When leaving the capital, An Xiabai and his party took the waterway, in order not to attract the attention of others, they deliberately chose to choose the early morning of the day, when most of the people had not woken up, they thought that such a choice could allow them to go to the Yang family safely, but it backfired, not only did they fail to leave.

Something happened on the way.

An Xiabai held Ruqing's hand tightly, with a worried face: "I always feel a sense of uneasy anxiety. ”

Ruqing patted her on the shoulder and asked her to relax: "It must be because you didn't sleep well last night, when we get to the place, we can rest well and recover." ”

"But—"

"It's okay, I'm in charge!" Ruqing patted her chest and made a promise with pride.

An Xiabai's heart relaxed a little.

At that time, their group was on the boat, and there were no waves in the blue waves, only one wave gradually expanded at the stern of the boat, and the ripples in the circle were like An Xiabai's uneasy mood. She lowered her head and rubbed between the neck of the sleeping Xiaodong, with a complicated expression, could they really leave the capital safely and hold on until Lu Li returned to the capital? And Fujun, what is his current situation at the border pass?

Even though An Xiabai knew that Lu Li's future fate must be unusual, and she knew that he would be able to turn the corner when he encountered any danger, but when she couldn't see it with her own eyes, she still couldn't help but worry, and she silently prayed for the safety of her sweetheart in her heart.

After the boat sailed for more than half an hour, the scenery on both sides of the strait became more and more familiar.

An Xiabai looked at the scenery on both sides of the strait, and suddenly remembered that some time ago, when he took the painting boat parade, he saw the same scenery along the coast of the capital.

Is this a waterway out of the capital?

An Xiabai's doubts also accumulated in the shadow heart, and the only one on the whole ship who didn't feel that something was wrong was Ruqing, who had always been careless, she only cared about teasing the child, and she found the abnormality of An Xiabai and the shadow's expressions at all.

"Boatman." The Shadow stepped forward and put his hand on the boatman's shoulder, "Where are you taking us?" ”

Surrounded by the burly man in the clothes on his shoulder, the ordinary boatman was already trembling with fear, even if he didn't lose control of his emotions, he would show a trace of surprise and puzzlement, but this boatman was unusual, the shadow's hand was on his shoulder, he was not surprised or panicked, and he could even squint his eyes and laugh.

"Guest, I'm here to go where you're going."

"When I haven't walked the waterway, this road is clearly to the capital." The shadow grimaced, and pressed the thumb of his right hand against the hilt of the sword, intending to draw it.

The boatman frowned, revealing a surprised expression: "Aren't you going to the capital?" ”

"Of course not!" Ruqing didn't know the undercurrent surging between them, and when she heard the boatman say that she was going to the capital, she was anxious and said first, "I'm going to Yongcheng, not the capital, the boatman, are you not smart enough to hear wrong." “

The boatman screamed, slapped his head and smiled awkwardly: "I heard it wrong, I thought that a few guests were going to the capital, don't panic me, guests, it's not a big problem, I'll turn around and go back!" ”

As he spoke, he thrust the stern of the boat into the water hard, and the hull of the boat gradually turned its head.

Doubts were like a layer of mist slowly shrouded in the hearts of An Xiabai and the Shadow, they looked at each other, and when they each suspected that their guess was wrong, the boatman suddenly snorted softly, and he didn't know where to hit a short knife, and he wanted to stab the shadow when he raised the knife.

"Be careful 1" An Xiabai hurriedly reminded.

Shadow was one of the Prince's trusted guards, and his martial prowess was so good that he avoided it when the boatman stabbed at him with a short knife in his hand.

The short knife stabbed in the air, and then stabbed at Ruqing.

Seeing this, the shadow drew his sword and slashed, the target was the boatman's hand holding the knife, his sword was extremely fast, like a gust of wind, carrying a raging sword momentum, ordinary people could not dodge at all.

The boatman was so good at his skill that he pulled back before the sword slashed, and when he dodged the Shadow's attack, he stabbed the Shadow with his sword.

It is estimated that because the shadow is the only man who breathes, An Xiabai and Ruqing are both women, and it is difficult to pose a threat with a child in their arms, the boatman didn't notice them at all, and only cared about fighting with the shadow.

This gave Ruqing an opportunity, if it weren't for the small size of the boat, she would have rushed up to help by now.

"Xia Bai, I'll help him."

The child in her arms was put on the boat by Ruqing and taken care of by An Xiabai, while the three of them were entangled on the boat.

An Xiabai doesn't know martial arts, so naturally he can't understand the tricks of their martial arts people, and can only vaguely understand the situation. At first glance, this boatman looks like an ordinary person from the Bureau of Discipline Inspection Commission, the kind that may not be able to be seen at a glance even if he is put in a pile of people, who would have thought that his martial arts would be so good, with a pair, not only did not fall behind, but it made Ruqing and the shadow action very difficult, plus they were afraid of the children on the boat and An Xiabai, they couldn't use their hands and feet, and they were soon suppressed by the boatman who was familiar with the situation.

The grappling action caused the hull of the ship to shake like a cradle, and Xiaodong Xiaoxue, who had been sleeping peacefully, was woken up and cried loudly.

Since losing her child, Ruqing can't hear the cry of a child the most, and when she heard Xiaodong Xiaoxue crying, she subconsciously glanced back.

Just then, the boatman found the flaw and stabbed her with a knife.

Seeing this, the Shadow knew that she couldn't dodge it in this situation, so she gritted her teeth and took the boatman's knife, holding it tightly with her hand.

The red blood stinged Ruqing's eyes, she gritted her teeth and shouted angrily, and attacked the boatman again,

Because the shadow's hand was too tight, and Ruqing's attack was too fierce, the boatman was quickly at a disadvantage, and finally couldn't dodge being slapped on the chest by Ruqing's palm, and then spit out a mouthful of blood.

It was clear that he was dying, but he still hooked the corners of his lips, as if everything was under his control.

At the moment before his death, he jumped into the water and did not forget the last one of the pit man, and he overturned the boat in a daze.

"Kid!" An Xiabai screamed, and before he had time to hug Xiaoxue, he fell into the water with the overturned hull of the boat. The good thing in this misfortune is that she knows how to water, and she quickly turned over after falling into the water, holding Xiaodong high to prevent him from choking on the water, while she barely swam in the water.

The boat was completely overturned, and everything on board fell into the water, including the child who was placed on the board of the boat by Ruqing.

"Xiaoxue has fallen into the water, save him!" For the first time in her life, An Xiabai had the urge to cry, at this time she was holding Xiaodong, and she couldn't dive into the water to save people at all, and her panicked mood made her even tremble when she spoke.

“.... Ahem... The child is with me. ”

There was a muffled voice next to him, it turned out that the shadow reacted quickly, and dived into the water to save people at the first time when the child fell into the water, and now Xiaoxue was held up by him.

The mood changed so much, as if flying into the sky from the bottom of the valley, An Xiabai's tears that couldn't help falling into the water merged with the red blood that gradually spread from the shadow, giving people a shocking feeling.

"You're hurt!"

"It's just a small injury, let's go to the shore first."

Fortunately, the place where the boat capsized was not far from the shore, and it didn't take them much time to swim to the shore, and as soon as they went ashore, An Xiabai put down the child and went to check the shadow of his injury, only to see that his face was as pale as paper, his body was constantly trembling, and the boatman's short knife was still stabbing his body, and blood was constantly flowing out of the wound, and there was also blood on the palm of his hand.

Where has An Xiabai seen such a formation, even if she died in her previous life, she had never seen such a tragic scene, and she was a little flustered for a while.

"How can I save you? Tell me! ”

The shadow that had been stiff since the time they met, the corners of his lips were drawn in a reluctant arc, he pushed away An Xiabai's hand pressed near the injury, and shook his head: "Don't deal with it, Mrs. Lu.... Leave me alone, take them with you. ”

"No, you're here to save us—"

The Shadow said with a complicated expression, "I can't hold it." ”

The boatman's knife stabbed him in the vital point just now, and the knife was never pulled out for this reason, and now he has made a big move when he touches the water, even if Hua Tuo is alive, he can't save him.

Perhaps because of his identity, he had seen too many deaths, but in the face of this situation, the shadow behaved very indifferently: "Mrs. Lu, you don't have to be sad for me..... Actually, I deserved to die.... When I first joined the army, I wanted to follow the general to the border to fight, but later for various reasons, I was accepted as a secret guard by His Royal Highness the Prince.... I didn't die at the border, and it was worth dying on the way to protect the general's wife. ”

As if he had exhausted all the strength of the Shadow, his brow tightened and his breathing became weaker and weaker.

At the last moment before closing his eyes, he weakly left a quick walk, and then closed his eyes forever.

An Xiabai didn't dare to cry, but silently shed tears, but the two children next to her, as if they could feel their mother's sadness, their little faces wrinkled and began to cry again.

"Xia Bai ....." Ruqing hugged Xiaoxue and sighed deeply, "The shadow was sacrificed to protect us, we can't live up to his wishes, let's go first, find a place to hide, and deal with the past first." ”

An Xiabai nodded, finally glanced back at the shadow, and walked away with Xiao Dong's heavy steps.

Because they didn't know the situation, and because there were many people in the neighborhood looking for them, they lived under the bridge for the time being.

Ruqing was injured, and the injury was so serious that she vomited blood, An Xiabai could sometimes clearly see her frowning in pain, she wanted to go to the pharmacy to buy some medicine for Ruqing, but the nearby pharmacy was guarded by officials, and she couldn't get close at all, so she had no choice but to go back to the bottom of the bridge.

Ruqing saw her tightly knit brows, wiped the blood from the corners of her lips, and pretended to smile relaxedly: "It doesn't matter if the injuries on my body are good, I will naturally heal in two days, Xia Bai, you don't have to worry about me, I will definitely be able to hold on!" ”

The tone of her voice was very firm, but An Xiabai didn't believe a word, she clearly knew that what Ruqing said was just to relax herself, if the injury was really not serious, how could people be haggard in the world, and vomit blood from time to time?

The shadow has been sacrificed, and An Xiabai doesn't want Ruqing to follow in his footsteps.

"Let's go back to the capital."