After rebirth, I joined forces with my mortal enemy to seek revenge.

After boarding the water bandits' boat, Pei Jiaoran pretended to be caught by them and sat cross-legged with a calm expression. The water village is not far from here, but it only takes a cup of tea.

It is said to be a water village, but in fact most of it is on the mountain.

Pei Jiaoran curled his lips as he watched the water bandits go up to talk to the sentries guarding the stronghold. Just now, in addition to picking out the slogans from these two people, she also deliberately took the pills she carried with her to treat colds and forced them to take them in the name of poison.

Now these two people are afraid of being poisoned and die, so they lead the way very diligently.

The two escorted Pei Jiaoran and his party, who were pretending to be arrested, and went straight to the boss of the bandit village.

Before they even entered the door, they heard the man with the harpoon shouting: "Brother, my third brother and I caught a piece of meat today." After saying that, he pushed them all in.

"Yes, she's a woman? But looking at her gorgeous clothes, it would be good to ask for money." The gang leader, who was called the eldest brother, looked at Pei Jiaoran, "Isn't this a concubine who ran away from someone's family?"

"I don't know. But the boat they took was also magnificent, and there was a lot of treasure on board." The man holding the knife chuckled, "Brother, it's not easy for everyone these days, why do you care so much?"

The eldest brother looked at a few people suspiciously and sent the younger brother to take them under custody.

"Prime Minister Pei, wouldn't it be bad if we went so deep into the bandit's stronghold?" General Lang asked in a low voice.

"No. We'll do it when it gets dark."

It was said that several people were tied up, but those two were afraid of death. After only a few symbolic rounds, he was able to break free easily. The cat crouched and moved to the window, and Pei Jiaoran looked around.

There are sentries patrolling the door.

Seeing the sentry guards walking over, Pei Jiaoran gestured to the general behind him and took out the dagger hidden between his boots. He signaled Lang Jiang to kick open the window.

A group of people climbed out of the window and carefully moved to the main house of the bandit village.

"First put down the two guards at the door, and then go and arrest the boss." Pei Jiaoran gave the order to the Jinwu guards beside him.

"Here."

When the water bandit boss woke up, he found himself tied up on the bed with a piece of rag stuffed in his mouth. The meat ticket in his eyes was sitting on his tiger-skin chair playing with a horizontal knife.

"The Three Evils of Jiangbei? The names are quite deceptive, but unfortunately they are just too good to be true." Pei Jiaoran said with a smile.

"Who are you?" the water bandit boss asked in a vague voice.

"The boss is in trouble, someone is attacking the stronghold." A water bandit rushed in from the door and his eyes widened when he saw the scene in front of him.

However, before he could speak, the sounds of fighting suddenly started outside the house. A feather arrow also fell inside the house.

"Yes, it came quite quickly." Pei Jiaoran stood up, threw the horizontal sword to General Jinwu, and walked out.

She stood in front of the door with her hands folded, looking at Li Xiujing coming on horseback with a smile.

Sensing her gaze, Li Xiujing galloped over.

"You're here." Seeing Li Xiujing approaching, Pei Jiaoran smiled.

His gentle eyes fell on her, and Li Xiujing stretched out his arms, "Am I late?"

"That's not true." Avoiding Li Xiujing's outstretched arms, Pei Jiaoran said softly, "Just right."

The gangsters in Daqingshan are a ragtag group of people. He was no match for the Jinwu Guards, and certainly no match for the Shence Army.

Leaving He Liang behind to clean up the bandit stronghold, Li Xiujing led his horse and Pei Jiaoran walked out of the bandit stronghold together.

Behind him were all his cronies in the Shence Army. Li Xiujing turned his head and looked at Pei Jiaoran. He got on the horse and stretched out his long arms to catch her on the horse. He raised his whip and ran forward.

The night wind whistled in his ears, and Li Xiujing's hands were tightly hooked on Pei Jiaoran's waist.

"Don't be so tight, I'm hot." Pei Jiaoran lowered his eyes and sounded dissatisfied.

When she stopped talking, Li Xiujing hugged her tighter.

When a person is riding another person's horse, he has to bow his head. Pei Jiaoran closed his eyes and endured the irritating heat.

The horses' hooves marched through the night and headed straight for the Shence camp.

When they arrived at the camp, Li Xiujing didn't give her a chance to go to the ground. He carried her directly to the Chinese army's tent.

"After a long journey, I have to take a bath." Pei Jiaoran quickly left Li Xiujing and said with a smile.

"it is good."

Soon the guards came in carrying a bathtub. Looking at Pei Jiaoran, Li Xiujing consciously went out and stood in front of the tent.

Li Xiujing was no longer in the tent, and Pei Jiaoran breathed a sigh of relief. I took off my clothes and entered the water. The water temperature was just right. After bathing, I feel refreshed all over.

Pei Jiaoran suddenly frowned as he was about to stand up with his wet hair. She didn't seem to have brought the clean clothes.

After thinking for a moment, Pei Jiaoran said: "Li Xiujing, come in."

As soon as she finished speaking, Li Xiujing's figure appeared in front of the screen. His back was to the screen.

"what happened?"

"Can you help me pick out some clothes?"

When the words stopped, Li Xiujing responded with a smile.

After Li Xiujing put her clothes on the screen, Pei Jiaoran got up and got out of the tub. Looking at the clothes Li Xiujing picked, Pei Jiaoran couldn't help but sigh.

Silver-red skirt, moon-white gauze shirt, ethereal blue waist. It was cool, but she felt that Li Xiujing did it on purpose.

"Let's eat first." Li Xiujing pointed to the food table in front of her.

Wrapping his wet hair in a blanket, Pei Jiaoran looked at Li Xiujing, "Where are Bi Fei and the others?"

"Feng Yuanxian is in charge of them. I'll just entertain you myself." Li Xiujing's eyes were full of smiles. He pulled her to sit down at the table, pointed to the porcelain bowl in front of him and said, "This is specially prepared for you."

Opening the lid of the bowl, the sweet smell of lotus root starch hits your face.

"Erlang is so generous." Pei Jiaoran stirred the lotus root starch in the bowl with a spoon, "How much do you think this bowl of lotus root starch soup sells for in Yangzhou?"

Seeing that Li Xiujing was silent, Pei Jiaoran continued: "Usually twenty kilograms of lotus roots produce one kilogram of powder, and the wealthy Jianghuai people like to eat this soup. But ordinary lotus root powder is not as delicate and white as this. Only the snow lotus root from Wuxing area can make it. This kind of lotus root soup is produced. However, the output of snow lotus root is limited and it is worth dozens of gold. Therefore, it is often used as a tribute."

"Before you came, the wealthy family in Runzhou sent me gifts. Among them was a bowl of lotus root starch soup." Li Xiujing looked at Pei Jiaoran, "I don't like sweets, so I thought you would like it. So I asked him to congratulate me. I’m sorry to ask about the cooking method and ingredients. I didn’t expect a bowl of lotus root starch soup to be so expensive.”

"The wealth of the wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River is beyond our imagination. I am here this time as the minister of Zhongshu to lead the Jianghuai Salt and Iron Transport Envoy." Pei Jiaoran's eyes twitched.

Hearing this, Li Xiujing said: "I have to congratulate you for saying that. How long do you plan to stay this time?"

"do not know."

Pei Jiaoran blinked and said with a smile: "It can be as short as half a year, or as slow as one year."

The specific time spent will have to wait until she goes to Yangzhou City to see it before making a decision.

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Xiujing didn't speak. The two finished their meal quietly.

"You rest first, I'll go to Feng Yuanxian's place to take a shower."

"Okay." Pei Jiaoran smiled.

Watching Li Xiujing leave the camp, Pei Jiaoran laughed away.