But the other party continued to scold and scold unrelentingly, until a big ship approached at the end of the fleet, and a middle-aged man in a brocade robe shouted: "A group of fools, delayed the time and let go of the murderer, do you eat the guilt!?" ”

"Yes, yes......" The man on the clipper quickly responded, speeding forward.

Liu Qiyan, who was about to return to the cabin, immediately pricked up his ears when he heard this, carefully observed the big ship, but couldn't see anything, and thought for a while and ordered the boatman to speed up and follow the big ship.

Approaching sunset, traveling to Meicheng, watching the fleet in the distance finally drop the sails and prepare to rest on the shore, the stone in Liu Qi's heart fell to the ground, in this era, only the last resort will be to sail at night, and it must be under the condition of bright moonlight and no wind, by experienced people who are familiar with the water conditions of the waterway, otherwise it is very easy to hit the reef, run aground or even sail into the whirlpool, and the ship will be destroyed and killed.

If the other party chased the fugitive in his mouth overnight, Liu Qi would only give up, and he would not be willing to take this risk.

Now Liu Qi is no longer like when he first arrived, he doesn't understand anything, and he has basically figured out the differences between all aspects of life in the Han Dynasty and what he knew and imagined before.

In the Han Dynasty, the county was divided into counties, the county was set up under the township, and the countryside was set up in Li, Shi, Wu, Ting, Meicheng said that the city was actually only "li", in the eyes of Liu Qi, it was also a relatively large village, it can be said that the village was actually located in the bend of the waterway, which was conducive to the docking of ships and opened the market, the scale here is not much smaller than that of Linjiang County, but there is no city wall and only a low earthen wall.

In ancient times, merchants were actually divided into "merchants" and "Jia", those who operated locally were called "Jia", and those who traveled to and from different regions and cities were called "merchants".

In order to facilitate the management of the government, the city and the "fang", that is, the residential area, were strictly separated, separated by a wall and guarded by soldiers.

After going ashore, Liu Qi left Gao Jing to take care of Gao Tan, and he took Gao Teng and Cheng Guan to quietly inquire about the news of the people on the fleet.

The reason why Liu Qi was interested in this fleet was because he suspected that their target was Gan Ning, and historical records record that Gan Ning served as the commander of Shu County when he was young, and then resigned from his official position but became a robber, and if the local officials treated him politely, he became friends, and on the contrary, he connived at his subordinates to rob and even kill.

In Liu Qi's opinion, such a record is really unbelievable, and even a little ridiculous, killing officials is like rebellion, if Gan Ning really did this, can the officials in Yizhou let him be at ease for so many years? If the robbers could live such a fairy-like life, the people of Yizhou would have all followed the grass and fallen into the grass.

However, regardless of whether the historical records are exaggerated and fabricated, one thing is certain, that is, with Gan Ning's temperament, there must be a lot of enemies in Yizhou, and the festival is not small.

Judging from the meeting in the wine shop today, Gan Ning was invited to the banquet by Guan Zhao, but after his identity was exposed, he immediately took people to the riverside, if he didn't have any scruples, he should change to a wine shop, and he didn't need to hurry up on the boat and leave, so Liu Qi felt that his suspicion was very likely.

Liu Qi hopes that it is really Gan Ning who is in trouble, so that he will have a chance to get close, now Gan Ning should be under Liu Biao's account or has already served in Jiangxia Huangzu, how can people like Liu Biao and Huang Zu be able to drive such an unborn fierce general as Gan Ning?

"Gan Ning belongs to me!" Liu Qi only felt his blood boiling, as if he had taken Gan Ning for his own use, and he couldn't stop smirking at himself.

The city has a time limit on business hours, and when the time comes, the bell of the bell tower in the center of the city will ring, and the merchants and civilians inside will all leave, and the officers and soldiers will inspect one by one and finally close the gate.

There were nearly 300 people on the fleet, and they searched almost door to door, and found You Gu and Li Chang (You Gui, a township-level official in the Han Dynasty, in charge of public security; The chief, the township is set up, Shi, Wu, the head of the town) entered the city to search, and there was a lot of noise, but until it was dark, I didn't find the person I was looking for.

Liu Qi saw that they gave up the search and couldn't do anything in a hurry, so he had to quietly follow a man in fancy clothes who got off the last big boat with the idea of trying his luck and came to the outside of a large mansion.

This is the residence of the local governor, Liu Qi touched a letter in his arms, this is a letter of introduction given to him by Zhao Zhen to facilitate food and accommodation in various post stations, and the Taishou seal stamped on it can be borrowed from the fox and the tiger.

However, after seeing a few young men from the wine shop carrying wine and meat into the house, Liu Qi decided to try to make Zhao Zhen as little trouble as possible, whether this letter of introduction can stop people is still unknown, if people don't eat this set, it will be embarrassing.

Fortunately, after those people came out, they didn't spend a lot of money to find out what they wanted to know, the owner of this fleet is surnamed Wei, and he is the county lieutenant of a certain county, and the target of this group of people is really Gan Ning!

Although it is impossible to understand the inside story in detail by the words that these little guys heard, it is not difficult to speculate that this group of people must be one of Gan Ning's enemies, and Gan Ning's identity was exposed in the wine shop in Linjiang, and was told by someone in the crowd of onlookers that the person surnamed Wei seemed to have some identity, and he could summon dozens of people and a dozen boats to hunt down Gan Ning so quickly, and he could also use the tour and chief of Meicheng, which was hundreds of miles away from Linjiang.

Looking at the anxious posture, the grudge between the two sides is not small!

Hmph, I must let Gan Ning owe this great favor, and then after a little consideration, I agreed to him with a personal promise...... I want to repay the wish!

But where is Gan Ning now? This surnamed Wei doesn't know Gan Ning's whereabouts, so he rushes out and bumps around without a head, right?

Leaving Gao Teng to monitor closely, Liu Qi walked around the long house in Meicheng aimlessly, while pondering how to solve the matter and stuff this favor to Gan Ning, and gradually lost his mind, and walked to the corner of a narrow alley and didn't see anyone coming out, and the two collided together.

Oh mom! Liu Qi was frightened into a cold sweat when he saw the other party's face, this person was too scary, a dark face was like a bun that had been trampled by a horse's hooves, and he had no nose!

No, there is a nose, but the bridge of the nose seems to have been knocked down, and the nose like a pile of rotten meat is strangely paralyzed on the face, and suddenly saw such a face in the dim light, at that moment Liu Qi thought that he had crossed into the World of Warcraft!

Liu Qi's scalp was numb, and he shouted: "What person! What do you want! ”

Unexpectedly, the man seemed to be more frightened than him, and he sat down on the ground, trembling and frightened hands and feet, and crawling backwards, making a gurgling sound of teeth chattering from his mouth.

Cheng Guan hurriedly rushed forward from behind to protect Liu Qi, and when he saw that the other party was dressed in rags and looked like a beggar, his eyes widened: "Where did the beggar come from dare to bump into my husband, get away!" ”

The beggar looked at Cheng Guan as if he was extremely grateful, and ran away.

Liu Qi pointed to his face very depressed and asked Cheng Guan: "Am I scary?" ”

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There are dogs in the long house in Meicheng, so Liu Qi's night exploration plan could not be implemented, and the three of them had to return to the fisherman's house by the dock to stay overnight, and they will soon go out of the boundary of Yongning County, the surname Wei should not go to Guling to chase Gan Ning, it seems that the second star chase will also end in failure, although Liu Qi is unwilling but has no choice, he has no mood to speak, and he sleeps with his head bored.

The next morning, before dawn, the fleet set off, and Liu Qi had no choice but to rub his eyes and follow Cheng Guan and the others again.

Because it is down the river, the speed is much faster, but until noon has passed, there is still no shadow of Gan Ning, Liu Qi has no hope, the tracking method of the Wei County Lieutenant is really not very good, like even Gan Ning and the others did not recognize the boat, every time they saw a docked ship, they had to go up for interrogation, wasting a lot of time, even if Gan Ning really went in this direction, it was impossible to catch up.

In the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, where the drop is relatively large, sailing along the river is not much easier than when going against the water, especially in the turbulent waters, the whole boat relies on two people holding bamboo artemisia to control the direction and speed of the boat.

Although he was unwilling, he knew in his heart that the result of going on like this was still in vain in the end, Liu Qi had to give up the idea of continuing to follow, and after landing at the landing place, everyone was finally able to sleep well.

Things often go against people's wishes, and many times you give up what you are looking for and can't get, and you find that it quickly turns to you.

When Liu Qi had already left Yongning and entered the territory belonging to Guling, he slept until three poles in the morning before setting off lazily, and when a small fleet sailed behind him, Liu Qi was playing with flying knives and didn't go to his heart at all, but after half an hour, he found that the fleet of the Wei County Lieutenant who had been chasing Gan Ning had returned, forcing a few small boats that had just surpassed him to the shallow water by the river, and were surrounding them, and the people on both boats were waiting for each other.

There was a person standing on a small boat surrounded at the head, holding a long knife and standing angrily, it was Gan Ning!

Liu Qi let the other boat stay, and despite the dissuasion of Gao Teng and others, he forced the boatman to drive the boat to dodge left and right.

The attention of the people on both sides of the ship was attracted to Liu Qi and saluted at him.

Sticking to the boat of Lieutenant Wei, before Liu Qi could speak, a short man who looked like a guard on the other side of the boat shouted: "Who is so bold, don't you see that the government is arresting criminals!" Dare to obstruct the official to handle the case, don't you want to die?! ”

Liu Qi was immediately furious when he heard this, your master is a county lieutenant, and the subordinates around a small official with the size of a sesame mung bean dare to be so arrogant with his own junior brother who is too guarded?