Heroes of the Fantasy World

Chapter 129 The Spark of Life

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The journey across the river did not encounter too many obstacles. With the help of the cool wind and undercurrents, the distance of tens of miles was walked overnight. When the sky was completely bright, the pier on the other side could already be seen at the end of the horizon.

In response to the young swordsman's request, Old Zhou woke up all the servants under his command early in the morning and asked them to run to the bottom of the boat to punting. It was estimated that they would be able to successfully land on the shore for repairs in less than a stick of incense.

But at the moment when the matter was about to be completed, the merchant ship sailed into the shallows by accident.The small sandbar that was piled up from the river surface at some unknown time—maybe it was due to the change in the weather yesterday, which caused the sand flow to change violently.Now, such a problem that would hardly be encountered by experienced veteran boatmen on weekdays has become an insurmountable obstacle for this group of people like a trick set by someone.

In the middle of the river, which was only ten miles away from the destination, the hull of the ship ran aground completely.

For Bai Feng and others who urgently need to escape from this place, this may be a fatal accident.When Bai Feng saw this, he should pay more attention to it, because he had to race against time on the way to escape.He asked Lao Zhou to solve the problem in front of him as soon as possible, and then hurried back to the cabin to inform his friends of the current situation.

When everyone heard the news, they all went to the bow of the boat to watch.Looking at the shore that is within reach, but now he can only be stranded in place, naturally he feels unwilling.However, at this time, we can only wait for the young boatmen on the shallows to pull the boat back from the sandbar to the river before we can continue the journey.

Seeing that the girls in the boat had also come out, the crew and sailors clamored not to lose the man's face, and promised to restore the boat to sailing state as soon as possible.Then, under the guidance of Lao Zhou, he pulled up the cable connecting the hull.They were all naked, standing on the sand where the water could soak their calves, sweating profusely, pulling the cable forward with their chests close to their backs, moving the boat inch by inch into the channel.

According to Lao Zhou, these ten boatmen are all young people from Daijiazhuang on the opposite bank.After hearing Lao Zhou's consolation, the guests had no choice but to laugh it off and waited at ease.

This back and forth dawdling took another half a day.During the period, two merchant ships of the same size passed by.Lao Zhou refused all the offers of help from others.He only said that if this trivial matter cannot be resolved, when this matter spreads, it will be difficult for his fleet to receive work.Such an arbitrary decision made it take nearly half a day for the group to land successfully.

Lao Zhou's reputation was preserved, but it planted a crisis for Bai Feng and others on the road ahead.

It was approaching noon now, and after the crew settled the account of the transaction, they ran to the shore in groups to have fun.They are different from Bai Feng and others, they don't need to hide their eyes and ears.

Therefore, after a period of discussion, Bai Feng and Zhao Kuo decided to divide the troops into two groups. One group stayed on the boat to recuperate, and the other group went to the shore to throw stones to ask for directions.

Zhao Kuo led the people to go ashore to buy carriages, food and other just-needed items for travel.At the same time, we should also inquire about the news to see if there are any members of the Taiping Taoism who came to inform us during this period.After all, the boat had been on the river all morning.

However, not long after the two people separated, Zhao Kuo, Zhao Xiaomei and A Juan ran back to the boat in shock.They go empty-handed, so naturally they should return with a full load.It's just that what's loaded this time is not food, but a few arrest warrants full of portraits of Bai Feng and Murong Yan!
At first, Bai Feng was not too surprised when he saw his arrest warrant, because when he was thrown into prison, he had enough time to make a portrait for himself.It was only when they looked closely at the contents that everyone realized the horror of Taipingdao.

"The demon girl Murong Yan, who plotted to murder the prefect E Binghuan and kidnapped her daughter E Feiying... Her follower Bai Feng, carrying the purple sheathed demon sword 'Longming', committed many crimes and killed countless people... Now a reward of [-] taels is offered for her arrest. Zhao Kuo picked up the arrest warrant and read a few words, then handed it to Murong Yan and Bai Feng for a closer look.After the two heard it, they didn't know what to say.

In order not to reveal their whereabouts, several people hid in the cabin and talked in detail.They began to regret the confrontation with Taipingdao, and even felt that they should not have brought Miss E Wu with them in the first place, and entered Xiahe Town with her.

"Relying on that little trick is not enough to shake the root of the Taiping Dao!" Zhao Kuo looked at Baifeng and sighed.

"Now, it's time to think about how to clarify this matter with Miss E Wu." Zhao Xiaomei looked at E Feiying who was still sleeping soundly over there with a sad face.She stayed by Bai Feng's side last night, as if she had never been so safe in her life.

Ordinary people would not be willing to do such an annoying thing.However, the young swordsman took it upon himself: "Let me come down and talk... Wait, if Miss E Wu threatens to kill me to vent her anger, don't any of you stop it."

After finishing speaking, Bai Feng picked up the arrest warrant and went to E Feiying's bed and sat down cross-legged silently, then lightly shook her shoulder, and said softly: "Miss E, I have something to tell you .”

As soon as the words fell, E Feiying sat up unexpectedly.Her red dress was covered with straw dust, her hair was disheveled, she raised a pair of sluggish eyes, and asked, "Mr. Bai, what is it that made me kill you..."

"You woke up a long time ago?" Bai Feng sneered and said, "Oh, this arrest warrant should be done by Tai Ping Dao. Miss E used people from E Mansion to save people?"

"This...does this mean that Daddy was killed?" E Feiying looked at the arrest warrant, and said: "At that time, I used Daddy's secret order to tell the doormen of the E Mansion that I would arrest the future husband of the E Family from the prison. Son-in-law' snatched it out, and then hid in another place for a while, and then went back after a period of time after the incident... The arrest warrant said--the fact that Dad was killed, can't be true?"

Seeing Miss E Wu's teary eyes and shortness of breath, as if she was about to break down and cry at any moment, Bai Feng couldn't help but choke her words in her heart and remained silent for a long time.

"Speak? Why do you all look like this?" E Feiying stood up tremblingly with tears in her eyes, walked up to the people behind Baifeng, and asked, "Where did this arrest warrant come from? It can't be the tricks of those monsters!"

"That...Miss E Wu, these arrest warrants were all torn from the bulletin board in front of the town's government office." Ajuan suppressed her squeaky voice, and replied gently as if coaxing a child: "My fellow slave Zhao Kuo and his brother and sister tore off all the arrest warrants before too many people saw them, and then hurried back to the ship."

"Miss E Wu, I'm afraid Sima Tu took advantage of the problem to kill Mr. E, and then put the blame on Brother Bai and Miss Murong." Zhao Kuo explained: "After all, it was E who saved people. This gives Sima Tu ample reason to doubt Lord E's position, as for you, Miss E Wu..."

"Enough!" E Feiying was furious suddenly, and said angrily, "It's all my fault... It's all my fault... Why are you so willful? Why..."

After finishing speaking, E Feiying put the knife on her back, kicked open the cabin door she had guarded all night, and walked away.Although her companions scrambled to keep her, they couldn't stop the hatred splattering from her body, so they could only watch her run to the town, where she disappeared in the end.

(End of this chapter)