Chenyi, who had missed the curfew time and returned, leaned on the table outside the hospital for the night after my fever had subsided, and then ran out early in the morning to buy me a lot of snacks.

I was eating the small wontons of fresh meat that Chen Yi bought, and he looked at me with a smile on his cheeks. Today's Chen Yi is not wearing a military uniform, a moon-white robe makes him sharper and more handsome, the sun is between his eyebrows and eyes, and he is so beautiful that people can't take their eyes off.

Neither of us spoke, either tacitly, either about his unexplained breach of appointment the day before yesterday, or his gaffe when he hugged me.

After I drank the last sip of soup and put down the bowl and wiped my mouth, Chen Yi finally spoke

"Ran'er, tomorrow...... I will return to the capital with the army. ”

"Tomorrow? Why are you in such a hurry? "I was terrified.

"I know that your injuries are not healed, and you were so sick yesterday...... Chen Yi blamed himself with a face, "and you have worked hard every day to treat diseases and save people, and you have never had a good rest, and I have never taken you to visit this Dingyan City." ”

I smiled and said, "It's okay, I will also go to the city before going to the barracks for a doctor, and I can be regarded as running to a lot of places in the city." ”

Chen Yi chuckled, but there was a little bitterness in his smile, "I know, but this hard work." But it was a helpless move for the army to open up so urgently, so I could only ask for forgiveness. ”

I was just about to speak, but Chen Yi said again, "I met your master Fu senior yesterday, and he has returned here from Datong Pass. He heard that our march was imminent, and he wanted to keep you for a few more days, but he was afraid that you would be homesick and that it would be dangerous for you to go on your own road later, so—"

"Gu Jiajun will set off tomorrow at the second day of the first month, if Ran'er and your friends don't dislike it, you can go with us. At that time, I will take Bailong Mountain first, send you home, and then leave. ”

"If I ...... If you really can't leave, I will arrange secret guards to escort you all the way to ensure your safety. ”

I looked up at him, "Thank you for your thoughtfulness, but since the master still wants to keep me, I also have to ask him what the old man means, and if he is leaving tomorrow, he should also say goodbye to the master to fulfill the filial piety of the apprentice; Besides, I came with Ah Chu, Xin Yi and Sun Zhongjing, and I had to ask them what they meant if I wanted to go back. ”

"You just had a fever yesterday, how can your body stand it?"

"It's okay, I know it in my heart, and I won't delay if I go."

"I can't get you anymore." Chen Yi smiled helplessly, "Okay, remember to wear thicker." It's just that I have a lot of business today, so I'm sorry I can't accompany you to meet Master, and maybe I won't be able to come to see you later. ”

"Don't worry, don't bruise your body, I'll be very distressed, and I have to give you medicine." I said seriously, "Did you smuggle your luck when you held me yesterday, it's easy to hurt yourself if you don't rest well." ”

Chen Yi was stunned for a moment, then smiled, reached out and rubbed the hair on my head, "This level can't hurt me, but what I said, I should obey my orders." ”

"That's pretty much it."

"So I will wait for you at the gate of the city at the second quarter of the first month, and if you want to go with you, you will see me at the gate of the city. It's just that...... At most, we can only wait until the time is right. ”

"I see."

After Chen Yi left, I was thinking about things when Achu walked in listlessly.

"Bingran, today the medical hall Lang Zhong and the Gu family military doctor who stayed here checked my pulse and said that my injuries from being beaten by that tartar have healed."

"Isn't that great, why do you have that expression?"

"Fang Caizi came to see me, and brought me shortbread and the sugar man who was not willing to buy it several times when I passed by the stall before."

I was happy, he told me that I should leave tomorrow with the troops returning to Beijing with Gu Jiajun, and the road would be safer, and someone would take us home first. ”

"How did you answer?"

"I asked him when he was going to go back, and he said he had something to stay and take care of."

Then I jokingly asked him if we could follow Gu Jiajun to the capital to have fun, and he flatly refused! I asked him why he didn't speak, and his expression became serious. Although it quickly returned to normal, the more I thought about it, the more strange I felt, and I always felt like I was hiding something. Achu said distressedly.

"Coincidentally, I have an idea with you now." I said, "Xin Yi and Sun Zhongjing haven't woken up yet, so I won't wake them up yet, I want to visit my master first, and I heard Chen Yi say that he has returned." ”

"Then I'll be with you."

"Good boy, Chu girl, I haven't seen you for a long time, Master misses you!" Fu Lao was very happy to see me and Achu visiting, and the wrinkles on his face were all smiling. He pulled the two of us over, looked at it from head to toe, and pretended to complain, "I went to Beirong, and the people were all haggard, so that you would not listen to the words of the teacher!" ”

"Yes, yes, Master's clever plan, we ignorant gangsters have you worried." I said coquettishly.

"It must have been Sun Zhongjing's stinky boy, otherwise how could you three obedient little girls be so bold?" Fu Lao gritted his teeth and said, "This kid has a good-looking face, and this is smashed, it's really retribution, retribution." ”

Fu Lao said this, but there was real worry in his eyes, and I smiled, "Then when the injury on his forehead is healed, I will let him scold you well, and then laugh at him fiercely!" ”

"Well, it's not enough for me to be angry that he's here." Fu Lao waved his hand in disgust, "Besides, you will leave tomorrow, although it should be safe to follow the army, but if you want to say goodbye, you can only wait for the master to get interested and go out to wander." ”

"Master, Ah Chu and I are here for this very purpose." Hearing what Master said, I got busy and serious, "Although the battle is over, the rest after the war is not something that can be completed in a moment and a half, not to mention this big victory, the second pass of Datong, and the poisoning of the people and soldiers, why did the Gu family army return to Beijing in such a hurry?" ”

"Yes, and he left in such a hurry, he could only rely on the Qin messenger sent by the imperial court to leave the aftermath, and there was no rumor before." Achu added.

The master glanced at the two of us, but he was not surprised at all, and asked, "Apprentice, what did that kid from the Gu family tell you?" ”

"He said let's go back with the army, and send us back to Chenjia Village, Shuangqi Town, halfway."

"That's what he said to you, but what else?"

"It's gone."

The master looked at Ah Chu again, "Girl, you know that this was told to you by the descendant surnamed Ye, before he arranged for someone to escort me to and from Dasheng Datong Second Pass to detoxify the people and the mobile troops of the Gu family army stationed in Datong Pass, I also dealt with him. ”

"That's right, the predecessor is really a god!" Achu was surprised, and then felt a little aggrieved, "But he didn't say anything to me, what I heard here is similar to what Bingran heard." ”

Master suddenly sneered

"These people who are slaughtering officials are really shrewd and have a good calculation!"

Master's attitude suddenly became judgmental, and Ah Chu and I were both startled, "Master (senior), what did you say?" ”

"You risked death to come here to save people and go out to find medicine for them, this credit is not small. If it is reported to the court, the reward will be rich, and this group of people intends to gently expose it without saying a word? ”

Ah Chu and I didn't expect this layer when we came, and we were stunned when we heard this.

I said, "We didn't come here to fight for merit, but now that the lives of the people and soldiers have been saved and the battle has been won, this is already the greatest praise for the doctors." ”

The master shook his head and said, "Fool, your benevolence as a healer is indeed good, but you saved people, you did things, and whether you were rewarded or not can only be decided by you." ”

"Now that the four of you flat-headed people are soft-spoken, Gu Chenyi is the deputy marshal of the Gu family's army, knowing that without you, it is possible for the Gu family's army to be wiped out; And that Ye Zi Qixinke champion is the imperial court, don't you know that if the Gu family is defeated and the city is broken, he doesn't say that his future is ruined, and he can't even save his life! Now that the turmoil is over, coaxing you young girls with a few sweet words, but keeping silent about what you deserve, such a perfunctory act is not a hypocrite's behavior! ”

Master had never spoken so harshly in front of me, and Ah Chu was already stupid when he sat on the sidelines, and I was a little dazed for a while.

"Apprentice, and Chu girl," the master sighed and said, "I'm an elder, what you juniors are thinking in your hearts, and what Su Ri has done, I don't have nothing to do." ”

"But even if it is with your own heart, you have to think about whether the man's character is a good person worthy of trust."