"Thirty percent?" Upon hearing this, Huang Tianba's thick black eyebrows suddenly wrinkled.

"What's wrong?"

He thought in silence for a long time, his knitted eyebrows slowly loosened, a look of indifference passed over his face, and he smiled and said: "It's nothing. This is already very rare."

"Ah?"

"Between fighting against foreigners and keeping peace at home, this is the choice he must make." Huang Tianba's eyes were clear and he said: "If the people in the south cause any trouble for him at this time, this battle will be even more difficult.

Hit."

More: When I heard this word, my heartbeat suddenly became chaotic.

"Master Huang, will this battle be difficult to fight?"

Huang Tianba nodded without hesitation.

"Although the royal family also entered the pass from the north, if Shengjing's cavalry was just a robbery, it would be easy to dispatch. But the battle has been going on for so long with no results. Obviously, Shengjing's people are not just planning to attack in a single line. Once

If they break through the Yunfengling line, the north will be in danger. Then the cavalry will march straight in..."

My heart suddenly tightened, and I subconsciously grabbed his sleeve: "It won't be so fast, will it?"

"..." Huang Tianba frowned and said nothing.

My face slowly darkened.

After a while, Huang Tianba said slowly: "If he can survive this winter, maybe the situation will be better."

"Why?"

"The cavalry on the grassland is very powerful, but the victory lies in surprise. Once the battle lasts for a long time, the battle will not be about strategy but about food and grass. If Pei Yuanhao can survive this period of time, once autumn comes and the food and grass supply is insufficient, he will naturally have to win the capital.

He can withdraw his troops. As long as he withdraws his troops once, he will have time to reinforce the northern front. Then it will not be that simple for Shengjing to go south again."

"But, I'm afraid the people in Shengjing won't give up that easily."

"Yes, I just hope he can survive this winter first."

I looked at the dim night outside and said softly: "He will not let himself lose."

Huang Tianba turned to look at me, and I looked at him, and said meaningfully: "That's the kind of person he is. As long as he is determined, he will succeed no matter what the price. He will not lose."

"..." Huang Tianba did not answer, but remained silent for a long time and asked: "What about you?"

"Me?"

I was stunned by his sudden question, but I seemed to understand immediately. Before I could say anything, I heard the sound of rushing water on the other side and Liu San'er's constant pleading, and I couldn't help but laugh.

Afterwards, I looked at the dark night in front of me, but my heart was bright.

He said softly: "That's good."

Huang Tianba looked into my eyes and was silent. After a while, he said softly: "That's fine."

"..."

"It is a merit to be able to make someone laugh in your life; it is a blessing to meet someone who makes you laugh in your life."

I smiled. Huang Tianba looked at me and smiled too.

As soon as he found me, Liu Saner began to miss Aunt Liu. I was also worried about her condition. With Mu Hua's enthusiastic urging, after a day's rest, we planned to return to Jixiang Village.

Huang Tianba didn't say anything else, and asked his servants to hook up a carriage for us. After sending Queen Yin and Liu San'er into the carriage, I stood beside them and said to them, "Thank you both for taking care of us.

”

"Miss Qingying, why do you have to say such kind words?"

I looked at Mu Hua with a smile, then turned to look at Huang Tianba. His face was still very calm and he said, "If you guys have decided, just send me a letter."

"Yes." I nodded, waved goodbye to them, and then got on the carriage.

This section of the road was not difficult to walk, except that there was a patient and a pregnant woman in the car, and they walked unsteadily for two days. On the afternoon of the third day, the carriage stopped at Liu's house under the surprised and envious eyes of the villagers in Jixiang Village.

In front of the dilapidated courtyard.

It was quiet when I left, but when I came back this time, it caused waves in the entire Jixiang Village. Especially when everyone saw my slightly protruding belly and was carefully helped out of the carriage by Liu Saner, they were all shocked.

The most surprising thing is that we also brought back a slightly insane woman.

This incident caused an uproar in the entire Jixiang Village.

However, this is how things are in the world. Although outsiders are noisy, those who are really involved in it are just taking it indifferently. Aunt Liu was so happy that she was half cured when she saw us coming back. She also heard that Liu Saner picked up a beggar woman on the road.

The child came back to take care of her. Although she complained a few words, in the end she just felt sorry for the child's hard work and didn't say anything more.

After taking a short rest, Liu Saner went out to express his gratitude to the neighbors who had taken care of his aunt for a few days. He also went to the river to catch some fish and planned to have a good meal in the evening. Empress Yin arrived in a new environment, so she was frightened.

Uneasy, I couldn't stay away from him for a step, so I followed him.

Aunt Liu and I are the only ones left at home.

I washed a plate of fruits brought back from Huang Tianba's house and gently lifted the blue flower curtain. Aunt Liu was sleeping on the bed. When she saw me, she immediately smiled and said: "Light."

"Auntie."

I walked over and helped her lean against the bed: "Are you feeling better?"

She smiled and nodded, maybe because seeing us all back, she felt much better, her face was red, and it looked more bloody. But she looked at me, and reached out to touch the back of my hand with protruding veins.

, said: "You have lost a lot of weight. You must have suffered a lot along the way."

I lowered my head with some guilt.

"Auntie will understand if you leave, but she will be happier if you come back." She said, looked at my belly again, and sighed: "It's more than four months old. Normal people's belly will be full after this month."

You’re the boss, you’re still so young.”

I lowered my head and touched my belly, and said with a smile: "He is a hard-working child, and he will survive in the most difficult times."

Aunt Liu smiled and said: "San'er won't let him suffer."

I was stunned for a moment after hearing these words, and then I understood and my face turned red.

But Aunt Liu still held my hand, patted it gently, and said, "San'er is very happy to find you back this time. But he said, you still want to ask me, and you want me to speak.

Only you are willing to agree to him. Miss Qingqing, what are you asking me? The old woman is looking forward to having you as her daughter-in-law, so there is nothing she can't agree to. Don't worry, I won't let him bully you."

Having said this, my mood sank slightly.

I thought about it and said solemnly: "Auntie, you once told me that San'er was entrusted to you and your wife by a scholar. Do you have anything on your body to prove his identity?"

When Aunt Liu heard this, she was stunned. After a while, she said, "Why do you ask this?"

I solemnly said: "Please tell me."

This incident is fatal to me and Liu Saner.

Although Pei Yuanhao has returned to Beijing now, I don't know whether he has completely given up and admitted the fact that I am dead, or whether he has just given up temporarily and needs to find me. I hope it is the former, as long as he gives up, as long as he accepts

The fact that "I am already dead" means that I have been reborn. I can love again and be loved. I can safely marry Liu Saner, be his wife, and spend the rest of my life with him happily.

.

But——

Every time I think of Pei Yuanhao who stubbornly kept me by his side, and even told me that even if I died, the body would still belong to him. That kind of almost crazy obsession made my heart dare not relax for a moment.

If he hadn't given up...

If, he finds us...

If he knew that I had married someone else——

I don't dare to think about the consequences.

In fact, over the years, I have experienced prison, torture, cold palace, beatings, everything that women should and should not experience. In the final analysis, the moment I jumped from the boat, I didn’t care anymore, but I couldn’t let it.

Liu San'er has been hurt a little. If I can't guarantee his safety, I will never marry him.

Therefore, I must find something that can prove his identity.

Liu Shizhou and Liu Yi both made great contributions to Pei Yuanhao's recovery of the south, and Liu Li was one of the few caring concubines around him. If Liu San'er's identity can be proven, no matter what he does to me in the future, he will be

For the sake of his father, brother and sister, he will definitely not embarrass Liu Saner.

Looking at my solemn look, Aunt Liu was silent for a while, and finally stood up slowly, took out a small cloth bag from under the pillow, and handed it to me.

"This is——?"

I hesitated for a moment, then took it and slowly untied it, and saw half a silk handkerchief inside.

It was torn, and over time, the handkerchief was a little yellowed, but it was still very clean. There were patterns embroidered with black silk thread on the handkerchief. I looked carefully and found that they were three-dot strokes, like

It is the beginning of a word.

Aunt Liu said softly: "This is what the scholar left behind when he gave the child to us. He was also poor and had nothing, so he took a handkerchief from his daughter's hand and tore it in half.

He gave it to us and kept half of it for himself."

It was the handkerchief taken from Liu Li.

I looked down and understood in my heart that the word "Li" for Liu Li should be embroidered on this handkerchief. What Liu San'er got was three points of water, so the other half of Liu Li's hand should be returned.
To be continued...