Allure of a Country Maiden

Xiaoer grabbed two people and jumped out of the boat, then used Qinggong to lightly step on the water and fly to the shore.

The moonlight is particularly bright tonight, and the moonlight shines on the river, making the stars sparkle.

At this time, Xiaoer's woman, who had always lowered her head, suddenly took out a dagger from her sleeve and stabbed Xiaoer quickly.

Xiao'er noticed that she seemed to be making some moves. She turned to look at the woman, and her eyes met the woman's poisonous eyes. She was shocked: It's her!

At this moment, a cold sword flashed.

Xiaoer quickly tried to throw her away, but it was too late. The dagger in the woman's hand still penetrated Xiaoer's abdomen.

The three of them fell into the water one after another.

Xiaoer's blood instantly stained the river next to her red.

Under the moonlight, silvery waves shimmered on the black river surface, and occasionally a touch of red could be seen.

In desperation, Xiaoer threw the other old man to the shore with her right hand: "Yangliu, catch it!"

The woman kept struggling in the water, obviously she couldn't swim.

Xiaoer felt a little dizzy, the dagger must be poisonous!

The river was flowing a bit fast, so Xiaoer didn't care about settling the score with Mrs. Li. She had better hurry back to the shore before she fainted, otherwise she would be in trouble if she was washed away by the river.

Shangguan Xuanyi had just returned to the shore and put the two people down when he heard Xiaoer's cry behind him. He quickly turned around and saw the three of them falling into the water.

With sharp eyes, he relied on the light of the fire on the ship to see the blood red on Xiaoer's bright yellow dress.

"Girl!" Shangguan Xuanyi's face changed drastically, and he threw himself into the river like flying.

Yangliu quickly stretched out his hand to catch the old man thrown by Xiaoer.

The old man closed his eyes tightly, feeling that his old bones were about to be shattered into pieces!

Yang Liu stretched out his hand and took a few steps forward to catch the old man.

"Young Madam!" Yang Mei exclaimed and ran towards the water. At the same time, a weapon flew out of her hand and sank into the chest of Madam Li who was struggling in the water.

"The old lady is fine." Yang Liu carefully put down the frightened old man and only said a word of comfort before looking anxiously towards the river.

The old man was in shock and did not answer.

At this time, Shangguan Xuanyi had already held Xiaoer in his arms and swam back.

Yang Mei went to catch Mrs. Li in the water, who was washed away by the water. She must not let this person go!

By this time, more than half of the ship had sunk, and the unsinked areas were also on fire.

Xiaoer and the others had just saved the lives of so many people on the ship, but now she was stabbed for saving people. People on the shore were talking about it:

"That young lady has such a kind heart, why did that woman stab her?"

"What stabbing? I thought the young lady was not strong enough, so all three of them fell into the water."

"It was a stabbing. Although it was dark, I am sure I saw the light of the knife!"

"Oh my God! Why did that woman do this? The young lady was saving her. Did she stab someone with a knife and die?"

"I know that woman. When I first got on the boat, I was sitting next to her. She kept her head down all day. When I sat down, she looked up at me. Her look was so penetrating that I was so scared that I left immediately. Kai, I dare not sit next to her."

"I have also seen the way she looks at people. She looks at everyone as if she is the enemy who killed her father! But she usually lowers her head and does not look up at people."

"Isn't that woman a lunatic?"

"Probably."

"How could someone not be a madman kill people for no reason! If she and the young lady were enemies, the young lady wouldn't save her!"

"That makes sense!"

"But how can a madman have money to take a boat?"

Shangguan Xuanyi heard these words when he carried Xiaoer ashore, and his eyes darkened.

"Who knows, maybe someone fished in troubled waters or sneaked onto the boat."

"Oh, why does this girl's lips turn black!"

Xiao'er's eyes were closed tightly at this time, and her originally red lips turned into the color of black Gallen grapes.

There was still blood flowing out of the wound.

There is a river beach inside, with fine river sand under your feet and a bamboo forest on the river beach.

"Yang Liu, you stay here to help the captain settle these people! I will take the young lady to find the doctor." Shangguan Xuanyi left these words and quickly ran to the bamboo forest.

Gong Qinghua looked at Shangguan Xuanyi's retreating figure and raised his feet to follow him.

When Yang Liu found out, he quickly stopped him: "Master Gong, please don't hinder my master from saving people."

"I'm going to help!"

"Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Gong, but it is not necessary. My master will call us as slaves if necessary!"

Gong Qinghua squinted his eyes as he looked at the bamboo forest where Shangguan Xuanyi was no longer around.

After the fear passed, everyone realized, now that the ship has sunk, what should they do? So everyone looked for the captain one after another!

Hundreds of people stood on the river beach late at night, and some of them were still soaked. Fortunately, it was early summer, the weather had already warmed up, and everyone didn't feel cold, otherwise they would have been filled with resentment.

But now there are complaints, but they haven't reached the sky yet.

"Captain, I also made an appointment with a merchant to discuss business in XX County the day after tomorrow. If the business is concluded, I will earn one thousand taels of silver. Now that I can't arrive on time, how can I calculate the loss?"

"That's right! I also want to go to XX to find a noble man. I made an appointment to meet tomorrow. The noble man is busy with many things. I waited in line for half a year to make an appointment before he agreed. Now that I have missed the appointment, how can you compensate me?"

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"My father is seriously ill. I rushed back with money to save his life. What should I do if I am delayed here now?"

Everyone said similar things to each other, asking for compensation for losses under various excuses.

Yang Liu and the captain discussed how to arrange these passengers.

When Xiao'er took out the token, the captain knew that she was one of the bosses, so Yang Liu discussed the solution with him, but he didn't dare to rely on it.

Now I don’t know where there is an inn nearby, so everyone can only spend one night on the river beach in this area and make arrangements tomorrow.

There will be a ship passing here tomorrow, just get on that ship then.

The captain told everyone this method, and everyone complained.

The captain raised his hand to ask everyone to be quiet: "No one wants something like this to happen! It's just that where can we find a boat so late at night? What else can we do besides staying here and waiting. I also want to arrange for everyone to get on the boat as soon as possible. Yes. It’s not because God didn’t give me a pair of wings so that I can fly back and find a ship to pick everyone up!”

The passengers fell silent after hearing this.

Yang Liu glanced at the people present: "The boat caught fire because someone deliberately set it on fire. Not only that, a large amount of peanut oil was deliberately poured on the boat. I want to know if anyone saw who did it? If I discovered it, Who did it..." Yang Liu didn't say any more, he just made a gesture of wiping his neck, and then everyone understood.

Yang Liu must investigate the ship fire and the princess's injury, and not let any suspect go.

Everyone was silent after hearing this. You looked at me, I looked at you, and they all said that they didn't do it.

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