Only then did Nan Yi feel a little weird.
This young master seems to have been fishing here for a long time, and this place is not far from the place where she was beaten by merchants and humiliated by Qi soldiers just now.
There was no way he could not hear such a loud noise. If he was willing to save, he would have taken action long ago.
When Xie Queshan's fish float moved, he suddenly lifted the rod and saw a big fish biting the hook and flopping around - this was the biggest fish he had caught in recent days. He looked relaxed and stretched out his hand to take the fish off the hook.
Nan Yi looked back at Qi Bing, who was about to catch up. She had an unobstructed view of the ferry, with no shelter or hiding place. She was at the end of her rope, and her last hope could only be pinned on this man.
She looked up at him with pleading eyes, trying to arouse his pity.
"Sir, please save me."
Xie Queshan lowered his eyes calmly, his eyes falling on Nan Yi's face.
The girl in ragged clothes and covered in blood looks shabby at first glance, but her eyes are astonishingly bright. The torn clothes stick to her skin, and her newly grown figure is looming, like a little beast that has just transformed. She has an ignorant and confused beauty. , no wonder those Qi soldiers got interested in seeing the color.
But Xie Queshan hated this kind of weak and boneless woman the most. There was no emotion in his eyes and he continued to put his fish into the fish basket.
"Since you don't want to commit yourself to disobeying others, then why not commit suicide to show your ambition."
Xie Queshan calmly took out a dagger from his sleeve and threw it on the ground.
Nan Yi was stunned, staring at the dagger, feeling a little confused. The man in front of her was indifferent, and she couldn't see any compassion in his eyes.
The messy footsteps behind her gradually approached, and she knew that there were not many paths she could choose. She tremblingly stretched out her hand towards the dagger, but she never had the courage to hold it tightly.
"You still dare to run, you don't want to live anymore?"
Qi Bing put his hand on Nan Yi's shoulder. Nan Yi turned around suddenly and used all his strength to insert the dagger into Qi Bing's arm.
Qibing screamed in pain, covering his arms and taking a few steps back.
Nan Yi pulled out the dagger and resolutely turned around and jumped into the river. A few traces of blood appeared on the surface of the river.
Qi Bing was furious: "You bitch! Come quickly! Chase me!"
The girl's behavior was slightly beyond Xie Queshan's expectations, and the huge splash on the river finally aroused a trace of pity in him.
Xie Queshan raised his head, and the last light of day fell on the face under the bamboo hat, and his appearance was clearly visible. He looked at the cursing Qi Bing without expression.
The Qi soldiers who came up suddenly froze when they saw Xie Queshan. Before they opened their mouths, Xie Queshan uttered a word.
"roll."
This word was so important that it caused the Qi soldiers to flee.
Nan Yi clung to the awning boat by the water, stuck his head out of the river and took a deep breath. Just as he was about to dive back into the water, he saw that all the Qi soldiers on the river had fled, leaving only Xie Queshan. Suddenly I was a little dumbfounded.
"Can you rock the oar?"
Xie Queshan looked at Nan Yi in the water.
Nan Yi nodded blankly.
"Ferry me to Tiger Kneeling Mountain."
Xie Queshan took off his cloak and threw it on the deck of the awning boat.
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The awning boat cleared long water marks on the river. It was getting dark, and a lantern was hung on the boat. The paper lampshade swayed in the wind and snow, and the candlelight falling on people's faces also swayed.
Nan Yi and Xie Queshan sat opposite each other. Nan Yi, wearing Xie Queshan's cloak, sat on the deck and rocked the oar. From time to time she raised her eyes and peeked at Xie Keshan sitting in the canopy of the boat.
He is a young master, wearing a black round-neck robe and a wide jade belt around his waist. On the jade belt is a dark purse with flying fish and auspicious cloud patterns. He is not dressed in a rich and noble manner, but his whole body exudes nobility. He is obviously a person with a gentle appearance, but he has a cold face, and there is a chill in his eyebrows that he should not let strangers approach him.
Xie Queshan poured the catch in the fish basket back into the river along the side of the boat.
Nan Yi asked curiously: "Since I caught it, why did I release it again?"
"Small fish and shrimp are unsightly."
Nan Yi froze for a while, and for the first time she felt that she was just a small fish and shrimp in this fish basket. Life and death could only depend on his thoughts. She could survive now only because he didn't bother to trample her to death.
Nan Yi changed the subject: "Young Master doesn't seem to be from here, what are you doing at Hu Kneeling Mountain?"
"Collect the hides."
"Business is not going to be good this winter."
Nan Yi muttered, but Xie Queshan did not answer. Nan Yi shut up knowingly.
The clothes on Nan Yi's body were not yet dry, so she could only huddle in the heavy snow. She was wrapped in Xie Queshan's loose cloak, and she looked quite small. There were red marks on her face from the cold, and she was actually a bit delicate under the candlelight.
Xie Queshan's eyes stayed on her face for a moment, and then fell on her hand shaking the oar.
Every time she shook it, the cuffs would shrink back a little, revealing a lotus-white wrist.
She wore a jade bracelet on her wrist. It was of good quality but not uncommon. It had just been soaked in water, and there were smooth water beads on it. The jade color looked clear, making her wrist more delicate. This kind of delicate jewelry was a little out of place with her dress, but after staring at it for a long time, it didn't feel out of place.
Snowflakes fell on her skin, fleetingly. The Western Zhou Dynasty was so quiet that there was only the sound of babbling oars in the Quling River surrounded by mountains, creating a bit of ambiguity out of thin air.
Xie Queshan suddenly realized that he had been in a daze for a while. He calmly looked back and said, "Where are you from?"
“沥DUFU.”
Nan Yi lied. She just walked all the way to Lidu Mansion and stayed here for a few more days. She did not have the public inspection at the entrance and exit. If the government investigated carefully, she would be convicted. She always felt that the man in front of her was either rich or noble, so she naturally spoke more carefully.
"Who is in charge of affairs in Lidu Mansion?"
Nan Yi was stunned and thought for a moment before replying: "The magistrate of Lidu Prefecture is in charge of three points, and the Xie family of the aristocratic family is in charge of three points."
"Where are the remaining cents?"
"To fend for itself."
Xie Queshan said no more. The two of them sat facing each other in silence until the awning boat approached the ferry at Ganxi Village.
Xie Queshan stood up to go ashore, Nan Yi also stood up, and the boat shook a bit. As soon as the tall man took a step forward, he was shaken so unexpectedly that he staggered slightly.
Nan Yi hurriedly stepped forward to support Xie Queshan, "Sir, be careful where you step."
Xie Queshan subconsciously resisted anyone's approach, quietly avoided her movements, and strode ashore by himself.
Nan Yi took off his cloak, chased after him and handed the cloak and dagger to Xie Queshan.
"Thank you sir for saving me today."
"Dirty, no more."
Xie Queshan didn't even lower his head and walked away with his hands behind his back.
Nan Yi stared at Xie Queshan's back, her heart beating like a drum. When she saw the person walked away and even the back disappeared, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Nan Yi suddenly had an extra purse in his hand, which he just got from Xie Queshan. She opened it and took a look. There were ten taels of silver inside.
In troubled times, money can only open the way. At this time, Nan Yi naively thought that the money would help her go to the front line of Fufeng County to find her sweetheart smoothly. She didn't know that this was the beginning of all her disasters.
