Pei Yuanxiu didn't answer me immediately, whether he agreed or disagreed.

But after that, Xie Feng disappeared again, I asked 'Hua' Zhu, and she said that her master went to Yangzhou, and I understood that Pei Yuanxiu should have agreed to this matter, and I was immediately relieved.

But the next moment, my heart became nervous again.

Convince Wen Fengxi? I'm not sure.

Even, from the bottom of my heart, I don't think convincing him is the best option right now.

Xie Feng didn't hide it from me, even if he didn't hide it from me, I also knew very well how important time was to them and to the current war situation.

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

Half a day later, Xie Feng came back.

He told me that I could persuade Wen Fengxi.

As soon as 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. ”

"Not to Yangzhou?"

I was stunned, where are I going to see Wen Fengxi?

Now that the two sides have fought like this, if I don't go over, will I let Wen Fengxi cross the river? As the head of Yangzhou, how could he be personally involved in danger at this time?

Xie Feng said: "The result we discussed with him is that you two will each take a small boat and go to Jiangxin to meet. ”

"Jiang Xin?"

"That's right."

"But—"

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

My heart skipped a beat, but before I could think about anything, Xie Feng seemed to have seen my thoughts at the moment, and continued: "I will accompany you by boat." ”

“……”

Sure enough, I thought beautifully.

Xie Feng looked at me: "The appointed time is tomorrow afternoon." ”

“…… Oh. ”

Seeing that I was silent again, Xie Feng's eyes flickered, and he asked, "Have you thought about it, what do you want to say to him?" ”

I didn't speak.

Xie Feng looked at me for a while, and then said, "But what I want to tell you first, except for persuading Wen Fengxi, you don't think too much, and don't think about any chances...... This is the biggest concession he can make, and he won't let you go if it weren't for my repeated assurances that I would protect you and come back safely. ”

“……”

"If there is a little accident, not only will you not be able to save Yangzhou, but you will also make that massacre in advance, do you understand?"

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

“……”

"I've been dying every day since I got on the boat, can I still not understand?"

I have not been an obedient person since I was a child, but Pei Yuanxiu, he has this ability, crushing all the hard bones in my body into powder, he can't 'pump' away my consciousness of resistance, but I don't dare to have a little resistance, 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 more, only said softly: "Then think about it, what are you going to say to Wen Fengxi tomorrow." You must remember that the safety of Yangzhou City depends on him alone, and your persuasion may save thousands of people. ”

With that, he left.

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

When he came, I was sitting at the table, sewing a garment with a needle and thread, and as soon as he saw me like this, he immediately came to me: "Why are you sewing?" ”

I looked up at him, didn't speak, still lowered my head and continued to sew.

His brows furrowed, and he was about to call out to the people outside, and I whispered: "Several of my clothes have been 'damaged' by you, can't you sew them?" ”

“……”

His words were immediately choked in his throat.

Over the past few days, he has torn my close-fitting clothes more than once when the heat is unbearable, and the clothes have been changed one after another, and although they are well prepared, there are still few pieces left intact in the past month. This boat was not a boat for going out for fun, only a few 'waiters' and 'women' came to 'serve' me, and every one of them was afraid that I was so frightened that I did not go to them to dislike them, but only asked them for a needle and thread to sew up.

He immediately said, "That's not what you're supposed to do." ”

I lowered my head and embroidered stitch by stitch: "Then what do you want me to do in this room?" ”

“……”

This time, he fell silent again.

Without being allowed to leave this room, I really couldn't do anything but eat and sleep, and I could only sit stupidly in the bow of the boat every day, like a lifeless rag doll, except that he would only come when he was eating and sleeping, so he didn't feel anything.

Listening to me now, I hesitated for a moment, but after all, it didn't stop me anymore.

So, he sat on the side and stayed with me quietly.

The candle flame was silent, only a little swaying when he and I were inadvertently breathing heavily, and the dress in my hand was in the best condition, except that the sleeve part was torn, and I sewed it all around, and finally sewed the broken cuffs together, and then I had to sew it again to reinforce it.

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

I still didn't look up, concentrating on sewing stitches and threads, and at this time, he said softly: "Is Wen Fengxi very familiar with you?" ”

I squeezed the needle's hand for a moment, and continued to sew as if nothing had happened, and said softly, "I've seen it a few times before." ”

"Will he listen to you?"

"I don't know."

“…… So, have you figured out what you're going to tell him tomorrow? ”

"Also, no."

"Oh?"

"I can only move it with affection."

"Moved by emotion?" He looked at me through the flickering candle flame and said softly, "You just have too much affection." ”

My hand slipped, and the needle stuck in my fingertips.

I couldn't help but tremble slightly, a bead of blood had already come out of my fingertips, he hurriedly walked over and took my hand to take a look, and immediately frowned: "Why are you so careless?" ”

"I'm fine."

As I spoke, I was about to 'draw' my hand back from his hand, and was about to put it in my mouth, but he pulled it back with a force, opened his mouth and took the fingertip into his mouth.

My eyebrows furrowed, and I couldn't even breathe.

I felt his tongue gently 'licking' and licking my fingertips, and that little bit of blood was quickly 'sucked' away by him.

I only felt that my whole body trembled, no matter how much he grabbed my hand again, he pulled his hand back hard, lowered his head and didn't look at him, and Pei Yuanxiu didn't show any anger at my resistance, just squatted in front of me, looked up at me, and said softly: "It's because of this that you always let yourself get hurt." ”

I pinched the fingertip that still had a tingling sensation and turned my head to avoid his gaze: "It's just a small injury." ”

He looked at me and said in a deep voice, "But I'm still distressed." ”

“……”

I could almost hold my breath, but I could hear his heartbeat close at hand, getting stronger and stronger, he pulled the clothes and needlework in my hand with one hand and put it aside, and was about to reach out and pick me up, I was so startled that I almost jumped up, but I couldn't escape his arm, and he picked me up horizontally, and quickly carried me a few steps to the 'bed'.

When he leaned down, my whole body was covered by his 'shadow', and I was so frightened that I felt as if I was about to be swallowed by something, and hurriedly put my hands on his 'chest': "Don't! ”

He held my wrist and pulled it to both sides, so that there was no barrier between the two of us, and then gently approached me, kissed my cheek lightly with his lips, and said indistinctly: "Don't worry, I won't hurt you." ”

“……”

"Tonight, I won't 'spoil' your clothes again."

As soon as he finished speaking, the buckle on his chest had been untied by his dexterous fingers, and with a wave of his sleeve, he extinguished the candlestick on the table and covered it heavily......

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That night, probably considering that I was going to do that important thing the next day, he restrained himself quite a bit.

Finally, after I fell asleep, I could still hear his heavy breathing echoing in my ears, but he didn't dwell on it anymore, just wrapped his hot arms around my waist, and let me sleep in his arms all night.

When I woke up the next day, it was already past the end of the day.

Soon someone came to serve us to freshen up, and after having breakfast and resting for a while, Xie Feng came in to report that the ship over there in Yangzhou had begun to retreat.

Our ship, of course, must also begin to retreat.

And I'm going to get on the boat.

They accompanied me out of the cabin, I was wearing the clothes I had sewn yesterday, and a thick wind was added to the outside, and even so, as soon as I got on deck, the cold river wind still made me shiver, and when I looked around, the other ships had really begun to retreat, and some had already retreated to the south bank.

On the Yangzhou side, almost all of their ships returned to their camps.

A small boat docked underneath our big ship, Xie Feng came over and said, "Miss Yan, please." ”

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

“……”

Without looking back or answering, I heard him say, "I will wait here for you to come back." ”

“……”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard footsteps beside him, and when he turned his head, he saw that it was the dark-skinned child, who had been brought up again, and some other prisoners of war, all of whom were taken to the side of the ship with their hands tied.

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

My eyes were hot, I turned my head and followed Xie Feng down the steps.

Descending a long staircase, we walked out of a small 'door', and outside was the small boat that had docked, and the boatman was obviously also a soldier here, helping me to get on the boat, and then Xie Feng also got on.

The boatman propped up the big boat with his oars and pushed it, and our small boat swayed leisurely towards the center of the river.

At this moment, my heartbeat slowly became intense.

Looking up, in the fog, a ship also sailed from the north shore.