Pei Yuanxiu did not immediately answer me, whether to agree or disagree.

But after that, Xie Feng disappeared again. I asked Hua Zhu, and she said that her master had gone to Yangzhou. I understood that Pei Yuanxiu should have agreed to this matter and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

But the next moment, my heart became nervous again.

Persuading Wen Fengxi? I ​​am not sure.

Even, from the bottom of my heart, I don’t think convinced him is the best choice right now.

Xie Feng did not hide me. Even if he did not hide me, I knew very well how important time was to them and the current situation. With Yangzhou alone in exchange for the situation in the entire Central Plains, even if I don’t know the best, I will not be able to figure out the importance of this.

I just couldn't watch a tragic massacre three days later.

Half a day later, Xie Feng came back.

He told me that I could persuade Wen Fengxi.

When I heard this, I immediately stood up from the table in surprise, but Xie Feng continued, "But I didn't go to Yangzhou to persuade him."

"Don't you go to Yangzhou?"

I was stunned. Where should I go to see Wen Fengxi?

Now that the two sides have become like this, if I don’t go there, would I let Wen Fengxi cross the river? As the head of Yangzhou, how could he take risks in person at this time?

Xie Feng said: "The result we agreed with him is that you two take a small boat to meet in the middle of the river."

"Jiangxin?"

"That's right."

"But--"

"To ensure his safety and to ensure that you will not have any accidents, both of our ships must retreat to their respective ports."

My heart suddenly jumped, but before I could think about anything, Xie Feng seemed to have seen my thoughts at the moment, and then continued, "I will take a boat to accompany you."

“…”

Sure enough, I think beautifully.

Xie Feng looked at me: "The agreed time is noon tomorrow."

"……oh."

Seeing me silent again, Xie Feng's eyes flashed and he asked, "You have thought about it, what do you want to say to him?"

I didn't say anything.

Xie Feng looked at me for a while and said, "But what I want to tell you first. In addition to persuading Wen Fengxi, don't think too much or think about any chance... This is the biggest concession he can make. If I hadn't promised repeatedly that I would protect you from coming back safely, he wouldn't have let you go."

“…”

"If there is any accident, you will not only not be able to save Yangzhou, but also let the city massacre be in advance. Do you understand?"

I looked up at him and sneered: "Of course I understand."

“…”

"I've been dead every day when I've been on the boat. Can I still not understand?"

I have never been a person who is obedient since I was a child, but Pei Yuanxiu has the ability to crush all the hard bones on me into powder. He can't get rid of my consciousness of resistance, but I dare not take any action to resist. Such a person is probably born to be my nemesis.

What else can I do?

Seeing my sneer, Xie Feng frowned slightly, and didn't say anything else, but said softly: "Then think about it carefully, what do you want to say to Wen Fengxi tomorrow. You must remember that the safety of Yangzhou City depends on him, and your persuasion may save thousands of people."

After saying that, he left.

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That evening, Pei Yuanxiu came to my room very early.

When he came, I was sitting at the table, sewing a piece of clothes stitched by thread. When he saw me like this, he immediately walked over and said, "Why are you sewing something?"

I looked up at him, but didn't say anything, but still lowered my head to continue to sew.

He frowned and immediately wanted to call someone outside. I whispered: "You have broken several of my clothes, can you not sew them?"

“…”

His words were immediately blocked into his throat.

Over the past few days, he tore my close clothes apart more than once when he was overwhelmed with enthusiasm, and changed clothes one after another. Although he was well prepared, there were still not many intact left in the past month. This boat is not a boat for going out for fun. Only a few maids came to serve me, and each one was afraid that I would be extremely scared, so I didn't bother to ask them for needlework and thread to sew.

He immediately said, "This is not what you should do."

I lowered my head and embroidered it with stitches: "What do you want me to do in this room?"

“…”

This time, he fell silent again.

Without being allowed to leave this room, I can't do anything except eat and sleep. Every day I can only sit on the bow of the boat, like a lifeless doll, but he only comes when eating and sleeping, so I don't feel it.

Now, after hearing what I said, I hesitated for a moment, but in the end I didn't stop me anymore.

So he sat aside and quietly accompanied me.

The candlelight was quiet, and it only swayed a little weakly when I and him were breathing heavily. The clothes in my hand were in the best condition, but the part of the sleeves was torn apart. I sewed it around and finally sewed the broken cuffs together, and then sewed it around to reinforce it.

He didn't look impatient at all. He watched me thread the needle and when the candle was dim, he helped me pick the candle wick and pushed the candlestick towards me.

I still didn't look up and sewed it intently. At this time, he said softly: "Do you know Wen Fengxi very well?"

I paused my hand with the needle, and then continued to sew as if nothing had happened, and said softly: "I have seen it a few times before."

"Will he listen to your advice?"

"I don't know either."

"...Then, you have decided what to say to him tomorrow?"

“Or, no.”

"oh?"

"I can only move it with emotion."

"Touching me with emotion?" He looked at me through the hustle candlelight and said softly: "You are just too passionate."

My hand slipped and the needle penetrated into my fingertips.

I couldn't help but tremble slightly, and a blood bead had emerged from my fingertips. He hurried over and took my hand and looked at it. He frowned and said, "Why are you so careless?"

"I'm fine."

As I said, I was about to pull my hand back from his hand. I was about to put it into my mouth, but he pulled it back with force. He opened his mouth and put the fingertips into his mouth.

My eyebrows frowned and even my breathing stopped.

I felt his tongue licking my fingertips, and the blood bead was quickly sucked away by him.

I just felt my whole body tremble for a moment. No matter how he grabbed my hand, he pulled his hand back hard, lowered his head and did not look at him. Pei Yuanxiu did not feel any anger at all when he resisted me. He just squatted in front of me, looked up at me, and said softly: "It is because of this that you always hurt yourself."

I pinched the fingertips that still had a numb feeling, turned my head to avoid his gaze: "It's just a little injury."

He looked at me and said in a deep voice: "But I still feel sorry for you."

“…”

I almost held my breath, but I could hear his heartbeat that was close to me, getting stronger and stronger. He pulled the clothes and needlework in my hand and put them aside, and then reached out to pick me up. I was so shocked that I almost jumped up, but I couldn't escape his arm. I was suddenly picked up by him and quickly carried me and put it on the bed.

When he leaned down, I was covered in his shadow, frightened as if I was about to be swallowed by something, and my hands hurriedly pressed against his chest: "No!"

He held my wrist and pulled it to both sides, so that there was no gap between us. Then he gently approached me, kissed my cheek with his lips, and said in a vague way: "Don't worry, I won't hurt you."

“…”

"I will not break your clothes tonight."

As soon as he finished speaking, the buttons on his chest had been unbuttoned by his dexterous fingers. He waved his sleeves to extinguish the candlestick on the table and overturned heavily...

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That night, probably because I was going to do that important thing the next day, he was quite restrained.

Finally, after I fell asleep, I could still hear his heavy breath echoing in my ears, but he did not linger. He just wrapped his arms around my waist with his unretreated temperature, making me sleep in his arms all night without moving.

When I woke up the next day, it was already past Si Shi.

Soon someone came to serve us to wash. After breakfast and rest for a while, Xie Feng came in and reported that the ship in Yangzhou had already begun to retreat.

Of course, our ship must also start to retreat.

And I'm going to board the boat.

They accompanied me out of the cabin. I was wearing the clothes I had sewn yesterday and had a thick blouse outside. Even so, as soon as I got on the deck, the bitter river wind made me tremble for a while. Looking around, the other warships had really started to retreat, and some had retreated to the south bank.

In Yangzhou, almost all their ships returned to their camps.

A small boat docked under our big ship, Xie Feng walked over and said, "Miss Yan, please."

I nodded, and when I was about to follow him, Pei Yuanxiu behind me suddenly said, "Light."

“…”

I didn't look back or answer, and I heard him say, "I'll wait for you to come back here."

“…”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard footsteps beside him. When he turned around, he saw that it was the dark-skinned child who was brought up again, and some other prisoners of war were all tied with hands and stood on the side of the ship.

In everyone's eyes, there is helplessness and confusion.

My eyes heated up, I turned my head and followed Xie Feng down the steps.

After descending a long staircase, we walked out a small door. Outside was the docking boat. The boatman was obviously the soldiers here, so he helped me get on the boat, and then Xie Feng got on.

The boatman used his oars to support the big boat and pushed it, and our small boat swayed towards the middle of the river.

At this moment, my heartbeat slowly became violent.
Chapter completed!