The fourth master of the Qing Dynasty escaped from his concubine

Chapter 167 The County Prince Arrives

Qian Lanlan saw that everyone hadn't woken up yet and it was still so early, so he went back to bed and fell asleep.

Outside the boat, the wind direction had already changed. At this moment, he was running towards the dock with the boat.

The wind was strong, and after a while, the boat docked at the shore.

Qian Ranlan was in a light sleep, and the noise outside was noisy. She opened her sleepy eyes and found that she was in bed. She thought she had been thrown into the busy market!
"What's going on?" She asked herself in a dumb voice, covering her eyes.

She stood up and put on her shoes.

I need to go out and see what's going on!
Opening the door, the money ran out immediately. In the corridor, the snoring sounds of the guards were still floating around!

She ran up the stairs and climbed up.

When we arrived at the exit, we saw the situation on the deck. Among the fallen brothers, one or two had reached out to touch their ears and necks, which was a sign of waking up.

what happened?
Qian Lanlan walked up, and the brothers were holding on to the deck to stand up.

Also, the boat stopped not as a normal stop. It had to stop because it hit the dock.

The people on the shore were cursing because of this.

Qian Lanlan walked to the bow of the ship. The ship was very tall, and he could see that the distance between the wood embedded in the floor on the pier was about three meters high.

She knew that the people on the boat would not wake up tomorrow. According to the noise on the dock, sooner or later someone would go to the local official to take charge of the matter.

If she doesn't leave now, is she waiting for the officer to meet Lord Beile and then tie her up with Zhao Qi and the others?
Qian Lanlan had made up her mind. She had to leave now. She couldn't wait until the officers and soldiers came and surrounded her.

She walked around the edge of the ship, looked out, and saw a row of stacked boxes, presumably for cargo.

It should be able to bear her weight. So, she clenched her fists, bent down and squatted down, bouncing upward like a compressed spring.

"Bang -" jumped out and fell on the box.

"Huhuhu..." The crowd surrounding her screamed instantly, probably because they were shocked by such an unruly woman.

She didn't care about the money. The boxes under her feet were like ladders, from high to low to the ground. She would jump down along the ladder.

The passers-by below cheered again when they saw that the woman was as agile as a monkey.

Qian Lanlan blushed and quickly jumped to the ground in a few steps.

Seeing this, the crowd gathered around and asked all kinds of questions:
"Who's on board?"

"Why are you here?"

"Why isn't there anyone up there?"

……

Qian Lanlan acted arrogantly to everyone, stretched out his hands like plucking onions, and pulled away those who surrounded her.

The power of the masses is powerful, and money cannot keep people away, so we have to sharpen our brains and squeeze in like an awl.

Only then did he squeeze out a gap, and then burrowed through the gap like a fish, drilling deeper and deeper, directly into the depths of the crowd.

In the blink of an eye, she slipped away, and no one could find the woman who had just jumped off the boat.

"Where have you gone?"

"Where have people gone?"

……

A few meddlesome guys in the crowd asked garrulous questions. Qian Lanlan turned around and stuck out his tongue, then found a way to escape, ran out of the crowd, and ran towards the commercial square.

At this time, the official came.

Someone probably informed the government that a ship had damaged the dock.

Damage to public property requires compensation!

Of course, official duties have to be taken care of!
Not only the official officials came, but even the official master was alerted and was pushed forward by people shouting and cheering. It was such a big pomp.

When money is rotten, it is like a mouse running away when it sees a person.

As soon as the official arrived, the people surrounding him were quickly dismissed by the officials.

The master looked at the huge scale of the ship, especially the high attic. It was extraordinary at first glance!
But the strange thing is, why is there no one on this deck?
The master was confused and asked his men: "Why is there no one on this boat?"

He rubbed the white beard on his chin and speculated: "Could this be a ghost ship?"

All the subordinates were as dumb as dumb eggs, and no one answered them.

Just when the official didn't know how to time it, several people suddenly popped out of the boat, as if they were jumping out of the ground.

"Hey, hey, there's someone here!" the master shouted excitedly.

"Who is on the boat? Get off the boat quickly and say something!" the official shouted at the top of his lungs.

The people above looked at each other, hesitant about what to do.

The master urged again on the ground, and the people above were discussing. Two people went inside to find the young master, and two people went down to negotiate with the county magistrate.

The two guards ran down the stairs and entered the inner cabin. They raised their feet to remind the sleeping brother on the ground, "Wake up, wake up!"

Several brothers woke up with a flush on their faces. They rubbed their eyes fiercely and asked, "What's going on?"

The two sailors from outside didn't know how to explain, so they only urged the brothers who woke up to remind more brothers.

So, those people banged their heads and went to the fire cabin.

The two sailors walked directly into their young master's bedroom.

"Young Master, Young Master..." They took Zhao Qi's arm and shook it vigorously.

Zhao Qi was snoring, his eyes were sleepy and he seemed to have seen someone, but his eyelids were heavy and he couldn't open them.

Perhaps the air here is tight and not as refreshing as the cold wind blowing outside.

The sailor still couldn't shake the young master to wake him up, and he wished he could splash water on him to wake him up.

Fortunately, the young master did not wake up, but Archie did.

He held on to the slightly tilted mask and blinked hard, regaining some energy.

Looking at the brothers in sailor uniforms in front of me, I was puzzled as to why the brothers who were working outside ended up in the inner cabin and even the young master's bedroom.

Could it be that something happened outside?
Archi immediately jumped up to the young master and gave Zhao Qi a hard slap on the shoulder.

With a sudden pain, Zhao Qicai woke up from his daze and looked at Archie with wide eyes, "What are you doing?"

Archie handed over his hand and said, "Young master, please calm down, my subordinates are just in a hurry..."

Zhao Qi turned his arm back and then said: "Are you in a hurry?"

"Young Master——" Archie said.

Zhao Qi suddenly remembered that something was wrong! "Wait, what time is it now?"

Archie didn't know either, "Well..."

"Did we oversleep?" Zhao Qi asked, "But why did we just fall asleep?"

Archie shook his head and said he didn't know.

"Then..." Zhao Qi felt bad, "Has the fourth Belle been dealt with?"

"My subordinate also slept with the young master and didn't know anything!" Archie said.

"Huh?" Zhao Qi narrowed his eyes, "What's going on? What time is it now?"

Archie: “…” I really don’t know!

"Humph!"

"Arqi, you don't know anything about it!" Zhao Qi was angry and pointed his finger at Archi.

"Young Master, Young Master, there is someone who seems to be from the government leading a team outside." A sailor reported with his hands in hand.

Zhao Qi frowned, someone from the government is here?

So the ship has docked?
But why are the people from the government here?

How long has it been since you fell asleep? Zhao Qi scratched his head anxiously.

"Young Master, go out and take a look quickly!" Archi advised. "Archie, go and show me Lord Baylor first," Zhao Qi said one after another.

"Yes! Young Master." Archie said.

People from the government are here, and Zhao Qi, as the captain of the ship, cannot avoid seeing them!

After thinking about it, he walked in front of the sailor and headed for the stairs.

Presumably, there must be something wrong with this ship, and this is why the government came to the door!
On the stairs, Zhao Qi asked as he walked: "Why did you dock the ship?"

"No, young master, this ship has stopped since we woke up. It is stuck in the pallet on the dock and cannot get out."

"So, the government officials came here because our ship damaged the pallet!" Zhao Qi said.

"Probably." The sailors looked at each other and replied.

"Hmph!" Zhao Qi spat, "How could the ship hit us?"

"This, this..." the sailors said hesitantly, "I have to ask the helmsman behind me about this."

Zhao Qi glanced at them sideways, "Humph!"

"Da da da..." He quickly rushed up to the last step of the stairs, and only then could the situation on the ship be seen.

The sailors had already woken up and stood one after another, forming a path at the exit of the stairs to greet the young master.

Zhao Qi coldly glanced at them and scratched their faces fiercely.

The deck for boarding the ship had already been lowered by the sailors, and a chubby white-bearded county man stood with his back to him with his hands stern and his braids in his hands.

"Ha," Zhao Qi chuckled and walked over slowly.

This old man is just a county magistrate, how dare he turn his back!
Zhao Qi gritted his teeth.

The sailor immediately stopped the county magistrate who was setting up a large pot in front of him, "Young Master has arrived——"

Upon hearing this, the county magistrate tilted his head to a certain angle, but his body did not move.

With just one glance, he saw Zhao Qi's noble face. He was so frightened that he quickly turned around, cupped his hands and smiled politely: "It turns out to be the young master..."

"Humph——" Zhao Qi laughed, turned his body over, and looked at the county magistrate from behind.

"I didn't know it was your boat, young master. If I knew it, I would definitely have someone come to repair it." The county magistrate apologized.

The county magistrate didn't know how much money he received from Zhao Qi, but he was so submissive.

This was obviously a public wharf that had been destroyed, but the county magistrate came to care about Zhao Qi's ship.

Why has this leader changed?

Zhao Qifu became the leader of the county magistrate - trying to please and dote on him in every possible way.

Only then did Zhao Qi calm down a little bit of his anger, threw down his sleeves and walked towards the stairs.

At this moment, two people ran out of the stairs.

That is……

The county magistrate squinted his eyes and saw clearly that they were wearing Jiang Bing's clothes and were wearing Jiang Bing's curved swords on their waists.

His heart suddenly became bright. It turned out that this young master actually had such ability and was able to recruit Jiang soldiers to escort him.

Amazing, amazing, incredible, the county magistrate exclaimed in surprise.

However, things were far from what he thought.

When Jiang Bing came to the county magistrate, he did not salute. He directly took out the token of the fourth magistrate and ordered: "Master Beile has an order to quickly increase the number of hundreds of troops here."

The county magistrate saw the dragon-carved token and looked at the inscriptions on it. He couldn't help but be surprised that Lord Baylor was actually hiding in this boat.

This young master is so proud that he can invite Master Sibeile to be a guest on the ship.

So patient, so patient!
"Yes, yes, I will order people to go now." The county magistrate said.

After Jiang Bing finished his instructions, he walked directly to the men whom the county magistrate raised his hand to give orders and walked in front of them.
The county magistrate was confused. Soon, Jiang soldiers stood in two rows of guards on the hanging deck.

The county magistrate felt that this was too flattering to his soldiers, and he felt happy in his heart, "Hey hey hey..." He stroked his beard, feeling happy that his bodyguards could actually get exchanges with Jiang soldiers.

Being blindly confident, he thought that this stranger, Lord Baylor, valued him.

However, those Jiang soldiers only stayed on the deck to prevent Zhao Qiyi and others from escaping.

Zhao Qi was absolutely furious at this time and panicked in his heart.

When did Lord Baylor wake up? His plan hasn't started yet!

Moreover, what does the guy mean by sending these Jiang soldiers to guard him? Is he afraid that they will run away?
"Crack!" Zhao Qi coughed angrily. After all, it was the missed opportunity last night that made that man change his mind!
What the hell is going on? What happened last night?

But now, Zhao Qi hasn't fully seen what the situation is.

The Fourth Master wants to increase his troops, why?

Is there anything to add to this ship?
Zhao Qi was confused.

At this time, Archi ran out and rushed to Zhao Qi with a whoosh.

He shouted: "Young Master——"

"What's going on?" Zhao Qi helped Archie who was kneeling on the ground, pulled him to his ear, and asked.

"Young Master!" Archi leaned close to Zhao Qi's ear and whispered: "When I went to their room, the people inside were already awake."

Zhao Qi frowned.

"What do you think they said?" Archie asked.

What, guess, guess what, it’s time to rush.

Zhao Qi grabbed Archi's neck and couldn't help but cursed:

"Say it quickly!"

Archie grabbed his collar and said, "Young Master, let go first."

"Hmph——" Zhao Qi shook him off and said, "Say!"

"Young Master, they said they would take us to see the officials." Archie said.

what?
Zhao Qi's frowned brows were tangled together and swollen.

If they planned this, then those Jiang soldiers in front of them would have their own reasons for standing there.

Archie thought that Sibeile must have wanted to find someone to block them on the boat first, and then sent someone to find more soldiers to search here.

It seems that Lord Baylor is already interested in what is behind this ship.

Zhao Qi didn't want to be like this. His ship was searched by people from the Qing court. People couldn't tell what he was hiding behind.

I can't, I can't! Even the county magistrate and the people he dealt with didn't know what his ship was carrying!
This is still a small parent official, and this fourth uncle is the fourth son of the current emperor. If he is asked to find out the details behind it, then, by then, the problem will be big.

Maybe he will eat them all in one fell swoop!
Zhao Qi's heart was occupied by fear, and he couldn't tell what to do now.

Moreover, this was just for public and private purposes, Zhao Qi also secretly hurt the fourth uncle, beating him so hard that he could hardly get out of bed, and he is still hanging up with medicine.

"What are the Jiang soldiers in front doing?" Zhao Qi asked, pointing to the two rows of straight soldiers.

The county magistrate said: "It was Lord Beile who ordered us to greet my soldiers."

Zhao Qi frowned and clenched his hands. He felt bad. Would this Fourth Master praise such a county magistrate and use Jiang soldiers to greet his soldiers?

It's not that Mr. Baylor is promoting him, it's that the county magistrate is overconfident!

Zhao Qi didn't look like it, so he quickly walked over to test it out.

But as soon as they reached the road between the two groups, the Jiang soldiers immediately gathered together and formed a sharp spear-shaped formation in the middle.

If Zhao Qi gets closer, they will hold the long sword in their hands and stab him directly.

The county magistrate has noticed that these Jiang soldiers are not very friendly to the young master!
But, it shouldn’t be! Isn't this Fourth Beile Lord on the young master's ship?

Shouldn't the relationship between the two be closer? Why does it look like they are facing each other with swords? There is a hint of tension inside.

The county magistrate was confused. He frowned and asked, "Young Master, is Lord Baylor here as a guest on your ship?"

Zhao Qi glanced at the county magistrate's white beard.