The icy river water squeezed out the last trace of breath in Peng Qingying's chest and abdomen, enveloping her entire body in the darkness. Peng Qingying gave up the struggle and let her body slowly sink to the bottom of the river.

In the darkness, a powerful arm suddenly grabbed Peng Qingying's palm, making Peng Qingying's already confused consciousness revive in an instant, and the instinct to survive made her subconsciously use her last strength to hold on to the only arm and grasp the hope of her life.

Her body was lifted by a great force, and she quickly climbed up from the deep water.

Soon there was a "bang", Peng Qingying's whole body rushed out of the river, and in the mist in her eyes, she vaguely saw the bright moon in the sky, saw the small wooden house standing silently not far away, the dim candlelight under the porch, and the familiar scenery around her.

"Vomit...... cough cough ......" Peng Qingying vomited a few mouthfuls of river water uncomfortably and began to cough violently.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Li Yuan's low and gentle voice of comfort came from his ears.

Peng Qingying's hands tightly wrapped around Li Yuan's neck, and her whole body hung on Li Yuan's warm body, and even her nails had to dig into the thick muscles on Li Yuan's back, holding on to her death and never letting go.

Li Yuan stepped on the water with his feet to keep both of them floating on the water, and at the same time gently comforted Peng Qingying's ear: "Qingying, don't be too nervous, it's fine."

Peng Qingying's heart warmed, tears flowed down her face, she used all her strength to hug Li Yuan tightly, and said intermittently, "Don't you go, okay...... Don't leave me, don't go......

"Okay, I'm not leaving, I won't leave you."

Li Yuan hurriedly responded to comfort, and then gritted his teeth and said, "That, you might as well relax and don't hug it so tightly, otherwise I won't be able to take you back......

Peng Qingying's mood was slightly stable, and he relaxed his arms according to Li Yuan's request, Li Yuan held Peng Qingying's chest and abdomen with one hand, and supported Peng Qingying from behind to swim quickly to the shore, and when his hand touched the slippery soil on the shore, Li Yuan breathed a long sigh of relief.

This toss made Li Yuan breathless, although the place where Peng Qingying fell into the water was not far from the riverbank, but as long as anyone who knew the water understood how terrible and dangerous it was to be entangled in the water and unable to swim.

After Li Yuan came ashore, he gasped for breath, and Peng Qingying, who had palpitations, flew up again, hugged Li Yuan tightly, and snuggled his whole body into Li Yuan's arms, refusing to let go of anything, and kept sobbing and crying.

Li Yuan gently patted her on the back and comforted her in a low voice, "Okay, we have gone ashore and are safe."

Peng Qingying's long wet hair stuck to Li Yuan's neck, slowly stood on tiptoe, and her smooth face stuck to Li Yuan's side face, silently crying. I don't know how long it took, Peng Qingying's breathing slowly stabilized, and the whole person finally stopped trembling, and the arm holding Li Yuan also relaxed.

"Better? Blame me, I should have taught you to swim in the past two days, you see, the place where you fell into the water was in the shallows, but you struggled to a depth of more than a foot and sank, I really have nothing to say......

Dongxi Dongxi, but the place where the five streams converge, are you the sister of the Lord of Dongxi, are you embarrassed?" Li Yuan laughed playfully.

Peng Qingying gritted her teeth and clenched her fists to beat Li Yuan's chest, and said angrily, "You still laugh at me!" Hmph, if it weren't for you, how could I be distracted and fall into the water? It's all your fault, and if I really die, then I will die at your hands."

Li Yuan lifted her chin, brushed away the wet long hair covering her face, revealing a delicate face, looked at Peng Qingying's eyes and said, "I said it, you have to dare to face yourself, since you don't want me to go, just say it, why bother to hold it in your heart, and why let yourself suffer?" Let me ask you again, would you like to come with me?"

Peng Qingying whispered, "I, I was wrong, I will go with you, I will follow you for the rest of my life!" I don't want to live here alone anymore, and from today onwards, I'll follow you wherever you go, and you won't leave me behind."

It's not easy to finally get the hang of it! Li Yuan said secretly in his heart, and then smiled, Peng Qingying can be regarded as completely opening her heart, this time it is the most satisfying result

Finish.

Li Yuan was excited, aimed at the girl's close lips, leaned over and lowered his head and kissed it.

Peng Qingying's body was stunned, she had never experienced such a thing, and she didn't know how to deal with it, she looked a little clumsy, but her eyes obviously began to blur, and she soon forgot to enjoy it.

After a long time, the two finally parted breathlessly, and Peng Qingying gently leaned on Li Yuan's chest without speaking.

"I'm a little sleepy." Peng Qingying suddenly whispered.

Li Yuan smiled and asked in a low voice, "Do you remember, you are already my lady."

Peng Qingying's face turned red, and she nodded stunned and said, "Hmm."

The corners of Li Yuan's mouth curled up slightly, "In that case, then what are we waiting for?"

Peng Qingying paused for a long time and spoke again, "What do you mean by this?"

Li Yuan used his strength in his hands, hugged Peng Qingying's whole body in his arms, and while trotting towards the cabin, he leaned over and whispered in her ear: "Since we are already husband and wife, how can we miss the night of the cave room? I don't match the etiquette."

Peng Qingying opened her mouth in shock, the whole person was stunned, Li Yuan thought that she would refuse immediately, but she didn't expect Peng Qingying to say: "Thanks to your reminder, then tonight, tonight, I will make up for it, no, don't lose the courtesy."

This time, it was Li Yuan's turn to be surprised......

On the stairs leading to the second floor of the cabin, a few wet robes were scattered on the floor, and they entered the room in the direction in which they were discarded, and the light veils on the bed were invisible.

A few rays of moonlight cast from time to time through the cracks in the curtains blown by the night breeze, like gentle silk threads, constantly soothing the romance in the house.

When she forgot her feelings, Peng Qingying's slender fingers accidentally pulled out the bundle of scrolls on the bed, and after falling to the ground, the slender silk thread that bound the scrolls was slightly torn apart, and the scrolls slowly unfolded.

The flickering candle flame illuminated a portrait of a handsome man, dressed in golden armor, handsome and handsome, riding a sturdy black horse with his hooves stretched out and stepping on the snow, looking majestically into the distance.

......

When Li Yuan woke up the next morning, Peng Qingying had already gotten up and was cleaning up the weeds around the cabin. Li Yuan naturally wanted to come forward to help, but Peng Qingying didn't allow it, so he only let him sit aside.

In desperation, Li Yuan had to sit and watch her prune the branches to remove weeds, water the fruits and vegetables, and carry water to wash the wooden steps outside the cabin.

Li Yuan knew that Peng Qingying was going to take care of this place for the last time, because she was going back with her today.

After washing the wooden steps, Peng Qingying stood under the wooden corridor with a smile and looked at the surrounding scenery, her face was slightly reluctant, and she sighed softly: "When I left, I was a little reluctant. After that, if no one takes care of it, weeds will grow quickly......

Li Yuan approached behind Peng Qingying, stroked her shoulder and smiled, "What's so difficult about this, I will order someone to come and prune and take care of it regularly in the future."

Peng Qingying leaned back against Li Yuan's chest and whispered, "What's the use of that? I won't come back to live in the future."

Li Yuan said with a smile: "If you are really reluctant, I will allow you to come back and live for a while every year, you can always save your relatives when you get married, right?" I am a little reluctant to let such a beautiful place be wasted."

Peng Qingying's eyes lit up, and she looked sideways at Li Yuan and said, "Can you really come back to live?"

Li Yuan raised his hand and gently hooked the tip of Peng Qingying's small nose, nodded and smiled, "Seriously."

Peng Qingying said happily: "That's great! But we'll come back together when you're free. If it's just me, forget it."

Seeing her cuteness, Li Yuan leaned up and kissed her gently, and said gently, "Qingying, it's time for us to leave, do you have anything else to pack?"

Peng Qingying grabbed Li Yuan's arm and said coquettishly, "You don't need to bring anything. You're the Governor of the Metropolis, what do you want with you?"

Li Yuan laughed, and the two of them left the cabin and walked slowly south along the riverside path to the edge of the woodland.

In the mountains and forests, Lin Sichang and his guards have been waiting for three days, already

Rushed to the fire.

At first, Zhu Ji, the accompanying Xizhou guard, was also at a loss, and hurriedly went back to meet Peng Shiyu, and finally Peng Shiyu ordered someone to pass the word to ensure that the governor would never be fine, but even so, Lin Sichang still couldn't rest assured.

As a last resort, after Zhu Ji asked Peng Shiyu again, he called a maidservant girl to quietly approach the wooden house and watch for a while, and when he came back, he reported that Li Yuan and Peng Qingying were catching fish in the river, and Lin Sichang was relieved.

When the figures of Li Yuan and Peng Qingying appeared, Lin Sichang, who was napping in the forest, was woken up by the guards, and hurriedly rushed to the edge of the forest, shouting loudly.

When Li Yuan came closer, he was instantly surrounded by Lin Sichang and a group of guards, and everyone wondered why the governor of the capital delayed for three days but didn't give a letter.

Li Yuan was also a little embarrassed, for his own emotional and private affairs, let these guards stay up in the forest in confusion for three days and nights. Presumably, they were all eaten by mosquitoes, and they probably suffered a lot of sins.

So Li Yuan nodded and smiled, "It's been hard work for the past three days! Return to the city now, and the governor of Pontus will give you a full meal! After that, we left Dongxi and returned to Langzhou."

The tired guards all smiled excitedly, and Lin Sichang laughed in a low voice: "It's not hard work, it's just that our blood is running out of blood, and we are almost sucked dry by mosquitoes......

Li Yuan raised his head and laughed, and hugged the shy Peng Qingying to officially inform them that Peng Qingying would be his wife in the future, well, one of the ladies, and would go back to Langzhou with him.

As Li Yuan's personal guard, he guards Li Yuan's mansion on weekdays, but they have all seen Peng Qingying, so they behaved very calmly, and they were not surprised, but secretly admired, the Metropolitan Governor deserved to be the Metropolitan Governor, and now even the little sister of the Lord of Dongxi is included in the room.

Lin Sichang has always been loyal, but there is a trace of worry in his heart, the governor of the capital suddenly accepted a newcomer, I don't know if the eldest lady Zhou Ehuang knows, I hope that the governor will be harmonious with her after returning to the house, and don't have any disputes because of this......

At that moment, everyone immediately gathered and descended the mountain, and through the mountain forest came to the foot of a mountain where several soldiers guarded the horses.

Lin Sichang took Li Yuan's mount, Li Yuan patted the horse's head, turned over the horse, and leaned over to Peng Qingying. Peng Qingying stretched out his hand, Li Yuan exerted a little force, Peng Qingying's body rose lightly, and landed in front of Li Yuan and sat down.

Li Yuan shook the reins, the horse galloped out of the dust, and the guards hurriedly followed, and the group went straight to the north gate of Xizhou City......