Late at night, I don't know what time it was, Chai Yan suddenly woke up.
After tossing and turning on the bed and spreading out many rounds of pancakes, Chaiyan couldn't sleep, so he got up and got out of bed.
Because there was bright moonlight coming in from the window, Chai Yan was too lazy to light the lamp. He walked to the table in half darkness and poured half a bowl of water. While drinking, he muttered to himself: "I slept too much during the day."
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After drinking the water, Chai Yan asked in his mind: "Shangguan Peining, are you asleep? Do you want to play a few games of chess?"
Shangguan Peining replied unceremoniously: "I don't have time. I want to meditate and practice. If you want to do it, do it yourself!"
After finishing speaking, Shangguan Peining added: "Also, you are not allowed to come in!"
Then, Shangguan Peining became silent again.
Chai Yan curled his lips helplessly and had no choice but to sit in the cabin in a daze, staring boredly at the moonlight on the ground, table and window lattice.
Let's go outside and walk around...
After making the decision, Chai Yan put on his coat, opened the door gently and walked to the side of the ship.
The temperature at night was low, and the wind on the river was strong. It was not a bit colder than during the day. Chai Yan shrank his neck, tightened his collar, and after getting used to it, he walked to the bow deck.
Halfway through, Chai Yan met two Cangtou. They were responsible for patrolling the boat at night, because there were water bandits on the river, and safety issues could not be relaxed.
"Master Chai, why did you come out?" A Cangtou asked after saluting.
Chai Yan said: "If you can't sleep, walk around, you patrol your place, don't pay attention to me..."
The two old men were very obedient, nodded and continued their inspection.
Chai Yan walked slowly to the bow of the boat, found a spot and leaned against the railing, enjoying the cool breeze and looking at the river.
But the river in front of me was only pitch black, and nothing could be seen except black.
Just as I was bored, there were footsteps approaching from the other side of the cabin.
Chai Yan turned to see who it was, but he couldn't see clearly because there was only a small lamp hanging on the bow of the boat, and the light was very weak, so the face of the person coming was completely unreal.
Seeing the person stretching his neck and looking in his direction, Chai Yan simply asked: "Who is it?"
"Sir, why is it you?" The owner of the voice was Cheng Jiu.
Chai Yan said: "Oh, it's Cheng Jiu... I sleep too much during the day, no, I have insomnia at night..."
Cheng Jiu walked directly to Chai Yan. When he felt the cold river breeze, he advised: "Sir, you'd better go in, you may catch a cold if you blow like this."
"Why are you so anxious? I've just arrived and I'm not a weak little lady." Chai Yan said with a smile.
After hearing this, Cheng Jiu said: "Then I will accompany you..."
"Do you have insomnia too?" Chai Yan asked.
"I'm not sleepy yet," Cheng Jiu said.
Chai Yan smiled slightly and said nothing more.
The two stood quietly for a while, then suddenly turned around and asked: "We will be arriving in the capital in a few days, are you nervous?"
"I'm not nervous. It's not like I've never been before." Cheng Jiu answered without any hesitation.
Chai Yan smiled after hearing this, nodded and said: "That's right, you five dare to set up a ring at the gate of the capital, how can you be nervous?"
As soon as he mentioned the past, Cheng Jiu also became happy, shook his head and said with a smile: "Sir, don't mention those nonsense things. It's really embarrassing to think about it..."
"How can you be so embarrassed?" Chai Yan said seriously: "You were so powerful at that time, no one could beat you!"
Cheng Jiu then said: "But sir, you have won!"
"I can't calculate it. In terms of real ability and skill, you guys are the best..." Chai Yan paused and then said: "Actually, you are still a bit greedy. If you give in when you see good things, you should withdraw as soon as possible."
If you leave the ring and leave, you will make money! Hahaha..."
"Yes, yes, hahaha..." Cheng Jiu also laughed.
After laughing, Cheng Jiu looked up at the night sky, at the barely half-circle moon, and said with emotion: "All this... is really like a dream!"
Chai Yan understood Cheng Jiu's thoughts. The few of them rescued a life from the pile of dead people and fled from the Stone Kingdom to the Sheng Kingdom. They experienced all kinds of hardships during this period. Everything now is indeed like a dream.
"Yes, it's a dream!" Chai Yan replied.
Cheng Jiu was stunned, turned around and looked over, only to find that Chai Yan was looking at him with extremely confident eyes.
Chai Yan raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said: "This is a dream that you can't wake up from. You just need to go on with it boldly and confidently!"
"A dream from which one cannot wake up..." Cheng Jiu repeated this sentence softly, savoring its meaning carefully.
Just when Cheng Jiu was concentrating, Chai Yan suddenly shouted: "Look, something is on fire..."
Cheng Jiu came to his senses immediately and looked in front of the river. Sure enough, as Chai Yan said, there was fire in front of the river.
The two of them identified it carefully for a while, and it wasn't until the distance narrowed that they recognized the burning object. It turned out to be a civilian ship!
And there seemed to be people falling into the water, calling for help from time to time...
As soon as Chai Yan heard someone shouting for help, he immediately turned around and shouted: "Come on, someone has fallen into the water, come on, help!"
After shouting this, Chai Yan said to Cheng Jiu: "Go quickly, wake everyone up, and let people go into the water to save people!"
Cheng Jiu nodded immediately and ran towards the cabin. The shouts immediately woke up the people in the cabin.
Soon, everyone ran out and saw the burning ship ahead.
Chai Yan immediately rushed over and shouted: "Save people, save people, hurry into the water to save people..."
Two brave men didn't wait for Chai Yan to finish his words. They jumped into the river and swam towards the drowned man at a very fast speed.
"Damn, that's awesome!" Chai Yan was immediately surprised, thinking that at this speed, he could almost catch up with a swimmer.
Du Shipguan also rushed over at this time and shouted: "What are you doing standing still? Get a few people and row a boat to follow!"
In order to facilitate temporary landings along the way or in case of any emergencies, a small boat is usually tied to the back of the official ship.
After being reminded by Boat Guan Du, Cang Tou went to row the boat.
Chai Yan ran back to the bow of the boat again, standing on tiptoes and stretching his neck to observe the situation of the drowned man.
At this time, the two aquatic men were quickly approaching the man. The man was still struggling and calling for help. Judging from the distance, he should be able to be saved.
"What kind of ship caught fire?" Hang Baiqiu suddenly appeared behind Chai Yan.
Chai Yan shook his head, without looking away from the river, and replied: "I don't know yet, it seems to be an ordinary civilian ship..."
While they were talking, the two Cangtou who were good at swimming had already swam to the side of the drowning man, and then worked together to support him.
The man who fell into the water panicked at first, then suddenly fell into weakness, and then lost consciousness.
Upon seeing this, the two men quickly pulled him and swam to the boat that was following him. They all worked together to get the man on board, and then immediately turned around and rowed towards the official boat.
But the civilian ship in front was still burning fiercely...
Everyone stood on the boat and looked at the growing fire on the opposite side. They could only feel that they were more motivated than powerful.
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