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  Chapter 22 Brother A Scroll

   When Feng Ziying and Zuo Liangyu emerged from the secret passage, it was already Haishi.

  The gang of thieves were still entrenched in the mansion. They were noisy at first, and then gradually calmed down.

  Feng Ziying had always hoped to hear some inside information, but she failed to do so. First, there were many sentries, and second, they all discussed behind closed doors in the main room of the inner courtyard.

The secret passage is a four-foot-high secret passage. After two twists and turns, it leads to a bush outside the east wall. Several rocks and bushes are mixed together to form a good exit. It is difficult to see anything from the outside to the inside. But from the inside out, you only need to push up hard, and a stone will fall off, leaving an exit.

   Breathing the fresh air made Feng Ziying, who was still a little nervous, relax a bit, but Zuo Liangyu regained his vitality as soon as he came out.

   "Brother Feng, how do we go now?" After learning of Feng Ziying's identity, Zuo Liangyu was full of envy and joy.

  He lost his parents since he was a child, and his mother also passed away when he was five years old. He has always relied on his uncle who worked in the blacksmith's shop for a living, and he has suffered all kinds of white eyes and bitterness in the world.

Because there was no one to discipline him since he was a child, he also developed a wild and brave temperament that is not afraid of anything, but he is also good at forbearance. That's why he used bricks to attack the one who snatched it in the alley and saved it with great difficulty. A rogue of two silver coins.

Zuo's family came from a military household in the Weisuo, but Zuo's father had already been eliminated by the Weisuo as early as Zuo's father's generation, and became a craftsman who mainly served the military households. He can also take care of Zuo Liangyu a little bit.

  After learning that Feng Ziying is the son of General Shenwu and Gongsheng of the Imperial Academy, Zuo Liangyu's heart warmed up a bit. For him, he was probably the most noble person he could meet since he was eleven years old.

In terms of age, he is only a month younger than Feng Ziying, and in terms of status, he can only call Feng Ziying Uncle Keng, but Feng Ziying doesn't care much about this. Perhaps it is because the state of mind that people are born equal from time travel has not completely subsided, so he just Ask Zuo Liangyu to call him Big Brother Feng.

  Feng Ziying never expected that Zuo Liangyu would be deeply grateful for this action.

   Zuo Liangyu, who has tasted the warmth and coldness of the world since childhood, has never encountered such a special situation. Regardless of his young age, he can be regarded as a naughty boy in Linqing City, but the inferiority sensitivity in his heart has always been hidden.

It may not be a problem when facing other similar people in Linqing City, but facing Feng Ziying's standard of three generations of the Zhou army and the second generation of officials, and even a student of the "Central Party School", Zuo Liangyu really has the urge to bow down .

   "It's up to you to help me plan how to go." Glancing at Zuo Liangyu, Feng Ziying stabilized her mind.

   Once Feng Ziying was out of the sight of the adults, she felt much more relaxed.

   After all, under the eyes of Feng You, Jia Yucun and Xue Jun, it is really suspicious that a boy under the age of twelve should really act too enchanting.

   Especially Feng You, this almost grew up with him, that is to say, he was a little out of the sight of the other party when he spent half a year in the Imperial College.

  Before, Feng You had been observing himself with a probing gaze, which made Feng Ziying a little creepy.

   It's not that he's worried that Feng You will find out his background. After all, it's impossible for anyone to believe such a thing as a soul wearer. He's just worried that Feng You will suddenly feel that he is boastful and unreliable, and refuses to accept his suggestion.

"Brother Feng, Mr. Xue said that Dushuai Li should have passed Jining by water transportation. I calculated the time. If Dushuai Li travels day and night, he should have arrived in Linqing, but judging by the current situation, it must not be the case. Li The governor is probably just sailing in the daytime. Calculated in this way, if Li Dushuai walked fast, he should have already arrived in Liaocheng. Even if he walked slowly, he should have passed Zhang Qiu, uh, about level seven, Zhoudian Or the area around Li Haiwu."

  Seeing that Feng Ziying attached so much importance to her own opinion, Zuo Liangyu cheered up and thought hard before expressing her opinion.

Feng Ziying shook her head, "Uh, Erlang, Li Dushuai is in charge of water transportation. Although the seven-level, Zhoudian and Li Haiwu lines are important places for river transportation terminals, they are not the places where he must stay. Liaocheng and Zhang Qiujun in Dongchang Prefecture There are water sub-warehouses, especially Zhang Qiu’s water sub-warehouses, which are the most important places for the storage and transportation of corn and wheat in Beizhili and Shandong. Commander-in-chief Li went north to Jining for inspections, and either stayed in Zhangqiu or Liaocheng."

He also discussed this point of view with Feng You, Jia Yucun, and Xue Jun. Feng You was not very clear about the matter of water transportation, but Jia Yucun and Xue Jun, especially Xue Jun, who had a lot to do with Caoliang and knew the inside story, strongly agreed. .

The Governor of Water Transport is only in charge of water affairs, but the Water Affairs Department has a very wide jurisdiction. As long as it is related to the storage and transportation of grain, he can intervene. How can the general manager of water transportation convince the public? Especially the local officials along the canal are willing to lower their eyebrows?

   "Brother Feng means that Dushuai Li is either in Liaocheng or Zhang Qiu?" Zuo Liangyu was gearing up, looking eager to try.

He grew up on the edge of the pier. He often climbed a boat to play up and down the canal. He went to Cangzhou as far as the north, and Xiazhen as far as the south. He even went to Texas by boat during the spring famine in the first half of the year, so He is quite familiar with this waterway, as long as he can board the boat on the pier, nothing else matters.

   "This is my guess, but whether it is true or not, we will not know until we go to Liaocheng."

  Feng Ziying estimated that if he could go out of the city in the dark at night, then it would take about 100 miles to reach Liaocheng by water, and it would take at least one day and one night to get there by land on foot, and this must be done under very smooth conditions.

   It would be faster to travel by water. A shuttle can travel more than ten miles in an hour, and reach Liaocheng in three or four hours.

  The problem is that the waterway needs a boat. Where can I find a boat at this time?

  But now is not the time to think about this issue, how to get out of the city is the biggest problem.

"Brother Feng, if we want to go out of the city, the most convenient way is to walk along the Dongti Street of Yongqingmen, but I am worried that the gang of thieves must also worry about the guards coming out, so we must walk along the Yongqingmen There are secret sentries in ambush on the front line, and we may be caught if we go."

Zuo Liangyu has shown his advantage at this time. He has drilled through the streets and alleys of Linqing City since he was a child. There is no place he is not familiar with. He also realizes that Feng Ziying is deliberately investigating him, so he also Extra hard work.

"If you can't go north, you have to go south. There are two roads to the south. One is to go out along Yongqing Street and walk through the Drum Tower, but the Drum Tower must be guarded by bandits. On the edge of the canal, the line used to be the wharf of the Liang Gang, but before we saw that the people of the Liang Gang were surrounded and killed by bandits, many of them died, and they retreated down the river and ran away by boat. , It is estimated that the pier has been taken by bandits."

  Feng Ziying became a little anxious, "Doesn't it mean that we have nowhere to go?"

"No, there is another way, but you have to take some risks." Zuo Liangyu's eyes flashed, "You can go to the other side instead of the Fire Temple before you reach the Drum Tower. On one side of Banjing Street, there are ordinary poor people behind the other side. I reckon that if these gangsters have internal support, they will definitely not spend their time in that area. We drilled through the alley behind Banjing Street and sneaked all the way to the Drum Tower. At the intersection of Dongjie, that is, on the edge of Dongshuimen,..."

  Feng Ziying immediately understood, "You mean, let's dive out through Dongshuimen? But will the bandits on Gulou East Street and Dongshuimen not guard?"

"There must be thieves guarding them, but the thieves have no boats. Even if they **** a few boats from the Liang Gang, they will never dare to go out to Dongshuimen to fight with the Liang Gang. The Liang Gang supports the gang. The dry road can be done, if there are not too many thieves, I am afraid they will not retreat, the food in the shops on Gulou Street is the wealth of the Liang Gang, so as long as we sneak out from the East Water Gate, we will be done." Zuo Liang Yu was very confident, "It's just Brother Feng, how is your water skills? If you can't do it, you have to find a wooden plank."

Feng Ziying's real body is average in water, but in his previous life he was a good swimmer when he was in college. This swimming is all about a habit, and it is not a problem at all if you change your body, let alone a 12-year-old body now. It's even better.

   "It's okay." Feng Ziying nodded.

   Time was too tight, and the two didn't discuss much before going out, and now they are discussing while walking.

"It's broken! Why are all the thieves coming here?" As soon as Zuo Liangyu poked his head out of the side street, he quickly retracted and said in surprise, "They didn't dare to come here before. I thought they were afraid that the city guards would come out."

"Hmph, they must know that the guards in the city will not come out, how could they not deploy defenses along the line?" Feng Ziying was also a little annoyed, and it would have been nice to come out earlier, but it was too early, and the sky was not yet dark, so it was easy Being noticed, so they dare not take this risk.

   "Erlang, is there any other way around?" Feng Ziying frowned and looked at it.

   "Then we can only try the stone archway, but we have to go back and make a big circle, and go to the Guandi Temple behind the scorpion pit. Time may be too late." Zuo Liangyu was also unsure, shaking his head.

  Feng Ziying's heart sank. The way around the Guandi Temple may also be controlled by the bandit army. If you walk past, you may have to retreat.

   "Is there any other way?" Zuo Liangyu shook his head dejectedly, "These are the only two ways."

  (end of this chapter)