Chapter 143: The River Walks

At the Tongbu Wharf on Xiaoqing River, the fleet heading south is about to set sail.

The prince, the third, the sixth, and the seventh, all came to see Qin Lei off. In addition, Li Guangyuan, Huangfu brothers, Qin Shouzhuo and others were indeed much more glorious than the eldest when he left Beijing, which also made Qin Lei feel a little vanity.

Yongfu was in poor health, so he naturally couldn't come to see him off. Of course, he didn't expect Miss Li to come. However, they embroidered a sachet for him to hide it closely, saying that he was praying for peace. Of course, Qin Lei did what he did.

Performing his own rituals is far inferior to the scenery when Qin Lei entered Beijing that day. After drinking three cups of wine, eating nine Ruyi dumplings, holding a handful of his hometown, Qin Lei bowed to everyone and smiled and said, "Everyone, let's leave."

The prince and everyone bowed to him, "A good journey."

Qin Lei held the small jar that was pretending to be dirt and laughed and walked away from the boat, looking indescribable and freehand.

When the followers also got on the boat, the board was pulled up, and several sailors shook the winch at the bow and took the Shiding, which was sunk at the bottom of the water, backed the cabin. The boss stood at the top of the cabin and shouted loudly: "Showing..."

A sailor said in unison: "Let's sail..."

The fleet moved slowly and moved away from the dock. Qin Lei stood at the stern until the people on the shore became smaller and smaller, and finally became blurred and could not be seen again before turning back to the cabin.

Qin Lei's fleet had seven ships, carrying a total of four or five hundred subordinates. In addition to the secretly sneaking guards on the shore, Qin Lei, who was afraid of death, brought two-thirds of his family with him.

These guards basically came from the melee fighting squadron and the crossbow sharpshooter built during the training of the Qinlei Grassland. Because these two squadrons were not good at traveling, they did not participate in Shen Qing's expeditionary army, but followed Qin Qi to return to Zhongdu, but were secretly stationed in Zhongjia Village in the suburbs of Beijing and never entered the city. This time, Qin Lei went south and took them out, leaving only 200 people to protect Guantao and others in Beijing.

Because Qin Lei's black-clothed guards were constantly sent out for errands, Qin Lei also selected some guards with good loyalty and ability from the two squadrons to supplement them with the black-clothed guards, responsible for their personal safety.

At this time, the three-story ship that Qin Lei was riding was guarded by the black guards. Qin Lei smiled and greeted the guards he met along the way, and entered the hall on the first floor.

Shi Meng, Shi Yong, Zhu Gui and others were gathering together to drink. After Qin Qi trained him, he put away his unreasonable arrogance and got along well with Shi Yong and the others. When Qin Lei came in, he stood up to greet him. Seeing that Xie Wuyou and Cheng Siyuan were still a little nervous, Qin Lei smiled and said, "When there is no outsider, you don't have to be polite, you have to learn from Shi Meng."

Shi Meng blinked hard and said, "Is I that good? Why don't I know?" As the laughter, the restraint of the two disappeared invisibly.

Everyone hugged Qin Lei to the table and called the guards to add some boiled peanuts, fennel beans, beef sauce, etc., and began to toast Qin Lei wine.

Once he left Zhongdu, Qin Lei felt much more relaxed and easy-going. He refused to accept the toasts and fucked seven or eight bowls before he burped and waved his hands, "I won't drink anymore, I won't drink anymore, let's talk about some serious business."

When he heard that he wanted to talk about serious matters, the noisy hall immediately became quiet. Qin Lei pinched anise bean but did not put it in his mouth. He smiled and said, "This time he went south, we must first do the emperor's mission. However, the guard Jing Chong, who was next to the Lone King, would be swaying everywhere, but scared the bandits to hide, so this would not work..."

Everyone thought that His Highness was going to do the dirty things of the White Dragon Fish Suit, and they were shocked and advised each other. It took Qin Lei a long time to say: "If this is not the case, what will this emperor do?"

Everyone in the hall quickly patted their chests and said, "If you have any trouble, the minister will submit it to us."

Qin Lei then said a little regretfully: "Since you are filial and lonely, if you don't accept it, wouldn't you be ungrateful? You should go on the road while it's dark."

Only then did everyone realize that the prince had no intention of going out by himself. Just kidding, is a guy who has to take a guard with thousands of people to go out and take risks?

After joking, Qin Lei said seriously: "We are going south this time, there are many unpredictable dangers, so I plan to hide you in the darkness, so that we can take care of each other with each other."

Everyone stood up and bowed, "But according to the prince's order."

Qin Lei nodded and took everyone to the second floor war room. He asked Shi Gan to kick off the curtain and revealed a map of the south. Qin Lei left Qin Sishui's home-loving thing in the People's Context Department and gave him a few drawings. He forced him to tinker with before Qin Lei's return, so he no longer cared about him. Now Shi Gan has become Qin Lei's guard commander and follower, and the burden is very heavy.

Qin Lei took the bamboo whip handed over by Shi Gan, clicked three times on Xiangyang Prefecture, Nanyang Prefecture and Jingzhou Prefecture, and said loudly: "According to the notice of the Nanjun Information Department, the most serious infiltration of spies from Dongqi are these three places. I order..."

Everyone stood up solemnly, waiting for Qin Lei to issue an order.

"Shi Yong took Xie Wuyou off the boat in the Lushan area. Be sure to touch all the temples and villages around Nanyang Prefecture. After reporting the suspicious situation, he lurked down and waited for the next order." Shi Yong took the order and left.

"Zhu Gui took Cheng Siyuan off the ship in Fancheng area, and also found out the situation around Xiangyang Prefecture, and reported the clues, and also lurked." Zhu Gui took the order and left.

The remaining Shi Mengma Nan was still standing upright, and Qin Lei said angrily: "Do you still need to give me instructions? Jingzhou Prefecture is yours. You must also set up a front-end station for me. If I still have dark eyes after I arrive, be careful of your butts and get out." The two of them bowed and laughed.

When the two left, except Shi Gan, there was only Shen Bing who had been silent. Qin Lei's intelligence chief was so guilty of his own fault for his last failure that he was not among the people who were drinking downstairs.

Qin Lei patted his shoulder, looked at the southern border of Qin, and whispered: "The real situation is worse than what they know. We went south to check for spies, but it may not necessarily lead to any bull-yellow horses and treasures." He said, "So Shen Bing, you have to cheer up, otherwise I may not be able to go back to Zhongdu." Shen Bing's eyes flashed in a flash, and he nodded slowly, but still said nothing.

Qin Lei knew that as long as he nodded, he really cheered up. He happily patted his shoulders. He walked to the map and stood still, supporting his hands on both sides, as if saying it to Shen Bing, and then saying sternly: "Those old people want me to be chess pieces, and walk step by step according to their plan. I insist on messing up this chess game so that no one of you can sit firmly on the Diaoyutai! All of them are wet with shoes!"

The fleet went down the canal, and except for a few times on the docking and replenishing supplies, they basically did not stop. Although the scenery on both sides of the strait was so beautiful, it was not interesting after watching it for a long time. A few days later, Qin Lei simply hid in the cabin and did something he liked to do with Ruolan who was following him, which was quite a bit licentious and inhumane.

The two of them fought again this day. Qin Lei was hugging Ruolan and saying some sweet words. Shi Gan outside knocked on the door: "Your Highness, the sailor on the boat rescued a drowning girl. Do you want to go and take a look?"

Qin Lei was bored. When he heard that there was a fun look, he hurriedly said, "Let's go now." Ruolan smirked and put on his clothes, carefully wiped the rouge on his face, and hugged Qin Lei's neck for a while before he let him go out. After leaving Kyoto, Ruolan became much cheerful.

Qin Lei followed Shi Gan to the guest room with a swaying waver. Several old ladies on the boat were taking care of a pale and wet woman. Qin Lei was about to get close to watch the fun, but an old ladies were blocked outside the door and said rudely: "What are you looking at? I have never seen a girl change her clothes at home." Qin Lei's daily life was taken care of by Ruolan, so these old ladies did not know him.

Qin Lei touched his nose and laughed at Shi Gan, "I have never seen it before." Then he asked him to call the sailor who saved the people over and interrogate it carefully. He found nothing unusual, so he sent him away.

When the lights were in hand, the girl woke up slowly, and a guard informed Qin Lei that Qin Lei had the chance to take a look at the legendary goddess of water.

Holding the oil lamp, Qin Lei looked at the girl from head to her feet, and finally focused her eyes on the girl's face, and said with a tsk voice: "It turns out that they are a beautiful woman in Jiangnan, but she is much more refined than our northern girls." The girl who just woke up almost fainted again.

After looking at it, Qin Lei sat in front of the girl carelessly and said rudely: "Miss, please report your surname and origin quickly. I will throw you into the river again after a moment of late." Qin Lei was also too much. He just woke up, so he didn't have the energy to answer.

Sure enough, the girl looked at Qin Lei with her eyes blank, her mouth trembled for a few times, and she couldn't speak.

Qin Lei ignored this, waited for a while, and shouted: "Where are you here, throw her back to the river!"

As soon as the words were finished, two burly men stepped forward, lifted the board on the girl's bed, and were about to go outside. The girl on the bed was anxious and afraid, and fainted again.

When Qin Lei saw this, he waved his hand depressedly, "It's not fun to stop playing anymore. Throw her here."

The big man put down the bed again and followed Qin Lei out of the room.
Chapter completed!