Sister-in-law Pearl was staggered by the ship, hurriedly threw herself on the bed, picked up Zhao Xiu, and staggered to find Zhao Wei.

Zhao Wei's cabin is next door, it was originally very easy to get over, but it was just a matter of two steps, but now the hull is unstable, and the pearl sister-in-law shook for a long time before she walked out of the door, and saw Zhao Wei panicked and called "Daddy" to run to the cabin of Zhao Zhuo and his wife at the other end of the corridor, and Qiu Ye hugged him and sent him to Mi's hands. At this very moment, the lights in the cabin went out.

Zhao Wei was already taken care of, so Sister-in-law Pearl hesitated. It stands to reason that she should also send Zhao Xiu over, but now that the boat is so turbulent, the corridor is not short, and there are no lights, what if the child falls and knocks along the way? It's better to stay in your room. Sister-in-law Pearl looked down at Zhao Xiu, and saw that although she was a little scared, she was very calm and did not cry, so she immediately made a decision, returned to the bed and sat down, hugged her tightly with one hand, and grabbed the bed with the other hand to fix her body.

After a while, the boat was not so bad, and the wind and rain outside seemed to be less, Zhang's shouted and ordered someone to light the lantern again, and the main cabin soon became bright, but there was a commotion in Zhao Zhuo's room, it turned out that Zhao Zhuo was seasick again, vomiting badly, Zhao Wei was so frightened that he cried, Mi couldn't take care of his son because of his husband, and he was so busy. Zhang asked Qiu Ye to take care of Zhao Wei before Mi freed his hand.

Zhang asked again: "How is the eldest sister?" Where's Sister-in-law? ”

Sister-in-law Pearl hurriedly said: "Here, my sister is very good, I didn't cry, and I wasn't afraid, but the lights went out, I didn't dare to leave my sister to light the lights, and I was afraid that when I went out of the room, the boat was turbulent, and my sister would knock." ”

Zhang said: "In this case, you can stay in that house and wait for the wind and rain to subside." ”

Sister-in-law Pearl responded, bowed her head and whispered to Zhao Xiu: "Sister, you have to be obedient, don't cry, the old lady will be angry if she cries." ”

Zhao Xiu really wants to pout, when is she crying? People who haven't seen this big family, is she the most worry-free?

Mi's there was a shortage of manpower, Zhang took care of his grandson, sent Autumn Leaves over to help, and counted the spring grass: "Let her go to look for ginseng, it's been more than an hour and there is no one, where is this lazy?" What about medicine? The medicine that has just been fried is all sprinkled, hurry up and fry it again! ”

As soon as the pearl sister-in-law heard the master mention the name of the sister-in-law, she immediately woke up. Now in several cabins, except for her to take care of her sister, there is only one autumn leaf who can work, and the absence of spring grass is really conspicuous. The old lady said very well, Chuncao only needs to find a few ginseng whiskers in the bottom cabin, and fry ginseng soup for the second master at night, but the old lady has ordered it for so long, and Chuncao has been gone for so long, why hasn't she come back yet? Sister-in-law Pearl didn't suspect that her sister-in-law would be deliberately lazy, but her parents-in-law were on the boat, and she might have taken the opportunity to go to the back cabin to talk to her father, because there was a sudden wind and rain, and the boat was too turbulent, so she didn't dare to come back for the time being, which is also very possible.

Zhang's is a kind and generous master, if in normal times, it is nothing for Chuncao to steal a little lazy, but now is the time to wait for someone to make her, she still wants to be like this, and Zhang's is impossible to let go lightly no matter how kind he is.

Sister-in-law Pearl bit her lip and saw that the hull of the boat was much more stable, so she quietly got up and wanted to go to find her sister-in-law to come back. As soon as she moved, Zhao Xiu screamed, and she didn't dare to move again. There was only one sister in the cabin, and she didn't dare to leave the child alone, which was a crime on top of a crime. But if the child is taken to the master's house and they ask her what she is going to do, what should she say? If you are looking for spring grass, where does spring grass go, maybe even your in-laws will be involved.

Since you can't leave the child out, and you can't alarm the owner, the best way is to take the child with you.

Thinking of this, Sister-in-law Pearl looked down at Zhao Xiu, and the little thought that had just come up was scattered again. Although the wind and rain outside are a little smaller, but the child may not be able to withstand it, she still went to the hatch to ask someone to find the sister-in-law back, as long as the movement is smaller, there is a great hope that it will not alarm the master's family.

She whispered to Zhao Xiu: "Sister, be obedient, don't make a noise, we'll be back in a while." ”

Zhao Xiu looked at her with some doubts, not understanding what she wanted to do, but she was not afraid in her heart, this nurse would never harm her mind.

Sister-in-law Pearl carefully picked up Zhao Xiu, looked out of the corridor, and saw that the main cabin and Zhao Zhuo's husband and wife were busy in their own ways, so they didn't pay attention to this end, so they slipped out quietly.

She hurried through the corridor to the hatch, where there was a staircase leading to the next cabin, and two steps ahead was the hatch, outside which had been guarded by two servants, but now the wind and rain were blowing, and they were gone, and eighty percent were hiding. She was a little at a loss, she didn't even have someone to talk to, how could she find her sister-in-law?

At this moment, footsteps sounded on the stairs of the lower floor. Sister-in-law Pearl was puzzled, the cabins on the lower two floors were for luggage, how could there be anyone at night? Hearing the sound of such heavy footsteps, it doesn't look like a servant woman from the Hou Mansion, could it be that the boatman sneaked in?

She kept an eye on it, and quietly hid in the first cabin of the corridor, which was the bedroom of their maids and servants, and she was very familiar with it, and at this time the black light was blind, and it was not easy for people to see.

A dark figure came out of the staircase, and looked around, the light was too dim to see who it was, but just by looking at the height of the child, he knew that it must be a man. Sister-in-law's heart immediately rose to her throat.

There are all women here, except for the second master and Brother Wei, how can there be men coming in?!

Outside, a thunderstorm suddenly sounded in the sky, and the electric light shone through the porthole, reflecting on the man's face, which seemed to be somewhat familiar, but it also felt unfamiliar.

Sister-in-law Pearl and Zhao Xiu in her arms found out at the same time, the man was soaked, there were still blood stains on his cheeks, his expression was hideous, and there was a long knife pinned to his waist.

Sister-in-law Pearl covered her mouth tightly to prevent herself from screaming, and Zhao Xiu also gritted her teeth and held back her breath.

The man quickly opened the hatch and went out, but hastily closed the hatch without closing it, and then jumped up and disappeared.

Sister-in-law Pearl walked over cautiously and quickly bolted the hatch shut, only to begin to feel a weakness on her feet. Zhao Xiu turned his head to look at the stairs leading to the lower cabin: "Below, there is blood." Sister-in-law Pearl was reminded by her words, her face turned white, and she looked at the main cabin at the end of the corridor, everyone was busy, and the thunder and lightning outside were loud, and no one had noticed the movement here.

She gritted her teeth, took a fire fold from the shelf next to her, opened the lid and blew. Zhao Xiu saw that the situation was not good, and called her: "Call someone quickly." But Sister-in-law Pearl had a white face, patted her twice and coaxed: "Sister, be obedient, don't make a sound." Then he took advantage of the light of the fire and slowly walked down the stairs.

The stairs are very wide and stable, and the large luggage is underneath, and when carrying luggage, if the stairs are not wide and stable enough, it is easy to break things. Sister-in-law Pearl often goes up and down here, she is used to walking, and at this moment she carefully holds Zhao Xiu in one hand, holds the fire fold in the other, and walks down tightly against the wall, and only then does she go down the floor, and she faintly hears the sound of water flowing.

How can there be a sound of flowing water?

Sister-in-law Pearl walked down puzzled, not noticing that Zhao Xiu had a white face in her arms. The sound of the water is not waves, like the sound of waves crashing against the hull of a ship, but gurgling, as if the water is coming out of nowhere, most likely because there is something wrong with the bilge!

Zhao Xiu grabbed the placket of Sister-in-law Pearl's clothes tightly: "Go up!" ”

"Sister is obedient, don't make trouble." Sister-in-law Pearl didn't understand what she meant, and continued to walk, but soon, she also stopped.

In the cabin of the next floor, the large luggage was placed as usual, and there was nothing unusual, but further down, the water had already soaked the entire bilge, and at the mouth of the staircase, a light-colored object was floating, and the smell of blood overflowed, which made people feel ominous.

Sister-in-law Pearl's face turned even paler, she took a few more steps down, and the dim light of the fire fold shone on the light-colored object, reflecting the clothes that Chuncao was wearing today, and the object was clearly a person, it was Chuncao, who had been missing for a long time!

Zhao Xiu couldn't help but scream. At this time, Chuncao, I am afraid that he has already died, and there are still a few obvious knife marks on his body, and his body is stained with blood, soaked in water, and he is motionless.

Sister-in-law Pearl collapsed on the stairs with her legs limp. Zhao Xiu couldn't control it so much, and made a loud noise: "Call someone quickly!" Go up and call someone! ”

This shout woke up Sister-in-law Pearl, she wolfishly carried Zhao Xiu upstairs, and when she climbed back to the floor where she lived, Autumn Leaves had already looked at the other end of the corridor: "Sister-in-law Pearl, was my sister crying just now?" ”

Sister-in-law Pearl sat at the top of the stairs with soft hands and feet, trembling all over, unable to say a word. Zhao Xiu was placed on the deck and shouted loudly: "Chuncao is dead!" The boat is in the water! Come on! ”

Autumn leaves ran over to pick her up, and Zhang and Mi also heard the movement and walked out of the cabin: "What's wrong?" What's wrong? What is my sister talking about? ”

Sister-in-law Pearl was so frightened that she spoke incoherently: "Spring grass...... Chuncao died, and someone killed him...... It's that person! That guy just now! ”

"Who was it just now?" Akiba didn't understand, "Sister-in-law, what are you going to say?" ”

Zhao Xiu shouted angrily: "The bottom of the boat is in the water!" ”

Autumn leaves were startled, and Zhang walked over quickly and hugged his granddaughter, ordering Autumn Leaves to go down quickly to see what was going on. Autumn leaves hurriedly lit the lantern and went down the stairs, and after a while, she ran back in fear: "The bottom of the boat is flooded, the bilge has been half flooded, and Chuncao is soaked in water, I'm afraid that she will already die!" ”

Zhang quickly ordered: "Hurry up and inform the whole ship, deliver urgent letters to other ships, we have to dock immediately!" ”

The order was quickly conveyed, and the whole ship was busy, lighting the dead wind lanterns, waving the lights to signal the ships in the same boat, quickly cleaning up the soft ones, salvaging the corpses of spring grass, going to the bilge to check for water leaks, and sealing the cabins by the way...... People found that the leakage was really serious, and there were more than a dozen big holes in the bottom of the boat, and it didn't take long to support it. And Chuncao's parents learned of their daughter's death, they had already cried into tears, and the pearl sister-in-law was not much stronger, Zhang's saw that she was confused, so she asked her to hug her granddaughter tightly, and followed Mi's side closely, as long as she could keep up when she went ashore for a while.

The group staggered to the deck, and the ship was rapidly approaching the shore, but the hull was heavy and the speed was getting slower and slower. At this time, the boss of the boat came to report soaking wet: "The other ships have left, and the Hou Ye's ship ignores us!" ”

"What did you say?!" Zhang was furious, "Didn't you make it clear?!" ”

"To make it clear, the little one saw with his own eyes that Master Hou asked someone to drive the boat faster!"

Zhang was trembling with anger, and then someone came to report: "There is one less servant on the ship, he is tall, maybe he is the person that the nurse saw, I don't know where to hide now!" ”

In a flash of light, Zhang suddenly understood something, but she still couldn't believe it.

There was a click, and the people looked up, and saw the mast creaking, and then suddenly broke in the middle, and fell to the right side of the ship, and the whole ship was tilted to the right. Zhao Xiu was in the arms of sister-in-law Pearl, and clearly saw a big wave hitting them.