"Go and put out the fire!" Zheng Yingci ordered.
After hearing this order, the servants of the Zheng family felt their hearts sink. Zheng Yingci had always had an excellent reputation, so it was normal for him and others to go there to put out fires and rescue people, but in this situation, they were not allowed to get close!
"No, Young Master!" Seeing everyone's eyes turning, a middle-aged man stood up. Others were ordinary servants and could not disobey orders, but he had served the Zheng family for twenty years and still had some dignity.
"Uncle Tian, why?" Zheng Yingci asked with a gloomy face after hearing this.
"Sir, if the fire and wind are like this, once they pass by, not to mention directly connecting the two ships, even if there are some sparks, our ship will follow the same pattern as the painted boat." The middle-aged man pointed, and everyone looked over, only to
Seeing that the painting boat was burning extremely fiercely, with the wind blowing the wreckage from time to time, and the flames spraying out for more than ten meters, I couldn't help but nod my head.
The middle-aged man saw that Zheng Yingci had a bad look on his face, so he knew that he should leave early and stay far away. He had no responsibility, but it happened to be very close here. The young master could not bear the reputation of not saving anyone. With this reputation, no matter how good the article was, it would not matter.
Yes, he said at the moment: "Even if you want to save the young master, you can't save the boat. You can save the people who jumped into the water. It's too far from the shore. It's hard to guarantee that even those who can swim, let alone those who can't swim, can swim."
Arrived."
This was reasonable. Chen Ziyi said quickly: "Brother, you have such a loyal servant. These words are indeed good advice. The fire on the boat is very big. If you want to save people, you must also save those who jump into the water."
With these words, Zheng Yingci nodded and agreed: "Brother Chen, you are right, row the boat faster and go around the boat to save people!"
"Yes!" The servant immediately put his heart in his stomach, rowed around and shouted to save people. If he met someone, he stretched out his pennant and pulled the person up.
Being closer, I could see more clearly, and I saw a person rushing out of the boat!
This man was covered in fire and was not willing to die. He struggled desperately and climbed to the deck. He was already dying. However, when he saw the boat, he didn't know where he got the strength. He stretched out his hand desperately: "Save me, save me..." But the boat could not get close at all. During this moment of hesitation, his body burned into a ball of fire, and his screams became sharper and lowered. Faced with this tragic scene, Zheng Yingci closed his eyes.
Although Zheng Yingci has a good reputation and can be said to be kind, but after calming down, it is absolutely impossible to get close to the fire ship with the heat wave hitting him now.
Zheng Yingci breathed a sigh of relief when he felt that the heat wave gradually lightened up and the ship was moving away.
Seeing this scene was a serious test for his heart.
"Thank you, Brother Zheng, for your help." At this time, a scholar who had fallen into the water climbed up. His face was pale and his body was still trembling, and he came up to say thank you.
Zheng Yingci took a look and realized that he recognized him. He had ridiculed Ye Buhui and one of his children, who was also a chess player.
But of course this trivial matter is nothing, so he quickly replied: "I don't dare to take it, I don't dare to take it. If this happens, anyone will..."
"Sir, it's bad!" Another scream came out, and Zheng Yingci secretly screamed, turned around and looked, and what he saw in front of him suddenly turned pale.
I saw the wind on the lake suddenly turning, and a painting boat turned into a fire ship, detached from the main body, and quickly crashed towards my own ship.
"Quick! Get out of the way!" Zheng Yingci was shocked and drank.
But on the water, where is it as easy to turn as on land?
What's even weirder is that the painted boat came in the wind and hit very fast, but the Zheng family boat seemed to be motionless, as if it was nailed to the lake water, no matter how hard the sailors worked.
Not to mention that in order to save people, the boat came very close, only about ten meters.
"Boom" the fire ship hit hard. Not only that, but during the collision, the extremely burning sail wood on the opposite side flew up and fell heavily. Only a scream was heard, and a servant was suppressed by the fire ball.
The fire quickly set off, and almost in the blink of an eye, the place where Zheng Yingci and Chen Ziyi were standing was already engulfed in flames.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Zheng Yingci and others ran towards the stern of the ship. They repeatedly ordered the servants to put out the fire. They themselves were not idle, scooping up lake water with a wooden basin and throwing it towards the fire on the deck.
However, it was impossible to stop the spread of the fire.
"Sir, hurry up and jump down with the barrel in your arms!" The servant who jumped down first shouted, "I'll wait for the water. Young master, jump down quickly to make sure you're fine!"
Zheng Yingci didn't know how to swim, so she felt uneasy, but as the heat wave approached, she knew that if she didn't jump, she would die miserably. But Chen Ziyi knew how to swim, so she didn't hesitate, grabbed a wooden bucket, and jumped in.
"Dear brother, jump quickly!"
Listening to the shouting, Zheng Yingci gritted his teeth and closed his eyes. He also hugged a wooden bucket and jumped into the water with a plop.
I thought that if one of the servants knew how to swim, if I jumped in, someone would take care of me. But when I jumped into the water, my body suddenly felt cold, and then I felt a cold air seeping through the seams in my bones.
"Oops!" Zheng Yingci said something bad in her heart. Before Zheng Yingci had time to shout, she felt like she had turned into stone. She couldn't hold it with her hands and sank straight down.
Not to mention waiting for others to rescue you, in this situation, it is obvious that you can't even be a little frivolous.
Is the water so cold in April?
With this thought in his mind, Zheng Yingci struggled desperately, but his foot hurt and cramped. His heart suddenly became cold and full of grief and anger. Could it be that he was going to die in Panlong Lake? Just because of a sudden fire? How ridiculous is this?
Something!
I am a child carefully cultivated by the Zheng family. I have never been admitted to the imperial examination, never been admitted to the imperial examination, never been an official in the court, never made profits for the family, and never left my name in the history. I am going to die here and become a handful of bones at the bottom of the lake? p>
The unwillingness in my heart cannot stop my body from sinking.
Through the blurry water light, Zheng Yingci saw someone falling into the water, seemingly swimming towards him, and he gained some hope. Then he saw this person snatched the bucket that he was holding, and swam desperately to other places without reaching out at all.
.
It’s the Tong Sheng chess player I saved just now.
Before he had time to feel sad and angry, a burning wooden beam fell and hit the man's head hard. Half of his head was sunk, and he sank faster than himself. Yan Hong dispersed."
"Could it be that this chess player caused the trouble?" At the critical moment of life and death, Zheng Yingci suddenly felt this way, and a wry smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
The pain and suffocation made him almost want to lose consciousness immediately. But the faces that his parents were looking forward to appeared in front of him again, Su Ziji appeared, and the appearances of many people he knew in the past appeared.
"No! I can't die here, I want to live!" Zheng Yingci, who had originally given up struggling, felt a strong desire to survive and started struggling again. At this moment, he felt that the cramps were relieved, and he thought desperately
He came out of the water and grabbed the half-burned wooden beam that had been extinguished by the water, and he held on to it.
Then, Zheng Yingci took a few sips of water, but her vision went dark and she didn't know anything anymore.
And almost at the same time, a boat far away was moving slowly, the dark green lake water was rippling, and a little further away there was a painting boat slowly cruising on the lake with joyful songs and laughter, and the clear and melodious singing could be heard, making it look like a grand lakeside feast.
look like.
Su Ziji couldn't help but feel relaxed and happy, and felt tired again. He turned around and saw that Ye Buhui was also yawning and said, "I didn't sleep well last night. No, I didn't fall asleep. Let's catch up on some sleep."
He said a little louder: "Boss of the boat, get a fish and wake us up at noon."
"Yes, sir." The boat boss saw the smoke from a distance, but it looked faint from this distance, so he wasn't even surprised, he just responded.