At this time, the faces of everyone on the ship showed a look of horror.

Everyone was silent, not daring to make even the slightest sound.

After a while, the sound in the direction of the sandbar gradually became quieter, and Xu He's heart sank to the bottom.

Just when everyone was worried about the people on the sandbar, suddenly, there was almost undetectable movement on the waterway outside the reeds.

Xu He hurriedly made a silent gesture!

Sure enough, after a while, the voices outside were getting louder and louder.

A voice shouted from the direction of the waterway: "Don't hide, I see you, come out quickly!" ”

Xie Lan, the youngest on the boat, changed his face when he heard this, and was just about to speak, but his mouth was covered by his hand, he broke away and looked behind him, and found that it was his cousin Xu He who covered his mouth.

Seeing this, everyone realized that the bandits might not have discovered them, and that they were just cheating.

Sure enough, after a while, the voice shouted not far ahead: "Don't hide the fuck, Lao Tzu has seen you!" ”

Cold sweat broke out on everyone's foreheads, it was really a trick, this gang of thieves was too cunning.

Thinking of this, everyone's eyes when they looked at Xu He changed, especially the old janitor and Hou Desheng, if they listened to them, they would park the boat in a secluded place on the waterway, and they should have been caught up by thieves at this time.

In the face of everyone's admiration, Xu He had no time to be complacent, at this time the thieves were still there, and it was not yet time to rejoice.

At this moment, suddenly the sound of thieves and bandits came from the direction of the sandbank, and everyone fell silent again.

At this moment, the patient, who had been sleeping until now, suddenly coughed.

Although the cough is not loud because of the long-term illness in bed, if you continue to cough like this, you will not be heard by the bandits.

The two brothers of the Xie family were so anxious that they sweated on their foreheads in the face of this situation.

After a few days, my mother's health finally improved a little, and being able to cough showed that it was getting better, which should have been something that made them happy.

But here and now, the danger is like a tired egg, and if it attracts thieves, the whole ship will suffer.

With his mother on one side and the whole ship on the other, the Xie brothers were very frightened.

Seeing this, Xu He knew that these two cousins were afraid that everyone would throw their aunt into the water.

Human nature is terrible, and if you can't save it, some people will think that the death of a long-term sick and almost hopeless person will be exchanged for the life of the whole ship, no matter how you think about it, it is cost-effective.

The cough was still accumulating, and the atmosphere on the boat gradually became delicate.

Seeing this, Xu He said in a low voice: "Hou Langzhong, is there a way to make my aunt's cough a little easier?" ”

Hou Desheng spread his hands: "How can there be a miracle medicine with immediate results?" ”

Although Xu He knew that there was little hope, he was still a little disappointed when he heard him say this.

The voices of the bandits in the distance were getting closer and closer, and when they heard the voices coming from them, they were shouting and whistling, as if they were chasing someone.

Seeing the voice coming towards him, Xu He didn't have time to think about it, he turned to Xu Peng and said, "Take care of my cousin, I'll go and lure them away!" ”

Xu Peng grabbed Xu He when he heard this: "That's not good, I'll go!" ”

Xu He was anxious: "Brother Peng, this is my aunt, this is my cousin, listen to me, you help me guard everyone, if something is not done, you and Xiao Er try to escape with everyone as much as possible, leave me alone!" ”

After speaking, he broke free of Xu Peng's arm, came to the side of the boat and carefully entered the water.

At this time, the Xie brothers were already in tears, and the eldest brother Xie Xiu said: "Cousin, let me go!" ”

Xie Lan was still young, trembling with fright, grabbing her mother's hand with one hand, and constantly wiping her tears with the other.

Xu He bit it and said, "Take good care of your aunt, don't worry, it'll be fine." ”

After saying that, he gently stepped on the water and swam in the direction where the sound came from.

It is said to be swimming, but in fact, the water in many places in this reed swing is very shallow, and when Xu He just swam fifty-six meters, his feet can almost touch the sludge at the bottom of the boat.

He stood up and looked behind him, and at this time he could no longer see the boat, but his aunt's coughing could still be heard intermittently, and Xu He walked forward with his feet in the mud, waiting until the water was deep and swam for a while.

Soon, my aunt's cough was no longer audible.

But he was still not at ease, and continued to touch in the direction of the bandit just now.

Sure enough, the thieves shouted and scolded even louder: "Damn, you can really hide it, if the little girl's skin is discovered by me, my lord, I will strip you naked on the spot on this boat." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a few more bad laughs were heard.

Xu He silently counted in his heart, the bandits should have the appearance of three or four people, more than two hundred meters away from him.

He saw that these bandits had no intention of leaving for the time being, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Xu He didn't dare to get too close, knowing where the bandits were, he quietly swam towards the depths of the reeds.

Along the way, he had to be careful not to make a sound, and he had to hold on to the passing reeds to prevent them from lodging and let the bandits find out.

After about a stick of incense, he carefully swam a hundred meters.

Now that the distance has been widened, Xu He is ready to make some movement to attract the attention of the bandits.

At this moment, he suddenly saw a touch of pink floating on the water not far away.

"Woman!" Xu He immediately understood, thinking that this was the object of the bandits' pursuit.

But at this time, Xu He didn't dare to move, he was afraid that his movements would attract the attention of the woman, and it would be troublesome if he yelled.

On the one hand, they want to attract the bandits, so that they don't go forward, and find their aunt and uncle.

On the other hand, I encountered the object of the bandits' pursuit, and if I made some noise, it would hurt others.

Xu He was in a dilemma.

Suddenly, there was an imperceptible movement in the reeds not far away.

Xu He looked at it intently, and saw that the reeds were shaking slightly, but the shaking amplitude was not large.

At this time, the bandits on the periphery of the reeds were still shouting and scolding.

"What a cunning thief!" Xu He was secretly frightened, "These people are scolding on the periphery on the surface, but in fact, they have already sent people into the water and secretly approached!" ”

Xu He looked at the peach red floating on the water and was still motionless, obviously the other party did not notice the abnormality in the reeds.

Xu He quietly dived into the water, and only a pair of eyes leaked out to look at the water.

Sure enough, not long after, a man with a short knife in his mouth appeared not far away, holding a reed.

The reed where Xu He was located happened to have a small blank space, and when the man saw the open space, he did not hurry out of the reeds, but gently took the knife in his mouth and looked around in his hand.

Fortunately, Xu He was prepared, and the whole person hid in the reeds, only revealing the top of his head, and the thief looked in his direction for a while, and did not find anything abnormal, so he looked away.

At this moment, the thief looked sideways into the distance, and Xu He followed his gaze to see where the pink was.

"Oops, found out by thieves!" Xu He was shocked.

Sure enough, I saw the thief smiling silently, and the whole person slowly sank into the water.