Chapter 517 I can’t burn you to death
On the Tiancang River.
Tonight, the whole river is still as usual, with various merchant ships coming and going, and fishing boats fishing at night. It can be said to be very lively.
The five large ships led by Nanxian King Nangong Song were moving forward quickly in a line.
On the bow of the first ship, Nangong Song and his son Nangong Jin stood proudly.
Looking at the merchant ships coming and going around, Nangong Jin sneered and said, "Father, the area south of the Yangtze River is indeed different. The river is so busy at night. No wonder the prince wants to win this place!"
"Hmph! That little bastard Gu Chan actually became the leader. When our five ships and soldiers enter Jiangnan City, he will be the first to attack him. Anyway, this time the prince will give us Let's delegate the power. Let's control Gu Chan first when we get to Jiangnan City," Nangong Song said angrily.
Nangong Jin could not help but tighten his fists.
I thought that when Gu Chan was dealing with them in Nancheng, he made them suffer a lot and lost their face. Now that he finally seized this opportunity, he naturally had to seek revenge from Gu Chan.
What's more, they have Cheng Hao and Yuan Ying hostage in their hands, are they still afraid that Gu Chan won't just surrender?
At this moment, both father and son seemed to have seen Gu Chan kneeling in front of them, begging for their forgiveness like a dog.
With this thought, Nangongsong asked urgently, "How long will it take to reach Jiangnan City?"
"My subordinates just reported that in two or three hours, we will be able to reach Jiangnan City." Can enter the tributary leading to Jiangnan City Jiangnan River. If you calculate it this way, we should arrive at Chang's Wharf on the Jiangnan River early tomorrow morning. Then we will get off the boat and go straight to the Jiangnan City Censor's Mansion. First, we will arrest Gu Chan and Jiangnan Censor Yan Xishan. ." Nangong Jin said proudly.
"Yes! Yes, this time I will let that brat know what pain is." Nangong Jin said fiercely.
But as soon as he finished speaking, before Nangong Jin could reply, he suddenly saw wisps of bright light slowly floating in the dark night sky in front of him. He quickly put his hands on his eyes and squinted his eyes to look carefully. , with a puzzled look on his face, "What is there in the air in front of me, and why is it flickering?"
"It seems like a flying lantern, floating towards us in the wind!" Nangong Jin looked at it and said.
"Why is it some kind of festival here in Jiangnan tonight? Are there so many flying fire lanterns set up so late at night? What are they celebrating?" Nangong Song said with a confused look on his face.
Nangong Jin spread his hands and said, "I don't know, there must be a festival!"
"Never mind it, let's go to bed, recuperate, and go to the city to deal with Gu Chan tomorrow. ." Nangong Song said indifferently.
After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the cabin.
Nangong Jin didn't think too much and followed into the cabin.
After that, the father and son lay down in the cabin to rest like this, thinking about having a good sleep tonight and replenishing their energy, so that they could be full of energy to take care of Gu Chan when they enter the city tomorrow.
But what they didn’t expect was that when the five ships moved forward and got closer and closer to the series of sky lanterns flying in the air, those sky lanterns actually slowly descended, and soon they dropped to on board.
At first, the soldiers on the ship could pick them up and throw them into the river, but as more and more Kongming lanterns landed, they couldn't pick them up. Soon after, the Kongming lanterns began to burn, and as long as the flames touched the When I got to the oily part of the boat, I quickly started whirring.
“Oops, it’s on fire, put out the fire quickly!”
Soon the shouts of the soldiers could be heard on the ship.
Prince Nan Xian and his son, who had just fallen asleep, were instantly awakened and quickly put on their clothes and ran out of the cabin. But when they came out, they were frightened.
I saw that the five ships were on fire everywhere, and because of the strong wind, the fire burned more and more fiercely. The soldiers could not put it out at all. The ships traveling around saw that the fire was burning. These five ships were on fire, and all of them were sailing far away, not daring to approach them at all.
Many people even stood on the bows of their own ships, looking at the five burning ships in despair.
"Why is it on fire? In such humid weather, this boat shouldn't be on fire?"
"Yes! The flying lantern also fell from our boat! Didn't it also catch fire?"
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“Are these people from outside the country? Is it possible that the boat is carrying cargo such as oil?”
Everyone just stood on their respective boats and watched the excitement. They were all talking and doing things. Not sure about the situation.
On the other hand, Prince Nanxian, his father and his son, and the soldiers on the five ships were all burned when they could not extinguish the fire. They could only jump into the water. After a while, there was a fire on the river. There are a bunch of people floating around.
Prince Nanxian and his son were floating on the water with a wooden board in their hands. Their faces were completely burned, and they were all soaked and looked as embarrassed as two drowned rats.
After all five boats were burned and sank into the water, Gu Chan and Yan Xishan led ten flower boats and slowly sailed towards this side.
Seeing the soldiers floating in the water ahead, Gu Chan stood on the bow of the leading flower boat and shouted, "Everyone, do you need help? Let me fish you out!"
"Oh! Young Master, you came just in time. Our boat is on fire. We hope you can rescue us and bring us ashore!" Nangong Song shouted while holding the board in the water.
Due to the distance, he did not see clearly who was standing on the bow of the flower boat. He just felt that it was lucky that such a group of flower boats passed by and hoped that they would help rescue them.
Gu Chan chuckled and said, "Send the order and ask all the flower boats to surround them. First, fish out the soldiers swimming in the water. As for Prince Nanxian and his son, let them soak in the water for me."< br>
“Yes, Lord.” Yan Xishan responded respectfully.
Then he immediately went to deliver the order.
After receiving Gu Chan's order, ten flower boats quickly surrounded them. The officers on the boat quickly fished the soldiers out of the water onto the boat.
Half an hour later, when all the soldiers had been fished out on the flower boats and drank hot and fragrant rice wine to ward off the cold, King Nanxian and his son were still holding the piece in the water. Rotten boards soaked.
It was only then that they saw clearly that the person standing on the bow of the leading flower boat in front was none other than Gu Chan!
Gu Chan stared at the father and son and laughed and said, "Prince Nanxian, young prince, long time no see, how are you?"
"Good for you, Gu Chan! I said we Why did our boat suddenly catch fire? It turns out it was all your fault. Right? "
"You little bastard, we are here on the orders of the prince. If you dare to do this to us, you are dead."
Father and son. The two of them were so stubborn that they cursed one after another while soaking in the water.
Gu Chan didn't say anything back, she just sat on the side of the bow of the boat, drinking the fragrant hot rice wine from the wine bottle, looking at them like two drowned dogs with disdain on her face.