The two hurriedly left the city, and when they returned to the military camp, Zhao Litang had already returned early.
"Changyi, you go in and rest first."
Zhao Litang let Qi Changyi enter the barracks first, then called Wu Quan aside and scolded him severely.
Qi Changyi bit his lip guiltily, and stood at the door watching from a distance, unwilling to go in.
"I told you to take good care of him, not to take him out! You know his physical condition, and it's so cold outside, what if he gets frozen to death!"
Wu Quan lowered his head and admitted his mistake, "General, I am right! I know I was wrong, and next time I will never take the little prince out without permission again!"
Zhao Litang sighed, "Alright, I know, it's not all your fault. I know you very well. Did he say a few soft words to you and you gave in?"
Wu Quan buried his head even deeper.
Zhao Litang understood, "Go check his pulse first to see if it's disturbed."
Wu Quan did not leave, but told Zhao Litang what he saw Pei Zheng and the Imperial Guards in the city.
"He's quite quick," Zhao Litang said. "Don't worry. Without the emperor's decree, no one dares to make trouble in the military camp. Even if he comes, he has no reason to ask me for help."
Wu Quan felt relieved after hearing what his general said and turned to go into the barracks.
There was a charcoal fire burning in the barracks, and it was very warm.
Qi Changyi had already taken off his cloak. Wu Quan felt his pulse and his expression immediately turned unnatural.
Zhao Litang called him aside to ask.
Wu Quan shook his head. "Your Highness' pulse has been very unstable recently. When he is excited, like now, he is in good spirits and can walk. When he is depressed, he falls into a coma and is not conscious. He even has a fever from time to time. If it weren't for the old man's prescription that has been helping to support him, I guess Your Highness would have been in a coma forever."
Zhao Litang clenched his fists. This was definitely not a solution.
These days he has been sending people to look for the ghost doctor in Guigu, but unfortunately no one has ever seen him, no one knows what he looks like, and no one even knows where Guigu is.
Could it be that it is really just a legend
Just as I was thinking about it, a little soldier with a bruised face and nose ran in from outside.
"Report to the General! Lord Pei... Lord Pei Pei Pei is here!"
The little soldier shouted, covering his face.
Zhao Litang's expression changed, "Pei Zheng?"
"Yes, it's the Prime Minister Pei from the Imperial City, Lord Pei!"
"What is he doing here?"
The young soldier was about to cry, "I asked the same question just now, and was beaten like this by the people around Lord Pei."
Zhao Litang raised his hand, "Forget it, you go down, I'll go meet him."
As he was about to walk out the door, he remembered that there was a little man with eager eyes sitting in the bedroom.
Zhao Litang walked back to the bed, bent down and looked at the little guy, "Chang Yi, do you know who I'm going to see now?"
Qi Changyi tugged at his sleeve and nodded.
"If you don't want to tell me those things, I won't force you. If you don't want to see him or go back with him, I will definitely protect you, understand?"
Qi Changyi's nose felt sore and a hint of crystal appeared in the corners of his eyes.
"I understand, Brother Tang, you have to be careful too, don't get hurt."
Zhao Litang agreed and went out.
When they arrived at the gate of the military camp, they saw two teams of guards lined up neatly. The golden helmets and armor they wore were different from those of the soldiers stationed on the border.
Seeing Zhao Litang coming, the guards automatically made way.
Pei Zheng was sitting leisurely on a chair at the back, holding a delicate beauty in his arms.
"Who do you think it is? Isn't this Prime Minister Pei, who is busy with all kinds of affairs? How can he have time to come to our remote frontier? Is it possible that the huge imperial capital can't accommodate you?"
Zhao Litang's words were full of sarcasm, and anyone who heard them would be furious.
But Pei Zheng refused to do that. The angrier Zhao Litang got, the more the corners of his mouth rose.
Pinching the beauty's fingers, Pei Zheng glanced over and said, "I was just passing by here on business, and I came to say hello because of our old friendship. General Zhao, why are you so angry? You've only been here for a few days, and you have no place to vent your anger?"
Everyone who understood this blushed, and the beauty Pei Zheng was hugging also hit Pei Zheng's chest in a coquettish manner.
"My Lord, what are you saying in broad daylight?"
This voice surprised everyone to realize that this beautiful woman was actually a man with a feminine appearance.
"They don't understand, but you still don't understand? Huh?" Pei Zheng deliberately bit the beauty's ear and said in a tingling voice.
"Sir, why are you bullying Luo Yu like this?"
Zhao Litang couldn't bear to watch the two people being so disgusting, "Master Pei has finished greeting everyone, you can leave now!"
"Are you in such a hurry to get me out? Don't you want to invite me in to sit down?" Pei Zheng's smile suddenly disappeared, and he looked a little colder. "Or is there some secret hidden in there? Are you afraid that I will find out?"
Zhao Litang paused and said nothing.
The surroundings suddenly became quiet. The soldiers on the training ground stopped training and looked over here.
Pei Zheng still looked fearless, allowing the beautiful woman in his arms to slowly open his collar and put her hand into his robe in full view of everyone.
He acted like he would get the job done at the military camp gate today if Zhao Litang didn't let him in.
Zhao Litang grasped his sword, stepped aside slightly, and gritted his teeth, "Master Pei, please."
Pei Zheng smiled, pinched the beauty's arm and took her hand away. His movements seemed ambiguous and gentle, but the beauty was in pain.
The corners of his mouth twitched.
There was actually nothing good to see in the military camp. There were only soldiers covered in dust and dirt from years of suffering from flying sand. The guards from the imperial capital all looked delicate and fair-skinned when they walked in there, and Pei Zheng, who already had fair skin, looked even worse, and stood out in the gray crowd.
"Training ground, horse farm, battlefield, barracks, weapons camp..."
The young soldiers with bruised faces and noses introduced them one by one.
The beauty that Pei Zheng was hugging had already retreated, and now the only one following behind him was Chengfeng, dressed in black and with an expressionless face.
Chengfeng raised his arm and the young soldier shrank back in fear.
Chengfeng seemed not to see anything and whispered something into Pei Zheng's ear.
Pei Zheng immediately stopped and said, "General Zhao, let's stop here. It's getting late..."
Zhao Litang continued, "Then I won't waste Master Pei's time. The conditions in the military camp are poor. I will send someone to the city to find another place for Master Pei to live."
"No need, I think this barracks is good." Pei Zheng pointed to a small barracks hidden behind several barracks and said, "If General Zhao doesn't mind, I can stay here for a while."
Zhao Litang's expression changed and he looked at Pei Zheng. The place he pointed to was the barracks where Qi Changyi lived.
"I'm afraid that's not very convenient. Your Excellency is of noble status, how can you live in a place like that? If it gets out, people will say that our army is neglecting Your Excellency."
Pei Zheng said nothing, but just stared at the barracks with a playful look. Although his lips seemed to be curled up, it made people feel chilly.
Zhao Litang said, "How about this? I'll have someone clean up a bigger barracks for Lord Pei to live in. How about that?"
After a long while, Pei Zheng retracted his gaze and said, "Thank you, General Zhao."
Zhao Litang immediately ordered people to clean up a barracks far away at the other end of the military camp and arranged for Pei Zheng to live in it.
Pei Zheng really didn't mind and took the beauty in with him.
It wasn't completely dark yet, but some ambiguous noises were heard in Pei Zheng's barracks. The previously suppressed moans and cries later became loud and unrestrained, each one so seductive that it seemed to turn people into water.
The soldiers guarding Pei Zheng's barracks, except Chengfeng who still had an expressionless face, all had their ears red.
No, I didn't expect that Lord Pei actually likes male beauty and is so unruly and brave.
However, in fact, inside the barracks, Pei Zheng was sitting neatly in a chair, drinking tea in his hand, with his thin lips slightly curled.
The beautiful girl Luo Yu was lying alone on the bed, her clothes half-too-stripped and her face flushed. She was constantly shaking her body, looking up and shouting, her hands moving non-stop.
After shouting until his voice became hoarse, Luo Yu asked cautiously in a low voice, "Sir, it's almost two hours, is it ok?"
Pei Zheng looked at him coldly, "Continue."
Luo Yu had no choice but to continue performing with a hoarse voice.
It finally got completely dark.
Pei Zheng stopped Luo Yu, stood up, pulled his collar slightly tilted, and then walked out.
When he looked up, he happened to meet Zhao Litang who was on night patrol with his soldiers.
"It's so late and you haven't rested yet. General Zhao must have worked so hard."
Zhao Litang looked at the disheveled Pei Zheng with a sullen face, "Sir Pei, the military discipline is strict. If you want to do something, please go to another place, don't disturb the military atmosphere!"
Pei Zheng smiled and said, "It just so happens that I need to change places now."
After saying that, he waved his sleeves and left.
Zhao Litang patrolled the night for a while and then went to Qi Changyi's barracks to check.
The kid hadn't gone to bed yet. He had taken off his shoes and was sitting on the bed, staring at Wu Quan, and no one knew what he was doing.
"Changyi, why haven't you rested yet?"
Zhao Litang took off his armor and walked over.
"Brother Tang, please don't talk to me first. I'm competing with Brother Wu. Whoever blinks first loses. I can't lose..."
In fact, the little guy's eyes were very dry. His little face was tense and serious, his eye sockets were red, and he tried hard to open his eyes wide. His eyelids were about to collapse, so he used his fingers to pull at his upper eyelids.
Wu Quan suddenly blinked his eyes, and two lines of tears flowed from the corners of his eyes. He covered his eyes and shouted, "Ah! I lost! The enemy is too powerful! I can't resist it at all!"
The little guy immediately blinked his eyes, tilted his head back to keep his tears from flowing, and then smiled at Zhao Litang, "Brother Tang, I won!"
When Zhao Litang saw his bright smile, he held back what he wanted to say.
"That's amazing, but you are not allowed to play anymore. You should rest."
Qi Changyi pouted, but still got into the quilt obediently and waved to Wu Quan, "Brother Wu, let's fight again tomorrow."
Wu Quan nodded and left with the others.
Zhao Litang walked over and tucked the quilt for him. The little guy lay there obediently with his eyes closed.
"Have a good sleep and all your worries will go away."
After saying this, Zhao Litang turned around and prepared to walk out.
Before he reached the door, he heard faint noises coming from under the quilt behind him.
Zhao Litang walked back to the bed and gently lifted a corner of the quilt. As expected, he saw the little guy curled up underneath, hugging his knees and sobbing quietly. He was crying very sadly, with his little face buried in his arms and his shoulders shaking.
"Don't cry, Changyi, what's wrong?"
Qi Changyi raised his tear-stained little face, and spoke in a baby voice with a suppressed cry, sounding extremely aggrieved.
"I... I don't know, I just feel a little sad..." His fingers tightly clutched the collar of his shirt.
Zhao Litang wanted to help him up and comfort him, but there was a commotion near the barracks door.
"Master Pei! Master Pei, you can't go in! This is a military secret area. No one is allowed to enter without the general's order!"
Then a drunken but extremely cold voice sounded.
"What if I insist on going in?"