Izuku was woken up by a light shaking sensation, and the moment she regained consciousness, the pain in the back of her neck also hit again, making her almost unable to hold on. With the sound of rushing water, a spirit suddenly sat up, finally realizing where he was now—a boat! No, in the bilge of a ship, to be exact!

The cabin was pitch black, only a faint light shone in through the gap in the hatch, and it was still daylight outside, which also allowed Xiu to vaguely see the surrounding environment. She settled down, looked around in the light, and made sure that there was no one else in the cabin, and then called softly: "Want to Rong?" She still remembered that when she was attacked at Lanshan Temple, Yun Xiangrong was not spared.

There was no one in the cabin to answer, and Izumi couldn't help but call again: "Want to Rong?" Are you there? ”

Faintly, a weak moan slowly sounded from a dark corner: "I...... At. Immediately after, Izuku heard the sound of rubbing the cabin board, and it should be Yun Xiangrong who struggled to get up.

After all, the beam of light coming in through the crack in the hatch was limited, and it could not illuminate the entire bilge. Izuku couldn't see Yun Xiangrong, so he could only follow the direction from which the voice came: "Xiangrong, are you okay?" ”

"I'm fine." In the dark corner of the bilge, Yun Xiangrong slowly curled up, stroked his forehead and said, "That's it...... My head hurts a little ......."

"We were knocked unconscious." Izuku also stroked the back of his neck again: "My neck also hurts." ”

The voice fell, and there was no echo. In the dark, Yun Xiangrong seemed to be thinking about something, and asked for a while, "Are we on the boat?" Tied up? ”

Izuku weakly gave an answer: "You're right. ”

"Then I must be affected by you!" Yun Xiangrong immediately replied, and there was some resentment in his words: "I have come to Lanshan Temple to offer incense recently, and I have always been safe and sound!" I came with you once today, and I met with such a thing! ”

Hearing this, Izumi had no choice but to remain silent. Yes, Yun Xiangrong is just a concubine, and she has already married in Jingzhou, where can she make enemies? Surely the one who came was not against her. Besides, Yun Xiangrong has been going to Lanshan Temple every day to worship the Buddha and offer incense recently, if the other party's target was her, she would have done it a long time ago, so why wait until today?

"I'm the one who bothered you." Izumi said in a low voice: "I have offended many people over the years I have presided over the Yun clan. Now I don't know who did it, and for what purpose? ”

Yun Xiangrong couldn't answer this question, so he only said angrily: "Then what should I do now?" We're stuck here, and we don't know which river it is! ”

"Don't worry, since the other party didn't kill us at that time, then they didn't come to ask for their lives. At least for a moment we won't die. Izumi forced herself to calm down and began to think of a way to escape.

"The other party is obviously prepared." Izuxiu's mind sank again: "The Yun clan only handed over the power of Nanxi Caoyun to Emperor Tianzhu last year, and now the kidnappers of us choose to take the waterway, which shows that they want to deliberately avoid the Yun clan's search." ”

It's okay not to say this, but as soon as these words came out, Yun Xiangrong immediately exclaimed: "Then what should I do?" Is there no way? Our Yun clan has been in charge of Nanxi Caoyun for hundreds of years, don't we have any ability? ”

Knowing that the bilge was too dark for Yun Xiangrong to see, Izumi still subconsciously shook his head: "It's not that I don't have any ability, but I really don't have the right to search the ship openly." Now that there is no rainy season in Fangzhou, there are many boats on the water, and since the Yun clan does not control the right to transport, it is impossible to properly search the passing ships......"

Since the other party can think of taking the waterway, he must also take this into account. Izumi was annoyed, but when he heard a loud "bang", it should be Yun Xiangrong punching the deck: "Do you want to sit here and wait to die?" Sister-in-law, you have to think about it! ”

Xu Shiyun Xiangrong's voice was too loud, alarming the people on the boat. At this time, Dan saw the hatch "squeak" open, and a man with a clear face hid in the shadows, walked down the stairs with a backlight, and said viciously: "What is the noise?!" ”

Since there was no light for a long time, at this moment, the hatch suddenly opened, and the light from outside immediately shone in, and Zhijiao Xiu felt dazzling. She subconsciously closed her eyes, covered her forehead with her hands, and did not speak.

Along with the man's reprimand, there was also the smell of food. The man held two bowls in his hands, and leaned over on the deck with a bang: "Two stinky girls! Hurry up and eat! After eating, Lao Tzu is so good! ”

"Who are you calling 'stinky'? Do you know who we are? Yun Xiangrong immediately asked sharply. She leaned in the corner, squinting her eyes trying to get used to the light, and to see the person who was coming. But she was disappointed, and when the man turned to look at her, he was masked.

"I don't care who you are! Lao Tzu just collects money and does things! The masked strong man was rightful to Yun Xiangrong.

Yun Xiangrong only sneered: "Say it and scare you to death, we are ......"

"Don't say it!" Izuku immediately opened his mouth to stop him. She was worried in her heart, if these kidnappers knew the true identities of her and Yun Xiangrong, would they be scared to kill people? Or come to a game within a game, betray her employer, and then pinch the lives of the two of her to blackmail the Yun family?

For Izuxiu, she is actually not afraid of the kidnappers blackmailing the Yun family, what she is even more afraid of is - losing her virginity before death. No one can guarantee that these kidnappers will be lustful before they kill people? There is a lesson from Yun Xiangrong's past, and she must be extremely careful.

Therefore, when Fang Caiyun wanted to reveal his identity, he hurriedly spoke out to stop him. And the masked strong man didn't ask, only said viciously: "If you don't want to die, give Lao Tzu a meal!" Eat well in the morning and cross the road! ”

As he spoke, he walked outside the hatch, took two steps, and suddenly stopped, and warned: "Don't expect to escape, Lao Tzu tells you, there are more than 20 brothers guarding outside, and it is more than enough to deal with you two girls!" ”

The strong man's footsteps stepped heavily on the deck, making a deep "thump" sound. The hatch creaked back open and closed, and the bilge instantly returned to darkness.

"What can I do! Sister-in-law, you have something to say! Sitting and waiting to die? Yun Xiangrong was really anxious, and there was a hint of crying in his words: "Min'er, she ...... She's still so young, I don't want to die, I really don't want to die! ”

"Nobody said you were going to die." Izumi was restless and panicked in her heart, and blurted out without thinking: "Since the kidnappers are coming for me, I will let them let you go." ”

"Really?" Yun Xiangrong immediately asked.

"Hmm." Izumi replied in a low voice. By this time she had regained her grip on the darkness and leaned forward, reaching for her hands and groping on the deck. The fingertips touched the cold porcelain bowl, which were the two bowls of rice put down by the masked strong man just now, and he didn't care about anything else, picked up one of the bowls and said, "The kidnappers have left the food, eat first and then talk about it." ”

"I don't eat ......" Yun Xiangrong was a little nervous in his words: "You're not afraid of poison?" ”

Izuku picked up the bowl and looked at it carefully, then lowered his head and sniffed it before saying, "It's just a bowl of white rice, it shouldn't be poisonous." The more bland the food, the easier it is to taste poisoned. ”

Yun Xiangrong thought about it, but still insisted on his opinion, refusing to take the bowl of rice, and letting the white porcelain bowl be placed on the deck.

Seeing this, Izumi didn't persuade much, remembering that he had just given rice in Lanshan Temple, and he felt that the bowl of white rice in his hand was extremely ironic. She couldn't help but sigh and forced herself to eat a few more bites, not caring about taking care of Yun Xiangrong, and fell into deep thought.

Who could have kidnapped him? What is the purpose? How can a boat on the water escape? One question after another filled Xiu's mind, and she didn't speak again for a long time.

This suffocating and frightened atmosphere finally made Yun Xiangrong unbearable, and she couldn't help but whisper: "Sister-in-law...... What do you mean? Don't scare me......" The bilge height was not enough, and Yun Xiangrong couldn't stand up straight, so he simply hunched over and crawled in the direction of Xiu.

During this period, because it was too dark in the cabin, she accidentally knocked over the bowl of white rice on the cabin, and the porcelain bowl "gurgling" on the cabin board, which made Izuku, who was in thought, startled.

Yun Xiangrong was also startled, and hurriedly fumbled to put the porcelain bowl back on, only to find that the bowl was empty, and all the rice had spilled out, and he couldn't help but sigh in a low voice: "I didn't move a bite, and now I can't eat it if I want to." She spoke in a very small voice, muffled by the sound of rushing water.

And just this sentence, as well as the sound of overturning the porcelain bowl, made Xiu's mind have a flash of inspiration! It stands to reason that the bilge should be the most stable place on the whole ship, but Izuku still feels that the boat is shaky and uncomfortable, so it can be seen that it is not a big ship.

In a flash of light, she suddenly came up with an idea, but she didn't know if it could take shape, so she asked Yun Xiangrong: "How are you water?" ”

"Watery?" Yun Xiangrong pondered for a moment, and replied cautiously: "I'm not good at water. ”

Izumi regretted when he heard this: "I'm not familiar with water. I still remember that shortly after Yun Ci's death, Zhuo Yan pushed her into the lotus pond and asked her to grasp the reins and listen to the words on the shore.

Since then, Izumi has been well aware of the importance of water, and occasionally she will deliberately practice breathlessness in the water when bathing, but it doesn't stop there, until now she has not learned to hold her breath......

"Sister-in-law, do you want to jump into the water to escape?" Yun Xiangrong saw her ask about the nature of the water, and exclaimed in a low voice: "You are crazy, since you can sail here, the water level must not be shallow, but I am afraid that I have drowned before I can swim out!" ”

"Of course I know that." Izuku sighed: "I thought of another way, but both of us have to make some sacrifices." ”

"Tell me about it?" Yun Xiangrong didn't want to let go of any glimmer of hope, and couldn't wait to ask.

"Then you come with your ears."

There was a whisper from the bilge, so light that it almost made people think it was an illusion, and it was instantly drowned in the sound of the waves outside the cabin......