The carriage is ready and can leave the camp at any time.
But Qi Changyi still stayed in his tent and did not come out.
When Pei Zheng opened the curtain, he saw the little man sitting by the bed, fully dressed, but with his head down and not moving.
He walked to the bed and asked in a low voice, "Why don't you come out?"
Qi Changyi heard the noise and raised his head, his eyes a little red.
"Brother Tang, he doesn't want to see me, and doesn't want to say goodbye to me"
Pei Zheng could probably understand Zhao Litang's feelings.
He leaned over and comforted him, "General Zhao is busy with military affairs now. We will see him when the war is over."
"But I'm a little scared," Qi Changyi said, "Can we not leave and go back to the Imperial City? Can we stay here with Brother Tang
He is alone, facing so many enemies, and no one can accompany him."
"We definitely can't stay here. That will only add more worries to General Zhao."
Pei Zheng held Qi Changyi's thin shoulders and stroked them with his fingers. For the first time, he was not angry because the little guy was worried about Zhao Litang.
"We won't be going back to the Imperial City yet. We'll just retreat to Anli first. But you can't tell General Zhao. You have to let him think we've already left here. Got it?"
Qi Changyi was a little surprised to hear this, "Really? We won't go back? We won't go back to the palace, right?"
"Don't want to go back to the palace?"
Qi Changyi dodged his gaze twice, and Pei Zheng understood everything.
"If you don't want to go back to the palace, then don't go back. Even if you go back to the imperial capital, you can do whatever you want. I will take care of everything."
The two men walked out of the tent, and outside there were two carriages ready to go.
Zhao Litang originally wanted to send a team of soldiers to escort them back, but with Cheng Feng and a group of secret guards, it would be inconvenient to travel with too many people, so he gave up.
Wu Quan brought his soldiers to see them off, but Zhao Litang never showed up.
As the carriage drove out of the military camp gate, someone inside the carriage shouted.
"parking!"
The carriage opened, Shen Huan jumped down from it, and walked into the military camp with firm steps.
Qi Changyi lifted the curtain of the carriage and called out, "Master Shen! Master Shen, where are you going? Come back soon!"
When Shen Huan heard her little disciple's voice, she stopped in her tracks. She took a deep breath, then turned around and smiled at Qi Changyi.
"Your Highness, I will not go with you. I am a foreigner, so I must live and die with my people. I plan to stay here."
Qi Changyi also opened the car and jumped down, ran to Shen Huan and grabbed her sleeve.
"Master Shen, a war is about to break out here. It's very dangerous. Can you please be obedient and come with us?"
Shen Huan felt very sad when she heard "Master Shen" being called over and over again. Her little disciple, who had been with her day and night and had a deep relationship with her, still didn't remember her, but they had to part.
"Your Highness, listen to me. It is because of the war and the danger that I have to stay. There are too few people with medical skills in the barracks, and I am proficient in medicine. If I stay here, I can treat many wounded soldiers."
Shen Huan's voice was choked with sobs, but he tried hard to suppress them and forced a laugh.
"Your Highness, don't worry about me. General Zhao is so powerful, he will definitely win. But you, can you take care of yourself? Can you not...
Can you be happy every day and grow up well even if you get hurt again
Shen Huan looked at Qi Changyi with complicated eyes, which were filled with reluctance and worry. She had originally planned to ignore all the great virtues and justice, and no matter what wars and disasters happened, just accompany her little disciple to a safe place, take good care of his body, and let him fully recover his memory.
But the carriage had only taken two steps when the cruelty of war could not stop emerging in her mind. When she was a child, foreign races had experienced many wars, and the blood all over the city was deeply engraved in her heart.
That's why she became a doctor later on, because she didn't want to be helpless when war came.
Now, she has the ability.
Qi Changyi shook his head and held Shen Huan's sleeve tightly. He had always felt a sense of intimacy with Shen Huan and was very reluctant to let her leave him like this.
Shen Huan gently pulled out his sleeves and held Qi Changyi's hand.
"Okay, it's not like we won't see each other anymore, don't cry." She stroked Qi Changyi's hair, which had grown a lot longer. "I'm going to go to the Imperial Capital to look for you. By then, will our noble prince pretend not to recognize me?"
Qi Changyi's eyes were red, he hated parting the most.
"No, it won't happen. Master Shen, you must come to me. I will take you to the Imperial City to eat delicious food and have fun, so you must
Come… "
Shen Huan looked at him and thought to himself, but we have all been there, you silly disciple.
"Okay, let's make a pinky promise."
The two of them hooked their pinky fingers.
"I have another unwelcome request. I wonder if Your Highness can satisfy me?"
Qi Changyi nodded vigorously, "Okay."
"Your Highness, can you call me Master? Not Master Shen, just Master."
"Master." Qi Changyi blurted out without hesitation, "Master, Master, Master."
Shen Huan smiled, finally let go of his hand, walked to the gate of the military camp, turned around and saw Qi Changyi still standing there.
She waved her hand, "Let's go."
"Master..."
Qi Changyi wiped her tears and slowly walked back to the carriage.
Pei Zheng stood beside the carriage and watched without saying a word.
After helping the little guy onto the carriage, Pei Zheng glanced at Shen Huan from a distance.
Shen Huan bowed deeply to him, meaning, my little disciple, I leave it to you.
Pei Zheng nodded, then turned and got on the carriage.
The carriage sped away, raising yellow sand in the air.
A figure walked towards Shen Huan and stood beside her, but the carriage on the road had already gone far away and could not be seen anymore.
"General, you didn't even say goodbye, don't you regret it?"
"Saying goodbye, in my opinion, is meaningless. If we can still see each other again while we are still alive, it is meaningless. If we die and never see each other again, it is even more meaningless.
Zhao Litang clenched the sword in his hand, turned around and walked into the military camp.
"Everyone prepare! Move out!"
The two carriages did not travel together towards the imperial capital. When passing Anli City, which was the closest to the border town, one of the carriages turned.
The carriage carrying Jiang Yubai and Qi Yirou continued to move towards the imperial capital. If it weren't for the need to take care of Qi Yirou along the way, Jiang Yubai would not have been willing to go back like this.
The carriage carrying Pei Zheng and Qi Changyi was about to head to Anli City.
Before reaching the city gate of Anli, we saw a lot of refugees fleeing along the way. They were unable to enter the city gate and could only sleep on the ground along the way. They were covered in dust and dirt, and even their dry food and water were almost exhausted.
Pei Zheng lowered the carriage curtain and asked, "What's going on? Anli didn't accept the refugees?"
Chengfeng, who was sitting next to the coachman, explained, "Master, Lord Li accepted the refugees as agreed, but because there were too many people, Anli was not a prosperous city and could not accommodate all the refugees, so those who came later can only live outside the city for now."
As they were talking, the carriage had already arrived at the city gate, but the gate was closed.
The driver jumped off the carriage and tried to knock on the city gate, but was stopped by the surrounding refugees.
"Hey, stop knocking. It's useless. No one will open the door. Even if someone does, they will just come out and beat you up, and then throw you away."
The driver said, "No, no one in the carriage dared to throw him."
The coachman knocked for a long time and shouted at the top of his voice, but no one opened the door. The master in the carriage was still waiting, so he became anxious and picked up a large stone nearby and smashed it heavily on the city gate with a "bang".
The loud noise really attracted a commotion. After a while, the huge and towering city gate opened a little bit, and two guards came out.
"Were you the one who broke the door just now?"
The driver said, "It's me, my master."
Before he could finish his words, he was hit hard on the head by one of the guards, and then another guard started punching and kicking him, both of them cursing as they fought.
The refugees around did not react to this, as if they were used to it.
"I told you to break the door! I told you to break it! You think your grandpas are living too comfortably, so you're trying to give them something to do! I've told you so many times that the city is full and there's no time! Why are you still knocking on the door? Don't you understand what I'm saying?"
The two guards were so focused on beating people that they didn't notice that there was someone standing behind them.
Chengfeng had a cold face and attacked quickly and fiercely. He caught the arms of the two guards and twisted them hard, breaking them directly.
He helped the driver up. The driver was beaten for no reason and kicked the two guards twice in a rage.
Someone else stuck his head out of the city gate to check. After being glanced at by Chengfeng, he was so scared that he quickly hid behind the door and wanted to close it again, but Chengfeng held the city gate shut with his palm.
The guard behind the gate realized that it was impossible to close the city gate by himself, so he ran in to report the situation.
Chengfeng pushed the city gate open and saw that the streets were empty and desolate, but there was no sign of being crowded at all.
Pei Zheng got off the carriage, then naturally turned around and picked Qi Changyi up from the carriage.
Qi Changyi also saw the refugees piled up outside the city. He walked over to them and covered the sleeping children with blankets.
Pei Zheng pulled him up and led him towards the city gate.
Before they could even enter, a group of soldiers rushed out from the city gate, raising their weapons and pointing them at the people outside the city.
"Who are you? You don't look like refugees. Why are you trespassing through the city gate?"
Chengfeng held a sword and stood in front of Pei Zheng and Qi Changyi.
"Bold! This is..."
Pei Zheng interrupted Cheng Feng's words.
"Who said I'm not a refugee? I, a refugee, want to see your Lord Li now. Why don't you ask him to come out and see me