Deng Xibin was an orphan rescued by Ren Zixian by accident in his early years, because he was grateful for Ren Zixian's life-saving grace, he has been saddle in front of the horse and behind the horse to accompany him on the battlefield.

Two years ago, Deng Xibin and Yao Yuzhi's personal maid Ruxiang (Deng Qin's name) looked at each other, and the two became husband and wife under the auspices of Ren Zixian and Yao Yuzhi.

It happened that there were more and more small movements of the old emperor at that time, and Ren Zixian was afraid that the old emperor would attack his wife and children when he was out on the expedition, so he left Deng Xibin, who had not been married to Deng Qin's family for a short time, by Yao Yuzhi's side.

In other words, although Deng Xibin is Ren Zixian's confidant, he has never been to Qushan Island, the hometown of Ren Zixian and Yao Yuzhi.

But fortunately, Yao Yuzhi and Deng Qin's family had both walked that route, and Yao Yuzhi also had a detailed map of that route in his hand.

They were forced to flee, and Yao Yuzhi naturally didn't bring out the map, but it wasn't difficult for her to draw one now.

In addition, she and Deng Qin's family have both walked this route, so as long as they and Deng Xibin are always mindful together, it should not be a problem to find the right route.

After seeing the whole ship and settling everything, Deng Xibin slowly set sail with the help of Deng Qin and Yao Yuzhi.

Because the larger wharves were already controlled by high-ranking officials and wealthy merchants, Yao Yuzhi knew that they could only drive from a wild ferry port that could not even be called a wharf, and then carefully sail all the way from the tributaries of the Huai River to the main stream.

At this time, the world of the Southern Dynasties was already clearly in chaos, and there were countless people like them who bought boats or hired boats to flee with their families.

But more than the people who can afford to flee to other places are those who can only stay at home in despair and resign themselves to fate.

They usually have a hard life, where do they get the surplus money to hire a boat or buy a ship?

Not to mention that after hiring a boat or buying a boat, they need more money to settle down in a foreign land.

Every time she sees the people who are numb and desperate, Yao Yuzhi will think of the bad news of Ren Zixian's death, she is becoming more and more silent day by day, and she is becoming more and more haggard day by day.

Deng Xibin and Deng Qin's eyes saw that Yao Yuzhi was depressed and unhappy, and she was as thin as a day, and they were very worried about her.

They couldn't help Yao Yuzhi erase the great grief brought to her by Ren Zixian's death, and they couldn't save the ordinary people who were living in dire straits, Deng Qin's thought about it, and finally could only secretly tell Ren Hanjun and Ren Hantang to pester Yao Yuzhi every day, and then silently hoped that she could cheer up in front of the two children.

As for Deng Xibin, he is not easy to get to Yao Yuzhi's side as a big man, so in addition to conscientiously controlling the navigation of the ship and raising the water bandit to rob, he can only get some fish and shrimp to make up for everyone after anchoring every evening.

Compared with the two of them, Bai Zehui, who has been instructing Xiao Moxi to secretly replace ordinary well water with spiritual spring water for everyone to drink, plays a greater role - it is precisely because of her spiritual spring water that she continues to regulate Yao Yuzhi's body, Yao Yuzhi has never collapsed because of excessive worry.

Although Deng Xibin and Deng Qin's clan didn't know the reason why Yao Yuzhi didn't fall, this did not prevent them from being happy for Yao Yuzhi from the bottom of their hearts.

On the seventh day of the ninth month of the 35th year of Jingping, on the eleventh day when Yao Yuzhi and others set sail, the six-year-old little emperor of the Southern Dynasty finally re-established the capital of Lin'an surrounded by his confidants, eunuchs, magnates, and courtiers.

On the same day, the Northern Dynasty army invaded the original Southern Dynasty capital Bianjing, and since then, Cangzhou in the Northeast has been officially divided into two.

The news quickly spread all over the country, and Yao Yuzhi and others on the Huai River also learned the news when they docked to replenish supplies.

That night, Yao Yuzhi once again wet the pillow towel with tears - she missed Ren Zixian, regretted agreeing to him to take her to Cangzhou, countless midnight dreams, she couldn't wait to go back to the past, so that she had the opportunity to make different choices.

Because there is a small ear to report to the god Moxi, so Yao Yuzhi always cries at night Bai Zehui knows it, but as a little doll who can only babble, in addition to instructing Xiao Moxi to change the water, in addition to not exposing her painstaking intentions, Bai Zehui really doesn't know what else she can do for this woman who has lost her husband.

The days passed, and the time soon came to the 11th day of September in the 35th year of Jingping, that is, the fourth day after the destruction of Bianjing City and the establishment of Lin'an in the Southern Dynasty.

On this day, Bai Zehui and their boat encountered the first robber.

Deng Xibin witnessed the process of increasing the number of water bandits on the Huai River, so he was prepared for the arrival of this day.

The emaciated and haggard Yao Yuzhi was locked in the room by Deng Qin's to accompany the children, while Deng Qin's own longbow was armed and fought off the water bandits with Deng Xibin.

There were only a dozen or so bandits who robbed them, and they were dressed in tatters, with yellow faces and thin muscles, and their weapons were also chaotic and varied.

For such a person, Deng Xibin and his wife, who have long been prepared, have high martial arts and are well-armed, the only ending is defeat.

Of course, Deng Xibin and Deng Qin were not unscathed - Deng Xibin was slashed in his left arm by the knife of one of the bandits, and Deng Qin was grazed by a stray arrow on the back of his right hand.

The fact that the couple put aside her rivalry and then each of them was injured finally touched Yao Yuzhi, who had been immersed in grief and couldn't extricate himself.

The tenacity and tenacity she pretended to be tenacious and casual suddenly collapsed when she saw the blood on Deng Qin's hand, and when she took the medicine box to give Deng Qin's medicine, she hit the corner of the table because of her teary eyes, and in the process of giving Deng Qin's medicine, her tears kept falling, and her hands were shaking uncontrollably.

When Deng Qinshi saw it, he couldn't help but be secretly glad that Yao Yuzhi hadn't seen Deng Xibin's wound with his own eyes—his injury was more serious than Deng Qin's.

When Yao Yuzhi finally shook his hand to help Deng Qin's bandage, Deng Qin's hand stretched out his intact hand to hold Yao Yuzhi's still trembling hand, "Madam, don't be afraid, the slave is fine." It's just a little bit of skin, and it will be fine in a few days. ”

Her voice was gentle and gentle, as if she was afraid of scaring or startling Yao Yuzhi.

These days, Yao Yuzhi has been trying to make a casual appearance, but in Deng Qin's eyes, she is now more fragile than a porcelain doll.

What especially makes Deng Qin's frown is that this fragility is not at the physical level.

She also knows that "heart disease still requires heart medicine", but she doesn't have the ability to turn Yao Yuzhi into a Ren Zixian.

So in addition to carefully caring for Yao Yuzhi, Deng Qin didn't know what else he could do for her.