The moon was dark and the wind was high, and the sky was thick with dark clouds that night. The originally not very bright waning moon was completely covered, and it could be said that it was impossible to see any fingers on the entire river. The simple boat, with only a windproof lantern hanging on the bow, stood in the dark and endless sky.

drifting in the waves.

Xiao Chengjun slowly returned to hold Lou Jing's hand. The current at the Crane's Mouth was turbulent, and the ship's hull kept shaking, making people feel a little bit fearful for no reason.

The ferry is small. There are fourteen Youyun Guards left. Ten people are on one boat. Four of them are sitting here with the two masters. At this time, two people are guarding the stern and two people are squatting on the bow. It is silent except for the boatman.

The sound of punting boats.

"There is a reef ahead. Can you please help me paddle with the two young brothers? I will go to the front and steer the boat." The boatman handed the two oars to Yun Wu and Yun Si at the stern, and he ran to the bow and took out an oar.

He used long bamboo poles to explore the way, "This place has the most hidden reefs."

It was cold on the river, and the boatman was wearing a thatched coir raincoat, which could block some water vapor. The boatman, who had lowered his head and said nothing all the way, suddenly became so talkative that Yunqi and Yunba, who were standing in front, looked at each other.

"Shipman, how long will it take to reach the other side?" Yunba asked tentatively.

"Hey, don't talk." The boatman interrupted Yunba impatiently and took a bamboo pole to explore in the distance. The bamboo pole hit the stone and made a slight sound. The bamboo pole pushed back against the rock and was hit by the turbulence.

The big wave pushed him violently to the side.

Yun Ba breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that he had been worrying too much. Just when he was relieved, he heard a loud noise and the ship's hull jolted violently.

Lou Jing grabbed Xiao Chengjun, who was about to fall out, and hugged him low and fell down in the cabin to avoid being thrown out by the big waves. Yun Wu and Yun Si squatting at the stern were not so lucky. The stern was smooth and difficult to grab.

, and was just thrown out.

Yun Ba grabbed Yun Qi, and when he turned back, the boatman had disappeared.

They were now in the middle of the river, where the current was the most turbulent, and there were countless rocks blocking the way. The water had turned into a beast. Before anyone could react, another huge wave rolled in, directly overturning the shaky boat.

past.

The sound of the roaring water was deafening. At the critical moment, Lou Jing hugged Xiao Chengjun, jumped up, and jumped into the vast river.

The light boat was picked up by the huge waves and fell hard on the boulders, breaking into pieces of wood.

The cold river water came up to his head. Lou Jing had just exerted his force suddenly and before he could recover, he was filled with river water. The knot around his waist tightened, and a strong hand grabbed his collar and pulled him away.

Lift it up.

Lou Jing spit out the water in his mouth and struggled to swim upstream. The two of them jumped out of the water at the same time and took a sharp breath, "Chengjun!"

The river roared. Even though he was right next to him, Xiao Chengjun couldn't hear Qinglou Jing's voice. He pointed directly at the rocks not far away, which were the rocks that he had just explored with his bamboo pole.

There was a knot connecting them, so they were not afraid of being separated. The two stopped pulling and started to swim over there with their arms and legs.

"Boom -" Before they could swim even two steps, another huge wave hit them. They couldn't see clearly what was happening in front of them, but the two of them could clearly sense the overwhelming huge wave, which was at least a foot high and swirling.

Roll them up high.

No matter how high your martial arts skills are, it will be in vain under such irresistible force. Lou Jing only had time to grab the knot and tried her best to hold Xiao Chengjun in her arms, but was violently thrown out by the huge waves.

The river water threw them up high like small insects and threw them onto the rocks. Lou Jing turned around suddenly and protected Xiao Chengjun tightly in front of her, while she hit the hard boulder heavily.

Then a huge wave came and wanted to drag them into the water again. Xiao Chengjun hugged Lou Jing with his backhand and rolled on the spot. He grabbed Lou Jing's clothes with one hand and firmly grasped the protruding stone in the corner with the other hand, barely holding on.

Body shape.

Lou Jing shook his dizzy head, pushed hard on a stone in the water, mobilized his internal strength, and turned over from the rushing water.

Xiao Chengjun let go at the right time and let Lou Jing lead him to jump to a higher place.

This should be a protruding boulder. The rushing river water rushed past both sides of the boulder, but could not shake it in the slightest. The two of them breathed a sigh of relief, they were safe for the time being.

"Well..." Lou Jing suddenly groaned and fell to the ground.

"Zhuoyu!" Xiao Chengjun hugged the person, sat down, wiped the water on his face, and asked anxiously, "But it's hurt? Where does it hurt?"

Lou Jing covered his left arm and took a breath of cold air. The severe pain left him speechless for a moment. He just hit the side of the rock and his arm was probably broken.

Xiao Chengjun stretched out his hand to wipe away the water drops on his face, "Zhuo Yu..."

"It's okay... I guess I hurt my arm." After the pain subsided, Lou Jing gasped and said something.

Xiao Chengjun carefully held his right arm and moved it to Lou Jing's chest to prevent the arm from hanging down and causing more pain to the muscles and bones.

"Ah..." No matter how careful she was, Lou Jing still couldn't help but groan in pain.

Xiao Chengjun was so distressed that he could only hug him tightly and gently kiss his sweaty forehead, "It will be dawn in another hour, and Yun Yi and the others will come to find us."

Lou Jing nodded slightly, leaned against Xiao Chengjun's chest and rubbed her, "Are you cold?"

Both of them were soaked to the skin, and now they were chilled to the bone by the night wind.

Xiao Chengjun took off their coats, twisted them a few times, and put them aside to dry, but did not loosen the knot around their waists. "Thanks to this knot, otherwise neither of us would have survived."

Thinking about the dangerous situation just now, if the two of them were not tied together and pulling each other, it would be really difficult to survive. Calming down is the joy of the rest of the life. The two hugged each other quietly, clinging to each other for warmth.

Xiao Chengjun felt that the body temperature in his arms was slowly rising, and he couldn't help being startled. He reached out and touched Lou Jing's forehead, "It's hot. Do you have any injuries?" With Lou Jing's body, he would definitely not be affected by the wind for a while.

Cold wind causes fever, which must be caused by trauma on the body.

Lou Jing rubbed Xiao Chengjun's cold cheek and said, "It's just internal energy working to warm you up."

The internal martial arts passed down from generation to generation in Anguo Gongfu can not only make the body light, jump high and run far, and practice it to a certain level, but also use the circulation of muscles and veins to release internal force, just like now, it can serve as a human flesh heater.

After Xiao Chengjun heard this, he felt a little relieved, and simply untied the clothes of the two of them, and pressed their slightly cold chests together, clinging to each other for warmth.

Wave after wave of river water washes away the boulders, and the two people sitting in the pile of stones seem to be sitting in a lonely boat, sinking and drifting in the endless darkness, lonely and helpless. Fortunately, they have each other by their side, so they don't feel panic.

It didn't take long for the sky to get bright. Xiao Chengjun wrapped the person in his arms with a half-dry coat, took a nap, and was soon awakened by the morning light.

Looking up into the distance, I could clearly see where they were. It was a rocky beach with jagged green and black rocks standing staggered. The planks of the boat were still sandwiched between the cracks in the stones. Hidden among the debris of the planks were

A human leg, the body is blocked by a boulder and cannot be seen clearly.

Xiao Chengjun was startled and pulled out the sword from his waist. The man's legs moved and he slowly got up. When he saw the man's face clearly, he breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out to be Yun Qi who was good at treating trauma! Sheathed the sword.

After putting it into the sheath, Xiao Chengjun hurriedly called people over.

"The sword is still there," Lou Jing leaned on her husband and looked at the glorious sword, "Huh? Is this Chi Xiao?"

Lou Jing had not noticed before because the scabbard was covered with a layer of cloth. Now when he saw the hilt of the sword inlaid with nine-flower jade, he realized that it was actually the Chixiao sword he used to please the queen. No wonder it was in the temple.

Zhongneng can cut off the big sword with one sword.

"Father is worried and asked me to take this sword with me." Xiao Chengjun closed the sword. Fortunately, the scabbard had a buckle. If it had been replaced with another sword, it would have been washed away long ago.

Yun Qi came back to his senses and immediately knelt down to salute, pushing Yun Ba who was still unconscious on the rocky beach to wake up, and the two quickly gathered together. Because they were standing at the bow of the ship, the two Youyun guards were not seriously injured.

, but was knocked unconscious by the waves.

"My subordinate chopped off the boatman. He must not be able to go far." Yun Ba checked around and came back to report, "This is the center of the river. I didn't see Yun Wu or Yun Si."

Yun Wu and Yun Si were at the stern of the ship, and they were swept away. Xiao Chengjun sighed and touched Lou Jing's pale face.

Yun Qi cut two pieces of wood and clamped and tied Lou Jing's arm. His arm had injured muscles and bones, but it was not completely broken. There might be some lacerations on the bones and it would take some time to recover.

However, they said that Yun Yi's boat was not close to Lou Jing's boat due to strong wind and waves. Halfway through the journey, the boatman tried to harm them, but Yun San stopped him and forced him to go find the owner with a knife.

There were boats, but the river was pitch dark and nothing could be seen.

Yun Er and Yun Shi grabbed the bamboo poles and pitched the boat themselves. Yun Jiu interrogated the boatman in the cabin. Although the boatman was familiar with the waterways, there were more than one rocky beach in this area. They had to search for them one by one and guard against the boats.

I hit the rocks. The sound of the water was loud. No matter how I shouted, it didn't work. I searched anxiously for an hour before the sky got a little brighter.

Seeing the two people sitting on the high boulder from a distance, the Youyun guards almost cried with joy, and they all knelt on the rocky beach to apologize.

Xiao Chengjun hugged Lou Jing and sat on the boat. Yun Jiu tied up the boatman to guide the way. Yun Er punted the boat and finally reached the other side without any danger. Yun Twelve and Yun Shisan, who were holding horses, were standing at the dock.

Wait for them.

"Who asked you to harm us?" After finding an inn to stay, Yun Jiu took the boatman to the woodshed and asked, shaking the bright sword in his hand.

"Spare your life, I...I was just following orders..." The boatman was trembling with fright, and he just said a few words. Someone told him to dump the people on the boat on the rocky shoal in the center of the river, and that he would give them to him after the deed was done.

He has five hundred taels of silver.

"Who is he?" Xiao Chengjun poured medicinal oil into his hand and asked Yun Jiu while rubbing Lou Jing's bruised back.

Lou Jing not only injured his arm, but was also bruised all over his body. Now he was lying on the bed of the inn, moaning and asking Xiao Chengjun to rub the medicinal oil on him.

"He's a policeman from Linjiang County Government." Yun Jiu said solemnly, the captain only dared to do this business because he knew that person.

"Snapshot?" Xiao Chengjun paused. He originally expected that he was the one who exposed his whereabouts, and it was the assassins who followed him from Beijing who called him. But if they were those people, how could they instruct the detectives in Linjiang?

"It hurts..." Lou Jing immediately cried out in pain, and the sudden force of his hand quickly moved away, and he took advantage of the situation to rub his head on Xiao Chengjun's leg.

Xiao Chengjun was silent for a moment, then poured some medicinal oil and continued to knead him, "Have you found Yun Wu and Yun Si?"
Chapter completed!