South?

Pei Yue didn't react for a moment. When Ye Qi left, he just said he was doing some personal things and didn't want to go into details, so he didn't ask what happened.

Seeing the puzzled expression on his face, Deng Zai quickly explained: "Miss Ye said that she was waiting for the young master near the Qishui Ferry and asked the young master to come over as soon as possible after he finished his work."

Pei Yue nodded and said, "You don't have to follow me. I'll go there by myself."

Deng Zaiwei said: "Young Master, you have given us a death order. We must follow you when we leave Zhuangzi."

Mr. Xi divided the eighteen teenagers into three groups. Deng Zai, Wang Yong and Qi Min each led one group, and they took turns to be on duty every day. As long as Pei Yue left Green Willow Village, at least one group of people would follow him. After passing by, Pei Yue disappeared.

After a day and a night, even Mr. Xi began to pay attention to his safety and would no longer be as casual as before.

Pei Yue looked at the five young men standing not far away, and saw a pleading look in Deng Zai's eyes, so he smiled helplessly and said, "Okay, you guys come with me and take a look."

To the south of Luliuzhuang is a dirt road more than three miles away, at the end of which is the vast Qishui River. There is a small ferry nearby that facilitates the exchange of people on both sides of the strait.

It was late autumn, and the rice in the fields beside the road had already been harvested, leaving only a bare scene, a little desolate.

Pei Yue walked to the ferry and saw a small boat parked on the river. The boatman was a middle-aged man in his forties.

Ye Qi walked out of the cabin and waved to Pei Yue.

The boat slowly arrived at the north shore.

Ye Qi smiled and said: "Pei Yue, come up."

Pei Yue looked at the small boat and said to Deng Zai: "Since Miss Ye is here, there will be no danger. You can go back."

Deng Zai responded: "Yes, young master."

The boat leaned against the shore, and Pei Yue boarded it in one step. The boat swayed slightly, and Ye Qi suddenly reached out to hold his shoulders.

Pei Yue smiled and said: "I'm fine, I'm not an old man in his seventies or eighty."

Ye Qi said nothing, pointed to the cabin, and motioned for him to follow her in.

Pei Yue glanced at the man sitting on the bow of the boat and found that the man's face was dark and his eyes were deliberately looking to the side. He felt a little strange, but he didn't think much about it and just thought that this man was honest and unsociable.

Entering the cabin, Pei Yue smiled and said: "You said you had to do something today, but it turned out that you wanted to get a boat? I didn't expect you to be interested in swimming on the river. If you had told me earlier, I could find a way to get a bigger boat.

The boat. When the time comes, you can take the boat upstream and see Hengduan——"

His voice stopped suddenly because besides Ye Qi, there was also a middle-aged woman with a complicated expression in the cabin.

Pei Yue did not ask Ye Qi why Aunt Leng appeared here. The girl had already said that her master had also taught Chen Xizhi sword skills. She herself had lived in the mountains for several years, so it was normal for her to know those people.

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Seeing that his expression suddenly turned cold, Ye Qi did not express any anger, but said calmly: "You sit down first, I made this fish soup myself, come and have a bowl to try."

Pei Yue sat down opposite Aunt Leng, with an indifferent expression, and said calmly: "I thought it would take some time for you to show up."

Ye Qi filled a bowl of milky white fish soup, pushed it in front of Pei Yue, and said with a smile: "Aunt Leng came yesterday, but she didn't break in rashly, but left me a password, so I knew her

coming."

Pei Yue sneered: "Why weren't you so polite before? Is it because my husband is in the village that I didn't dare?"

The angry snort of the boatman came from outside the cabin.

Ye Qi said: "You drink the soup first, and don't rush to say anything angry. Today I am not asking you to do anything against your will, I am just giving you an opportunity to talk. No matter what the final negotiation is, I will not interfere."

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Pei Yue looked at her with some surprise. He originally thought that Ye Qi would speak for the bandit. After all, they had a connection, but now it seems that he is more interested in him?

As soon as I thought about this, the aroma of the fish soup in front of me became stronger and stronger.

Aunt Leng was naturally surprised when she looked at the young man and woman. She didn't quite understand why Ye Qi, who was more proud than Chen Xizhi, behaved like a little daughter. Thinking of her daughter's dependence on the young man in front of her, she couldn't help but look at Pei Yue seriously.

, and realized that I might have underestimated the other person all along.

Thinking like this, the anger that had been pent up in her heart for a long time weakened, and she said, "Peach Blossom is my daughter."

Pei Yue drank the fish soup slowly, and the atmosphere in the cabin gradually became stagnant.

It wasn't until Aunt Leng looked very ugly that he finished the fish soup, took out a handkerchief from his sleeve to wipe his mouth, and then praised Ye Qi's cooking skills.

After doing this, he looked at Aunt Leng and said: "Although Taohua is nominally my maid, I have never treated her as a slave. Ye Qi can prove it. You are a thief, so do you think she will be happy if she follows you?

?Will it be safe? Should I follow you to farm in the mountains again, or will I be on the run from now on to evade pursuit?"

Aunt Leng said angrily: "I can take her to Southern Zhou!"

Pei Yue shook his head and said: "Are you sure you can do it after traveling three thousand miles? If something goes wrong along the way, can you still ask the Daliang government for help?"

Aunt Leng said with an indifferent expression: "Young Master Pei doesn't have to worry about it anymore."

Pei Yue said bluntly: "Not to mention that I will not agree to you taking Taohua away, even if I nod, do you think she is willing to go with you?"

Aunt Leng's eyes instantly turned gloomy. If Taohua was willing, how could she be so embarrassed?

After completely getting rid of the other party's thoughts, Pei Yue stopped talking and left the middle-aged woman to grieve alone.

Looking at the young man's indifferent expression, Aunt Leng mustered up the courage to beg: "If you open your mouth, she will be willing to follow me."

Pei Yue shook his head and said without mercy: "I can't drive Taohua away unless she wants to leave."

Aunt Leng said in a trembling voice: "She is my daughter and my only relative in this world. Why are you so cruel?"

Pei Yue straightened his body, with a cold light in his eyes, and said in a cold voice: "Am I cruel? You have killed so many people outside Kyoto, and you have killed so many people in Green Willow Manor, have you ever been a little bit intolerant? Let me tell you, if it weren't for you,

If Ye is not stained with the blood of the bankers, even if you are Tao Hua's mother, I will definitely kill you! Does Fang Rui still remember? I wiped his neck with my own hands!"

Aunt Leng finally broke down and argued: "My husband was killed and my daughter was taken away. What's wrong with me wanting to take revenge?"

Pei Yue said indifferently: "You should understand this principle."

Aunt Leng shook her head and said, "I have never killed anyone."

Pei Yue looked at Ye Qi. The girl thought for a while and nodded and said: "Yes, Aunt Leng is actually very soft-hearted. Although her martial arts is good, she has never done anything. If not, I would not have brought her to see you. We would have been with her a long time ago.

You said that Chen Xizhi is not my senior sister, and I am not a bandit. I just think that Aunt Leng has a very bad fate in this life, so I can't bear her pain."

Seeing her being so frank, Pei Yue's anger subsided a little, and after a moment he said to Aunt Leng: "Taohua will not go with you, and I will not nod. You don't have to think about this path anymore. But you are her mother."

Dear, she also wants to see you often after all, so I have only one way for you to go."

Aunt Leng suddenly raised her head, her eyes full of expectation.

Pei Yue said in a deep voice: "I will help you get a clean identity. You can live near Luliu Village and find opportunities to get to know Taohua in the future. Before that, you can visit her often."

Aunt Leng was immediately overjoyed, and even Ye Qi looked at him approvingly.

But what Pei Yue said next made Aunt Leng's heart completely freeze.

"I don't like you very much, so this road is a deal. I'll do this for you, and you have to do something for me."

"What's the matter?"
Chapter completed!