"I just—"

I lowered my head and looked at my hand on my knee, and in less than a month, I knew that I had lost a lot of weight, and the high joints on the back of my hand seemed to break through my skin.

He moved a little closer to me, his hot breath blowing through his ears.

"Just what?"

"I'm just, feeling a little stuffy."

"Stuffy?"

"I, I want to go out, go for a walk."

He raised his eyebrows again, and this time he didn't look at me in the mirror again, but turned his head to look at my lowered eyelashes, and after a moment of silence, he chuckled: "yes, I remember, you haven't been out for a long time." ”

“……”

"But I'm worried about your safety."

“……”

"It's too dangerous out there, I'm afraid you'll get hurt."

“……”

"Besides, we're on the river now, if something happens—" His voice dragged on slightly, as if hiding some unspoken words in it, and then smiled, "Even if I throw all the people into the river, I won't be able to get you back." Isn't it? ”

“……”

My face was a little paler.

He guarded against me, and he did it perfectly.

At the beginning, I was 'forced' by Pei Yuanhao to jump into the river to commit suicide, and I went to Shengjing, and I also heard from Luo Shi's mouth how painful and devastating he was when he learned the news at that time, so after he took this ship on the night of the seventh day of the first month and imprisoned me in this room without even a window, he didn't let me leave here again.

He was afraid that I would end my life in the same way to escape from it all.

I didn't speak again, only lowered my eyes and lowered my head.

He looked at me quietly for a while, then hugged my arm and said softly, "A few more days, a few more days." ”

“……”

"You can get off the boat if you want. I'll be with you. ”

“……”

"Now, don't go out just yet. All right? ”

He almost coaxed me, so gentle that I couldn't have said anything better, and I really didn't have room to say "bad", so I lowered my head and accepted his offer in silence.

A satisfied smile appeared on his face, and then he said lightly to the 'waiter' and 'girl': "Go out." ”

"Yes!"

The 'waiter' and 'woman' hurriedly retreated, and when the 'door' was closed, she was relieved to hear her.

When there were only two of us left in the room, his hand finally let go of my arm, smiled at me in the mirror and said, "You look so plain, can I bring you a hairpin?" ”

After speaking, I reached out and took a hairpin from the jewelry box on the table, and gently 'inserted' it into my bun.

I was silent and bowed my head.

In a few days, ...... will be fine?

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Although time has lost its meaning to me, in the blur, I can still feel that this battle has been fought continuously, and in the past month, except for that day, after hearing Xie Feng and Pei Yuanxiu talk about the battle situation in the nightmare, they have not talked about the situation outside in front of me.

Winning or losing is unknown, winning or losing is unknown.

However, I could feel that the casualties were not as severe as before, and every time he left and returned to this room, he did not have to bathe every time to wash away the heavy smell of blood from his body, as he had just started.

The war should have reached the stage of stalemate.

Wen Fengxi, as a military general, should be the best arrangement to stick to Yangzhou at this time.

I still remember when Qinghan was poisoned, he told me that he would guard Yangzhou for half a year, and if there was no big war in the northwest, Tu Shuhan could also free his hands.

But only if it is under normal circumstances......

My mind was full of thoughts, and for a while too many things came flooding up in a chaotic manner, and when I woke up, I saw that the room I was in was like a cage, and there was nothing to do except for three meals and regular bathing every day.

Now, I probably can't think of that.

At this moment, the cabin door was opened, and the dark-skinned child came in with a basin of water, and a 'hairy' towel on the elbow of his elbow.

These days, except for those who come to serve, only this child will come into my room from time to time, and I rarely see him when I am awake, and most of the time, I can only see his back walking out with a broom and a basin of water that has been rubbed on the floor.

When he walked in, he probably didn't expect me to sit on the edge of the 'bed' and look at him, and when he saw me, he was stunned for a moment.

"Hey—"

As soon as my feet stagnated, the basin of water swayed and splashed on the ground and on the corner of my skirt.

He was frightened and hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" ”

I only felt a cold at my ankles, and before I could react, he had already hurriedly put the basin of water aside, and subconsciously wanted to come over and wipe me with the 'wool' towel, but before he could get close to me, the 'flower' bamboo outside the 'door' had already walked in, and when he saw the situation in the room, he immediately frowned: "What do you think you are doing?" ”

The boy looked back at her, frightened.

'Hua' Zhu continued: "Childe asked you to do things well, did you take all the words of Childe as a deaf ear?" ”

"I didn't, I didn't dare!"

He was so frightened that he hurriedly waved his hand.

From the time I lived in Jinling Mansion and saw the 'flower' Zhuyun Mountain to the present, although I knew that the two of them were extraordinary, I had never seen them lose their temper and reprimand others, seeing that the child was trembling with fright, thinking that he was going to die, I immediately said: "It's not a big deal, don't blame him." ”

'Hua' Zhu glanced up at me, then at the child, and said hesitantly: "But Gongzi ordered, if anyone alarms Miss Yan, they all want—"

Without waiting for her words to finish, I lowered my head and said lightly, "I was not alarmed." ”

“……”

"He's just a kid, don't embarrass him."

'Hua' Zhu was stunned by me, probably unable to be the master himself, and stood there hesitantly.

Then I turned to look at the child, then at the puddle of water on the ground, and said, "You're about to wipe it clean." ”

"Yes."

He nodded hurriedly, grabbed the 'hairy' towel and walked over, squatted on the ground and carefully wiped the floor, 'Hua' Zhu looked at him like this, and couldn't say anything in the end, so he could only purse his lips and retreat.

This kid probably doesn't know how many people have been dragged out of this room and killed in the past few days, and he was so frightened that he trembled, and when he wiped the floor, the shoulder blades behind him were towering high.

Although he is thin, he can see that he is used to doing work, and he is probably from a poor family, so he is so diligent in his work, and he has such a dark complexion.

I looked at him lowering his head, his eyelashes long and covering his eyes, and said softly: "Are you from Yangzhou?" ”

He looked up at me and immediately nodded, "Yes!" ”

“……”

I was silent for a moment and said, "Don't look up, keep your head down and do your thing." ”

“……？ Oh. ”

I asked softly, "How did you get to this ship?" ”

"I was taken captive by them."

"You're also a soldier?"

"Well, Daddy left early, and I was the only big man in the family, so I came to serve."

"So, what about your mother?"

"My mother......" he said, slowing down his movements, and saw a crystal tear drip from his eye and fall into the pool of water on the ground with a clatter.

He 'rubbed' his eyes with his other hand: "My mother doesn't know that I-"

“……”

"I'm most afraid that my mother will think I'm dead."

“……”

"In that case, she'll die of grief."

“……”

"But now, the battle is like this, I don't know how long Yangzhou City can last, if the city is breached, then my mother they-"

As he spoke, he began to cry.

I frowned slightly, but didn't say anything, and after a while, when his own crying gradually became quieter, I said, "Then you were captured by them, what did they say, let you come here to do things?" ”

He subconsciously raised his head to look at me, and his eyes were red from crying: "It's the one - they call him Gongzi, we were supposed to be taken to the shore, but as soon as he saw me, he asked me to stay, saying let me work on the boat." ”

“……”

"I really want to hear him say I'm useful."

He blinked, met my gaze, and as if remembering what I had just said, he hurriedly lowered his head and muttered, "I just don't know what I'm for." ”

“……”

"However, they didn't kill me, and I was lucky to keep me."

“……”

"I want to go back and find my mother."

A sour feeling welled up in my throat, and I didn't wait for him to wipe the floor clean before saying, "Alright, you can get out." ”

"Huh? But—yes. ”

He obediently took the basin of water and turned around and walked out, while I sat on the edge of the 'bed', looking at his back, I only felt that my eyes were hot, as if something was about to gush out, and I could only lower my head and let myself stop looking.

The cabin 'door' was closed.

In the evening, Pei Yuanxiu pushed the 'door' from the outside again.

For several days in a row, his expression seemed very relaxed, even a little happy, and I could probably feel that the war began to favor him, or directly speaking, Yangzhou was in a predicament, which would make him have such a relaxed look.

But today, it's not at all.

When he walked in, his eyes were dark, although he was holding a candlestick in his hand.

There was an invisible pressure that emanated from his body, and in just a split second, it filled the entire room, almost overwhelming people.

My face slowly turned pale.

Step by step, he walked to the bed, leaned down, and reached out to hook my chin.

I thought he was going to say something, or to ask what was going on in this room during the day, after all, every little thing here could not be hidden from him, but he didn't say anything.

After looking into my eyes for a long time, he suddenly blew out the candlestick in his hand.