On the river at midnight, it was foggy, except for the sound of the surging river, there was no other sound around, it was really dark, there was no light at all, the black made people almost out of breath, Qing Xuan was barefoot, only wearing a profane coat and standing alone on the deck, laughing at the dark sky.

"Sister, where are you?"

It is the voice of the moon.

Qing Xuan heard the sound, and his body trembled slightly.

Yue Ruyi woke up but didn't see Qingxuan around, she was shocked, and hurriedly came out to look for it, she lit the kerosene lamp in her hand, and the bright light of Huang Yingying hit, at this moment her hair was scattered, just casually put on a coat, in the bright light, her shadow was extremely long, her head seemed to have two horns, her body was abnormally strong, and her mouth was open, just like a hellish ghost.

"Ahh......h

Qing Xuan exclaimed loudly, and kept retreating to the side of the boat, seeing that he was about to fall into the river.

Yue Ruyi was shocked and shouted at her: "Sister, don't move, don't move!" ”

But the more she said that Qing Xuan retreated, the more she was retiring, and she was already crumbling by the side of the boat at this moment.

Yue Ruyi was completely panicked, she didn't dare to move forward, she was afraid that Qing Xuan would be planted in the turbulent river if she was not careful, but at this moment, she clearly saw the kind of loveless determination in her eyes.

Yue Ruyi was shocked, she begged: "Sister, you come here, come here, as long as you come over, I will promise to let you go, no, I promise to return you to Ye Hu, if you don't want Ye Hu, I will take you to Su Changfeng, as long as you are well, let me do anything!" ”

At this time, Qing Xuan suddenly raised his head and smiled at her, the decisive color in his eyes was even worse, and Yue Ruyi was completely panicked.

She screamed loudly: "Sister, don't, don't!" Sister ......"

Qing Xuan always ignored her exclamations, she glanced at the surging river behind her, and then jumped into the river without hesitation, and the turbulent river instantly engulfed her figure.

Yue Ruyi immediately jumped up to the side of the boat, and jumped into the river without hesitation after taking a look at the dark river, the river water in October was cold to the bone, and the water was even darker, she kept groping under the water, and finally she touched a person's clothes, She pulled her up hard, and pulled her up little by little.

"Sister, sister, it's really you, wake up!"

Yue Ruyi was overjoyed and called loudly, but Qingxuan never responded.

At this point, the ship has drifted to somewhere? She held Qing Xuan, who was already unconscious, and swam desperately to the other side, but she could never see the shore.

Her hands and feet stiffened, and she slowly lost her instincts, but her mind became clearer and clearer, and she paddled hard, paddling hard, and kept silently thinking in her heart, shore, shore, shore......

The sky has been white, she held Qing Xuan, who didn't know whether she was dead or alive at the moment, had been holding on to the bottom of the water for three hours, and finally she saw a piece of driftwood, excited, fighting her last breath, and grabbed it into her hand, but the driftwood was too small to support the weight of two people, she was exhausted, and she no longer had the strength to swim.

She looked at Qing Xuan, who was still unconscious, and said softly: "I'm sorry, sister, don't blame me, I just love you too much!" ”

Then she used her last strength to tie Qing Xuan's hands to the driftwood with a cloth belt, and then she let go of the driftwood that had been gradually sinking, and gradually sank into the river.

The last thing that flashed in her mind was a beautiful woman dressed in white, dancing under the plum trees with frost and snow, a handsome young man holding a sword, like a swimming dragon, and there were children laughing and laughing in the distance......

"Sister, farewell, don't hate me!"

Nan'an, Fenglindu

Shen Changge went to Acacia Gate to find Qing Xuan, and the drunk Su Chang told him that Qing Xuan had left, gone far, far away, and then kept laughing.

Seeing that he really couldn't ask anything, he was disappointed, and was about to leave, but suddenly a maid in a pink skirt told her that Qingxuan might have gone to Miaojiang with Yue Ruyi.

He inquired all the way, and asked one by one with the portrait of Qingxuan at the intersections where they might pass, as long as someone provided information, he gave silver, and finally after giving out a few hundred taels of silver, a little second told him that there were two girls who had lived in the Fulai Inn, and one of them was very similar to the woman in his portrait, and took him to the room where they had lived.

Years of experience in investigating cases by Wangcheng Zhaowu School Guards told him that Qing Xuan was likely in danger, and the two women obviously left in a hurry, and there were still many personal belongings in the room that they had not taken away.

Based on the clues provided by Xiao Er, he preliminarily judged that Qing Xuan's solo departure might be related to a woman who died of accidental poisoning, and then he roughly deduced the whole thing from the items and clues left in the room.

He hurried to the ferry following the clues left along the way, but only found the body of a man in the river, and he rushed to Nan'ancheng County to report the case, and learned that the dead were a boatman, and witnesses on the shore said that he seemed to have carried two women before.

Shen Changge judged that the two women were most likely Qingxuan and Yue Ruyi.

After that, when he chased all the way to Fenglindu, he happened to see a group of people pointing at the river, he turned his head to take a look, and found that it seemed to be a person floating in the river.

The people watching the ferry were all talking.

"I'm afraid that another one has been killed by a water ghost."

"I don't see if I'm dead, the corpse has been floating on the river."

"I don't know if it's a man or a woman?"

Shen Changge saw that everyone was just talking, but no one pulled the body ashore, so he took off his boots and robe and was about to jump into the icy river water.

Seeing this, an elderly uncle hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Childe, the water here is turbulent, and there are water ghosts all year round, so Childe should not lose his life because of this." ”

Shen Changge smiled faintly, arched his hand towards the uncle and said: "The water ghost said, the strange power is just chaotic, since this person has unfortunately died here, we are destined to see her, and it is appropriate to let her be buried in peace." ”

Then Shen Changge jumped into the river, he finally pulled the person to the shore with great effort, only to find that it was a woman, at this moment she was not clothed, all kinds of scars could be seen everywhere on her body, her hands were tied to a driftwood, it seemed to be tied very tightly, the skin on her hands was already blackened, and her face was covered tightly by long hair.

Shen Changge preliminarily judged that this seemed to be a poor woman who had been brutally tortured and killed.

The people around the ferry gathered more and more, most of them stared at the woman's naked body, and some people said some foul language, Shen Changge sighed a little, and despite the fact that he was already soaked at the moment, he was shivering from the cold, or used his only robe to cover the woman completely, and then prepared to go to the nearest county office to report the case.

He had just walked less than ten steps, and the uncle just now suddenly shouted loudly: "Childe, this person is not dead yet, and he is still angry." ”

It turned out that the lustful man saw that Shen Changge had left, and hurriedly lifted his robe, thinking about it, but found that the woman seemed to move.

Shen Changge turned back to the ferry and carefully checked again, he brushed away the messy hair covering the woman's face little by little, and was shocked to find that this woman was actually the Qingxuan she was looking for day and night.

He carried her to the nearest inn and invited the best doctor in Nan'an to treat her, but fortunately she had only been in a coma due to poor blood flow in the river for too long, and at this moment she had no worries about her life except that her hands were tied too tightly and her injuries were serious.

He was finally relieved, After sending the doctor away, looking at Qing Xuan, who was pale and haggard at the moment, he felt distressed, if it weren't for the fact that she was Ye Hu's wife, why wouldn't he dare to admit his feelings for her.

But now that Ye Hu has abandoned her for the sake of Yuanshuang, even if she really has something with Su Changfeng as Ye Hu said, he must believe that she is forced, she is a weak woman, how can she protect herself in a place like Acacia.

He would only feel that it was because of their incompetence that they failed to rescue her earlier, and they had made her suffer so much, and he would only feel more sorry for her and cherish her because of this.

He silently recited in his heart: "Ye Hu, you are going to divorce her, you must not regret it in the future!" ”

Qing Xuan was in a coma for three days and three nights and never woke up, he was also worried about her bedside for three days and three nights, and on the fourth day, she invited the eldest sister who was in charge of taking care of Qing Xuan to see that he was too hard, and persuaded him to rest first, and repeatedly promised that Qing Xuan would notify him as soon as he woke up, and he went back to the next room to prepare for a nap with anxiety.

Not long after he left, Qing Xuan suddenly opened his eyes.

"Water, water......" she muttered.

The eldest sister who took care of her was suddenly pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly helped her up and fed her water.

Then he said to her: "Lady, it's good if you wake up, you have taken care of you for three days and three nights, it is really touching, I was persuaded to rest just now, I will call him now, if he knows that you are awake, I may be so happy!" ”

With that, he walked out the door.

Qing Xuan muttered: "Xianggong? Ye Hu, he finally came to save her. ”

She burst into tears of excitement, quickly climbed out of bed, and slowly walked out of the room holding on to the wall.

"Wake up, wake up, Childe go and see ......"

The eldest sister's voice got closer and closer, and there was a sound of hurried footsteps in her ears.

She was both happy and aggrieved in her heart, she staggered forward again by holding on to the door panel, and shouted in her mouth: "Ye Hu, Ye Hu ......"

"Qingxuan!"

As soon as Shen Changge lay down and didn't fall asleep, the eldest sister rushed to call him, saying that Qing Xuan had woken up, he was overjoyed and came in a hurry, but saw that Qing Xuan was already standing at the door with the door panel, but the person with her face full of joy was Ye Hu.

He was immediately depressed, and when he saw that she was clearly seeing the person in front of her, not Ye Hu, who was in her heart, the joy on his face instantly dissipated.

With a puzzled expression and a cold tone, she asked him, "How could it be you?" Shen Changge! ”

He was taken aback, he had the impression that she had always been extremely gentle and peaceful, and she had always been gentle and polite to others, how could she be so indifferent now.

He suddenly became cramped and uneasy, and the eldest sister behind him had already seen the clues, and knew that she was in trouble, so she hurriedly found an excuse to escape.

Shen Changge saw that Qing Xuan couldn't stand anymore, and was busy trying to help her, but she repeatedly retreated and dodged, and the atmosphere suddenly became even more embarrassing.

He thought for a moment before he said to her: "Ye Hu is fighting in Nan'an at the moment, and he really can't get out, so he asked me to take care of you for him." ”