, he had already thought of a way to deal with it before he went out, so although he was uneasy, he was not flustered, and said with a smile: "Since I brought the Fei family father and son and others to Dong'an City, I have been busy. Purchase the things needed to go to sea. The Fei family and his son are very shrewd. Thanks to their help these few days, they have been able to get everything in order. It’s just that this trip is going to the Fusang country. In ten days, there are many things needed, and there are still some things that are not enough for application."

When Ding Guan said this, he paused for a while, glanced at Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan, and then continued: "For example, the big wooden barrels used to store water on the boat, although I have ordered people to prepare more than thirty, but four The total number of passengers on the big boat is nearly three hundred, and I am afraid that thirty or so big wooden barrels are not enough. Fei Liang also told his subordinates that although the big wooden barrels are very strong, they are not as good as iron barrels after all. If there are strong winds and waves at sea, there may be damage. When we go out to sail, even if there is a little shortage of food, we can survive for seven or eight days. But once there is no clean water, we may die of thirst within two or three days. So Fei Liang thinks that we need to prepare two more large iron buckets on each boat to store clean water. Once we encounter accidents at sea and the big wooden buckets are damaged, we will not be too panicked. I heard Fei Liang said below Afterwards, he thought that what he said was right, so he handed over the matter to him. Fei Liang ordered nine large iron buckets at three blacksmith shops in Dong'an City. Fei Liang wanted to come to see Uncle Li and Miss Mu, but did not go to the blacksmith shop. Today I came to greet Uncle Li and Miss Mu. The Fei family said that since their father and son have already met the two, there is no need to come again today, early in the morning Then I went to the blacksmith's shop."

Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan saw that Ding Guan's eyes wandered when he spoke, and they both thought that this person probably wasn't telling the truth.However, the two of them had already discussed this matter yesterday, and they knew that Ding Guan had no malice towards them, so even though he knew that what he said was not true, he was not annoyed.After Ding Guan finished speaking, Li Qiufeng changed his subject and talked with Ding Guan about the past in the capital.Seeing that Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan didn't ask further questions, Ding Guan finally breathed a sigh of relief.The three of them were eating while talking, which was quite pleasant.

After breakfast, Ding Guan took Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan out of Yu's old shop and walked straight to Nancheng.Murong Danyan said to Ding Guan: "Mr. Ding, are the four gates of Dong'an City already accessible?"

Ding Guan shook his head and said with a smile: "The gate of the city is still closed, and the county magistrate has issued a notice that, except for postmen, officials and people are not allowed to enter or leave Dong'an City."

When Ding Guan said this, he paused for a while, turned his head and looked around, then lowered his voice and continued: "Master Li, Miss Mu, after thinking about it carefully after going back last night, I suddenly figured out something. The four gates of Dong'an City are closed, I'm afraid it's not the idea of ​​Mr. Qiu and Mr. Liang, the county magistrate of Dong'an City, but Mr. Yang is worried about leaking the news that Uncle Li and Miss Mu are going to Fusang, so he sent people to Dong'an City, assuming that there are pirates coming He asked Mr. Qiu and Liang to close the four gates of Dong'an City. As a result, the three big ships transporting the Fusang people arrived at the dock of Dong'an City. Naturally, no one knew about it. At that time, we can rest assured to board the big ship and set sail to sea , go straight to Fusang."

Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan were startled after hearing Ding Guan's words, they couldn't help but looked at each other, thinking in their hearts, I'm afraid it's true.Ding Guan's thoughtfulness is meticulous, his experience and knowledge are far superior to ours, and he actually guessed Yang Zhenzhong's intentions, which is really admirable.

The three of them talked and talked, and before they knew it, they had walked more than three miles and arrived at the south gate.At this time, the city wall of the south gate was empty, and no common people approached at all.Thinking about it, many people didn't know that the four gates of Dong'an City were closed yesterday, so they gathered at the south gate because they wanted to go out of the city to handle errands.It was only after a day and two nights that most of the people in the city knew that the officers and soldiers had closed the city gate and were not allowed to enter and leave at will. Naturally, no one came to the south gate to try their luck, so the front of the south gate was so lonely.

Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan followed Ding Guan to the city gate, they saw soldiers all over the city, each of them was very mighty with swords and guns.There are thirty or forty sergeants below the city, divided into two columns, standing in front of the city gate.Seeing the three people approaching, a leader of the officers and soldiers came out more and more, holding the hilt of the knife in his right hand, pointing at the three people with his left hand, he shouted: "The city gate is closed, no entry or exit is allowed, you three don't get close, or you will be killed!"

As he spoke, he stared at Li Qiufeng and the others viciously.Ding Guan hurriedly stopped, turned his head and whispered to Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan: "Uncle Li, Miss Murong, please wait here a moment, I will go over and ask them to open the city gate and let us out of the city."

After Ding Guan finished speaking, he turned his head away and said with a smile: "Qi Junye, I have something important to go out of the city, and I have reported it to General Liang in advance. I have General Liang's order arrow on my body. I will know."

While talking, Ding Guan took out a command arrow from his bosom and held it high above his head.Seeing this, the leader of the officer and soldier whispered a few words to an officer and soldier beside him.The officer nodded, trotted all the way to Ding Guan, reached out to take the command arrow in Ding Guan's hand, turned around and ran back, and handed the command arrow to the leader of the officer and soldier.The leader of the officers and soldiers held the command arrow in his hand, looked it over and over again, then raised his head, and was about to speak to Ding Guan, when suddenly someone in the city shouted: "Isn't this Ding Yuanwai? Why, you have to go out of the city again today for business? "

Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan looked up to the city together, and saw the man who spoke standing on the top of the city, holding his left hand on the crenel, sticking his head out to talk to Ding Guan.Seeing this situation, Murong Danyan whispered, "Brother Li, is this guy the Mr. Liang?"

Li Qiufeng shook his head, and said: "Look at the armor this man is wearing, he is just a member of the team, definitely not Mr. Liang."

Hearing Li Qiufeng's words, Murong Danyan became more and more confused, thinking to himself what is the management team, why can it be seen from the armor that he is not Mr. Liang?But before she asked, Ding Guan said with a smile: "I don't know who it is, it turned out to be Guan Li. It's really hard for Guan Li to be on duty today. I have to go out of the city today to do business. Report to General Manager Liang, I wonder if Team Li Guan can make it easier for you?"

Standing at the top of the city, looking down at the city, Guan Li said with a smile, "If it were someone else, I'm afraid it would take a lot of work. But Ding Yuanwai is a good friend of Mr. Liang, so we naturally have to treat them differently. These brothers in the city It was only today that I was transferred to the Nancheng guards, and I didn’t know Ding Yuanwai, so I stopped Ding Yuanwai. As the saying goes, those who don’t know are not guilty, and if they offend, I hope Ding Yuanwai will forgive him.”

(End of this chapter)