In the shipbuilding workshop, Li Xiu came to the room where Qi Niang lived with a gloomy face. Hener and Fat Sister and other guards were also standing here. When they saw him, they immediately came up. Fat Sister even took the initiative to punish him: "I am incompetent and have not protected Qi Niang well. Please punish me!"

Looking at Fat Sister with a shameful look, although Li Xiu was annoyed, Fat Sister was one of the first people to follow him after all, and she worked diligently and never dared to slack off at all. In addition, Qi Niang must have run away this time, so it is not entirely because of Fat Sister. He then calmed down and said, "Now is not the time to talk about these things, take me into the room!"

When Fat Sister felt even more guilty when she heard that Li Xiu did not blame herself. She was Qi Niang's guard leader, but she didn't even know when Qi Niang disappeared. This was naturally a very negligent duty. However, she also knew that it was not about these things now. She stood up and took Li Xiu to Qi Niang's room. .

When Li Xiu followed Fat Sister into Qi Niang's room, Hen'er next to him also said, "Sir, I came to find Qi Niang just now, but when I pushed open the door, I found that the room was empty and the quilt had not been opened. According to Fat Sister, yesterday Qi Niang told them not to disturb them, saying that she wanted to design a new boat type. Because this is not the first time, Fat Sister and the others were not surprised. It was not until today that I came in that I found that there was no one. Qi Niang probably left last night!"

"Oh? How do you know she left at night?" Li Xiu looked at the question calmly at this time. Now his mind was full of anger, and it was difficult to even do normal thinking.

"Sir, please see, Qi Niang's room is divided into two rooms inside and outside. Qi Niang usually works in the inner room. Three meals a day are delivered to the table in the outer room by Fat Sister and the others. Yesterday, Qi Niang ate all the three meals yesterday, but today's breakfast and lunch are not moved. Because Qi Niang used to be too sensible in doing things, so she forgot about eating. Fat Sister and the others dare not disturb her, so she did not find that Qi Niang in the inner room has disappeared." Hener explained again at this time.

"It's all my fault. Actually, when I found out that Qi Niang hadn't had dinner this morning, I should go into the inner room to take a look!" At this time, Fat Sister said in annoyance again.

However, Li Xiu knew that he could not blame Fat Sister, because Qi Niang was very disgusted with others' disturbances. In the past, Li Xiu saw that Qi Niang had delayed her meal because of her work. When he wanted to persuade her, he was scolded by Qi Niang as soon as he entered the room. It was estimated that Fat Sister and the others knew Qi Niang's temper, so they naturally did not dare to disturb her easily.

I didn't eat breakfast and the quilt on the bed was not open. It didn't look like someone had slept. It was just like Hen'er said. Qi Niang should have left last night. As for the way to leave, I'er and the others have found it because there was a rope at the back window. The room where Qi Niang lives is located on a high ground. There is a very steep slope outside the window, which is almost ninety degrees, and it is difficult to climb up, so Fat Sister and the others did not set up people here. After going down this slope, there was a timber yard of the shipbuilding workshop, which was full of piles of wood, which looked like a Bagua formation. It was like hiding someone at night and playing.

Looking at the rope by the window that was hanging down the steep slope, Li Xiu finally calmed down. Qi Niang must have left herself. As for the reason for her departure, Li Xiu had already guessed that it must have seen the album she was coming from Li Chengdao that day, and thus guessed something.

But what made Li Xiu a little strange was that even though Qi Niang guessed that Li Chengdao came back, she shouldn't know where Li Chengdao was. After all, only she and Zhang Shiyi knew about this, and Zhang Shiyi did not come back, so even if she escaped, she might not be able to find Li Chengdao?

"There are several exits in the shipbuilding workshop, and there should be someone guarding it. Didn't anyone notice Qi Niang leaving?" At this time, Li Xiu finally forced himself to calm down and asked again.

"Master Qibing, there are eight exits in the workshop. Because Qi Niang lives here, we are very careful. Each exit is sent to guard, but no one found Qi Niang's traces. However, there is another possibility, Qi Niang left the water by boat!" Fat Sister immediately reported that this was a shipbuilding workshop, and one of the entire workshops was facing a river, so as long as there was a boat, it was easy to come out of the workshop.

"This is a shipbuilding workshop, and the most important thing is ships. Isn't it impossible to check it?" Li Xiu couldn't help but frown when he heard this, and at the same time, the irritability that had just been suppressed in his heart also surged.

"The master doesn't know that although there are many ships in the shipbuilding workshop, except for those docks, there is only one dock that can be launched. Moreover, the workshop has very strict management of ships. There are special people guarding the wharf. There are also countless ships in the wharf. If one less ship will be discovered, I have asked the people in the workshop before. Except for a batch of new ships that need delivery today, no other ships left the workshop!" At this time, Fat Sister reported again.

"New ship? What new ship?" Li Xiu suddenly had a bad premonition when he heard this.

"It is the new ships that were intercepted by Mr. Zhang some time ago, and they were said to be handed over to a big businessman in Quanzhou." Fat Sister reported again. After guessing that Qi Niang should have left the waterway, she investigated the ship leaving the workshop clearly.

"What!" Li Xiu couldn't help but scream when he heard this. Others didn't know who the big merchant in Quanzhou was, but he knew very well that the other party was Li Chengdao. In other words, this batch of ships was to be handed over to Li Chengdao, so he was almost certain that Qi Niang must have hidden in those ships, so she didn't have to do anything at all. When the ship was handed over, she would naturally see Li Chengdao.

Thinking of the above, Li Xiu was both annoyed and helpless, but at the same time he was a little surprised. He couldn't figure out how Qi Niang knew that the ships were handed over to Li Chengdao? Could it be that she had other news channels?

At the same time, a group of sea boats were sailing smoothly outside the sea south of the Yangtze River estuary. The guys on the ship clattered and raised all the sails on the ship, and the wind was enough to drive towards Quanzhou.

On the bottom of the cabin of one of the ships, this cargo hold was originally the cargo hold, but because it was a new ship that needed to be delivered, there was naturally no cargo on the ship. When empty ships sailing on the sea, it was easy to overturn because the center of gravity was too high. Therefore, some ballast stones were piled in the cargo hold to lower the center of gravity of the ship.

Just behind the ballast stone in one of the cabins, a slim figure curled up there and made a uniform breathing sound, as if she had fallen asleep. After a while, the figure stretched long and then said in a crisp voice: "I'm so hungry, I'd brought some food before I knew I would have come!"

This figure is naturally Qi Niang who escaped quietly from the shipbuilding workshop. Li Xiu had just returned that day. When she returned home, she hurried to find Li Xiu, but she saw Li Chengdao's album on the desk in the bedroom.

Although America is far away from the Tang Dynasty and sometimes the fleet can travel back and forth once a year, Qi Niang and Li Chengdao have always maintained communication. Therefore, Qi Niang knew that Li Chengdao likes to draw and carried a picture album with him. Even Li Chengdao's letter sometimes had a picture of America painted by him, so Qi Niang recognized the origin of the picture album at a glance.

In addition, Qi Niang also knew that this album was always Li Chengdao's personal belongings and would never be handed over to others easily, but now it appears on Li Xiu's table. Later, she also tested her elder brother Li Xiu. Although Li Xiu did not reveal anything, she had seen something from his expression, which made her almost conclude that Li Chengdao was probably back.

This discovery also made Qi Niang very excited. She had not seen Li Chengdao for six years since she parted. Her usual correspondence made her miss Li Chengdao very much, so she made a decision in an instant to see Li Chengdao.

However, Qi Niang was also very smart. She knew that Li Xiu would definitely not let her see Li Chengdao, so she pretended to be like usual on the surface, which dispelled Li Xiu's suspicion. Then she began to analyze Li Chengdao's current position.

As far as Qi Niang knows, fleets from America usually arrive at Liuqiu first, because the bearded guest at Liuqiu had a stronghold, and then to Quanzhou, which is very close to Liuqiu. When he thinks of Quanzhou, Qi Niang thinks that Zhang Shiyi suddenly ran to Quanzhou before. You must know that Zhang Shiyi is doing a big business now, and ordinary merchants are not worth his trip in person. Moreover, Zhang Shiyi went there this time very suddenly, and Qi Niang even went to Qu Yi to inquire, but even Qu Yi didn't know that Zhang Shiyi was going to Quanzhou in advance.

In addition, shortly after Zhang Shiyi went to Quanzhou, he suddenly stopped all the ships to be delivered by the shipbuilding workshop and gave them priority to the so-called "big merchant" in Quanzhou. This naturally reminded Qi Niang of Li Chengdao. If the big merchant was Li Chengdao, then all this would have a reasonable explanation.

It was just because of guessing the above that Qi Niang made a decision immediately. Since these ships were handed over to Li Chengdao, she didn't have to do anything at all. She just needed to follow these ships. Of course, she couldn't get on the boat openly, otherwise she would definitely be stopped by Li Xiu. So she escaped from the shell after playing with a cicada, quietly slipped out of the room, and then hid on one of the boats while the night was dark.

However, Qi Niang is still too young after all. When she got on the boat, she forgot to prepare food and water. Now it has been a day and a night. She also feels hungry and thirsty. Some of them are still tolerant. The key is that the thirst is too tormenting.

"I'm so stupid. It doesn't matter if I don't eat for a few days, but it won't work if I don't drink water for a few days. With the speed of this new ship, it will take as long as three or four days to arrive in Quanzhou. I'm afraid I'll die of thirst before I see Chengdao!" Qi Niang muttered to herself again, with a look of annoyance on her face.
Chapter completed!