The soup was probably freshly boiled, exuding heat, and soon smelled a strong smell of 'medicinal' food, including astragalus and angelica, and this bowl of hot soup came at the right time for a person who had just been drenched in the rain outside for a while and was a little cold inside.

I picked it up and blew it gently, and the rich 'medicine' fragrance went straight to my nose.

In addition to the 'medicines' that seem to be able to dispel the cold on the surface, there seem to be some other 'medicines' mixed in, but because the amount is not large, the taste is also very light, and if you don't identify it carefully, you can hardly detect it.

I only recognized it once, and I immediately understood.

Brassica, eggplant 'flower'......

It's all contraceptive stuff.

My heart was alert, but I didn't say anything, I just looked up at the people who brought food from the kitchen quietly, they didn't seem to have any special expression, they all did what they should do, some of the dishes had been put out and retreated, and one of them took out the chopsticks and sent them to me, so they bowed respectfully and turned around and left the room.

It seems that they don't know what this bowl of soup is about, and they don't notice anything unusual about this bowl of soup.

That's great......

I looked down at the bowl of hot soup again and smiled faintly.

In fact, these days, I haven't worried about this matter, but Pei Yuanxiu has taken me too closely, and even eating and sleeping are under the surveillance of others, I can't find anything that can prevent pregnancy, and I can't resist him, and even, I know very well that if I really get pregnant during this time, he will never hesitate to use more people's lives to 'force' me.

Unexpectedly, when I was about to sleep, someone brought a pillow.

Of course, I think that in the past month, this matter must have been worried about her day and night, after all, she is the representative of Jinling's forces, she has such a strong ** to be the queen, if I give birth to a child before her, it will be a very unfavorable thing for her.

I should thank her.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one noticed, I gently blew the soup cold and drank it one by one.

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In the next few days, because Wen Fengxi had clearly rejected their request, Jinling did not stop fighting, and the offensive became more and more fierce, many times I could hear the earth-shattering sound outside in the middle of the night, often a battle, that is, all night.

My mood was getting lower.

On this day, Pei Yuanxiu was eating with me, my appetite was not very good, I couldn't swallow it after only two bites, he glanced at me, and persuaded softly: "Your face has become more ugly in the past two days, you have to eat more, otherwise your body will not be able to hold it." ”

As he spoke, he took another dish and put it in my bowl.

I only felt that my 'chest' was very stuffy, and the battle of the past two days had been dark, even if I had a good appetite, it was impossible for me to eat at this time, but as soon as he opened his mouth to persuade me, I had no room to refuse, so I could only grit my teeth, pick up the food and send it to my mouth.

He looked at me and smiled.

At this time, there was a rush of footsteps outside, and a soldier ran to the 'door' and stood still, and said eagerly: "Childe." ”

Pei Yuanxiu didn't reply, and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"We found that in the past two days, there are some people in Yangzhou who are migrating outside the city."

"Oh?"

He frowned slightly.

I took the food into my mouth and chewed it slowly.

Pei Yuanxiu put down the dishes and chopsticks and said, "Have you told Mr. Xie about this?" ”

"As I said, Mr. Xie is on deck."

"Hmm."

He turned his head to look at me and said softly, "You eat a little more, drink some soup after eating, and I'll come back to accompany you later." ”

I didn't speak, I continued to chew, but I couldn't taste the food in my mouth at all.

Are the people of Yangzhou City migrating?

Not to mention that it is too late to move out at this time, how much can you move out in three days? Even if you do move out, where can you go? The road to the south across the river has been blocked, and Jiangling to the west is already under the control of Pei Yuanxiu, if you want to go north, how many places have already set off the anti-flag, even if you migrate, it is useless.

Didn't Wen Fengxi understand what I meant? Or did he have other plans?

I put down my chopsticks and looked at a table of dishes full of color and fragrance, but I only felt that my chest was stuffy and panicked, so I got up and walked out, and just walked to the door of the door, and the bamboo immediately greeted me: "Where is Miss Yan going?" ”

"I want to go out and breathe."

“……”

She looked at me and immediately said, "Yes." ”

Since that day, every day I can go down to the deck to breathe in her company for a period of time, but I rarely go out during the day, because it is easy to run into Han Ruoshi - I am not afraid of her, but every day a bowl of contraceptive soup 'medicine' is delivered like this, almost like a "tacit understanding" and secret between me and her, I am as happy as I am, but I am worried that if we meet, if her words are 'exposed' to Pei Yuanxiu to know, then things will not be easy to handle.

But today, I can't hold back.

'Hua' Zhu accompanied me to walk out slowly, seeing that I was about to reach the 'door' of the cabin, I could already feel the chill brought by the wind outside, and then I heard Pei Yuanxiu's cold voice: "Send someone to intercept those people." As I said, Yangzhou should be how it should be, and it should be how it is. ”

Xie Feng's voice immediately responded: "Yes." ”

I walked out in a few steps, and I saw several of them standing at the bow of the boat, Pei Yuanxiu with his hands behind his back, looking at Jiangbei.

My footsteps stopped at the hatch.

In fact, the current situation on the river, even if I don't look at it, I know how it is, the protection on the north bank is dilapidated after a few days of fierce attacks, and the people in the city will begin to move out, which has proved that they have reached the end of the road, and I have personally experienced the war in Dongzhou City.

It's just that the people who were by my side at that time, who lived and died with me, stood on the bow of the boat, holding the life and death of others in their hands.

I quietly looked at his back, but Xie Feng looked back as if he sensed something.

"Miss Yan?"

Pei Yuanxiu also immediately turned his head, and as soon as he saw me, he immediately walked over: "Why did you come out too?" ”

Seeing him walk up to me, I whispered, "Those people...... Don't you even let go of the people who left Yangzhou? ”

His steps paused.

Xie Feng, who was on the side, also frowned when he heard my words, but he didn't speak, I continued: "Those people just want to live, is it really okay for you to kill them all like this?" ”

He looked at me for a moment and whispered, "Let's not talk about these things, okay?" ”

I sighed, "I know, I don't have a position to talk to you about these things, and you don't need to listen to me. I just want to tell you that being trapped in one place, knowing that you are going to die, that kind of desperate feeling of survival, is not something that ordinary people can understand. ”

“……”

"How can you bear to kill such a person?"

“……”

He looked at me silently for a long time, and finally slowly turned around and said to Xie Feng, "Let them not have to go." ”

Xie Feng was stunned for a moment, and immediately said, "Yes." ”

With that, he turned and walked to the other side.

I was still a little apprehensive, and when I persuaded him just now, I didn't expect that he would really listen to me, which can't but be said to be an accident. And Pei Yuanxiu had already reached out to hold my shoulder and said, "Okay, you better go back and rest, it's windy on the river today." ”

Before I could move my steps, there was a faint laugh from the side: "Yes, it's windy outside, Miss Yan should hurry back to the house, don't catch a cold." ”

Hearing this voice, I hurriedly looked back and saw Han Ruoshi standing aside wrapped in a thick coat.

Of course, it was no surprise to meet her.

Even, I was not surprised to see a little cold light flashing in her eyes, but it was just a flash in such a cold river breeze, and it didn't give people time to identify it carefully.

I understand it all too well.

Pei Yuanxiu turned his head to look at her, and was about to say something, but Han Ruoshi had already said first: "Husband, all the orders have been conveyed. ”

When Pei Yuanxiu heard this, his expression became solemn.

But he still looked back at me and urged, "You go back quickly." ”

I looked at them and didn't speak, but when I looked at the sides of the bow again, I could already see the 'waves' on the sparkling river, and countless ships were slowly moving towards this side through the mist, as if they were gathering towards this big ship.

Han Ruoshi stood in place, motionless as she watched me walk into the cabin.

Walking in the dark corridor, my eyes are transparent, the scene just now, and Han Ruoshi's words, are telling me that tonight is the last night in Yangzhou!

Sure enough, in the evening, I heard the earth-shattering sound of golden drums outside.

Jinling's warships are launching a final assault on Jiangbei.

I didn't go out to see, and of course they wouldn't let me out, but I could hear all the sounds outside, the same as the ones I had heard before, roaring, slashing, screaming, resounding all night, as if the storm we had experienced at sea had been repeated.

In the middle of the night, the noise outside had subsided, and our boat began to move forward so rapidly that even the teacup I had placed on the table fell to the ground and shattered with a violent shaking.

I was startled and hurried down to pick it up, and just as my hand was about to touch the shards, the 'door' was pushed open.

'Hua' Zhu walked in and looked at me worriedly: "Miss Yan, what's wrong with you?" ”

She probably heard the sound of the cup breaking and was afraid that something had happened to me, so she came in to see me, and I squatted on the ground, looked up at her, and said, "Outside, what's going on?" ”

'Hua' Zhu glanced at me and said honestly: "Yangzhou's naval army has retreated on all fronts, and our people have landed on the shore and are ready to attack the city." ”

Hearing her words, I only felt my heart tremble, and my fingers brushed a sharp splinter at once, and immediately, blood beads came out of my fingertips.

'Hua' Zhu was frightened and hurriedly said, "Miss Yan, are you injured?" ”

“……”

I couldn't speak, I just looked at my finger stupidly, and the drop of blood trembled slightly in the candlelight.

Suddenly, I felt an indescribable wave of nausea welling up in my heart.