incomprehensible

Chapter 114 No Promise

Ye Xuehuan woke up clammy and in pain, feeling as if he had gone through a terrifying process of separation and reunion.The consciousness has gradually returned, but the body does not seem to be his own, lying on the ground unable to move, and he does not know where he is for a while.

In the visual range, there is only a light blue and fish-white sky, dotted with a few stars that will be hidden in the sky, which is a scene that will only appear when the night is coming to an end and the morning sun is about to rise.

——In other words, he is no longer inside the imperial mausoleum, but under the sky.

Ye Xuehuan's whole body suddenly trembled, he should have died because of excessive blood loss from the penetrating wound on his abdomen, why did he not feel the wound at all at this time, but was still so awake?

An extremely ominous premonition seized his heart that had just resumed beating—where is Lan Qi?

As if answering his question, the senses that gradually cleared up captured the sweet scent that he was most familiar with, but it was richer and more fragrant than ever.

"... Lan'er?"

He tentatively called out, his voice so hoarse that even he couldn't bear to listen.Moving his eyes down, he finally saw Lan Qi who was kneeling beside him, his clothes were disheveled, his body was drenched, his face was pale and colorless, his dark pupils were loose and wandering, and his dripping hair stuck to his cheeks, lips, and body. But it was full of blood stains, and the contrast of red, white and black was shocking.

Lan Qi didn't respond to his call, just lowered his head slightly, raised his left arm, which was bloody for some reason, and slowly brought it to his mouth, then opened his mouth to bite off a piece of flesh from his arm, mechanically Chew it into pieces, and then leaned over to his right belly.

Ye Xuehuan jumped up violently, finally regained control of his body at this moment, pressed Lan Qi's shoulder, and said in surprise: "What are you doing?!"

How could he not know what Lan Qi was doing.

——He is using his own flesh and blood to repair his wounds, exchanging his own life for his life.

Deed Gu can really bring the dead back to life, it can really exchange lives for lives!

Ye Xuehuan's mind was in chaos, he squeezed Lan Qi's jaw open hard, pulled out all the remaining pieces of meat in his mouth, and then pulled up his sleeves to wipe off the blood on his face, as if this could cover up those cruel things that he didn't like. willing to imagine the fact.

Both of them were dripping with water, as if they had just come out of the river; the blood stains mixed with the water, turned into a light pink, and flowed into the placket along the pale neck, which could not be wiped clean.

Lan Qi was in a trance, let him fiddle with it for a long time before he came back to his senses, let out a barely audible whine, and murmured: "Rong Cai..."

"I'm here." Ye Xuehuan wrapped his cold body tightly in his arms, trying to give him some warmth, but he couldn't stop shaking, "My dear, I'm here."

He didn't bother to look at the situation in his right abdomen, first pulled up Lan Qi's left arm, and saw that the slender, white and tender forearm was covered with tooth marks, a small half of which was gnawed off by himself, and the bright red flesh White bones can be seen vaguely; and the rest of the body is also interlaced with seven or eight incisions with flesh turned out, the one on the wrist is especially deep, and it accurately cuts off the large blood vessels. At this time, almost no blood has flowed out.Due to blood loss, those five long and beautiful fingers were swollen and twitched slightly, probably unconscious, curled up pitifully.

——He actually used up all the blood in his body to replenish his loss, and then used his own flesh to plug his wound!

"Rong Cai..." Lan Qi huddled in his arms, her eyes half-closed, as if she had no strength to open them anymore, her voice was so soft that it seemed that it would be blown into the wind at any moment, as if aggrieved and accusing, "I'm sorry... Disobedient..."

Ye Xuehuan gently kissed his pale lips, "It's okay. Don't be afraid, I'm here."

He tore off the small glass bottle around his neck, his fingertips were numb and trembling, he couldn't uncork the bottle after pulling it out several times, and he was afraid that the pills inside would be spilled with too much movement, so he could only use his teeth slowly Bite, poke with your nails, and pick the cork off bit by bit.

"Rong Cai..." Lan Qi's voice became softer, "You asked me just now, if there is an afterlife... Between you and me, only this life is promised, and no future life is promised."

"If there really is an afterlife..." He hummed in anger, his breath was broken and incomplete, "I will never, never meet you again..."

Ye Xuehuan was anxious and hurting, so he managed to uncork the bottle, trembling, poured out a small black pill, and stuffed it into Lan Qi's mouth indiscriminately, "My dear, we haven't finished this life yet, of course we don't promise the next life." "Hey, eat it, eat it quickly..."

Lan Qi's consciousness is becoming more and more blurred, but the sweet fragrance on his body is getting stronger and stronger, getting closer and closer to the smell of Longfeng in the Spirit Hall; this shows that he has already shed all blood, and the contracted Gu has turned into blood, which is a sign of the beginning of Gu. .When the gu blood enters his brain, he will become an unconscious, immortal puppet—just like Long Feng.

Ye Xuehuan couldn't help but think of Longfeng's huge numb and hollow pupils. What he said to Lan Qi at the beginning was true. If Lan Qi really turned him into a gu, he didn't know how crazy he would go, and he didn't want to use his own hands to get rid of it. Experience to know.

He held the pill with his finger, pushing it all the way into his throat, forcing Lan Qi to swallow; Lan Qi let out a painful whimper, retched twice in his throat, but finally swallowed it.

"Good baby, it's okay, it's going to be okay." He hugged Lan Qi, and kept dropping kisses on his face, "Have a good sleep, and it'll be over when you wake up...Hey, I'll hold you, sleep..."

Lan Qi's body was completely paralyzed, and he slowly closed his eyes, and then slowly stopped his breathing and heartbeat, and his body temperature dropped to the lowest.This is due to the medicinal effect of Snake Sleep. Before falling into a state of suspended animation, he will lose his senses first, so at this moment, Lan Qi can no longer feel pain, and his expression is relaxed. Half of his face is buried in his heart, serene and peaceful, just like Every night I slept soundly in his arms.

Ye Xuehuan supported the back of his neck with one hand, and patted him on the back with the other, just like coaxing him to sleep in the past, whispering "don't be afraid" and "it's okay" in his ear, not knowing whether he was trying to coax Lan Qi , still comforting himself.

He didn't know if Snake Sleep could save Lan Qi, but in the state of feigned death, the heart stopped beating and the blood vessels were blocked, so it could be delayed for at least three days, preventing the Gu blood from entering the brain and preventing the Gu from transforming.If during this period, Lan Qi's own body can recover to a certain extent under the intensification of the snake sleep, and there is no need for deed Gu to turn blood to save his life, then there is still hope.

Snake sleep is the real medicine for tigers and wolves. When Daxuehuan was 20 years old and his health was the strongest, after using snake sleep, he obviously felt not as good as before, his self-healing ability weakened, and the old spots between his chest and lungs The injury can't be taken care of well, otherwise, how could it be planted in the hands of those corpses.How can Lan Qi's physique be compared with that of him when he was 20 years old?

But Ye Xuehuan didn't dare to think about it for the time being.Whether Lan Qi can live or not will be known after three days.

As the sky was getting brighter, he realized that he was in a valley surrounded by high, steep and smooth mountain walls, and at his feet was a small lake. There is a big hole, and a large water mark extends downward from the hole, and the remaining small water column is still dripping, like a waterfall that is about to dry up.

Ye Xuehuan guessed that the mountain torrents were flooded after the mountain collapsed, broke through the mountain wall, and rolled him and Lan Qi out of the imperial mausoleum, and rushed into the valley from this cave, but he couldn't imagine how Lan Qi carried him in the mountain torrents. How did he drag him ashore from the lake after being washed down, and then exchanged his life for him one knife at a time, one bite at a time.

His shirt was unbuttoned, and the sash was thrown aside. It is estimated that Lan Qi untied it for him; there was no wound on the right abdomen, and the newly grown flesh showed a fresh tender pink color, with a narrow strip around the periphery. Stained with blood foam and minced meat, the wound has completely healed before it has been absorbed.

His heart ached, and he couldn't bear to look any further. He put Lan Qi on the ground gently, and got up to look at the valley.

——Whether Lan Qi is dead or alive, human or Gu after three days, he must take him back and be the only concubine he loves deeply in his life.

At this time, it was supposed to be the twelfth lunar month of winter, but for some reason, the valley was as warm as spring, green grass and wild flowers were everywhere, the trees were tall and strong, and there was the sound of birds in the forest.

The mountain torrents carry rock and mud, so it must be turbid, but the water in this lake has not been polluted much. The water quality is still clear, and there are even swimming fish passing through it; There were some wet marks left on the side grass after the water receded, indicating that there was another spring at the bottom of the lake, which was a living water source connected to the underground water vein.

But it is impossible for him to return the same way from the hole where he rushed out, and it is impossible for him to enter and exit the underground water source like a fish, so he can only find another exit.

Not knowing where the hair crown fell, Ye Xuehuan picked up the belt and tore off a section, tied up her hair, and gathered up her skirt.The two shy bracelets that Lan Qi used for bloodletting were all blades at this time, and they were randomly discarded among the grass; Bai Houhou said to protect him at the beginning, but he kept using them to hurt himself.

Ye Xuehuan really hated this pair of bracelets that had hurt Lan Qi so many times, but after all, they were Nanfu keepsakes, so they had to put them away properly, and made up their mind to return them to their original owners when they returned.

The valley occupies a small area and can be seen at a glance. There is nothing special about it, except that there seems to be a cave on the opposite mountain wall.

Ye Xuehuan went over to take a look, and his heart sank.

The cave is only a few feet deep, but there is an old stone door at the end.

——This is not a natural valley. There are traces of man-made digging, which means that they probably haven't left the range of the imperial tomb.

Ye Xuehuan suddenly felt that it was absurd, how dare this Awakening Ancestor's Mausoleum come with a back garden?

If this is the case, they may not leave so easily.

There is only one bolt on the stone gate, which is also made of stone, and it is not locked, but it is very heavy.Ye Xuehuan took a little effort to open the door. There was indeed a cave inside, and it was hollowed out into a stone room. The ceiling and walls of the cave were polished extremely smooth, square and flat, and there was a strange fragrance vaguely. This makes the stone room that has been closed for thousands of years free from peculiar smell, dry and refreshing.

In the center of the stone room is a low table, which is integrated with the ground, and it should have been carved out directly when the cave was dug; four cabinets were also carved out in the corner, and all of them are decent. .The most exaggerated thing is that there is a huge square topaz on the other side of the wall. It is half a person high, six feet long and four feet wide. Flower relief, the water waves are full of blooming lotus.

Ye Xuehuan's heart moved, he stretched out his hand to touch it, and it felt warm. It was indeed the yellow warm jade bed that Yu Tian had mentioned casually.I thought it was some unofficial history secret before, but I didn't expect it to be true, and it was hidden in this kind of place.

He didn't think about it for a while, and went to the other side to open the cabinet.

The cabinet is actually filled with all kinds of daily necessities, from clothing, shoes and socks to pots and pans, and even hoes for farming, fishing tackle, bows and arrows for hunting, and animal traps, all of which are made of shark silk. The millennium is still as bright as new, not even a speck of dust has fallen.

——Low tables, jade beds, lockers, if you can open a small window, wouldn’t it be a tasteful and elegant bedroom?Planting a piece of land outside, fishing in the lake, and hunting in the mountains, isn't it the fairy days of ordinary people living in seclusion?

Having seen all the strange things in the imperial mausoleum, Ye Xuehuan was actually a little numb, but at this moment he couldn't help but be dumbfounded, slandering Xingzu's strange taste in this regard.The underground palace of the imperial mausoleum in front is extremely luxurious, wishing to move the whole world into it, and quietly built such a small stone room in the back, wanting to control the world and enjoy the mountains and rivers, how can there be such a good thing in the world?

He didn't bother to guess what the lunatic was thinking, so he went out and brought Lan Qi in, placed him on the warm jade bed, took off his wet clothes, picked a large long coat from the cabinet to cover him, and went out to wash him with a basin. Drink water and clean the wound for him.

Lan Qi had bruises and bruises all over his body. They should have been bumped when he was struggling in the mountain torrents. They were not serious. The scratches on the palms of his hands also began to close slowly under the effect of snake sleep.There was a long bruise on the lower abdomen, which came out when he was pressed on the coffin lid in the hall of spirits. It should have hurt at that time, and tears fell down, but he just focused on picking the small pendant and didn't care about it at all. Thinking of coaxing his aggrieved kitten.

The left arm is naturally the most ferocious. Those broken textures, broken meridians and blood vessels, and the faintly exposed slender bones are silently accusing how cruel the owner of this body is to him.In particular, most of the wounds are bite wounds, which are uneven, and the skin and flesh will be broken continuously. The outermost circle has long been necrotic due to blood loss for a long time, which affects the healing. Ye Xuehuan can only take out the shyness again, and carefully peel off the dead flesh , keep the wound smooth and clean.

There was no bleeding from the wound, and Lan Qi didn't feel it, and let him handle it without moving.

He has seen countless wounds more terrifying than this on the battlefield, and the army even joked that scars are the sex appeal of a man; but this arm has never touched a sword, and its firm texture is only practiced for climbing walls. Can you bear this kind of injury?

When he thought of the conversation on the river that day, he felt even more bitter and unspeakable.The incident happened so suddenly that they were not prepared for each other. After all, he missed the appointment first, and Lan Qi watched him seriously injured and died.

Now his blood is mixed with Lan Qi's blood, and his flesh is mixed with Lan Qi's flesh; his life is bound to Lan Qi's life, and it no longer belongs to him alone.Even if he returns to the frontier battlefield in the future, he will no longer be as brave and fearless as before. He must cherish his life more than ordinary people, because Lan Qi told him with practical actions that if he dared to spare his life, Lan Qi would dare to change his life.

Just like when Lan Qi whispered proudly in his ear under the ginkgo tree in Taixue Institute, he dared to jump down if he dared to hang him on the tree; if he jumped once, he would not dare to have a second time.

——After changing his life once, how dare he have a second time?

How could he have forgotten that Lan Qi had such a resolute temperament, why did he believe the "I don't know" that he said on the river, how could he have the courage to persuade him to leave alone at the critical moment of life and death.

When he heard him say the phrase "reluctant", Lan Qi felt how painful it must be, so painful that he could destroy his body to this point without hesitation.

The clothing made of shark silk cannot be cut, and their original clothes are dirty and wet. After the wound is cleaned, there is nothing to bandage it. They can only hang the wound outside and wait for self-healing.

Looking at the dark red tender meat without any protection, Ye Xuehuan's eyes suddenly blurred.He blinked, squeezed out the misty mist, and stumbled out of the stone room.

He couldn't remember how many years he hadn't cried. Even when Empress Chu passed away, he never shed a single tear in front of others.He thought that he was already used to seeing life and death, and that people in the army should be like this, so Mo Ran and Tong Xuan left decisively after confirming that they could not save him.But only now did he understand that life and death were never used to talking about it; if they were in a different place, if Ye Xuexun or Lu Yao were at the other side of the broken bridge that day, would the two of them be able to leave?Switching positions, if Lan Qi is on the verge of death, can he go by himself?

It's one thing to know it in your heart, but it's another thing to be able to let go.

He would rather have those injuries fall on himself, so as not to be as heartbroken as he is now.

He fell down and sat by the lake, and saw his pale and haggard self on the water surface. In the blink of an eye, drops of water dripped and rippled away, distorting that face into various strange shapes, funny and empty.

He has never been so at a loss in his life, not knowing where he is, guarding Lan Qi who doesn't know if he can wake up, as if he is the only one left in the world, with all the power and prestige he once had Wealth has lost its meaning, it can't help him at all, and it can't save Lan Qi's life.

He knew that he should calmly think about how to leave this place right now, but only Lan Qi's bloody arm dangled in his mind, and he couldn't think about anything else.Even when he was besieged by the border barbarians back then, he still had a direction to stick to, the courage and bargaining chips to give it a go; but now he has nothing, and he doesn't know what to do. Apart from waiting for Lan Qi to wake up, he has nothing to do. Know what else you can do.

For a moment, he even thought to himself that if Lan Qi really couldn't wake up, he might as well just sleep with him until the end of time.

He took a deep breath, plunged his head into the water suddenly, the coolness suddenly made him wake up a lot, and finally noticed the strangeness in the water.

The entire bottom of the lake is full of jewels, covered with gold, silver and jade objects, some of which are very familiar, and they are clearly funerary objects in the ear chamber of the Spirit Hall.

At that time, the Spirit Hall was the first to collapse. Even if something could rush out with the mountain torrent, it should be those corpses chasing after them all the way. How could it be these funerary objects that should have been buried in the ruins long ago?

Ye Xuehuan soon realized that those pills, classics, and blueprints could not withstand water, and they might have all been destroyed in the mountain torrents; most of the corpses were dressed in armor, and they were too heavy to sink to the bottom , only these large gold, silver and jade articles of moderate weight can be rushed out together.

If this is the case, it can only mean that the water rushed upwards from the bottom of the underground palace. It is likely that it broke through the mountain wall halfway and directly filled the rift below the stone bridge. Therefore, there is no backflow from the top platform, so it will not rush away much. Corpse figurines.

No matter how you look at it, this is not normal, and the exit is the "back garden" of the imperial mausoleum, so he has to suspect that there is something tricky in it.

——Could it be that those corpse figurines tried every means to keep them, that is, to let them wait for the water to pour down and come to this valley by water?

This can explain the inexplicable sinking coffin, but to collapse the entire imperial tomb just for people to come here is too convoluted and too much trouble, right?

What if you die on the way if you don't run fast enough?

Or does Xingzu feel that people who can't even overcome this difficulty are not worthy of coming to his back garden?

Ye Xuehuan sneered and shook his head, reminding himself again not to guess what the madman was thinking, and went around the lake to check carefully.

He found his and Lan Qi's cloaks in the shallow water not far away. Because they had eaten enough water and sank under the water, he could only carry them ashore and spread them on the grass to dry.Lan Qi was afraid of the cold, even if it was warm in the valley, the clothes in the stone room would not be enough for him to keep out the cold.

The things they brought into the imperial mausoleum were very fragmented, and it was definitely impossible to rush out such as drinking water, but he finally found the medicine box that had been discarded on the square in front of the Spirit Hall when he first evacuated by the other side of the lake.

In order to reduce the weight and resist the humidity in the southern wilderness, all the medicines in the medicine box are not used in porcelain bottles, but are tightly wrapped in waterproof oil paper; although the medicine box itself is filled with water, Ye Xuehuan unpacked a pack of golden sores Sure enough, seeing that all the powder inside was intact, he was overjoyed.

——With wound medicine and clean gauze, even if it can't speed up the healing, at least it can prevent infection and inflammation, and prevent further deterioration.

In the midst of many catastrophes, there was finally a sliver of luck that was enough to rekindle the flame of hope in his heart that was like a candle in the wind.

He picked up the medicine box and rushed back to the stone room, held Lan Qi's arm and applied medicine to him, then took off the gauze and bandaged him, wrapped the whole forearm tightly, wrapped it tightly in his palm, and put it on. Only then did he dare to touch the wound lightly through the gauze on his own leg.

A large piece of flesh was missing from the already slender arm, and it was wrapped in layers of gauze, making it as pitiful as a skinny twig.The one on the wrist has obviously cut through the meridian, this arm is not useless, and I am afraid that it will not be able to lift any heavy objects in the future, let alone climbing and jumping, the lightness technique is basically useless for more than half.

This is all in the second place, with such a serious injury, I don't know how his body will be consumed by the snake sleep, and I don't know how long it will take to recover. It is possible to be a sick child for a lifetime.

This is all based on the assumption that Lan Qi can wake up. If he can't wake up after three days, or if he opens his eyes, there will be a pair of huge godless pupils...

Ye Xuehuan sighed softly, fell exhausted beside Lan Qi, carefully protected his left arm, embraced him from behind, clasped his fingers between his fingers, and held him firmly.

It took him two years to raise such a beautiful and fresh Lan Qi, but it turned into this in one night, even paler and more fragile than when he first saw her, with a small face that was almost transparent, as if she had been poked hard. It is about to shatter and disappear, and only when you hug tightly in your arms can you feel a little real.

He was also really tired, and his heart and lungs were still aching. At that time, he and Lan Qi said it lightly, but in fact, the imperial physician had already asserted that his old injury would take at least ten or eight years of recuperation. It will get worse in old age.Deed Gu can indeed alleviate some symptoms for him, but it is an internal injury after all, the Gu blood cannot reach the affected area directly after entering the body, and it cannot be completely cured, and he has to slowly nourish it by himself.

——He must cherish his life a little more, and focus on cultivating Lin Xize when he returns, so that he can retreat from the front line in a few years, carefully heal this old injury, and be able to stay with Lan Qi forever, until Whiteheads.

He sniffed the sweet fragrance of Lan Qi's body, thought about some irrelevant thoughts, and slowly fell asleep.

It was late at night when I woke up, and the stone room had no windows for ventilation, so the door could only be left open; the night was still cold in the twelfth lunar month, and Ye Xuehuan almost woke up from the cold.

He went out and picked some wild fruits to eat, picked up dead branches and built a fire beside the low table, and brought in two cloaks to dry.The fire has been soaked in water, and it took a lot of work to start the fire, so we must pay attention to keeping the fire, because it will be troublesome to light it again after it is extinguished.

The original clothes on his body were full of big blood holes in the front and back, so he must not be able to wear them anymore, so he had to pick out ready-made clothes from the stone room, but the size was barely suitable.The styles are all thousands of years ago, quite different from the present, and he doesn't know how to wear them, so just put them on and fasten them securely.Lan Qi's clothes were soaked in blood, making them even more unwearable, so he wrapped them in long clothes and put them next to the low table to keep warm.

Lan Qi is still lifeless, but the fragrance on his body has not become stronger, which is probably a good thing.

Ye Xuehuan washed up slowly by the lake, and it was only at this time that he was finally able to truly calm down and resume the entire trip to the imperial tomb.

It is not a failure to say that Mo Ran found Guanghanyu as he wished, and Yu Tian also got a little primitive blood; but the key is who made Lan Qi insist on opening the coffin.

Regarding this point, Ye Xuehuan had already come to a conclusion in his mind, and Lan Qi's final entrustment to Mo Ran also confirmed his conjecture.

Lan Qi's intuition was terribly accurate. When April was in the Xianning Palace, he had already doubted Ye Xuequan, implicitly pointing out that he was also brought up by Empress Chu, but Ye Xuehuan didn't think about it at all at the time.It doesn't matter when he approached Lan Qi and what kind of token he gave him, but he did grasp Lan Qi's weakness.

Lan Qi has always been in awe of the Queen of Chu, and she is also extremely persistent in this so-called mission, but Ye Xuehuan also made a promise before her soul that "we will get married after the emperor's mausoleum event".As far as Yu Lanqi is concerned, the premise of "getting married" must be "the matter of the imperial tomb". Qi's self-esteem and obsession are enough to make him submit obediently.

Ye Xuequan must still have the bargaining chip given by Empress Chu, but he did not reveal it to Lan Qi. This kind of unknownness became a greater threat instead, making it impossible for Lan Qi to judge the consequences of telling Ye Xuehuan, so he could only fool.

The reason why no clues can be found is not that Empress Chu has done a good job of keeping secrets, but that her plan has only two steps, the first step is Lan Qi, and the second step is Ye Xuequan.

She didn't need to be exhaustive at all, because she didn't need to complete these two steps by herself; Lan Qi was in charge of fetching things, and Ye Xuequan was in charge of execution.

Lan Qi is just a stepping stone. After completing the task, he loses his value, and it doesn't matter whether he lives or dies. That's why the Empress Chu simply allowed him to stay free.

Ye Xuehuan was even thinking that Empress Chu named him "Qi", even though it coincided with his surname Qi, why did she choose this word?Is it to pray that he can turn bad luck into good luck, or...to use him as a sacrifice to pray to the imperial mausoleum?

"The queen mother is really calculating. It's a pity..."

He sneered coldly, looking at his own reflection in the lake, the pair of phoenix eyes inherited from the Queen of Chu reflected the moonlight in the sky, and also stared at him coldly, as if they were facing each other in silence separated by time and space and life and death .

"...Erchen just doesn't want to let the queen mother get what she wants."

He murmured, took off the phoenix-tail wrench from his right thumb, threw it into the water, smashed the face in the water with a bang, and also shattered some longing and persistence in his heart.

He took out another Mimosa, held the sharp blade in his palm, grabbed the bundled long hair with the other hand, and cut it off in the middle. All the black hair in his hand scattered into the water, and slowly sank to the bottom of the invisible lake.

"The queen mother... the children are not filial."

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Candy will be released in the next chapter, I promise!