Chapter 354 Living Is the King's Way

In the cave more than a meter high, Shangguan Pei and Su Mianyue were sitting inside eating cold dry food. When they were thirsty, they could only grab a handful of snow and put it in their mouths to melt.

The moon shone hazily on the two of them. The wind above them was like a wolf howling, and I didn't know if I could sleep tonight.

Although they could pick up dry branches, they did not light the bonfire for safety. After eating the dry food, Su Mianyue poured all the medicine from the imperial doctor on the ground. The two looked carefully at the name on it and left it aside for use. After all, no one knew what would happen in the mountains.

As for those who did not know the name, there might be an antidote, but su mianyue did not dare to let Shangguan Pei try it, lest it would make his situation worse.

"Let's go catch two hares after daybreak to do the experiment. If you take all these medicines, you'll probably be half crippled if you don't die." Su Mianyue's bad mouth was actually concerned about Shangguan Pei, and he blamed him for not valuing his own body. If he could find out earlier and remove it, the residual poison in his body would be lighter.

"It doesn't matter. I can't even withstand this poison. There hasn't been a ghost general for a long time." A little self-deprecating, Shangguan Pei helped to put the medicine away, and he was the one who took the uncertain medicine with him.

Su Mianyue nunu did not comment. Everyone had his own misfortune.

He placed the bow and arrow beside him, and the bag of darts in front of his abdomen. He could defend himself without getting up if he was in danger.

After doing all this, Su Mianyue put the cloak he picked up on the ground and said to Shangguan Pei, "Sit down. Tonight, we will take turns to rest back to back. Everyone can't sleep for more than half an hour. It's too cold here. Don't freeze yourself into a human statue in the snow and ice."

Shangguan Pei opened his mouth and wanted to refuse, but Su Mianyue looked at him and said, "It's as awkward as a girl. We don't take advantage of anyone. It's the king's way to live at any time. Come here quickly. I'm too sleepy. I need to sleep for a little while. You stay up first."

Su Mianyue then closed his eyes. After a moment of hesitation, Shangguan Pei came to Su Mianyue and sat down. His originally straight back became more stiff as su mianyue leaned over. He pressed his lips tightly and listened to his beating heart like a drum.

Although it was back to back, as a martial arts practitioner, Su Mianyue could sense Shangguan Pei's nervousness, and the corners of his lips rose slightly. He did not expect Shangguan Pei to have such a cute and reserved side.

There was no sleepiness at all in the cold, but even if there was no sleepiness, it was good to close his eyes and take a nap to recuperate. Su Mianyue did not open his mouth to tease Shangguan Pei, lest he was embarrassed and did not know what to do.

About half an hour later, Shangguan Pei called for Su Mianyue to get up, and the two of them took turns to rest until dawn.

However, both of them were injured, and in such an environment, there were inevitably symptoms of fever. Shangguan Pei was poisoned, and naturally more serious than Su Mianyue's condition.

When su mianyue found out that Shangguan Pei was abnormal, it was already dawn. Shangguan Pei's forehead was burning so hard that he was half asleep. Su Mianyue quickly cooled him down with cold snow. Then he found the powder to reduce the fever and poured it into Shangguan Pei's mouth. He melted the snow with his palm to help Shangguan Pei swallow the powder.

To prevent himself from falling down, Su Mianyue took a cold piece of dry food and a pack of antipyretics. It took more than an hour for Shangguan Pei to wake up, and Su Mianyue could not help but sigh, "You had a fever before, but now that you wake up, let's hurry and go. If we stay here any longer, I'm afraid we won't be able to resist you."

"Okay." Shangguan Pei was still a little dizzy when he got up. This was the second time he had a fever and fainted in his memory, the first time he had a life-and-death experience, and this time it was related to poisoning. Shangguan Pei was in a hurry to try if the medicine he got from the imperial physician had an antidote.

The two of them supported each other as they walked deep into the mountains. Since they were both new to the area, they could only look for directions based on the topographic map that Shangguan Pei had seen. Although Su Mianyue had seen a map in Wanyan Lin's study before, her sense of direction in the jungle was not as accurate as Shangguan Pei's.

It was not known if the wild animals were hibernating during the winter. After they had walked far away, they saw a squirrel running past them. Su Mianyue did not care whether the squirrel was cute or not. The hidden weapon had been knocked out in the middle of his palm, and he heard the squirrel let out a very light cry and fell to the ground.

Su Mianyue quickly walked towards the squirrel. He looked at the squirrel struggling on the ground and darted into its leg bone. The blood was flowing so fast that it couldn't hold on any longer.

"Give it a try, don't waste it." Su Mianyue didn't have time to feel sorry for the innocent squirrel, so he hurried Shangguan Pei to test the antidote.

After more than a dozen tests, the squirrel's wounds did not stop the bleeding. Su Mianyue was a little disappointed, but Shangguan Pei calmly took the dart back and pinned it to his waist, "At least half of them are eliminated. One more will be able to find the real antidote."

"Let's go." Picking up the snow and burying the squirrel under the tree was a sign of gratitude. Su Mianyue got up and held Shangguan Pei's arm, and continued to walk with him.

As Shangguan Pei said, after hunting another hare, he finally tried out the real antidote. Su Mianyue was in a good mood and at the same time gave the hare a dressing and release. As for whether the hare could live or not, it was not in Su Mianyue's concern. The law of the world was the law of the jungle. On the contrary, humans would become animal guinea pigs.

After taking the antidote, the symptoms of Shangguan Pei's fever gradually faded, which made Su Mianyue a little happy. One of them had to be healthy so that they could have more life.

But Su Mianyue was too happy. Not long after Shangguan Pei told her that he could find the temporary nest that the hunters had built in the mountains before dark, the two of them were surrounded by a pack of wolves. Although there were only a dozen or so wolves, it was not easy for them to kill the wolves with one strike.

"Protect yourself and leave the rest to me." Shangguan Pei was not good at martial arts. He held a long gun in one hand and a long sword in the other.

Su Mianyue glanced at Shangguan Pei faintly and opened the sheepskin bag around his waist. At the same time, he drew a bow and shot an arrow with one hand. At the moment when the three arrows were fired at the same time, the wolf launched an attack. Su Mianyue regretfully shot only one wolf, but the other two bows and arrows also injured the target.

Not daring to hesitate, Su Mianyue shot at the other two wolves with his darts. One shot at the wolf's head and the other shot at his neck. Even though the blood was flowing, the wolf still attacked su mianyue with all his might.

Shangguan Pei, who was fighting with the wolf, glanced over and threw the long gun. He saw the wolf fall to the ground when he was only one punch away from Su Mianyue, and his blue eyes lost their luster.

"Be careful!" Su Mianyue let out a low cry, regardless of whether there was danger on his side, he took a bow and shot an arrow at Shangguan Pei's back, and a wild wolf almost fell to the ground on Shangguan Pei's body.

Six wolves had been killed, two were slightly injured by Su Mianyue, and two were entangled with Shangguan Pei. Su Mianyue cried out helplessly, "General Shangguan, you are facing beasts now, not enemies on the battlefield. Are you telling the rules to the beasts to be afraid that they won't attract companions?"