Qi Su Niang held her breath, endured the river wind that scraped her bones, and was finally put to the bottom of the cave. As soon as Qi Su Niangfang touched the water, she gasped, gritted her teeth and pulled the rope three times, indicating that she was safe to the end, and suddenly heard a panicked voice from the side of the brake wheel, "Su Niang!" Is it Su Niang! ”

Qi Su Niang heard Chen Yan's voice, and her eyes almost wanted to cry. When he wanted to call Chen Yan's name loudly, he didn't want him to worry, so he held back. She shone it with her torch, and when she saw the direction, she threw it into the water and swam as hard as she could towards the lock.

The wind and waves were strong, it was dark on all sides, Qi Su Niang choked a few mouthfuls of water, her teeth were so cold that her teeth were fighting, her hands and feet were almost unconscious, her mind was a little blurry, and she couldn't tell the direction for a long time, but she could only hear "Su Niang, be careful!" The voice came from time to time. With a sigh of relief, she swam to the place where the sound came from, and finally reached the edge of the wheel, and could no longer climb onto the wheel, but fortunately everyone on the wheel had already prepared, and several sailors reached out in unison to drag her out of the water, so that she was not swept away by the turbulence.

As soon as Qi Su Niangfang got on the gate, she heard the squeak of the top gate sliding downward, and the gate wheel suddenly flooded an inch, trembling and shouting: "I still have five thick ropes tied to my body, everyone hurry up and climb up." ”

Those sailors saw that Mrs. Xiantai was soaked in thin clothes, and they dared to untie the thick rope on her body, only two of them took the thick rope on her hand and got off the wheel to stop the wheel from sinking.

Qi Su Niang was sent to Chen Yan and was hugged by him. Chen Yan said in a dumb voice: "Why are you here?" I just called you, why don't you want me, I-" Qi Su Niang saw Chen Yan half-lying on the wheel in the dark, with a faint red blood stain on both legs, endured distress, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother Chen, you first untie the rope on my body." ”

Chen Yan heard her voice trembling, only said that she was cold, and she didn't care about the pain in her legs, so she hurriedly untied the rope and handed it to everyone, raised her hand to pull the inspector's robe on her clothes, Qi Su Niang held it down, and said softly: "Brother Chen, you are injured, but you can't be cold, I'm not cold at all, I'm just-just worried about you." ”

Chen Yan only felt that Qi Su Niang's whole body was soaked, and his little hand was as cold as an ice cube, how could he believe this, but he knew that she would not will, so he untied his clothes, wrapped her tightly in his arms, and muttered: "Su Niang......"

Qi Su Niang lay in Chen Yan's arms, quietly listened to the sound of Chen Yan's chest beating, threw away the tiredness and coldness of her body, and forgot the honor and disgrace of life and death in the back of her mind, and was speechless for a long time.

It's just that the situation is dangerous, how can she be so peaceful, everyone climbed the thick rope, but they couldn't rise from the narrow culvert, everyone in the water was not lightly frozen, and the injured Chen Yan and the two sailors on the wheel were also difficult.

Fortunately, everyone grew up by the Cao River, and all of them were not weak in water, and the sailors were eating this bowl of rice, and when Chen Yan and others also got into the water, the gate was completely closed, and the sluice wheel was not in the water, and another gate was opened urgently, and several small boats were sent in, and everyone was picked up and rowed to the shore in a hurry.

When everyone was rescued and put on the boat, Qi Su Niang was already hot all over, with a high fever, fainted, and the wound on Chen Yan's leg was still oozing blood, and her face was already pale, but she just hugged Qi Su Niang tightly, barely maintaining her senses.

Seeing that the boat was approaching the shore, Wang Zhutou and others rushed down the shallows one after another, wading to the side of the boat. Chen Yan couldn't support it anymore, lost his senses, and only hugged Qi Su Niang tightly. Wang Zhutou and the others wanted to lift Chen Yan and Qi Su Niang to the wooden board respectively, and forcefully separated Chen Yan's hands, but he suddenly woke up again, and shouted reluctantly: "Su Niang--- Su Niang ----" His voice was hoarse and weak, and he was very anxious.

Wang Zhutou hurriedly said: "My lord, Madame is fine, Grandma Xiang and Mrs. Xu are taking care of her." Chen Yan's mind was confused, and he only heard half of the sentence, and then continued: "Don't let her be alone in the backyard...... Put her next to me......"

Wang Zhutou looked at Chen Yan and fainted again, and hurriedly urged the official to carry Chen Yan, Qi Su Niang, and Qian Patrol to the grass hall. On the other side, more than a dozen wounded sailors were also carried by the Cao Gang.

There were eight copper basins of charcoal fire on the grass hall early, and the five doctors from the two big medicine halls in Qinghe County had already been called over to prepare various medicines. Two of them looked at the county station, one looked at the county lady, one looked at the money inspection, and the rest took the apprentice to treat the sailors.

Wang Zhutou saw that Qi Su Niang was sent into the inner room, and was embarrassed: "The lord said that he would not let his wife leave him......"

Yun Dianshi glared at him, "The adults are sick and confused, are you also confused?" Madame is a woman, what is the body of letting her lie down in this church? "After a pause," Humble Jing and Old Lady Xu are waiting inside, and it will be fine. ”

Qi Su Niang was just suffering from cold and fever, and after pouring a few sticks of bitter medicine, her condition stabilized. She slept for two days and one night, then woke up, and saw the big red lotus branch bed in front of her, only to know that she was lying on the Jiangning Diabu big bed at home. Mrs. Yun sat at the head of the bed, five steps behind her, the vermilion cloud brocade curtain separated the inside and outside, and Qi Suniang reluctantly said: "Xiang...... Sister Xiang, how is Lord Chen? ”

When Grandma Xiang saw her wake up, her face was overjoyed, and she was about to answer, when a gray-haired, energetic fifty-year-old woman opened the account and walked in, followed by a delicate little girl with eyebrows on her forehead, holding a lacquer case in her hand, and a cup of white gas medicinal soup on it.

Grandma Xiang hurriedly stood up and asked the old woman to sit down, Qi Su Niang recognized the old lady Xu of the Eight Grades who had come to visit, and the mother of Governor Xu of the salt farm. Xiang Shi said to Qi Su Niang: "Madam, the old lady has been taking care of Madame these days. ”

Qi Su Niang wanted to get up, but she couldn't even move a finger, so she had to nod slightly to express her gratitude, and then looked at Grandma Xiang, wondering how Chen Yan was. Mrs. Xu smiled slightly, and while taking the medicinal soup to feed her, she said, "Although Lord Chen's two legs are injured, they are still fine, and they are raised in the study in the left wing." Fang Cai also summoned the old man over, and only asked the lady if she had woken up. After that, he turned his head and ordered: "Lianxiang, go and talk to Wang Zhutou, Madame has woken up." ”

Qi Su Niang listened to Chen Yan in the study opposite, her heart was slightly relieved, and she struggled to visit Chen Yan, but her whole body was weak, Mrs. Xu and Xiang's were guests, and it was inconvenient to support them, so she had to drink the medicinal soup slowly.

After she drank half a bowl, she heard a noise outside, and Wang Zhutou said outside the door: "Old Madam Xu, Grandma Xiang, Master Chen is coming over, please avoid." As he spoke, he heard the sound of footsteps, and as soon as the curtain opened, four officials walked in carrying Chen Yan in a sedan chair. Xiang hurriedly raised his sleeves to cover his face and avoided the back of the bed, and Mrs. Xu stood up calmly.

Qi Su Niang looked at Chen Yan with a wooden board on his legs and a thick bandage, knowing that he was not lightly injured, tears immediately flowed.

The sedan chair was originally a Taishi chair with two poles, and the four servants did not dare to raise their heads, so they stopped the sedan chair next to the bed and retreated. Chen Yan sat on the chair, his face was still pale, and he was happy to see Qi Su Niang drinking the medicine, and then she was in tears, and suddenly panicked: "Su Niang, what's wrong with you?" But you're not in good health? Someone—"

Outside the window, Wang Zhutou responded: "Adult, the villain is here." ”

Qi Su Niang saw that Chen Yan was going to call someone a doctor, and said while choking: "Brother Chen, I'm fine, don't call someone." ”

Chen Yanyou didn't believe it, and Mrs. Xu smiled and said, "My lord, Madam is crying because she feels sorry for your adult's injury." With that, he led Xiang to the outer room.

Chen Yan smiled embarrassedly, seeing that everyone was blocked out of the curtain, he barely got away from the back of the chair, leaned forward, and wanted to reach out to hold Qi Su Niang's hand on the side of the bed, but his legs couldn't borrow strength, a little bit worse, he was so anxious that his forehead was sweating, Qi Su Niang didn't know where to get the strength, he reluctantly raised his hand, hooked Chen Yan's fingertips with his fingers, and put his hand into Chen Yan's palm little by little.

The two looked at each other with hands, speechless for a long time, their eyes were wet, Qi Su Niang's tears flowed down again, Chen Yan hurriedly coaxed: "Su Niang, don't worry, my injury is not serious, the doctor said that I can walk in half a month." ”

Qi Su Niang's tears couldn't be stopped, and she whimpered: "You...... You...... You didn't want to think about me then? ”

Chen Yan grabbed Qi Su Niang's hand tightly, "I'm sorry, Su Niang, I must be careful next time, and I won't let you worry anymore." He said in a dumb voice: "It's just that you don't want me to worry like that in the future, I watched a person hang in the middle of the sky, as if he was about to fall off by the wind, and his body looked like you, but he shouldn't call you, I ......"

Qi Su Niang cried and said, "If you don't go down, will I go down?" ”

Chen Yan didn't dare to say more, and made a few vows in a row, insisting that he would only watch from a distance in the future, and would never go to the dam in person.

Chen Yan saw that Qi Su Niang was fine, he was happy in his heart, his spirit was much better, and there was some blood on his face. He held Qi Su Niang's hand, whispered some thoughtful words, and was sucked a few times by Qi Su Niang.

Both of them were a little weak and weak, and when they said that it was getting late, they closed their eyes to recuperate, but their hands were still reluctant to let go. Mrs. Xu and Xiang led Lianxiang in, Xiang saw this, his face turned red, and he hurriedly retreated, Mrs. Xu was stunned, smiled for a while, and stepped forward and said, "Lord Chen, madam, both of you are going to eat." ”

Chen Yan woke up suddenly, looked at Mrs. Xu and smiled embarrassedly, turned his head to look at Qi Su Niang who woke up at the same time, and was about to let go, but found that Qi Su Niang was reluctant. He was full of tenderness in his heart, and coaxed: "Don't worry, I'll eat here, and the two of us will eat together." ”

Qi Su Niang smiled on her face, and slowly let go of her hand, and Mrs. Xu asked Lian Xiang to bring in the medicinal porridge for the two. Chen Yan saw Qi Su Niang's medicinal porridge, and was about to take it, Lianxiang was shocked, and Mrs. Xu smiled and said: "My lord, let's let the old girl come, the adult will take care of herself first, and the lady will naturally be fine." ”

The old lady's words made Chen Yan and Qi Su Niang's faces red, one honestly ate the medicinal porridge in the old lady's hand, and An An drank the medicinal porridge in Lianxiang's hand. After the two of them ran out, the old lady muttered: "Lord Chen, it stands to reason that the old body shouldn't say this, but the old body looks really unorthodox, so I just said the last sentence, if there is any offense, please forgive me." ”