The third boat was tied to the dock by a cable, and Lan Qiao's oar failed to open it. Zhang Zhongjie jumped on the boat first, followed by Zhang Jibei, Xu Wuchen and Gao Huan. They also jumped on the third boat in sequence.

Xu Wuchen cut off the cable, and Gao Huan used all his strength to maneuver the boat. Although the boat carried four people, it was still extremely light and chased towards Lan Qiao and Zhu Gaoxu's boat.

Lan Qiao paddled as fast as a flywheel, but Gao Huan, who had stronger internal strength, was still approaching him little by little.

Zhu Gaoxu shouted domineeringly, "You can just paddle, I will deal with the enemy."

Lan Qiao knew that this was not the time to give in to each other, so he agreed and sailed the boat with all his strength.

The enemy ship approached little by little, and when the two ships were less than nine feet apart, Zhang Jibei jumped out of the ship, his long sword turned into little cold stars, and attacked Zhu Gaoxu, who was standing proudly at the stern of the ship.

Zhu Gaoxu's face was solemn, and the Azure Dragon Giant Sword swept across with great momentum, actually using an attack-for-attack move.

Zhang Jibei is worthy of being a master of swordsmanship. He can still breathe in the air while he is in mid-air. He suddenly changes his moves and his swordsmanship turns into shadows of swords all over the sky, making it difficult for Zhu Gaoxu to distinguish which one is real and which one is an illusion.

Seeing that Zhu Gaoxu was going to suffer from this move, Lan Qiao suddenly propped the oar on a nearby stone that was slightly exposed on the lake surface, and immediately propped the entire boat slightly to the side, allowing Zhang Jibei's offensive to fall into the air.

Zhang Jibei was in the air with nowhere to use his strength. When he saw that he was about to fall into the water, he twisted his body and turned his whole body sideways. He stretched out his arms and tried to use his long sword to hit the stone that Lan Qiao was holding the oar on.

Not willing to let him succeed, Lan Qiao leaned out from the side of the boat, used the oar as a sword and took the opportunity to stab Zhang Jibei in the waist.

Zhang Jibei cursed bitterly and reluctantly waved his sword to parry, but Lan Qiao suddenly retracted the oar and let him fall into the water with a "plop".

Lan Qiao grew up in Suzhou. Although he was not as familiar with boating as Lan Feng, he was still familiar with water. He rowed the oar a few times to keep the distance between Zhang Jibei and Zhang Jibei without teaching him how to swim closer.

Zhu Gaoxu made a "see you later" gesture towards him and said with a smile, "It doesn't matter if you are good at martial arts, just drink more water to quench your thirst."

Gao Huan saw Zhang Jibei falling into the water and wanted to fish him out. Zhang Jibei popped his head out of the water and shouted angrily, "Leave me alone, chase him quickly." So Gao Huan had to turn the bow of the boat and continue to chase Zhu Gaoxu of Lanqiao.

At this time, Lan Qiao has rowed the boat to the east side of Daming Lake. This lake is mostly covered with Zhouzhu bridge pavilions, which is like a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. Not only is the waterway narrow, but it is also twists and turns. Lan Qiao paddles left and right a little, from

He passed through the twists and turns of the waterway safely. Gao Huan was originally a rough and strong man, but he was much clumsy in comparison. In the end, he had to hand over the oar to Xu Wuchen, who grew up in Dongting Lake.

Xu Wuchen took the oar and had not paddled it for a few times. He had just rowed the boat from the narrow waterway to the relatively open Xiaodong Lake. Unexpectedly, after the boat had gone through many twists and turns, a wooden board on the side suddenly broke, and the gurgling lake water poured in through the crack.

In the boat.

"Damn, what bad luck!" Zhang Zhongjie cursed, and he and the others abandoned the boat and jumped into the lake, feeling extremely embarrassed.

"Is it your fault? Just before the boat left the shore, I seemed to see you tapping the side of their boat with your paddle. You used your internal strength, right?" Zhu Gaoxu said to Lan Qiao with a smile, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, you little kid.

It's a dirty trick that makes you feel a bit like me."

Lan Qiao humbly cupped his hands and said, "Where are you, I still need to learn more from His Highness the Second Highness." He suddenly turned his head and shouted loudly to Zhang Zhongjie, Gao Huan and others who were soaking in the water with faces as angry as pig liver, "Thank you, Jun, for meeting me from afar."

deliver"

Zhu Gaoxu didn't know much about poetry, but he followed his temper and shouted, "I'm so angry that the drowned dog is so angry!"

The two laughed loudly, and as the Lanqiao paddle shook gently, the boat was already far away.

Lan Qiao and Zhu Gaoxu came ashore from the north side of Daming Lake and quickly left the conspicuous place on the lakeside. Lan Qiao took Zhu Gaoxu and hid in a forest and said straight away, "In addition to making people mute, does the packet of medicinal powder that the Second Highness gave me have any other functions?"

Damage to people’s hearing”

"Why are you so fierce?" Zhu Gaoxu glared at Lan Qiao, "I'm not afraid that you will be too soft-hearted in front of beautiful women and dare not take the medicine, so I'm only telling half of it."

Lan Qiao thought to himself, "You overestimate me. Even if you only said half of what you said, I still didn't do it."

"But it turns out that you are still a man and ruthless enough." Zhu Gaoxu patted Lan Qiao's shoulder approvingly and said, "It's a pity that Hua Yuxi, who is deaf and mute, is so good at ringing chimes.

, Alas, you underestimated the enemy."

Lan Qiao smiled bitterly and said, "Such a big thing has happened in Jinan. After their attempt to kill us fails, they will definitely find trouble with Ling'er. I want to go back to the inn and take her away from Jinan. I don't know, Your Highness."

What’s next?”

"You must not go back." Zhu Gaoxu said in a deep voice, "Think about the inspector Zhang Shijin and you will know that if he is also a member of the Erqihui, it means that the power of the Erqihui in Jinan cannot be underestimated. In addition to Taixuyuan, Ling

Yutang and Zhang Zhongjie are more likely to collude with the officers and soldiers. This time they came well prepared. Although they lost us on Daming Lake, they will definitely set up an ambush near Wolong Inn, waiting for you to return and fall into their trap."

Lan Qiao was silent for a while and admitted that Zhu Gaoxu's words made sense. If Zhang Zhongjie didn't know in advance that Zhu Gaoxu had also come to Jinan, then Zhang Jibei and Gao Huan who were squatting near the granary fire scene were actually waiting for him, but they accidentally hit Zhu Gaoxu's car.

Taking into account the blatant assassination of him on Xiuyan Street yesterday, Zhang Zhongjie most likely tried another trick after failing to succeed, and had to fall into their trap. And since they had already spent so much time to lure him into it,

If there is a plan, it is definitely not impossible to set up an ambush near the inn.

"Then if I don't go back to the inn, where should I go?" Lan Qiao spread his hands and thought to himself, "If I were Zhang Zhongjie, after losing the target on Daming Lake, I would definitely send Zhang Zhongjie first.

Jibei and others went to Tianyuan Street to take charge of the overall situation and prevent me from returning to the inn. Once they discovered my whereabouts, they immediately launched a siege. Then they used the power of the government to hunt down the whole city, so as not to arrest us, the two spies of King Yan who were suspected of arson.

We will never give up until we capture him and sacrifice him to the flag."

"If he can really ask the city guards to assist us, it will be really difficult for us to hide in Jinan City, which we are far less familiar with than the enemy." Zhu Gaoxu mused, "let alone rashly go back to our stronghold and harm others. Then we have the only chance.

The only place where you can escape disaster is"

"The Chief Envoy." Lan Qiao said calmly, "The official office of Tie Xuan, the Chief Envoy of Shandong and the prefect of Jinan."

"It's dark under the lamp." Zhu Gaoxu slapped his thigh and suddenly said, "The city guards are controlled by Tie Xuan, who is the prefect of Jinan. If Zhang Zhongjie went to Tie Xuan to send troops to search the city, the city guards would search every corner of Jinan City, but they would never

Dare to search the home of their immediate boss."

"That's right," Lan Qiao said decisively, "While Tie Xuan is still cleaning up the situation and hasn't returned to the government office, let's sneak in without further delay."
Chapter completed!