Chapter 244

Zhang Zhou had no time to complain. After barely maintaining a stable posture, he waved his arms like flying, and soon expanded the hole to the size that people could pass through. At the moment, Qinglin had risen to his feet with Wuzhen in his arms.

Zhang Zhou confirmed that the space inside the mezzanine was narrow, but it could still be accommodated, so he took the lead in drilling in. The water level inside was slightly lower than that in the cabin, and there were a large number of wooden columns to support the deck for trampling. However, this situation would not last long. As long as the water level in the cabin rose to the hole mouth, everything would be over, but after all, it was one step closer to escape.

After receiving Wuzhen, Qinglin also climbed in, and the water level was almost flush with the hole.

"This floor should be the deck. We must have a chance..."

It seemed that God intended to oppose Zhang Zhou. Before his words fell, the hull suddenly twisted. When it was stable, it had formed an inverted posture.

The space is narrow, and there are a large number of solid wooden columns for three people to control, so there is no big impact, but the water in the cabin poured in ruthlessly from the hole.

This change makes Zhang Zhou very nervous. The deck has reached the inclined position of the body, and all of them are submerged in the water. There is not much room to toss above the water!

Zhang Zhou was frustrated by the rising speed of the water. There was nothing he could do for a time. He could only hold Wuzhen in his arms tightly, hoping to give him some comfort.

"Wuzhen, do you hate your adoptive father?"

Wuzhen didn't say anything. She just put her little hand around Zhang Zhou's neck and hugged more tightly. Zhang Zhou could clearly feel his heartbeat.

"Taoist priest, Zhang Zhou dragged you down this time..."

"You don't have to say that, marquis. I admire you for being a marquis. You can sacrifice your life for a child. If you have an afterlife, I really hope you can continue to work for the Marquis!"

Zhang Zhou didn't know why. His heart was suddenly quiet, and his tension disappeared in an instant. Perhaps at the last moment of my life, I finally saw through life and death?

"Taoist priest, if you really have a next life, I will find a way to help you become the leader of the Royal pill room. How about it?"

"Hehe, good! You don't have to look at those bastards' faces anymore!"

"I hope to meet you in another way in my next life! In this life, I can only say sorry!" after a short silence, Zhang Zhou suddenly said seriously.

Qinglin was stunned and immediately understood Zhang Zhou's meaning. He should have referred to the conflict between Hezhou and Sichuan in that year! So he smiled.

"Lord Hou, the dividend of no less than 100000 Liang in the past two years is enough to heal my pain! Can Lord Hou let me have a meal in my next life, but you can't ask for soup and medicine. I'm afraid I can't afford it!"

"OK!"

There is only one head height above the water, and the narrow space also makes the three people crowded very close! No one spoke any more, they were silent!

Zhang Zhou suddenly said inexplicably, "I seem to know why my heart will suddenly calm down!"

Then he said to Qinglin, "Taoist priest, promise me one last thing! How about it?"

Qinglin nodded.

"No matter what degree, we should stick to the last with Wuzhen..."

"Hou ye, you......" Qinglin hurriedly said.

"No death, no life! Maybe only if I take a step first can I create a chance for everyone to live!"

After that, she handed Wuzhen to Qinglin. Wuzhen cried and refused to give up.

"Adoptive father, don't die..."

"The adoptive father is the Tang monk. How could he die?"

Zhang Zhou smiled and loosened Wuzhen. Without taking a breath, he sank directly into the water

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Huan bin found some horses hidden behind the mountain, but he didn't see anyone. After a quick inspection, he determined that these horses should be used by the assassins to withdraw, but the escaped people didn't come back. Obviously, there were some changes.

These people should only be hired killers and dead men. I'm afraid it's difficult to find out directly from them who is behind this matter, but Huan bin won't let go of any of them even if they are useless.

Huan bin turned back and entered the woods.

When he found the escapees, the other party had become cold bodies. The cause of death was to seal the throat with a sword. From the wound, it was obviously done by a person with excellent swordsmanship. The purpose is self-evident, that is, to kill people and kill people. But it's hard to count the experts who can kill so accurately. Naturally, it's impossible to doubt someone.

Huan bin frowned! Theoretically, there should be only two possible targets for the enemy's attack: one is the spirit child; The second is yourself!

The other party is extremely rigorous in the layout of the whole thing, linked together, and makes great efforts in the means used. Obviously, it is not just to get rid of Wuzhen. It is likely that the target is him. As for those people in Yudan room, they have suffered an unwarranted disaster.

Wuzhen is your Majesty's health guarantee. She is the head of the Dragon protection army. If the other party's goal is not single, but both, hoping to kill two birds with one stone, then the other party's goal is more likely to be against emperor Zhao Qianyuan!

After Huan bin ruled out his doubts about Zhang Zhou, the first thing he thought of was the behavior of the remaining evils of the demon cult! This is a retaliation for the failure of Qinzhou!

The job of "escorting the spirit boy" has been screwed up, but he is not afraid that his majesty will be dissatisfied or even punish himself. His worry now is that the other party may take greater action! If you really start to retaliate against the chaotang out of the remaining evils of the evil cult, what kind of undercurrent will the Empire usher in?

He followed the assassin's route to this place and returned the same way. Naturally, he wanted to find some clues. Sure enough, on the ground at a corner, he found a wooden card that definitely didn't belong to this place. It seems that it should have been left by those people when they ran away!

The wooden card has been used for some years. Obviously, it is often played in people's hands at ordinary times. It has the effect of coating slurry and oiliness, and the patterns and handwriting on it are somewhat blurred, but it can still be recognized that the "Jing" character is floating in the center of the wooden card.

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When sailing at night, eye-catching red lanterns must be hung for warning to ensure safety. Although it is still early before dark, the steward surnamed Liu still ordered someone to take out the lanterns, stack them in the bow, and check them one by one. Even if there is a problem in any link, it will affect the safety of sailing at that time. His attitude is very rigorous. In this regard, the boatman and guard on board did not feel anything wrong.

The steward surnamed Liu finally stopped his work, because he caught a glimpse of a ship opposite, a cargo ship coming from each other, and it was clearly visible that a string of big red lanterns had been hung on the ship early.

The steward surnamed Liu breathed softly and ordered a boatman nearby to say, "hang up the red lanterns and let me have a look!"

The boatman naturally obeys the instructions! Hang up the string of red lanterns, which is very eye-catching.

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The red faced man in charge of operating the boat saw the boat opposite from a distance, hung a string of red lights, and finally breathed a sigh of relief. He drank a mouthful of wine sincerely for the first time, and his eyes brightened up, vaguely excited!

He looked around and made sure that everyone on the deck was drunk except him! Then he went to the hatch and shouted to several boatmans responsible for rowing below.

"Brothers, speed up. When you get to the front, you'll come up for wine!"

"OK, did you hear my orders? Brothers, give me some strength!"

The boatmans echoed one after another.

The freighter picked up speed and headed upstream. It's getting closer and closer to the ship coming from the opposite side, fifty feet, twenty feet, ten feet!

Suddenly, the red faced man pushed the rudder stock in his hand. The bow was moving and began to shift direction! The goal is that string of eye-catching red lights.

The operation was so fierce that several boatmans who operated the pulp under the cabin almost fell down and asked repeatedly. The red faced man laughed and said, "it's all right, row you hard! Don't blame those who dare to be lazy. I won't burn paper for you when I go to the grave! Ha ha!"

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A guard saw something wrong and came up to remind him, "steward Liu, look at the cargo ship?"

"Oh, what's the matter?"

Steward Liu seems to have found nothing wrong.

"Something's wrong. I think the ship is going to hit us! Do you want it?"

The guard is very sure! Don't want steward Liu to be unconventional and lose his previous kindness. He glared at the guard and whispered, "do you want anything? Don't you want to warn? What's the reason for panic? Just after the king's rest, you yell. If you startle the king, you'll suffer it!"

The guard was stunned and immediately explained in a hurry: "however, the ship really wants to..."

Looking at the guard's increasingly nervous look, steward Liu finally got serious, looked at the boat coming from the opposite side and said to himself, "this boat is too unruly! Shout first and let the other party turn around quickly, otherwise he will be overwhelmed!"

The guard really admires the steward Liu. Under such an urgent situation, he can be so calm. No wonder he can be recognized by the Lord. He is really extraordinary!

I admire him, but the guard is true. He can't be calm. When he is about to shout to drink, the steward Liu doesn't seem to stand firm at once, and suddenly falls over. The guard subconsciously reaches out to help. At the moment of body collision, he feels a pain in his chest. Before he reacts and sees the situation, steward Liu has run fast! The guard lowered his head and stared at the dagger inserted in his chest. His mouth opened and closed a few times. Finally, he couldn't make a sound, so he burst and fell to his knees!

Several guards and boatmans found abnormalities, but they didn't have time to see what happened, because their attention was attracted by the colliding cargo ship. No matter what method, this distance and speed can't be changed. The fact that the two ships are about to collide!

"No! It's going to hit the ship!"

People shouted and panicked! But all the reminders were too late. Then, with a "bang", the cargo ship sank vigorously and directly hit their belly. The hull was torn open in an instant, and the river poured into it without hesitation!

Under the impact of huge impact force, no one can stand steadily! However, there was a guard who sincerely protected the master. After falling, he didn't take into account the pain. He got up and rushed to the hatch to rescue Zhao Qirui. However, he saw that steward Liu, who had arrived one step ahead, had closed the hatch, locked the hatch with an iron lock, threw the key into the water, took out a short knife from his waist and resolutely stopped at the hatch!

"Get out of the way!" the guard scolded. But in response to him, steward Liu raised his knife and stabbed him. At this time, how can the guard hesitate? Steward Liu, who was not good at martial arts, was killed by several guards who rushed forward. Then he raised his knife to chop the iron lock. At this time, the hull suddenly tilted and all the guards fell.

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The man surnamed Zhu woke up by the violent impact and climbed out of the hatch. He saw the tragedy of the collision between the ship and the other party's ship. In his chaotic mind, he didn't want to understand what happened. He saw that the red faced man with a knife had jumped onto the other party's ship and shouted: "it's time to work for the Lord!"

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When Uncle Shui arrived, there was no sign of the sunken ship on the water. When he heard the anxious cry of shishiro and other squires in the water, he understood everything and jumped into the water directly with his partner!

The water nature of Uncle Shui and his companions is by no means comparable to those of shijilang, and can even be divided into the existence of "amphibians"!

But it didn't wait for the two people to find out the situation and determine the way to save people. The hull overturned again under the water, and the whole hull became an inverted buckle shape, which almost threw the two people into the water. Because there is some buoyancy in the bow, the stern sinks to the bottom, and the bow tilts up!

No matter how good they were, they dared not compete with such a huge object underwater. They had to wait until the shape of the hull was more stable and sneak in again. Although they soon found the hatch, the hatch was full of sundries and could not enter at all. When there was no external force to break the hull, the hatch was the only way to save people, We can only find a way to empty the debris.

Two people have no time to think too much. Holding the sad and angry idea of seeing people alive and dead bodies, they float up and down alternately, hoping to open the hatch as soon as possible!

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Zhang Zhou tightly hugged Wuzhen, who was trembling. He could clearly feel the rhythm of each other's heartbeat. It was wonderful that he was nervous and nervous, and soon calmed down. Zhang Zhou was curious about this phenomenon. He simply took advantage of this rare calm and began to feel the changes in his body.

He felt the vitality in his body and was ready to move because of the influence of Wuzhen's heartbeat. It was this kind of urging that quickly calmed down his original tension!

But the "emotion" expressed by vitality is somewhat complex, like an instinctive care for intimacy and weakness; It is also like a natural familiarity that can only be cultivated for several generations; There is even a complex emotion. Zhang Zhou is very sure that it is a kind of envy.

It is not that he admires the five treasures, but the vitality in his body admires the heartbeat of the five treasures!