Qi Su Niang heard the evil news, her heart was cold, she lifted the silk skirt, and ran out with her feet. Wang Zhutou was frightened by her appearance, but he didn't dare to say more, and hurriedly chased after her and went to the gate together.

At this time, it was late at night, but the torches along the wharf and gate were everywhere, and the people of Qinghe County heard the news and rushed over, all of them were frightened.

Qi Su Niang pushed away the people who were blocking the road, and desperately squeezed towards the place with the most people, Wang Zhutou shouted urgently behind him: "Go away, go away, give way to Mrs. County!" "The voice was loud, but it was drowned out by the noise of people.

When Qi Su Niang staggered to the gate fence, her clothes were already scattered, and there were Cao Gang guards in front of the gate fence, blocking the crowded crowd, and there was no one from the county government. Qi Su Niang was in a hurry to go in, but those gangsters didn't recognize her, so they were willing to let in, only the family members of the sailors who were usually familiar with their faces were willing to enter. Inspector Qian's wife, Ming, had messy hair and stood in front of the fence crying, apparently also being stopped. Wang Zhutou didn't know where he was squeezed by the crowd.

Qi Su Niang was so anxious that her brain swelled, and suddenly she saw a black-faced strong man walking by in a hurry inside the fence, and when she looked at it by the light of the fire, she suddenly shouted: "Li Si! John doe! ”

Li Siqin didn't listen, but among the cronies and gangsters who followed behind him, someone shouted, "Second master!" There's a mother-in-law outside who seems to be calling you, is your concubine here? ”

Li Siqin said impatiently: "Who cares about her, hurry up and take a look in the lock room, think of a way to put the gate away, let the boat in, the county lord is still below!" As she spoke, she walked away from the door, Qi Su Niang was in a hurry and shouted, "Li Si! John doe! It's me! I'm Qi Da Worm! ”

Li Siqin heard the truth this time, and was suddenly startled, turned his head to look, and strode over, but the cronies and gangsters behind him were shouting: "Second master, she coaxes you!" Qi Da Worm's stinky mother-in-law looks like her, how can she be Peugeot?! ”

Li Siqin hurriedly ordered someone to open the fence, let Qi Su Niang in, and said angrily: "You mother-in-law, what are you doing on this land?" Why don't you go back and wait? Then he scolded, "What kind of clothes are you wearing?" Don't know what time of year it is? ”

Qi Su Niang ignored him, ran straight to the gate, and saw that the Cao Gang was busy along the way, and there were no less than seventy or eighty people lying under the eaves waiting for treatment, all of whom were injured. The coarsely clothed women who surrounded the wounded man, who were probably the wives and daughters of the sailors, all of them looked panicked and untidy, and wanted to come like her, and hurried from their homes when they heard the news. Qi Su Niang's heart was beating wildly, running with all her strength, Li Siqin behind him was angry and angry, chasing after her, wanting to catch her but remembering that she was married, in hesitation, Qi Su Niang had already arrived at the gate.

Qi Su Niang saw the fat man of Yun Dianshi at a glance, and immediately pounced, grabbed him and said, "Yun Dianshi, where is he?" ”

Yun Dianshi was startled, and hurriedly turned around, about to give a salute, Qi Su Niang hurriedly said: "Don't care about this, where is Chen Yan?" Take me there. She was in a hurry, so she called out by name.

Yun Dianshi hesitated: "Madam, this is still dangerous, Madame is still waiting outside-" Li Siqin had already caught up as he spoke, and scolded angrily: "You're dizzy, what's the use of you going?" It will only add to the chaos! ”

Yun Dianshi was shocked when he heard this, and said angrily: "Bold! Li Siqin! Shut up! "How can Qi Su Niang have the psychology to know this, and when she was about to urge Yundian Shi, she suddenly heard a burst of screams not far away: "Oh no, the gate is going down again, the county lord and Qian are inspecting-"

The three of them were all shocked, and ran over together, only to see Wang Xiancheng and Lin Zhubo all circling around a culvert, so anxious that they sighed, Wang Xiancheng stomped his feet, turned around and shouted to the long man who was knotting the rope next to the hole: "Even the big boss, I can't find anyone to go down, the county lord has an accident, and everyone has no good fruit to eat!" ”

Qi Su Niang pushed Wang Xiancheng away, rushed to the culvert to take a look, and saw that the culvert was only two feet wide, extremely narrow, straight through the bottom of the gate, and forty or fifty zhang deep. There are more than a dozen figures faintly shrunk on a large gate wheel at the bottom of the gate, and the river is surging on all sides.

Seeing that she was still saved, Qi Su Niang breathed a sigh of relief first, looked up at the gate that was slowly pressing down, and her heart sank. There are two gates in front and back, one is open and one is closed, one is not closed, and the other gate cannot be opened, and the boat cannot be released to save people. But as soon as the gate is closed, it will drive the gate ship under the culvert into the water, and the people on the lock wheel will not be able to save the boat before it goes.

Qi Su Niang fell down at the mouth of the culvert, looked carefully at the gate structure, and found that if the bottom of the culvert was some distance from the gate wheel, it was necessary for the next person to swim above the wheel with a rope. At this time, she already felt that there was much to be done in the construction of the gate and the dam, but in this knot, where did she care.

Qi Su Niang jumped up and turned around, and said to Wang Xiancheng, who was shocked: "Is there a thin sailor who has learned water? ”

Wang Xiancheng came back to his senses and saw that her clothes were bright and thin, and she was wet and clinging to her body by the rain, so he didn't dare to look at her squarely, and shook his head sideways. A person next to him stepped forward and said, "Madam, there are a few people who are suitable, but they have just been caught by the boat and are seriously injured, so they can't do it." ”

Qi Su Niang looked at it in a blink of an eye, and saw that this person was only twenty or thirty, with a long figure, smooth eyebrows, and an ordinary person, but between his eyes, he was born with a jade pillar and a straight nose, a hook and a pointed nose, straight through the eyebrows, and forced out a majestic atmosphere, knowing that he was not an ordinary person, although he was anxious, he still replied with a half-salute, and said: "But Qinghe is even a big master?" ”

Lian Zhenyun looked at the presumptuous woman in front of him without a trace, and said respectfully: "It's the grass people, don't worry, madam, the grass people have ordered someone to go to the gate and try to close the gate to prevent the gate from entering the water." ”

Qi Su Niang smiled bitterly: "More than ten people are pressed on the brake wheel, I'm afraid it will be difficult to shut it, just delay it for a few more hours." The entrance to the cave is narrow, if there is no thin sailor who can go down......" thought for a while, and said: "The big master will take a thick rope, and the concubine will go down." ”

"No!" Wang Xiancheng, Yundian Shi, and Lin Zhubo were suddenly shocked and shouted in unison. Li Siqin was about to scold, but was glared at by Lian Zhenyun fiercely, so he had to keep his mouth shut. Lian Zhenyun persuaded: "Madame, please think twice, the depth of the cave is more than 40 zhang, the river wind is strong in the middle of the empty space, and the river water below it is turbulent and dangerous. ”

Qi Su Niang shook her head and said, "I'm afraid it won't last long, and I can't think about it in a hurry, only I will go." After a pause, he said to Wang Xiancheng: "The concubine was born by the Yongding River, and the water nature is not weak. After that, he swept around, and saw that on the thick wooden stake beside Lian Zhenyun, a few strands of thick oil ropes had already been tied to let people go down, and he hurriedly walked over.

Wang Xiancheng, Yundian Shi, and Lin Zhubo saw such a situation, if they asked her to wait a little longer, they didn't dare to guarantee that nothing would happen, they were all in a dilemma, and they didn't know what to do.

Lian Zhenyun saw that if no one next to the woman took off the golden hairpin of Ruyi's head that wanted to fall, put it in his arms, pulled a few strands of straw rope at random, and tied the messy hair into a strand, obviously he had made up his mind, although he felt that this woman was dissolute and dissolute, not like a woman from a good family who guarded women's virtues, but also admired her courage.

After Qi Su Niang cleaned up, she looked at the five strands of rope under her feet, Qi Su Niang tied two strands around her waist, and then she didn't know where to tie them again, knowing that this was the usual skill of Cao Shang sailors, she looked up at Li Siqin.

Li Siqin was about to step forward, Lian Zhenyun saw that this woman was only wearing a close-fitting silk dress, with exquisite curves, where did he dare to let Li Siqin entangle with her again, and before Li Siqin took a step, he said to him: "Second brother, go and get a torch." Li Siqin was stunned for a moment, glanced at Qi Su Niang, and hesitated.

Yun Dianshi breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at Lian Zhenyun. Lian Zhenyun sighed secretly in his heart, stepped forward and said, "Madam, I'm offended." Three paces away, he stretched out his hand to untie the two strands of rope that were bound to the woman's waist in an impossible way, tied one again, and then tied the other four strands along Qi Su Niang's back and front chest to her waist, which should be strong but not hinder her from moving her hands and feet.

Lian Zhenyun was tall and firmly engulfed Qi Su Niang, not wanting everyone behind him to see him intimate with Mrs. Xiantai. He tilted his head and did not look at the woman, for he was accustomed to the knots in his hands, and he did not need to look at them. Vaguely aware that the woman had taken one look at him, she looked down at the work he was doing.

Lian Zhenyun's fingers slid against the silk dress of the woman in front of him, and he felt that the skin under the clothes was extremely soft. He heard the heartbeat of this woman, but somehow, he knew that she was not flustered by a blind date with a strange man, and that she was more bold and debauched than her private sister. Lian Zhenyun was surprised in his heart, thinking of her virtuous reputation and unmatched presumptuous appearance, his heart moved, and he couldn't help but accept the taboo, turned his head without a trace, and looked at this woman intently.

The woman's hair, drenched in the rain and unusually soft in the light of the fire, was tied aside by her withered yellow straw, revealing her white neck. Or because of the rush of running, there are a few beads of sweat on the neck, which will not fall, shining in the firelight, and the skin will be more and more slippery. Lian Zhenyun faintly smelled a faint residual lotus fragrance, as if there was nothing, he was wondering where this fragrance came from, but the woman happened to raise her head, looked at him and smiled slightly, and said, "Thank you Lian Da Master." ”

Lian Zhenyun saw that the woman's face was in front of him, and he was suddenly startled, and found that he was very close to the woman at some point, only one step apart, and his breathing could be heard. Lian Zhenyun took three steps back quietly, bowed his head and saluted, "Madam, please be careful." ”

Li Siqin made an ever-bright torch that was not afraid of the wind, handed it to Qi Su Niang, explained the terrain in the culvert to Qi Su Niang, made an appointment with the code, and stuffed a thick rope into her hand, and advised: "Don't let go." He personally lowered the rope and watched Qi Suniang go down the culvert little by little.