It turns out that I too have been robbed.

"Ah, how do you feel?"

Pei Ruzhou has heard this sentence countless times in recent months.

After Pei Ruzhou left the Netherworld and opened his eyes in a daze, the first sentence he heard was still this.

Pei Ruzhou was poisoned because of saving Qi Yunyao, and the emperor sent him the best imperial physician in Huazhang Palace.Everyone knew that the emperor and the queen mother valued Pei Ruzhou very much, and as imperial physicians, their wealth and lives were all tied to Pei Ruzhou.

Therefore, every time Pei Ruzhou woke up, he would always hear the voice of the imperial physician who was extremely concerned.

But this time was different. Apart from being concerned and relieved, what Pei Ruzhou heard was more fear that could not be concealed.

And the way Qi Baili looked at him was like looking at the whole world.

Most importantly, Pei Ruzhou saw a tear that was about to fall at the corner of Qi Baili's eye.

... Qi Baili was crying?

At this time, he belatedly realized that Qi Baili's voice was trembling slightly when he said that sentence to himself just now.

He was nervous.

Indeed, Qi Baili is nervous

Pei Ruzhou didn't even need to look for and verify this emotion from the other person's eyes, because Qi Baili's hand holding him had already revealed all the feelings of the master.

In most cases, Qi Baili would hide his emotions. In the eyes of many people, he was a very indifferent person.

And the more such a person is, the more he cannot be ignored when strong emotions burst out in his eyes.

Normally, Pei Ruzhou might not have paid much attention to Qi Baili's eyes, but now he just came out of the Netherworld.He who had seen the black mist entangled with God Venerable Yongxiao was no longer as innocent as he was a few days ago.

At the moment when their eyes met, Pei Ruzhou instinctively moved his eyes away.

The next moment, before the two of them had time to say anything, a group of people suddenly appeared in front of Pei Ruzhou.

It was late at night when Pei Ruzhou woke up, Qi Baili was the only one who stayed by his side with his eyes open all the time.But now hearing the commotion here, the maid on the side finally overreacted, and called everyone who was resting outside to come here.

The imperial physician, court ladies, eunuchs, and princess, they separated Pei Ruzhou from Qi Baili.

The young man on the bed was surrounded by the excited voices of the imperial physicians—they all said that Pei Ruzhouji had astronomical phenomena, and even if he had a narrow escape, he would be able to pass this test.

But in an instant, these voices and people separated the two teenagers who were originally together to the far ends.

Because of Qi Baili's sudden departure, Pei Ruzhou's hand also dropped suddenly.

Seeing the look in Qi Baili's eyes now, Pei Ruzhou wanted to ask him to stay, but it wasn't until this time, after wandering around the Netherworld while sick, that he realized belatedly that he couldn't speak.

Pei Ruzhou's throat was dry and sore as if it had been scorched by fire, and he couldn't make a sound.

This feeling awakened Pei Ruzhou's five senses that had been sleeping for a long time.

Although the poisoning had ended, the sword wound on Pei Ruzhou's body was still not healed, and his muscles ached as soon as he took a breath.The next moment, Pei Ruzhou's vision became blurred again...

It was late at night, Pei Ruzhou woke up a little suddenly, and the lights in the room hadn't been turned on yet.

The people gathered around Pei Ruzhou blocked most of the light in an instant.Pei Ruzhou finally couldn't help it, and closed his eyes heavily at this moment.

With one last glance, Pei Ruzhou saw Qi Baili looking at him with a complicated expression that he didn't know what was happening across the crowd.His gaze was suddenly no longer gentle, and his head, which had been lowered all the time, did not know when it was raised.

It was also at this moment that Pei Ruzhou suddenly realized very clearly—Qi Baili had changed.

No... not right.

Before falling into a coma again, the last words in Pei Ruzhou's mind were: Qi Baili has not changed, the king in "The Prophecy", he should be like this.

This time, Pei Ruzhou slept on and off for more than half a month.

Somewhat different from before, Pei Ruzhou seldom returned to the Netherworld when recovering from his injuries.Each time he fell asleep, he lost consciousness almost completely.

The wound medicine that the imperial physician prescribed for Pei Ruzhou contained a bit of paralyzing ingredients, so Pei Ruzhou almost spent the past half month in his sleep.

And when Pei Ruzhou's injury healed a bit, someone from the palace finally came to the residence of the Great General Zhenxi with an imperial decree.

The Pei family has been loyal and good for generations, and Pei Ruzhou has made great contributions in escorting the driver, so he went to garrison at Zhoulan Pass with the title of school lieutenant.

Emperor Gaozu of Dayi was originally a military general in the previous dynasty, and he was the most afraid of military generals after the founding of the country. The emperor was always reluctant to give military generals excessive power, and it was even more difficult for generals to be promoted.

In this dynasty, only generals are higher than the rank of lieutenant.

So even though Pei Ruzhou is the son of the Pei family, this military rank still gives people a feeling of rising from the ground.

However, none of the youths in the Forbidden Army was jealous or unconvinced. After all, what Pei Ruzhou got was all obtained by him firmly and with his own blood.

Although Princess Shuming, like Pei Ruzhou, didn't want to stay in Fengcheng for a moment, Pei Ruzhou's injury hadn't healed yet.Therefore, after receiving the imperial decree, they did not leave in a hurry, but stayed in Fengcheng for a long time.

The group of people did not leave until Pei Ruzhou recovered from his injuries.

……

After being injured, Pei Ruzhou hadn't left Zhenxi General's Mansion and Fengcheng for a long time.

The moment the wheels of the carriage rolled over the long street and headed out of Fengcheng City, Pei Ruzhou who was sitting in the carriage finally couldn't help but gently rolled up the bamboo curtain.

Coincidentally, it was summer when Pei Ruzhou came to Fengcheng, and it was midsummer when he left here.

Although Dayi has a history of less than a hundred years, Fengcheng has stood quietly for thousands of years.The moment Pei Ruzhou turned around to look back, he saw the bluestone city wall that was hundreds of feet high.

At this time, he was very close to the city wall, so close that when he saw the thing in front of him, Pei Ruzhou suddenly felt a sense of suffocation.

The city wall seemed to be a huge blue beast, standing here quietly and staring at him.

The next moment, Pei Ruzhou suddenly frowned and looked away.

After leaving the city, the speed of the carriage became faster and faster, and the huge Fengcheng was gradually moving away.At the same time, Pei Ruzhou suddenly thought - I don't know when will I come here next time?

No no, as soon as he thought of this, he threw the thought out of his mind.

Pei Ruzhou thought that if he left Fengcheng this time, he might never come back.

Or maybe, when Qi Baili ruled the world and the Western Regions were at peace, he would come back to see the future emperor of Dayi.

After all, I am the future tutor!

Thinking of this, Pei Ruzhou couldn't help laughing.On the other side, the princess who was also looking out through the window asked, "What's the matter, Zhou'er? I suddenly smiled when I saw something."

Pei Ruzhou didn't know, but while speaking, Princess Shuming couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and secretly thought that returning to Zhoulan Pass this time was an extremely correct decision.

"Ok?"

Hearing what his mother said, Pei Ruzhou realized that he was laughing belatedly.

He paused, and replied truthfully: "I'm thinking about the sixth prince. When the world is peaceful in the future, I might come here to look for him."

Hearing this, Princess Shuming also smiled.

"In the future, you can go to his fief to find him." The Princess said.

The prince of Dayi has his own fiefdom.Although many of them will choose to live in Fengcheng most of the time, they still have to be careful when speaking.

"Okay, I understand mother." Pei Ruzhou nodded.

He said so on the lips, but at this moment, what he was thinking in his heart was still Fengcheng.

After all, according to "Heavenly Prophecy", Qi Baili is the one who will rule the world in the future and become the master of Huazhang Palace.

"En." The princess nodded with a smile. Although at the beginning, she had a prejudice against Qi Baili, but now the princess Shuming has a very good impression of Qi Baili.

When Pei Ruzhou was sick and recuperating a while ago, Qi Baili would always be by his side whenever he was free.

Sometimes Qi Baili managed to come over between business trips, and Pei Ruzhou didn't wake up even once during the period, and the young man wasn't annoyed at all, and even the eyes he cast on Pei Ruzhou would become more and more worried.

Not to mention that every time Qi Baili came to see Pei Ruzhou, he would not disturb anyone, he just sat on the side and read a book quietly...

Coincidentally, when Pei Ruzhou and Princess Shuming mentioned Qi Baili, a melodious piano sound suddenly came from a small pavilion not far from the official road.

Pei Ruzhou, who was planning to put down the bamboo curtain, hesitated for a moment, and then couldn't help but cast his gaze towards the small pavilion.

Unexpectedly, with just this casual glance, Pei Ruzhou really saw a familiar figure.

"Qi Baili..." He subconsciously said these three words.

And hearing this name, Pei Yufeng, who also stayed in the carriage, but hadn't spoken all this time, suddenly yawned very uncooperatively and said, "Brother, don't you mention the Sixth Highness as soon as you hear the sound of the piano, okay? He hasn't been there for a long time. Didn't you play the piano?"

What Pei Yufeng said was right, in Pei Ruzhou's impression, Qi Baili had indeed not touched the piano for a long time, especially after leaving the palace, he had never seen Qi Baili move once.

"No, it's Qi Baili!" Pei Ruzhou's voice suddenly amplified.

Hearing this, Princess Shuming hurriedly asked the driver in front to stop outside the pavilion.

As the carriage approached, Pei Ruzhou could see it more and more clearly.

I did not admit the wrong person!

A year ago, there were not many people who followed Pei Ruzhou and Princess Shuming to Fengcheng, and when they returned, there were only four or five carriages.Therefore, as soon as Princess Shuming said, the carriage behind stopped, and the carriage that Pei Ruzhou was riding in slowly stopped beside the pavilion.

"Chou'er, be careful!" Seeing that Pei Ruzhou was anxious to get out of the car, the princess hurriedly reminded her.Pei Ruzhou, who was anxious to see his friend, waved his hands and jumped down from the carriage.

It happened that at this time, Qi Baili finally finished playing the piece.

The slender fingers left the strings, but the weak vibrations still did not stop.

Yu Yun was still lingering in the pavilion.

At this moment, Pei Ruzhou belatedly realized that the piece Qi Baili played just now was none other than the piece "Flowing Water and Empty Mountains" he played on the day the two met.

Teenagers don't always have much idea of ​​the passage of time, but the same goes for 17-year-old Pei Ruzhou.

But at the moment Qi Baili stopped playing the qin, Pei Ruzhou realized very clearly that a year had already passed like this.

The young man sitting in front of the piano stood up slowly, without saying a word, he just quietly hugged Pei Ruzhou into his arms.

At this time, a gust of wind blew from a distance, lifting Pei Ruzhou and Qi Baili's long hair, and there was a faint sound of camel bells, which came from nowhere.Pei Ruzhou didn't have time to think about whether he gave the camel bell to Qi Baili at that time, he only heard the young man say in his ear: "Ruzhou, don't forget me when you return to Zhoulan pass."

"Don't worry, it won't happen."

"You..." At this point, Qi Baili suddenly paused, and it took a few moments before he said the following words, "Ru Zhou, do you want to hear me play the piano?"

While speaking, Qi Baili still did not let go of Pei Ruzhou.

It was summer at this time, and people were not wearing thick clothes.

When Qi Baili was talking, Pei Ruzhou not only felt his body temperature, but even vaguely felt his heartbeat.

Therefore, under the interference of these factors, he did not notice Qi Baili's tone.

There was a little hesitation in the boy's voice, but in the end it was firm.

——Qi Baili doesn't like playing the piano, and even hates playing the piano. He hates people treating him as a luthier.

But Qi Baili found that Pei Ruzhou seemed to like listening to himself playing the piano.

If it was because of Pei Ruzhou, Qi Baili would be willing to play a song for him here.

Although Pei Ruzhou didn't know what playing the piano meant to Qi Baili, and how much he hated it.

But after staying in Fengcheng for a year, Pei Ruzhou finally understood that the prince would not easily play the piano in front of others, which was inconsistent with their identities.

So Pei Ruzhou shook his head lightly, and took half a step back.

He looked at Qi Baili and said: "No, you are the prince, and from now on you can just play the piano for yourself."

In an instant, Qi Baili's eyes suddenly changed a little, making Pei Ruzhou even more confused.

However, before he could think about it, he heard Princess Shuming not far away say, "Zhou'er, after saying goodbye to His Highness, hurry up and get in the carriage."

The group of them had to arrive at the next station before it got dark today.

Hearing the words of Princess Shuming, Qi Baili smiled and said to Pei Ruzhou: "Ruzhou, let's go, or it will be dark."

"Hmm..." Pei Ruzhou nodded lightly, turned around and walked towards the carriage.

But at the moment when he was about to get into the car, Pei Ruzhou couldn't help but turn around and glance at Qi Baili from a distance.

He saw Qi Baili, who was dressed in black, standing in place, staring at him with extremely gentle eyes.Qi Baili's expression was far more serious and mature than his peers, but his face was just that of a teenager.

I don't know when the next time I see Qi Baili will be.

At that time, what should he be like?

After this glance, Pei Ruzhou finally got back into the carriage and headed for the post station in the distance.

At the moment when the wheels of the carriage rolled forward again, the sound of a zither rang in Pei Ruzhou's ears.

——He had clearly rejected Qi Baili, but Qi Baili did not listen to Pei Ruzhou.

The sixth prince of Dayi sat back at the piano table and played a farewell song for him like a musician.

Qi Baili's unfinished words, as well as his emotions that he couldn't tell Pei Ruzhou, were all hidden in these five tones.

Until the moment when it was too far away to hear the sound of the piano, Qi Baili never stopped.

After more than a year, Pei Ruzhou finally returned to Zhoulan Pass.

More than a year ago, ten days after the battle at Zhoulan Pass, General Pei Ruzhou left the city as soon as he was buried in the ground.

Therefore, it was only now that Pei Ruzhou finally saw what the war had brought to this former important town in the Western Regions.

Although Dayi temporarily reached a peace agreement with the countries of the Western Regions, after this battle, the conflicts among the many ethnic groups that were originally buried under the yellow sand were completely exposed.

The once busy shopping mall suddenly became deserted.

After returning to Zhoulan Pass, Pei Ruzhou couldn't help getting out of the carriage, and went around the small city.

The young man suddenly felt that the city where he grew up had become strange...

Pei Ruzhou simply stayed at home for half a month, and after recovering, he went to the military camp to report.

He grew up here since he was a child, and he didn't feel uncomfortable after arriving in the military camp. On the contrary, he felt more at ease than when he was in Fengcheng.

Perhaps the only accident in his life at this time is...Pei Ruzhou will still get poisoned once every half a month, and just like when he was in Fengcheng, whenever he gets poisoned, he will go to the Netherworld.

No... To be more precise, this time it was Jiuchongtian.

It only takes one night for Pei Ruzhou to get poisoned every time, and Ruzhou is a god who has lived for thousands of years.Every time he was poisoned, he could only see fragments of the other party's life intermittently.

And after watching it a few times later, Pei Ruzhou finally understood—after what happened at the Styx River that day, God Venerable Yongxiao actually... ran away directly!

He ran to the Nine Heavens, and even before leaving, he didn't forget to strengthen the seal under the Styx River.

So in the next few times, what Pei Ruzhou saw was finally no longer the image of God Lord Yongxiao sitting on the edge of the Styx River meditating every day.He went to Jiuchongtian instead, and while hiding from the black mist, he drank tea with the Emperor of Heaven every day.

It was obviously a lively Jiuchongtian, but Pei Ruzhou actually felt that such a day seemed more and more boring.

……

Familiar places and familiar people, Pei Ruzhou who has been staying in the barracks, sometimes even subconsciously forget Fengcheng.

In the evening of that day, a strong wind blew up in the desert not far from Day Orchid Pass.

Standing on the city gate in silver armor, Pei Ruzhou couldn't help squinting his eyes and looking not far away.

"My lord, it's so windy today." At this moment, a soldier who had known Pei Ruzhou since childhood walked up and couldn't help but whisper in his ear.Although Pei Ruzhou now has a military rank, his younger siblings are still used to calling him "Mr. Pei" as before.

"Well," Pei Ruzhou squinted his eyes and said, "I can't see the front clearly..."

They have lived in Rilan Pass for more than ten years, and they have never seen such a scene.

Not only Pei Ruzhou, everyone here became nervous when they saw Huang Sha.

The general in charge of the affairs of Zhoulan Pass is named You Weining, and he was once a subordinate of Pei Ruzhou's father.He had already gone to rest, but when he heard that the weather outside was different, he returned to the tower again.

Seeing Pei Ruzhou from a distance, You Weining walked over quickly, and asked directly, "How long has this wind blown?"

Pei Ruzhou clasped his fists and saluted, and replied, "About a moment."

"Well," You Weining paused again, then turned around and asked Pei Ruzhou, "Can't you see clearly over there?"

Different from Fengcheng, the soldiers of Day Lan Pass all know that Mr. Pei has the ability to penetrate Yang with a hundred steps.

Not only is he excellent at archery, but the most important thing is that his eyes are better than ordinary people.

But this time, upon hearing You Weining's words, Pei Ruzhou just shook his head slightly and said, "I can't see clearly either."

"it is good……"

There are high mountains on both sides of the north and south of Rilan Pass. The reason why it was built here is that this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Under normal circumstances, looking from the city wall of Zhoulan Pass in the distance, the Gobi Desert with a radius of tens of miles can be seen at a glance.

Now that their line of sight is completely blocked, they are subconsciously worried and extremely anxious.

After a short pause, You Weining turned around and said to the people around him: "Take some people there, and before the sun has completely set, make sure there is something abnormal over there."

"Yes!"

After replying, the person beside You Weining wanted to leave, but before he could turn around, Pei Ruzhou said to You Weining, "General, I also want to go together."

"...You? No, I don't know what's there. It's too dangerous for you to go there," You Weining said with a sigh, "If something happens, how can I explain to General Pei?"

But after listening to his words, Pei Ruzhou shook his head firmly and said, "If I don't go, I won't be able to explain to my father." The young man's tone was extremely serious.

As an old subordinate of General Pei, You Weining knew that the general had always been strict with Pei Ruzhou, and the general back then had always taken the lead...

After hesitating for a while, You Weining finally nodded with difficulty: "Go, be careful and come back safely."

"Yes!" Pei Ruzhou solemnly gave a military salute to You Weining, and then walked down the tower with the people who had just done it without any hesitation.

The heavy city gate of Zhoulan Pass opened slowly, and Pei Ruzhou rode Xuezhi and rushed out of the city gate.

The snow-white war horse couldn't help neighing excitedly after smelling the wind and sand.Its voice was drowned in the yellow sand, and finally disappeared from the sight of the people upstairs together with the tower behind it.

The strong wind was wrapped in gravel and brushed towards Pei Ruzhou's cheeks, he squinted his eyes, trying to block the wind and sand with his long eyelashes.But it was just squinting, Pei Ruzhou didn't have the slightest fear in his heart.

Looking at the boy's back, You Weining couldn't help but muttered to himself: "My lord, Mr. Pei has grown up."

Back then, General Pei always said in front of his subordinates that he was worried that Pei Ruzhou would always be a child.And those generals in the military camp who watched Pei Ruzhou grow up also felt that Pei Ruzhou's personality was too naive and free and easy, and worried whether he would be able to be independent in the future.

But now, seeing Pei Ruzhou grow up, You Weining, as an elder, is both gratified and regretful.

Pei Ruzhou has grown up, and he probably has more burdens than his ancestors.

At this moment, Pei Ruzhou, who was riding into the wind and sand, didn't know that his trip was not just to observe the abnormalities ahead.

What happened in the future will be forever recorded in the history books of Dayi.