Jiang Yubai applied medicine to Qi Changyi, bandaged his wound again, and wrapped a circle of white gauze around his neck.
Pei Zheng just watched from the side with an expressionless face the whole time.
I have already told the little guy that Zhao Litang's death must be a false alarm, but the silly little guy is still worried and sad, with a gloomy look on his face.
After Jiang Yubai left, Pei Zheng sat down beside the bed, took his little hand and rubbed it twice.
"Sleep a little longer."
Qi Changyi nodded and shrank back into the quilt.
Pei Zheng tucked the quilt in for him and patted his little head comfortingly.
Qi Changyi slowly closed his eyes.
After a long time, thinking that the little guy should have fallen asleep, Pei Zheng withdrew his hand, stood up and wanted to go out.
Suddenly, someone grabbed his hand tightly, and the little man who had closed his eyes opened them, his eyes sparkling with watery light.
"Brother Pei, Master, and Brother Tang will all come back, right?"
Qi Changyi's voice was choked with sobs, and he lowered his head to wipe his tears on the quilt, "They know that we are all waiting for them here, so they will definitely come back safely, no, they won't abandon us, right?"
Pei Zheng held the little hand with his backhand, sat down on the edge of the bed, leaned over and kissed his forehead, his eyes extremely complicated.
He said nothing, but just patted the quilt on the little guy again and again, and held his trembling body beside him.
"Be good, don't think about it. You had nightmares last night and didn't sleep well. Go to sleep for a while before getting up."
This time, the little guy really fell asleep in the gentleness with his eyes closed, with half-dried tear marks in the corners of his eyes.
Pei Zheng looked at his fair and peaceful little face, lowered his head and gently placed a kiss on the tear marks.
No matter whether they will come back or not, I love you.
Jiang Yubai walked around the mansion twice, and Li Yu followed behind him.
After a while, he asked, "Isn't Doctor Jiang busy in the palace?"
After a while, he asked again, "Doctor Jiang really doesn't need to go back to the palace to check?"
Jiang Yubai turned a deaf ear to him. He had finally found an opportunity to leave the palace, so how could he be willing to go back immediately
The footsteps suddenly stopped, and Jiang Yubai saw Chengfeng's figure at the end of the corridor. He touched the tip of his nose and quickened his pace to follow him.
They arrived at a courtyard and heard people talking inside. Jiang Yubai hushed to Li Yu and then tiptoed to the archway to look.
Chengfeng was talking to a little maid, who was holding Chengfeng's clothes in her arms, with her head lowered, looking shy and timid.
"Oh, that's the girl that Guard Feng and His Highness rescued on the street. She was placed in the mansion to work. She is usually very shy and doesn't talk to us much. She can only talk to Guard Feng."
Li Yu kindly explained behind his back, "In my opinion, he probably has feelings for Guard Feng, but that's not surprising. Guard Feng is a handsome man, so it's normal for a girl to have feelings for him."
Jiang Yubai turned around and glared at Li Yu. "He looks so good? He is clearly a cold and hard piece of wood."
Li Yu stood on tiptoe and looked inside. From their perspective, Chengfeng lowered his head slightly, as if smiling.
"That's not necessarily true. Maybe Guard Feng is also very gentle to his sweetheart, just like my master. If you don't believe me, Doctor Jiang, just take a look for yourself."
Jiang Yubai looked over and saw two people inside, as if no one was around, and they were in love with each other.
"No, no, no, they can do whatever they want, it's none of my business! I have something else to do in the palace, so I'll leave first."
Jiang Yubai turned around in panic and tried to run out, but Li Yu pulled his sleeve but failed to stop him.
"Hey! Doctor Jiang..."
Before he could finish his words, Jiang Yubai let out a wail and dived into the flowers beside the archway.
The two of them were standing on a big rock just now, which made it convenient for them to peek, but Jiang Yubai was so panicked that he stepped on empty air and fell straight down.
This shout finally alarmed the two people in the courtyard. Before Li Yu had time to pull Jiang Yubai up, Chengfeng had already stood in front of them.
"What are you doing?"
Li Yu paused, looked at Jiang Yubai, who was lying on the ground motionless and pretending to be dead, and laughed dryly twice, "Guard Feng, we are spying on the enemy."
"Enemy situation?"
Chengfeng was looking down from above, his tall figure covering Jiang Yubai's body, "Why don't you tell me, what is the enemy situation?"
Li Yu saw that the atmosphere was not right and slapped his forehead. "Oh, I almost forgot. I haven't finished what the adults asked me to do. If the adults knew about it, I would be finished! Xiuxiu, come and help me!"
Li Yu pulled the little maid and ran out, "Guardian Feng, Doctor Jiang, you guys chat first, we're going to be busy downstairs."
The two figures quickly disappeared from sight.
Jiang Yubai secretly glanced sideways and saw that the pair of black boots were right next to his shoulders. With a slight move, they would step on his back.
A hand reached down and a voice came from above my head.
"stand up."
Jiang Yubai's heart skipped a beat, and he thought of something that had just passed close to the tip of his nose, and his face immediately felt hot.
No, no matter what, he won’t get up. Just let him lie here.
Unexpectedly, seeing that he didn't move, a hand grabbed his ankle and pressed lightly at a certain place with the fingertips, and Jiang Yubai suddenly began to tremble all over.
"pain-"
It really hurt, so much so that tears welled up in his eyes.
"It's twisted, but not broken."
Chengfeng withdrew his hand, and this time, regardless of Jiang Yubai's reaction, he directly picked him up from the ground and put him on the big rock next to him to sit.
Jiang Yubai watched the man in front of him slowly squat down, lift up his sprained leg, and reattach his fingers.
"You, what are you doing! Don't touch me, I tell you! You..."
There was a piercing pain in his ankle, and the sprained area was already red and swollen. Chengfeng had just pressed lightly on it just now. Jiang Yubai seriously suspected that he was trying to murder him.
"Be gentle." Jiang Yubai's eyes were blurred with tears, and he didn't realize how soft his tone suddenly became.
Chengfeng's fingers stiffened for a moment, then he started to rub him again, and his movements were indeed gentler.
"What on earth were you doing just now?"
Jiang Yubai curled his lips, "It's none of your business."
"Look at me, it's none of my business?"
The strength of his hands increased slightly.
Jiang Yubai screamed in pain and tried to pull his legs back, but was restrained by a more powerful shackle.
"No need for you to rub it, just let me go! Do you want to take my leg off?"
As he shouted, he raised his other leg and jumped towards Chengfeng's chest.
The plan failed, Chengfeng reacted much faster than him and pulled his raised leg along.
Jiang Yubai was pulled backwards, and his head hit the wall next to the archway, causing tears to flow out of his eyes.
It was the first time that Chengfeng saw Jiang Yubai crying, and he suddenly became a little flustered. He knew that he had hit him too hard, but he didn't know how to comfort him.
"Yes, sorry, come here and let me see if you're hurt."
Chengfeng pulled Jiang Yubai's body into his arms, reached out and felt around behind his head, and found the bulging bag.
Jiang Yubai felt pain in his head and ankles. When someone held him and touched the back of his head, he felt a clear and pleasant smell in his nostrils. A slender neck appeared in front of him, and he could see the protruding Adam's apple and the light blue blood vessels hidden under the skin.
Then he heard the thunderous beating of his own heart.
Jiang Yubai struggled violently, and he didn't know where he got the strength from, but he pushed Chengfeng away.
"Don't worry if it's broken. I'm a doctor and I can heal myself. Just take care of your sweetheart!"
Jiang Yubai stood up by jumping on one leg and limped out.
Cheng Feng caught up with him in two or three steps, pulled his arm, and asked in confusion, "What sweetheart?"
Jiang Yubai wanted to shake off his hand, but unfortunately he couldn't.
"Humph, I know everything. The girl came to your house eagerly to ask you to repay her kindness. Don't you have feelings for her too? That's perfect. I wish you a happy marriage and a son soon. I won't bother you any more. Goodbye!"
Chengfeng was confused. "What do you mean by repaying a favor? What do you mean by being interested? There is nothing between Xiuxiu and me. I don't like her."
Jiang Yubai turned around and looked at Chengfeng suspiciously, and saw that he was looking at him with a rare sincerity and earnestness in his eyes.
"real?"
"real."
"You won't lie to me?"
"I won't lie to you."
Jiang Yubai thought for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "Li! Yu! I won't let you go!"
Speaking of Li Yu, here comes Li Yu.
"Guard Feng! Guard Feng!" Li Yu hurried over from the front yard, "There's a man coming back from the frontier, saying he has something important to discuss with you, sir!"
Chengfeng asked seriously, "Where is the person now?"
"He is waiting in the lobby of the front yard now, but he is seriously injured and looks like he is about to faint!"
After hearing this, Jiang Yubai was about to leave, but was pulled back by Chengfeng.
"Where are you going?"
Jiang Yubai said anxiously, "I'm going to save him! Don't hold me back. If he faints and delays your work, you'll be punished!"
Chengfeng really let go of his hand.
But Jiang Yubai had only taken two steps with his limping leg when he was suddenly picked up in mid-air and carried on someone's shoulder.
Chengfeng ignored his screaming and carried the person at full speed, and soon reached the lobby.
After Jiang Yubai was put down, he rolled his eyes at Chengfeng and then hurried to check the man's injuries.
This man was the secret guard that Pei Zheng left behind in the frontier military camp. Now his entire body was covered in blood, and he had several serious wounds so deep that the bones were visible. He could no longer be saved.
Jiang Yubai gave him a pill to help him breathe again.
"Master, Master..."
A person came in from outside the door, it was Pei Zheng.
When Pei Zheng walked in and saw the bloody man, his eyes deepened a little. He vaguely knew what news he was going to hear next.
"The master barbarians launched a fierce attack on the border. Twelve cities were lost. The border camps were lost. Fifty thousand heroes died."
After these words were spoken, the hall fell into an eerie silence.
Jiang Yubai's eyes instantly turned red. He grabbed the guard's collar and asked again in disbelief, "Fifty thousand people are gone
Where is General Zhao? General Zhao must be fine, he must have led people to break out, and Master Shen, where is Master Shen? The two of them must have evacuated in advance, right? Tell me, tell me."
The secret guard closed his eyes and shook his head with a sad expression.
Jiang Yubai loosened his grip and took two steps back. "What do you mean by this? Shaking your head, what do you mean?"
The secret guard shed two lines of tears from his eyes, "General Zhao has been missing for nearly two months. No one has seen him alive or dead, and his whereabouts are still unknown.
As for Master Shen, she died on the battlefield along with other soldiers!"