Chapter 372: Smuggling across the river
When Kim Jong-lei saw that his life-saving benefactor, Father Fu, was injured by the soldiers, he was angry from the side of his heart, and let out an angry roar, so that he tried his best to slash and stab with all his strength, and killed more than a dozen soldiers in an instant. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
After Jin Zhenglei scattered the pursuers, he came back and knelt beside Daddy Fu, and said guiltily: "Daddy, I hurt you!" ”
Father Fu's face was pale, his breath was short, and he said with difficulty: "I can't blame you." Alas, this is all providence. ”
Although Daddy Fu's family has all kinds of strange medicines and prescriptions, and has survived countless lives, he can't heal his injuries at this time and can't save his life. Father Fu felt that he was dying, so he stretched out his hand to take Jin Zhenglei's hand, then took Ruoxi's hand, pulled the two hands together, and looked at Jin Zhenglei with a pair of deep eyes, and instructed: "Please help me take care of Ruoxi!"
Kim Jong-lei swore to the sky: "Daddy! Don't worry, I swear to God that I will take good care of Ruoxi and never let her be bullied by anyone!" When Father Fu heard this, the smile in his eyes was still there, and he tilted his head and died.
Ruoxi cried to death, and Kim Jong-lei was also very sad and burst into tears. He knelt next to Father Fu's body, and said to Ruoxi in a trembling voice: "We can't stay here for a long time, we have to get out of here as soon as possible." Although the pursuers withdrew for the time being, they would not rest on their laurels, and would soon attract a large number of men. At this time, Ruoxi cried so that her eyes were red and swollen, her voice was hoarse, her face was full of tears, and she was very sad, and when she heard Kim Zhenglei say this, she nodded silently, which was considered to be agreed.
Then they buried Daddy Fu's body simply and quickly, kowtowed a few times in front of the grave, and were about to start the escape journey again. Ruoxi kowtowed in front of her father's grave, and asked Kim Zhenglei with red and swollen eyes: "Brother Jin, where are we going next?" ”
Jin Zhenglei thought for a while and said, "I was originally going to Chu State, but now we are going to Chu State." At this time, Ruoxi had no clue about what to do in the future, and she agreed to what Kim Jong-lei said.
The two quickly packed their bags and changed their outfits, Ruoxi changed into a young man's clothes, and he had an elegant demeanor. They stopped at the gate of the courtyard to stare at the house for the last time, and then hurried on the road together, entered the mountain, and headed in the direction of the Chu State.
In order to avoid pursuit and not expose their whereabouts, they walked day and night, wearing stars and moons, without passing through avenues, taking special paths, climbing mountains and mountains, crossing rivers and forests, and sneaking in the direction of Chu in twists and turns.
On this day, they crossed a mountain, and saw a large river in front of them, and a wooden bridge was erected over the river to lead to the opposite side. Jin Zhenglei pointed to the other side of the river and said to Ruoxi: "As long as we cross the river in front, we will enter the state of Chu, and we will be safe." ”
Ruoxi put up a pergola and looked around, and saw a camp under the hillside in front, although the river was not very wide, but the bank of the river was full of soldiers, shuttling back and forth, and there were more than a dozen soldiers stationed at the bridgehead, so he said to Jin Zhenglei without worry: "Brother Jin, the estuary is so tightly guarded, I'm afraid I can't pass during the day, why don't you wait for the evening to touch it?" ”
Jin Zhenglei listened, nodded and said, "Okay, let's find a hidden place to rest first, and then cross the river at night." ”
The two found a stone cave and waited for rest, and finally looked forward to it until dark. So they came out of the cave and tiptoed to the river. Taking advantage of the night, seeing that there were still soldiers on duty at the bridge, Ruoxi whispered: "It seems that the bridge can't be climbed, why don't you swim over from that nobody?" When Kim Jong-lei heard this, he had no choice but to do so.
They hid in the shadows, and when the night patrol passed, they went into the water three arrows away from the bridge, and the two of them held hands, carefully stepping on the bottom of the river, and moved step by step to the other side of the river. The further you go to the center of the river, the deeper the river becomes, and finally it doesn't pass Ruoxi's shoulders, and she can't tread water anymore, so she can only float in the water. Na Ruoxi is not good at swimming, his swimming speed is slow, and he needs the help of Kim Jong-lei to swim forward, which slows down Kim Jong-lei's swimming speed. At this time, Ruoxi had choked several mouthfuls of water, coughing desperately, but couldn't breathe out loudly, so he could only cover his mouth and cough lightly, coughing so much that his whole body trembled.
Kim Jong-lei patted her on the shoulder, and said very guiltily: "Ruoxi, it's all my fault for dragging you down!" ”
Hearing this, Ruo Xiqiang held back his cough, turned his head and said to Kim Zhenglei: "What do you say about dragging it down, what's the matter, it's safe to cross this river." When Kim Zhenglei heard this, his heart was sour, he held back his tears, took Ruoxi's hand, paddled desperately, and swam to the opposite shore.
Kim Jong-lei wanted to swim to the opposite shore as soon as possible, but it was inevitable that he would make a noise when he swam into the water. At this time, the river patrol came back after a round of patrol, and one of the eartips heard the sound of slapping water from a distance, and hurriedly asked his companion, "Brother, listen, what is this movement?" ”
When Kim Jong-lei and the two heard the voice, they quickly stopped paddling and floated in the river. At this time, it is the time of high night tide, and the river is bubbling and flowing.
The companion listened quietly for a moment, and then smiled: "It's nothing, it's probably high tide." A few of the people who patrolled the river heard that there was no movement, and continued to patrol forward.
Kim Jong-lei heard that the people patrolling the river were far away, so he pulled Ruoxi to paddle the water. Because the river flows downstream, they follow the water to the bridge downstream without realizing it, and they are swimming in a dog-planing style, and the sound of paddling is very loud, which will inevitably shake the heavens and the earth. At this time, the guards on the bridge were woken up by the sound of the water, and their eyes were hazy, and they looked around. Although it is night, there is still half a bright moon in the sky, and the river surface is like a mirror, it is difficult to hide foreign objects. The soldiers guarding the bridge noticed that someone in the river was swimming towards the opposite bank, and hurriedly opened his mouth and exclaimed: "Oh no, someone is stealing the river transition!" ”
As soon as the soldiers guarding the bridge shouted, the alarm immediately went viral, and countless soldiers poured out of the barracks and gathered on the side of the bridge. A small leader asked, "Where are the smugglers?" The bridge guard pointed to the water below the bridge.
Everyone looked in the direction of their fingers, and saw two black shadows in the middle of the river more than 20 paces away, desperately paddling towards the opposite bank.
At this time, Jin Zhenglei had already heard the noise of people on the shore, and knew that he had been discovered, and he didn't care about hiding and dodging, and there was no place to hide and dodge, so he had to pull Ruoxi forward and row desperately, hoping to row to the other side and enter the territory of Chu, and then enter the safe zone.
Ruoxi saw that the officers and soldiers had chased after him from the bridge, so he pushed Kim Zhenglei's hand away and said urgently: "You swim over, leave me alone!" As soon as she pushed Kim Jong-lei's hand away, she sank straight underwater.
Kim Jong-lei hurriedly swam back, dived into the water and carried Ruoxi out of the water. Ruoxi choked on a mouthful of water and cried, "You don't care about me!" ”
Kim Jong-lei hugged Ruoxi, with river water and tears flowing on his face, and said emotionally: "Ruoxi, we want to live together, and we want to die together." I'm not going to leave you alone! (To be continued.) )