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Since being kidnapped, Xie Yanting has been bound hand and foot and blindfolded, so he has no chance to escape and does not know where he has been taken.

But now the boat seems to have stopped. They've been traveling all night, but during the day the group seems to be resting.

"General?"

A voice called out softly from the side. Although they were also tied up, fortunately, the kidnappers were not strict in their control, and the blindfolds had already been rubbed off.

Xie Yanting tilted his head slightly. Although his eyes were covered, his years of military service made him exceptionally sensitive to subtle changes in his surroundings.

He lowered his voice, trying not to let his tone reveal his anxiety: "Do you know where we are?"

"Reporting to the General, judging from the sounds outside, it seems we've reached the shore, but I don't know exactly where." The man replied in a low voice, his tone tinged with unease.

Xie Yanting secretly calculated in his mind that the bandits were cautious, choosing to travel by boat at night and hide during the day, clearly indicating that they had come prepared. He had to seize every possible opportunity to find a chance to escape.

"Do you have any way to untie these ropes? My hands and feet are bound, and I can't see outside."

Xie Yanting asked tentatively.

“General, I have tried, but these ropes are tied very tightly and are made of a special material that is difficult to untie,” the other man replied dejectedly.

Just as everyone fell silent, at a loss for what to do, a commotion suddenly came from outside the cabin, as if someone was approaching.

"Quickly, move them to another location. The authorities may have already discovered our whereabouts."

A rough voice rang out from outside the cabin, tinged with panic.

"General, let me tear off some of the cloth strips so you can better observe your surroundings later. Please forgive me."

The person next to him approached and leaned over. Everyone's hands were tied, so the person could only use their mouth to tug at the cloth.

His eyes were still covered, but Xie Yanting could already see a small part of it. He quickly adjusted his breathing, preparing to find an opportunity to escape during the transfer.

As the hatch opened, a beam of light shone in. Xie Yanting used this brief light to quickly survey his surroundings, searching for anything he could use.

His gaze fell on a loose wooden plank in the corner.

"Go, hurry up!" the kidnappers urged, and began dragging Xie Yanting and the others out.

Their large ship had already docked. At first, they were unaware that there was a search ahead and thought it was a routine checkpoint arrangement by the Jingzhou government. They only found out after inquiring.

It was Princess Yongchang who ordered the investigation to find Xie Yanting.

They could no longer retreat, because several ships had already arrived behind them, and turning around was impossible; the large ship could only move forward.

So they wanted to take Xie Yanting away in a small boat.

“Apart from Xie Yanting, these small fry are useless now. We’ll kill them all and feed them to the fish later.”

A masked man gave the order.

Upon hearing this, Xie Yanting felt a pang of anxiety, but he remained outwardly calm. He couldn't panic, but he also couldn't let his brother, who had followed him for many years, get into trouble.

While being dragged by the kidnappers, he secretly rubbed his body against the loose wooden plank, hoping to kick it off and use it as a weapon at a crucial moment.

"Hmph, you think you can catch me, Xie Yanting? Not so easy."

He made a silent vow to himself, while using his poor eyesight to observe the surrounding terrain and water conditions.

The kidnappers were focused on how to move quickly and discreetly, and their vigilance over Xie Yanting and the others was somewhat relaxed.

Just then, Xie Yanting noticed a surge of soldiers ahead, but they were still some distance away, searching the ships in front of them.

Xie Yanting seized the opportunity, exerted his strength, and rammed his shoulder into one of the kidnappers next to him. At the same time, he hooked his foot on the wooden board, pushed off hard, and the board fell down, hitting another kidnapper on the head.

The sudden turn of events caught the kidnappers off guard, and the commotion also attracted the attention of Xu Yang on the shore.

"Little junior sister!"

Xu Yang exclaimed in surprise!

His lightness skill was better than Xie Wanru's, so he found a tall tree to observe the movement of the boats. Unexpectedly, it was precisely because of this that he was able to see the movements of Xie Yanting and the others.

"Trying to run? No way! Take Xie Yanting onto the small boat, and push the rest of you overboard, quick!"

Seeing that things were not going well, the masked man ordered his men to take action.

Although Xie Yanting could see his surroundings clearly, he was still tied up and could only desperately make noise in the hope of being discovered.

Others who were tied up followed suit, but some of them were thrown directly into the water.

Xie Wanru hadn't heard Xu Yang call her clearly at first, but then she heard the sound of someone falling into the water, so she immediately flew towards the direction of the sound.

"Third Brother!"

Even from a distance of forty or fifty meters, Xie Wanru could already see Xie Yanting, who had been transferred to the small boat.

"Wanwan?"

Xie Yanting was overjoyed that his sister had found him, but his gaze then fell on his subordinate who had fallen into the water!

They were bound and could only rely on their own hard skills to peek out and breathe a little air.

Xu Yang, who arrived first, was trapped by the kidnappers on the ship. His close-combat skills were mediocre; he could barely handle them, but he couldn't subdue them.

"Wanwan! Don't worry about me! Save Ergou and the others first!"

Xie Yanting shouted.

Xie Wanru hesitated. If she sent someone to take her third brother away now, she didn't know if they could catch up. But if she didn't save the people in the water first...

After only a moment's hesitation, Xie Wanru chose to save the person who had fallen into the water.

Because she knew that her third brother would not blame her. If something happened to Er Gou and the others while she was trying to save him, her third brother would be uneasy.

So Xie Wanru jumped into the water. The cold river made her body feel uncomfortable, but she didn't have time to feel sorry for herself. She quickly swam towards a person who was about to sink.

Fortunately, she was tied up, so she wouldn't be disturbed by the person who fell into the water when she swam across.

"Princess! My goodness! How could you go into the water!"

The prefect had already arrived with his men. He quickly ordered the yamen runners who could swim to go down and rescue the people, while those who couldn't swim went to help Xu Yang.

If Xie Wanru were to suffer any mishap, he would not only lose his official position, but he might even lose his head!

Xie Wanru dragged two people to the shore and then went to rescue others. Her bodyguards also appeared, some rescuing people and others finding a boat to chase after Xie Yanting.

There were eight people in total. Xie Wanru rescued half of them, and the rest were saved.

But Xie Yanting's small boat had disappeared.

"Third brother..."

Xie Wanru was as brave as she was when she saved him, and now she was heartbroken. She was so close to her third brother, so close to saving him.

The rescued people were still somewhat limp, and the constables were untying them. One or two of them had choked on water badly, and the constables were helping them up, even turning them upside down to pour out the water they had just drunk.