The sun is setting and the lights are on.

Summer nights always fall late, and this is especially true in this small southern city by the coast - it is dinner time, but there is still a beautiful orange color left in the sky, and it is in this faint light that Liu Jin's car enters the security area of the Yukuntai.

Since the black car passed the first sentry post, Yu Kuntai received an internal report, and the old housekeeper Uncle Fu put down the phone and turned to look at the servants who stood in a row in the restaurant, with a solemn expression.

Seeing him like this, the maid foreman asked in a low voice, "What?" Is there really only one young marshal? ”

Uncle Fu nodded, followed by a sigh.

"Or ...... Let's remove a pair of chopsticks. The maid foreman continued.

This sentence made Uncle Fu frown:

"No withdrawal!"

"Yes...... But if the young marshal is not happy, blame ......"

"If there is anything I will bear, I will not withdraw if I say that I am not allowed to withdraw!" Uncle Fu had a tough attitude, and his voice became louder unconsciously. The maids couldn't help it, they looked at each other, but they heard the maid foreman say: "Okay, okay, let's all disperse, everyone is busy, don't delay dinner is the right thing." ”

Liu Jin got out of the car, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that the second floor was dark, which was in stark contrast to the bright lights in the hall on the first floor - Yichen was taken back to Lin Wanjing's mother's house to take care of this matter, he knew it a long time ago, but he forgot for a while that Lin Wanjing did not come back, and suddenly remembered it at this moment, and it was inevitable that he was a little lost in his heart.

The sunset lost the last glimmer of light, and in the dark sky, the moonlight slowly showed its bright color - fortunately, there was a moon tonight, and she should be able to see this moonlight, and if she could see it, she should not be too afraid......

took off his coat and sat down at the table alone, Liu Jin's eyes swept around the table - five of the eight dishes were Lin Wanjing's favorite food. The fact that he was the only one to dine tonight should have been reported as soon as possible, but at this moment, there were two sets of utensils, obviously deliberately. And he didn't intend to blame, after picking up the silver chopsticks and tasting the dishes one by one, he asked Qiong Ge beside him:

"Where's Ah Ling?"

"She ......" Qiong Ge paused, and seeing that Liu Jin's face was very calm, she finally spoke, "She locked herself in the house......"

"This annoys me, you don't want to see me." Seeing that she didn't seem to dare to speak, Liu Jin simply said for her, with a smile in her tone.

"No, no, no, she doesn't dare to annoy you, it's just that she and the young lady have grown up together since childhood, and the master and servant have a deep affection..."

"You don't have to explain it to her, I didn't mean to blame it." Liu Jin said, "Let the kitchen collect these dishes, and let Ah Ling bring them when it's hot tomorrow." ”

Qiongge was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses, thanked him, and hurried to the kitchen to call the master.

The Navy Command was as rigorous and solemn as ever, and this orderly silence became more obvious the closer it was to Liu Jin's office. And since Lin Wanjing returned from Ganzhou and was imprisoned, this kind of quietness has become more depressing, and it is this uncomfortable atmosphere, coupled with the humid and sultry rainy day, that makes people even more uneasy.

The pen left a few lines of handsome stiffness on the yellowish pages, but in a few moments the lines were crossed out, and then the almost torn piece of paper was crumpled and thrown into the porcelain jar with water beside the table. The ink melts when it meets the water, and in an instant all that is left is a seemingly non-existent blue.

The hand holding the pen came back to the new paper, and as soon as he started the pen, he paused again—his gaze touched the quiet smile under the lamp again, and the gaze was so clear and soft, like a clear spring, slowly flowing into his faintly aching heart.

Three hours ago, it was time for lunch, but his patience and self-restraint over the past few days had come to an end, and his longing and anxiety made him sleepless, and he finally disobeyed his order - to go to the cell and see Lin Wanjing.

He wanted to tell her that she had really annoyed and embarrassed him by disobeying his orders so repeatedly.

He also wanted to ask her if things went in the other direction, had she thought about how to end up and how he could get out of it?

He also wanted to hear her say that he had already investigated the things clearly, and perhaps her pitiful confession would give him the courage to make himself feel soft-hearted.

By the way, he still has to tell her that after this incident, Liu Daolin ordered him to marry Ye Qiuluo one day, and he must no longer shirk it, and the person who buried the fate between them with his own hands was herself!

When he arrived at the door of the cell, he remembered that it was Ah Ling who came to deliver lunch, hesitated for a moment, but still went to the cell, so from a distance, he heard the conversation between the master and the servant, and heard how Ah Ling was upset for her, but he also heard her say:

"Yun Rou has his difficulties, you stay at home honestly, don't go and make trouble for him. This time I acted recklessly and recklessly, not to mention that I was here to reflect temporarily, or to lock me up here for the rest of my life, and I have no complaints......"

She doesn't excuse herself!

Even if she put aside all the ifs, she saved the relationship between Luzhou and Jiangxi, and gave Luzhou and the northern forces some room for turnaround for the time being.

Even if there is no her, Luzhou is now in danger of being attacked by the enemy.

He had expected that she would at least argue for herself, but now that she was so calm, he couldn't say the cruel words that were on his lips anyway.

I don't know how long he was silent in the same place, until he heard the sound of Ah Ling cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, he left in a hurry as if he had just woken up from a dream......

He thought that if he didn't meet, didn't talk, didn't listen to her, and used pen and paper instead of words, those decisive words would be easier. But now sitting at the table, he realized that things were far more difficult than he expected.

The tip of the pen blurred a heavy ink spot on the paper, and then it was thrown aside, and the hand holding the pen slowly raised, covering the deep eyes - this paper is closed, and he will not be able to put down the pen after all.

There were footsteps in the hallway approaching hurriedly, and before I could recover my senses, the door had already been pushed open.

"Young marshal!"

Lu Canghan obviously didn't expect Liu Jin to be in this state at the moment, and he froze in his mouth halfway through speaking. It wasn't until Liu Jin took his hand away from his eyes and asked him what was going on that he came to his senses, stepped forward quickly, and handed the letter in his hand to Liu Jin:

"Xu Chuanyu asked you to negotiate peace on the high seas, and now you are at the edge of our territorial waters. He said that he would only wait for three days, and if we were interested in peace talks, we would immediately go to the designated location. If he did not wait for news after three days, he would go home, and he did not mention the right to negotiate peace. These are the azimuth coordinates, and the compromise conditions he promised. ”

Liu Jin carefully read the contents of the letter, and frowned slightly:

"What's his plan?"

Lu Canghan pondered for a moment and said, "I don't dare to speculate on this, but it is true that no Beiyang ships have been found in our sea area, and Xu Chuanyu only brought two deputy generals and a few escorts. The meeting place is the Panamanian cruise ship Gemini, which is named under the name of Hengguang Far East Group. ”

Hearing this, Liu Jin's eyes flashed with surprise for a moment.

He suddenly remembered that one afternoon a few days ago, the sky was as overcast as today, Li Lingrui was like an angry lion, maintaining his demeanor, suppressing his anger, and asked him how he could treat Lin Wanjing like this.

"In any case, Wan Jing is your knotted wife, you can't do this to her!"

"That's why I can't bend the law for personal gain. This is the decision of the Luzhou Army, and I have no right to interfere. Besides, as a young marshal's wife, she should be more self-disciplined. ”

Li Lingrui smiled coldly: "A good law is not merciful, just and upright." But don't forget, it was her recklessness that made up for your major mistakes in intelligence and decision-making. She saved you! ”

Liu Jin didn't reply, looking at Li Lingrui's eyes gradually covered with a layer of yin owl, and after a long silence, he heard him lower his voice and say:

"Boss Li, I'm afraid you know too much about the military."

Li Lingrui did not respond positively to his words, and said to himself:

"Since you don't plan to protect her, then I will use my own methods to save her. Yun Shuai can stand by and watch, but please don't get sideways. ”

"You? What can you do? Liu Jin paused, and then said, "If you have a way, just give it a try." ”

At that time, Li Lingrui snorted coldly and turned to leave, he only regarded it as a shamble, and did not take it to heart. But now it seems that Li Lingrui has some deviations.

"Young marshal, how to decide the matter at hand?"

Hearing Lu Canghan ask him, he came back to his senses:

"Now that coastal defense is tight, the inland can be peaceful, and it is not the main battle. Moreover, cannibalism is a last resort. Immediately inform the nearest ship to return to port, and I will meet him at this time. ”

"As the terms of the peace talks say, the young lady wants to go with you......"

"Since Xu Chuanhui has made it clear that she wants to see her, then he wants to take her there, you will immediately take her back to the Imperial Kuntai to freshen up, and then take her directly to the negotiation site to meet me."

Lu Canghan answered, turned around and was about to go out, but was stopped by Liu Jin again:

"You take that coat on the couch. If she goes back and wants to rest for a while, you can let her go, and you don't need to push too hard. ”

- She must have suffered a lot in that gloomy and cold cell.

- Presumably she can't walk out of the cell in bright clothes at the moment, because the eyes of others will embarrass her.

- Presumably she must have been struggling to sleep like him these days, and she is physically and mentally exhausted and wants to take a good rest......