The boat floated very fast in the river, and it was impossible for the horses on the shore to catch up. What's more, they still needed to go down the mountain.
When they were still halfway up the mountain, the small boat had drifted to the end of the sight. The girl on the small boat seemed to stand up and looked at the road independently from the bow. The thin and small figure made Li Xiao grit his teeth.
"Are you still chasing me, young master?" Lin Zongqi asked, feeling that it was not realistic at all.
Li Xiao looked at the shadow of the boat going away over there and said coldly: "Luo Rui!"
"Master." Konoe responded immediately.
"Take 30 people and follow them along the way to make sure you know where they have gone. At the same time, go to Shoushi Station Feige to send a message to all checkpoints in the area to keep an eye on them. I don't believe I can't find her!"
Luo Rui paused slightly, then took the order: "Yes!"
He reined in his horse and turned around, ready to leave, when Cai He stopped him: "Wait a minute!"
Cai He looked at Li Xiao: "Master, it is not appropriate to go to the inn for this matter. You must not forget the purpose of our actions this time. We can only use the secret guards in the house."
Li Xiao became agitated for a while, then continued down the mountain: "Go and deal with it!"
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The downstream bank completely burst, and the water spread to the villages in the north. Fields and houses were submerged, but at the same time, the water force was also shared.
After more than an hour, the speed of the boat gradually slowed down and became calm, and Lao Tong and Zhi Changle began to row manually.
Both of them were covered in sweat now, especially when the water was at its strongest just now. They even felt like they were about to fall into the river.
Xia Zhaoyi got up again, covering her brows with her hands to block the sun in the sky.
As the boat gradually approached, she finally saw clearly the criss-crossing river channels in front of her.
This is where the water flows together. Many rivers and rivers flow towards this direction, some of which are very fast and some of which are slow.
She looked over them one by one, judging the topography of the valley and the width of the upper reaches based on the height of the terrain, the direction of the water level, and the shape of the river banks.
Soon, Xia Zhaoyi looked back at Lao Tong: "Old Tong, get ready, we have to change lanes."
Lao Tong looked up into the distance and nodded: "Okay! But which way should we go?"
Xia Zhaoyi pointed to the front left: "Over there."
"Okay!" Lao Tong shouted.
Xia Zhaoyi's design and lever points on the oars allowed them to get twice the result with half the effort and make rowing very easy.
And an hour of "pushing the boat along with the current" also allowed them to paddle a lot, and their sense of direction in controlling the paddle became much stronger.
When the boat went to the river there, its progress slowed down due to the headwind. They passed through a mountainous field, and the two sides turned into continuous mountains. The canyon in front was green and green, and there were birds flying high in the sky. The mountains were green and the water was green.
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"It's really beautiful here." Zhi Changle said.
Xia Zhaoyi smiled and nodded: "Yes."
She looked around, feeling really relaxed and happy.
Moreover, after arriving here, the water became much calmer, so she no longer had to stay here to watch the road.
Xia Zhaoyi looked away, turned back to the middle of the boat, and started working on a pile of wood.
We were on the road for three days and stopped at the shore to rest at night.
At noon on the fourth day, we stopped by an ancient mountain stream and decided to abandon the boat and go on foot.
Both Lao Tong and Zhi Changle were a little reluctant to part with the boat. They had worked so hard to build the boat for so long, and they just threw it away. They felt so distressed.
Pang Yi looked at it more calmly than they did. He looked at the boat and said, "It has saved us a lot of roads, so it is not in vain."
"This is not a question of whether we made it in vain or not, it is our hard work," the branch chief said happily.
Pang Yi shook his head gently and stopped talking.
Old Tong looked back first and said: "Let's go, I just think it's a pity that it only took four days to build it."
"I am reminded of that saying, raise an army for a thousand days, use it for a while." Zhi Changle said.
Old Tong paused slightly, then lowered his head and went over there to lead Qingyun.
When the deserter incident first happened, he felt nothing but fear.
The longer time passes now, the more uncomfortable he feels in his heart, blaming himself, feeling guilty, and calling himself a coward and coward. Especially after Pei Feng's accident, the blood he saw and the corpses floating in the river made him feel that he was really not a man.
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That day on the river bank, he had knelt down three times and kowtowed nine times with Zhi Changle. When he was rowing these days, he was thinking, were these the people he was kneeling on at that time, or was he just trying to get peace of mind for himself?
Lao Tong couldn't tell, so he could only comfort himself. There was no way out by following the Marquis of Jing'an anyway. Everyone on the left and right was helping the tyrants, and it would be fine if such a soldier acted improperly.
Well, it’s okay if it’s inappropriate.
Lao Tong muttered in his heart again.
"Pang Yi," Xia Zhaoyi turned around and said at this time, "come sit on Qingyun's back."
Pang Yi paused, looked at Qingyun, and then at the little girl.
"It's still not possible." Pang Yi said.
"You are not in good health. If you don't ride a horse, you won't be able to survive just by walking." Xia Zhaoyi said.
"...It's okay, I don't ride a horse."
"It's nothing," Lao Tong shouted, "You go up and sit down, I'll hold you here, what are you afraid of!"
Xia Zhaoyi was curious: "Have you ever fallen off a horse?"
Pang Yi shook his head: "No, I, I just don't ride a horse."
Old Tong said "Huh", and then realized that his statement seemed wrong: "What do you mean you don't want to ride a horse? You don't want to ride, don't you know how to ride?"
Pang Yi glanced at him and said nothing.
Xia Zhaoyi smiled: "Forget it, just walk. There is a market in front. We will find something to sell later and then go to the horse farm to the east to change into a carriage. Pang Yi, can you sit in the carriage?"
Pang Yi frowned, his resolute face showing some embarrassment, but it was hard to refuse, so he nodded: "Okay."
"Then let's go." Xia Zhaoyi said.
Zhi Changle and Lao Tong hurriedly followed Xia Zhaoyi.
"Ah Li, what do you mean by how to make money?"
"If you want to change the carriage, it will cost a lot of money, right? It will cost at least ten taels of silver, right?" Zhi Changle also said.
"Looking for something to sell, what are you looking for?"
"But I think Ah Li should be able to make money. I wouldn't believe it if it were anyone else, but Ah Li will definitely be able to do it!"
Xia Zhaoyi smiled: "Go on."
Then he threw a piece of broken silver like a magic trick.
The arc flashed in the air, and Zhi Changle reached out to catch it. He was stunned for a moment, and then raised the broken silver to the sky.
"It's true!" Zhi Changle shouted.
"I'll treat you to some sweets," Xia Zhaoyi said with a smile, then turned and left.
"Ah Li, where did you come from?" Zhi Changle hurriedly caught up.
Lao Tong also chased after him: "Yes, why do you have so much money on you?"
These two pieces of silver are enough for them to use for a long, long time.
"How can there be so much money?"
"Farewell, farewell!" Not to mention those few copper coins, he didn't even dare to ask for the piece of broken silver that Chang Le held in his hand.
"Haha!" Xia Zhaoyi quickened his steps, "Let's go then!"
