famous concubine

Chapter 680 Please, don’t faint (2)
Dongfangyu knew that saving people was like putting out a fire, no matter how difficult the journey was, she never complained, and kept smiling and pretending to be very relaxed.

It's just that when she stopped to rest at night, she often had trouble falling asleep because of the pain in her bones that were shaking and falling apart during the day.

So fast and slow, they actually used the speed of gods, and in just five days, they traveled thousands of miles from the capital of Dongcheng Emperor, went out from a town in the south of Dongcheng, and entered Jiaoyue's territory .

Arriving in the land of Jiaoyue, Dongfangyu felt that Ning Chu's attitude had changed slightly. He seemed a little nervous, but on the surface, seeing that he was still as gentle and graceful as jade, Dongfangyu secretly laughed at himself for being overly suspicious.

After crossing the border, Ning Chu suddenly said: "Xiaoyu, next, I have to work hard on you. We don't take the official road. I know that there is a river after bypassing two mountains. Let's take the water route instead, which can save half of the money." the journey."

"Ning Chu, is that river flowing downstream or upstream? How deep is the water? Is the river smooth?" The girl raised her eyebrows and looked at the beautiful young man with sparkling eyes. However, her eyes at the moment were serious and calm. There was a slight smile on the corner of his lips, which was also slightly stained with coldness.

Ning Chu met her clear eyes, suddenly smiled wryly, and said, "Hey, I really can't hide anything from you."

"That river is called the Minjiang River. The river is not very wide. There are towering cliffs on both sides, and there are many hidden reefs at the bottom. It is still going upstream. The speed is not much faster than our official road on land. But because this river is famous for its danger, Therefore, ordinary people would never think that we would dare to take risks, and would give up the smooth and comfortable road, and take such a dangerous waterway.”

"In addition to fighting for speed, we also have to take some unusual paths."

Ning Chu smiled faintly, with an apology on his face, "Xiaoyu, I'm sorry for making you tired."

Dongfang Yu shrugged indifferently, she was used to this turbulent way of traveling now, she was only slightly surprised that a person as intelligent as Ning Chu would have such a difficult opponent.

Ning Chu frowned slightly, then relaxed again, looked at the peerless young girl, and said with a faint smile, "He is the son of Concubine Ru, ranked seventh among the princes, smart and popular since childhood." Ning Chu Chu Lue paused for a moment, his tone became stern for a moment, his warm eyes turned on the girl's face, and then he smiled: "Since the father was poisoned and fell into a coma, he has surrounded his two great families behind him, secretly contacting the courtiers, always To prepare for his position."

Dongfang Yu frowned, thought for a while, and then slowly said: "As long as you, the prince, are not around, even if there is no will, he will be the most popular to be crowned emperor?"

Ning Chu nodded, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

"I'm actually not interested in being the prince, or the future emperor; but I can't understand his desire to hope that the emperor will never sleep, so I don't plan to let the prince be the prince. give him."

Ning Chu sighed slightly, "He only wants to enjoy the pleasure brought by power, but he has no heart to do things for the people; even if I don't become the prince in the future, I will never agree to let him sit in that position."

The girl said indifferently, "Most people in the world only see the glory of those in power, but few people see the forbearance and sacrifice behind their glory."

Dongfang Yu looked back at his radiant face and said with a smile: "Then what are we waiting for, let's climb the mountain and hurry back."

Climbing a mountain is easy to say; it is really hard to do.

Dongfang Yu gasped for breath, and walked up the mountain with heavy steps while wiping his sweat.

Xia Xue originally wanted to help her, but she refused.

"Xia Xue, you can help me walk up a section or two, but the mountain is so high that you will be tired if you walk on your own, and you can't help me cross these two mountains, it's better to let me adapt myself. "

Ning Chu wanted to use his lightness kung fu to take her across the two mountains, but she naturally rejected him unceremoniously.

Her reason is simple, since she knows that the road ahead is not smooth, then don't waste your energy in vain. It is more important to save your internal energy to fight against the enemy. Now she just feels a little tired, but she will die; but if unnecessary energy is wasted Here, the enemy may kill them when the time comes.

After finally climbing over two mountains, I can finally see the meandering Minjiang River in the distance.

Because the river is not very wide, and there are many hidden reefs underneath, there are basically no boats on the river, and even if there are, they are just small fishermen fishing.

Of course, the draft of a big ship is deep, and it is impossible to navigate in the waterway of the Minjiang River full of hidden reefs, so when they arrived, there were only a few small boats scattered on the river.

Ning Chu had already notified his hidden guards to prepare boats. Of course, Ning Chu didn't bring many people, so it was enough to hire two boats.

Ning Chu, Dongfangyu Xia Xue, and a few hidden guards were in the front ship; while the rear ship was full of hidden guards.

Although the boatman who punted the boat was a fisherman who made a living on the river, but because the boat was going upstream and had to carefully avoid the hidden reefs below, the boat did not sail fast.

But this unhappiness has its benefits; the Oriental language that has been bumpy all the way, this time I finally have the opportunity to enjoy the scenery of the Minjiang River, and I finally have the opportunity to sleep well.

Listening to the gurgling sound of the flowing water, coupled with the exhaustion of driving for days, Dongfangyu slept very sweetly at night.

Xu Shi relaxed her mood, not only did she sleep soundly, but so did Xia Xue and Ning Chu.

In the second half of the night, especially the darkest time before dawn, the brain will automatically adjust to the most relaxed state. In this state, people sleep the deepest.

However, at this moment, when people did not violate their biological clocks and were having a good dream, someone quietly approached Ning Chu and his two boats.

These people all have excellent underwater skills, everyone is wearing black water tanks, and they are under the moonless night, and even the starlight is dim.

They quietly and quickly floated up from the bottom of the water, but instead of surfacing, they formed a group of five and dived under the two boats respectively. Using special tools, one after another, they quickly dug holes under the boats. .

The water waves flowed, and the river water gently slapped the hull of the boat, which made the people on the boat feel a slight shake.

Therefore, these skilled and superb movements of theirs did not bring much vibration to the boat, just such a slight vibration, so slight that people could ignore it, and carelessly thought it was just the vibration caused by the water waves beating the hull.

The hole under the cabin gradually grew from small to large, from the size of a fist to the thickness of an arm, and then gradually expanded to allow a person to pass through.

The people who were wearing swimmers who were lurking underwater watched the river drag the boat down a little bit, and they finally left with peace of mind.

(End of this chapter)