At this time, Yao Yu knew that their boat happened to be in a place with a wide view and a wide water, but about three miles downstream, the river suddenly turned a sharp bend to the north.

At that sharp bend, there was a mound only a dozen meters high, and it was overgrown with trees and weeds of various heights, just blocking the view of passing ships.

It was also their bad luck that early in the morning, there were hardly any boats on the river, but they ran into a boatload of bandits.

At the same time that Deng Qin's clan warned Yao Yuzhi and Deng Xibin, the person in charge of lookout on the bandits' side also discovered Yao Yuzhi's boat on which they were riding.

When they met on a narrow road, the originally sluggish and listless bandits almost immediately became more energetic, and they picked up their weapons one after another while whistling.

Under the instructions of his accomplices, the bandits in charge of the helm rammed their own boat as fast as possible towards the light sailing boat on which Yao Yuzhi and the others were riding.

If it hits the ground this time, Yao Yu knows that their ship will have to fall apart and sink.

While Deng Qin was shooting arrows at the water bandits, he loudly reminded Deng Xibin to be careful.

Deng Xibin heard Deng Qin's warning, and hurriedly turned the bow of the boat to the river bank on the left-hand side, that is, the mound that blocked the view of the passing ships.

Originally, their boat was sailing in the middle of the Huai River, but Deng Xibin's sudden turn made the bow of their boat go straight towards the mound.

The bandits who had thought that their big ship would be able to knock away the light sailing ship in front of them were all dumbfounded, but they soon came to their senses.

Because the distance between the two ships was very close at this time, the expressions of those water bandits who gloated and watched the show were all seen by Yao Yuzhi and Deng Qin.

The nervous hearts of the two of them were about to jump out, on the one hand, they were afraid that their boat would hit the mound, and on the other hand, they were afraid that after the ship sank, their group of six would fall into the hands of those water bandits.

Fortunately, Deng Xibin did not drop the chain at a critical moment.

While some of the water bandits gloated and laughed at their incompetence, Deng Xibin made a sharp turn and turned the bow of the boat to the right dangerously.

As mentioned before, the boat they are riding on is small and lightweight, so it is very easy to accelerate and turn compared to a large ship.

It was thanks to this characteristic that Deng Xibin was able to make two sharp turns at a 45-degree angle in succession, thus avoiding the terrible consequences of a fierce collision with the big ship of the water bandits or the mound at the sharp bend.

The bandits were dumbfounded—not to mention the result they had expected to be shipwrecked, and the other party's boat cleverly bypassed theirs.

Now, the other party is downstream, they are upstream, if they still want to slaughter this fat sheep, then they can only turn around and chase it.

But the problem is that the other party is not stupid, how can he honestly stay where he is and wait for them to catch up.

- In fact, people are running down the river at this time, running fast.

At the time when they turned around, they had already disappeared in the boat, and they were still chasing a ghost!

The younger brothers had nothing to do, so they subconsciously looked at the boat boss for advice.

The old man of the ship was in a hurry, he pointed to the light sailing boat that Yao Yuzhi and the others were riding and shouted, "Shoot them to death!"

Those water bandits woke up like a dream, and suddenly felt that the boss really had an idea.

They answered "yes" quickly and loudly, but only a handful of archers were shot by the team.

As for the others, they carry only their usual weapons with them.

In other words, if they wanted to use bows and arrows to deal with Yao Yuzhi and the others, they could only run to the ship's arsenal to get them now.

But this time and again, the delay was also enough for Deng Xibin and them to escape.

And what made them speechless the most was that those guys who they regarded as fat sheep actually hid together.

The two women on the deck before, Yao Yuzhi was forced back into the cabin by Deng Qin's, and at this time they were guarding the anxious children, while Deng Qin's himself hid in the storage room at the bow of the ship, and was helping Deng Xibin pay attention to the sailing direction of the ship through the small window of the storage room.

As for Deng Xibin, the only adult man, because he has been at the helm, he has never come out of the helm room at all.

Because of this, these few people have become the bastards who refuse to come out in the eyes of the bandits and only concentrate on escaping.

Seeing that the arrows shot by his group of junior brothers either missed or hit the plank, the boat boss couldn't help but slash the side of the boat with a knife in hatred.

At the same time, he complained loudly about the treacherous cunning of the fat sheep - not to mention that their brothers did not have clairvoyance, but even if they did, could their bows and arrows still shoot through each other's heads through thick planks?

Unlike their impatience, Deng Xibin, Deng Qin, and Yao Yuzhi were full of joy.

If it weren't for the fact that the bandits didn't expect to encounter a civilian ship at dawn, if it weren't for the small size, easy turnaround, and quick escape, they would have to be planted here today.

When they finally got rid of those water bandits from a distance, the hearts that Yao Yuzhi and the others had been carrying were put back in their stomachs.

However, they did not relax their vigilance because of the temporary escape, in order to avoid encountering such a dangerous situation again, Yao Yuzhi, Deng Qinshi and Deng Xibin unanimously decided to rush to Biandan Port at full speed.

Less than half an hour after they made this decision, a slight drizzle fell in the sky.

As the rain became heavier and heavier, the surface of the river soon turned white, and no matter how hard Deng Qin's eyes were kept open in the observation room, he still couldn't see the scenery thirty zhang (100 meters) away.

In order to avoid colliding with other ships due to obstructed vision, Deng Xibin had to slow down the boat.

But he soon realized that his worries were unfounded.

Because of the heavy rain, the vast majority of people, including the bandits, chose to dock nearby, and only a very small number of people like them who had to brave the rain to travel still insisted on sailing on the river.

With the width of the lower reaches of the Huai River, it is unlikely that these ships that insist on sailing will encounter one place.

This means that it is enough for them to be careful about the changes in the river.

Compared with the sunny days infested by water bandits from time to time, Deng Xibin and his family privately prefer this kind of sparsely populated heavy rainy day with a relatively low risk factor.

I don't know if God heard their hearts, although the rain was sometimes heavy and sometimes light, but it persisted until dusk.

Although Deng Xibin sailed in the rain for most of the day, they did not dare to move at full speed and failed to reach Biandan Port before dark.