Book 1 - Chapter 4 – Impossible to unravel (1/2)
Book 1 Chapter 4 – I put his ’s ear and said in a very low voice, “This woatorily] is prettier than Auntie Hong of Spring Breeze Courtyard”
Xu Ziling was staring blankly at the wo Kou Zhong, he nodded in approval The wo in lowered at them
The two boys were startled; they withdrew and huddled together, trying to get as far away from her as possible The woman-in-white’s delicate body suddenly shook violently, which forced her to close her eyes again
It was quite sory look at them, she asked in one breath, “Where are we?”
The two boys perfunctorily looked around both banks of Yangtze River, and then shook their heads together
The wo to deter the sun was about to set behind the low of the setting sun, she knew that she has beenfour close to two sichen [1 sichen is equal to two hours] After pondering for a moment, she asked in soft voice, “Why is Yuwen Huaji after you?”
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling exchanged glances, and then both of theorously, “Don’t know!”
The wo fiercely at the two boys, she suddenly burst into tender laughter and said, “I want you, two little deht now!”
The two boys were so hungry that their li her, their countenance turned pale with fright since they did not knohat to do
The wohed; she said unenthusiastically, “I want to sleep for three sichen, the two of you little demons must steer the boat nicely If the boat capsize, I ant your lives as compensation”
Stars filled the whole sky, the ood friends, who depended on each other for survival, huddled together to keep theer and of the river breeze, while their palm was pressed on the rudder
The wo the bow in meditation to heal her injury She did look like a beautiful Goddess idol carved from jade and stone Her beautiful hair has been loosened by the wind, it fluttered freely in the breeze like a cloud
Kou Zhong whispered as softly as he could in Xu Ziling’s ear, “Do you think she can hear us?”
Xu Ziling atching her as if he was in a trance, hence he did not hear hi pinched his leg hard He sighed and said, “I wonder what kind of fellow is that Yuwen Huaji, compared to this wo … hey, this evil woman, he see looked at the woman-in-white’s back It was quite a h of relief Kou Zhong elbowed his arm and said in ecstasy, “She really can’t hear”
Xu Ziling asked the question he has been dying to ask, “So the secret ed by the water?”
Kou Zhong reached out to fetch ‘The Secret to Long Life’ and flipped a few pages before handing it to Xu Ziling “Why don’t you look at it yourself!” he said, “I’ve already told you that this is genuine goods at fair prices, a special treasure Otherwise, why is that Yuwen Huagu so anxious to get it? Ha! That’s funny, the na than Huaji” [hua – change into/transform, ji – and/to reach/up to/in ti turned the book back and forth a few tiht also be fireproof … Ah!
With lightning speed Kou Zhong snatched the book back, he deftly hid the valuable and heavy treasure well, whileit Ha! We are finally leaving that stuffy, confining egg Yangzhou city And now everything is fine Except for our precious belly”
Now that he ’s tu “Do you think this beautiful evil wo expenses for us to treat our ailing belly? After all, her eyes have taken advantage of our best”
Kou Zhong’s eyes lit up because he spotted the snals to Xu Ziling, and then started to crawl quietly toward the bundle Naturally Xu Ziling knew that he was going to ‘i and steal chicken’, to be a thief and to do so’s ankle while shaking his head vigorously with a firled twice, yet he was unable to break free Dejected, he sat back down by Xu Ziling’s side and said sadly, “If Zhong Shaoye turns into a hungry ghost, I will definitely cohost, to settle the account”
Xu Ziling said, “Don’t forget that we are heroes Right noe are rushi+ng together on a hway to the abundant enterprise of Duke, Marquis, General and Priainst a weak and unsuspecting woood reputation as Yangzhou’s two dragons; not tosurrendered “This evil woman’s skill can’t be considered bad,” he said, “But she is a weak and unsuspecting woman Oh! Why does it have to rain now?”
They both looked up to the sky, and saw black clouds rolling in fast Very quickly thedown In no time at all the tranquil river turned into a wildly turbulent one The Great River was pitched black, they could not even see the fingers in front of their nose, let alone the wo the boat in such a difficult situation
The fishi+ng boat was tossed around endlessly by the river; they were surrounded by vast darkness The rain shot down like arrows Their clothes were co thele, ‘Boo, immediately it leaned sideways and capsized They both cried out in alarm and threw themselves in the direction of the wo hiding the sky and covering the earth], the river water swoop down on theether into the river
In this situation, where the violent stored rapidly, where the turbulent water prevented the were starving and freezing, where they were attacked relentlessly by the water, every tiled hard to surface, they would iain
The two boys’ original intention was to rescue the wo on to her neck, while Kou Zhong was pulling her legs The woman-in-white was still in deep sleep, but her body was perfectly straight; no matter how hard the wind and the rain attacked her, she stayed floating face up on the river In a way, she has beco raft
They were struggling between being living persons versus being water ghosts for nobody kno long The power of the rain finally lessened The moon also showed its face a little It was only then did they realize that the water has washed theht they exerted the strength that they did not know they still had, to pull the wo to the shore
As soon as they reached the muddy shore, the two boys were not able to hold on anymore; they lay down on the sand on either side of the woman-in-white
The river still sent its waves to the shore, but no longer with the violent force of a , in contrast to the wo soundly
The ain Before the three people were shrouded by the darkness, light suddenly came from the direction of the lower reached of the river The two boys forced thehtly lit five- at full speed toward them
They were so scared that their scalps felt numb Quickly they crouched as low as possible behind a sandbar In time like this they really wish the river tide would be a bit more violent
Time seemed to stop to a stand still
While in their hearts Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling beseeched all Gods and Buddhas, known or unknown to thee warshi+ps finally sailed far away Fortunately the shi+ps were so tall that their lights barely reached the darkness where the three of the down, plus at that time the sky was still filled with drizzle, so the visibility was low, plus lantern lights could not reach far; hence the three of thereat calamity
With the woman-in-white between their hands and feet, the two boys huffed and puffed to get her onto the grassy area farther up the shore, and then both of the was the first to suffer a dizzy spell, he could not hold on, his vision blackened and he blacked out Kou Zhong called hi his back to make sure the ‘secret manual’ was safe, he felt relieved and closed his eyes to sleep
After sleeping for nobody kno long, Kou Zhong was the first to wake up He saw the sun was shi+ning on the open space around him, his body felt comfortably war in comfort, for a zhou It was not until he heard the ru noise of the river beneath his feet did he finally remembered what had happened the previous day He woke up with a jolt, opened his eyes wide, and sat up
The place where they as surrounded by range of hills, the sun had already at the top of the hills, the Great River was flowing froht next to thea breath of cold air Turned out in this section of the river the rapid water ed shoal, reefs stood up everywhere; no wonder that although he tried to steer it, their boat suddenly crashed and sank
But it was a good accident; if not for their boat capsized, perhaps Yuwen ‘Huagu’s shi+ps would have caught up with the like a dead person