Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Even though they skipped a break on the way back and didn't take the wrong route, they still couldn't get out of the forest after two hours.

On the other side, Han Yao, who had already returned to the city, was now sitting leisurely on the side of a large ship.

He looked at the ships passing by on the canal with a satisfied look on his face, and no one could tell what he was thinking.

But anyone who sees him will wonder why this person is so relaxed.

He gives people the feeling that he is not a young man in his twenties, but more like a sixty-year-old man who has seen through life.

There was a sense of peace, but this peace was soon broken.

A dark-skinned middle-aged man quickly came to the side of the ship, bowed to Han Yao and said:

"Master Han, something seems to be wrong."

Hearing what the middle-aged man said, Han Yao raised his eyebrows and finally withdrew his gaze from the river.

"Huh? Let's talk about it?"

Hearing this, the dark-skinned middle-aged man immediately explained the situation.

"Just now, there were many unfamiliar faces at the dock. They were neither loading or unloading cargo, nor boarding any ships."

"You know I've been working at the docks. I don't know everyone here, but I'm familiar with 90% of them. But I've never seen them before."

Having said that, the middle-aged man paused for a moment before continuing:

"Master Han, do you think it could be someone from the government? I heard that the Yangzhou prefect seems to be..."

Before the middle-aged man could finish speaking, Han Yao interrupted him with a wave of his hand.

"They are not from the government. Our prefect's style is not to send people to conduct secret investigations, but to directly search the ship by force."

Having said that, Han Yao was silent for a moment before asking again:

"How's the loading of our goods going?"

"It's almost finished loading. There's still half an incense stick left before curfew, so we can finish loading all the goods before then."

"Ok!"

After the middle-aged man finished speaking, Han Yao responded faintly through his nose.

Although he didn't know who these people were, Han Yao could leave Yangzhou at any time as long as the goods were loaded on the ship.

So he was not worried. After all, these people were just searching secretly and would not directly board the ship to search by force.

But it was still a problem. Han Yao stared at the river surface and pondered for a moment before continuing:

"Has Master Zheng returned?"

"Master, Master Zheng hasn't returned yet. Do you need to send someone to check on the teahouse?"

Hearing this, Han Yao nodded, and then began to order:

"Send someone to the teahouse to inform them that if Master Zheng isn't here by 7:07 PM, they should return and board the ship."

"Also, notify the boatman and tell him that he doesn't need to wait until midnight. The boat will leave Yangzhou an hour earlier tonight!"

"Also, tell our people at the city gate that if Master Zheng doesn't come back, stop anyone who tries to enter the city. Send someone to notify me!"

After receiving Han Yao's order, the man nodded immediately.

"Yes, I will do it now!"

After the man left, Han Yao turned his head to look at the river again, muttering to himself:

"Two hours. If nothing happens, you can come back. If not... then don't blame me for being ruthless, just blame your own bad luck."

Originally they were supposed to set off at midnight, which meant around 11 o'clock, but Han Yao suddenly changed the time.

It becomes the hour of Hai, which means we set off at nine o'clock.

However, it was already the hour of Xu, and Wei Wu was still in the forest.

After leaving the mountain, it is still thirty miles away from Yangzhou City. It is not easy to walk on the dark road at night.

It can be said that Wei Wu is now racing against time.

"Finally out!"

After a difficult journey, Wei Wu and his group of ten people finally walked out of the forest.

But now it is already 5:50 in the evening, which is around 8:15 in the evening.

In other words, Wei Wu had to rush back to Yangzhou City from here within 45 minutes while traveling at night.

Although Wei Wu didn't know that Han Yao had changed the departure time.

But for him, the sooner he returns to Yangzhou City, the fewer possible variables there will be.