a hundred times

The treatment period lasted seven days, and the two of them were beaten down by three snow leopards as soon as they arrived, so naturally they didn't dare to be careless.

Ye Zhuchen walked around the cave, caught a rabbit, disemboweled it with a dagger, washed it with ice water, and returned to the cave. Along the way, he picked up some firewood, lit a fire, and threw it to Zhou Chuze to roast.

Immediately afterwards, he began to clean up yesterday's mess, dragged the three snow leopards out of the cave, peeled off the animal skins with a calm face, washed them and hung them on the raised rocks above the cave, and another pile of snow leopards grew beside the cave. Fire to bake the snow leopard skin.

By the time Zhou Chuze's rabbit was cooked, Ye Zhuchen's three animal skins were almost dry.Then I found a bottle of hundred flowers for concentrating from the baggage, and sprinkled some on the animal skin to get rid of the fishy smell. One was used to make the bed, and two were used to keep warm.

After the two finished eating the rabbit meat, Zhou Chuze was in charge of resting, and Ye Zhuchen went out to work again.

I ran down the mountain and took the big luggage that the people in the exiled valley left at the foot of the mountain. There were some daily necessities in it. I picked up a lot of firewood along the way. The basic guarantee of life has been done.

Worried that the powder sprayed at the entrance of the cave would not be strong enough, Ye Zhuchen designed some simple traps and placed them outside the entrance of the cave.After finishing, I went to collect herbs diligently, picked snow lotus ganoderma, caught ice toad, and caught a stupid cloud satin snake.

He is very capable of surviving in the wild, and whenever it is beneficial, he does not care whether it is disgusting or not, and he does not change his face when he does it.Zhou Chuze opened his eyes. Ye Zhuchen grabbed the ice toad and started scraping the toad cake with copper tweezers. After scraping the toad cake, the ice toad was tormented to death, and started to bully the cloud satin snake again. He took the snake gall and put it into the medicine grinder to grind it. Mix it with Chansu, heat it up, take a few herbs taken from the foot of the mountain, reheat it, and make a pill.

Zhou Chuze had read all these procedures in books, but he never thought that Ye Zhuchen could do them easily in such a crude environment.

"It's almost there." Ye Zhuchen nodded with satisfaction, "I will start retreat tonight, it's too cold here, it's not good for you to be exhausted all the time."

Zhou Chuze glanced at the sky outside, tossing until it was sunset and dusk, and the rays of the sun were shining on the entrance of the mountain cave, which was gorgeous and moving.

Ye Zhuchen stretched his waist and suggested: "Go outside for a walk?"

Zhou Chuze stayed in the cave for a day and was very bored. After thinking about it, he said, "Okay."

The Luoxi Mountain Range is already a natural moat, but the Unnamed Peak is in the surrounding mountains, but it is enough to overlook the mountains.The two stood on the top of the peak, and as far as the eyes could see, the sea of ​​clouds was vast, and was illuminated by the setting sun in shades of color, golden and truly magnificent.

Ye Zhuchen pointed to the west: "Less than two hundred miles away is the place where Cheng Yue is stationed."

"He didn't become the emperor after all." Zhou Chuze said.

"Although he is not an emperor, he now has 20 soldiers and horses in his hands. It has always been the emperor who has soldiers and horses."

It was rare for Zhou Chuze to hear him talking about his opponent, so he smiled and asked, "Is he your opponent?"

"Why not? To be honest, among all my opponents, he is the one I can't see through the most." Ye Zhuchen wrote lightly, "If the emperor died three months later, he would never be in such a mess now. "

"Embarrassed?"

"With 20 soldiers and horses, facing enemies inside and outside, how can he realize his grand plan and great cause?" Ye Zhuchen talked and laughed, and pointed Jiangshan again: "Just at the end of that sea of ​​clouds, when I left, Guicheng had already been destroyed. The siege lasted for half a month. If the city of Gui was broken, the war between the two countries would start completely, and Cheng would be more helpless at that time, and the only thing he could rely on was the 20 soldiers that King Chen gave him."

Guicheng is an important town for trade between foreigners and Han people. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It has always been the first difficulty in conquering Luozhou Mountain.

Zhou Chuze couldn't help asking: "Can you win?"

"not necessarily."

"Why?"

The great mountains and rivers came into his eyes, and Ye Zhuchen said calmly: "First, Khan may not want to tear the last layer of window paper with Dacheng; Raise troops in the Central Plains?"

The world is in your hands.

Zhou Chuze reacted almost quickly: "The commander of the foreign race...is you."

Ye Zhuchen hummed: "It's me."

Zhou Chuze frowned: "Can the pagan leader still be the commander-in-chief of the entire army?"

Ye Zhuchen blinked innocently: "Didn't you know that the highest martial arts among the foreign races are often the members of the royal family? My father is the former leader of the pagan religion and Khan's younger brother. You can be considered a prince... Besides, my martial arts is the best in the world." One, isn’t it reasonable to be in command?”

"..." Ye Zhuchen is not a person who likes to utter wild words. This sentence of martial arts is the best in the world is so straightforward that Zhou Chuze has no way to refute. He can only say: "Brother is amazing, I am preventing you from leading the army to fight " After the words came out, I was shocked again, "You said that maybe one day my uncle will be in command again?"

"If fate plays tricks on you and insists on making it difficult for you and me, there is a possibility." Ye Zhuchen smiled casually, and said, "It's getting cold, let's go."

Fate makes people.

Zhou Chuze stood still, and after a while, he slowly raised his steps to keep up.

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At the end of the cave, there is a flat black rock, which can be seen to have been carefully polished by people. It is the stone bed left in the cave by the ancestors of the exiled valley.Neither of them held up the torches, what was the point of raising the torches?

"Ready?" Ye Zhuchen asked.

Zhou Chuze was so cold that he nodded, took the thumb-sized porcelain bottle in his hand, and was about to swallow the only pill inside.

Ye Zhuchen suddenly stretched out his hand to hold Zhou Chuze's finger, "She told you that this method is very risky."

"I know."

"You trust me, aren't you afraid that I'll lie to you again? Are you afraid that I'll collude with my mother and give you weird medicine?"

The two got close, and Ye Zhuchen's voice was intentionally or unintentionally ambiguous. Zhou Chuze was frozen stiff, but his voice was still very calm, "In this case, you don't have to lie to me."

Over the years, Zhou Chuze no longer pretended to be affectionate.He doesn't think he understands Ye Zhuchen, but he also knows that among the people Ye Zhuchen cares about, there must be a Xiao Wangsheng - as long as the master is there, Ye Zhuchen will protect him for a day.

So he understood that Ye Zhuchen really wanted to cure him.

And if it wasn't it wouldn't matter, he never had much choice.

Ye Zhuchen raised his eyebrows, "Why is it unnecessary? If I use some tricks now, it may be of great benefit in the future."

Zhou Chuze smiled wryly: "What do you want in me now?"

"Yes." Ye Zhuchen held his hand aggressively, his gaze was unobtrusive, and he saw lacquer-like eyes all the way from his clear fingertips, "For example, you, Junior Brother."

What, is it a new game again?

Zhou Chuze groaned, and calmly said, "In that case, I should live longer."

Ye Zhuchen let go of his hand, smiled, and said seriously: "Live a long life."

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After taking the fake death pill, Zhou Chuze fell into a coma very quickly, his body temperature dissipated little by little, his soft body gradually became stiff, and even his heartbeat and pulse gradually decreased. If you don't check carefully, you can hardly feel it.

Ye Zhuchen first used his internal force to protect his heart veins, then he took off his junior brother's clothes calmly, carried him to the stone bed and put him away.

For the next seven days, Ye Zhuchen would spend every hour for Zhou Chuze's internal strength. If he wanted to rebuild his body, besides using panacea to strengthen his body, the best way was to solidify his foundation in martial arts.During the process of feigning death and entering a state of stagnation, the medicine opened up Zhou Chuze's meridians, allowing the internal force to travel through the meridians of the whole body repeatedly, and finally achieve the purpose of making up for the congenital deficiencies.

Such an attempt was a test for Zhou Chuze, and it was also a big challenge for Ye Zhuchen.To test the internal energy every hour, a long rest is definitely hopeless, and you have to observe Zhou Chuze's state from time to time. The worst thing is that Zhou Chuze will take snow lotus day and night, and occasionally take some medicine. Ye Zhuchen can only do it. Eat dry food and drink ice water.

He can also be considered to be able to have fun while suffering, staring at the body of his junior brother every day, consciously enjoying it.Ye Zhuchen was young and vigorous, but also determined, he didn't think it was hard, he only went down the mountain once on the way, and got back a bag of dry food and a letter.

It is very difficult for a letter from the outside world to enter the Banished Valley. A simple message is sent from the foreign military camp to Dongshuang, and then Dongshuang kisses the Dragon Peak and hands it over to Xiao Wangsheng. Relying on Xiao Wangsheng's face, he reached the foot of the mountain. .

Fortunately, the efficiency is fast.

Ye Zhuchen opened the letter, raised his eyebrows, and saw the letter: After half a month, Khan will take the city of Gui.

The king of the foreign race finally made a choice to expand his territory to the vast and rich Central Plains. As Ye Zhuchen and Zhou Chuze said before, what they lack now is a commander who will attack Dacheng.

Ye Zhuchen burned the letter with a blank expression. Khan's decision was not unexpected.The emperor's nature has always been predatory, not benevolent, he knows it very well.

After another three days, Zhou Chuze woke up.

Ye Zhuchen was wearing a snow leopard skin, and with enough patience, he waited for the moment when those bright and dark eyes slowly opened.As soon as the eyes opened, the eyeballs were covered with a layer of water, gentle and soft, and looked at Ye Zhuchen with a trace of doubt and ignorance.

Ye Zhuchen wrapped him in a snow-white cloak, and said with a smile: "Junior brother."

"...Are you?" The man in his arms resisted slightly, as if he was at a loss.

The original paleness and weakness disappeared, and he took Xuelian for seven consecutive days. At this time, Zhou Chuze was almost like a newborn, with delicate and moist skin, and handsome features. Generally drawn.

Ye Zhuchen couldn't help laughing.

In the dim cave, he stuck to Zhou Chuze's ear and said softly, "Why don't you know me? I, am I the person you like most in this world?"