However, the wind and waves were too great for the raft to bear, and how could two small pieces of driftwood support it? The hands of the two men were constantly hit by the waves, but they came and went looser, until they only used a few fingers to hook up, and became the last connection between the two.

Chu Qing'an's small body was floating in the waves, and Dao Xueke hurriedly shouted when he saw this: "Qing'an, tilt your head up, don't, don't let go of my hand!" Chu Qing'an's consciousness was already a little blurry, for some reason, since she met Dao Xueke, there seemed to be more moments of separation between life and death, so much so that she was a little indifferent.

Chu Qing'an couldn't breathe air, faintly heard Dao Xueke's shout, tried to tilt his head out of the water, couldn't help choking on another mouthful of seawater, seeing that his fingers were about to let go, Dao Xueke suddenly took a breath and dived into the water, swam towards her, hugged her waist and lifted her up, trying his best to make her surface, he just puffed out his cheeks, and some bubbles leaked out of his mouth from time to time. Chu Qing'an breathed in the air and gradually regained consciousness, but he was still extremely weak, and said intermittently: "Brother Xue... Don't ......" She felt a bottom-up support, knowing that Dao Xueke was already determined to let her survive and sacrifice herself, how could she agree. But now she is powerless to struggle, her slightly open eyes look up, and see that the rain is gradually subsiding, the wind and waves are much smaller than before, and the large clouds have also dispersed and retreated to the sky, as if the sun is shining down, directly into Chu Qing'an's pupils.

"Brother Snow... The rain stopped... The rain stopped!" Chu Qing'an's miserable white lips trembled, and his wet face forcibly raised a smile, Dao Xueke had already reached the limit, and when he heard the words, he surfaced, but his arms were still wrapped around Chu Qing'an's slender and cold waist, and as soon as he came out of the water, he took a big gulp of air, and it took a long time to calm down. Looking around, as Chu Qing'an said, the rain has become lighter, only the raindrops like needles and hairs remain, and I saw that the dark clouds dispersed, although it was still cloudy, but it was indeed good weather compared to before. The wind and waves on the sea gradually subsided, and at this time, the two would rather have no wind and no waves, and no matter what the east, west, north and south winds, it is really lucky to survive.

The weather at sea is also strange, and the wind and waves come and go quickly, but even if it is not long, it almost takes the lives of two people. After another half an hour, the two of them were still soaked in the calm water, and the sun dispelled the remaining dark clouds and raindrops, but it could not dispel the cold and gloom in their hearts. Now that the wind and waves are gone, the two men face another big problem: no vehicles, no food and no water. If this continues, they will not survive more than three days in this endless ocean.

Dao Xueke hugged the weak Chu Qing'an, only to feel that her body was a little trembling, her body was a little hot, and Dao Xueke was even more flustered, which was far more panicked than having no food. Chu Qing'an was already drowsy, Dao Xueke leaned his cheek on her head, couldn't help but count his nose, and said softly with a slight cry: "Qing'an, I can't sleep... Promise me, you really can't sleep......" Dao Xueke's eyes were a little red, and his tone was full of pleading. Chu Qing'an could hear every word he said, and he also forced himself to breathe a sigh and not let himself sleep. In a trance, Chu Qing'an saw a black dot in the distance, so he shouted softly: "Brother Xue......" Dao Xueke immediately responded: "Qing'an, I'm here." "Is that a ship...... Chu Qing'an's voice became smaller and smaller.

When Dao Xueke heard this, he fixed his eyes on the direction that Chu Qing'an was facing, he was more sober, and after a closer look, he shouted happily: "It's really a boat, it's really a boat! It was a large ship, diagonally in front of the Blade Snowman, with its sails spread and sailing over the sea, fifty or sixty feet away from them. Dao Xueke couldn't wait to shout loudly: "Save us, save us!" Dao Xueke was afraid that the people on the boat would not hear his shouts, but he couldn't abandon Chu Qing'an to escape alone, and he could only put his hope on the people on the boat. Although Chu Qing'an's mind was drowsy, she was clear in her heart, and she said softly: "Brother Xue can swim over alone, if Brother Xue is saved, I can also look at it." How could Dao Xueke listen to her words, so he grabbed Chu Qing'an with one hand, swam towards the big boat, swam a few feet away, and then stopped and shouted: "Help us! Help us!"

Standing at the bow of the ship was a young man. Seeing the appearance of the young man in his early twenties, wearing a black gauze and white background mountain and river brocade robe, holding a white paper fan, the words "Ren Xing Shanhuai" were written on the fan, and three or four valuable jade pendants were hung on his waist, and the collar and hem cuffs were embroidered with gold threads, but he was tied with a head, like a scholar, but he was dressed very expensively, and his posture was even more upright, his air was lofty, and there was also a bit of heroism between his eyebrows, so he must be a rich child. And beside him was an old servant who was over the age of sixteen and a servant dressed as a scholar.

The person dressed as a scholar seemed to hear something, so he looked around, and saw the Dao Xueke who was holding Chu Qing'an and shouting for help, and hurriedly reported back to the young man beside him: "Childe, childe, look there." The young man looked in the direction pointed by the scholar, squinted his eyes and looked carefully for a while before he said to the old servant beside him, "Quick, Fauber, go and tell the master of the boat to turn the bow of the boat and go in the direction of the two men, and then call someone to fetch the soft ladder and bring them aboard the boat." They must have been shipwrecked passengers in the storm. The man known as Fauber answered, and hurried to the cabin. In a few moments, the big ship changed course and headed in the direction of the Blade Snowman.

When Dao Xueke saw the big ship coming here, he was overjoyed, and thought that it must have been the people on the boat who heard the cry for help. , and said to Chu Qing'an beside him: "Qing'an, we are saved." We are saved!" The great boat was in the midst of an eye, and a rope ladder was thrown down from the side of the boat, and the young man poked his head out and shouted, "Come up from this rope ladder, brother." Hearing this, Dao Xueke looked at the weak Chu Qing'an in his arms, he naturally got better, but now how could Chu Qing'an climb the soft ladder.

Dao Xueke raised his head and begged: "Bother this son, can you borrow a strip of cloth, my sister is really weak and can't climb the soft ladder, and I hope that the son will give me a strip of cloth, so that I can tie her with me before I can get on the boat." Then the servants on either side of the boy who were holding the ladder said, "I'll wait until I go and find the strips of cloth." ”

"Wait. The boy stopped the two and said, "When will you go and find them, but the two brothers and sisters are still soaked in the sea, how can you wait any longer?" The boy on the boat said: "I don't know about this, can Brother Tai be useful?" Dao Xueke happily replied: "Naturally useful, thank you Childe!" After that, he twisted the black gauze into strips of cloth, tied Chu Qing'an's waist with his own waist, and after confirming that it was tightly tied, he pulled the soft ladder and carried Chu Qing'an to the boat.

The two servants were not afraid that someone would come up, and they almost didn't grasp the rope ladder, and they were a little struggling, so they hurriedly pressed their feet against the side of the boat, and grabbed the rope ladder with both hands and dragged them back, and the forearms and foreheads were already full of green tendons.

Seeing that Dao Xueke could climb onto the big ship with Chu Qing'an on his back and only one step, the two servants finally lost their strength and fell forward, and Dao Xueke also felt that the rope ladder had no strength and was about to fall down. The young man's eyes were quick, he hurriedly rushed forward, stretched out his hands and grabbed Dao Xueke's arms, a glimmer of light flashed in the child's eyes, and his face changed greatly. The ladder clicked and fell above the water, and the two servants fell to the ground, and hurried up to pull the boy along. It took a lot of effort for the three people on the boat to pull the two Dao Xueke onto the boat.

The two servants quickly helped the boy up, wiped off the water stains on his body, dusted off the dust, and took out a gauze from the cabin and put it on for him.

As soon as Dao Xueke got on the boat, he didn't have time to say a word of thanks, he untied Chu Qing'an from behind and hugged him in his arms, and hurriedly said: "My sister is probably sick, and I hope Gongzi will save her!" Seeing Dao Xueke's face full of worry and pleading, kneeling on one knee on the deck, the son noticed the two knives hanging from his waist again, and ordered the servant: "Quick, quickly help this brother Tai help his sister to find a room to settle down in the cabin, and then go and call Doctor Huang to treat her, quickly!" The two servants helped Chu Qing'an into the cabin, and Dao Xueke hugged his fists and thanked him, and followed the three into the cabin. The boy followed.

found a clean room and let Chu Qing'an lie flat on the bed, and Dao Xueke stayed in front of her bed, never leaving. The boy instructed his subordinates again: "You two, go find Yingying and Cuicui, and ask her to bring two clean clothes and change them on." After a while, the Yingying and Cuicui came into the room with clean clothes, these two were two fifteen or sixteen-year-old maids, handed a set of clothes to Dao Xueke, told him to go behind the screen to change, and changed Chu Qing'an's clothes. The boy withdrew from the room with the two male servants and closed the door. A moment later, the door was opened again, and the two of them had already changed their clothes, and they felt much drier. The two maids took the soaked clothes they had changed and asked them to be washed and dried, and then they returned to the room to listen to the instructions. The boy said: "From today on, the two of you and the embroidered spring and Zhixia will be waiting for this brother and his sister day and night, if there is any neglect, this son will not be spared." The two maids said "yes". Dao Xueke hugged his fists and said: "Childe's great kindness, it is unforgettable, and I will really thank Childe when I have the opportunity." The boy smiled when he heard this: "Brother Tai's words are serious." While the two were talking, one of them came into the door, and when the two of them looked, the person who came had gray hair, and it was Dr. Huang who carried the medicine box into the room. Dao Xueke thanked the doctor, and the Huang doctor sat in front of the bed, opened the medicine box, and brushed his beard to check Chu Qing'an's pulse. After a while, Dr. Huang put away the medicine box again and stood up. "Doctor Huang, I don't know what the situation is with this girl?" asked Gongzi first, and Dao Xueke was also full of worry on his face. Doctor Huang opened his mouth and said: "Please don't worry about this young man and Ren Gongzi, this girl is just infected with the cold." The old man prescribes a piece of medicine and decoction it in the morning and evening, and he will be cured. It's not a big deal. That Ren Gongzi smiled and said: "Doctor Huang is the best accompanying doctor on this ship, if he says that it is no big problem, there is no big problem over there, there are medicinal materials on this ship, and Doctor Huang can take it at will." Dao Xueke said with a long sigh of relief when he heard this, and his hanging heart finally let go. Ren Gongzi said to the servant beside him: "You two go and call the embroidered spring and Zhixia, and one will go with Doctor Huang to grab the medicine, and the other will be responsible for decocting the medicine, and send it to this girl sooner or later, without delay." Doctor Huang took the two servants to leave, and Dao Xueke thanked him again and again. Soon after, two maids of the same age as the previous two came, and I think it was the embroidered spring and the summer of knowledge.

Ren Gongzi instructed again: "From today onwards, the two of you will serve this brother on this boat, and Yingying and Cuicui will take care of this girl." Eat and drink, be comprehensive, not slack. In addition, two buckets of hot soup will be boiled tonight, so that the two of them can take a bath and get rid of their fatigue. DID YOU KNOW. The four maids bowed together and said, "Yes, Childe." After everything was arranged, Ren Gongzi said to Dao Xueke again: "Haven't you asked your brother Tai Daming yet?"

Dao Xueke replied cautiously: "My surname is Su, and he is the second in the family, so his name is Su Zhong." This is a sister, and the head of the family is called Su Xiaomei. Dare to ask the name of the child?" The man replied with a smile: "Ren Shanhuai in the late life." ”

"It turned out to be Ren Gongzi. Dao Xueke said. Ren Shanhuai said again: "Su Shaoxia's room is next door, which is also convenient for Su Shaoxia to take care of Ling Mei from time to time. Everything can be left to the four of them to do, and in this way, the late life will retire. Seeing that Ren Shanhuai was leaving, Dao Xueke also bowed down and said: "Later, my sister's condition improved, and I decided to go to thank Ren Gongzi." With that, Ren Shanhuai walked away with a smile on his face.

A little later, a servant came with medicine, and Dao Xueke gently helped Chu Qing'an up, leaned her against the bed, and sat on the side, about to feed her medicine. The warbler hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Why does Su Gongzi have to feed the medicine himself, let me wait to do such a trivial matter." ”

Dao Xueke smiled and declined: "No need, it's better for me to come by myself." Dao Xueke brought the spoon to his mouth and blew it, and tested the temperature with his lips, and the temperature was just right, and then sent it into Chu Qing'an's mouth. After a bowl of soup and medicine, Chu Qing'an's face was also much ruddy, and his consciousness gradually sobered up. Chu Qing'an said softly: "We... Saved?"

Dao Xueke got up and said to the four maids, "Go out for the time being, our brother and sister still have something to talk about." The four women looked at each other, then bowed back and closed the door. Dao Xueke sat next to Chu Qing'an again, held her hand tightly, and replied softly, "We are saved." ”

Chu Qing'an forced a smile: "We escaped death again. Dao Xueke smiled, and told Chu Qing'an about being rescued on the boat by Ren Shanhuai, as well as all his arrangements and his concealment of his identity. Chu Qing'an heard the words and said: "Brother Xue is cautious to conceal his identity, but why should he cover it up as a brother and sister?"

"What, brother and sister are not good?" Dao Xueke asked with a smile, seeing that Chu Qing'an was improving, Dao Xueke was in a good mood, and couldn't help but joke. When I was with Chu Qing'an, I was different when I was with Liu Yuanjun and the rest of the Ten Ghost Hall, not only was I in a good mood, but the whole person was also cheerful, and I thought it must have been changed by Chu Qing'an's lively temperament.

"Who's going to do your... Be your sister......" Chu Qing'an didn't say any more, but blushed.

Dao Xueke smiled even brighter: "Then what do you want to do?" Chu Qing'an heard this, he was so ashamed that he bit his silver teeth, and he was about to reach out to hit Dao Xueke's shoulder, and he couldn't help coughing, Dao Xueke patted her back while holding her into his arms and hugged her tightly.

"Since Ren Shanhuai saved us, Brother Xue still has to go and thank you. Chu Qingan raised his head and stared at Dao Xueke and said.

Dao Xueke replied: "I naturally know that I will go to see her later, but I am afraid that you will ......."

Chu Qing'an smiled: "Afraid that I won't have anyone to take care of, aren't there still a few of them?" Chu Qing'an pointed to the maid outside the door. Dao Xueke smiled again: "I don't want our arrogant and willful eldest lady at the beginning, but now she also understands etiquette." "Dao Xueke's words are not bad, these things that the two of them have gotten along, and their respective personalities have changed a little.

Chu Qing'an was full of shame again, but he was rude in his hands, so he had to say coquettishly: "When are you still laughing." ”

The two were chatting happily, and suddenly heard someone knocking on the door outside the door, and the voice of the warbler sounded from outside the door: "Master Su, the hot soup has been cooked, and I also invite Master Su and Miss Su to bathe and change clothes." Chu Qing'an sat on the bed, and Dao Xueke went to open the door.

The servants behind the four maids carried several large kettles into the room and poured the hot soup into the wooden buckets. White smoke rose from the wood behind the screen.

The warbler held the clothes and said, "Su Gongzi's room is ready to stop, so please go back to the room to take a bath." Miss Su is here, with me and Cuicui to serve. ”

Dao Xueke looked back at Chu Qing'an on the bed, Chu Qing'an nodded, and he responded: "I'm sorry for you." ”

"Su Gongzi's words really tormented us, we are subordinates, and we should have done these things. Why does Su Gongzi need to be so polite. The maid named Xiuchun said.

And the girl named Zhixia looked at Dao Xueke and then at Chu Qing'an on the bed, tilted her head and said, "I don't think Su Gongzi and Miss Su are not like brothers and sisters, but like a husband and wife!" As soon as these words came out, Dao Xueke's face changed greatly, and Chu Qing'an blushed from the root of his ears to his neck.

Xiuchun hurriedly explained: "Su Gongzi don't be surprised, this Zhixia is the youngest, not sensible, and often says the wrong thing, and I hope Gongzi won't blame her." We will serve a good son. After saying that, he stabbed Na Zhixia with his back elbow, and Na Zhixia also closed his mouth in amusement and stopped making a sound.

Dao Xueke had to smile awkwardly, and returned to his room with Xiuchun Zhixia, leaving Yingying Cuicui to take care of Chu Qing'an.

When he returned to the room, he saw that the furniture layout was no different from Chu Qing'an's room, and the wooden barrel was already filled with hot soup, so he undressed behind the screen and sat in the wooden barrel to bathe, and put the clothes on the cloak. Xiuchun took off the clothes, and Zhixia put the changed clothes on the screen again, waiting for the knife snowman.