Chapter 15 The Iron Cable Cuts the River

As he spoke, the big ship had entered a turbulent passage. I saw that the rocks on both sides of the bank were steeply cut, and strange rocks were standing in a forest, and a gust of wind that passed through the gorge was blowing through the boat with a roar. The temperature also seemed to drop suddenly, and the already dusk sky became dark in a blink of an eye.

Both the helmsman and the sailor bred up and kept the boat firmly in check, avoiding collision with the stone pillars jutting out of the water in the rapids. At the same time, they use their skilled skills and experienced experience to avoid the reefs hidden underwater.

After a moment of planting, the front reached the most dangerous section of the water. The main waterway here is still steep, but it's not the most dangerous. What's worse is that there's a branch here.

One of the tributaries to the left is the main channel, and the other to the right is the passage to hell. Not only is there more turbulent currents and rocks, but even if you don't crash your boat here, there's no hope of surviving when you get ahead.

Because at the end of this section of the waterway was a cliff, from which the river rushed down and smashed into a pool at the bottom of the cliff fifty meters deep. None of the people who had gone astray in the past could escape, and they all ended up with shipwrecks and deaths.

With the captain's command, several crew members picked up the long poles and stood on the sides of the ship. The long song on the left has a hook, and the long song on the right has a spear.

The one with the spear can be pierced to the bottom of the river to prevent the boat from deflecting towards the tributary that leads to the Guimen Pass, and the one with the hook is used to hook the mountain on the left side to keep the boat on the side of the main channel.

The crowd shouted in unison, each doing his best, and steered the boat towards the main channel, and although Mai Ke and Peter could not help, they also looked at the Guò window with a little nervousness on how to get through the dangerous current.

Seeing that he was about to enter the main channel and save the day, at this time, a gong sounded, and near the entrance of the main channel, a black chain suddenly jumped out and crossed the river in front of the ship.

"Bang!" the big ship took advantage of the momentum of the water and crashed into it. The chains of the Hengduan River rattled but did not break, successfully blocking the attempts of incoming ships to enter the main channel.

The sailors on both sides of the ship tried their best to hold the long Song who remained steady, but due to the violent impact, the long Song on the left broke their claws first, and then the Song spears on the right also broke off.

Although the big ship managed to stabilize and not capsize, it plunged headlong into the right tributary and entered the Ghost Gate.

It happened so quickly that everyone didn't see what was going on, let alone react, and even Mai Ke and Peter didn't have time to take any measures, and it was a matter of life and death.

The helmsman of the ship, the crew with half of the pole in his hand, tried all his strength to stop the big ship from going down the river, but the big ship still went down the river.

In the blink of an eye, there is a cliff waterfall in front of you. Everyone closed their eyes in despair and gave up hope, and the shipwreck was inevitable.

Of course, the desperate people do not include Mai Ke and Peter. As soon as the big boat entered the ghost gate on the right, Mai Ke, who knew what was in front of him, told Peter to go with him immediately.

When Meng Ruofei wanted to hug Peter and die together before he died, he found that he was empty. Could it be that this kid ran away on his own? There is water on all sides, and no one can run away.

Jingrui, who happened to be hiding in the same room with Mai Ke, couldn't care about being reserved at the moment of life and death, and planned to hand herself over to the man next to him who she had a very good impression of before she died, and had a warm hug with him for a moment. She also lost her purpose.

But she didn't complain. Husband and wife are originally birds of the same forest, and they still fly separately when disaster comes, not to mention that I have nothing to do with him. She was slightly envious of her good sister's quick eyes. At this time, the two of them must be suffering together.

By the time everyone was either thinking or closing their eyes and resigning themselves to fate, Mai Ke and Peter had already jumped out of the bow of the boat and came to the front of the ship.

The problem is that they can't leave the boat, and more importantly, the nearly 100 lives on board. If deliverance is to be carried out, the challenge will be too great.

At the same time, they prayed in their hearts, "Lord's accord," and flew to the front of the ship, grabbing the front of the ship one by one.

The first thing they did was to straighten the bow of the boat so that it wouldn't roll over. They had just seen that the ship had been skewed a little by the water, perhaps because the helmsman had given up.

This correction is very critical, if it falls horizontally or diagonally, it is impossible to adjust it in the middle. As soon as the bow of the boat was straightened, the big ship fell down the waterfall with a "boom".

Then they had two tasks: the first was to prevent the big ship from turning over as it fell, and the second was to slow down the speed at which the big ship was falling.

At this time, the two of them coincidentally freed up one hand and pressed the second button on their respective shirts to turn on another special function.

Unlike the first button, which controls the flying function, this second function adds 5,000 kilograms of buoyancy to each person. The two of them exerted force at the same time, twisting these buoyancy, the ability of the first button to fly, and their own strength, into a rope that formed a buffer.

Although this did not stop the ship from continuing to fall, it greatly reduced the speed of the descent, so that the landing of this section, which was supposed to take five seconds, took a full twelve seconds.

As they approached the water, Makke and Peter used all their strength to explode and lift the bow of the boat with all their might.

As a result, the effort changed the angle of the bow into the water from 90 degrees to 60 degrees, and only slapped diagonally on the water.

If it remains the same, the weight acceleration of this ship will be at least a few tens of meters deep into the water, and then it will continue to sink until the bottom of the water with its own weight.

Now, due to the change in speed and angle, the hull is only half flat into the water, except for the bow that touches the water first, the rest of the hull remains the same.

What's more, the boat is still floating on the water, not capsizing!

Even so, many people on the boat still fell and were injured. When falling down, the inertia is too great, and the strong people can grab the fixed parts of the boat and keep their bodies in place, while those who can't do it and can't hold on to the fixed hull that can be supported will fall until they are blocked by the bow or the partition in the room, and the more unlucky ones are smashed by the people or things that fall.

Fortunately, neither daughter was injured. Ruofei rushed to Jingrui's room before the boat fell, hugged her with one hand, and grabbed the pillar with the other, and survived.

However, this result is also thanks to the fact that Mai Ke and Peter have slowed down the fall, and if it is a free fall, I don't know how much more injuries will increase.

Now there are not many injuries, and no one has died, which is a unique thing, beyond everyone's imagination.

As soon as the boat stopped, Mai Ke and Peter jumped out of the water onto the boat, and were immediately seen by many people. The quick-witted person immediately thought that this salvation had something to do with these two men.

Uncle Lu and Ning Zuo, who had repeatedly witnessed the miracle, hurriedly thanked them when they saw the two, "Thank you for your life-saving grace!

Ning Zuo added, "This is the second time, there is no way to repay it, and I will only obey my orders in the future." Uncle Lu said in his heart: "That's what I mean, but it's a pity that you old fox took the lead." ”

Mai Ke gave him the credit for the two, did not say anything, and said to everyone: "Don't talk about that, our crisis has not been resolved. Look around. ”

In fact, there is no need for Mai Ke to remind you, as long as you look up, you can see clearly: now they are really sitting in the well and watching the sky.

The boat is now in a waterhole, surrounded by cliffs that are at least 100 meters high. The shortest point, also fifty meters, is the top of the waterfall where they fell.

It is also strange to say that so many rivers are rushing down endlessly, and I don't know where they all flow, there is only the source, there is no exit.

In this environment, Mai Ke and Peter can fly out by themselves, at most they can take their two daughters with them. Or get a little creative and use the buoyancy they just used again to save a few more people. But the boat could not be saved.

Without a boat, how could these people go to Gwangju? And the people who drove them into this Black Dragon Pond would not let them concentrate on organizing an escape. It was even discovered that they were not crushed, and it was impossible to even stop here.

Sure enough, at this time, six or seven figures of different lengths appeared on the small hill next to the waterfall. In the last rays of the day, the men could still see the unsunken ship.

Then they were heard asking, in a puzzled and surprised tone, "Is anyone still alive?"

Mai Ke ignored the questioning, and the others consciously followed him and did not say anything.

At this moment, a man on the hill raised his hand and threw a stone at the big boat. Coincidentally, it was falling on the head of a crew member.

At this time, in order to save people, Uncle Lu made a move, grabbed the stone, and threw it into the water. The man was saved, and the splash of the old high water also informed the people on the hill that there were still living people on the boat.

At this time, another middle-aged man came out of the crowd and said in a deep voice: "Since your life is immortal, I will also open the net." As soon as you hand over six men, we will hang you all up and let you go. ”

Uncle Lu was just about to speak, but Mai Ke shook his head to stop and asked, "Which six?"

The man mentioned six names, including Mai Ke, Peter, the two young ladies, Ning Zuo, and the eldest son. As soon as Mai Ke heard these names, Ning You's ruthless and unwilling eyes immediately appeared in front of him.

"It seems that he still doesn't give up. Mai Ke already knew in his heart who was behind it.

At this time, Jing Rui came over and said to Mai Ke, "The person who spoke just now is the head of the Ning family in the Zhaozhou region, and this place already belongs to the Guangdong Province. He was originally another uncle I planned to visit, and the son of the second master, Xingsan. ”

No wonder it's a bit like Ning You. It seems that this one is even more ruthless. It is true that the dragon gave birth to nine sons, each with its own differences. Why don't you learn from the second child?

He glanced at Ning Zuo, who had been unable to interject beside him, and then quickly said, "Rui'er is right. This is the third brother. His father liked him more and valued him more than his eldest brother. So he made him the director of Zhaozhou Prefecture, which is more important than Wuzhou. ”

Zhaozhou is not only more economically affluent, but also has an incomparable geographical location, just stuck in the throat of Liangguang (the two major provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi).

"What do you have to say?" Mai Ke asked Ning Zuo.

"Resolutely not to hand over. ”

"Why?" asked Mai Ke a little strangely. He is also one of the six people who have been asked to return it, isn't it good to get out of danger and return to his family?

Ning Zuo's face was embarrassed, and he said in a difficult voice, "It stands to reason that the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, but the lives of so many people are at stake, so I have to say it." My third brother is too ruthless, even better than my eldest brother. If I had fallen into his hands, I would have been ten times more dangerous than I am now. ”

Jing Rui next to her also kept bowing her head, obviously completely agreeing with the second uncle's opinion. The family is like this, and it is obvious that this one is too notorious. So he replied in a loud voice, "We need to discuss, and we'll give you an answer in two days." ”

"No! a day at most. If you don't agree to my request at this time tomorrow, you will be shot to death with ten thousand arrows!"