Frontier Army Warrior

Chapter 748 Drowning Incident

Wan Zhuo and the other three were already a little drunk, and the cool river breeze made them feel very comfortable.

Xu Jin's return made Wan Zhuo and Nong Shangjin relax, and they were no longer as nervous about safety issues as before.

At this time, there was a young woman leaning against each of them, passing them a glass of fine wine with her cherry sips, making them intoxicated and unaware of where they were.

Nong Shangjin was already getting more and more powerful. He turned over and pressed the woman next to him onto the deck, and started to beat her violently.

Several women giggled, and the woman under him twisted her body, trying to resist but also responding, arousing his desire.

He has been hanging around in that scene for a long time, and once he gets carried away, he doesn't avoid people and just keeps pulling with the woman under him, gradually getting into the real thing.

Wan Zhuo's body also felt hot when he saw this. He couldn't resist the teasing of the woman in his arms. With the alcohol in his body, he ignored everything else.

Although Xu Jin was hugging a young woman, he responded to her actions.

However, his attention was all on Wan Zhuo and Nong Shangjin.

I saw them forgetting themselves and getting lost in the mood of alcohol and beauties.

Xu Jin stretched out a hand from the woman's arms and waved it towards the bow of the boat.

The flower boat then quietly changed direction and moved towards the river bank.

When it was still more than twenty feet away from the river bank, the flower boat slowly sank into the river.

The first person to be startled was the boatman. When the river water wet his feet, he immediately screamed.

"Oh, no, the boat is leaking, hurry, the boat is leaking..."

His terrified shout woke the others up, and the servants on the deck also saw the river water entering the ship.

They all jumped up and ran to the second floor.

The flower boat sank very quickly, probably because it had a big hole. As several people moved, the hull began to tilt.

The woman on the boat screamed for help.

Some people fell into the river because they were standing unsteadily on the tilted boat.

The lights on the flower boat also tilted and went out, and the entire boat was suddenly plunged into darkness. Only the chaotic voices of people were heard, each trying to find a way to survive, and no one cared about anyone else.

Among these people, some can swim and some cannot.

Wan Zhuo and Nong Shangjin knew a little about water because they spent their days drinking and partying, traveling everywhere, and sometimes fishing and swimming.

This place was about twenty feet away from the river bank, and the two men were not too panicked, as they had almost no clothes on.

After abandoning the woman under them, the two men each jumped into the water, looked at the flickering lights on the river bank, and swam over.

There were nearly twenty people on the flower boat. In the darkness, they could not recognize each other and just swam desperately towards the river bank.

Although Wan Zhuo was confused, he didn't have time to think about it and just focused on swimming hard.

Unexpectedly, just after he swam less than ten feet, he felt something underwater wrapped around his feet. It was very heavy and his body was sinking straight down.

Wan Zhuo was horrified and opened his mouth to shout, but choked on the water.

He struggled desperately to get rid of the thing on his feet, but the harder he struggled, the faster he sank.

In panic, Wan Zhuo held his breath, curled up his body, and reached out to feel for the object on his feet.

Unexpectedly, when his hand touched his ankle, he suddenly realized that it was a pair of human hands.

Wan Zhuo was so frightened that he opened his mouth and screamed.

But he was suddenly poured with a few mouthfuls of river water.

This was not what scared him. The key was that the hand on his ankle was still pulling down hard, making him unable to break free in his haste.

In just a moment, Wan Zhuo started drinking water in big gulps, his violent struggles gradually slowed down, and his consciousness became blurred.

After an unknown amount of time, Wan Zhuo's struggling stopped, and his body sank freely into the water without being dragged.

It was dark on the river bank and I couldn't see anything clearly.

Xu Jin panted and climbed out of the water to the shore in a panic, his body covered in mud.

It was almost midnight and there was no sound of anyone on the river bank.

Xu Jin calmed himself down and found someone emerging from the water, gasping loudly and struggling to climb to the river bank.

Xu Jin sat on the river bank, waiting quietly. The river was roaring, and he could only hear the sound of water but could not see anything.

At this time, a woman climbed onto the shore and began screaming for help.

As time went by, more and more people climbed out of the water and onto the riverbank.

Their cries for help also alarmed people somewhere unknown.

Finally someone came to check on the situation.

Gradually, more and more people came, and some of them ran over with torches in their hands. They were all fishermen from nearby.

Because many people had not climbed ashore, some fishermen got a boat and went into the river to search for them.

More than an hour later, the incident alarmed the authorities.

Troops from Cannes rushed over, began to control the surrounding area, and launched rescue work.

Xu Jin and others were taken to Cannes to await the results.

Grand Tutor Wan received the news around noon the next day. The family guards came to report that Young Master Wan Zhuo had accidentally fallen into the water while on a flower boat trip last night and had not been found yet.

Grand Tutor Wan sat there for a long time without moving, and the guards also knelt on the ground and dared not move.

"Who did your young master go with?"

After a while, Grand Tutor Wan finally spoke.

The guard quickly replied, "Master, the young master is meeting with Nong Shangjin and Xu Jin, drinking on the flower boat together."

"What about the rest?"

"Master, only General Xu Jin has been rescued so far, and he is now staying in Cannes."

"Has anyone else been rescued?"

"There are seven or eight more people, some on the flower boat, and some guards who came aboard with the young master."

Grand Tutor Wan let out a breath.

"Send someone to keep an eye on it and report back immediately if there's any news."

The guard finally put his heart at ease and retreated despite his numb legs and feet.

After Grand Tutor Wan and other guards left the house, his whole body relaxed and he almost fell off the chair.

He did not doubt Xu Jin, but he felt that something was wrong.

Nothing Wan Zhuo did escape the eyes and ears of his father.

Wan Quan always reminded Wan Zhuo to be careful and not give anyone any handle, otherwise, even his father would not be able to protect him.

Unexpectedly, this matter finally fell on Wan Quan's head.

This eldest son was Wan Quan's beloved child, the treasure he held in his hands, but now he was afraid that he might be separated from him by heaven.

Fortunately, the maid beside him supported him and calmed him down.

Although he was heartbroken, the ups and downs he had experienced in his half-life made him calm down quickly.

As long as things aren't at the last moment, there's still a glimmer of hope.

The tributary of Jinjiang River passes through the west side of Kancheng, flows from west to east, through the moat of Kyoto City, then flows from the east side of Kyoto, passes through Licheng and goes east again.

Wan Zhuo's body was found in the moat south of Kyoto City on the afternoon of the next day.

The person had been soaked like a steamed bun and was almost unrecognizable.

The constable from the prefectural government office in the capital came to the Grand Tutor's residence to report the news and sent someone to identify the body.

Only then did Wan Quan put his heart at ease and completely accepted his fate.

Next, he will put everything else aside and devote himself to the plan to deal with Lin Feng.

Wan Quan would not consider this accident as an accident. Apart from him, Lin Feng, no one would dare to cause such a clumsy accident.

Although from all aspects, the drowning was caused by a shipwreck.

Wan Quan didn't care and had already put the blame on Lin Feng.