The big ship went from south to north. This was originally a merchant ship of the Tang family, and most of the people on board were experienced sailors.

But at this time, it was drafted and became an official ship. There was no need to stop and report when it encountered a pier along the way, and the journey was smooth.

Everyone has an adaptation process. After a few days, Tang Guan, who was still a little uncomfortable, gradually got used to this up and down feeling.

It was only a day or two away from Jiangdu, the turning point. There were two ways to go to Jiangdu. One was to turn overland and take the official road. But at this time, Xu Jingye was entrenched in Yangzhou and captured everything. The old prime minister Pei Yan personally went into battle to fight with him.

It's been two or three months.

Of course, outsiders don’t know about the war. The second is to continue traveling along the waterway, passing through Hangou and Tongji Canal in turn. Many people in later generations have a misunderstanding about this section of the route. Many people think that it is Beijing that is entering Beijing, and it will be through Tongji Canal.

The Yongji Canal going to Zhuojun is also included.

In fact, after completing these two flight sections, we entered the small water section of Guangtong Canal and followed the southwest to Chang'an. In the current situation, the first choice is of course the water route, both in terms of efficiency and safety.

Tang Guan stood on the deck, enjoying the beautiful wind and sunshine, looking at the water color that he would never tire of, which was quite pleasant.

In the past few days, they were no longer as unfamiliar with Chang Ying and his Yongwu group as before. Chang Ying helped him and Xiao Qi show off a lot of their loneliness from time to time.

"Brother Chang, do you martial arts practitioners have to practice diligently every day?" Tang Guan asked Chang Ying who was standing aside.

Chang Ying heard the words and replied: "You have to practice your childhood skills diligently every day when you were your age. When you reach my age, your blood energy has taken shape, and you can naturally skip the basic skills."

Ever since Tang Guan learned about martial arts, he had made a few insinuations to Chang Ying every day, hoping to learn more about it. This was a completely unfamiliar field.

"Brother Chang, how strong are you?" Xiao Qi also asked Chang Ying with great admiration. Chang Ying's incredible skills made him yearn for it.

"Haha, the two young men are very interested in this." Chang Ying laughed, thinking that the two young men couldn't bear the loneliness and kept pestering him to ask interesting things.

"Forget it, I'll tell you more."

"It is common for people who practice martial arts to have tens of kilograms of strength in one hand. In the martial arts exam, there is a riding and shooting test, which tests the strength of the bow arm."

Speaking of this, Chang Ying paused, as if he was brewing. Tang Guan and Xiao Qi looked at him expectantly, especially Tang Guan who was even more excited when he heard this.

After a while, Chang Ying looked at Tang Guandao and said: "Xiao Langjun, you are a scholar, you should have heard the allusion of shooting a halberd at the gate."

"I know, that's Lu Bu" Tang Guan responded immediately.

"Yes, Lu Feng first raised his bow and moved 150 steps away. This is considered a unique skill. If the joke is correct, I don't think anyone can do it now."

Tang Guan fell into deep thought after hearing this. In later generations, these things would be classified as fabrications, but at this time Chang Ying seemed to be convinced when he spoke. Is it possible that there is really someone who can break stone and break gold?

"I have seen one of the strongest people today. His strength is truly terrifying."

"Who is it? Who is it?" Xiao Qi immediately asked anxiously when he heard this. He was a third-rate pickpocket. He had heard of people with knives talking about people with knives in the past, but he didn't understand what he meant.

"Haha, it's a pity that this person fell into the bandits, and he would have been caught by the government a long time ago."

Tang Guan's eyelids jumped when he heard this, and he thought of someone, but he didn't dare to confirm it, so he asked tentatively: "Brother Chang, is that person stronger than you?"

"Hey, I owe this old problem to him during the examination." After saying this, Chang Ying opened his clothes and exposed his strong chest. Tang Guan looked at it intently and couldn't help but take a breath.

I saw that the left side of Chang Ying's chest was dented, leaving a scar as big as a bowl.

"Speaking of it, I am very lucky. If I didn't have protective gear to protect my life, I, Chang Ying, would not be alive anymore." Speaking of this, Chang Ying also showed a frightened expression.

Tang Guan was even more shocked when he saw that Chang Ying, who possessed unique skills, was so frightened.

"Brother Chang, tell me, what is this man's name? When I grow up, I will avenge you!" Xiao Qi, a young man, saw Chang Ying mid-sentence and felt itchy, so he took Chang Ying's big hand and started to act coquettishly.

Chang Ying smiled slightly and said, "I'm sure you don't know him. This person has been practicing Falun Dafa for several years. I guess you were only four or five years old at that time and don't remember anything."

Upon hearing this time, Tang Guan's heart sank slightly.

"This man's name is Ma Lie. He is a gangster who runs rampant in Shandong. He has broken into prisons and intercepted school grounds. He has done all kinds of evil."

Chang Ying sighed softly as he spoke: "It's a pity that he has such good martial arts skills."

"Ma Lie!" Xiao Qi immediately exclaimed after hearing this and looked at Tang Guan.

Chang Ying was also quite curious when he saw this, and looked at Xiao Qi's expression as if he knew him.

"Do you know each other?"

Xiao Qi opened her mouth to say they knew each other, but when she saw Tang Guan frown, she immediately held back and said, "This name is so domineering."

Hearing this, Chang Ying shook his head and smiled bitterly: "You are still young and don't know how vicious that person is."

Immediately, as if being reminded of past events, Chang Ying said no more and walked away with his hands behind his back.

"Brother Guan...it's Ma Lie" Xiao Qi muttered to Tang Guan in a low voice.

Tang Guan frowned and suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart. This was not the first time that Ma Lie's name had appeared. He always felt like he was haunted.

He immediately forgot about it. It was normal for such a ruthless bandit to be known to even Chang Ying.

"No matter how powerful I am, I'm still in jail and listening to you tell stories." Tang Guan immediately smiled at Xiao Qi.

Xiao Qi also grinned when he heard this, remembering the time when he told Ma Lie a story.

"Brother Guan, when will we arrive in Chang'an?"

"It's still early, what's wrong? Are you homesick?"

"That's not true. I promised Huahua to go back early." Xiaoqi scratched her head and said she didn't want to, but after a few days out, she felt a little missed.

Tang Guan smiled slightly and said: "Come on, brother Guan and I are the people the Queen wants to meet this time. There will be a lot of fun things then."

When Xiao Qi heard this, he was overjoyed at first, and then asked doubtfully: "Brother Guan, didn't you receive the imperial edict? Aren't imperial edicts only written by the emperor?"

Tang Guan was stunned and shook his head slightly. That woman was no different from the emperor now.

"Go back first. Uncle Chen has been bored in the cabin, and he is not afraid of suffocating to death." Tang Guan said as he and Xiao Qi turned around and returned to the cabin.

...

Riverside, open ground.

"hiss!"

In the flying dust, a horse suddenly fell to the ground.

The people on the horses moved quickly, and in an instant one got up and fell on top of the other.

The horse that fell to the ground was thrown backward a meter or two by his kick, leaving deep marks on the ground.

A dozen people behind him were also galloping on horseback, chasing after him all the way.

"Another horse, this Ma Lie is really crazy." One person saw Ma Lie in front of him changing horses again and shook his head slightly.

"We're reaching Jiangdu just ahead. The official ship is probably still on the way. It will take a day or two to travel."

Amid the turbulence, several people responded fluently, breathing evenly, as if they were standing on level ground.

"Go and tell Ma Lie, we have to set up an ambush, we can't go forward."

"Drive!" Immediately one of them gave a sharp blow and chased after him.

"King Ma, we have to find a shelter, we can't go any further!"

"Hello~" Ma Lie reined in the horse upon hearing the sound and stopped immediately.

"King Ma..." The man was about to continue talking when Ma Lie suddenly waved his hand and looked at a sunken hillside in the distance, his eyes lit up.

"Go to the mountains!"

"Into the mountain?" The few people who caught up were stunned when they heard this. The mountain was far away from the waterway, so it was reasonable to set up an ambush in the forest near the river or underwater.

"Let's go!" Ma Lie didn't answer, reined in his horse and started running wildly again.

Although the others were suspicious, they followed closely, guessing that he had other plans.

...

Just after a few people drove away, a pile of sand and dust not far away moved.

A masked man emerged from it.

He immediately and cautiously ran towards the dense forest in the distance.

"Cuckoo~" The man imitated a few bird calls, and suddenly a person jumped out of the tree.

Seeing this man, the masked man stepped forward and said: "Chief, Malie and the others have entered the mountain."

"What? Go into the mountains!?"

The man was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then exclaimed in confusion.

"Don't expose them! See what they want to do." The man pondered for a moment, then waved his hand and said.
Chapter completed!