On the two-story Dafu boat, there was a chorus of screams.
Servants and servants can be seen running around everywhere. But no matter how big the boat is, there will be times when they run out. If the first floor reaches the second floor, where will the thieves go after they kill them?
From time to time, I heard the sound of splashing water.
Rather than being left on the ship to be killed and humiliated by the thieves, it would be better to keep the body intact.
The nobles in each cabin huddled together, the lights were extinguished, and it was pitch black inside. The maids and servants in attendance all pressed against the cabin door, and started to dance while listening to the sounds of fighting outside.
On the deck, facing the men in black who kept rushing towards them, Mu Yan swung his sword to kill them, as fast and ruthless as chopping melons and vegetables.
Li Yi went back to back with him, fighting with the man in black and protecting him at the same time.
Qian San and Kun Si were also around Mu Yan, fighting with several men in black and kicking them into the water. From time to time, they heard the sound of falling into the water and splashing water.
Three speed boats came, and a dozen or twenty martial arts masters took advantage of the darkness and climbed up with climbing ropes. If Mu Yan and the others hadn't woken up, they would all have been dragged to the Hall of Hell by Black and White Wuchang.
Mu Yan and Li Qian San Kun Si, as well as the guards of the Mu Mansion they brought with them, fought with the thieves for an hour, but they seemed to be unable to kill them all.
Half of the thieves were dead, but Mu Yan, Li Yi and others were also injured. The Mu family and the guards who followed the princess and her horse from the southwest also suffered numerous casualties.
Gradually I can no longer bear it.
"Did the princess see you off?" Mu Yan Xukong said.
"Send them all away." Li Yi responded.
"Kill! Leave no one behind!"
Mu Yan gave a cold command, tiptoed, jumped into the air, kicked down a man in black who rushed towards him, stabbed with his sword, and with one draw, the man in black's blood spattered, and he fell to the deck and soon lost his breath. .
Seeing this, several men in black abandoned Qian San and others, and all rushed towards Mu Yan.
Mu Yan was besieged by four men in black, and their knives struck directly at his vital points. He was quickly slashed several times on his body.
He staggered and was forced by four men in black.
Li Yi was heartbroken at the sight. He wanted to rush over to rescue him, but he didn't want to be surrounded by two men in black. He couldn't escape and was stabbed several times on his body.
Mu Yan gritted his teeth and persisted, knocking down one of the men in black, and the other three men in black fought with him to the death. The sword became more and more fierce and ruthless.
Seeing that he couldn't hold on any longer, he was about to be struck with a sword by three men in black and kicked into the river.
Suddenly a fire broke out, and a man in black was hit by a fireball thrown from nowhere. He immediately became a man on fire. While he was busy putting out the fire, Mu Yan killed him with a sword.
The other two men in black were also hit by the fireball and were quickly killed by Mu Yan.
Explosions sounded one after another on the deck.
After another half an hour, the men in black either jumped into the river and fled, or were killed by Mu Yan's men.
"Master, are you okay?" Kan Er hurriedly jumped onto the deck.
"Why are you back? Something happened to the princess and the others?" Li Yi supported Mu Yan and asked with a glare.
"No, they are safe. Master, Miss Huo saved us again."
Er? Miss Huo?
Huo Xi didn't know how she could become possessed, and the two thrilling fights she encountered were all related to the young master of the Mu family.
I don't know if that guy offended the Lord of Hell, but he sent people over and over again to demand the young master's life.
When the sound of fighting became clearer and louder, Huo Xi asked Huo Erhuai and Yang Fu to row the boat back quickly.
Before they had rowed a few miles, several clippers were following behind them.
The family was so frightened that they thought the water thieves were catching up. Yang was about to jump into the water with Huo Xi and Huo Nian when Huo Erhuai was recognized by Kan Er.
As soon as Kan Erhuai recognized Huo Erhuai, he was so happy, just like a person falling into the water encountering driftwood, or a sweet rain falling on a land that has been dry for a long time. He told a few speedboats and jumped on the Huo family's boat.
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After almost emptying the Huo family's boat of tung oil and wine, they freed up another boat to take the princess and her family to the Huo family's boat, and then hurried back with Yang Fu to support them.
After Kan Er and Yang Fu left, Huo Xi asked Huo Erhuai and Yang to row the boat forward quickly to avoid the accident. When he stood on the bow and looked forward, he saw that the Mu family's other two fast boats had sailed far away.
, which is quite a distance away from her family’s boat.
I looked back again and saw that there was no boat chasing me. I breathed a sigh of relief. I went into the cabin to see a family of four who had boarded the boat.
In the cabin, a man was taking care of a lady who had fainted. Their son was being held in his grandmother's arms. Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, so they were staring at each other with Huo Nian.
"Don't be afraid. My boat is well built. It can't be blown in by the wind or wet by the rain. My parents can row well and won't let thieves catch up with them. Don't worry." Huo Nianzheng, who was pretending to be an adult, comforted him even more.
The younger brother.
"I'm not afraid, but my mother fainted. Will she be okay?"
"It's okay, it's okay. I have medicine on the ship. I'll ask my sister to get the medicine for your mother. Just take it and you'll be fine." As he said that, he patted his shoulder.
It made the old woman next to me smile.
Huo Xi glanced into the cabin. Just now Kan Er said that this was Mu Yan's fourth uncle. Huo Xi already knew the identities of these people.
This must be the current Princess Chang Ning, her consort and her son.
The old woman holding the baby is probably the Prince Consort's biological mother. Princess Chang Ning married the concubine Mu Xin of the Xiping Hou Mansion, and it was well known in the capital.
But didn’t the princess marry far away to the southwest? Is this sudden return to Beijing a long-term stay or a visit to relatives?
Just as she was thinking about it, Pi Xiaozi rushed towards her: "Sister, sister, his mother has fainted. Let's get some medicine for her quickly."
The princess's child also came towards her and saluted her: "Sister, can you save my mother?"
She is so cute and well-educated.
I wanted to slap him on the head, but I stopped and comforted him: "Your mother just fainted. She'll be fine if she takes a nap. She'll be fine."
"Really?"
"Really. Sister promises."
The woman also came over and saluted her: "Thank you for your family's willingness to help. I'm afraid our family will be troubled all night tonight."
The prince-in-law also thanked her.
"Master and Madam, don't say that. It's just a rough road. Besides, Master Mu and I are acquaintances, so it's hard to look at them."
After saying a few polite words, Huo Xi went to the bow of the boat to boil some water for the family and prepare some food.
"You can sleep peacefully. No one will come after you now. Master Mu will come to look for you when the sun rises." Huo Xi saw that the old lady looked tired and frightened, so she let them rest.
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"Okay, I'm sorry to trouble you." The old lady took the child to sleep.
The princess and the prince-in-law were placed in Huo Erhuai and Yang's cabin in the middle cabin, the old lady and his grandson slept in Huo Xi's cabin, and Nian'er slept in Yang Fu's cabin.
Huo Xi couldn't sleep, so she came out to accompany Yang and Huo Erhuai.
"Xi'er, are you not a water thief tonight?" Yang still looked scared. The river was dark at night, as if it was trying to eat people with its mouth open.
There were candles lit on the bow of the boat, illuminating a small area of water on the bow.
Yang helped Huo Erhuai look at the situation on the river at the bow of the boat, while Huo Erhuai rowed with all his strength at the stern.
Both husband and wife were worried. While staring at the river surface with limited illumination, they raised their ears to listen to the movements in the surrounding areas.
The occasional movement of a fish jumping out of the water, or the sudden chirping of frogs and insects in the water plants, can make your heart tremble.