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Chapter 770 In the Pool! Thunderclap! Part Two [Thank you! Thank you again! 24k words owed]

Xu Family Tent

Hearing the exclamations around them,

Standing at the entrance, Yun Jin immediately looked towards the pool and witnessed the accident involving the large dragon ship.
She then walked into the tent, stammering and her legs weak, pointing at Jinming Pond and shouting, "My dear husband! Look!"

No sooner had the shout been finished than screams and gasps erupted from the tents around the pool, a cacophony of sounds filling the air.

Everyone rushed out of the tent, staring in disbelief at the scene in Jinming Pond.

Upon seeing this scene, Madam Sun felt her legs go weak, and Madam Bai beside her felt the same way.

Granny Chang, suppressing her panic, looked at Madam Bai and cried out in her heart, "Madam, we...we have a boat in the dock near the Aowu!"

"Yes, yes! Hurry, hurry, get someone to open the dock and rescue the Emperor! Rescue the people!" Bai said in a trembling voice.

"Let's ride horses!" Sun shouted again!

After shouting, Madam Sun turned to look at the large dragon ship that was beginning to tilt: "Heavens! What has happened!"

"Changbai! Changbai—" Wang Ruofu ran anxiously towards the pond!

"Quick! Grab her!" shouted Madam Hai.

Madam Xie quickly stepped forward and, together with Jin Chui Mama who was beside Madam Wu, pulled Wang Ruofu back.

"Madam, calm down! Calm down! Even if you jump into the pool, you can't swim across!"

"Changbai, my Changbai is on the boat!" Wang Ruofu cried out.

"Mother!" Hua Lan ran to Wang Ruofu's side, her eyes filled with tears as she looked at the scene in the pond.

After a brief period of chaos, people began to head towards Okuya.

"Step aside!"

"Get out of the way!"

"drive!"

A girl's clear voice called out from the side of the crowd.

Bai, whose legs were weak, turned her head in a panic and saw two people riding a fine horse heading north.

As they passed the Xu family's tent, Bai asked in confusion, "Are these the daughters of the Chai and Rong families?"

"Yes, it's the two of them!" Madam Wu said urgently.

“What are they doing?” Sun, who was being supported by Dan’s mother, looked at Aowu.

suddenly,

Yun Jin, slumped at the entrance of the tent, said in a trembling voice, "There are boats in the pond that are maliciously obstructing us!"

Bai turned her head sharply and asked in a snarling voice like a mad she-wolf, "What!"

The others all wore the same expression, anxiously looking in the direction Yun Jin was pointing.

After seeing the situation clearly, Madam Sun said angrily, "These damned bastards! They're trying to assassinate me!"

"Someone rode past on horseback over there!" Mama Jin shouted again, pointing to the pond near Okuya.

The ladies and noblewomen at the entrance of the tent looked back at the north bank with wide eyes.

Sure enough, in everyone's sight, someone whipped their horse and galloped towards the vicinity of the dock.

Looking at the hair ribbon and skirt floating in the air, one could vaguely make out that the person on horseback was indeed a girl.

poolside,

Looking at the scene in the pool,

The young nobleman clapped his hands lightly and muttered to himself, "Haha! Brilliant! Brilliant!"

"No matter how fierce and brave you are on land, you will become a raccoon in the water."

"I wonder which nobody will kill him."

"Tsk tsk."

The young nobleman clicked his tongue in smug satisfaction a few times.

Near Okuya,

"Uh-huh!!!"

Minglan tightened the reins and stopped the horse.

After leaping off her horse, Minglan's legs buckled in her haste.

Then, Minglan, her eyes filled with panic, staggered toward a dock next to the inner room.

"Bang!" Minglan pounded on the brass lock on the dock door in a flustered but weak voice: "How could this be! How could it be locked!"

As she spoke, she began to look for a tool to pick the lock.

Just then, someone was walking briskly towards them from the fishing spot not far away.

"Quick! Find a boat! Find a boat!" someone shouted.

Minglan looked around anxiously, muttering to herself, "I know! I know I need to find a boat!"

As she spoke, Minglan looked around anxiously before turning her gaze to her mount.

"It's up to you now!"

As she spoke, Minglan ran over again and stepped on the stirrups twice before she could stand still.

After forcefully mounting the horse, Minglan quickly turned the horse's head so that its rump faced the dock gate.

"Damn it! The door's locked!" someone shouted as they ran over from a distance.

"You just found out?" Minglan muttered to herself as she steered her horse backward.

After aiming at the wooden door, Minglan took a deep breath and vigorously slapped the horse's rump.

"Snapped!"

"Boom!"

The horseshoe, adorned with horseshoes, slammed heavily onto the door lock.

The horse's immense leg strength kicked the door open.

At this time,

Liang Han and others, who came from the fishing area in the northwest corner, also saw this scene.

"That girl kicked open the door over there!" someone shouted again.

Liang Han and the others hurriedly came running over with their servants, panting heavily.

"You, you, you're quite something!" Liang Han gasped for breath.

"Stop dawdling! Get on the boat, row, hurry and rescue the emperor!" Rong Xian, who was also panting heavily, shouted urgently.

Lu Zezong bent over, supporting his knees, and looked at Minglan, who was about to dismount and run over. He said urgently, "Sister Sheng, don't get on! Get on the boat! First, urge your horse to kick open the doors of the other docks!"

"Ah? But Xu..." Minglan looked anxiously at the large dragon boat in the pool.

"Sister, can you swim and row a boat?" Lu Zezong straightened up and asked as he ran quickly toward the boat.

“I’m fine!” Minglan shook her head.

"Go open the door!" Qiao Jiulang shouted.

Seeing this, Minglan could only return to her horse, steadily mount it, and begin kicking the doors of other docks with its hooves.

"boom!"

The enormous dragon ship tilted and crashed into the water.

The huge oars that were originally in the lower deck were now standing upright in everyone's view, like scattered fish fins.

"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

People kept falling into the water.

Seeing no trace of Xu Zaijing around, Gu Tingye called out blankly, "Wulang! Where are you?"

The emperor and his entourage also looked anxiously at the water around them.

However, after a while, Xu Zaijing still did not surface.

After a while.

"Go help my father and mother!" Zhao Fang shouted, pounding on Hu Yanjiong's thick arm even after he had already entered the water!

Huyan Jiong grabbed Changbai, who was choking, and turned to look at the Emperor and Empress.

"Don't come any closer! This is my decree!" The emperor, gripping the railing tightly, shouted sternly from a distance.

"Grumpy"

Hearing the commotion behind him, the emperor quickly turned around and saw a shirtless eunuch blowing bubbles out of the room.

"You old fool!" the emperor said, pulling the chief eunuch to his side. "Hold on tight!"

After speaking, the emperor looked at the empress with concern and saw that her personal maid was supporting her in the water. He then breathed a sigh of relief.

"A boat is coming!"

Not far from the Emperor and Empress, Gu Tingye swam and pointed at the small dragon boat that was rowing by, laughing. "Second Prince, stop laughing! Have you ever seen someone saving the Emperor with a knife in their mouth?" Huyan Jiong said coldly.

Having said that, he looked at the small dragon boat approaching in the distance, and the bandits who occasionally swung their short blades into the water from the boat.

Huyan Jiong said urgently, "Your Highness, in a moment you, His Majesty, the Empress, and the others should stand where the ship is above water."

"Alright! I understand!" Zhao Fang said urgently.

"But the ship hasn't surfaced yet, and the most dangerous ones are those thieves who jumped ship and dived underwater! I'll have to fight them underwater later and prevent them from getting close!"

"But they outnumber you, Your Highness. Please take care of yourself."

Zhao Fang was speechless for a moment.

Huyan Jiong then said, "Second Brother, you, Changbai, and all the officials and scholars, after I leave, everything will depend on you."

"Don't worry, Brother Jiong!" Gu Tingye nodded.

"Your Highness, rest assured, even if I die, I will at least drag three bandits down with me."

After Hu Yanjiong finished speaking, he shook his head, shaking the images of his parents, An Mei, and the child out of his mind.

Then, Huyan Jiong took a deep breath and said, "Your Highness, if it were me..."

"I know! I know! Jiong-ge'er, don't say such discouraging things! No matter what happens, your father and I will protect your family's wealth and honor!" Zhao Fang said urgently.

"Ok!"

As he spoke, Hu Yanjiong took another deep breath.

Looking at the bandits on the small dragon boat, they were all determined to assassinate the emperor.

Hu Yanjiong felt that this might really be the end for him.

As the two spoke, officials, nobles, newly appointed scholars, or palace maids who had fallen into the water would occasionally surface around the ship, looking bewildered.

They were either busy coughing or trying to find floating objects to hold onto.

During this time, Changbai also urged everyone to take off their clothes as soon as possible to avoid being burdened by them.

suddenly,

Zhao Fang, standing behind Huyan Jiong, exclaimed in surprise.

Hu Yanjiong quickly turned his head to look, and saw that the large dragon ship had crashed into the water. Because most of the iron ingots on the bottom of the ship had fallen off, it was slowly floating upwards thanks to the buoyancy of the wooden hull.

"Your Highness, you and His Majesty the Empress must hurry! I imagine the pleasure boats over there will arrive before the warship sinks."

"Your subject is leaving!"

With that, Huyan Jiong pulled out the hairpin from his head and dived into the water.

"Grumpy"

A burst of bubbles rose to the surface, and another person dressed in the new clothes of a scholar who had just passed the imperial examination was pushed to Zhao Fang's side by Hu Yanjiong, who had entered the water.

Zhao Fang casually pulled him aside.

After a while,
Not far from Zhao Fang, Hu Yanjiong, with only his eyes showing like a crocodile, entered the water again after confirming the location of the approaching dragon boat.

Before Zhao Fang could react, he felt the large dragon-shaped ship he was supporting, which was slowly emerging from the water, move again.

Before Zhao Fang could turn around, the Empress behind him exclaimed in surprise, "Jing-ge'er, child, are you alright?"

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I am alright." Xu Zaijing said, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth.

The emperor looked at Xu Zaijing, a smile appearing on his lips: "Good! Very good!"

"Fifth Prince, you've scared this servant to death!" the chief eunuch cried out, his voice trembling with tears.

Changbai and Gu Tingye, who were standing around, also looked much more relaxed.

"Brother Jing, you've vomited blood!" Zhao Fang said, frowning.

The emperor hurriedly looked over.

Xu Zaijing looked around and shook his head, saying, "Your Highness, when I fell, my lip hit the bronze incense burner and I got a minor cut."

"Your Majesty, please come up later. I need to stand up first and stop the enemy soldiers who are rushing over."

"Fifth Prince, go ahead! I'm not in a hurry to go up."

"Yes!"

Xu Zaijing continued to look around, observing the surrounding situation.

Then, holding two imperial guards' spears in his hands, Xu Zaijing exerted a little force with one hand and stood on the hull of the large dragon ship that was slowly rising and sinking.

Gu Tingye had just turned around when he heard a muffled groan of exertion, and then felt something flash before his eyes.

"What is that?!" Gu Tingye exclaimed, looking blankly at Changbai.

Changbai wiped the water off his face and pointed to the small dragon boat not far away: "Erlang, see for yourself."

Gu Tingye turned his head to look.
Only then did they discover that on the attacking small dragon ship, there were naked, unarmored bandits, who were blankly clutching their bleeding chests and abdomens, and one by one they slumped helplessly into the water.

In just a few breaths, the water in the pool turned red.

After taking a few more glances, Gu Tingye noticed that at the back of the small dragon boat, a spear that had just been in Xu Zaijing's hand was still impaling three thieves who were either incredulous or wailing incessantly.

The spear's continuous thrusts either wounded or killed eleven or twelve bandits.

On the ship, three thieves, strung together, writhed in agony.

Seemingly to alleviate his pain, the first thief twisted his body and fell into the water.

The violent movement of the gun barrel caused the other two thieves, who were impaled, to scream in pain and fall into the water.

"color!"

Zhao Fang looked at Xu Zaijing with surprise and delight.

"Wulang, well done!" Gu Tingye shouted from the water, "A few more times!"

Xu Zaijing smiled slightly, nodded, and then threw another shot with all his might.

Without looking at their own results,

Xu Zaijing stood on one side of the floating ship, looked around at the poolside, and then jumped into the water again.

poolside,

"Gudong."

The young nobleman, who had been so proud and self-satisfied just moments before, swallowed hard and stared dumbfounded at the scene in the pool.

His lips and the hand inside his sleeve trembled involuntarily.

The young nobleman could clearly see the spear that Xu Zaijing had thrown with all his might; its power was just like that of a crossbow bolt fired from a giant crossbow in the army.

For ease of movement in the water, and because the assassins were unarmored, a single shot would leave a trail of wounded or dead.

Back in Bianjing, during the time when Bai Gao, a master assassin, went to the Xu family to kill the Li brothers, Xu Zaijing did not hold back and fought with all his might.

In other fights, Xu Zaijing always knew when to stop, never resorting to the same ruthless and deadly attacks as he did on the battlefield.

This time it's different; it's a life-or-death emergency.

The young man by the pond then had the opportunity to witness Xu Zaijing's true appearance.

"what--"

"what--"

From the boat in the pool, the bloodcurdling screams of wounded bandits could be heard.

Suddenly, Xu Zaijing, who was crouching on the overturned ship, glanced over.

"Uh--"

The young nobleman by the pool shuddered, and suddenly felt a warmth between his legs.

After Xu Zaijing disappeared, nobles and officials continued to emerge from the water near the large dragon ship.

Most people were choking on the water and, as soon as they surfaced, they began vomiting water and coughing violently.

When Xu Zaijing resurfaced, he had three or four more spears in his hands.

Some distance from Xu Zaijing, naval soldiers rowing small dragon boats shouted, "There's someone on that boat with a dagger in their mouth! They must be traitors! Ram them!"

After glancing at the person who spoke, Xu Zaijing realized that the person looked somewhat familiar.

As soon as he finished speaking, a series of low, rhythmic roars of oarsmen could be heard from the small naval boats.

Seeing the pirates about to row quickly to avoid being hit by the navy, Xu Zaijing swung his arm without saying a word and threw his spear with all his might.

"Whoosh!"

The spear was thrown, and the water on the shaft was trapped in the air, leaving a trail of splashes.

A moment later,
Screams and cries of pain could be heard from afar.

The small dragon boat, having lost seven or eight bandits, slowed down and became somewhat disoriented.

After a dozen or so breaths,

"Bang!"

The navy's small dragon boat rammed into it from the waist.

(End of this chapter)