Chapter 236 Meeting an Old Friend
"Let's see if there's any water or food around here. Don't go out right now. The situation outside is unclear. We'll check again tomorrow."
Zhangtou nodded in agreement and then turned around to give instructions to everyone.
Song Ci looked at the falling night. Although they were on the border together, where was Pei Ji? Was he okay?
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"Master! I will take you back no matter what. We can't delay any longer!" Alin was almost crying in anxiety. His usually rebellious face looked like a dyeing factory, full of colorful colors.
"I...cough cough cough...Now everything is planned, how can I leave? Only if I am here will they be deceived. We will have a chance to turn the situation around!" Pei Ji coughed twice, and a trace of blood flowed from the corner of his pale lips.
He raised his hand to wipe it off, turned around and began to give instructions to the people around him, without caring at all.
Ah Lin stamped his feet in anger, "Master, you don't care about your own body, don't you want to see Miss Song again! If Miss Song knew that you don't care about herself so much, she would definitely be sad and upset."
His words stunned Pei Ji for a few seconds, then he burst out laughing. "Song Ci is not a weak woman. She is more strategic and calculating than the average man. I have never looked down on her. Even without me, she would be fine. As for...other things, I believe she will understand me. The border is broken, the people are displaced, and families are broken up. She is hard-mouthed but soft-hearted, and she can't stand it the most."
"You! You! You! What can I say to you!" A Lin was so angry that he no longer cared about hierarchy and just kept calling people "you, you, you".
Pei Ji was not angry either. He looked at him softly and said, "You have followed me since you were a child. In all these years, you have not made any plans for yourself. It is enough for me to stay here alone for this war. Now return to the capital and report the news here to the emperor."
"I'm not leaving! Who cares about the old emperor? My master is you, my lord!"
"You're speaking in anger again. How can you be so disrespectful to the Emperor?" He paused. "If you truly regard me as your master, then listen to me and go back to tell the Emperor all the news here. As for the Pei family... I think without me here, there will naturally be no more disputes."
"I won't leave!" Alin emphasized his tone.
"Alin, do you really want to piss me off to death right now?" Pei Ji coughed violently, his eyes full of bloodshot, staring at Alin intently, as if it would remain like this until he agreed.
"Master! Don't be angry. Anger will make the poison work faster!" A Lin pursed his lips, tears welling up in the corners of his eyes. "I promise you, isn't that enough? Don't be angry!"
Night falls.
Lying on the bed, feeling the excruciating pain from the poison, Pei Ji felt a sense of peace for the first time. Perhaps because he felt that his life was coming to an end, he felt a little more relaxed these days than usual.
He sighed as he held the strange purse tightly in his hand. In the end, he could not tell that person his feelings.
Wanxiang cleaned up the innermost room in the house for Song Ci to live in.
The owner fled in such a hurry that everything in the house was there. In his haste, he only had time to take away a few pieces of clothing and valuables.
So everyone stayed very comfortably that night.
Song Ci tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.
Looking at the curtains above the bed, she suddenly felt panicked, as if something was about to happen.
She couldn't wait any longer, so she stood up, put on her clothes, and went to the door to breathe the slightly cooler night air. Only then did she feel less annoyed.
As if sensing something, the sound of horse hooves rang out, especially obvious in the silent and empty night.
She took a few steps forward, opened the door, and looked out toward the street. A large black horse galloped toward them. The man sitting on it held a long sword at his waist, his face icy and his eyes red. Song Ci's eyes widened, and the next second, he shouted, "Alin!"
The man on horseback tightened the reins and looked around blankly. Soon he saw Song Ci sticking his head out of the box.
He seemed to be unable to believe it, and wiped his eyes before speaking, "Miss Song!"
There was a sound of pursuers behind them, Song Ci said: "Follow me quickly."
"good!"
Alin dismounted, pulled the horse into a dark alley, and hid behind a wooden box. When the pursuers arrived, there was no one there.
"The person is missing."
"All of you, chase after them. You must catch them. The leader said that no one can be let out!"
"Yes!" everyone said in unison.
Song Ci and A Lin didn't dare to make a sound. Even the horses behind them sensed the tense atmosphere in the air and blinked their eyes obediently without making a sound.
After everyone left, Song Ci whispered, "Why are you here?"
Ah Lin suddenly became overwhelmed with grief, "Miss Song, please save my master. He...he is dying."
Even though she knew the situation would be like this, Song Ci couldn't help but feel a dull pain in her heart. She forced herself to calm down and asked carefully: "Tell me quickly, how is Pei Ji?"
She could only pray sincerely that Pei Ji's situation would not be the worst.
After Alin vented the situation, he turned his head away uncomfortably, secretly wiped away a tear, and then told the story of Pei Ji's situation and the situation in the army.
"You mean Pei Ji is planning to put on a show, making the other side think he's trapped, waiting for everyone to gather and then break through in one fell swoop?"
"Yes!" A-Lin nodded. "These foreigners are truly cunning. Raised on the grasslands, they're very agile and skilled in horseback archery. If they miss, they'll quickly retreat, leaving our army completely unable to catch up. They're constantly wearing us down! They've also stationed guards at the border, forbidding anyone from leaving to pass on messages. Food supplies are dwindling. Furthermore... the young master was struck by an arrow, and now the poison is acting up so frequently, that's why we resorted to this desperate measure."
"Young Master now occasionally falls into a coma."
Song Ci's heart sank rapidly, and he fell into a coma. Then he was completely unconscious and could not wake up. Then he slowly died under the torture of nightmares. This was the viciousness of this poison.
"I see."
"Miss Song, can my son still be saved? You are an excellent doctor, you can definitely save my son, right?" Alin's eyes were full of pleading, as if a desperate person had grabbed the last straw to save his life.
Song Ci: "Yes, but now you have to take me to your son as soon as possible. The sooner, the greater the hope of saving him. I have brought the antidote. If we get it in time, he can be completely detoxified and recover."
Ah Lin couldn't believe it, his face was filled with ecstasy, "Young Master, can you really detoxify like an ordinary person?" He cried out "Wow!" "Young Master has suffered so much, he is a good man, he shouldn't die."
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