In another cabin, Xiao Chengjun lay on the mattress with his eyes closed and began to dream again.
Just like the previous two times, the dream was bizarre and many images intertwined, making his mind confused.
However, there is one person who left a deep impression on him, and that is Chen Tiantian, who is currently a maid in the East Palace.
Because his dreams are all about her, he is crazy about her, he is banging his head against the wall for her, even if his heart is broken and his hands are stained with blood, he has no regrets.
But how is it possible? How could I do this for a woman? Unless I'm crazy.
Xiao Chengjun resisted in his heart and tried his best to get rid of this strange dream, but he couldn't.
Snap!
A loud thunder sounded.
Xiao Chengjun sat up suddenly, gasping for breath.
Fortunately, fortunately, this is just a dream.
Calm yourself down and look out through the small window.
From time to time, one or two flashes of lightning flashed across the dark sky, accompanied by dull thunder.
The strong wind blew through the cabin, making a humming sound, and the hull began to shake.
Xiao Chengjun stood up, put on his coat and boots, and opened the cabin door.
A strong wind blew and made him stagger.
The servant Nanzhu quickly pulled him back and said, "Sir, the wind is too strong. It's dangerous on the deck."
Xiao Chengjun had no choice but to retreat into the cabin and watch Nanzhu close the cabin door.
Soon it started raining outside.
Nanzhu looked out the window worriedly and muttered, "Why is it raining out of nowhere? Fortunately we are not sailing."
Xiao Chengjun lay back down on the mat, closed his eyes and dozed off, thinking about the dream all the time.
It’s really strange that in the dream, my wife’s name was also Jiang Yingbao.
Every time he wanted to see what she looked like, he failed.
The wind and rain outside were getting stronger and stronger, and the hull was swaying more and more.
The servant Nanzhu was so frightened that he dared not close his eyes. He knelt on the floor with his hands clasped together, chanting "Buddha may bless you, Taoist Sanqing may bless you".
Finally it was dawn, the wind and rain became stronger, and the whole ship was swaying from side to side due to the waves.
"Oh no! A boat capsized!"
Someone is shouting outside.
The captain and several boatmen held onto the boat's pillar and looked out over the river.
I saw a ship capsized not far away and slowly sinking.
"Hey! That's a merchant ship!" a boatman shouted, "Many people fell into the water!"
The captain's eyes lit up, and he quickly ordered: "Go and save them, let's throw the float down, and rescue as many people as we can!"
"Okay!" Two boatmen ran to the stern against the wind, untied a string of floats from the side, then ran to the bow and threw them out with force.
Then the two men climbed down the edge of the boat, grabbed the float and climbed on top, and swam hard towards the person who fell into the water.
The two boats were not far apart, and some of the people struggling in the water could swim, so they all grabbed the floats.
On this boat, the guards also rushed to rescue people, grabbed the rope tied to the float and pulled it back.
After a while, both the man and the float were dragged back to the boat.
After they were dragged onto the boat one by one, everyone could see clearly that a total of eight people, four men and four women, were rescued.
Among these eight people, three are young girls, one is a middle-aged woman, and the other four are young and strong men.
The women did not sink into the river thanks to the protection of the men who could swim.
Now, they were all soaked, crammed in a cabin, and shivering with cold.
Especially some women, they were completely naked.
However, there were no extra clothes for them on the boat.
The guards couldn't bear it, so one of them came forward and knocked on Yingbao and the others' cabin door.
Chunniang opened the hatch and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Madam, there is a boat that capsized nearby, and we rescued a few women. They have no clothes, so I would like to ask you to lend them some clothes to cover their bodies."
Chunniang nodded quickly: "I'll go look for it."
She turned around and rummaged through her bag, took out her two coats and handed them over: "There are only two, you can take them."
The guard took the coat and frowned, "Madam, there are four women among them."
Chunniang apologized, "I'm so sorry, I only have these two sets of clothes, and my daughters' clothes are too small, I don't think they can wear them."
The guards had no choice but to take the two sets of clothes back and hand them to the women.
The strong wind outside gradually died down and the rain gradually weakened.
All that was left of the overturned boat on the river was an upside-down bottom and some scattered items floating around.
Several ships came forward to salvage the items. Some returned the salvaged items to the survivors, while others salvaged the boxes and then sailed away.
The rescued survivors squatted on the shore and cried loudly, but there was nothing they could do.
At this time, the rain stopped and the sky cleared up, and the sun shone on the earth.
Several women who had been staying in the cabin came out onto the deck.
When she saw that only a small part of the overturned boat was left exposed on the river surface, she couldn't help but cover her face and cry.
All their clothes, jewelry, and money were gone.
The boat girl asked, "Where are you going? If it's on your way, come with us."
"We are going to the capital. I wonder where your ship is going?" said the middle-aged woman.
The boat girl clapped her hands and said, "Oh, what a coincidence! We just came out of the capital and are heading towards Luzhou."
"It's really unfortunate." The middle-aged woman looked disappointed and asked carefully, "Can you take us back to the capital first? Don't worry, we will reward you handsomely when we get to the capital."
The boat girl shook her head regretfully: "We have no say in this matter. Although this boat is ours, our employer wants to go to Luzhou, so we cannot return."
As the two were talking, the middle-aged woman's eyes lit up when she saw two people coming out of another cabin.
"Are you Xu Chunniang?" The middle-aged woman hurried over to greet her.
Chunniang was also surprised when she saw the middle-aged woman: "Mrs. Wen San? Why are you here?"
Madam Wen San: "I took my daughter back to the capital to visit relatives. There was a heavy rain last night and the boat capsized. Why did you come to the capital as well?"
"My daughter went to Beijing to treat a nobleman and is now preparing to return home." Chunniang said.
"Your daughter is here too?" Mrs. Wen couldn't help but glance at her.
Chen Zhao knew Madam Wen San, so he quickly knelt down and saluted her.
Mrs. Wen glanced at her without saying anything and looked around.
Chun Niang: "My daughter is still asleep."
My daughter spent most of the night doing hand gestures and couldn't get up in the morning. She was sleeping soundly wrapped in a quilt, so I didn't call her.
"Oh." Mrs. Wen suddenly changed her mind and decided not to return to Beijing.
Her brother messed up the job last time and put his uncle in jail.
The reason why he went to Beijing this time was also to plead with his father-in-law, asking him to help smooth over the relationship and get his uncle from his mother's side out of prison.
As a result, there was a storm and the boat he was on capsized.
Fortunately, she and her two daughters were rescued by a kind-hearted person, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
Seeing that Mrs. Wen San hadn't said anything for a long time, Chun Niang whispered, "I have to go wash up. Excuse me."
Having said that, he walked straight to the washroom.
Chen Zhao followed closely behind, walked in and closed the door.
The washroom on the ship is also the women's bathroom, and it smells a bit unpleasant.
Chunniang cleaned up quickly, picked up a bucket of water to flush the toilet, and took Chen Zhao back to the cabin.
Seeing that her daughter had woken up, she whispered, "I'll tell you something strange."
"What's the matter!" Yingbao asked curiously.
Chun Niang: "Mrs. Wen San brought her two daughters to Beijing, but the boat capsized last night. They were rescued by the crew on our ship, and the mother and daughter are all fine. Isn't that amazing?"