Chapter 3: Encounter with the Water Bandits
As soon as the words came out, Gu Qian knew that things were going to be bad, at present, the enemy was dark and I was clear, and he didn't know the other party's way, and he didn't know the other party's manpower, so he rashly spoke out, isn't this a clear search for death?
Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, a man dressed in water climbed up, Gu Qian couldn't see his face clearly, but he could see the silver dagger in his mouth.
Gu Qian put down the cloak around his body, and secretly kicked Xu Ma not far away, Xu Ma was startled, and just about to speak, she saw Gu Qian pick up the wooden stick hidden on his side and knock it on the big man's head, since it has been exposed, in order to find a glimmer of life for the child behind him, Gu Qian can't care a lot, pick up the wooden stick and knock it randomly, and shout loudly while knocking back: "There is a thief!"
His voice not only woke up Xu Ma and Ginkgo, but even Gu An, who was guarding the stern, also woke up. It's just that as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw two men climbing up to the stern of the boat, Gu Anxin was frightened, grabbed the wooden stick and killed him lifelessly.
The master and servant, one in the bow and the other in the stern, tried their best to confront the bandits, and while fighting back, the boatmen who rushed to the rear ship shouted: "I haven't come to help yet!"
There was silence on the boat.
Gu Qian was anxious, not only the three water bandits who climbed onto the boat who came to hijack the boat, they must also have the manpower to respond, because the river level was as calm as usual, but the boat had already shaken violently, if these people were not dealt with, the boat would be overturned by the water bandits hidden in the water.
"Those who come to save people will be rewarded with ten taels of silver!" Gu Qian shouted: "If you don't come back, Lao Tzu will burn your broken ship even if he dies!"
Gu Qian had just finished shouting, and saw two young boatmen jumping over from the boat, but he came too late, and underestimated the energy of the bandits, seeing that Gu Qian and Gu An resisted too fiercely, the bandits hidden under the water simply did not do anything, and tried their best to overturn the boat.
"Sir!"
"Wow wow......" Brother Tiger's cry startled Gu Qian, before the boat was overturned, he grabbed the wall of the boat and snatched Brother Tiger who had escaped from Mother Xu's arms.
Before Brother Hu'er's crying ended, he fell into the water with Gu Qian.
The river water was cold, Gu Qian couldn't take care of it, and lifted Brother Tiger out of the water.
"Wow!" Brother Tiger choked on the water, and was frightened again, his crying became more and more terrible, and the whole person was still struggling. Gu Qian was so troubled by him that he had no choice but to penetrate his armpit from behind and drag him to the shore.
"There, chase after it!" Just when Gu Qian dragged Brother Hu to swim to the shore, he saw that torches suddenly lit on the shore, and the firelight illuminated the people on the shore, only to see that they all looked unkind, and the knives in their hands were also shining.
Gu Qian was taken aback, and said in his heart, isn't this a simple hijacking of a ship but an interception? I can't go to the shore, so I can only swim back, the cold river water invades his body, and his body temperature is lost rapidly, but Gu Qian doesn't care about this, he just wants to find a safe place and try his best to send Brother Tiger ashore.
The boat that lived in the house had been overturned by the bandits, and Ginkgo and Mother Xu were nowhere to be found, only to hear the sound of Gu An shouting at the master to leave, Gu Qian's eyes were hot, and he just wanted to look back, but found that the tiger brother in his arms suddenly quieted down.
"Brother Tiger?" he exclaimed eagerly.
"Daddy......" The river is too cold, and Brother Tiger has lost the strength to struggle.
No, if this continues, Brother Tiger will get seriously ill if he doesn't die! But where can he swim around? Looking around, in addition to the pursuers behind him, there is a wider and wider Jiangxin.
Could it be that he was going to die here just now? Gu Qian's teeth were clenched, his wife who had just died, and the servant whose life and death were uncertain, was forced to Jiang Xin's self where there was nowhere to escape...... Why did you encounter all this? Do you have a conscience at all?
Turning around, seeing Gu An who was still shouting hard, Gu Qian mustered up all his strength and shouted at the sailors who hijacked the ship: "This official is here!
If sacrificing oneself can save the lives of the servants, then do it! Gu An, why should he take their lives for himself? Gu Qian saw that the pursuers were all attracted over, so he turned his head and swam forward, rubbing Brother Tiger's forehead as he swam, "Brother Tiger, I'm sorry, Daddy can't protect you!"
As if he understood his words, Brother Tiger touched him with a warm mouth.
Gu Qian's eyes were hot, and he almost burst into tears on the spot.
I don't know how long I swam, anyway, Gu Qian, who has always prided himself as a strong swimmer, really couldn't swim, and the pursuers behind him were getting closer and closer, and Gu Qian knew that he was dead.
"The surname Gu is here!" The water bandit behind him gradually approached, and in a trance, Gu Qian had already seen the dagger raised in his hand.
Gu Qian hugged Brother Tiger and closed his eyes.
Just when Gu Qian thought that he was dead, a sharp sound of breaking the air passed through his ears, Gu Qian closed his eyes, and before he knew what was happening, he heard a muffled snort, and the dagger that should have fallen on him also slipped into the water.
He opened his eyes suspiciously, and at a glance he saw the eyes of the bandit who had stabbed him with a knife wide open, his arms outstretched, and the man sinking straight down. After a closer look, I found that a line of blood slowly flowed out of the man's forehead, and in the middle of his forehead, there was no feather arrow with only tail feathers.
This is...... Someone saved him? Gu Qian was stunned.
The chasing soldiers behind him were still there, and Gu Qian didn't have time to escape before the second wave of attacks arrived, but the water bandits chasing behind him didn't notice the tragic appearance of their companions, and when they raised their daggers against Gu Qian again, they swooped! The sound of breaking the air almost at the same time struck again, and under Gu Qian's watchful eyes, the three water bandits were all shot in the forehead, and they hung up without even exclaiming.
Gu Qian turned around with difficulty while holding the tiger brother, and after seeing the big ship coming from not far away, he waved his hand with all his strength.
"Help!"
When he woke up, Gu Qian only felt dizzy and weak.
"Are you awake?" the young man who was guarding the bedside saw him wake up, and his face showed a touch of joy: "You have been asleep for two days." ”
Gu Qian was taken aback and hurriedly said, "What about Brother Hu'er, and what about my servant?"
"Brother Hu?" the young man paused and said, "It's that little master, right? He's in Dr. Li's cabin." ”
"Dr. Li, please take me to him. Gu Qian struggled to get up, and he was not at ease if he didn't see Brother Tiger with his own eyes. When the young man saw Gu Qian get up, he stumbled out, and hurriedly stopped: "Doctor Li said, you can't go out yet!"
"I want to see Brother Tiger!"
"You'd better go back first!" said the young man helplessly, "You can't just walk around on this boat." ”
Where was Gu Qian willing to listen, opened the door, and as soon as he took a step, he saw a flash of cold light, and a big man said in a deep voice: "What are you going to do?"
Gu Qian was stunned, did he just get out of the tiger's den and into the wolf's den?
"You still don't listen to what you said you wouldn't let you walk around. The young man dragged Gu Qian back and said, "If you want to see Dr. Li, let me go and talk about it." ”
"Little brother, wait, may I ask who is the owner of this ship?" Gu Qian sat on the bed, faced the young man's doubts, and said calmly: "I want to personally go and thank the life-saving benefactor." ”
The young man paused, saw Gu Qian's sincere expression, thought for a moment, and said, "Okay, you can go with me." ”
All the way out of the cabin, up the stairs through guò, to the deck of the big ship, the young man walked in front, Gu Qian followed with great effort in the back, the body that had just recovered from a serious illness was really a little powerless, but he couldn't relax, he had to do his best to figure out the situation, and he couldn't let himself be passive.
On the way, Gu Qian asked a few more questions about Gu An's situation, but the young man did not answer positively, only said that he would know later. No matter how anxious Gu Qian was, it was useless, so he could only drag his weak body and follow the young man to a door.
There were two guards standing in front of the gate, and when they saw the young man leading Gu Qian up, one of them frowned, and said, "You don't stay down there, what are you running up for?"
"I'm tired of the second brother to give a pass, this Lord Gu wants to see the adult. ”
The second brother glanced at Gu Qian and said, "Your Excellency is busy." ”
"Second brother, make it easy for you!"
The young man smiled straightly, and Gu Qian on the side also arched his hand and said, "I'm sorry for you." ”
Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling man, the guard had no choice but to say, "You wait here." With that, he carefully opened the door and went in.
A crack was opened in the door, and Gu Qian listened attentively, as if he heard the child's laughter. Isn't the adult inside busy with business? While his mind was in a hurry, he saw the guard come out and said, "Go in." ”
Gu Qian straightened his clothes and walked in with a solemn face.
The door opened, but the scene inside was unexpected.
On the carpet that covered the room, a child was crawling around and playing.
"Brother Tiger!" Gu Qian exclaimed, Brother Tiger raised his head, and before he could call out the word Daddy, he was hugged into his arms by Gu Qian, who rushed to him, "It's great that you're okay! I'm scared to death Daddy!" As he spoke, he groped up and down on Brother Tiger'er, and his eyes were red with excitement.
"Daddy!" cried out in a milky voice.
"Hey!" Gu Qian choked.
The father and son were enjoying the joy of the rest of their lives after the catastrophe affectionately, when they heard a cough from above. Gu Qian stopped the excitement in his heart, looked up, and saw a person sitting upright at the back of the bookcase in the room.
Wearing a black crown, his face is handsome, his breath is indifferent, and there is no emotion on his face.
Gu Qian's eyes shrank, he was not afraid of this person's momentum, but was frightened by this person's clothes. If the memory of the original owner is not wrong, the costume this person wears is called the Flying Fish Suit!
He's a brocade guard!