I am aging gracefully in the world of famous books

"Hey, can you tell me how you got yourself into this?"

Pei Xiang entered through the window under the surprised eyes of the owner.

When Butler saw Pei Xiang appear, he was obviously relieved, and immediately felt free to joke.

"In order to win the favor of a beautiful woman, I resolutely fought a duel with some arrogant dragons, and then accidentally got Cupid's love bullet."

Pei Xiang was too lazy to listen to Rhett Butler's nonsense, she greeted the owner politely:

"I'm the guy's friend James, what's your name, brave lady?"

"Oh, you're here at last. I'm Lilia, Captain Butler's... um, close friend. Did you see my note? Oh, I'm a fool. If you didn't see the note, you couldn't Find here. It's good of you to come and see Rhett, but he's hurt, well, I'm actually suggesting he get a doctor he can trust, I don't see why he has to let you risk it, No, I'm not saying..."

"Okay, dear, stop, Lilia dear, you are a little nervous."

Rhett comforted his pale lover with a smile in his eyes, and moved his upper body with difficulty:

"James, I'm so glad you're willing to come and save your poor friend. After Lilia helped me out of Harpy's Tavern, I knew, hey, I owe you a big favor this time... Hey! Whoops, lightly Son!"

Pei Xiang tore open Butler's shirt unceremoniously, and checked the injury on his arm neatly.

"Miss Lilia, what medical supplies and instruments do you have here? Please take them out, and I will give this guy a brief treatment of the wound first."

While talking, she poured out a few more pills from the medicine bottle she carried with her and stuffed them into Rhett Butler's mouth.

"Swallow it, and tell me about your adventures tonight."

"Well, let me think about it, well, just after I witnessed you conquer Gray Wolf Morris with your personal charm, I finally realized that my Lilia is still waiting for me, so I went to her immediately up.

"But Lilia's companion told me that Lilia was called to temporarily entertain some very generous guests. You know, my friend, men's jealousy and curiosity are very strong, so I just I inquired about what kind of generous guest it is. Who would have thought that there would be surprises all the time, ha, hiss, I, I found out from those descriptions, maybe... I met an old acquaintance in this tavern in a foreign country tonight , oh, my friend's relatives and elders - Mr. Jones!

"James, believe me, I really wanted to get closer to my friends in my hometown on a whim. Excited, I decided to listen to what they were talking about... Oops, it hurts!"

Pei Xiang snorted lightly, and said bluntly:

"In my opinion, this is not just a matter of curiosity. Will the dignified Captain Butler be so nostalgic? No, you hate them for robbing our cooperative customers as soon as they come, so you want to join us."

"Well, maybe."

"Oh, Rhett, I understand. You didn't care about my reminder that night. Not only did you not want to avoid the shadow of the war, but you were very willing to get involved. You are eager to try and ambitious, and you plan to take the opportunity to do something. something, right?"

After the little lie was exposed, Butler smiled helplessly.

"You are always so clever, my friend."

"Rett, those people... in order to ensure that no news is leaked, and to obtain higher interests, they will not be merciful."

"I know, James. But I just can't help my adventurous spirit. I really want to do something scary. I think it must be inherited from my grandfather who was a pirate. If everything is done carefully, I will Not the Rhett Butler who got expelled from West Point and was scornfully rejected by all of Charleston and Southern high society."

Pei Xiang glanced at the strange and complex expression of his black-haired friend who was laughing and enduring the pain, and was silent for a moment.

She knew that some things were not suitable for in-depth conversation at this moment, so she skipped this topic and asked him the most concerned question at present:

"Rett, have they seen what you look like?"

"No, I ran fast. Believe me, they don't know anything now except for the flashing heroic back."

Pei Xiang's subordinates moved slightly harder, and then said in a cool tone amid Butler's grim and pain-bearing expression:

"No, I think they also know that you were shot. Rhett, I can only help you with this kind of simple treatment. If you don't want to leave any sequelae, you must do a small one as soon as possible. It is a pity that there are neither suitable surgical instruments nor symptomatic medicines in this room, and the brightness of the light here is not good."

"I know, hiss—take it easy, honey, I do need further treatment as soon as possible, which is why I asked Lilia to bring you here. James, you can put on a disguise for me, I think, just keep it simple Clean it up, I'm a beautiful woman with all kinds of charms. The target of their search and pursuit is a wounded man, and they won't be suspicious of the lady."

Pei Xiang nodded very simply, agreeing to Butler's proposal.

So, in the next half an hour, Pei Xiang used Lilia's cosmetics, clothes and jewelry to disguise Butler's appearance.Turned him from a stocky, pirate-like male into a bloated woman six or seven months pregnant.

"God, this is amazing," Lilia looked at Pei Xiang with shining eyes, "No wonder Rhett wanted you here."

Lilia marveled and touched Butler's fake pregnant belly:

"In this way, I will definitely be able to take Captain Butler out of Little Grington Lane smoothly. Don't worry, you two, I know a few conscientious police officers, and they will not embarrass a frightened pregnant woman."

While instructing her friend how to imitate the walking posture of a pregnant woman, Pei Xiang asked with concern:

"After leaving Little Grington Lane, did you know a surgeon you could trust? Would he treat a hunted wounded in the middle of the night?"

Butler signaled Pei Xiang to rest assured, and seriously assured that he could continue to smoke, drink and play cards in a few days, and maybe he could have a one-on-one duel with Baron Pepys who ordered the shooting.

Pei Xiang rolled his eyes in his heart.

After she turned her head and told Lilia a few precautions, she urged the two to hurry up and leave.

Before going out, Reiter looked at Pei Xiang worriedly when he heard the search personnel knocking on the door not far away.

"James, I won't invite you to leave with me, so as not to implicate you in case of an accident."

Seeing his friend's forced smile and weak and tired eyes, Pei Xiang quickly waved his hands.She said that people who have been injured by reckless curiosity have no right to worry about others, just take care of themselves.

After Butler helped Lilia walk away, Pei Xiang sighed.

In fact, if she cooperates with internal strength and golden needles, she can barely treat Rhett Butler under the simple medical conditions.

But in that case, she would expose too many cards.

What's more, even though she has [-]% trust in Butler, there is still a Ms. Lilia who just met today in this room.Pei Xiang will never automatically think that he can also get Ms. Lilia's friendship and loyalty just because the other party is Rhett Butler's trusted lover.

Therefore, after judging that Rhett Butler's injury was not urgent enough to be life-threatening, she chose to be cautious and reserved.

——If he sees a doctor in time, plus the few pills I gave him, there should be no sequelae.

——Besides, even if I am really willing to expose those medical techniques that cannot be explained clearly, Butler is not necessarily willing to let me treat them.After all, in his opinion, Lucy Hoffman did not have the experience of learning medical skills and the practical experience of practicing medicine to save lives.

——However, in order to ensure that Butler can leave Little Grington Lane as soon as possible, let me do something to help him again.

With a plan in mind, Pei Xiang acted quickly.

She was going to make some noise, divert the search personnel's attention to herself, and then lead the police officers and guards around a few times, completely deviated from the direction of Butler's escape.

In the night, a shambling figure broke into Lieutenant Knight's sight without warning, and then, the figure suddenly paused and then dodged quickly, leaving behind a stumbling sound, the man fled in hastily again. In the dark.

"There are people running away, chase after them!"

"Damn it, the bastard can really run, bah, it disappeared again..."

"Could I have read it wrong? It's quite windy tonight."

"Report, found bloodstains..."

"Report, there is blood here too."

"Keep chasing, this direction."

Pei Xiang walked around Little Grington Lane with ease, gradually fooling the search personnel of several teams, and then ran towards Harpy's Tavern where gunshots rang out tonight.

Rhett said that the reason why he was able to escape to Lilia's house to hide after being injured was thanks to a secret passage in the storage room of Harpy's Tavern.

The secret passage leads directly to the back inclined alley, and it was originally used to allow men or women who cheated in the tavern to escape in an emergency to avoid the limelight.There are not many people who know about the secret passage, but there are also quite a few. The owner, Old Happy, and a few hostesses are definitely insiders.

If Baron Pepys had been relentlessly looking for the eavesdropper, old Happy would definitely have confessed the existence of the secret passage for his own safety and interests.

At that time, once the investigators found traces of blood in the secret passage, Lilia and the others would become more suspicious.If you look further down, Rhett Butler is very likely to be exposed.

After hearing about this incident, Pei Xiang planned to go back to Harpy's Tavern to check again before the others reacted, and finish the finishing work for her worried business partner.

So, Pei Xiang pried open the window on the first floor of the tavern, turned over and entered.

Then, when she was groping to find the storeroom of the tavern, she happened to overhear such a conversation.

"Sir, Baron Pepys and Mr. Jones have preliminarily reached a deal on cotton and weapons. They pretended to have fun here tonight under the arrangement of the proprietress of the tavern. In fact, they met privately to discuss the details of the transaction. Unfortunately, they The conversation was interrupted by another eavesdropper."

"Have you written down the content of the conversation?"

"Not a single word."

"What is the identity of the eavesdropper?"

"It can only be confirmed that it is a male. Neither we nor Pepys and others have seen each other's face."

"Is their deal just lip service? No written agreement?"

"Never found."

"Give me tonight's conversation records, sketches of the people around Jones and their basic information. You stay in Harpy's Tavern and try to build a good relationship with Mrs. Harpy and her sister."

"Yes. Sir, thank you for coming tonight. According to the current search efforts, if these materials are not destroyed or transferred in time, even if I are exposed, I will not be able to keep them."

"I came here in person today, not only for information, but also to solemnly remind you that the situation has been chaotic recently. Except for me personally coming to you, don't mention or admit your true identity to anyone, and don't believe any written orders. .”

"Yes, sir, I am the cook at Harpy's Tavern."

"Well, it's best to be careful. By the way, is this the entrance to the secret passage?"

"Yes, sir. I speculate that the eavesdropper should have left through a secret passage, otherwise, he would not have been able to get rid of Baron Pepys' guards smoothly."

"This secret passage leads to the back alley? Do any of the employees in the store live in the back alley?"

"All the employees, except the old Harpys, live in Little Grington Lane and its adjoining backslope."

"Baron Pepys and the others don't know about the secret passage in the tavern?"

"I don't know yet, but I should know soon"

The room was quiet for a while, and the gentle voice that Pei Xiang was very familiar with sounded again:

"After I leave in a while, check and tidy up the secret passage, erase all suspicious traces, and don't let Pepys or Jones' people narrow or lock the search area."

"Yes, please rest assured."

After these conversations, one of them turned and left, while the other stayed behind to clean up the traces around the secret passage.

Pei Xiang had been waiting in the dark until the people left behind cleaned up all the traces near the secret passage and left lightly, then she stepped forward to check carefully in person.

After confirming that there were no omissions, Pei Xiang also quietly left the collection room of Harpy's Tavern.

She didn't expect that she would accidentally run into George Rexxar's secret operations tonight, and at the same time, this encounter also made her finally confirm some guesses in her heart.

——It turned out that he was from the north.

——No wonder he always says that he has to be busy with experiments recently, and he often disappears for three to five days.Calculating the time, it coincides with the date Jones arrived in Liverpool.

——Only let the informant communicate with himself personally?In such a mess tonight, why did you come to Little Grington Lane?Something went wrong inside them?Have traitors or disagreements?

While thinking about the organization behind George Rexxar, Pei Xiang hurried along the exit route that had been explored long ago.

She turned left and right and came near a red brick wall, preparing to climb over the wall to an abandoned house on the opposite side, and then sneak out of the area that was locked down and investigated from there.

It's just...Pei Xiang heard a barely audible breathing sound from behind the high wall...

She raised her eyebrows, then climbed over the wall and landed without hesitation, and at the same time neatly grabbed the avoiding person from behind, a series of movements were almost completed in the blink of an eye.

"Don't shout." The cold and sharp dagger was on the opponent's throat.

The man caught by the backhand maintained a steady breathing rhythm, standing silently and calmly in the thick ink-like night.

This is a very well-cooperative abductee, but Pei Xiang's eyes are wandering and flickering at this time.Because after the two got close, she recognized the identity of the man she threatened with a dagger—it was her friend George Rexa.

"Close your eyes, I won't hurt anyone I have nothing to do with you. You can leave after I'm far away." Pei Xiang was glad that he used a disguised voice at the beginning.

"Are you the eavesdropper's partner? Can I make a deal with you?" the kidnapped man asked Pei Xiang in a low voice with his back turned.

Pei Xiang blinked, curious: "What deal?"

"Cooperative transaction. There are five soldiers guarding the exit passage in front. Can we cooperate to deal with those five soldiers and leave this area together?"

"Five? Why are there so many?"

"I got here one step ahead of you, and I'm also very surprised about this situation. Because according to the information I got before, there shouldn't be so many guards here. But no matter what the reason is, we can join hands to defend against the enemy and rush out together."

Pei Xiang's hand holding the dagger loosened, and she probably guessed the reason for the change.

Maybe...it had something to do with her running around in order to let Butler and Lilia leave smoothly. Under her intentional or unintentional guidance, many search personnel did mistakenly think that the person who was shot was hiding in this area.

I don't know if he sensed Pei Xiang's loosening attitude, but the kidnapped man exuded a more friendly and harmless aura:

"I have a bit of a rift with Baron Pepys, and I don't want to have too much contact with him, so I have been hiding in the Harpy's Tavern. It stands to reason that they have already searched the Harpy's Tavern area, so they shouldn't arrange so many people The guard was on guard. I deliberately waited until there were few people before coming out quietly, but I didn't expect that I guessed wrong.

"I can deal with one or two soldiers, but if there are five, I have to catch them without a fight. Are you willing to cooperate with me for a while? After the matter is completed and leave, I will be rewarded. And your companion, I can also Arrange for a doctor with good medical skills to heal his wounds."

Pei Xiang thought, without her troubles before, this area would indeed become the weakest defensive place as Rexxar said.She didn't think about this when she was wandering around before, because with her force value, one soldier and five soldiers are the same, and they can't stop her.

But she never expected that she would inadvertently trick George Rexa, who had come here on an adventure.

"Since we are both Baron Pepys' enemies, I will cooperate with you for the time being. After I put down the dagger for a while, don't turn your head away, and wait until I cover your face before we start cooperating."

"it is good."

Pei Xiang put down the dagger and took three steps back, then took out a handkerchief and covered his face.

"You can turn around, don't hesitate, let's leave here immediately."

George Rexa turned around and glanced at Pei Xiang who was covering his face, thinking that the sky was so dark, even if this person didn't hide his true appearance, he might not be able to see clearly.

But he was very happy with the other party's move, which showed that this powerful hijacker had no intention of killing people to silence him.While quietly breathing a sigh of relief, he turned the ring on his hand without a trace, and silently retracted the poison-tainted dark thorn.

If Pei Xiang came later, the support personnel he arranged outside would have sneaked in, and then subdued the five soldiers with him...

In the cold night wind, the gentle and elegant man walked side by side with his new partner, and soon passed through the desolate abandoned house, approaching five soldiers with weapons.

Then, without waiting for George Rexa to make a move, Pei Xiang solved all the troubles by himself.

After doing it, Pei Xiang looked back at Rexxar who had been standing reservedly at the back, casually playing with the ring, and couldn't help secretly sighing that he was really a best friend tonight, first a Rhett Butler, and then A George Rexxar cost her a lot of effort.

After safely leaving Little Grington Lane, a black carriage without any markings came through the thick fog and slowly stopped beside Pei Xiang and George Rexa.

"Sir, are you all right?"

The coachman jumped out of the carriage with a kerosene lamp, as if he was greeting and caring for George Rexa, but he was actually guarding against Pei Xiang who did not appear as planned.

"I'm fine. Thanks to this..."

Rexxar took the lantern casually, looked up at Pei Xiang whose face was half covered, and then, he finally saw a pair of beautiful misty blue eyes...

—Excellent, my Miss Lucy.