Amul shook his head. "That's a pity. I've missed you for a long time. I sent people to the Celestial Empire to look for you, but you suddenly disappeared at that time. I thought I would never see you again. I didn't expect to see you here again now. By the way, where is Lord Pei? Is he okay?"
As Amul said this, he took a step forward and wanted to walk into the pharmacy.
Qi Changyi suddenly closed the door in front of Amul in anger, and said through the door frame, "Brother Pei doesn't need your help!"
Cheng Feng gently pulled the angry Qi Changyi and whispered in his ear, "Your Highness, we are at a disadvantage now. He has been reluctant to kill us. I don't know why, but we'd better not irritate him too much."
Qi Changyi put one hand on the door and pursed his lips at Chengfeng. He had tried very hard to control his emotions, but he couldn't help it just now.
"But Afeng, I don't want him to come in"
Amul outside really stopped and did not force his way in. He already had a plan in his mind.
"It's okay. Since Master Pei is injured now, I can let you go first. However, I hope that after Master Pei wakes up, you can help me give this letter to him. He will understand after reading it."
Sure enough, a letter was stuffed under the door frame. Chengfeng picked it up, thought about it, and finally put it away carefully.
"Okay, let's all retreat."
Amul said, "Little ones, you must remember that I will let you go this time."
The barbarian soldiers who had been surrounding the pharmacy all retreated one after another.
Qi Changyi leaned against the door frame and listened carefully in disbelief. After hearing the orderly footsteps outside leaving, he looked at Chengfeng and asked, "Afeng, are they really gone?"
Chengfeng nodded.
Qi Changyi pushed the door open a little and saw that it was empty outside. He pushed the door open completely and there was no trace of the barbarians on the huge street.
The city was left with corpses and debris, and a river of blood.
This place is still unsafe and they must leave as soon as possible.
Chengfeng carried the unconscious Pei Zheng on his back, Qi Changyi followed closely beside him, and they followed the path out of Anli City.
Along the way, we followed the path that the people of Anli City had evacuated from before, and we could even see some items left behind by the people who had fled in a panic on the street.
After walking non-stop for nearly three days, they finally arrived at the next city.
The city gates here are also closed, but the difference is that this city is already guarded by the Celestial Empire's army, so it is relatively safer.
There are guards at the city gates, and all refugees who come from border areas are accepted into the city and settled.
Once they entered the city and explained the situation to the guards at the city gate, city officials soon came over and took them to a quiet place to rest.
This official was a good and honest official. Although he had never approved of Prime Minister Pei's character, he still admired some of his drastic measures. Seeing that Pei Zheng was seriously injured, he found the best man in the city to treat Pei Zheng.
Qi Changyi was worried, so he stayed in the room. He seemed to be better at treating wounds than Lang.
The servants also prepared the medicine and brought it in. Qi Changyi was smart enough to put it in front of his nose and smell it first. After making sure that there was no problem, he fed it to Pei Zheng spoonful by spoonful.
After a whole day and night had passed, Pei Zheng finally woke up.
When I woke up, it was already late at night. There was only a dim light from a candlestick in the room.
There was a small figure lying beside the bed, sleeping soundly because he was too tired, and his little hands were still holding the corner of Pei Zheng's quilt.
Chengfeng just walked into the room to bring medicine to Pei Zheng. When he saw Pei Zheng woke up, he was about to speak, but Pei Zheng signaled him not to speak loudly.
Chengfeng glanced at the sleeping little man beside the bed and lowered his voice, "Master, you are awake. His Highness has been here to guard you. When you were unconscious, he did not rest for a moment and stared at you for the whole day."
Pei Zheng said "hmm", with no emotion visible in his eyes.
Chengfeng reported everything to Pei Zheng, including the current border. For some unknown reason, the barbarians had temporarily ceased fighting with the Celestial Empire. The Celestial Empire's support troops had arrived, and the situation was finally improving.
Then Chengfeng handed the letter from Amul to Pei Zheng.
Pei Zheng took a look and immediately understood Amul's intention.
Amul wanted to win over Pei Zheng and ask him to cooperate with him to help the barbarians conquer the Celestial Empire. After the war was won, Amul would let Pei Zheng continue to be his prime minister. By then, the barbarian territory would include the Celestial Empire and foreign tribes, and it would be very vast.
But before he finished reading the letter, Pei Zheng lost interest.
"It's burned."
Chengfeng took the letter, burned it to ashes, handed the medicine to Pei Zheng, and after he finished drinking it, he walked out.
At this time, the little person who had been lying quietly beside the bed seemed to be dreaming and talking in his sleep in a restless manner.
"Brother Pei," Qi Changyi murmured indistinctly, "Brother Pei, I..."
Pei Zheng didn't hear the word "间" clearly, but he was really curious about what he would say in his sleep.
When the situation was getting dark, Pei Zheng seemed to hear Qi Changyi saying a lot of things, all of which were things that would happen in Shen Shijiu's memory, so he remembered them all.
Now that I remember everything, the person in front of me is complete. The bitter and painful, or beautiful and sweet memories between them are finally not remembered by only me anymore.
Pei Zheng propped himself up and sat up, feeling the pain in the wound on his abdomen. However, the great joy made it impossible for him to lie down any longer.
He reached out and gently touched the little guy's head, hoping that he would wake up soon, but he couldn't bear to wake him up now.
But the little head under the palm still moved.
Qi Changyi raised his head in a daze and saw Pei Zheng leaning on the bed looking at him. He thought he was hallucinating, and stared at Pei Zheng's face without blinking, a little dazed.
Pei Zheng smiled, his lips pale, "Did I wake you up?"
Qi Changyi's eyes instantly filled with tears, and he whispered, "Brother Pei"
His voice was filled with longing and grievance, and then he opened his arms to Pei Zheng, "I want a hug."
As he spoke, big tears rolled down from the corners of his eyes.
Pei Zheng's heart trembled violently, and he felt so sour and painful that tears seemed to fall on his heart.
She reached out her fingertips to gently wipe away the tears, then stretched out her arms to lift the little guy under his armpits, brought him to her bed, avoiding the wounds, and pressed the warm and soft body into her arms. She stroked his back soothingly, and could feel the little body trembling slightly under her palms.
Qi Changyi was crying so hard that the emotions that had been pent up for so long finally burst out after seeing Pei Zheng. He had been tired and scared, but he was very sensible and had been enduring it. Now that Pei Zheng had woken up, he found his dependence again.
"Don't cry, darling. Brother will hug you." Pei Zheng's voice was unusually gentle. "How did you suffer such a great injustice, huh?"
"I'm afraid you won't wake up. What should I do? I'm scared."
Qi Changyi kept hugging Pei Zheng's neck and crying, and Pei Zheng kept whispering in his ear to comfort him. After a while, Qi Changyi finally cried enough and lay on Pei Zheng's shoulder without making a sound.
"Do you still want to cry?"
Qi Changyi shook his head. He was so tired from crying that his voice was a little hoarse.
"Then how about getting up first?"
Pei Zheng was about to push the little guy away from his chest as he spoke, but the arms that were hugging him quickly hugged him tighter, fearing that he would push her away.
"Don't get up, hold me."
How come you suddenly become so clingy
Pei Zheng said patiently, "Get up and let me take a look at you. Check if your eyes are damaged from crying. Do you feel any pain in your eyes?"
"No, my eyes don't hurt, so I don't need to get up."
Pei Zheng laughed dumbly, curling his lips, "What's wrong? Huh? If you don't want to leave me, why don't you come up and lie with me."
Qi Changyi really thought about it and said, "Okay."
He obediently climbed up from Pei Zheng's arms, sat on the edge of the bed, took off his shoes, then took off his outer robe, pulled open the corner of the quilt and lay down in it, then lifted one of Pei Zheng's arms and snuggled back into his arms.
Pei Zheng felt the soft little body next to him, which was still emitting heat faintly. He was injured, but otherwise he was normal.
Pei Zheng retreated a little unnoticeably, but Qi Changyi felt it and followed him closely with dissatisfaction.
"Brother Pei, don't move. The wound will heal slowly."
"Okay, but you have to tell me." Pei Zheng lowered his eyes and looked at the little man in front of him, "Did you remember something again?"
Qi Changyi uttered a muffled “hmm” with a nasal voice, “I remember everything.”
He buried his head in Pei Zheng's chest and said, "Brother Pei, will you blame me for forgetting so many things for so long that I also forgot you
Forget, how could I forget you?"
Pei Zheng patted his back and said, "I don't blame you. How could I blame you? It's my fault. I have sinned deeply against you."
Fortunately, you are willing to let me make amends.
"No." Qi Changyi raised his eyes, the corners of his eyes were still slightly red, but he was no longer crying.
"I know, Brother Pei didn't mean it before, right? Because Brother Pei said he likes me too, and only me, right?"
"Yes," Pei Zheng looked into his eyes, "I like you, I love you, I want to give you my heart, do you remember this time?"
Qi Changyi nodded heavily, his eyes moist, "I remember, I will definitely remember, and I will never forget it."