Chapter 524: From Virtual to Real Pursuit

After an unknown amount of time, He Lingchuan suddenly became aware and opened his eyes.

The nightmare had indeed returned silently, floating around him, and he didn't know if it was staring at him.

He Lingchuan never wanted to take this thing lightly. He said calmly: "Have you found a clue?"

"See for yourself."

After that, the nightmare turned into a ball of smoke, and after the mist slowly melted away, a picture appeared in the middle.

First it was the blue sky, and then the distant mountains, as clear as a slide.

The picture changed again, a wide road, and several carriages in front.

At this time, a woman's voice joined in:

"Kang'er, don't stick your head out, be careful of others bumping into you!" Then the field of vision was pulled into a carriage, and a young woman in plain clothes sat opposite him.

He Lingchuan knew that the nightmare showed him a fragment of the picture in the memory of Wu Kai's grandson, perhaps what he saw and heard during the day.

As the saying goes, what you see during the day, you will dream at night.

The woman said again: "Don't make a noise! ​​As long as you get to the place, grandpa will buy you delicious food."

Place? Where?

The mountain in the background of the picture just now seemed to be in the north of the city, but it was not due north from the angle.

The scene changed, and everyone got off the car.

It was already evening, the sun had set but the night had not yet arrived. There were wastelands all around, the weeds on the roadside were lush, and the reeds were taller than adults. He Lingchuan heard the sound of water.

The coachman walked in front with a lantern, and the mother and son followed behind.

After walking a dozen steps, an old man came in front, with half black and half white hair and drooping eyes.

Wu Kai!

This was the target of the half-city soldiers. After Zhongsun Mou was killed, he immediately ordered people to take his grandson out of the city, and escaped the capture of Fu Shanyue and Cen Boqing.

He himself also took advantage of the chaos to escape when Lu Dutong besieged Cen's mansion, and the family reunited at the wilderness ferry.

Wu Kai held his grandson in his arms and comforted him.

The four of them actually walked to a ferry.

Baisha is full of water, with lakes, swamps and rivers. This is the middle of the river bay. The wind is light. Twenty or thirty fishing boats are moored here, and light can be seen from the cabin.

The fishermen eat and live on the boats.

The strong young man went to the boat to ask, and he found a boatman willing to take passengers after asking only two boats.

Silver is a good thing.

The picture only ends here, and then it turns back to gray fog.

"No more, I only found out so much." Nightmare expressed helplessness, "The child's head is empty, and it can't hold much."

It is difficult for a good cook to cook without rice.

He Lingchuan pointed to the branches of the Juluo tree: "Okay, go in."

The gray smoke circled twice in the house, full of displeasure.

But the thin arms can't bend the thighs, and it has to go in reluctantly in the end.

Strictly speaking, the branches of the Juluo tree are not its place of residence, but a fast passage in and out of Panlong Ancient City and reality.

"Either let me go, or find me a place to live, quickly! Otherwise, I can't go back to reality and can't help you." Nightmare disappeared after speaking.

He Lingchuan knocked on Fu Shanyue's door.

He knocked once, but the guards at the door stopped him: "Wait for us to go in and tell him..."

"What's the matter?" A breeze passed by him, and Fu Shanyue jumped out by himself, still wearing the same casual clothes as in the afternoon, with his hair neatly combed.

This guy didn't rest either.

"I found out where Wu Kai was." He Lingchuan didn't beat around the bush and got straight to the point, "After dark, he took a boat in the river bay outside the north of the city."

"How did you..." Fu Shanyue was stunned, but then said, "Reliable?"

"As if I saw it with my own eyes."

"Then what are you waiting for, let's go!" He knew He Lingchuan was capable.

"Wait!" He Lingchuan stretched out his arm to stop him, "You can't go, otherwise what if Cen Boqing takes the opportunity to escape again?"

If Fu Shanyue left the city, and Cen Boqing gathered to break out like last time, who would dare to really stop him?

Can they count on General Lu or Magistrate Tian?

Before he was convicted, Cen Boqing was still the superior of Lingxu City.

After his reminder, Fu Shanyue quickly calmed down: "Okay, I'll keep an eye on him. The task of recovering Wu Kai is up to you. Make sure--"

He said word by word: "Make sure to catch him back!"

He Lingchuan nodded.

Now he and Fu Shanyue are grasshoppers on the same line. If Wu Kai cannot be caught and convicted, Cen Boqing and even the Minister of Agriculture will definitely counterattack afterwards.

Without further delay, He Lingchuan set out in the middle of the night. Fu Shanyue assigned him dozens of soldiers and horses to follow him, and a tour guide named Lu followed him.

The so-called tour guide is actually a tour guide. Baisha is full of tourist attractions, and there are many wealthy guests, so a business specializing in tour guides has been born, from food and accommodation, carriages, and sightseeing. Anyway, all the requirements of the guests, the tour guide can meet them.

This Lu was found by County Magistrate Tian for the prince during the day, and he said that he knew the entire county well.

He also knew where the river bend was, so Fu Shanyue ordered him to follow He Lingchuan.

Dozens of horses rumbled as they galloped on the deserted streets, disturbing people's sleep in the middle of the night.

There is only one big river in the north of the city, winding along the mountains, with gentle terrain on both sides.

But the only ferry that is very close to the dock is Xiahewan.

"The target has already boarded the boat, where will it go?"

Lu Banyou said: "Of course it will go downstream, which is more labor-saving and the boat will go faster."

"Will it go upstream?"

"The upstream is all wild forests, and there are people only after a hundred miles upstream. It's so tiring to go there." Lu Banyou shook his head, "Those who ferry there basically go with the flow. There was no wind these nights, so they can't go fast."

He Lingchuan was worried: "Will he land on the way?"

"That's possible, but going along the river is safer and easier, and it's not easy to be intercepted." Assistant Lu grinned, "Usually they also transport some private goods along the river... eh!"

He had the habit of bragging when meeting guests, and he spoke carelessly, but when he said it, he remembered that the master in front of him was no ordinary person!

What nonsense did he say about smuggling in front of the crown prince's envoy?

He Lingchuan didn't even move his eyebrows, too lazy to argue with him. Assistant Lu hurriedly said: "Special envoy, do you need to charter a boat? I have a way to find the fastest and best boat!"

"Need not."

Thanks to his familiarity, he chose a shortcut when leaving the city. The condition of the wild road is not as smooth as the official road, and it is inevitable to have bumps and bumps when traveling at night, but escort Lu can remember every ditch and bump in front, so that everyone can keep moving quickly in the dark night.

He was so proficient in his business that even He Lingchuan praised him: "You did a good job leading the way."

Escort Lu immediately beamed.

The prince's special envoy praised him and he was stable for the rest of his life.

At the end of the desolate wild road, there is Xiahe Bend.

In the early years of Baisha Lean, shipping, both fishery and passenger traffic, came here. However, after the construction of the upper river bend, all shipping capacity was moved there, and the ferry at the lower river bend became deserted. Only passenger traffic came here.

When He Lingchuan arrived with the crowd, it was already dark and only two fishing fires were still lit.

The guard asked him for instructions: "Sir, how many ships should we divide into?"

He Lingchuan ignored it and asked Lu Banyou: "What kind of river is this?"

"Liuhe." Lu Banyou laughed, "Someone found gold in the river in the early years, so everyone gave it this name."

The night was so dark that the other side could not be seen, and the river was flowing quietly. Everyone could only hear the occasional waves crashing on the shore.

Wu Kai's family had already boarded the boat in the evening and started going downstream again. They were several places ahead of them. Is it still too late to catch up now?

More than one person has this question.

But He Lingchuan obviously had no intention of explaining it to them. He just grabbed a token in the shape of a black cloud from his arms and handed it to the attendant who followed him: "Here you go."

The sign began to glow as soon as the attendant held it in his hand, red with gold, scorching its beauty.

Except when he was marching in Panlong City, this was the first time He Lingchuan saw such abundant Yuan Power. There is no doubt that this is one of the status symbols of Fu Shanyue as a future king.

Then the attendant squatted down, pressed the sign into the river water to stir it up, and at the same time shouted:

"Liuhe Water Spirit, come and see me quickly!"

Others suddenly realized that this was what He Lingchuan had in mind. But using Fu Shanyue's token to summon the water spirit was not as troublesome as Sun Fuping, the national master of the Yuan Kingdom, or the magistrate of Kuzhu County, who summoned the water spirit of the local mountains and rivers, and required various methods.

Maybe it's because this is a demon country, and the people in the mountains and rivers are more diligent than those in other countries and don't dare to slack off?

After the attendant stood up, the waves that had just been stirred up not only did not subside, but became more and more undulating. The waves hit the shore one after another, each wave getting faster than the last.

The originally peaceful Xiahe Bay actually had a strange scene where there was no wind or waves.

The fishing boats resting in the bay were inevitably affected, and the sleeping fishermen were woken up and got up to take a look.

Soon some boat people shouted:

"Shui Ling, Shui Ling is here!"

The fishing fire was lit again, and He Lingchuan saw thirteen or four figures under the water illuminated by the light, approaching the shore quickly. The longest was less than two feet, and the shortest was only six feet. They were the largest among the water spirits he had ever seen. No number.

But it's as fast as a torpedo.

The body shape is also... quite similar.

Before he had time to think about it, he heard a splash, and water exploded from the ferry surface. These figures actually jumped out, swirled in mid-air, and then entered the water again.

He can actually press water splashes.

Of course, everyone also saw Shui Ling’s true face:

It has a round head, a wine bottle nose, and a silver-grey body that is streamlined.

Isn't this the finless porpoise?

The leader of the finless porpoise is half larger than the others of its kind, and its skin is gray and blue. As soon as it poked its head out of the water, a soft female voice sounded in everyone's mind: "The Liuhe Aquatic Tribe is willing to serve the prince!"

"I am the crown prince's special envoy." He Lingchuan couldn't help but stretched out his hand to touch its long nose, and said smoothly, "The felon is escaping in a boat and going down the river from here. Please help me look for it."

"Please tell me how many of the prince's special envoys are there, what are their characteristics, and what kind of ship are they on?"

He Lingchuan pointed to the boat going down the river bend: "Two men and one woman, plus a seven-year-old boy. The boat was hired from here. The boat has beige lights with a Liu character written on it. There is a big gap on the left side of the boat. The roof of the boat is patched with blue and white miscellaneous cloth.”

This was a scene in Wu Kai's grandson's memory. The child looked at the hull of the boat out of curiosity, and then He Lingchuan noticed it.

He had made the most important features of the hull very clear. Shui Ling nodded: "Let's do it. I have many people in the river, so I think it won't be difficult to find them."