The next morning, Li Qiang and others got up and started their respective tasks according to the assignments the day before.

Li Qiang led the team, and Xu Mo and the other two followed behind and advanced into the mountains.

Fortunately, the road leading to the mountains is that because local villagers often walk, there is a path that can be passed through, so I don’t know where to start.

Li Qiang once trained how to track and avoid enemies in the jungle, and Wang Hao and the others obviously did not have such people who could cover up their whereabouts. Therefore, with the help of Li Qiang, they quickly found the traces of Wang Hao and others.

"It seems that they should have seven to eight people, all of them are adult men." Li Qiang stood up from the ground and frowned slightly.

"Which direction did they go?"

It’s no wonder that Xu Mo asked this question. Li Qiang and his team followed the path and walked into the mountain. After less than half an hour, they found that they had reached the end.

Although there are some pedestrians further in the process, it is obvious that not most people will choose to go into the dense forest, so there is no road.

Li Qiang did not answer Xu Mo's question, and continued to wander around and check it carefully before giving the answer.

"They will split into two groups when they get here."

When he heard this, Xu Mo and others gritted their teeth in hatred, feeling that Wang Hao was really treacherous.

However, Li Qiang continued, "Although the troops were divided into two groups, I still judged that Wang Hao was walking there."

As he said that, Li Qiang pointed in a direction.

Xu Mo and others looked at each other, feeling that they didn't know what to say.

Then, they followed Li Qiang and continued to chase Wang Hao in the direction of his escape.

After tracking it for nearly two hours, Li Qiang and the others were walking more and more remotely.

Xu Mo and others could not tell whether anyone had been here, but Li Qiang seemed to know that Wang Hao and the others passed by here, except for sometimes stopping to check, they kept walking most of the time.

The mountain road was very difficult to walk. After two hours, Li Qiang's face was still calm and his heart was not beating, but Xu Mo and the others were all panting.

However, no one complained, and they followed Li Qiang closely without saying a word!

Finally, Li Qiang, who was walking in the front, spoke, "Everyone, wait!"

"What's wrong?"

Xu Mo asked in a low voice, thinking that he had finally chased Wang Hao and others.

However, when they came to Li Qiang, they realized that things were not that simple.

In front of them, a river seven or eight meters wide spread across the forest, blocking the way.

"Have they crossed the river?" Xu Mo looked around and asked in a low voice.

Li Qiang shook his head, "I don't know, I'll cross the river and see the situation before talking about it."

Afterwards, Li Qiang did not say hello to Xu Mo and the others, took off his shirt and pants, jumped into the river, and swam quickly to the other side.

Fortunately, the river water in this area was not turbulent, so Li Qiang didn't spend much effort and went to the opposite side of the river and began to carefully check along the river bank.

Xu Mo and others were watching Li Qiang walk back and forth around the other side by the river, and then carefully searching for something on the ground.

Finally, Li Qiang jumped into the river again with a "thump" sound and swam back.

"How about it?"

Xu Mo and others looked at Li Qiang with concern and asked.

Li Qiang shook his head, "They haven't crossed the river."

"Have you crossed the river? Can a few people still disappear?" Someone muttered strangely.

Li Qiang smiled helplessly, "It is definitely impossible for them to disappear, but their whereabouts may correspond to my worst guess."

"What guess?"

"They are preparing to have a boat here, and they leave by boat through this river." Li Qiang said with a frown slightly.

When Xu Mo and his friends heard this, they felt a pain in their liver.

If Wang Hao and others really leave by boat, they would be really a fool to catch up with him.

"Don't think so much about it first. Let me see whether they are moving upstream or flowing directly from the water downstream."

After Li Qiang said that, he headed upstream first.

Soon, Li Qiang and others returned to their original place, but it was confirmed that Wang Hao and the others could only go downstream.

Because the upstream is a small waterfall with a drop of more than ten meters, it is definitely not possible to get on the boat.

"Brother Li, are they really leaving by boat?" Xu Mo asked at Li Qiang, with a look of entanglement on his face.

After all, anyone who came to chase after him from afar and finally found that the target had transportation, and he and others could only chase him with their legs, and they couldn't help but be discouraged.

Li Qiang shook his head, not daring to give Xu Mo and the others a positive answer now.

"This is just a guess from me, but it's not yet confirmed if they really used the ship."

After a pause, Li Qiang continued, "So, we search downstream and may find any discoveries."

After hearing Li Qiang's words, Xu Mo and the others nodded. Now this is the only way.

So, the group followed the river and looked downstream.

After searching for it for more than two hours, most people were unable to walk anymore. After all, they had basically not had much rest since morning.

Although Li Qiang had no major problems, in order to take care of his companions, he still allowed everyone to get together for a good rest.

"Brother Li, do you still have to look for it?"

Someone asked Li Qiang.

Li Qiang nodded, "Of course, no one has found it, why not continue looking for it?"

"But……"

This man wanted to speak but stopped. After looking at the others, he still said nothing.

Li Qiang naturally understood what he meant, and did not hide it, and directly explained, "I said from the beginning that Wang Hao might have walked along the river on a boat. In theory, it is impossible for us to catch up."

Hearing this, Xu Mo couldn't help but ask in confusion, "Then why do you continue chasing me?"

Li Qiang smiled and continued, "Have you ever considered such a question? Why did Wang Hao build a so-called ancestral hall in this remote place?"

These words made Xu Mo and the others silent. It was not that they had not thought about it, but they subconsciously ignored this matter. After all, their goal was to find Wang Hao.

Li Qiang did not wait for them to answer and continued, "We have inspected the ancestral hall. There are no secret doors or hidden places, but the rooms in the ancestral hall are decorated very gorgeously and have a large number, which is abnormal in itself."

Xu Mo and others looked at Li Qiang and knew that Li Qiang must have had some guesses in their hearts, so they asked this question.

"So I have been wondering, since there is no secret in the ancestral hall, will the purpose of building this ancestral hall be to hide the eyes and be specially used to receive whom?"

This idea was not something Li Qiang thought about, but a conclusion drawn based on his previous experience in performing many tasks.

Because many of the tasks he performed at the beginning, including themselves, would have things like safe houses.

Although the ancestral hall does not look like a safe house, it can be another type. For example, if someone conducts transactions here, in order not to attract the attention of relevant departments, a ancestral hall was specially built to cover up the eyes and ears.

And the biggest problem is that since Wang Hao and his friends have prepared the boat, why didn’t they leave the ancestral hall and continue to stay there until they knew that Li Qiang and the others were coming, and they left on the boat.

Therefore, Wang Hao must have had something to do with the ancestral hall at that time, and that ancestral hall would definitely not be a simple ancestral hall.

From this, Li Qiang came to a conclusion that even if Wang Hao and his friends left on a boat, they would not be too far from the ancestral hall.

Maybe they will walk around the river and return to the starting point!

This is why Li Qiang is chasing him hard!

After listening to this analysis, Xu Mo and others immediately looked at Li Qiang with admiration. Everyone knew these things, but only Li Qiang could analyze them so thoroughly.

Li Qiang smiled in the admiring eyes of everyone and did not continue talking. He then continued to set off after everyone rested.

This time, with a clear goal, everyone was full of energy, and no one showed an unbearable expression.

After walking along the river for about an hour, the river channel became wider and wider, and in the end it almost turned into a river channel dozens or hundreds of meters wide.

At this moment, Li Qiang waved his hand and signaled everyone to hide in the grass, and his eyes narrowed slightly to look ahead.

"What's wrong with Brother Li, have you found Wang Hao?" Xu Mo and the others followed behind, blocked by Li Qiang, and did not find out what was happening in front of them for the time being.

"You guys see it for yourself."

Li Qiang said, making way.

Xu Mo and the others came to the front seat and looked carefully. Finally, they looked at Li Qiang with confusion. They didn't see anything useful from the front.

Li Qiang smiled bitterly, forgetting that these people had not undergone special training and could not see that they were as far away as they were.

So I took everyone forward for a while and finally let everyone see what Li Qiang just saw.

Just as I saw my eyesight, I built a simple dock next to the river.

At this time, several cargo ships with not-small tonnage were parked on the dock.

It can be seen that some people were unloading or shipping something from those cargo ships.

And behind the pier, in the gap blocked by trees, you can clearly see houses lined up there one after another.

“Go to the city?”

Someone said to himself in confusion.

"Are you stupid? Where does this place look like a city?" Xu Mo couldn't help but reply to the man.

"Brother Li, what's going on?"

Everyone subconsciously thinks that Li Qiang is omnipotent, so when they encounter problems that they don’t understand, they look at Li Qiang as soon as possible.

Li Qiang squinted his eyes slightly, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"I see."

Li Qiang's words made everyone confused.

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Chapter completed!