Chapter 52

"Old sir, I'm leaving first, let's meet again."

After saying hello, Qing Xia galloped away, some things can only be left to the end, if they are smart, they will naturally understand.

At noon, we finally arrived at the Jialing River, the first blocking river on the Xihei Wasteland.

Calculated, the Jialing River should be a branch of the Yangtze River, but it is somewhat different from the several major rivers in the modern south.These are not surprising, every modern person can understand the butterfly effect, and the history here has such a big deviation.Political changes, in a great sense, have affected the geography of mountains and rivers here.In particular, the opening of several canals that should not have appeared in history has changed the hydrology and rivers of the entire continent.

The wide water surface is calm and without waves, it is not the rainy season, the river is relatively shallow, but the deepest part is still more than ten meters deep, Qingxia stands on the river bank, looking forward hard, hoping to wait until one returns to the nest What the residents of the city call a ferry.

This wait lasted for two hours, and when the boat finally arrived, the sound of horseshoes behind him sounded again.Qing Xia had no choice but to turn around, and greeted with a wry smile: "Old man, people who don't know must think that I am stalking you, but I have to say, we are so destined."

Zhong Bo smiled kindly: "Is Miss Tang going to cross the river?"

"Yeah," Qing Xia shook her head and said, "I've been waiting for more than two hours, and it's almost dark, they will come as soon as you come, it's really better to come early than to come by coincidence."

"Hehe," Zhong Bo said with a smile, "it's not a coincidence that we came here. The old man has walked this road dozens of times. He knew that the ferry didn't arrive until evening, but he forgot to tell the girl."

At this time, the five boatmen had already arrived at the shore, and they called for business one after another.Qingxia leads the horse and boards the boat alone, bids farewell to Zhongbo and the others, and paddles to the other side.Zhong Bo and others had many people and horses, and the remaining four boats had to go back and forth twice to get them all over.The boat sailed very fast with the wind, and within a short while, it had reached the middle of the river. Looking back, the curtain of the carriage was finally opened, and the person inside was dressed in light blue long fur, standing on the bank of the river under the red sun. It looks like a person walking out of a painting.

At this time, a trace of vigilance suddenly rose from the bottom of his heart, Qing Xia turned his head immediately, and saw about a dozen small boats in a dense reed, water and grass, paddling quickly towards the opposite bank, their actions were sneaky, but they seemed to be Sen Han's thick murderous intent.

Zhongbo and the others had a lot of luggage, and after moving for a long time they still didn’t board the boat. At this time, the sky was getting dark and the distance was far away. The small boats were hidden among the reeds, and they circled from the side and moved towards the opposite bank little by little. In the past, it was indeed not easy to detect.

If they waited until Zhong Bo and his party arrived in the middle of the river to launch an attack suddenly, no matter how strong their guards were, they would suffer a big loss.

Qing Xia frowned tightly, watching the draft of those small boats in the water with cold eyes.It is known that there are at least five or 60 people on each boat.He couldn't help but doubt the identities of Zhong Bo and the others. If this group of people were with the man who became a horse thief last night, then Zhong Bo and the others' opponents would be really difficult.

The boatman also noticed those suspicious boats, his hands trembled slightly in fright, and he said in a trembling voice: "It's over, I met a water thief, I met a water thief."

Qing Xia didn't know whether they were real water thieves, but knew that if they were allowed to commit murder, no one on the other side would be able to escape.He decisively took out a rope and hook lock from the horse bag, took off the cloak outside, and said to the boatman: "Boater, there are thieves coming, I will resist it, you sail the boat yourself, and wait on the opposite shore." Me, don't panic, or I won't be able to save you."

The boatman seemed to be quite frightened, and nodded quickly, without thinking about how she planned to resist it alone.

Qing Xia carried the rope on her back, walked to the side of the boat, and slipped into the water silently with a pop.Although this place is located in the south, the river water in this season is still bitingly cold, as soon as it entered the water, Qing Xia shivered.Goosebumps popped out all over his body, his teeth trembled, and his complexion turned livid.She took a breath, paddled vigorously, and swam towards the direction of the small boats.

Several pitch-black boat bottoms gradually appeared in front of her eyes, with a dagger in her mouth, Qing Xia tied the hook lock and rope tightly together, then leaned up carefully, and stabbed fiercely into the bottom of the boat with the dagger.

The boat was about to land, and after waiting for a long time, the handsome young man from before came out of the water.The boatman's face was pale, and he wanted to run away quickly.

At this moment, with a bang, Qing Xia suddenly got her head out of the water, her whole body was wet, and said repeatedly: "Dock! Hurry up!"

The boatman was overjoyed and quickly docked the boat.Without counting, Qing Xia took out a large handful of copper coins and handed them to the boatman, saying in a deep voice, "Go! Go! Don't cause trouble here!"

Saying that, he put the cloak on his shoulders, turned over and climbed on the horse's back, carrying his own small burden, suddenly raised his whip, and sternly shouted "drive!"The horse spread its hooves towards the north and galloped quickly.

The boatman was stunned to see that Qing Xia was holding a large bundle of ropes, one end of the rope was in her hands, but the other end was submerged in the water.As the horse ran, it was immediately pulled straight.Suddenly there was a loud crackling sound, and the boat hidden in the reeds suddenly turned over and sank into the river with a few bangs. Hundreds of big men jumped out of the boat and swam towards the shore with all their strength.

It turns out that Qing Xia's method is very clever, just cut a small hole in the boat plank, even if there is a water leak, no one will find it for a while, then hook the hook and lock on it, and then tie it to the rope.As soon as the horse ran, the rope was tightened, and the hook lock was tightened, and the small hole would naturally become a big hole, and the large plank was unloaded, and more than a dozen boats capsized all at once, and no one could be found to rescue them. .

Seeing the group of people swimming towards him, the boatman was frightened to death, he didn't care about saving people, so he quickly jumped into the boat and rowed downstream with the wind.

On the other side of the river far away, Zhongbo and the others still don't know what happened here, and the things haven't been moved yet.

Qing Xia ran for about two hours before stopping, the wind in the night was already very cold, her whole body was wet, and her face was already ashen.Finding a windy place to stop, Qingxia swiftly gathered firewood to make a fire, took out the things she had prepared long ago, set up a simple tent, took off her wet clothes, wrapped her body in a cloak, Just bake the clothes.

The warm fire burned his face, and the fatigue of the day hit him. Just now he felt a little sleepy, a deep voice suddenly came slowly along the wind direction: "Mr. Yan, there is no movement at all. Could it be that Mr. Feng and Master Li has lost his hand?"

Hearing the words, Qing Xia suddenly froze all over, and thought to herself, no way, it would be so unlucky?

He had no choice but to put on his half-wet clothes swiftly, stepped on the fire with a few feet, and carefully touched the source of the sound.

This is a very small dirt slope, Qingxia climbed up it lightly, and saw two people standing on the other side of the dirt slope, one of them was wearing a black bunt, looking very capable.The other person is wearing a light yellow scholar's shirt. He is in his 20s, looks extremely young, and his face is quite chic. The two are standing on the slope, less than a hundred steps away from where they were just now. Far.Fortunately, tonight the wind was extremely strong and the flat ground was blowing violently, and they were standing in their upwind direction, otherwise they would have discovered their whereabouts just by the fireworks of the fire.

"No, they have nearly 300 people in each team. Even if they miss, they should escape a few people who came back to report. How come there is no news at all?" Mr. Yan frowned slightly. Under the moonlight, he was dressed in a Confucian shirt. Fluttering with the wind, the long black hair fluttered high in the long wind, which seemed a little carefree.

"The Eighteen Iron Guards should not be underestimated. Even if they are superior in number, they are not safe, let alone that person is still there, I am afraid"

"Impossible. The Eighteen Iron Guards have been deified in the army. Their manpower is sometimes exhausted. How can they be the enemy of a hundred people? As for that person, he is sick. There must be some accident that we don't know about." Mr. Yan said in a deep voice.

Of course, their accident was meeting me.

Qing Xia snorted coldly in her heart, if Mr. Feng is lucky, he might still be circling in the swamp.As for Mr. Li, he was not so lucky. He fell into the water from the center of the river. Even if he managed to swim to the shore, he would be frozen to death. How can I outrun my own four horse legs when I can find a place to warm myself.This may all fall behind Zhong Bo and the others.

"In this way, you and I will split up. You go back to the north and report to the Lord for instructions on the next move. I will go ahead to see what happened. After three days, we will meet at Cangmuyuan."

"Okay, Mr. Yan, then be careful."

The two discussed the path and parted ways.

Qing Xia secretly bit her lip, touched back to her horse, turned over and climbed up, and the horse followed behind the man in black.

"Who is it!" After less than half a cup of tea, the person in front suddenly turned around and shot fiercely with an arrow.

"Ah!" Qing Xia screamed, immediately fell off the horse, the horse neighed, ran a few steps, then ran back, neighing around Qing Xia.

Seeing that the man in black was thin and small, he fell off his horse with a scream and did not move. He quickly jumped off his horse and leaned over carefully.

The bow and arrow shot deep into Qing Xia's lower abdomen, she was pale, lying on the ground motionless as if dead.The man in black frowned and observed, then slowly squatted down, stretched out his hand to pinch Qing Xia's chin, as if he wanted to move her face over.

(End of this chapter)

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