All the money was emptied on the way to exile, and there was too much money to spend

Chapter 105 The enemy's level is a bit low

Yuanzhao was furious.

He cursed his subordinates and Zhu Qiang.

Zhu Qiang was also puzzled. They had clearly set up many checkpoints, so why couldn't they catch Xia Chan?

Could it be that she could go to heaven and earth?

Zhu Qiang carefully thought over the entire search plan, and finally found that he had overlooked one place.

"pier!"

Zhu Qiang stood up suddenly.

"I see. Xia Chan must have left by water."

Only by taking the water route can you avoid their checkpoints.

When he thought of this, he slapped himself on the forehead. It was all his fault. If he had thought it through more carefully, would Xia Chan have been unable to escape?

Zhu Qiang was filled with regret at this moment.

He raised his foot and walked out quickly.

Yuanzhao didn't want to bother with him anymore.

And Zhu Qiang really needs Yuanzhao's help.

After all, this is Yuanzhao's fiefdom, and Yuanzhao is equivalent to a local emperor. With his help, things will definitely be twice as easy to achieve.

Seeing that Yuanzhao was motionless at this moment, Zhu Qiang secretly cursed Yuanzhao in his heart as a useless fool.

On the surface, he still said, "Your Majesty, you are a dignified prince and you were fooled by a woman. Aren't you going to vent your anger?"

How could Yuanzhao not hear that this was Zhu Qiang's way of provoking him?

He snorted.

"I don't need Lord Zhu's advice on what to do. You should go and do your work. I won't see you off."

If you say you won't send someone off, then you are actually trying to drive them away.

Zhu Qiang was also a man who cared a lot about his reputation. After seeing Yuanzhao's attitude, he knew that he could no longer rely on Yuanzhao, so he turned around and left immediately.

He chased all the way from the city and finally found some traces of the summer cicada, so naturally he would not give up easily.

Zhu Qiang came to the dock and after some inquiries, he indeed found the news.

About ten days ago, a ship came to the dock. There was no one else on the ship, only a middle-aged couple who were dressed ordinary but had extraordinary temperament.

Zhu Qiang knew without much thought that the middle-aged couple must be Xia Chan and his family.

"Where is their ship?"

Zhu Qiang grabbed the person who answered and asked more questions.

The person who answered was startled by Zhu Qiang's action, and pointed hesitantly at the corner.

"That...over there..."

Zhu Qiang let go and took two steps forward at a time.

"Official...Official..."

Behind him, the timid voice of the person who had just answered him rang out again: "Sir... Sir... that ship... that ship left at noon."

"what?"

Zhu Qiang paused and braked in time.

He turned around and looked at the person standing there, narrowing his eyes slightly: "Are you serious?"

"It's true."

"Do you know where they went?"

"I am incompetent. I only know that they left, but I don't know where they went."

That was the kind of news he could only notice because he walked on the docks all year round.

If it were someone else, with ships and people coming and going at the dock, who would go out of their way to remember two plain-looking and low-key people?

Zhu Qiang didn't get much useful information, but he would not give up this opportunity. He arranged for his subordinates to find a few fast boats and chase along the river.

At this moment, the sky was gradually getting dark.

Zhu Qiang stood at the bow of the boat holding a torch, looking at the river water beneath his feet. His expression was extremely solemn.

Xia Chan had played tricks on him many times and even planted something called Gu in his body. He must catch her and cut her into pieces to vent his anger.

While Zhu Qiang was chasing the summer cicada, Yuanzhao was not idle either.

He thought that he had been fooled by Xia Chan, and he had to ask the capital for an explanation.

He doesn't care what his brother, the emperor, will do.

He only knew that he had to express his attitude.

Yuanzhao wrote two letters, one to the emperor and the other to his spy in the capital.

He gave the letter to his subordinate and asked him to deliver it to the capital as quickly as possible.

.........

Xia Chan had no idea what was happening in Jinyang City.

She didn't guess.

After nightfall, Xie Lin took charge of the helm and asked her to go back to her room to rest.

Xia Chan wasn't sleepy yet, so she talked to Xie Lin in the captain's room.

He had only said a few words when he heard the sound of pigeons landing on the deck.

She raised her head and looked at Xie Lin in confusion.

Who would send the message at this time?

Xie Lin squeezed her hand.

"Don't worry, maybe it's just some routine reporting."

As he said this, he walked outside, picked up the pigeon standing on the deck, and took off the cloth tied to its feet.

He took it back to Xia Chan and opened it.

They watched it together.

After reading the content carefully, Xia Chan's mouth twitched.

"This Zhu Qiang is really haunting us!"

She might as well kill him.

Xie Lin didn't want her hands to be stained with blood, so he held her hand to calm her down.

"I'll deal with it."

"Hmm? Are you sure?"

It’s not that Xia Chan was overthinking, but Xie Lin had fought with Zhu Qiang when he just woke up.

It seemed like the two were tied at the time.

Xie Lin: "Chanchan, you also know that I had just woken up at that time."

He had just woken up after sleeping for such a long time that there were still residual toxins in his body. His physical strength had not recovered, and naturally his skills had not fully recovered either.

At that time, he fought Zhu Qiang to a draw, because he only had 30% of his strength.

Of course, the me back then and the me now cannot be compared.

The summer cicada hummed.

"Okay, then we walk slowly? Let them catch up and then we'll take care of them?"

"Yeah, sure."

Zhu Qiang was already their enemy, so Xie Lin didn't need to show mercy to him.

In other words, if he doesn't deal with Zhu Qiang today, they will definitely be dealt with by Zhu Qiang in the future.

Since they have become enemies of the imperial court, they don't have to worry so much.

The ship's progress slowed down.

Xia Chan and Xie Lin were on the deck, looking at the stars and cracking melon seeds while waiting for Zhu Qiang to catch up.

But they waited and waited, until daybreak, and they still didn't see any sign of the pursuing boat.

Summer Cicada: ????

What happened?

No more chasing?

Or did I take the wrong path?

She thought about it and felt that the latter was more likely.

I didn't expect that the enemy would take the wrong road when he came to seek revenge. It was really disappointing to make them wait for a whole night in vain.

Xia Chan stood up tiredly, stretched and yawned: "I'll go back and take a nap first?"

"Well, Chanchan, have a good rest. I'll be watching outside."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work."

Xia Chan smiled and pinched Xie Lin's cheek.

She found that she particularly liked pinching his face.

Every time I pinch his face, it feels like I'm pulling a cold and arrogant god down from the altar.

The warm touch of his cheek made her feel that he was really a living person, not the paper man who lived in the novel like she liked.

Xia Chan went back to her room to rest.

When I passed by Xie Wenjun's room, I took a look and saw that Xie Wenjun, who had been soaking in the potion, had almost his monkey skin separated from his body.

She yawned and said, "Stay in the potion and don't move. I'll come see you when I wake up."

Xie Wenjun, who was secretly tearing the monkey's skin, stopped immediately when he heard this.