Chapter 353 The Only Time in My Life That I Can Be Willful

Su Mianyue untied the small bag on his collar and tied it to himself. He got up and said to Shangguan Pei, "There's no antidote on him. Kill him."

With a wave of his long sword, the commander ended his painful life. His warm blood was quickly frozen by this land of ice and snow and condensed into blood-colored ice.

Su Mianyue glanced around the soldiers and saw a few of them carrying sheepskin bags made of the same material as the general's. He said to Shangguan Pei, "Take all their belongings. Maybe they can survive."

As he stood up, Su Mianyue did not forget to take the general with him a water bag and a cloth bag of rations. He also took a set of bows and arrows and two sabers when he was searching for the soldiers' belongings.

Although these things were heavy, they were more important than the danger they might encounter.

Shangguan Pei also chose a few defensive weapons to carry, and he had to be careful when poisoned.

Just as the two of them looked at each other and were about to leave, their eyes turned towards the forest, and they quickly drew their bows and arrows in tacit agreement. They heard a cry of grief, and there was no sound.

"Maybe it's the imperial physician. I'll go and take a look." Su Mianyue then remembered what was missing from her search.

"Together," said Shangguan Pei, worried that Su Mianyue was alone.

"Okay." Su Mianyue did not refuse. After all, she was not sure if there were any other dangers in the forest.

The two men, each with an inconvenient leg and a long spear, walked towards the forest, turning slightly to share the defense work with each other, but there was nothing unusual in the forest, only the imperial physician who was pierced by two arrows.

"What a life. I'm not dead yet." After stabbing the imperial physician with a spear, Su Mianyue lowered his head and asked, "The poison that keeps the wound bleeding, where is the antidote?"

"Save... Save me..." The imperial physician did not answer Su Mianyue's question but extended his bloody hand for help.

Seeing that the imperial physician's eyes had become distracted, Su Mianyue knew that it was useless to say anything more, so he squatted down on him and groped for a while. As for whether he would speed up the imperial physician's death, it was not within Su Mianyue's consideration, because the imperial physician had to die.

A medicine bag was found on the imperial physician, and there were some medicines with names in it. There was no note, and Su Mianyue was not sure if there was an antidote. He could only hold them in his hands and take the money bag from the imperial physician's waist with him. Seeing that his fur hat and cotton cloak were not bad, they confiscated them. He put himself in a tight encirclement.

"It won't be long before the army of hengyuan comes to search. Some of the previous cavalry are still alive." Su Mianyue tidied up the various leather bags hanging on her body and tried to put everything in one bag, otherwise carrying so many leather bags would tire her out.

Shangguan Pei didn't think the weight was heavy enough to keep him from tossing, "The Hengyuan people don't know that I'm here to save you, but they will suspect that you're heading for Huizhou City, or that you're hiding in the woods for the time being. We took a detour back, and there was a small village a hundred miles under the snow, because the terrain was special. Unless the locals didn't know about it, we could rest for a few days."

"Good." Su Mianyue frowned slightly, thinking that it was not the safest place, but it would be difficult for the two of them to return safely to the Tianlan without a bit of discipline. "If you weren't in Huizhou City, would it affect the morale of the army?"

"No problem, we can use this opportunity to clean up the mole." Shangguan Pei's voice was cold.

Looking at Shangguan Pei with some sympathy, Su Mianyue was unable to say anything comforting after all. The brothers who killed enemies on the battlefield should also be guarded. Shangguan Pei was indeed hard enough, or perhaps the greatest sadness in his heart.

After their discussion, the two men decided to use the armour and uniform of the soldiers of the hengyuan kingdom as a means of transportation. After connecting them, Shangguan Pei first threw the armour down hard to break through the snow, then quickly sprinted with Su Mianyue in his arms. Regardless of the so-called male and female defenses, the two men hugged each other and crawled onto the armour that was thrown down first. The speed of the slide was extremely fast, but fortunately, they were all wearing helmets and were not afraid of hurting their heads.

After about half an hour of skating, Shangguan Pei snorted. Su Mianyue's nose hit Shangguan Pei's chest and it hurt so much that he wanted to shed tears. But it was Shangguan Pei who could stop the sprint in the inertia slide. Shangguan Pei must have hit a solid object. Su Mianyue got up and asked, ignoring the discomfort in his nose, "Are you hurt?"

"No harm..."

"It's a minor injury." Su Mianyue grunted angrily. Although Shangguan Pei only hit a tree trunk, the bright red of his mouth could not deceive anyone.

She wanted to help Shangguan Pei up, but the dizziness caused by the strong momentum made Su Mianyue fall to the ground. The pain in her leg made her groan and she had to get up slowly.

It was already dark, and there was only the rustling of the branches in the cold wind. Shangguan Pei wanted to care for a few words but could not say it. He covered his chest and sat in the position of the windbreak to shield Su Mianyue from the wind, silently expressing his concern.

Sitting on the snow, Su Mianyue gave a cold shiver, gathered his cloak and said, "The speed of coming down here is fast. When they guess that I escaped from this direction, they will probably catch up with me very soon."

"No." Shangguan Pei shook his head affirmatively and pointed to the bones not far away, "The locals call this the death valley. The people who come in are dying, especially those who come down from it. Very few people can live."

"I can't tell that General Shangguan is suicidal, but don't pull me in! If you said so, I wouldn't agree to it." Su Mianyue snorted, and when she recovered a little, she stood up and reached out her hand to Shangguan Pei, "If there is any more such adventure, please let General Shangguan know. I have a choice in life or death."

The valley of death is only aimed at ordinary people who don't know kung fu, but the local people make it extremely terrifying by spreading false rumors, and the valley of death is full of corpses. Only the hunters of the wu family are willing to live here, and they have opened up a path to the outside world. It's just that very few people know how to walk down the path." Shangguan Pei laughed. If he was willing to let Su Mianyue die, he would not leave the camp without permission during the war between the two countries. This was a major taboo in the army, and it was the only time in Shangguan Pei's life that he was willful.

"From what you've said, I'm interested in those hunters. They're considered outsiders." Su Mianyue raised his eyebrows and held Shangguan Pei's arm. The two of them supported each other and used their long guns as crutches to find their way in case they accidentally fell into a cave or trap.

After walking like this for more than an hour, the snow on the ground became thicker and thicker, and every time he stepped down, it would not reach his knees. It was undoubtedly painful for Su Mianyue, who was fractured, and the moonlight was not particularly bright, so it was not easy for them to walk out.

"I heard there's a place where people dig snow caves to keep out the cold. It looks like we're going to try it today." Su Mianyue helplessly suggested that it would only become a burden for Shangguan Pei to go on.

Shangguan Pei nodded in agreement and could feel Su Mianyue's hands shaking all the time.

He chose a place with a lot of space for Su Mianyue to sit under the roots of a tree for the time being. Shangguan Pei began to dig a snow cave with the weapons that had accompanied him on the battlefield for more than ten years.

Shangguan Pei was a little excited to sleep with Su Mianyue tonight, something he never expected.