When Jiang Yun woke up again, he was already in a damp cave.
Although the ground is wet and greasy, covered with puddles of varying sizes, the air is filled with the residual warmth of charcoal fire, and it wasn’t cold. There was even a thin layer of something resembling hay where he lay.
Where is this?
How did I get here?
Memories from before his coma flooded into his mind one after another. Due to the effect of the drug, he could no longer piece together the specific situation. He only vaguely remembered that, as his mind was completely dispersed by the drug, he had just passed the first mountain peak. He was exhausted and collapsed under a stone wall that could barely shelter him from the rain. Later on……it was raining heavily, and a pair of black military boots caught his eye.
Military boots……
Jiang Yun frowned, turned his head and looked around. The cave was empty, except for a nearby fire that burned only black carbon ash, and no one else was seen.
However, in his memory, the muddy and black-embroidered military boots were too realistic.
Even the Kylin pattern, which was outlined by the golden thread on it, was clearly visible.
Jiang Yun calmed down and instinctively reached for his waist, wanting to draw out his flexible sword, but unexpectedly, he touched nothing. His eyes drooping, he realized that he was covered in a strange black robe embroidered with golden threats outlining the qilin pattern. His waist was empty under the robe, even his jade belt was nowhere to be found. Although the inner garment was still completely wrapped around the body, it was wrinkled and covered in messy marks.
And the silk green robe he originally wore was hanging on a wooden rack next to the fire.
These things could clearly not have been completed by himself when he was in a coma.
Jiang Yun was taken aback and wanted to get up. After moving, he realized that his hands, feet, and limbs were so sore and limp that he didn’t have a single ounce of strength. It was as if the bones in his entire body had been soaking in a wine jar overnight, and even the simplest movement of lifting his arms was a bit laborious. There was also a deep red mark on his exposed wrist.
It goes without saying what all of this means.
Jiang Yun frowned.
“You’re awake?”
A tall and agile figure appeared at the entrance of the cave, walking lazily inside with his long legs.
Jiang Yun’s fingers abruptly clenched onto his sleeves, he raised his eyes, and looked at him coldly. The first thing he saw was a sword-like eyebrow with starry eyes and a handsome and captivating face, followed by a high bunched black hair, ape arms and a wasp waist. He has a superior figure, a complete set of black iron battle armor wrapped on his body, and he holds an exquisite soft jade belt made of suet jade in his hand.
It’s the one that disappeared from his waist.
Sui Heng rubbed his nose and walked over, casually lifting his clothes and squatting down and said, “A piece of jade has fallen off. I just helped you fix it…”
Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Yun snatched away the item in his hand.
Quite fierce.
Sui Heng didn’t know what was on his mind. He raised his eyebrows in pleasure and sat down cross-legged, propping his chin up and leisurely observing Jiang Yun’s movements.
“Can you stand up?”
He asked with some amusement.
How absurd they were last night, Jiang Yun didn’t remember, but Sui Heng knew it all too well.
Even daring to use such strong aphrodisiacs, that group of people really did everything they could to deal with him. Under normal circumstances, he would have killed the person directly.
But this time?
Sui Heng looked at the person with porcelain-like skin who was too alluring and as tense as a deer in front of him. Recalling everything from last night, he deliberately leaned closer and said, “How about you call me Gege and I’ll help you?”
The two were almost nose-to-nose.
This distance is already extremely ambiguous and oppressive.
Jiang Yun calmly glanced at him, reached out, and pushed him away.
He said, “Please have self-respect.”
Self-respect.
It was as if Sui Heng had heard a joke, he directly grabbed his waist and pressed him down. He said in a vicious voice, “What? You’re just going to turn your back after seducing Gu?”
Having been caught in such a trap, it would be impossible to say that there was not the slightest bit of anger.
But he, as the Crown Prince of Sui, is not a coward who dares to do something but dares not admit it. If he can’t control it, he will admit it. His large Crown Prince’s mansion was not so large that he couldn’t even afford to support a person.
But the accounts need to be calculated one by one.
For example, at present, even though this person had seduced him first, but now he deliberately appears pure and lofty, it makes him look like a pervert, who won’t be picky when hungry1饥不择食 or Jī Bù Zé Shí mean when hungry, you can’t be picky about what you eat (idiom) beggars can’t be choosers when matters are urgent.and somewhat cannot tell good from bad.
Jiang Yun had no strength to resist at all. He could only furrowed his brows, let him press him down, and fall softly to the ground. His gaze remained calm as he surveyed the unwelcome guest.
Gu.
In today’s world, only one person is qualified to possess this title except for him.
That is the Crown Prince of Sui, Sui Heng, who governs the northern countries across the river.
Sui Heng.
This name has long been a shadow over the hearts of the countries in Jiangnan.
Not only because of his status as the Crown Prince of the Sui Empire, but also because of his iron-blooded, ruthless, horrifying achievements and warfare style. The Qinglang Battalion, which was singlehandedly founded by him, is known as the Blood Slaughter. In just a few years, it quickly incorporated all the land in Jiangbei into the territory of the Sui Empire with the momentum of the wind swept. It is still a nightmare for the Jiangbei kingdoms to this day.
The Crown Prince of the Sui Empire will never appear in the Jiangnan region for no reason.
It seems that the changes that occurred in Chen’s Kingdom last night are mostly related to this person.
Being poisoned, losing his internal strength, and falling into the bottom of the cliff at the same time as the enemy prince. He’s afraid that there’s nothing in the world more tricky and troublesome than what’s going on right now.
Also, this person seems to have seen him as bait set up by his political opponents.
“Why don’t you speak anymore?”
“Last night, weren’t you quite good at seducing Gu?”
Looking at the little beauty under him with an overly calm reaction, Sui Heng asked with a slight displeasure.
Who pestered him last night and took the initiative to embrace him?
What does this attitude at this moment mean? Don’t like him? So why bother to appear in the mountains and seduce him? Is it just because he’s been drugged and can’t help it?
This is more despicable than tempting him.
Jiang Yun glanced sideways at the hand placed on his waist, and his tone remained faint: “You take it away first.”
Sui Heng hummed softly, not only did he remain unmoved, but he also deliberately pinched it.
Jiang Yun couldn’t bear it anymore, he regained some strength in his hands and angrily pushed him away.
Sui Heng was caught off guard and stumbled. He clapped his hands and stood up. Seeing that Jiang Yun had already taken off his outer robe and slowly sat up, feeling a bit angry, he smiled and bent down to pick it up. He then covered it back on him and said, “Don’t move around, be careful not to catch a cold. Gu will go and get your robe for you first.”
After speaking, he turned around and walked towards the wooden rack, taking the silk green robe that had already been dried by charcoal fire over.
Jiang Yun glanced at him and confirmed that he had not shown any further boundary-crossing behavior. He lowered his eyes and took it, turned sideways, calmly tidied up his inner and outer robes, then tied the soft jade belt back to his waist.
The whole process was calm and elegant.
Sui Heng stared at the fair and slender neck from behind, recalling the little beauty who had been entangled with him for a moment last night, voluntarily undressing and arching into his arms. Compared to the young man who was coldly adhering to etiquette at this moment, he found it even more interesting.
He’s just staring intently, Jiang Yun had already adjusted his appearance and stood up calmly and said, “No one sent me over. It was just an accident that we met. There’s no need to take last night’s incident seriously.”
Sui Heng raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, “Gu afraid you didn’t understand the situation. Last night, Gu wasn’t the one who made a fool of you, but you were the one who seduced Gu. If it weren’t for being pestered by you so Gu unable to get away, Gu wouldn’t have fallen to the bottom of this cliff. You’ve done this to Gu, and you want to leave without making any compensation?”
Jiang Yun frowned.
Impossible.
How could he…
However, he knew the strength of that drug in his body yesterday.
If he hadn’t met the person in front of him, he might have really not been able to support himself and died in the mountains or been swept away by the flood already.
“What kind of compensation do you want?”
Jiang Yun asked.
The Jiang and the Sui Empires are divided by a river, they both were mortal enemy and a world feud. Both sides had been fighting for decades, wanting to unify the world and hold each other to death by the Yellow River. With their identities, they were destined to have an endless, bloody battle in the future. Talking about this topic now is somewhat absurd.
Sui Heng approached and grabbed the person into his arms, whispering, “What do you think?”
Jiang Yun frowned again.
He said, “Please have self-respect.”
Sui Heng sneered lightly and pulled the person even tighter: “What do you think Gu is? A rotten cabbage on the street? Come and go whenever you want me to?”
Jiang Yun was unwilling to engage in unnecessary entanglement with him. He calmed down and patiently replied, “I will repay you for saving my life. Whether it’s gold, silver, or jewelry, as long as it’s what you want, I can give it to you.”
Sui Heng’s fingers slowly hooked up the soft jade belt under his palm, the corner of his lips pressed against that piece of white earlobe, rubbing it, and said, “Gu doesn’t want gold or silver, nor jewelry, just you.”
Jiang Yun: “……”
Jiang Yun gave him a cold look and directly elbowed him off his shoulder. “I talk to you sincerely. but if you continue to act in such a frivolous manner, I am sorry for the inconvenience.”
Sui Heng let out a tsk and said, “But that’s not what you said last night.”
“You begged Gu to hold and warm you. You also untied Gu’s clothes and crawled into Gu’s arms for no reason, saying that you were willing to be Gu’s bedwarmer concubine to repay Gu’s kindness for saving your life.”
“Gu saw you were pitiful and reluctantly agreed to you.”
“You want to go back on your words?”
Jiang Yun’s calm and clear eyes were finally filled with a hint of anger.
“You…don’t talk nonsense.”
Sui Heng looked innocent and said, “How can Gu talk nonsense? It’s clear that you said it yourself.”
“You also said Gu can only favor you alone, no other concubines are allowed.”
“That’s right, you keep asking Gu for it, forcing Gu to change positions…”
“Shut up!”
Jiang Yun pushed him away with his palm and retreated a few steps, standing with uneven breathing. His face flushed a thin red due to extreme anger, and his eyes looked as if they had been quenched with fire.
Sui Heng was afraid that he would really vomit blood, so he dared not continue to tease him anymore. He said, “Alright, Gu won’t say it anymore. But since you have already seduced Gu into doing such shameless things, you have to be responsible to the end.”
“How about being Gu’s bed-warming concubine as we agreed last night?”
Jiang Yun was obviously unwilling to pay any more attention to him, he smoothing out the wrinkled hem of his robe and turning around to head out of the cave.
Sui Heng said in a secluded voice behind him, “This is the bottom of a cliff, and it’s probably nearly a thousand zhang away from the ground. Even if you leave the cave, you won’t be able to walk out.”
Jiang Yun paused in his footsteps, and after a moment, he walked out of the cave normally.
It was Sui Heng’s turn to frown.
Half an hour later, seeing that Jiang Yun had not returned, he also got up and followed him out.
The sky was still drizzling with rain, and Sui Heng didn’t have to walk far before he found the person. Jiang Yun, dressed in a green robe, was sitting on a rock located high above the mountain, holding a brush in one hand and spreading a parchment paper in the other, with his head bowed down and recording something seriously.
The green, wide sleeves slid down with his movements, revealing a section of his arm that was as crystal clear as jade.
Even though it is a very simple action, it is particularly elegant when it is done by him.
Sui Heng couldn’t help but look mesmerized.
Jiang Yun was also thinking about the situation at hand.
He’s being poisoned, losing all his internal strength and was unable to transmit messages. With his current physical strength, trying to get out of this thousand-foot cliff on his own is almost a fool’s errand.
The best way to do that is with the power of that other person.
However, the other party’s covetousness was also clearly written on his face, and he had to think of a way to smoothly get out of the trap while ensuring his own safety.
Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly noticed a burning gaze coming from below.
Jiang Yun lifted his eyes and saw Sui Heng, who was leaning on the mountain stone with his arms folded, smiling and looking over here.
That is a handsome and rebellious face.
Although he smiled casually, his body lines were sharp and flamboyant.
Like a cheetah that accumulates strength and can pounce at any time.
The God of Slaughter.
Jiang Yun remembered the evaluation of this person by his advisors.
Jiang Yun recalled what his advisors had said about this man.
Like a wild wolf gazing at its prey.
Jiang Yun put away the brush and the parchment paper, wanting to get up and leave. Sui Heng had already leapt forward, snatched a step up, sat down next to him, and asked, “What are you writing?”
Jiang Yun looked down at the corner of his green robe that he had pressed and said, “Wind direction, time of the day.”
Sui Heng was slightly surprised.
“You want to use the wind to get out of here?”
Jiang Yun asked back, “Do you have a better way?”
Sui Heng did not answer; instead, he laughed. “Leaving in such a hurry, is it because you can’t wait to go back and warm the bed for Gu?”
Jiang Yun glanced at him coldly and stood up.
“Fine, fine, Gu won’t tease you anymore.”
Sui Heng grabbed his wrist and pulled the person back and said in a serious tone, “This is indeed the only way we can escape, but the wind alone is not enough. We also need a huge wooden kite that can bear the weight of two people.”
Jiang Yun: “Two people are too heavy, it will lower the success rate.”
“Okay, that means we need two wooden kites.”
“In the morning, Gu will find materials that are suitable for making wooden kites. Why don’t we work together? You are responsible for recording the wind direction and wind force, and Gu will make wooden kites. How about that?”
This was exactly what Jiang Yun had in mind.
Jiang Yun nodded.
“Thank you.”
Sui Heng said, “No problem. After you go out, you can do your best to warm up the bed for Gu.”
Jiang Yun: “……”
Jiang Yun forcefully pulled his wrist out and stood up to leave.
**
Throughout the morning, Jiang Yun recorded the wind direction and force in the mountains.
As he returned to the cave at noon, as soon as he entered the cave, he smelled a strange smell of meat mixed with seasoning.
Sui Heng sat cross-legged by the fire, skillfully flipping over the roasted and oily wild chicken. When Jiang Yun came in, he said, “Gu’s been waiting for you for a long time. Come and eat.”
Jiang Yun scanned around and picked up the farthest corner from him to sit down. He closed his eyes and leaned against the stone wall and said, “No need.”
Recording both the wind direction and force requires climbing to the accurately place to capture them.
By the end of the morning, Jiang Yun had almost exhausted his physical strength and urgently needed rest.
As for lunch, he already has stomach problems and can’t digest the wild foods in the mountains. It’s okay to eat less, he will just pick a few wild fruits later to fill up his hunger.
Jiang Yun closed his eyes, intending to take a nap.
As a result, just as he closed his eyes, he was picked up by someone.
Jiang Yun opened his eyes and looked at the person above him in annoyance. “What are you doing?”
Sui Heng said meaningfully, “Gu know you don’t have the strength. How about Gu feed you?”
“No need.”
“Once you become Gu’s person, you must be obedient and eat on time. Otherwise—you will be punished.”
Jiang Yun gritted his teeth and struggled hard; unfortunately, his limbs were weak and powerless, which was of no use. Instead, it caused his outer robe to slip off, inexplicably adding a bit of ambiguity.
Sui Heng hugged the person tightly and said with a smile, “It’s not too late to throw yourself into Gu’s embrace after eating.”
Jiang Yun took a deep breath and was carried to the fire. As soon as his feet hit the ground, he immediately said, “Let me down.”
Sui Heng calmly tore off the most tender roasted chicken leg and reached out to Jiang Yun’s mouth, saying, “After you obediently eat it, you can come down.”
“Open your mouth.”
Jiang Yun frowned.
Stirred by the pungent, greasy aroma, he felt a bit nauseous.
He said, “I will eat by myself.”
Sui Heng didn’t continue to be forceful and handed the chicken leg to Jiang Yun.
Jiang Yun once again requested, “Let me down.”
Sui Heng raised his eyebrows.
Jiang Yun: “I…I won’t leave.”
That’s a good thing.
Sui Heng happily let go and put the person down.
Jiang Yun sorted out the wrinkled robe he had crumpled, and picked up a relatively clean stone to sat down across from the fire. He frowned and picked up the greasy chicken leg, bit by bit tore off the charred skin, tore off a small piece of white meat and put it into his mouth.
Sui Heng propped up his chin and watched him eat with great interest.
Seeing Jiang Yun tear it apart one by one without any extra greasiness or trouble like this, he couldn’t help but wonder how there could be such a delicate person in the world.
Jiang Yun ate for half an hour before finishing a chicken drumstick, which left Sui Heng amazed.
It rained a bit hastily in the afternoon and was not suitable for travel.
The two men each occupied a corner of the cave to rest. As night gradually fell, Jiang Yun noticed that the heat flow inside his body showed signs of revival.
And the attack was even more fierce than the last time.
In just a few moments, it was out of control like molten lava, rapidly sweeping through his limbs and bones.
Jiang Yun clenched his fingers around the sleeves, and sweat gradually seeped out of his forehead. He felt his body burning like it was being grilled on fire, feeling uncomfortable and scorching hot. The sweat, which was as big as beans, surged out of his skin at a terrifying speed, quickly soaking his inner garment.
Jiang Yun bit his lips and pressed his entire spine tightly against the cold stone wall, trying to relieve some discomfort.
However, it’s just a drop in the bucket.
The intense heat surged, and once again, began to impact his mind.
It was as if a blazing fireball had entered his body, fiercely crushing and expanding his meridians, skin, and every inch of his bones.
It had been a long time since Jiang Yun had experienced such a hard time.
After struggling for a short while, he was drenched in sweat, and his whole body was as if he had been fished out of the water.
The taste of blood was already spreading between his lips and teeth.
Gradually, Jiang Yun lost the strength to bite his lips and could only support himself on the ground with his elbows, panting and slipping down against the stone wall.
The fireball inside his body has no tendency to extinguish, and instead burns harder and harder.
Jiang Yun grabbed the ground with his fingers and arched his back, trying to maintain a hint of clarity. However, the more he resisted, the crazier the heat flow became. Soon, every meridian seemed to be filled with magma, swelling violently.
Jiang Yun was unconscious and about to be washed into a coma when suddenly someone picked him up and held him in his arms.
“Why don’t you call Gu if you’re feeling unwell?”
That person whispered in his ears.
It was a very gentle tone.
Jiang Yun opened his eyes in confusion, his eyes watery and trembling, looking at Sui Heng’s deep brows above.
Uncontrollably, his body wanted to stick close to the cold, metaphysical, iron-heavy armor on the other party’s body.
Sui Heng said softly, “Hug, if you want to, Gu allowed it.”
Jiang Yun suddenly regained a hint of clarity, turned his head to avoid his touch, curled up his fingers, and pressed them against his chest, trying to push him away with force.
However, the soft force was like a kitten waving its paws.
Sui Heng said slowly and leisurely, “Qin Gu Xiang is the most intense aphrodisiac in the world. Those who are poisoned will be lost in love and confused, and their bodies will continuously emit a bone-corroding fragrance. It lasts for a month without any antidotes. The only way to detoxify is to have leisurely s*x with a man.”
“Without Gu’s help, your meridians will burst and die.”
“It’s up to you to decide what to do.”
Jiang Yun lightly closed his eyes, his body gently trembling.
After a while, he reopened his crystal clear eyes and calmly said, “Go…inside.”
