Traveling through troubled times, he fled with his stepson

Wei Qiqi blinked after opening her eyes after a night's sleep.

She herself did not expect that she would be able to sleep so soundly for the first time in the wilderness. She thought she would not be able to fall asleep no matter what, but she fell into a deep sleep leaning against the tree trunk.

Li Yuan woke up early. He sat quietly in front of Wei Qiqi and added firewood to the dying fire.

After waking up, Wei Qiqi did not move, but looked at Li Yuan quietly.

Both mentally and physically, his growth was beyond her imagination.

Looking at him from behind, no one could tell that he was a boy under fifteen years old.

She was thinking intently when Li Yuan turned around and met Wei Qiqi's eyes.

Both of them were stunned, and finally Li Yuan stepped forward first.

"Qiniang, are you feeling unwell?"

There was nothing uncomfortable about it, it was just too comfortable. It was very cold at night, Wei Qiqi didn't feel it when she was sleeping, but she felt a little cold when she woke up.

But not to the point of being unbearable.

Because he was covered with a quilt that came from nowhere.

"No, it's very comfortable. But where did you get the quilt in a place like this?"

Wei Qiqi frowned and asked.

"I rode back to the farmhouse where Jianyu went before and bought a quilt."

She didn't expect this kind of answer, she thought it was something that existed in the team.

"You... rode out on horseback late at night?"

"Are you stupid? One night won't do anything." Wei Qiqi was not a person who didn't understand. The round trip distance from the farmhouse to here must be quite long.

After all the effort, Li Yuan just got her a quilt.

"It's okay. I just happened to need some things for the trip, so I bought them all."

The farmhouse was poor and didn't have many things, so even if Li Yuan wanted to buy more quilts, he couldn't get any.

I also took some things for boiling water and some animal furs to keep warm.

Wei Qiqi and Ye Yuanxin are the only women in the team, and women are weak and prone to illness.

Li Yuan bought it for them to use.

"It's okay if you don't need it. At most, you just feel uncomfortable. You must not have had a good rest after going back and forth like this, and it's night time. You don't have to do this next time. Now that I've escaped, I know what kind of life I want to live."

Wei Qiqi told Li Yuan that she planned to let Li Yuan know that she was ready to suffer, so there was no need to be pampered like before.

Li Yuan looked at Wei Qiqi, and his face lost those subtle expressions that he only had towards her. As soon as he returned to his expressionless look, Wei Qiqi knew that he was unhappy.

"Do you know that you have an old illness and you should take good care of yourself?" Li Yuan said as he approached Wei Qiqi.

His action was a bit aggressive, causing Wei Qiqi to frown unconsciously.

"Besides, as long as I am here, I will not let you, Qi Niang, suffer even a little more."

He said this in a somewhat stubborn tone, and Wei Qiqi had no choice but to nod in response as she was moved by his subsequent words.

She didn't dare say more, because the more she said, the more mistakes she would make.

She has a pre-existing illness? What pre-existing illness? How come she doesn’t know about it?

On the contrary, after saying those words, Li Yuan kept observing Wei Qiqi's attitude. Seeing that she did not refute the fact that she had an old illness, he could not help but lower his eyes.

Qinnan looks healthy on the surface, but the doctor said that this disease will only gradually show up when she is a little older.

In the past two years in the military camp, he has been reading books but has not been able to find a definite treatment method.

We can only do some trivial things, such as adding medicinal herbs to the snacks or meals we usually eat.

But the effect is not great.

The doctor's words are still ringing in my ears.

He said that the illness looked mild, but it was actually very dangerous, so he should pay special attention to it.

Before leaving, the doctor looked at him for a long time, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself. When he asked further, the doctor said that he would be fine if he took good care of himself.

As long as you don’t get sick, the damage to your body will not be too great for the time being.

The disease will only begin to develop as you get older.

So he wanted to climb forward, to reach a certain height, and invite the best doctor to treat Qiniang.

Before doing all this, Qinnan's health cannot tolerate any mistakes and she cannot get sick at all.

These are things Li Yuan did not tell Wei Qiqi. If he didn't tell her, Wei Qiqi naturally wouldn't ask.

Many years later, Wei Qiqi accidentally learned what Li Yuan had done.

It was just discovered too late.

After everyone else got up and packed up, they were ready to set off.

There were four horses, three of which were carrying everyone's belongings, and Li Yuan let Wei Qiqi and Ye Yuanxin take turns sitting on the other horse.

No one dared to object to this decision openly.

They hunted wild game and fruits to satisfy their hunger along the way, and they stopped frequently along the way. The conditions were very difficult.

At a glance, except for Wei Qiqi and Ye Yuanxin who kept clean faces, everyone else was covered in dust and dirt, and Li Yuan was no exception.

"Master, where are we going?"

Since these people came under the auspices of Li Yuan, they were no longer called Li Baihu, but masters.

Dai Jiangong is no exception.

His wife and children live in a rural area outside the city, and with the protection of their relatives, there won't be any major problems.

He also wanted to try his luck and didn't want to be a mediocre person all his life.

"Go to Jiguan Mountain."

Li Yuan said while looking into the distance.

"Chicken Pass Mountain?"

The person who asked the question scratched his head. He was the young man who had asked Wei Qiqi before.

Dai Jiangong and Cheng Feiyue looked at each other, and both could see confusion in each other's eyes.

Why did Li Yuan go to Jiguan Mountain for no reason?

The terrain there is rugged and easy to defend but difficult to attack. A long time ago, some people occupied the mountains and became kings and bandits.

However, because the boss often robbed the rich to help the poor, the government's crackdowns on bandits were always hindered. To this day, the bandits in Jiguanshan are still rampant, and their reputation has grown due to the government's crackdowns.

Jiguanshan is not near Xuancheng, and the leader of Jiguanshan has never done anything to the people of Xuancheng, so the two forces have a non-interfering relationship.

Why are they rushing forward now?

Cheng Feiyue was not quite sure about what Dai Jiangong did not understand, but he roughly guessed that Li Yuan did it because of the terrain that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Only Wei Qiqi turned around and looked at Li Yuan after hearing this.

Only she knew why Li Yuan chose this place.

It's not just because Jiguan Mountain is easy to defend but difficult to attack because of its steep terrain. It would take at least 40,000 to 50,000 people to capture it.

Also because this place has a close relationship with Li Yuan.

Over the years, because they had guessed Li Yuan's peculiarity, Wei Qiqi and Xu Yaluo had investigated the events of the past many times, both openly and secretly.

It also brought up some old stories.

Jiguan Mountain is surrounded by mountains on all sides and is located in a fortress of three prefectures. It can connect to Yizhou, Chenzhou and Xuancheng in the north and Nanzhao Kingdom in the south.

It’s not far from Yangzhou either.

The most important is Yizhou.

Yizhou is the ancestral home of Li Yuan's maternal family.

What did Li Yuan want to do by choosing this place?

Faced with everyone's suspicion, Li Yuan still brought his men to the farm at the foot of the mountain.

But he didn't let anyone into the farm.

Instead, they retreated another two miles.