Chapter 359 Love, Hate, Madness

The journey out of the valley of death took nearly three days. Although they were blindfolded, it was not difficult to find them back with the memory of Su Mianyue and Shangguan Pei. But neither of them would do that unless the xia family moved out of the valley and they had to take refuge in the valley.

After leaving the valley, Su Mianyue arranged for the people to be placed in the nearest hidden pile and told the xia family to assist in whatever they could and follow Shangguan Pei in the direction of Huizhou City.

Su Mianyue had been sitting in the carriage because of his leg injury, and the driver was a subordinate of Su Mianyue, and both of them had made simple facelifts with fake identities. Otherwise, Shangguan Pei's mask was too eye-catching, even if both of them had real faces.

When the two of them returned to Huizhou City, the horn of the war was still ringing, but judging from the tense atmosphere of the guards in the city, the situation in Huizhou City during this period of time was very bad.

Shangguan Pei had no time to change and went to the front to deploy a new battle plan, also to stabilize the morale of the army, but any officer and soldier who saw Shangguan Pei would think that they would not lose the war.

Su Mianyue, on the other hand, pretended to be a soldier and rested in Shangguan Pei's barracks. After all, the whole army knew that he was captured by the Hengyuan. It was hard to explain Su Mianyue's reappearance, especially when he returned with Shangguan Pei. He would make a big deal out of it and shake Shangguan Pei's position in the army.

It was not until sunset that Shangguan Pei returned from the battlefield. Although it was hard to tell if he looked tired in a mask, his blood and murderous spirit knew that he was in a bloody battle all day.

He wrung a handkerchief and handed it to Shangguan Pei to wipe his hands. Su Mianyue asked, "How's the war ahead?"

"Our army has lost nearly 20,000 soldiers recently. I'm afraid..." Shangguan Pei clenched his handkerchief and said coldly, "There are spies in the army."

Su Mianyue nodded. Even the palace had so much detail to do, and the barracks could not avoid such a thing, so he asked, "Do you have eyes?"

"We can only confirm that it is among the deputy generals." Shangguan Pei's voice sank. The deputy generals in the army were his sworn brothers. He didn't want to doubt anyone, but he had to.

Knowing that Shangguan Pei was depressed, Su Mianyue no longer asked anything, so he took out a purse around his neck and handed it to Shangguan Pei, "This is what I got in the Hengyuan barracks. It's the antidote for heart failure. Although I don't know if there will be such a drug in the Hengyuan, there must be someone who can give such a drug to you. You might be able to give it to the military doctor for research."

"Thank you, Mianyue." Shangguan Pei took the antidote and said to Su Mianyue in a more serious tone, "On behalf of millions of soldiers, I thank you for saving my life."

"It seems to me that it's a blessing to have this antidote. I'm just selling you a favor. Who told me to owe you so much?" With a smile, Su Mianyue stopped talking about it.

Saving her life was never something that could be thanked with words, but Shangguan Pei saved her more than once. "You go and rest first. I've already asked people to prepare dinner. Your health and safety will directly affect the morale of the soldiers and the key to victory and defeat."

Shangguan Pei did not refuse. Every time after the war, if it was not for the urgency of the war, Shangguan Pei would order the whole army to take turns to rest, so as to have enough energy and physical strength to meet the enemy, and even more so as a general.

Not to mention what happened on Su Mianyue's side, the Hengyuan had lost news of Su Mianyue for nearly half a month. In a fit of anger, Wanyan Lin killed the cavalry who came back to report the news under the sword, and became even more irritable for nothing.

In the whole barracks, only xuezhu dared to follow Wanyan Lin closely, perhaps because she could not avoid it.

Shangguan Pei's return today made Wanyan Lin even angrier. If he had not intentionally sent a message to Shangguan Pei, how would Shangguan Pei have known that Su Mianyue had been sent to Jianzhou City?

When Shangguan Pei returned safely, Su Mianyue would surely be by his side. He had set up a scheme at the expense of his team of elites. He should not have trusted his subordinates and not sent secret guards to escort and arrest them.

All of a sudden, his eyes fell on Xuezhu. Watching Xuezhu pour tea, Wanyan Lin suddenly threw a dagger at her. The sharp dagger cut Xuezhu's white wrist, and the red blood flowed down. Xuezhu hugged his broken right hand with a cry of pain. He bit his lips and looked at Wanyan Lin. There was nothing but hatred in his eyes.

"Doesn't Concubine Xue think this dagger looks familiar?" Wanyan Lin asked coldly.

Xuezhu looked at the dagger and immediately understood why Wanyan Lin had hurt her.

However, her heart was as gray as ashes, and she did not care about her life. Instead, she sat up calmly and looked at Wanyan Lin with blood on her wrist and sneered, "It's too late for the emperor to ask you this now. With his wisdom, he should have known that Mianyue would not be willing to be your captive. He also guessed that she intended to hurt herself to create an opportunity to leave the camp, right?"

Xuezhu, who had always been cold, was smiling like a peach blossom in march. When he saw Wanyan Lin's face, he said in a low voice, "But there is a saying that my concubines have always wanted to ask the emperor. The emperor knew that Mianyue wanted to escape from your control, but you still let her go. Are you too deeply in love and unwilling to let her get hurt, or are you using her as a chess piece to design General Shangguan?"

Facing Xuezhu's penetrating eyes, Wanyan Lin angrily stepped forward, grabbed Xuezhu's bun and pulled it into his arms. He said viciously, "Since you don't want to be a noble concubine, then go back to your old job. Being a military prostitute will make you understand how cheap you are!"

"Wanyan Lin, you can only be cruel to women. You don't care if your own woman is seduced by another man. Why would I be afraid of being a prostitute? Please rest assured, your majesty. Your concubines will make sure that everyone who comes to enjoy themselves will know what your favorite position is and will give them a chance to experience how happy it is to be an emperor. Hahaha." Xuezhu laughed out loud, but the laughter revealed endless desolation.

In this life, I have loved, hated, and retaliated madly, but the end is to die in the dirtiest way?

Xuezhu didn't care about life or death, but he couldn't kill himself.

According to a legend in the Tianlan, people who commit suicide go straight to the eighteenth level of hell after they die. They can't reincarnate or go to the bridge of naihe. But xuezhu still wanted to see her unborn child, so she couldn't take it personally.

Perhaps Wanyan Lin also knew that Xuezhu's mind would be wanton. Seeing that xuezhu did not beg for mercy, his heart became even angrier. He pulled out a dagger embedded in a wooden table and ruthlessly broke Xuezhu's tendons in his hands and feet, leaving only her beautiful face.

"I want you to be beautiful until you die. When you reach the underworld, you will be despised by those little ghosts. Even if you die, you will not rest in peace." After saying this in a cold voice, Wanyan Lin threw her out of the tent like a rag bag and shouted, "Come on! Send this bitch to the comfort tent and report to me when she dies!"