"Ahem, ahem, ahem, as long as the girl saves me, no matter how much gold you give me, it will be worth it!"
The young man in brocade robe struggled in the water, waving his arms, and looked like he was about to collapse and drown.
Feng Jiuyan's red lips curled into a smile, and the young man in brocade robe acted out the drowning scene vividly.
It was a pity that he had the faint scent of the fragrance pills she had injected into him.
"200 gold!" Feng Jiuyan asked for a huge sum of money, and was determined to blackmail him severely.
Anyway, he was just acting and he wasn't really drowning, so it didn't matter if he wasted some time.
The young man in brocade robes agreed without even thinking, "Ahem, OK, ahem, deal."
Come and save him! It’s too hard to act out drowning. He has choked on water several times!
"Okay, I'll save you right away, just wait!"
After saying that, Feng Jiuyan gently put down the pot in her hand, and then cast her eyes to the ground around her. After a while, her eyes were locked on a long bamboo pole, which lay quietly on the ground.
Feng Jiuyan walked over slowly, bent down, and carefully picked up the bamboo pole.
Then, she held the bamboo pole tightly and walked towards the lake.
She still stood on the shore, staring at the young man in brocade robes struggling in the water. She took a deep breath, stretched her arms as far as she could, and stretched one end of the bamboo pole towards the young man in brocade robes, shouting, "Come, hold on to the bamboo pole, I'll pull you ashore!"
The young man in brocade robe looked pale, and he weakly raised his arm that seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and slowly stretched out his hand, trying to grab the bamboo pole that was handed to him. His fingers trembled slightly, and it took a lot of effort to finally touch the bamboo pole.
Feng Jiuyan curled her lips in her heart, she was pretending really well!
Even though she was very disdainful in her heart, she still pretended to be happy on the surface. Since the young man in brocade robes suspected her, she pretended to be weak, so that she might be able to deceive him.
So Feng Jiuyan held the bamboo pole tightly, gritted his teeth, and used all his strength to pull the young man in brocade robe to the shore.
Fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead and the blue veins on her arms were clearly visible.
With Feng Jiuyan's efforts, the young man in brocade robe was pulled ashore little by little.
Finally, the young man in brocade robes escaped from the water and lay flat on the ground on the shore, gasping for breath. "Cough, cough, cough, cough~~"
Feng Jiuyan also pretended to be very tired and sat down aside, but a look of joy appeared on his face.
The young man in brocade robe turned his head and glanced at Feng Jiuyan with a complicated expression.
He wouldn't think that he was happy because he saved him, but most likely he was happy because he earned 200 gold.
Feng Jiuyan stood up, walked up to the young man in the lavender brocade robe, and quickly glanced at him.
The face of the young man in brocade robes could not be said to be outstanding, but just ordinary. There was nothing particularly stunning about his facial features, nor was there any unforgettable charm.
However, beneath his ordinary appearance, he has a pair of unique eyes.
Those were a pair of eyes as dark and deep as a deep pool, as if they could absorb all the light and make people fall into them and unable to extricate themselves.
Feng Jiuyan would never think that this was the true appearance of the young man in brocade robe. It was very likely that he was in disguise.
She slowly turned her palm upwards and stretched it out flat, with a half-smile on her face, which made people feel a little awkward. She said with a fake smile:
"My lord, I used a lot of effort to rescue you from the water. Now that I have completed this task, shouldn't you fulfill your promise?
Hand over the 200 gold you promised me." There was a hint of teasing in her voice, but her eyes were fixed on the young man in brocade robes, as if waiting for his response.
When the young man in brocade robe heard her words, he was stunned for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses.
He smiled awkwardly and said, "Well, yes, I should give you 200 gold."
But in fact, where does he have so much gold? He doesn't even have to pay for things!
Even if he really had it, he couldn't really give it to her. After all, if he gave it to her, he would have no reason to get close to her anymore.
So he began to search his body, his hands all over his body, but no matter how hard he looked, he couldn't find the so-called 200 gold.
Finally, he could only laugh helplessly and said to her, "Oh, girl, the gold on me seems to have fallen into the lake.
How about I do some hard labor to pay back the gold?"
There was innocence in his eyes, and he just stared at Feng Jiuyan with those charming eyes.
Feng Jiuyan felt uneasy when he looked at her. For a moment, her heartbeat inexplicably accelerated. She looked away unnaturally, cleared her throat, and asked, "You will pay it back with hard labor? What will you do?"
"Well, my family runs a martial arts training ground. I can be your subordinate and protect you. Also, I can teach you martial arts!" The young man in brocade robe replied quickly.
Teach her martial arts? Feng Jiuyan sneered. Testing whether she has martial arts is the real purpose, right?
Feng Jiuyan quickly glanced at him, crossed his arms, and snorted, "Even if you protect me and teach me martial arts, it's not worth 200 gold, right? Is your martial arts training ground always charging this much? I don't think this business is that good, is it?"
The young man in brocade robes quickly glanced at the exile team not far away and the prisoners who were trying hard to catch fish in the lake. A hint of understanding flashed in his eyes, and then he turned to look at Feng Jiuyan and asked slowly: "Miss, if I am not mistaken, you should be the one being exiled, right?"
Feng Jiuyan answered straightforwardly, without hiding her situation. She nodded and replied, "That's right."
"Those coming in this direction will probably be exiled to Youzhou. Is that right?" the young man in brocade robe asked again.
Feng Jiuyan nodded, "That's right."
She wanted to see what he was up to!
"That's perfect. My home is also in Youzhou. Let's put it this way. It takes more than a month to walk from here to Youzhou City. I will protect your family and teach you martial arts. You can pay me one or two taels of silver every month. The wages will be deducted from the 200 gold. I will give you the rest when I return home. How about it?" The young man in brocade robe said with a stern face.
Feng Jiuyan said nothing, just stared at the young man in brocade robe.
The young man in brocade robes felt a little embarrassed by Feng Jiuyan's stare, and asked hurriedly, "Young lady, do you think the wages are too high? Don't worry, there is a reason why it is expensive. I will definitely teach you all my unique skills to repay you for saving my life."
"Deal." Feng Jiuyan said decisively.
Since you can't avoid it anyway, just face it head on!
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