After Chen Xi got off the official ship and boarded the merchant ship behind, the three ships set sail quickly and went down the Ting River. It was more than two hours before Hui Niang left.

Chen Xi stood at the bow of the ship. He hoped that the clutch he had sent before would catch up with Hui Niang's fleet earlier, and hoped that the bandits had not yet taken action.

Chenxi analyzed the sections along the Ting River.

The river channel down from Changting County is relatively gentle, with mountains along the way, and there are dozens of miles of no wharf, which is the easiest to be taken advantage of by bandits.

If the thief really wants to take action, either while the boat is mooring at night or when the river is scarce during the day, even if the thief is brave enough to kill people, he will not dare to be too arrogant, for fear that the matter will be exposed.

At this time, it is the time when the water flows smoothly along the river in autumn, and there are many boats on the water surface. The thieves may take advantage of the unclear vision after nightfall. At that time, the ships have just been moored to the shore, and they are not familiar with the surrounding terrain, so the manpower is very easy to be confused and it is difficult to detect if the thieves get mixed in.

"The little shopkeeper doesn't have to worry too much. There are people from the inspection department on both sides of the river. If there are bandits, the people from the inspection department will not sit idly by."

When Song Xiaocheng saw Chen Xi worried, he couldn't help but comfort him.

Chen Xi sighed, he couldn't explain some things to Song Xiaocheng.

The Inspection Department is similar to the local township tyrants. Its main role is to govern the local government, and is promoted by local magistrates and prefects, not a regular army.

It can be seen from Jiang Li that only regulates the troops of Tingzhou Guards, but does not regulate the troops of the Inspection Office. In fact, the troops of the Inspection Office do not have too strong combat power at all.

What's more, after An Rusheng was transferred to Tingzhou Prefecture, the group of desperate people behind him could not have been arranged to serve in the government office, and most of them would have to be placed in the inspection department along the river. During this year, although there were no ship hijacking incidents along the Tingjiang River, there were constant sneak incidents, and even the ship escorts disappeared inexplicably. It was obvious that this group of people did it.

This time, An Rusheng wanted to hijack the merchant ships of the Chamber of Commerce, which was very likely to mobilize the internal staff of the inspection department.

These people are under the name of the official, but they are used to bandits secretly, and it is difficult for people to detect before hijacking the ship, which makes Hui Niang's situation even more dangerous.

Chen Xi and Song Xiaocheng asked about the specific situation along the river. First, they estimated the pier where Hui Niang and her party might stay at night. Usually, they were 50 miles away from Changting County, or less than ten miles along the river to Yanggu Dubo. Even if the fast horse could send a message to the Qianhu Institution in Shanghang in time, and then dispatch troops from Qianhu Institution in Shanghang to the north, it might not be too late.

It was soon sunset, and the boats rushed to the ferry. It had arrived at a dangerous shoal before the dam ferry, and there were more than ten miles of deserted surrounding it. At this time, there were no ships going up the river, because even if you were on the road, it was impossible to reach the upstream ferry before dark. The boating was extremely dangerous at night. If you were not careful, you would hit the reef and sink. No one dared to take risks.

Chenxi looked at the scenery on both sides and felt a bit solemn, but the official boat in front gradually slowed down because the official boat was relatively large, so you should try to walk as slowly as possible in dangerous river sections to maintain stability.

At night, the group was still rushing.

It was not until the upcoming update that the three boats arrived at Baxiadu. There was a contact point for the Chamber of Commerce. After asking, I learned that the Chamber of Commerce's ship was down the river and stopped at Yanggudu. Hui Niang was anxious and was not slow in traveling and did not stop at night. It had been more than half an hour.

The official ship continued to lead the way, and the two merchant ships followed closely behind and continued to move south. When it was almost the second day of the day, the ship finally arrived at Yanggudu, and you could see a fire from afar, and Shenxi stood at the bow of the boat and looked at it. In my heart, I kept silently reciting the auspicious world of Hui Niang and the heavens.

"Little shopkeeper, there is a fire on the shore, it seems very serious. Will the boss be there?" Song Xiaocheng also noticed that something was wrong and wanted to dock the ship, but there were shoals on the shore and he could not be berthed at all.

Less than one mile away from Yanggu Ferry, I finally saw someone moving on Yanggu Ferry. Fires surged into the sky on the pier, and boats were everywhere on the river. Many ships were already on fire, and people on the shore kept throwing things on the boat.

When I got closer, I saw people catching fire from time to time on those boats that caught fire, and I had to jump out of the river. There seemed to be "water ghosts" hidden in the water. People could move as soon as they jumped down, but they stopped struggling after a few slight ups and downs.

"Shoot the arrow!"

A sound came from the official boat in front. As a row of crossbowmen arrows shot out from the bow of the boat, the people who were setting the boat on the shore saw that the situation was not good, they quickly ran behind the dock.

Soon the boat was released on the official ship and began to land.

Although Jiang Liwei was not a general who led the army, he was a martial Jinshi. In addition, he had the order from the court, so he was already the commander-in-chief of this encounter.

"Little shopkeeper, we are also on the dock... Damn, I dare to be an enemy of our Chamber of Commerce and don't want to live!" Song Xiaocheng's eyes were red. He had always thought that Chen Xi was too damn big from time to time? But when he saw this scene at Yanggudu, he couldn't help but rush to the crown, his blood surged, and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Brothers, scout the guys ashore!"

Although Song Xiaocheng brought not many people this time, there were at least fifty or sixty people, and they were all good at carriages and horse gangs. Because there were no small boats on the merchant ship, before the boat could dock, some anxious thugs had already jumped down the river and swam to the bank.

When they arrived on the shore, a group of gangs followed the government army and began to attack the thieves on the dock.

At this time, Chen Xi was most concerned about Hui Niang's safety. Judging from this situation, it seemed that the bandits robbed the ship and did not go too far, otherwise they would not have had to set fire to the ship, because this was to spread the matter and let the government along the river learn about the situation, which was inconsistent with the bandits' low-key style of conduct.

When the boat landed, Song Xiaocheng was about to rush forward to fight, but Chen Xi pulled him and pointed to the fired ship around the dock: "Look at the situation first, it is important to save people!"

"I understand, understand."

There was a lot of noise on the shore, shouting and terrifying cry, the "clang" sound of weapons, the painful wails of the people on fire, and the shrill cry of the people floating in the water were intertwined.

Chen Xi didn't care about anything else, so he picked up a canvas, soaked it in the river, and put it on his body, and wanted to rush to the fire boats. But at this time, some officers and soldiers had already gone up to check the situation first, but unfortunately there was no Fire Dragon Team among the officers and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers of Shanghang Qianhu Station did not arrive, and the manpower seemed to be short of their hands, so it was difficult to put out the fire.

"Xiaolang..."

From afar, Chen Xi heard Hui Niang shout.
Chapter completed!