Time passed very quickly in all kinds of small talk, and soon the sound of drums resounded in the sky.

Someone clapped their hands and laughed: "It's finally started!" ”

This began to refer to the annual dragon boat race, the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty so far, several political changes on the way, but this tradition has never been interrupted, to this day, it is also an important ritual in the hearts of the people, to pray for good weather and peace in the country.

After hundreds of years, the dragon boat competition is also varied, almost half of the people in the capital will gather on both sides of the Huai River to watch, it can be described as very lively!

Bursts of cheers came, and the reserved ladies in the cabin were also affected by the lively atmosphere outside, and became jumpy, saying that they wanted to go outside to watch, for fear of missing the wonderful part.

The county lord of Qiwen also followed everyone's wishes, and took everyone to the most open place on the second floor where it is most convenient to enjoy the whole game, only to see that there was already a sea of people outside, colorful flag hunting, and no matter how calm the temperament is, it is easy to be infected by this cheerful enthusiasm.

Jiang Xiaoyu sighed slightly, the last time she saw such a lively scene was ten years ago, at that time her grandfather, uncle and mother were still there, she remembered that she was cheering for her uncle, because her uncle was the drummer of one of the dragon boats. In the end, the uncle won the first place, and happily lifted her to his shoulders, and she was like a proud general, receiving the blessings and admiration of everyone.

Looking back now, this was probably one of the happiest times of her life, joy was followed by sorrow, and she could never have imagined that the man she admired most in her childhood, the most majestic man, would later appear in front of her eyes again in such a manner.

"Do you remember your uncle?"

Jiang Xiaoyu was slightly stunned, then turned his head, but saw that Qi Qiaoyan didn't know when he came to his back, and he didn't seem to see her when he was below.

"I just arrived, I didn't expect to surprise you so much to see me!" Qi Qiaoyan's voice was not loud, just enough for the two of them to hear, but it didn't seem too intimate, "I remembered that your uncle is here, that young general, to tell you the truth, the person I wanted to marry the most when I was young was him, I would often complain that I was too young, and the thing I was most afraid of was that he was already married before I grew up." That year, he stood on the bow of the dragon ship, as if commanding soldiers on the battlefield, and won the first place with great force, he was not as rude as the other generals I had seen, nor as arrogant as the adults, he was so vulgar, modest and heroic......"

"You weren't even nine years old at the time!" Jiang Xiaoyu said with a hook at the corner of his mouth.

"Yes, I'm like this, I wanted to get married when I was nine years old!" A thick sadness appeared in Qi Qiaoyan's eyes, "At that time, he hugged you on his shoulder, do you know how much I envied you at that time?" ”

"What's the point of saying that now?" Jiang Xiaoyu let out a long sigh, "Even if he is still alive, he will no longer be the person in your mind!" ”

"You don't have to have meaning in everything, there is so much meaning in the world, I just suddenly thought of him, and I said a few words nostalgically!" Qi Qiaoyan turned her head and looked at Jiang Xiaoyu fixedly, and said in a lower voice in her ear, "Although it has been ten years, I have never believed that he will really die...... You tell me, he's really dead? ”

"Don't you think it's more appropriate to ask your father for this answer?" Jiang Xiaoyu replied coldly.

Qi Qiaoyan smiled disappointedly: "Knowing the answer, what good will it do me?" ”

A girl who knew her well greeted her, and she smiled slightly and went up to greet her.

"Do you know Miss Qi?" The county lord of Qiwen withdrew his gaze from the Longzhou that was being prepared below, and asked in a low voice.

"The county lord probably forgot, she is my cousin-in-law, although she is newly married to her cousin, but she has met a few times!" Jiang Xiaoyu smiled lightly.

"She is the cousin-in-law of the two sisters Jiang Youran and Jiang Yiran, who is your cousin-in-law!" Lord Qiwen snorted, "I didn't call Yiran and Youran today, but I was afraid of you, afraid that you would have something unpleasant!" ”

"The county lord is too worried, there is nothing unpleasant between our sisters!"

"It's like I'm sowing discord, and if you don't appreciate it, it's just that!" Lord Qiwen said lightly, "But you are very capable, and you can really drive Hui Ran away!" It was my fault that I whipped you at the beginning, after all, I didn't expect that you would really become Brother Zhao Ling's fiancée at that time, but I didn't regret my original judgment, Jiang Xiaoyu, you won't be a good match for Brother Zhao Ling, I don't know what the purpose would be for Your Majesty to give marriage, but what I do know is that at least your purpose is not pure! ”

With the beating of the war drums for the official start of the game, the eyes of the county lord of Qiwen were also attracted to the past, and on the river, more than ten dragon boats flew out like arrows from the string, starting the event of you competing for me.

The battle was still as fierce as ever, but Jiang Xiaoyu was a little excited, and he couldn't find the nervousness and heartbeat when he first watched it. She turned her head and glanced at the girls in the corridor watching the game, these girls who are self-conscious on weekdays, at the moment they are waving their arms and shouting cheers, maybe in their lives, only these few moments can be themselves without scruples, not being swayed by the world. Only at this time can you look at those men with bare arms openly, and you can judge the men around you.

This tradition has lasted for hundreds of years, and the surrounding audience has changed wave after wave, and it will continue to continue.

The race became more and more stale, and everyone's eyes were all attracted to the past, two of which were bitten very tightly, only a few feet away from the finish line, and the difference in the position of the boat was less than a distance of one person.

Just when everyone's hearts were hanging, I don't know what to do, my secret hand has reached out to Jiang Xiaoyu's back and pushed her back.

Jiang Xiaoyu was unprepared and fell from the painting boat, and below was the surging river.

If there is anything that Jiang Xiaoyu is very afraid of, water can be counted as the same.

When she was a child, she was pushed into the well in the cold winter of Layue, and was drugged by the cold toad in the well water, and was infected with cold poison. Master tried to teach her to swim, but she couldn't overcome the fear in her heart, so she never started.

Jiang Xiaoyu "plopped" and fell into the river water, and the long water suddenly flooded the top of her head, and she couldn't hold her breath in surprise, and choked on several mouthfuls of water.

She was surrounded by water, like a monster that devoured people, and reminded her of the dark, cold, biting well, where despair and fear followed.

She surfaced, and suddenly caught a glimpse of the indifferent face of the county lord Qiwen, and the horror made her start to struggle wildly, she sank into the water again, she wanted to cry for help, but she couldn't make a sound anyway, she could only let the water pour into her throat one by one, and her whole lungs seemed to explode. She could no longer tell whether the people on the ship were in a hurry or laughing, as if there was no sound around her.

She suddenly remembered the turtle breath gong that her master taught her, and hurriedly used her internal force to adjust her breathing. As the fiancée of the prince of Chu, even if someone will temporarily press the guards above the painting boat and not rush to save people, it is impossible to watch her sink into the river without moving.

Jiang Xiaoyu used the Turtle Breath Gong to enter a state of suspended animation, she forgot about struggling and her whole person floated, giving people the feeling of being dead.

Yanyan was chatting with other maids on the first floor, and Yueyue was continuing to feast, at this time she heard someone shouting that someone had fallen into the water, Yanyan was worried that it was her young lady, so she hurriedly broke into the second floor regardless of the rules, and took a look at the railing, wasn't it her young lady who was struggling in the water?

She hurriedly shouted: "Help, save people!" Our lady doesn't know how to water! Hurry up and save your life! She shouted in a hoarse voice, but the few guards standing on the side were like wood, and they didn't react at all, she seemed to understand something, and hurriedly jumped down to save people!

However, someone rushed in front of her, only to see that one person had already swam towards Jiang Xiaoyu, and when the person got closer, he saw that this person was none other than the second prince Zhao Yan! He picked up the float and had passed out, and swam towards the flower boat not far from Biliu.

It turned out that the second prince and several generals under his tent were drinking on Linghua today, and some people joked that a woman fell from the painting boat opposite, and his eyesight was better than ordinary people, and it was obvious at a glance that the woman struggling in the water was Jiang Xiaoyu. The people on the boat are all military generals, although they are a little more lustful, but they are not lacking in chivalry, and they are about to save people one by one, but they are stopped by Zhao Yan, and everyone is watching, if they have physical contact with Jiang Xiaoyu, even if they save people, there will be some bad rumors, he has to save people in person, with his identity, there will not be too many unbearable rumors!

And the people on the painting boat, seeing that the second prince actually went into the water to save people in person, dared to delay there, and jumped into the water one after another, and even the people on the surrounding boats heard that the second prince had fallen into the water, and they jumped into the water to join in the fun!

And just when everyone rushed into the water like dumplings to steal the limelight of the dragon boat race, Zhao Yan had already dragged Jiang Xiaoyu to swim to the flower boat, and immediately had his subordinates pull both of them up.

The county lord of Qiwen still looked at it indifferently, and Lin Ruoruo nervously took her hand and asked, "Sister Jiang will be fine, right?" ”

She smiled and comforted Ruoruo: "It's going to be fine!" ”

Qi Qiaoyan breathed a sigh of relief, and then her eyes narrowed slightly: "It's interesting now!" ”

Poor Yanyan was worried that something would happen to her young lady, and she had no way to run to the opposite boat, so she could only cry and be anxious!