CH 23

Genius Long’s memory of drunkenness has returned, and after waking up again, his eyes are more complicated when he looks at the facial paralysis. Although this emotion is only a little mixed in his eyes, his heart is very, very tangled.

General Gu’s gaze remained calm, and he rubbed his hand on his temple: “Does your head still hurt?”

Genius Long shook his head, got up and looked at him for a long time, without saying anything: “Why don’t you go riding a horse?”

General Gu said calmly: “Yun Xian said he wants to ride.”

Yun Xian rode his horse and followed the carriage, his whole body ached from being overturned, and he was pitifully waiting for his brother to wake up. At this time, he heard the conversation inside and slammed the carriage angrily: “Lie, slander, I want to appeal! The unequal treatment of the classes in the evil feudal society! Lao Tzu, a good Chinese citizen, doesn’t do it. I came here to be a second-class citizen. I want to go home!”

Genius Long: “……”

General Gu was still very calm, and explained Yun Xian’s word “lying”: “I thought he wanted to ride.”

Genius Long: “……”

General Gu opened the curtain: “Since the military division wants to go back, I will immediately find a few people to send you to the next town. The military division will go all the way, so you don’t have to miss us.”

“…” Yun Xian was sad, “Brother!”

Genius Long returned to his senses and beckoned: “Come up.”

Yun Xian turned over and dismounted, asked Muzi to stop, and then crawled in slowly. There were too many things in the carriage last time, and there was very little space left in it. He rubbed his sore arms and legs and said pitifully: “Brother…”

Genius Long looked at his facial paralysis: “Go out and ride a horse.”

General Gu sat still: “I don’t want to ride.”

“…” Genius Long blinked, suddenly changed into a tearful expression, and tugged at his sleeves: “Go, I want to talk to him.”

General Gu looked at him, turned his head and went out in silence for a moment. Genius Long wiped his face and secretly said that he finally found a way to deal with facial paralysis. It turned out that he ate this set.

General Gu comforted himself that Yun Xian was about to leave anyway, and there would be no big waves, but although he thought so, he still didn’t go riding, but let Xiao Chong ride, and he sat outside.

Yun Xian crawled over humming, dying to the next nest: “Brother, rub it.”

Genius Long squeezed him, Yun Xian narrowed his eyes slightly in enjoyment, and asked casually: “Brother, you really don’t remember what you did when you were drunk?”

Genius Long paused and continued to pinch his hand.

Yun Xian suddenly looked at him suspiciously: “Huh?”

Genius Long’s hand paused again, and finally, his shoulders collapsed silently beside him, and he was silent for a long time before he wanted to cry without tears: “I remember…”

Yun Xian’s eyes lit up, and he hurriedly went over and grabbed him: “What did you do to him, or what did he do to you?”

Genius Long was silent.

“No, since you are willing to say it, it proves that you want to talk,” Yun Xian gently encouraged, “Come on, I will keep it absolutely secret.”

Genius Long really wanted to say, otherwise, he would have to suffocate to death. He took a breath and his expression was a little distorted: “I took his hand…let him jerk me off…”

“…” Yun Xian digested silently for a second, “Then?”

Genius Long lay on the cushion in pain: “He hit…”

Yun Xian bit his finger: “…and then?”

“That’s all…” Genius Long continued in pain, “For the first time in my two lifetimes, I was jerked off by a man. Can you imagine how I feel?!”

“Cut, what is this,” Yun Xian said indifferently, and then sighed, “I thought there would be a good show.”

“Your good show means that that man fucked you by the way after he finished playing you, right?”

“…” Yun Xian said, “Can you stop getting involved with me?”

“Mutual entertainment,” Genius Long said, then glanced at him, “Well, look at you… am I right?” 

“……”

After Genius Long confided in him, he got a bargain again and continued to tangle in his nest. Yun Xian smiled when he saw this and rubbed it over: “Brother, are you disgusted?”

“…I don’t have the will to talk about this.”

Yun Xian glanced at him meaningfully, shrugged and followed him.

The group of people continued to move forward, and when they encountered a place with good scenery, they stopped to play for a while. They stopped and walked like this. In the evening, they happened to arrive in a small town. It was far less prosperous than Chang’an City, but the inn was overcrowded. There were only a few upper rooms left. The people in the lobby looked at them straight away. Some of their eyes were bright, some were obscure, and others were full of hostility. They looked at them inexplicably.

Xiao Er took them upstairs, and his gaze turned on Genius Long and Yun Xian intentionally or unintentionally, until he noticed the power of someone, he hurriedly retracted his gaze and said flatteringly: “The person brought by the guest official will definitely be selected.”

They were startled, and General Gu was surprised: “What do you mean selected?”

Xiao Er was also startled: “Didn’t you come for the name of Cuixiang Pavilion?”

Genius Long  was curious: “What is that?”

“There seems to be a Cuixiang Pavilion in the capital,” Xiao Chong shook his fan. “I heard that it is very big, and there are prostitutes, women and young men.”

“Yes,” Xiao Er said, “Now that Cuixiang Pavilion is about to expand, we are searching for beauties from all over the world. The steward will stay here for five days, and then go to Chang’an for half a month. No, people from several nearby villages have come here after hearing about it.”

Genius Long knew it, no wonder there were only a few upper rooms left. He frowned slightly: “Cuixiang Pavilion is so good? What kind of place do you want them to scramble …… for?”

“It can’t be said that they’re scrambling… If so many people from the village come, wouldn’t it collapse the shop?” Xiao Er said with a smile. “First is that there are many children in the family and they can’t afford to feed all. Second, Cuixiang Pavilion is built in the capital. There are many dignitaries. If you are redeemed by a master, wouldn’t it be…”

Genius Long nodded: “I get it.”

“It doesn’t look like the momentum of the masters… The little one was really confused just now.”

“No,” Genius Long retorted seriously, “There is a young man among us.”

Xiao Chong knew what he meant, shook his fan and smiled: “Daye, I am your person.”

General Gu froze, only to hear Genius Long say, “So I have the right to sell you, what do you think?”

The remaining people nodded in unison, Xiao Chong looked at the general in disbelief and even forgot to shake the fan.

“Hey, this is really feasible,” Genius Long looked at Xiao Chong and rubbed his chin, “Xiao Yun Xian, how much money do you think you can make by selling him?”

“It’s a profit anyway, we don’t lose.”

Xiao Chong was stared at by these two people furiously and hurriedly returned to the room to stay away from the two ancestors.

Genius Long got another trick to make money, and walked to the room in a good mood, and said casually: “I thought human traffic would be like a TV series. If you look at the beautiful ones, you will just go to jail.”

“That’s against the law. They are following legal procedures,” Yun Xian said. “But they also buy people from human traffickers. As for whether the human traffickers’ methods are legal or not, they don’t care. All they want is a deed of sale.”

Genius Long nodded and suddenly said, “It turns out that there is a Cuixiang Pavilion in the capital.”

Yun Xian asked understandingly: “Will you go and have a look after returning to the capital?”

“Okay.”

General Gu stiffened, pulled Xiao Wang Ye into the room, and said indifferently to Yun Xian before closing the door: “The military division will rest early and go on the road early tomorrow.” After saying so, he closed the door.

“…” Yun Xian was taken aback, and after reacting, he hurriedly scratched the door, “I’m just kidding!”

The door creaked and opened again, and a hand stretched out and stuffed the baggage directly into his arms: “This is the luggage of the military division. You don’t have to come to resign tomorrow, and you won’t be able to do so for a long time.” The door closed again with a touch.

“…” Yun Xian became angry, scratched the door at first, and kicked a few feet by the way. At this time, a group of people came up and raised their eyes to see this scene, and they couldn’t help but be startled.

“I won’t leave, what can you do to me?!” Yun Xian roared, holding his luggage and going back to his room to sleep. His guest room was on the opposite side, so he went around the corridor and passed the stairway, but saw a group of people standing there. He couldn’t help but glance in surprise, and left without looking back.

The man at the head watched him leave, opened his mouth, and said in a trembling voice: “Go and find out if he is also coming to us.”

“Yes.”

The man stomped back and forth when he returned to the room, and soon saw his subordinates coming back, and hurriedly stepped forward: “How?”

“No, they just pass by here, and they don’t know when they will leave.”

“That is, it is possible to leave at any time…” The man pondered, thinking back to the appearance of that person in his mind, and his heart was dripping with blood. Such a stunner couldn’t… couldn’t.……

His subordinates saw what he thought, and stepped forward and said, “Uncle Lin, it’s better for us…”

“No, I haven’t figured out who the other party is. What if I offend someone who shouldn’t be offended?”

“I asked Xiao Er, and he said that they looked like an ordinary businessman,” he stepped forward, “And Uncle Lin, think about the stewards in the pavilion…”

Yeah…The man was silent. He was the lowest in charge. If he could really catch a big fish this time… He squinted his eyes slightly and made up his mind: “In this way, there are a lot of traffickers coming from the inn. You can contact a few, do it tonight, and take the medicine to transport him to the capital overnight. I just saw an acquaintance. I asked him to send it over. None of us can be less, and we will still receive people tomorrow. In short, in the eyes of outsiders, this matter has nothing to do with us. Wait to get him to the capital. …” He said “hey” and didn’t continue. With the status of Cuixiang Pavilion’s hard work for many years, how could a small businessman move them?

“Yes.”

The night sank extremely deep, and the traffickers were so skilled that they blew the fragrance into the room without even making a sound. They waited, opened the door cautiously, and walked towards the big bed.

Yun Xian’s vigilance was particularly high. Before these people approached, he suddenly opened his eyes and sat up: “Who?”

Those people are simply stupid, why is this person okay?

Yun Xian saw a few vague contours, and quickly guessed that he was in an ambush, and hurriedly got up to wait for the opportunity to escape, but he felt a little dizzy as soon as he stood up and subconsciously touched his left shoulder. Because of the things on it, the effect of the drug on him was relatively slow, but now he still feels a little weak, which proves that the medicine is too strong: “Damn…”

Those people saw him shaking, so they were relieved and hurriedly went over to restrain him. They were too fast, Yun Xian swept one, raised his foot and kicked him, and slammed him into the air.

The remaining few people moved for a while, and they could hardly believe that this was the reaction that a person who had been drugged with powerful drugs could have.

Yun Xian exhausted all his strength with that kick, and the effect of the medicine in his body spread a little bit. He couldn’t help but hold on to the bedpost. Before he could react, a figure suddenly sprang up beside him, clasping his head and filling him with something. The cold liquid was in his mouth. He was shocked and hurriedly used his remaining strength to yell “Brother–” and then softened.

The sound spread in the silent night, and General Gu, Muzi, Xiao Chong and others opened their eyes almost at the same time.

Genius Long was awakened by a noise. He opened his eyes in a daze, his eyes were dark, and there was no one beside him. He was surprised to hear that it was still messy outside, so he opened the door and went out.

The opposite room and the next few rooms were all lit up, and the door of Yun Xian’s room was wide open, and there were people watching the excitement outside. He was taken aback and hurriedly ran over.

There were four or five people kneeling in the room, with blue noses and swollen faces, Muzi guarding beside him, while facial paralysis and Xiao Chong were around the big bed, studying something.

“What’s the matter?” He ran over, Yun Xian was lying on the bed, his face pale, sweating constantly on his forehead, “Hey, Xiao Yun Xian!” He probed his tentacles, only to feel it was hot, suddenly turned to look at the people on the ground, and asked coldly, “What did you give him to eat?”

“Soft fragrance……”

“What’s the use? What about the antidote?”

The man’s voice was almost unheard: “It can make people weak all over, and there is a bit of spring-medicinal ingredients…no…no antidote…”

Genius Long’s voice was colder: “Do you think I’m a fool? Is this his reaction to Zhongchun-medicine?!”

“The little one…also… I don’t know…”

“Don’t ask,” Xiao Chong said, “Here, look here.”

Genius Long turned his head and didn’t know when Xiao Chong took off Yun Xian’s clothes. He saw a pattern printed on Yun Xian’s left shoulder, which was slowly shrinking. He was startled: “What is this?” He stepped forward and touched it. The rest of Yun Xian’s body was hot, but it was so cold here that it made people feel ominous.

He suddenly felt scared, even helpless: “Hey, Xiao Yun Xian, don’t die, how do you say you should be saved, what the hell is this?!”

Yun Xian was so weak from the pain that he could hardly speak, so he could only move his lips. Genius Long leaned over, but he couldn’t hear a sound: “What, what are you talking about?”

Xiao Chong shook his fan: “Based on my many years of experience in walking the rivers and lakes…Ow…”

Genius Long kicked it over: “You can’t do anything but pretend to be a herdsman!”

“No,” Xiao Chong retorted seriously, “I have also played a prostituted female.”

“…” Genius Long said angrily, “You are enough, hurry up and save people!”

“I know lip language,” Xiao Chong said, “He said to get a bucket of cold water to put him in.”

Genius Long then ordered someone to get water and then carried Yun Xian over.

There was no blood on Yun Xian’s lips, he frowned tightly and felt the heat of his body gradually decrease, becoming colder and colder, almost the same temperature as his left shoulder. His consciousness was blurred, but there was a cold pleasure in his heart.

–Mother Gu is on you. I’m in pain and don’t even think that you’re not going to get better now.

So he thought, and on this cool autumn night, he finally fell into a complete coma.

Notes:

蠱 (gǔ): poison, venom, harm, bewitch