After traveling for six or seven days, the boat crossed the Bailuo River and entered the Moon River. In the middle of the night, the river was fast and freezing. It was a pitch-black night without a single light.
A small boat approached quietly, leaving a shallow trace on the river. Three black figures jumped from the big boat to the small boat, making a soft dull sound. The small boat completed the response and quickly rowed towards the shore.
Yan Wei'er had not yet fallen asleep. Ever since she saw the panic in Uncle Wen's eyes that day, she had been feeling anxious and tossing and turning, unable to sleep.
While she was in a daze, she heard Anu yelling wildly and pacing back and forth restlessly at the door of the room. Yan Weier quickly put on her clothes and opened the door, and the smell of tung oil hit her nostrils.
Third Young Master Qin straightened his clothes and ran towards the other side: "Wei'er, there's a fire in the cabin!"
Yan Wei'er looked over and saw a raging fire on the bottom of the cabin, and the fire was rushing upstairs. Because tung oil was poured on it, the wind blew and the fire became more intense.
There was a lot of people in the boat, shouting and screaming. Several servants in ragged clothes ran upstairs: "Sir, the boat is sinking, and it will burn up soon."
The whole boat was impatient, but Uncle Wen was not there.
The third young master of Qin also noticed something strange and asked in a deep voice: "Where is Uncle Wen?"
"Uncle Wen, Xiaoqing, and Wu San are not on the boat."
Yan Wei'er thought of the panic in Uncle Wen's eyes again, and thought that it was not her fault that she was overly worried, but the crisis in front of her made it impossible for her to think too much about it.
The big boat was parked in the river, neither front, rear, nor right near the shore. The river was turbulent, so the boat swayed and swayed, knocking Yan Weier so hard that she couldn't stand. The third son of Qin didn't care about the difference between men and women at this time, and hurriedly stretched out his hands to help her.
Holding her waist: "Wei'er, can you swim?"
Yan Wei'er shook his head blankly, but said in a firm voice: "The only way to survive is to jump into the river. Brother Qin San doesn't have to worry about Wei'er."
Young Master Qin San felt a little unhappy when he heard what she said. He, Qin San, was not a person who was greedy for life and afraid of death. He said loudly to the servants on the boat: "The boat will be burned down soon. There is only one way to die if you stay on the boat. Those who can swim should hurry up."
Jump off the boat and swim to the shore. If you don’t know how to swim, you can throw everything you can on the boat into the river. If you jump in and grab the things in the river, you can resist for a while."
When everyone saw their master speaking, they immediately threw the tables and chairs on the boat down the river. For a while, there were "thumping" sounds one after another, and there were flopping shadows everywhere.
But the water in the river is cold. If you jump in, you will only have a glimmer of hope, but you will definitely be saved.
The Third Master of Qin did not know how to swim, but with his lightness, he would be able to reach the shore smoothly by stepping on objects. But there was no way he could throw Yan Weier down, and immediately ordered: "Anu, jump down first."
Anu was wagging his tail, anxious. After hearing the order, he turned around and looked at Yan Wei'er. It seemed that he would never go into the water unless his master said anything.
Yan Wei'er saw the fire coming upstairs and said crisply: "Anu, get down!" She pointed her finger towards the water.
Anu whined, but refused to go down.
Yan Weier coaxed: "Anu goes first, I will come down soon, and you have to catch me then." She was trying to coax Anu, but it was exactly what the Third Young Master of Qin wanted.
Anu let out two more whining sounds, glanced at Yan Wei'er again, suddenly jumped into the water, and disappeared into the dark river.
Third Young Master Qin glanced at Yan Wei'er, who looked sad, and felt a little sad. He said softly: "Brother didn't take good care of Wei'er, so you suffered. Come on, jump down first. Anu is waiting below. I
I will be by your side soon, don’t be afraid.”
Yan Wei'er raised her bright eyes and looked at Master Qin's gentle face: "Wei'er is really lucky to know my brother. My brother's kindness to Wei'er is also remembered in my heart. But,
If my brother drags me in the river, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient and neither of us will be alive." As he said that, he pushed him hard and urged him to get into the water. The fire was already burning around him: "Wei'er has no relatives or worries, brother.
It’s different.”
When Qin San saw that the fire had reached Wei'er's belt that was dragging on the ground, he quickly stamped it out and said in a deep voice: "Stop talking. If you don't go down, I will definitely not go down. If we die together, we can die together."
At this time, there was still room for mutual humility. Yan Wei'er had no choice but to take the initiative to grab the collar of Qin's third master's clothes and said: "Brother, please hurry up!" With that, he jumped down.
She felt the wind blowing in her ears and fell into the water with a thud. Because her body was light and she had no energy, she did not jump too far away from the hull. When she entered the water, she was pushed by the current and her head hit her.
On the ship wall, he suddenly felt dizzy with pain and lost consciousness.
At this time, Anu had been waiting impatiently in the water. When he saw his master falling into the water, he rushed over to lift her body up, but Yan Weier gradually tilted due to her coma.
Fortunately, the third son of Qin also jumped out of the boat immediately, grabbed a piece of wood, and shouted: "Wei'er! Wei'er!" He looked around anxiously, and when the river was completely dark, he suddenly heard a crisp barking of a dog.
The Third Young Master of Qin was overjoyed and swam toward the sound of the dog with the board in his arms. Seeing Wei'er's body sinking, only the part above the eyes was exposed. He rushed over and supported Anu with one hand before lifting Wei'er up.
"Wei'er, Wei'er..." Young Master Qin shouted urgently, but he didn't get any reply. He didn't care about this, and he and Anu held up Wei'er's body together, and used the wooden board with his other hand to paddle towards the shore.
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The splashing sound in the river gradually calmed down, and even those who could swim could not swim to the other side in such a cold winter. Seeing that the servants could not escape the fate of death, the third son of Qin was heartbroken, but there was nothing he could do.
I just hope that I can protect my son completely.
Anu got the help of Qin's third son to protect his master, and gradually he carried Wei'er with his whole body, swimming faster and faster. Anu grew up in the prairie, and used to go out to herd sheep with his master, running all over the ground, and he was very good at training.
He has good physical strength and has never lost even when competing with wolves. Even though he is in the water, he is not afraid.
Young Master Qin didn't expect Anu to be so good. He threw the wooden board and found it even lighter. Although he couldn't swim, he seemed to have found the secret to swimming thanks to his good lightness skills and after struggling in the water for a long time.
, taking advantage of Anu's swimming momentum, he held Wei'er's chin with his hand and rushed towards the shore faster.
I don't know how long it took, but even Third Master Qin almost lost his strength before he could faintly see the edge of the river bank.
The third son of Qin hated it in his heart: Uncle Wen was so cruel that he chose a place with a raging river and no boundaries to set fire to.
Anu seemed to see hope and swam desperately to the river bank. Just like that, he bit the body of his former owner and dragged it toward the city gate.
The river bank was near. The Third Master of Qin picked up Yan Wei'er with one hand, pressed it on the bank with the other hand, jumped up, and rolled onto the bank. Anu also rushed to the bank quickly.
Two people and a dog were on the dark shore, shivering wetly. Yan Weier fell in the arms of Qin Third Young Master, her whole body cold.
The firelight on the Moon River was no longer visible. In the whole boat, maybe only two people and one dog survived. A cold wind blew by. The third son of Qin hugged the beauty in his arms tightly, and his heart was bleeding. He felt a more ominous premonition.