Chapter 278 Su Zhao's Probing

The reason why he left the ship was that he noticed monks flying around the island to check.

At this moment, it seems that there are many people on the island carrying logs to the boats.

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 approach and investigate was because this was the sea with waves. If it was on the surface of a lake on land, he would not dare to approach it. The ripples triggered on the water surface could be easily spotted by people, and this place could be quickly covered by the waves.

As he approached the island, there was a messy sound of "grumbling or thumping" from the bottom of the water. He followed the sound and came to the bottom of a ship, where he quietly emerged from the stern again. He didn't need to stick his ears to the body of the ship, but he could also hear the sound of "jingling" from the cabin, as well as the sound of saws sawing wood.

Not just one ship, but many ships on the left and right have the sound of carpentry work.

He wanted to get on the boat to observe, but for the sake of safety, he finally gave up the idea.

After groping in the water for a while, he fled a little further away from the island, showing his head in the distance from time to time, circled around the island, and counted the number of ships.

After thinking about it, he sank into the sea and quickly escaped from here.

After diving far away in one breath, I took a breath, until I was completely away from here, and I was sure that people on the island would not see me again. I outcropped on the surface of the sea and observed the surroundings repeatedly, and then I jumped out of the sea and walked on the waves, skimming the sea all the way back...

Dakan City is considered to be the last city closest to the capital of Qi on Niu Youdao's route.

As always, Niu Youdao wandered around the city again. Halfway through the walk, a Wuliang Mountain disciple appeared, and while no one was paying attention, he nodded to Hei Mudan from a distance.

Hei Mudan is not like Niu Youdao, Niu Youdao is really wandering around, but Hei Mudan is not really playing with Niu Youdao, so he has the responsibility to observe the surroundings. This is what Yuan Gang reminded and taught earlier, and even trained the people around Niu Youdao to a certain extent.

Don't say that monks are not monks, and monks are not as good as professionals in some things.

When Yuan Gang trained these people, he made it clear that Master Dao is the helmsman and the leader of everyone. The safety of Master Dao is the first. No accidents should happen to Master Dao. Once something happens to Master Dao, no one should think about it. As everyone around Master Dao, it is the responsibility to maintain the safety of Master Dao.

After all, Master Dao is just a person with only one pair of eyes and one pair of ears. It is impossible to take care of all the surrounding situations anytime, anywhere, especially when going out.

Hei Mudan nodded slightly in understanding, and the Wuliangshan disciple quickly left again.

While Niu Youdao stopped by the road and squatted to look at a woodblock print carved by a craftsman, Hei Mudan leaned over, chatted and laughed with Niu Youdao, and suddenly whispered in Niu Youdao's ear, "Gongsun, please come back."

Niu Youdao nodded slightly to show that he understood, but he squatted there without any intention of getting up, slowly admiring the placed woodblock prints enough, and then slowly got up.

Linghu Qiu was also admiring the hanging wooden paintings with his hands behind his back. He didn't have this kind of elegance at first, but when he met Niu Youdao, a slow-moving turtle, he lost his temper and gradually became impatient.

"Brother, I have to go back to the inn, you continue to enjoy here?" Niu Youdao asked beside Linghu Qiu.

Linghuqiu turned around in astonishment, thinking, if you go back, do I still need to appreciate this crap?

"Then let's go back together." Linghu Qiu waved his hand as a gesture.

As soon as he returned to the inn, he saw that Niu Youdao was guarding people around the room to prevent others from approaching. Linghu Qiu exchanged glances with Hong Xiu and Hong Fu, knowing that something was wrong.

Although they can't figure out what Niu Youdao is going to do here, they all know that Niu Youdao's slow journey is by no means that simple.

Niu Youdao entered the room, Black Peony quickly closed the door, Gongsun Bu who was waiting inside the room stood up, and said with a slightly excited expression: "Master Dao, we have found the place to renovate the sea ship."

Niu Youdao was surprised, "So fast?"

It has only been five days since the decision was made before. It should be known that it will take time for Golden Chi to communicate back and forth, manpower deployment, and confirmation of the sea area that meets the requirements.

Gongsun Bu nodded and said: "Yes, the people from other countries are still on the way. The people who received the mission in the sea area of ​​​​Qi State carried out the mission first. As a result, some people found it on the first day of mission. This is due to the fact that we have determined the direction of investigation. 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 cheered up, "Where is it?"

Gongsun Bu raised his hand to Hei Mudan, and Hei Mudan quickly took out the map, opened it and hung it on the wall.

Gongsun Bu stared at the map for a brief inspection, and pointed his finger at a sea area in the southwest of Qi State. "It's probably located here, an island. There are many hidden reefs in this sea area. Ships who don't know the route dare not pass here. Even if they know the safe route in this area, ordinary ships will not come here. The environment here is in line with our previous predictions."

Niu Youdao: "Are you sure?"

Gongsun Bu: "It's confirmed. It's inconvenient to count the exact number of ships parked around the island. There are monks patrolling the island, but the inspectors estimate that there are about 200 ships, all of which are large ships of the type we judged. Although the inspectors dare not go ashore, they sneaked under the ships to check, and they can be sure that the ships are being modified."

Niu Youdao asked again: "How long will it take for the ship to sail to the coastline of Qi State?"

Gongsun Bu: "In line with Miss Mudan's judgment, within a day or so."

"About 200 ships? Looks like there are more than 10,000 war horses!" Niu Youdao sneered, staring at Gongsun Bu and told solemnly, "Let your people keep an eye on them, and report back immediately if they find any sign of the ship moving! 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 scare the snake!"

"Okay!" Gongsun Bu immediately took the order to execute.

Sending off Gongsun Bu, Hei Mudan came back and saw Niu Youdao thinking and wandering in the house, so he stayed quietly by the side without disturbing him.

Niu Youdao paused suddenly, turned back and said to her: "There is no need to stay here any longer, set off immediately to the capital of Qi Kingdom, you go and inform Linghu Qiu, and see what he means."

What else could Linghuqiu mean? He came here to help him, so naturally he set off immediately...

Hu Yanwei's work efficiency is extremely high. He said that he sold the houses around the tofu restaurant, and he said that it would be impossible to delay it to the fourth day within three days.

Next door to the tofu restaurant, upstairs across an alley, in a private room, Qin Mian was standing in front of the window near the alley, observing something outside.

At the table in the house, Su Zhao, who was dressed in plain clothes, slowly tasted a bowl of fresh tofu nao.

"Here we come." Qin Mian suddenly turned around and called softly.

Su Zhao put down the spoon, got up slowly, moved to the window, and turned his eyes to the alley outside the half-open window, and saw Yuan Gang coming out from the depth 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 holding a bowl of tofu. I don't know if it was because she suddenly ran into Yuan Gang, she let go of her hand, and the pottery bowl shattered to the ground with a thud.

Seeing the tofu brains spilled all over the floor, the little girl pursed her mouth and looked aggrieved. Tears rolled down one by one, and she squatted down slowly, as if she wanted to pick it up.

Yuan Gang stopped in front of her, the big man bowed for the little girl, and slowly squatted in front of her, saying: "It's broken, don't want it."

The little girl was wronged and sobbed, "I bought it for grandma."

Yuan Gang stretched out his hand to help her up, wiped away her tears, and showed a rare warmth on his serious face, "It's okay, I'll buy another one."

The little girl shook her head and sobbed, "I have 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 in his mouth, stretched out his hand to hold the little girl's hand, and the backs of one big and one small left the alley.

After a while, Qin Mian, who was looking out of the front window looking at the front of the tofu shop, retracted his head, and said with a low laugh, "This big guy really bought a portion for the little girl, and bought a bigger portion."

Su Zhao, who was silent, walked slowly to the window again, and saw that the little girl had an extra clay pot in her hand, and it was tied with a hemp rope, so it was easy to carry, and she didn't have to hold it anymore, and left happily.

Su Zhao slowly returned to the table, looked at the tofu nao in the bowl, feeling uneasy, and in his mind was a warm picture of one big and one small holding hands from behind, which was indelible for a long time.

That day, when that An Taiping said that there was 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 to have a happy ending with that man whose wisdom is close to demon, who is graceful and powerful, but what is her identity? She is a brothel girl, and everyone knows that she is the confinement of a certain prince. This reputation can never be erased.

Facing this troubled world, she asked herself and Shao Pingbo more than once, would she really marry her?

Although Shao Pingbo's answer was affirmative, she couldn't say it in her heart. She was thinking, once Shao Pingbo really became famous, he would be superior. Can Shao Pingbo really marry a woman of her reputation?

For this world, An Taiping's words are a bit shocking, not to mention those young people looking for trouble, even she finds it inconceivable, even though it touched the weakness in her heart.

But afterward, that An Taiping even used his body to stand in front of the brothel maid, resisting the random whipping for the brothel maid.

She suspected that An Taiping was pretending, and wanted to try again.

I want to see what this An Taiping is like when he is not in plain sight and behind the scenes.

There are some things that don't need much expression, just one movement, one look, and you can see the clues.

However, the situation just now was far beyond her tentative expectations. The warmth towards such a poor little girl actually made her scalp tingle, and she deeply realized that in this man's heart, there is no distinction between high and low.