Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2347 Murder

Hejian was originally named Wuyuan, but because it was located between Shashui and Kou River, it was renamed Hejian in the first year of Zhenguan.

Chang Rong and his party did not get off their horses, so they galloped all the way to this place and rented an inn outside the city. The dead men went to hide in the lower reaches of the canal ferry, while Chang Rong took two confidants to the ferry and rented a cargo ship. , bought some water and food, and stopped at the ferry, saying to the outside world that they were waiting for the goods to arrive, but no one suspected it.

At night, the dead soldiers sneaked along the banks of the canal and boarded the cargo ship in the dark.

Chang Rong estimated the time, they were running non-stop all the way, and they calculated that they would be ahead of Chang Sun Chong by about a day, so he rest assured that the dead soldiers would eat, drink and sleep.

When the sky was dim the next day, Chang Rong called everyone up, hid behind the side of the ship, and watched the ships arriving or passing through the crossing.

Because he had to face a very important problem that couldn't be solved-the ghost knew that Chang Sun Chong was on that boat!
At this moment, he can only hope for some unexpected discoveries, otherwise after today, they will have to abandon their boats and land and ride to Zhuojun, but they may not be able to intercept Changsun Chong, because no one knows whether Changsun Chong is going by land Or rush to Goguryeo by water.

If they took the land route, they would naturally have to take a boat to reach Zhuojun and ride across the boundary between Youying and the two prefectures. If they took the water route, they would disembark at Hejian, arrive at the coast of Qingzhou, and cross the sea to Goguryeo by boat.

In comparison, Chang Rong naturally hoped to see Chang Sun Chong choose the latter. After all, he could see clearly when he disembarked from the Hejian Ferry to Qingzhou, and then secretly chased after him to wait for the opportunity to strike.

Continue to go down the river by boat, or stay in the cabin all the time, and never see Chang Sun Chong himself, who knows that the boat is his car...

As time passed, the eyeballs of the dead soldiers on the ship stared for a day began to swell and hurt, and they felt dizzy for a while, and they didn't find any abnormality in the ship.

Watching the sky gradually darken, the afterglow of the setting sun slanted on the broad river surface, the golden scales were really beautiful, but Chang Rong sighed.

Facts have proved that his method of waiting for rabbits is useless.

I can only give up this way of waiting for work, abandon the boat and land again, go straight to Zhuojun all the way, and then wait for Changsun Chong to be sent to the door at Yuguan, the only way to Liaodong.

There is a big risk to be taken here - because at present, hundreds of thousands of troops have been assembled in the two prefectures of Youying, and the inspections on all roads must be extremely strict, so as to avoid the possibility of Goguryeo spying on intelligence, and then they may be exposed Great sex.

Don't say that every dead soldier counts as ten. Facing the encirclement and suppression of the army, only the entire army can be wiped out.

Therefore, making a mistake is a last resort, and Chang Rong is absolutely unwilling to go down the same path.

But in the current situation, Changsun Chong could not be found. Apart from going to Yuguan to intercept him, he really had no other choice...

Sighing, Chang Rong was about to give the order to go ashore.

At this moment, a passenger boat came from the dark river and slowly leaned against the ferry.In order not to cause unnecessary trouble, Chang Rong had no choice but to order the disembarkation to be postponed until the people on the ship disembarked.

The passenger ship was leaning against the ferry, and it was so dark that it had to light a wind lantern on board to illuminate the section of the trestle bridge, so as not to cause any passengers to stumble and fall into the river when they disembarked.

A few passengers were vaguely disembarked from the boat, and then the passenger boat slowly left the ferry and sailed into the dark river.

The confidant asked Chang Rong in a low voice: "Will Chang Sun Chong be on this boat?"

Chang Rong shook his head and said: "Impossible, as a child of the eldest grandson's family, who is used to being pampered, how can he be on the same boat with a group of merchants? Besides, his current status is a prisoner. Can you still kill an acquaintance? He must be on the boat alone, and the size of the boat will not be too large."

The people behind nodded in agreement.

At this time, several boat passengers who landed happened to pass by their boat, and one of them said: "The people on that boat just now are so fierce, it seems that they can rush to our boat at any time to beat people. Arrogant!"

Another person said: "Who says it's not? When sailing in the dark, the boss of the boat will inevitably doze off. Just like a firefly, the lantern on the boat is like a firefly. You can't see it unless you get close to it. Why is it so vicious if you really bump into it?" ?”

Another person said: "You guys, when you go out in the future, you should be more discerning. Is that boatman an ordinary person? Looking at a tall man with a big arm and a round waist, he is either a slave of a wealthy family or a hero in the army. None of which we can afford to provoke!"

"What happened to the slaves of the wealthy family, and what happened to the heroes in the army? You have to be reasonable!"

"Hey! You fool, those people will reason with you? They chopped you up and threw you into the river to feed the fish. No one will reason with you, believe it or not?"

……

Several people chatted in low voices, carrying their bags and cursing as they passed by the ferry.

In the cabin, Chang Rong and several confidantes and dead men looked at each other, and then one or two eyeballs lit up.

It's really hard to find a place to go through iron shoes, and it doesn't take much effort to get it...

Chang Rong couldn't hide his excitement, and said in a low voice, "Heighten the anchor immediately, we will go a little further downstream and lay an ambush in the middle of the river, waiting for Changsun Chong to come to our door!"

"Here!"

The men extinguished the lights on the boat one after another, then untied the cables, pulled up the iron anchor, and let the boat go down the river. After traveling for about two or three miles, they lowered the anchor and stopped in the middle of the river...

Everyone sat on the deck and watched the situation on the river in shifts.

Not long after, a small passenger ship went down the river, and the lantern on the prow swayed and disappeared in the dark night...

Chang Rong's heart jumped, and he quickly ordered: "Hurry up, even if it's not this ship, you must kill the wrong one! When you start, you must be straightforward. If it is not, we can quickly rearrange it. No matter tonight How can we keep Chang Sun Chong here!"

"Here!"

The dead soldiers answered with low voices, got up one after another and jumped into the water from the sides of the ship, completely hiding in the darkness below the ship's side.

Afterwards, Chang Rong ordered people to light the candles on the boat, and made people stand on the bow and shout: "Help! The bottom of the boat is leaking!"

On the other side, people are shaking the scull, slowly approaching the ship coming from the upper reaches...

In the dark night, I couldn't distinguish the situation on the boat. I could only see the shadows of people under the light of the lamps and candles, and there was chaos. Coupled with the shouting at the bow of the boat, it created an atmosphere of tension and urgency.

The boat that arrived upstream had no intention of rescuing it. Its straight and horizontal trajectory drew a bend in the river, intending to avoid the boat calling for help, and its intention to die was very obvious.

It's just that although they wanted to avoid it, the other party's boat floated on the river and bet on its forward course. After all, the Yongji Canal was a man-made river. The two banks are straight and the river is not wide. The two ships are about to stick together, and there is no way to avoid it...

When the distance between the two ships was less than three or five feet, the dead soldiers on both sides of the ship held reeds in their mouths, submerged their heads in the water, and sneaked towards the small boat without making a sound.

The distance between the two ships was getting closer and closer, and finally someone on the small boat stood up and shouted loudly: "Quickly get out of the way, don't miss my schedule!"

Chang Rong, dressed in the clothes of a boatman, stood at the bow of the boat and shouted: "Good-hearted people, save us! This boat is leaking and it is about to sink!"

The boat cursed: "Who cares if you die or not? If you don't move the boat away, believe it or not, I will kill you?"

Before he finished speaking, he felt the body of the boat tremble suddenly, and he almost couldn't stand on his feet. When he lowered his head in astonishment, he saw countless men in black clothes jumping up from the sides of the boat in water, and he only had time to exclaim, The sharp blade cut his throat, and blood gushed out like a fountain.

He stretched out his hand to cover his throat, and said "ho ho", but all the strength in his body quickly disappeared with the gushing blood, and he fell to the deck with a "plop".

Someone in the cabin asked: "What's going on?"

The dead soldiers rolled onto the deck from the side of the ship, one by one, like water-drenched devils, drew their weapons without saying a word, and rushed into the cabin in silence.

Exclamation, screaming, shouting, fighting...

Chang Rong stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the small boat that kept spinning on the river. It took a long time for the battle to end, all the sounds died down, and he hurriedly ordered people to pull the boat over to see if there was Chang Sun Chong on board. , if not, you have to clean it up immediately, so that you can wait for the arrival of the next ship.

In short, I would rather kill a thousand mistakes than let Chang Sun Chong go!
(End of this chapter)