Chapter 489: Trap

Chapter 489 Trap

Qiao Ye squinted her eyes and didn't know what to think, and followed the short man onto the boat.

The ship was a cargo ship, not a small one.

There are two boatmen at the bow, wearing coir raincoats and bamboo hats on their heads.

It is normal for a cargo ship to have two boatmen, sometimes there are three, or even four. Running a boat is hard work, and the boats have to be rowed in turn, so one boatman is not enough.

However, this appearance made Qiao Ye feel a little strange.

Before Qiao Ye could take a second look, the short man smiled and said, "The moon is bright and the stars are thin, there is a possibility of rain in the middle of the night."

Qiao Ye said: "You still know how to watch the sky at night?"

The short man smiled and said: "Running a boat, is that also a business that depends on God's appreciation of food? How do you run a boat when the weather is bad? So, I know a little bit, and I know a little bit."

Qiao Ye said: "You are so talented to run a boat, I think you should go to Sitianjian."

Si Tianjian, that is the department that selects auspicious days for the emperor and handles the astronomical calendar.

"You can't talk nonsense, I can't compare with those grown-ups." The short man said with a smile, "Go, let's go into the cabin!"

Qiao Ye followed the short man into the cabin. The short man attracted quite a few guests. Counting Qiao Ye's seven or eight people, Qiao Ye also saw acquaintances.

The middle-aged man at the gate of the city saw Qiao Ye coming in, and immediately smiled and said, "Little brother, are you here too?"

Qiao Ye nodded and said: "Hurry up, go to Beidi, what's the matter with being trapped in the city like this? It's useless to waste time."

When Qiao Ye said this, the others also started talking, complaining one after another that they didn't know what the Lord of Huacheng was doing. The people sitting in this cabin were basically merchants. The closure of the city is not very happy.

The middle-aged man said to Qiao Ye, "What are you doing in the North, little brother? I don't think you are a businessman."

Qiao Ye smiled and said: "I heard that something happened in the Northland, but I think it's an opportunity, maybe I can become famous."

"That's right, I heard that the Northland is not peaceful now." The middle-aged man said with a smile: "It seems that the little brother is very confident in his own skills."

Qiao Ye said politely: "General, just enough!"

Several people in the cabin were talking, and the ship slowly began to move forward.

From the waterway of the pier to the north, you can leave Hwaseong by exiting the doorway dedicated to the waterway.

Of course it wouldn't be unguarded, but the short man smiled and said, "Don't worry, everyone, everything has been taken care of."

The waterway is no more than a city gate. Once the gate is closed, people will be sealed inside the city gate. Instead, there are sentries guarding it. If you really want to pass, you can force it.

However, this matter is thankless and troublesome. There are also boats in the magic hall, so, as the short man said, the soldiers in charge of guarding have already arranged for them. After collecting the money, they will pretend not to see it.

No matter who the Demon Hall and the City Lord's Mansion are searching for, it has been a long time, and many people have begun to relax. After all, they are soldiers at the bottom, and it is king to take the opportunity to make some money.

About half an hour later, after passing the sentry post and exiting the waterway in the city, everyone in the cabin was relieved. It was already outside the city, and they could enter the Nanjiang River by continuing forward, and no one would care about it then.

But at this moment...

Suddenly there was a flash of fire on the river, the short man's heart tightened, he hurriedly entered the cabin and said, "Everyone, keep quiet."

The fat middle-aged man beside Qiao Ye said, "What's wrong?"

The short man said: "There is a boat, it may be the water barracks of the Vanguard Army, please keep quiet, I will handle it."

The short man got on the deck, and the big ship in front of him was already approaching. It was indeed a military ship, just as the short man expected, it was a water barracks ship of the Vanguard Army.

"Stop the boat!"

As the big ship approached, someone stood on the deck and yelled at the ship. Immediately afterwards, five or six soldiers jumped over, and behind them stood two masters from the magic hall, standing with their hands behind their backs, and their cultivation bases were not low.

The short man greeted him with a smile and said, "Masters, you must be too busy at night."

The short man smiled, touched some money and secretly stuffed it into the man's hand, but the leading soldier didn't care about it at all, so he just raised his hand and knocked the money down on the deck.

The soldier said: "The city is closed, no entry, no exit, don't you know?"

The short man smiled apologetically, "We didn't come out of the city, we wanted to enter the city, but we were not allowed to go in and out, so we had to withdraw."

The soldier sneered, "Is there anyone in the cabin?"

The short man said: "There are some guests who wanted to enter the city, but they didn't go in and were stopped."

The soldier snorted coldly and said, "Do you think I'm stupid? Brother, enter the cabin!"

That group of soldiers immediately stepped forward fiercely, pushed the short man aside, kicked the cabin open and filed into it.

Everyone in the cabin was startled, and shrank their bodies obediently, not daring to speak.

The short man caught up and said, "My lord, we really didn't come out of the city. We all wanted to enter the city, but we didn't."

When everyone in the cabin heard it, they immediately understood what they were saying, and hurriedly begged for mercy together.

"Master Bing, what he said is the truth, we didn't go into the city, we didn't come out of the city."

"Yes, the little one came from Fancheng. If you don't believe me, Lord Bing, please take a look. This is the guide."

"Master Bing, it's convenient."

"Shut up!" The leading soldier directly stretched out his hand and pushed one of them to the ground, and said in a low voice, "I don't care whether you leave the city or enter the city, I'll take them all back!"

Qiao Ye leaned against the cabin wall, opened her eyes suddenly, and said to the fat middle-aged man beside her, "It's unnecessary, isn't it? These are not the people you are looking for."

The middle-aged man glanced at Qiao Ye, laughed and said, "Are you talking to me?"

Qiao Ye said: "Is it from the magic hall?"

The middle-aged man said: "I'm just a businessman."

Qiao Ye said: "You performed at the gate of the city because you wanted to spread the news of the closure of the city, and let everyone know that the Demon Hall and the City Lord's Mansion are playing for real. If you can't catch anyone, the city will say It’s not allowed for three to five days, maybe it’s even going on forever.”

The obese middle-aged man said: "What else do you see?"

Qiao Ye said: "Where can those who are in a hurry to get out of the city wait? You can hide past the first day of the junior high school, but you can't hide from the fifteenth day. You must find a way to leave. The only way seems to be the waterway. Then you surround the three and place one. This waterway is actually a You released it on purpose just to stop the boat and keep people, just in case, you even pretended to be a merchant who was going out of the city, and you got in here directly."

"Young and light, I didn't expect Men Qing'er." The middle-aged man stopped pretending, stood up with his hands behind his back and said with a smile, "I looked around, and there is indeed no one I'm looking for here, but I can't guarantee what I'm looking for People have something to do with each other, so if you talk about breaking the sky, you still have to go back with me and go to the prison of the Demon Hall before we talk about it."

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