Half River Autumn Moon and River Spring [Rat and Cat]

The cold moon dips into the river, and the ice penetrates to the bone.

A moment ago, the iron-clad warship was said to be invulnerable, but now everyone was in a cold sweat. The old Mo hurriedly knocked the soot on the railing, and led the crew to the cabin before he could say anything. , Zhan Bai and the two planned to follow, but Yan Bei suddenly appeared and stopped them.

"You two gentlemen, don't get out of the cabin, it's weird."

Zhan Zhao saw that Yan Bei's complexion was not good, he hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

Yan Bei hesitated to speak: "The bottom of the boat... Well, for some reason, water has been seeping from the keel, and the crew have already rescued it, but with little success... Now the draft is a bit serious, Mr. On deck, not in the cabin."

Seeing Yan Bei's expression, Zhan Zhao paused and asked, "If the water intake exceeds the load...what will happen?"

"Well, actually, let's talk about this boat. It's really a diamond armor. It's really strange to encounter this thing today. Yan Bei, I have traveled all over the world with the young master for so many years. This is the first time I have encountered this... ..." Yan Bei babbled for a long time, as if he wanted to help Bai Jintang to rectify his name, and it was definitely not because of the young master's boat that this kind of thing happened.

Bai Yutang patted Yan Bei who was chattering endlessly: "Get to the point."

Yan Bei scratched his face: "The worst plan is to abandon the ship."

Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang: "..."

Yan Bei looked at the two of them, and asked sincerely with a baby face: "The faces of the two masters are really...how can you say that they are white?"

"..."

"Really, even though the lights are dark right now, you can still see clearly, especially the young master, your face is paler than..."

"Yan Bei!" Bai Yutang couldn't help but interrupted, "Did you forget that neither me nor the cat can swim?"

"Ah, of course I remember." Yan Bei nodded vigorously.

"Then, what then?"

"Then?" Yan Bei blinked.

"Is there no escape boat or something?"

"Of course not, it's a warship after all." Yan Bei replied seriously, "However, the river is a bit cold and turbulent, bottomless, and the visibility is low at night, so there are no other disadvantages. Mostly we can still swim. past."

Zhan Zhao said speechlessly, "Could it be possible to find a worse situation besides these?"

Yan Bei paused: "For example... may there be unknown monsters under the water?"

Zhan Bai: "..." Thinking of the weird scratching sound at the keel, the two fell silent again.

Seeing the silence between the two, Yan Bei suddenly thought of something, and suddenly said: "Ah? Are the two masters afraid?"

Although this question was a question, the two of them didn't want to answer at all, and they began to worry whether Yan Bei's dull state would last until after the two of them were drowned.

Yan Bei thought for a while, ran into the cabin and took two large wooden boards out, then found a hemp rope, cut everything into two and tied it to the wooden board, and after repeatedly checking the fastness, tied the other end of the hemp rope to himself. waist, and then handed the board to Zhan Bai and the other two, and said with a smile: "You two, don't be afraid, if you really abandon the boat later, you will hold on to this wooden floating board desperately, and I will take you to swim ashore."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang took the board, and they looked at each other. It was a cold day, and they both broke out in cold sweat.

Yan Bei smiled: "It's okay, it's okay, it's very stable!"

It's hard to imagine that Yan Bei's baby face can still smile so brightly in the middle of the night...

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were heartbroken, and could only silently pray that nothing would happen to the boat, but before they had time to lament, the stern of the boat sank again, and then the bow of the whole boat began to tilt, and the three of them hurriedly Grasping the railing of the bow, only to hear a panic call in the cabin.

Before they could react, the crew members in the cabin began to flee in a panic, each and every one of them looked ashen as if they had seen something they shouldn't have seen.

Seeing such a scene, Yan Bei shouted loudly and asked, "What happened?"

On the side, a young crew member who had just escaped grabbed the railing and said with a look of shock, "Snake...snake...there are snakes in the water..."

Another person interrupted: "What snake, that monster has scales, it's either a fish or a dragon!"

Yan Bei didn't understand, "What do you mean?"

A few senior crew members and the captain also came out of the cabin at this time. Seeing that the crew members seemed to have lost their souls, the captain immediately said calmly: "The water seepage in the bottom of the bilge is serious, I'm afraid it won't be able to last a stick of incense, everyone. Buy time, count the number of people, distribute in groups of two, remember who your teammates are, wear less clothes, don’t carry packages, the river flows faster, and after you abandon the boat, everyone swims towards the south bank, remember to swim against the current , Try to keep up with the big troops, don't fall behind, we will meet on the shore."

Then the captain looked at Yan Bei and said, "Lord Yan Bei, you heard what my subordinates just said, right? What the two masters said..."

Yan Bei said: "It's okay, I'll take care of the two of them, you just need to worry about the safety of the other crew members."

The captain nodded approvingly: "As expected of the leader. Ah, by the way, the two masters' precious horses have already let go of the reins. I see that the red and white horses are quite spiritual, and they will go ashore to find us on their own. Don't worry."

Then he paused, and then said: "By the way, Lord Yan Bei, there are some differences in the bottom of the water, you must be careful later."

Before Yan Bei could ask what was wrong, the boat began to sink sharply. After listening to the captain's instructions, everyone finally recovered, and after confirming their companions, they began to abandon the boat and enter the river one by one. Yan Bei patted Zhan Baier The man's back, said: "Hold on tight later, don't let go!"

Seeing the crew members jumping into the river steadily and orderly one by one, Yan Bei tightened the hemp rope around his waist, and the bow of the boat became higher and higher, almost perpendicular to the river surface. With a wink, he jumped into the river without any hesitation, Zhan Bai and the two also held on to the floating board, and once they entered the river, they felt the biting cold, but fortunately the buoyancy of the wooden board was good, although Yan Bei was pulling two people alone, But not too slow.

Although both of them are peerless masters, they are both afraid of water, they are both desperately dragging on the floating board, they don't look like masters at all, when the waves of the river hit, Zhan Bai and the two only felt that there was water in all directions, and they couldn't open their eyes , even breathing carefully, not knowing where he was at all, he could only hold on to the floating board nervously, relying entirely on Yan Bei.

After swimming for a while, someone suddenly pulled Bai Yutang's body, Bai Yutang instinctively turned his head, and saw a strange woman behind him, looking at him expressionlessly.

Those eyes were actually colder than the piercing river water.

Before Bai Yutang could react, the woman frowned, stepped back a few steps and plunged headlong into the water, the waves stirred up, but the following scene made Bai Yutang, who had always been indifferent, widen his eyes.

The woman jumped into the river, even to a layman like Bai Yutang, the posture of entering the water was incomparably exquisite, and what surprised him even more was that the woman had a tail like a fish!

Even in this dark night, he is sure that he can see clearly!

Without more time to think, the waves on the river became more and more fierce, Bai Yutang had no choice but to hug the floating board in his hand and sway with the waves.

When the two felt that they had finally escaped to Shengtian, it was after landing that everyone found them.Yan Bei looked relaxed, untied the rope and immediately searched for the other crew members. The two of Zhan Bai couldn't hang on after bumping in the river for so long, and lay on the ground feeling like they were going to collapse.

After everyone had adjusted their breath for a while, the sky was already light, and Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were sitting by the fire, drying their clothes, when Yan Bei asked the captain, "Have you found everyone?"

The captain nodded, paused, and said, "Not only have they all been found, but... there is one more person."

Yan Bei was puzzled: "There is one more person? What do you mean, did you save someone who fell into the water?"

The captain shook his head and said: "No, this person seems to have sneaked onto the boat at some point, and then escaped with us. I only found out that there was such a person when I counted the number of people."

Then he pointed to the back of a man in white not far away: "That's him, but he doesn't know anything except his name."

Zhan Zhao looked in the direction the captain pointed, and suddenly smiled and patted Bai Yutang's shoulder: "Don't tell me, mouse, the back looks quite similar to you."

Bai Yutang glanced at the other party, and saw that although the man was dressed in white, he looked very thin. From a distance, it seemed that all his energy had been drained.What kind of eyes does this cat have? Am I so thin?

Thinking of this, he suddenly recalled the weird scene he saw in the water, could it be...

"Cat, do you still remember the body of the sea monster we found on the empty island?"

"Remember, sister-in-law Xiuxiu said that it was actually a human being?"

Bai Yutang frowned and said, "When I was in the river last night, I saw it again..."

"what?!"

Zhan Zhao's exclamation attracted Yan Bei and the captain from the side.

Bai Yutang went on to say: "It's a bit different from the last time. The one we found before was completely soaked, and even the gender couldn't be identified, but this time I saw a woman with a human body and a fishtail. She pulled me back for some reason. But after looking at my face, she left again, as if I wasn't the one she was looking for..."

Zhan Zhao looked at the man in white not far away, and said in disbelief, "You mean, he might be the person they are looking for?"

Bai Yutang nodded.

The captain on the side said: "So, the young master also saw the monsters in the water? How many?"

"Is there more than one?"

The captain said faintly: "That's right, there are more than one, and some of them are fish tails with human bodies, and some... are snake tails with human bodies... But I found that they have no intention of killing us, otherwise it would not be such a simple reminder. you."

Zhan Zhao looked serious: "It seems that this matter really has something to do with that guy."

Yan Bei said: "Then it seems that those monsters are looking for the man in white? Who is he?"

The captain froze for a moment, then looked back at the man in white: "Ah, he just said what his name was, let me think about it... what is his name..."

At this time, the man in white seemed to feel that someone was discussing him, and turned around indifferently. He was not in the embarrassment when he fell into the water last night. The man in white stood up, but his thin body had a handsome face. Pale, with no lip color, and black hair scattered, as if recovering from a serious illness, he is good-looking, but he seems to have lost his soul.

Cold and lonely.

"His name is Ye Hong."