The High Gate Mistress of Rebirth

Chapter 242 Distress
Even during the journey, Li Xian and Xu Wanning kept living apart.

The night was dark, there was no wind or waves, and the boat moved steadily on the water. Xu Wanning lay on the bed, closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Li Xian was lying on the soft couch, but he tossed and turned, unable to sleep peacefully. He tossed and turned until the middle of the night, and only took a light nap.Just as the sky was twilight, he woke up again.Unable to fall asleep, Li Xian put on his clothes and walked out of the cabin lightly.

The world is still immersed in chaos, everything is silent, only the murmur of water at the bottom of the boat.

Seeing Li Xian coming out, the attendants who were resting in the cubicle hurried up to welcome him, and persuaded him, "Master, why did you get up so early? It's very windy outside now, sir, go back to the barn."

Li Xian tightened his cloak and asked, "Can we reach the shore before dawn?"

The attendant quickly replied, "We will be able to land in another hour."

Li Xian nodded and ordered: "When we get to the shore, we must restrain the good people. This area is not peaceful. Don't let the little ones disembark and mess around. We will set off when the escort from Jiangdong arrives. "

The attendant agreed with all his mouth: "I understand, sir, let's go back to the barn, the cold wind at the bow can't blow."

It was the coldest time on the water in the early morning, and after only a few words, the cool wind blew through his clothes. Li Xian couldn't help but sneezed, wrapped his cloak and turned around to enter the cabin.

Li Xian took off his cloak, and just as he went back to lie down on the couch lightly, he heard Xu Wanning say, "It's so early in the morning, you don't sleep well, what are you doing?"

Seeing his wife woke up, Li Xian sat up again and asked, "Did I wake you up?"

Xu Wanning turned over and replied impatiently: "Isn't that right, I slept well, you woke me up when you came out and went in."

Li Xian comforted his wife and said: "There is still an hour before we can reach the shore, just sleep for a while."

Xu Wan agreed vaguely, then closed her eyes again, and Li Xian also lay down again, wanting to squint for a while.

"What sound?" Li Xian was about to fall asleep in a daze, when Xu Wanning who was on the bed suddenly got up and asked with his ears pricked up.

Li Xian also sat up and said vaguely, "Where is there any sound? It's just the sound of water flowing at the bottom of the boat."

Xu Wanning listened intently for a while again: "No, it's not the sound of water, it sounds like something is wrong to me."

As she said that, she quickly put on her clothes and urged Li Xian, "Get up quickly and go out and have a look."

Seeing his wife's nervousness, Li Xian got up and came to her with a smile to comfort her, "Don't be afraid, I just came back from outside, I'm fine, I just arrived in Huaiyin, and I'll be docked in less than an hour, can you What's the matter?"

As soon as Li Xian finished speaking, he heard a noise from outside: "It's not good, there are water thieves, there are water thieves!"

The shouts and fighting sounds outside the cabin intertwined, completely breaking the tranquility of the morning.

"It's a water thief!" Xu Wanning exclaimed.

Li Xian's face turned pale immediately, and she comforted his wife: "You stay in the cabin, I'll go out and have a look."

With that said, Li Xian turned around and was about to go out, but was grabbed by Xu Wanning: "What are you doing out there? It's just adding to the chaos."

Just as he was talking, the guard's anxious voice sounded outside the door: "Master, there are so many water thieves, our people can't resist it."

Li Xian said with a bluffing face: "Go and tell them that they can take the property on this ship as they please, as long as they don't hurt anyone."

The guards led away, and after a while, they heard the sound of fighting outside the cabin getting closer.

Xu Wanning said bitterly: "The water thieves are really deceiving! We have promised to give them property, but they still want to be so aggressive."

Saying that, Xu Wanning untied the long sword from the bed, and raised the sword to go out: "Let me meet these little thieves."

Li Xian hurriedly stopped his wife: "What are you doing out there? Just hide in the cabin."

"Let me nest here and watch them go rampant outside, I can't stand it." Xu Wanning insisted on going out.

Li Xian said anxiously: "Those water thieves are outlaws, if they hurt you, what can they do?"

The husband and wife were arguing in the cabin, only to hear the thief kicking the door rudely from outside: "The people inside come out! Come out!"

Xu Wanning was so angry that she was about to rush out, but was stopped by Li Xian. He pushed his wife into the closet and said with a blush, "This group of people are just looking for money. Let me go out and talk to them in person."

Li Xian stared at his wife and said, "You hide here, don't go out."

After speaking, Li Xian took the long sword from his wife, then closed the cabinet door tightly, opened the cabin door and walked out.

There were a lot of water thieves, and they had beaten the guards on board to pieces. Li Xian saw this group of vicious thieves, although he was upset in his heart, he remained calm on the surface.

He said to one of the leading thieves: "My good man, we are just passing by. You can take whatever you like on this boat, and don't hurt anyone."

The leader of the thieves looked Li Xian up and down, with a sinister smile on his face: "Although brothers are looking for money, they also cherish their lives. Your ship is an official ship. If we keep alive, how can we have ours in the future?" live."

Hearing this, Li Xian screamed in his heart that something was wrong, but his face remained calm. He stepped forward to persuade the thief, "A good man has good eyesight, but I borrowed this boat from a relative. I'm just a commoner, my family relies on business to make some money, so don't worry if you're a hero, as long as you spare my life, you will be grateful and you won't report to the authorities."

The thief looked Li Xian up and down again, seeing his extraordinary behavior, he couldn't bear to attack him: "Look at your behavior, you don't look like a commoner, maybe you are a high-ranking official."

Li Xian still persuaded him tirelessly: "I'm really just a commoner. It's just that I have studied for a few years because of some capital in my family. I also ask a good man to give me a hand and spare my life."

A thief next to him stepped forward and said to the leader: "Brother, these officials are the most eloquent. If we are soft-hearted for a while, the brothers may suffer disaster in the future."

Hearing these words, the leader gradually showed evil spirits on his face.

Li Xian hurriedly stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "I still have a wife, children and old mother who need to take care of me. I beg you to let me go. You can take all the property on this ship. As long as you spare my life, I promise not to report it to the authorities." That is, I can write you an address letter, if I break my promise in the future, all you heroes can just go to my home and look for me."

"Stop talking nonsense, take your life!" The thief on the side didn't bother to listen to Li Xian's nonsense, so he raised his knife and slashed.

(End of this chapter)