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The fishing boat tossed and tumbled in the middle of the night, nearly capsized several times, and finally stopped at the end of the long night.

The four people in the cabin rolled around and stumbled into a ball, all a little unconscious, and the water in the cabin swayed slightly with the boat and slapped on the bodies of the people lying here and there.

On the fifth day of the fifth day, the side face was pressed against the floor, and the cold water woke him up.Opening his eyes and blinking, he slowly realized that Zhong Chongtang was holding him in his arms and pressing him down. When he turned his head, he saw his face with his eyes tightly closed, and quickly reached out to check his breath. .

Chu Wu breathed a sigh of relief, thinking of Chu Liu again, reached out to feel around, and pulled out a little Chu Liu from under Zhong Chongtang's other arm.His skirt was lifted up on his head, his wet mouth was open and he couldn't breathe, Chu Wu hurriedly tore it off for him, and patted his face vigorously.Chu Liu took a few breaths and cried again, without much strength left, crying dumbly, crying extremely wronged.Chu Wu had no choice but to move himself out from under Zhong Chongtang, hugged him, shook him, patted him, and rubbed his face.

Mou Jianchun also woke up beside him, turned over and sat up suddenly, leaning on the plank of the boat with his injured arm accidentally, causing him to curse in pain.Supporting himself with one hand, he moved from the shallow water to Zhong Chongtang's side, and examined it carefully.

"How is it?" Chu Wu asked carefully.

"The rain has stopped? Bail out the water quickly! What's the matter with sitting here!" Mou Jianchun shouted.

"Okay!" Chu Wu jumped up with Chu Six in his arms, almost slipped in the water, one knee seemed to be bumped badly, and he limped towards the stern to find a bucket.

He also remembered that Su Shuichao had been at the stern all the time, and he didn't know what happened to him after such a rough journey.

The tarpaulin had been blown away long ago, and half of the hatch had collapsed. Chu Wu raised one hand, bent down and walked out. At a glance, he saw that the sky outside was still dim, with some faint light.The wind and waves have subsided for a while, but the rain is still falling, and thousands of lines are falling endlessly.Looking around, there is still a vast water surface, misty and rainy, and I don't know where I am.

"Brother Xiao Su..." Chu Wu raised his hand to cover the top of Chu Liu's head, squinted his eyes to face the rain, looked at a slender figure in front of the boat, and asked aloud: "Brother Xiao Su, are you okay? We are here... ..."

Su Shuichao's figure suddenly took a step back, paused for a while, then flipped out and sank into the water with a soft sound.

Chu Wu was stunned, and hugged Chu Liu with one deep foot and one shallow foot, and threw himself on the side of the boat. Looking at the water surface with his head, he saw layers of water waves. How could there be any figures?Almost suspicious that he had lost his sight, he tilted his head and asked Chu Liu: "Have you seen the housekeeper Xiao Su?"

"Woo." Chu Liu cried.

"Don't cry." Chu Wu stretched out his hand to wipe his face and sighed.

Suddenly, he became confused again, and he didn't know what happened. Seeing that the rudder of the boat was tied up with a cable and fixed in one direction, he didn't need to worry about it for the time being, so he picked up the bucket and wanted to go back and ask Mou Jianchun for another plan.Turning around and looking up, I saw the front of the bow.The front is no longer connected by water and sky. You can already see a stretch of green hills stretching not far away. There are more colors and shapes on the water bank at the foot of the mountain. Although it is not clear, it can be seen that there are crowds gathering and living.

"Dingbo Lake!" Chu Wu yelled, carrying a bucket and hugging Chu Liu, stepping on the water, ran back to the cabin and got out again, rushing to the bow.

One of the bow masts was broken, and the sails did not know where to land on the water, but there were still two smaller sails sticking out.Chu Liu threw the bucket, stepped over to the broken mast, rushed to the front and lay down on the side of the ship, holding Chu Liu to let him look ahead.

"Sixth day! Sixth day! Look, look, we are going ashore! Don't cry!"

Chu Wu yelled happily, and Mou Jianchun yelled at him in the cabin again: "Didn't you let you scoop water! Why are you running around!" "Oh! I'm coming!" Smiling and pouring water out of a bucket, he asked, "Master Mou, why are you upset? We can go ashore... Yes, you promised Zhong's family not to go to the surface of Weibei..." Mou Jianchun suddenly remembered on the fifth day of the lunar new year In order to heal Zhong Chongtang, he should have given such a sentence, knowing that he had made a slip of the tongue, he stuck out his tongue.

Mou Jianchun glared at him and said, "What's so happy about going to Weibei? I won't go even if you let me go!"

On the fifth day of the lunar new year, half a bucket of water was scooped out, and he said to him: "Doctor Mou, the butler Xiao Su is gone. I saw him jumping into the water when I went out. I don't know if I swam ashore first. Our boat is slowly moving. Float to the shore."

"Hmph." Mou Jianchun just snorted with a dark face and didn't say anything.

He took out the set of golden needles from the water, wiped them carefully, and then stuck them on Zhong Chongtang's head.Chu Liu lay in front of him and watched, with his mouth open, reaching out his hand to touch the golden needle, but he slapped it open, his mouth was flattened and he wanted to cry, but he looked up at Mou Jianchun's face but didn't dare to cry, so he went back to Chu Wu He hugged his legs and didn't let go.

Chu Wu didn't know why Mou Jianchun had such a temper, so he raised his hand and rubbed Chu Liu, as long as this genius doctor would do his best to heal Zhong Chongtang, he could beat and scold him as much as he wanted.

The accumulated water in the cabin was cleared out, and on the fifth day of the lunar new year, I went to the bow and stern to clean up the broken debris. I will be docking soon. Although the boat is damaged everywhere, I still need to tidy it up. I asked Xiao Su, the housekeeper, to try to return it to the fisherman’s wife. .Chu Liu staggered and ran after him, fell down from time to time, got up by himself, and still ran after him.Chu Wu was holding a broken mast, seeing that he also used all his breastfeeding strength to help him hold the thin end, that is, hanging on the other end, and couldn't help laughing.

The hull of the boat stopped suddenly, and it moved more slowly, as if it had reached a shoal, and the bottom of the boat rubbed against a protruding rock in the water.Chu Wu moved the broken mast onto the ship's side little by little, propping up a small rock out of the water, turned the ship slightly, and continued to go ashore along the current.

It is even more obvious when you get closer. There are houses along the bank, some with bricks and tiles, some with bamboo and wood, and there are small tents propped up by oilcloth near the shore. It looks simple and mixed, but the streets are complete, and there is another one that is neatly repaired. The pier is the most decent thing in sight.There were more than a dozen fishing boats moored on both sides of the pier. There seemed to be people in the fishing boats, and there seemed to be people in the houses on the shore, but no one was walking outside or making a sound. There was only rain falling on the shore of the entire lake, and there was no other movement.

Chu Wu suddenly felt empty, let the broken mast fall off the ship, looked back at the cabin a little at a loss, inside the cabin Mou Jianchun was still giving Zhong Chongtang an injection, he didn't ask and didn't care about the rest.

Chu Wu bent down and picked up Chu Liu beside his legs. The two stood together at the bow of the boat and looked at the dense water bank in front of them.Chu Liu raised his hands in his arms and waved forward, worry-free and fearless, babbling as if he wanted to jump ashore.

Chu Wu fished his two hands back, and suddenly heard a low voice from the back cabin: "Chu Wu."

Zhong Chongtang woke up and called him out.On the fifth day of the lunar new year, he didn't turn his head back, he just pretended not to hear it, and kept his eyes wide open looking at the pier in front of him.

There were people standing on the pier, all standing in a row, and counting, a total of six black shadows stood motionless in the rain, facing the ship.Chu Wu recognized the figure on the far right, it was Su Shuichao who escaped into the water before.The figure beside him is also somewhat familiar, the round one looks like Shen Weifu.

On the fifth day of the lunar new year, I was a little relieved, but I still felt weird.

The fishing boat approached the pier, and the bow of the boat slanted against the wooden fence on the side of the pier. A man who had never seen him came up, quickly pulled the bow cable away and tied it to a wooden stake, and made a gesture with Chu Wu , which seemed to anchor him.

Chu Wu held the anchor, still staring up at the pier.

The six people moved over and stood right on the bank in front of the bow, a foot away, without taking a step forward.Su Shui looked down at Chuwu at the bow of the boat, blushed, and raised his voice: "Boat, people on board, listen, Zhong, Zhong Chongtang..."

He was so tongue-tied that he couldn't continue, and anxiously stretched out his hands to scratch his head.

"Stop talking, Xiao Su, you don't need to be this villain." Shen Weifu closed his iron bone fan lightly on his arm, and said, "On board is Zhong Chongtang, a thief from the Zhong family! All factions have already reported your crimes to the martial arts, the words are convincing, and the evidence is as solid as a mountain! My Marquis Mansion is also in the same vein as the martial arts, so naturally we cannot condone such evil deeds..."

"You..." Chu Wu was stunned when he heard it, and only said two words.

Su Shuichao pulled Shen Weifu, took a step forward, and insisted on saying: "Dingbo Lake is a place for the people of Weinan, and the Hou, the Hou's mansion has no control over it. As long as, as long as you go ashore, step into Weibei, everyone in the mansion I must be the Lord, uphold justice! Take it, take it, and send it back to Zhong's house!"

"Brother Xiao Su, I don't understand..." Chu Wu felt flustered in his heart, but he spoke calmly.

"You guys! Follow the water, float, float here, no one wants to protect and protect you! You! Just go ashore! No one can protect and protect you!" Su Shui shouted vigorously.

"Why! Why! It's not that you don't know that Mr. Chongtang was wronged! He is not a bad person! What are you doing!" Chu Wu yelled, his voice trembling, and his whole body trembling.Chu Liu nestled in his arms, then raised his fist, and got angry with him.

"Do you dare to say that there are no orphans of the master of the Three Corpses Sect on board? Do you dare to say that you don't know Zhong's Kungfu?" Shen Weifu yelled a few times, shook his head, and said in a low voice: "If Hero Zhong only takes one of you Forget it, both of them follow him alive, and they can't be cleared of the crime. The Hou Mansion is not just us, there is Steward Su, and Lord Hou... You also have to walk in the rivers and lakes and travel in the martial arts. You Do you understand? If you go ashore, you will be arrested, and if you don’t, there is nothing you can do!”

On the fifth day of the lunar new year, he stood on the bow of the boat in anger, tears were about to burst out, and he held back his life.

He didn't expect to change places after a narrow escape, and it was still in such a situation. Before Su Shuichao hesitated to speak a few times and suddenly jumped off the boat, he naturally didn't want to explain.Now he and Shen Weifu are both embarrassed, ashamed and ashamed, and everything that can be said or not can be said in the sentence has been revealed.Chu Wu is not stupid, he can understand what he heard, but he can't figure out why it is still like this.

"So, thank you all."

Zhong Chongtang's voice sounded from behind again, speaking frankly and gently.

He didn't have much strength, and he couldn't use his internal strength to send out his voice, but there was silence all around, and everyone listened quietly, all raising their eyes to look at him.Chu Wu also turned around, Zhong Chongtang stood up crookedly, holding the cabin with one hand and Mou Jianchun's arm with the other, unable to move with one leg, and would fall forward if he moved a little.

On the fifth day of the fifth day, he put down the sixth day, turned around and supported his other side with his shoulder.

Zhong Chongtang looked down at him, smiled lightly, and said, "Don't cry, don't be angry, there is always a little more life."

Chu Wu lowered his head, only thinking about the previous agreement with him, and ran away with Chu Liu if there was a turning point to escape. Now he can't run no matter what, and he can't mention it.

Zhong Chongtang rested his elbows on one person, clasped his fists with both hands, saluted far away to the shore, and said: "Everyone is benevolent and righteous, and Zhong has remembered it in his heart, but there may not be another chance to repay him, so I can only say thank you, and I would like to ask everyone Take it."

Suddenly there was a splash on the shore, Su Shuichao touched one knee to the ground, cupped his fists and bowed to the boat, raised his head and said: "Houfu, Su Shuichao, what, nothing was done, I dare not be a hero Zhong thanks!"

Zhong Chongtang was about to speak, when Su Shui bowed to Shen Weifu beside him on one knee, and shouted: "Thanks to Shen Weifu in the Hou's mansion for not daring to be a hero Zhong!"

Next to Shen Weifu, a man with a fair face and a scholarly appearance knelt down on one knee, and said loudly, "Thank you, Li Heqing from the Hou family, for not daring to be a hero!"

Kneeling again was a tall and slender woman with a similar appearance, who was also drenched in the rain, her pink and white face was dripping with water, and her voice was also dripping with water: "Houfu Li Heyi, thank you for not daring to be a hero! "

Behind him was an older man with a solid appearance and a determined expression, who looked much older than Zhong Chongtang, who also had one knee on the ground, and said in a rough voice: "Thank you for not daring to be a hero Zhong! "

The five knelt down one by one, and when they spoke one by one, Zhong Chongtang couldn't help being moved, and said in a deep voice: "I don't want to thank you for your kindness. Zhong understands, and Zhong understands."