Cypress Boat Floating

During the days when Lu Ci Qiu and Gong Yang Jun Yu disappeared, the relationship between Da'an and Nan Lin reached its coldest point in history. Nan Lin's King Gong Yang Bo refused to meet Da'an's envoys. Although reason told him that this matter might have nothing to do with Da'an, when he thought that his only son disappeared after going out with Da'an's eighth prince, he felt unhappy and naturally blamed Da'an for the incident.

Princess Gongyang Heya, who was helpless with her father, could not bear it any longer, so she asked her father to rest in the palace on the pretext of being sick. The specific matters of finding Gongyang Junyu and negotiating with Da'an, including all the current affairs of Nanlin, were placed on Princess Heya's head.

Originally, the emperor was not so nervous when Da'an lost the eighth prince, but because the eighth prince of Da'an was lost together with the crown prince of Nanlin, the matter became serious, and Gong Yangbo's attitude gave the emperor of Da'an a headache. After all, although Nanlin is small, it has everything, a strong navy, and has always been an ally of Da'an. Even if it is not for other reasons, for the sake of the title of the ally, the emperor of Da'an has to pacify Gong Yangbo.

Therefore, in order to appease Gongyang Bo, Emperor Da'an specially sent the seventh prince Lu Cishan, who had not attended the court, to Nanlin. He said that he was sending him to help find the missing Gongyang Junyu and Lu Ci Qiu, but in fact he sent him as a hostage, and at the same time he made his attitude clear to Nanlin.

After Lu Cishan rode quickly to Nanlin, he had a brief chat with Gong Yang Heya, then led his men to Fengcheng and went to Sannan Mountain to look for someone in person.

It was a pity that all his hard work did not yield any results. He saw bloodstains on the ground, the bodies of Gongyang Junyu's guards, and even Lu Ci Qiu's sword, but he could not find any trace of the two of them when they disappeared.

They also considered whether Lu Ci Qiu and others would jump into the water to escape, but Nan Lin’s boats searched the river every day and found no information about their prince.

Five days have passed since they disappeared. During these five days, people outside were almost going crazy with anxiety. Gongyang Bo also went from faking illness to actually being sick. Princess He Ya not only had to take care of the whole country, but also had to take care of her old father. She was so busy that she was dizzy and confused.

There was chaos and turmoil outside, while the three people in the cave just sat there staring at each other.

They had indeed agreed to exit through the sea entrance, but the river beneath their feet that stretched to the sea entrance was so long.

From where they were, they could still vaguely see a little light from the sunlight shining through the river surface. At least they could be sure that they were safe and there were no strange animals around.

But the situation was different at the entrance to the sea. Not to mention the length of the river, its width seemed to be getting narrower and narrower. If it weren't for the cold wind that occasionally blew in from there at night, they wouldn't be sure whether there was a cave that could lead them out.

Lu Ci Qiu was afraid of water. When he saw the environment over there, his heart began to tremble. He retreated a little and didn't dare to go forward anymore.

Although Gongyang Junyu was not afraid, as a prince, he would not go and explore the way himself.

Therefore, the task of exploring the way fell on Ye Jianqing.

Ye Jianqing looked in that direction in deep thought.

She knew she should go over and explore the way, but the increasingly narrow mouth was like a monster's mouth, trying to swallow her in. The dark river water made her think of many monsters in the deep sea.

At this moment, she hated herself very much for going to see Cthulhu out of curiosity. As a result, every time she saw that place, she trembled all over, as if some tentacle monster was about to come out from there. Suddenly, she thought of the octopus, and then the octopus reminded her of sharks, whales and other large sea creatures. The more she thought about it, the more scared she became, and she couldn't help but shiver.

Seeing her like this, Lu Ci Qiu wanted to comfort her and wanted to go in her place, but how could he, a man who didn't even dare to go into the water, say these things? At this moment, he hated his own cowardice.

Take a deep breath, keep taking deep breaths, and try to throw those unnecessary thoughts out of your mind.

Ye Jianqing kept preparing herself mentally, and then she quietly entered the water like a fish. Seeing her swimming skills, Lu Ciqiu was shocked.

She was like a fish, the river water fit her body and covered her surface. To Lu Ci Qiu, the water would only block his way and prevent him from moving. But at this moment, it was like a layer of gauze. Ye Jianqing flicked it lightly, and it opened automatically, allowing her to move forward freely without giving her any resistance at all.

Her figure became smaller and smaller, getting closer and closer to the entrance.

He could vaguely see her head staying on the water for a while, and then suddenly dived into the river, and Lu Ci Qiu could no longer see her at all.

It was unknown how long it had been before Ye Jianqing floated up from the bottom of the river, and she slowly swam back.

"Are you okay?" When she swam to him, Lu Ci Qiu hurried forward and pulled her ashore.

Ye Jianqing was out of breath, sitting on the ground and breathing heavily. After a while, he shook his head and said, "Over there, I think it will be a little difficult for you to get out, Your Highness."

"?"

Lu Ci Qiu and Gong Yang Jun Yu looked at her in confusion.

"I saw the exit, but it was in the sea. Although it wasn't very far from the sea surface, it would be difficult for us to get out safely if the tide didn't recede."

"We must go out on the night of the 15th, otherwise we will have to wait another half a month after the 15th before we can go out." Gong Yang Junyu said.

Ye Jianqing nodded in agreement, but then looked at Lu Ci Qiu worriedly.

The water over there was too deep, and the closer he got to the exit, the less place he could rest. He could only keep moving forward. According to Lu Ci Qiu's current situation, unless he could learn to swim in the next two days and overcome his fear of water, it would be really difficult for him to get out.

"Teach me." Lu Ci Qiu looked at Ye Jianqing and suddenly spoke.

Ye Jianqing looked up at him in surprise.

"We have to get out, and get out as soon as possible. The prince is missing, and Nanlin will definitely be in chaos. If someone with ulterior motives comes to stir up trouble at this time, then everyone will be tricked soon. When Nanlin and Da'an quarrel, the one who will benefit from it is Da Mo. This is Da Mo's conspiracy." Lu Ci Qiu calmly explained the matter to Ye Jianqing: "So, we can't let everyone fall into someone else's conspiracy just because I'm afraid of water. Only if we go out and tell everyone the truth, my father and the King of Nanlin will know Da Mo's conspiracy and be more vigilant against Da Mo."

Lu Ci Qiu had an expression of great righteousness, but Ye Jianqing heard a hint of sadness in his words.

Emperor Da'an has so many princes, and he is not the most favored one, so if he dies, nothing will happen. At most, Lu Zhixing will try his best to avenge him, but Gongyang Junyu is different. He is the pride of the whole country of Nanlin, their future, his position is very important, and he must go out.

Through his words, Ye Jianqing thought of Lu Ciqiu's childhood, and felt sorry for him silently. He thought that under the care of Concubine Shu and his brother, he was an optimistic child, but children still want to be loved by their father.

At this moment, in Ye Jianqing's eyes, Lu Ci Qiu suddenly became a poor child who was not loved and valued by his father.

After Lu Ciqiu finished speaking, he looked at the distress in Ye Jianqing's eyes, and for a moment, Erzhang was confused. Didn't he know that what he said just now was wrong? Why did Ye Jianqing suddenly look at him with such distressed and pitying eyes?

Suddenly, an idea flashed through his mind, and he seemed to know something.

Gongyang Junyu didn't have time to watch them feel distressed. Since Lu Ci Qiu said he wanted to learn how to swim, as the prince who had the strongest navy and grew up by the sea, he felt that it was his responsibility and obligation to teach him.

So, he stepped forward decisively and raised his hand to become Lu Ci Qiu's swimming master.

Lu Ci Qiu wanted to refuse. He wanted Ye Jianqing to teach him instead of Gong Yang Junyu. He still remembered the image of Gong Yang Junyu lying on the ground and spitting water. Who knew how good this guy's skills were.

But Gongyang Junyu would not allow him to refuse, and the two of them pushed each other into the water.

After getting into the water, Lu Ci Qiu was scared to death and hugged Gong Yang Junyu's neck tightly. Gong Yang Junyu was hugged so tightly that he couldn't breathe. He slapped his arm hard with one hand and held the rock tightly with the other hand, fearing that he would be taken down by Lu Ci Qiu.

Lu Ci Qiu didn't care about anything. Since it was Gongyang Junyu who pushed him into the water, he would use him as a float and didn't dare to let go. He was also afraid that if he let go, he would fall into the water and drown.

Seeing how loving and affectionate they were, Ye Jianqing smiled and ignored them. He went to the side to get some drier firewood, took out a fire starter wrapped in layers of oil paper from his pocket, and started a fire directly.

If the two of them want to learn how to swim, they must go into the water every day. In October, the weather starts to get cold even in Nanlin. At night, the wind blows in from Haikou, making people shiver. At this time, if you don't dry yourself after getting wet, you will soon catch a cold.

So they didn't dare to put out the fire at all during the past few days, and it kept burning there.

October 15th slowly arrived as Lu Ci Qiu continued to learn how to swim.

After the training with Gong Yang Junyu over the past few days, Lu Ci Qiu's fear of water has been reduced a lot. At least now he has learned how to hold his breath and can swim a short distance, but if he wants to swim completely outside, it will probably take some time.

But it didn't matter. Ye Jianqing continued to tie the three people with the cloth rope they used when diving. She was in the lead, Gong Yang Junyu was at the end, and Lu Ci Qiu was in the middle. He could support Ye Jianqing in the front and move slowly, and with Gong Yang Junyu's help from the back, they could barely get through.

During the day, the three people tried several times and were always just a little bit close to reaching the exit. However, considering that the tide was low at night, the three people stopped trying and caught a fish and grilled it on the spot.

"Success or failure depends on this tonight. Let's get some rest now. When the time is almost right, we'll be ready to set off." Gong Yang Junyu wiped his mouth and said solemnly to the other two people who were picking bones from the fish.

"Oh!"

"it is good."

The two replied absentmindedly.

Gong Yangjunyu was full of enthusiasm and could not tolerate being treated like this. He stood up and excitedly encouraged them: "Whether the world can be at peace depends on us tonight. You two should cheer up and stop being so depressed."

Ye Jianqing slowly raised his head and looked at him: "Aren't you tired?" After saying that, his head drooped heavily again.

They had just tried two or three times, and Ye Jianqing was the vanguard, so it could be said that she was the one who led the way. She had to drag two people, and after repeating this two or three times, she was really exhausted.

She was just tired now, there was nothing else to say except tired, and she was about to vomit after eating fish for several days in a row. But there was nothing else here except fish, and they didn't even have any seasoning, so she just ate the grilled fish dry, and it had a strong fishy smell.

She really feels that God threw her here just to give her experience. She has never tried this before. Although she is a special forces soldier, they have compressed biscuits!

Compressed biscuits taste better than the smelly grilled fish! ! ! ! ! !

Gongyang Junyu looked at Ye Jianqing's exhausted little face, and thought that he was only about twelve or thirteen years old and it was not easy to force him to say anything. He turned around and wanted to mobilize Lu Ci Qiu, but Lu Ci Qiu was even worse off than Ye Jianqing.

His whole face was almost like a palette, and it was blue and white. Just the last time, he almost fell into the water without strength, and the feeling of suffocation came to his mind again. If Ye Jianqing hadn't suddenly felt the rope around his waist falling, no one would have noticed the horror. Thinking of this, he began to feel scared again.

Gong Yang Junyu sighed, squatted down and patted Lu Ci Qiu on the shoulder, lowered his voice and said gently: "Take a rest, you can go out in the evening."

As soon as Gongyang Junyu finished speaking, Lu Ci Qiu and Ye Jianqing fell down with the fish in their hands without saying a word, and his hand remained in the air without being retracted.

Seeing the two of them like this, Gongyang Junyu resigned himself to taking the fish from their hands and putting them aside, then sat aside and closed his eyes to rest.

One of them must be awake, and they have to control the time accurately so that they can get out.

Night falls.

The cave was completely plunged into darkness, with only the fire in front of them burning to illuminate this small area for them.

Gongyang Junyu added fuel to the fire, and seeing that the time was almost up, he called the two of them up.

The two people who had rested enough were in good spirits. Ye Jianqing stretched lazily and stood up to stretch his muscles.

They ate something and then tied the three of them together with cloth ropes.

Ye Jianqing stood in the front and turned around to look at the two of them calmly: "Are you ready? Success or failure depends on this one."

The two nodded solemnly.

"For world peace." Gong Yang Junyu raised his fist and shouted seriously in a low voice.

"For world peace." Seeing his look, Lu Ci Qiu also shouted.

The two looked at each other and shouted together: "For world peace!"

Ye Jianqing in front turned around silently and covered his face with his hands to indicate that he didn’t know them. He thought to himself, were there such immature people in ancient times?

"Let's go!" Ye Jianqing said.

The two people behind shut their mouths and followed Ye Jianqing into the water.

The river water in late autumn began to turn cold at night, freezing people so much that their bones and muscles ached. However, for the sake of world peace and to be able to escape, they had to endure this brief pain and keep moving forward.

The tide receded and the water level at the exit also dropped. When the sea water reached its lowest point, a hole was revealed at the exit that was only wide enough for one person to enter and exit.

The three people passed through the exit one after another and entered the sea.

They are out!