What made him leave the ship was that he noticed monks flying back and forth to inspect the island.
At this time, it seemed that there were many people on the island carrying logs to a ship.
After observing the surrounding situation and the darkening sky, he decided to get closer to investigate and quietly submerged into the water again.
The reason why he dared to get close to investigate was because this was a sea with turbulent waves. If it were on a land lake, he would not dare to get close. The ripples triggered on the water surface would be easily noticed, and the place would be quickly covered by the waves.
As he approached the island, there was a messy sound of "gurgling, gurgling or dong dong dong" coming from the bottom of the water. He followed the sound and came to the bottom of a ship. He quietly showed his head at the stern of the ship again without having to put his ears against the hull.
, you can also hear the sound of "ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, rang" coming from the cabin, as well as the sound of saws cutting wood.
Not just one ship, but the sound of carpentry work could be heard from many ships on the left and right.
He wanted to board the boat for observation, but for safety reasons, he finally gave up the idea.
After groping in the water for a while, he fled a little further away from the island. From time to time, he showed his head in the distance, and circled around the island, counting the number of ships.
After roughly knowing what was going on in his mind, he sank into the sea and quickly escaped from this place.
I dived for a long time before taking a breath, until I was completely far away from here. After confirming that no one on the island would see me anymore, I popped my head out of the sea and observed my surroundings repeatedly, then jumped out of the sea and walked on the waves, all the way on the sea.
Return from flyby...
Dakan City is the last city on Niu Youdao's route closest to the capital of Qi State.
As always, Niu Youdao wandered around the city again. Halfway through his wandering, a Wuliangshan disciple appeared and nodded to Black Peony from a distance while no one was paying attention.
Black Mudan is not like Niu Youdao. Niu Youdao is really walking around. Black Mudan plays with Niu Youdao but is not really playing. He has the responsibility to observe his surroundings. This is what Yuan Gang reminded and taught earlier.
He even trained the people around Niu Youdao to a certain extent.
Not to mention that monks are not monks, there are some things that monks are not as good as professionals.
Yuan Gang directly made it clear when training these people that Master Tao is the helmsman and the leader of everyone. Master Tao's safety is the first priority. Nothing can happen to Master Tao. Once something happens to Master Tao, no one will have a good time.
Everyone around Mr. Tao has the responsibility to maintain Mr. Tao's safety, and promptly fill in the gaps and remind him of things that Mr. Tao has not noticed.
After all, Master Dao is just a person with only one pair of eyes and one pair of ears. It is impossible to take into account all the surrounding situations at any time and at any time, especially when going out.
Black Mudan nodded slightly in understanding, and the Wuliangshan disciple quickly left again.
While Niu Youdao stopped by the roadside and squatted down to look at the woodblock prints carved by a craftsman, Black Mudan leaned over, chatting and laughing with Niu Youdao, and suddenly whispered in Niu Youdao's ear, "Gongsun
Please come back."
Niu Youdao nodded slightly, indicating that he understood, but squatted there with no intention of getting up. He slowly admired the woodblock prints on display before slowly getting up.
Linghuqiu was also admiring the hanging wooden paintings with his hands behind his back. He was not that interested in it at first, but when he met Niu Youdao, a slow turtle, he lost his temper and gradually lost his temper. He just enjoyed it.
Just appreciate it, there's nothing to do anyway, it's just idle time.
"Brother, I have to go back to the inn first, do you continue to enjoy it here?" Niu Youdao asked beside Linghuqiu.
Linghu Qiu looked back in shock, thinking, now that you've gone back, do I still need to appreciate this crap?
"Then let's go back together." Linghuqiu waved his hand.
As soon as they returned to the inn, they saw people guarding Niu Youdao's room to prevent others from approaching. Linghuqiu, Hongxiu, and Hongfu exchanged glances, knowing that something was wrong.
Although they don't know what Niu Youdao wants to do, they all know that Niu Youdao's slow journey is definitely not that simple.
Niu Youdao entered the room, and Black Peony quickly closed the door. Gongsun Bu, who was waiting in the room, stood up and said with a slightly excited look: "Master Dao, we have found the place where the ship is to be renovated."
Niu Youdao was surprised, "So fast?"
Only five days have passed since the previous decision was made. You need to know that it takes time for Golden Wings to send messages back and forth. It also takes time to deploy manpower and confirm that the sea area meets the requirements. How can you get the result so quickly?
Gongsun Bu nodded and said: "Yes, the manpower from other countries are still on the way. The manpower from Qi State's sea area who received the mission first carried out the task. As a result, someone was found on the first day of the mission. This was due to our determination of the investigation direction.
, otherwise no one can be sure that the ships coming and going at sea are related to the target we are looking for."
"Okay!" Niu Youdao also became energetic, "Where is it?"
Gongsun Bu raised his hand to greet Black Mudan, who quickly took out the map, opened it and hung it on the wall.
Gongsun Bu stared at the map and inspected it briefly, then pointed at a sea area in the southwest of Qi State, "The approximate location is here, an island. There are many reefs in this sea area. Ships who don't know the route dare not pass here. Even if they know this
This is a safe route, and ordinary ships will not come here to go around. The environment here is in line with our previous predictions."
Niu Youdao: "Have you confirmed it?"
Gongsun Bu: "Confirmed. It is difficult to count the exact number of ships parked around the island. There are monks patrolling the island, but the inspectors estimate that the number of ships is about two hundred, all of which are what we judge to be large ships.
Although the investigators did not dare to go ashore, they dived under the ship to investigate and determined that the ship was being modified."
Niu Youdao asked again: "How long does it take for the ship to sail to Qi's coastline?"
Gongsun Bu: "It conforms to Peony Girl's judgment, probably within a day."
"About two hundred ships? It seems that there are more than 10,000 war horses!" Niu Youdao sneered, staring at Gongsun Bu and solemnly informed, "Have your people keep an eye on it. If you find any signs of the ship moving, report it immediately! Remember
, you don’t need to do any unnecessary things, and you don’t need to take risks, just keep an eye on it, in short, you must not alert the snake!"
"Okay!" Gongsun Bu immediately followed the order and executed it.
After sending Gongsun Bu away, Black Mudan came back and saw Niu Youdao wandering in the house thinking, so he stayed quietly and did not disturb him.
Niu Youdao suddenly stopped and turned around and said to her: "There is no need to stay here any longer. We will set off for the capital of Qi immediately. Go and inform Linghu Qiu and see what he means."
What else could Linghu Qiu mean? He came here to help him, so naturally he set off immediately...
Hu Yanwei was extremely efficient in his work. He said he would put the houses around the tofu restaurant on the market, and he did so. He said it would never be delayed until the fourth day within three days.
Next to the tofu restaurant, across an alley, in a private room upstairs, Qin Mian stood in front of the window near the alley, observing something outside.
At the table in the house, Su Zhao, dressed in plain clothes, slowly tasted a bowl of fresh tofu puffs.
"Here we come." Qin Mian suddenly turned around and called softly.
Su Zhao put down the spoon, stood up slowly, and moved to the window. He looked towards the alley outside the half-open window and saw Yuan Gang walking out from the depths of the alley.
Qin Mian walked to the window facing Minghu Lake and waved a handkerchief.
At the corner of the alley, a little girl in dirty clothes appeared with a bowl of tofu. I don't know if it was because she suddenly bumped into Yuan Gang. She let go of her hand and the pottery bowl smashed to the ground with a clatter.
Looking at the tofu dumplings scattered on the floor, the little girl pursed her lips, looking aggrieved, tears falling down one by one, and she slowly squatted down, as if to pick it up.
Yuan Gang stopped in front of her. The big man bowed down for the little girl and slowly squatted in front of her, saying: "I broke it, so I don't want it anymore."
The little girl sobbed aggrievedly: "I bought it for grandma."
Yuan Gang reached out to help her up and wiped her tears. A rare warmth appeared on his unsmiling face, "It's okay, just buy another one."
The little girl shook her head and sobbed: "No money."
Yuan Gang took out a handful of money and gave it to her. The little girl shook her head and took a step back, obviously not daring to ask for money from strangers.
"I know your grandma..." Yuan Gang said something, reached out and took the little girl's hand, and the figures of one big and one small left the alley.
After a while, Qin Mian, who was looking out the front window towards the tofu shop, retracted his head and laughed softly: "This big man really bought a portion for the little girl, a bigger one.
"
In silence, Su Zhao slowly walked to the window again, and saw that the little girl had a clay pot in her hand, and it was tied with a hemp rope for easy carrying. She no longer had to hold it, and she left happily.
Su Zhao slowly returned to the table, looking at the tofu noodle in the bowl, feeling uneasy. In his mind was the tender picture of a large figure and a small figure holding hands from behind, which was indelible for a long time.
That day, when An Taiping said something that had no distinction between "high and low", she heard it and was shocked in her heart.
The reason why she was shocked was that no one knew the torment in her heart. She longed for a happy ending with that man who was as intelligent as a demon, as beautiful as a tree, and as powerful as the wind. But what was her identity? A woman from a brothel, and everyone knew that she was someone.
The reputation of this prince's forbidden love can never be erased.
Facing this world, she asked herself more than once, and asked Shao Pingbo more than once, would he really marry her?
Although Shao Pingbo's answer was affirmative, she was speechless in her heart. She was thinking that once Shao Pingbo really became successful and famous, could Shao Pingbo really marry a woman with her reputation?
For this world, An Taiping's words were a bit shocking. Not to mention those young people who were looking for trouble, even she found it unbelievable, even though it touched the tenderness in her heart.
But then, An Taiping even put his body in front of the brothel maid, resisting the whipping of the brothel maid.
She suspected that An Taiping was just showing off and wanted to try again.
I want to see what An Taiping looks like when he is not in the public eye and no one sees him behind his back.
Some things don't require much expression, just a movement or a look, you can tell the clues.
However, what happened just now was far beyond her tentative expectations. The tenderness towards such a poor little girl actually made her scalp numb. She deeply realized what it means to have no distinction between high and low in this man's heart.
This man is out of tune with this world. He is a man who really doesn’t care about his background in a brothel!