On the river not far from the bank of the Qinhuai River, a raging fire has already ignited on the stern of a painting boat.

Because it is far away from the noisy area of the Qinhuai River, there are not many people who find it at the first time, but some people still find it, and then spread, and then more and more people gradually gather on the river bank, and keep shouting here.

It's just that the distance is too far, the noise is chaotic, and what those people are shouting, the people on the boat can't hear clearly.

The chaotic (shēn) shadows of the housekeepers on the cabin were constantly interspersed, and the leader of the conductor Ding frantically shouted: "Quick, put out the fire." ”

"Bring water."

"Protect Yang Gongzi..."

Then, suddenly a scream came from the left cabin.

'Puff'

Then there was the sound of bodies falling into the water.

The shouts of the family were heard again: "There are assassins. ”

As soon as Ding's voice fell, another scream followed, and the body fell into the water.

In front of him, two family-like men carried bloody knives, nodded at each other, quickly blended into the chaotic crowd, raised the knives in their hands, and the fire shone on their faces, terrifyingly calm.

Then, a series of screams rang out from all around the boat.

The sound of weapons colliding also resounded one after another.

The bow of the boat was also on fire at the moment, and the whole boat had almost become a fireball on the river.

Fire, blood, knives, screams, shouts and other chaotic sounds came from all over the cabin.

In the cabin, Zhang Xiang, Yang Li and Liu Qingyin wanted to run out as soon as they smelled the smoke, but they were still a step too late, and the fire had already blocked all the hatches.

Listening to the constant sound of fighting outside the cabin, Zhang Xiang frowned, and looked up at Yang Li: "Brother Yang, what's going on?" ”

Yang Li was also in a state of bewilderment: "Brother Zhang, Yang doesn't know." ”

"Ahem..."

Liu Qingyin, who had inhaled a lot of smoke, was already coughing non-stop at the moment.

Zhang Xiang didn't have the heart to think too much, and hurriedly said, "Let's go out first." ”

He glanced at the cabin, then took off the outer cloth shirt, asked Yang Li and Liu Qingyin to take off the outer cloth shirt, and then poured all the water that could be used in the cabin on the cloth shirt, picked up the clothes and put them on again.

It's just that just when the three of them rushed to the hatch, a bright big knife stabbed at the poof.

Yang Li was still quick-eyed, and with a wave of the fan in his hand, he blocked the big knife.

But he also brought them back.

Then, two men dressed in household clothes rushed in, and without saying a word, they raised their knives and rushed directly to Liu Qingyin next to Yang Li (shēn).

Yang Li quickly blocked in front of her, entangled with the two men, and then threw Liu Qingyin, who was pulling, to Zhang Xiang: "Brother Zhang, you take Miss Liu and go first from the back cabin." ”

Zhang Xiang didn't say much, nodded, grabbed the chair in the cabin, and slammed it on the window of the rear cabin.

Because it was wooden, the wooden planks of the rear cabin window were also relatively thin, and after dozens of smashes, he finally smashed a big hole, and he grabbed Liu Qingyin's arm and rushed out under the wrapping of the raging fire.

After coming to the outside of the cabin, I finally saw the scene on the ship's board.

More than a dozen corpses had died on the board, and at the bow of the boat at the moment, there were more than a dozen family members fighting each other, and Zhang Xiang couldn't tell which group was good and which was bad.

However, after the scene in the cabin just now, he had already determined that these people were here to kill Liu Qingyin.

He didn't (jìn) glanced at Liu Qingyin twice.

At this time, Liu Qingyin was just panicked.

Looking like that, you don't know what's going on.

Zhang Xiang frowned and looked at the environment, the fire had already wrapped the entire painting boat, and the stern of the ship was gradually sinking.

He grabbed Liu Qingyin and ran towards the stern of the boat, and when he came to the stern, he said, "Do you know how to swim?" ”

Liu Qingyin shook his head violently.

"That can't help it, jump!" Without waiting for Liu Qingyin to react, he directly pushed Liu Qingyin down.

Then he jumped (shēn), and both of them fell into the river at the same time.

Liu Qingyin, who had just entered the river, was already frightened and pale, and it was this cold night, she couldn't swim and kept beating in the water, and then tightly grabbed Zhang Xiang who fell into the water.

Zhang Xiang dragged her with one hand, and swam to the other side of the river with one hand.

In just a few tens of meters away, he was dragged to drink a few mouthfuls of river water, if it weren't for his (shēn) physique and strength, I am afraid he would have been dragged down by Liu Qingyin.

Finally, when he was almost on the other side of the river, a (shēn) shadow flew over quickly, grabbed him, and lifted him to the shore.

After going ashore, Liu Qingyin was already unconscious, Zhang Xiang was also exhausted, and sat on the ground with a (pì) strand, looking at Liu Qingyin who was wet next to him, and then he saw that the figure who rescued him was Yuan Shen.

He gasped and said, "Why are you here?" ”

"I've been here for a long time." Yuan Shen said lightly.

"Then why do you want to do it now?" Zhang Xiang was a little unhappy, and he almost hung up himself.

Yuan Shen said lightly: "These people are here to kill Liu Qingyin, not to kill you, with your ability, you can run out by yourself, why should I make a move?" And this river is so wide, no matter how good the light work is, I can't get through without borrowing strength. ”

Zhang Xiang didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, and said strangely: "Do you know that these people are here to kill Liu Qingyin?" ”

Yuan Shen said slowly: "As early as when you got on the boat before, I saw them mixed into the Yang Mansion's family and got on the boat together, at first I thought that their target was you, but I followed them all the way down the river to observe them, at the bottom of the bridge before the painting boat passed, I saw on the bridge that they solved a few people at the stern, put them into a sack, and then piled up all the things that could be burned to the stern of the boat, and heard their conversation through internal force, knowing that their target was Liu Qingyin, I was relieved." ”

"Then you're not afraid that I'll be affected? Nor did I be notified in advance. Zhang Xiang was speechless.

Yuan Shen said lightly: "You are on the ship the whole time, how can I inform you?" Besides, this Liu Qingyin is the former princess of Chu, what does her life and Yang Li's life and death have to do with me? As long as they don't do anything to you, I won't do it. ”

"Alright! You win. Zhang Xiang had nothing to say and gave him a thumbs up.

After resting for a while, his strength had recovered a lot, and he looked at the painting boat that was still burning in the middle of the river, and frowned, "I don't know what happened to Yang Li?" ”

"Don't worry, with his martial arts, it is more than enough to deal with those assassins at the level of guards, maybe at this time, he has already landed safely." Yuan Shen turn (shēn), ready to leave.

Zhang Xiang glanced at Liu Qingyin on the ground: "You can't throw her here, right?" ”

"If I were you, I wouldn't have saved her! While she is unconscious, throw her back into the river and fend for herself. Yuan Shen's tone was indifferent.

Zhang Xiang can't do this kind of thing.

It's not that he pities the fragrance and cherishes the jade, if Liu Qingyin is drowned, it will be fine.

It's just that since they have rescued her ashore, whether they let her go or throw her back, it is inevitable that she will be too unpopular.

In this kind of weather, if no one cares about it overnight, by tomorrow, she will be a corpse.

At this time, she was terribly cold.

He hurriedly picked up Liu Qingyin and followed Yuan Shen's footsteps: "Find a safe place first, let her change her clothes and get some warmth, otherwise, if she doesn't die, she will have to go to half her life." ”

"You can think about it, she is the former princess of Chu, if you save her, it may become a big trouble for you in the future." Yuan Shen reminded.

Zhang Xiang narrowed his eyes slightly: "Everything has two sides (xìng), I saved her this time, she also owes me a person (qíng), if she really rebels in the future, maybe it can also become a good help for me to find the truth." ”

"This kind of woman is not so easy to control." Yuan Shen shook his head, he didn't have a very shrewd mind, and simple and rough was his style of acting.

Zhang Xiang smiled and said, "It's okay, I didn't say that I wanted to control her, I just asked her to remember me as a person (qíng)." ”

……

The fire on the river burned for two hours before it was gradually extinguished.

At this time, on the river, more than a dozen small boats began to scatter around to salvage the corpses, and the official messengers of the government also dispatched to search along the banks of the river.

The wet Yang Li stood on one of the boats, his eyes searching everywhere, his face (yīn) sinking terribly...