DWGL _ Chapter - 17

Tianchen Sand, Maybe I can find it

Although Eunuch Si Xi was a bit chubby and looked quite sturdy, he was not a martial artist after all, so he was easily carried out by Duan Nian.

The room was very quiet.

Chu Yuan watched as Nan Mo Xie stripped Duan Bai Yue down to a pair of underpants, revealing his sturdy upper body.

　......

“Hold him for me." Nan Mo Xie ordered.

Chu Yuan hesitated for a while, then he helped Duan Bai Yue up as he said, letting him half lean on his arms.

Nan Mo Xie took out a silver needle and pierced it towards one of his acupuncture points.

There is no other purpose, it is pain, biting pain in the cone.

Even though Duan Bai Yue was unconscious at this time, he clenched his teeth, and the joints between his fingers were white.

Nan Mo Xie continued to advise: "Be sure to hold tight.”

Chu Yuan: “......”

In half an hour, Nan Mo Xie had at least applied hundreds of silver needles to Duan Bai Yue's body.

Half of them were for healing, and half of them were for ...... looking worse.

Feeling that the person in his arms had been humming, Chu Yuan tightened his arms unconsciously.

Nan Mo Xie was very satisfied with this.

There should be more skin-to-skin contact like this.

"Why did he suddenly go off the deep end?" Chu Yuan asked in the interval of healing.

"Not suddenly." Nan Mo Xie spun the silver needle out while saying, "Bai Yue already had an internal injury, and this time, he forced his qi during the marriage competition, so it was inevitable that he would be injured."

Chu Yuan frowned: " He already had an internal injury, when did he get injured?"

"It's a long story." Nan Mo Xie cleared his throat and was just about to tell the story from the beginning when Duan Bai Yue woke up, "Master!"

"It's good that you're awake. If you're awake, you don't have to be paralysed, your orifices are bleeding, and the ants eat your heart. Life is not as good as dead." Nan Mo Xie looked relieved and stood up, “I'll go to the kitchen to see if the hot water has been burned." When he walked to the door, he told again, “Please also ask Emperor Chu to hold my apprentice tighter, so as not to have another accident. After all, Gu poison is no better than others, so you still have to be careful."

Chu Yuan: "......"

Duan Bai Yue: "......"

"You've been compelled?" Chu Yuan asked only after Nan Mo Xie had left.

"Everyone who grew up in the Xinan royal family does have a few compulsions on them." Duan Bai Yue was unconcerned, "It's not a big deal."

"Why did you suddenly become crazy?" Chu Yuan asked again.

Duan Bai Yue replied, "Naturally, it was because I couldn't practice my kung fu properly."

"Since you are seriously injured, you should go back to Xinan Wang's Mansion and rest." Chu Yuan shook his head, "There is no need for Duan Wang Ye to go to this battle in the northwest."

"If I don't go, who will help you?" Duan Bai Yue sat up slightly.

"Martial League Master Shen Qian Feng, he and Xiao Jin are friends." Chu Yuan said, "Qin Shao Yu has also made a deal with me."

"Looks like there are quite a lot of helpers." Duan Bai Yue smiled and leaned back on the bed and said, "That's fine, then I’ll go back to Xinan."

Chu Yuan didn't answer, so the surrounding area was quiet again, so quiet that could almost hear each other breathing.

After a long time, Chu Yuan stood up, "Rest well, no one will come here to disturb you."

Duan Bai Yue said, "Okay." But his voice was a little unnatural.

"What's wrong?" Seeing the difference in his expression, Chu Yuan took his wrist and tested his pulse, finding that it was faster than normal.

Duan Bai Yue's eyes were red.

Chu Yuan wanted to go to Nan Mo Xie but was pulled back by a hand.

"It's alright." Duan Bai Yue said in a mute voice, "It will be alright in a while."

Chu Yuan frowned slightly, at first puzzled, but then his eyes accidentally swept to his belly.

The change was obvious because he was wearing only a thin pair of underwear.

　......

　......

Duan Bai Yue breathed heavily.

Chu Yuan rushed out.

Nan Mo Xie is in the courtyard, picking up a few fish head kinds of grass, pretending that he is really busy.

Chu Yuan stood at the door of his bedroom, his face flushed.

"Your Majesty." Eunuch Si Xi hurriedly came forward to help him, "Is Xinan Wang not feeling well?"

Duan Nian also ran forward, obviously unaware of what was going on inside.

"Senior." Chu Yuan could not describe the incident and wanted to stop talking.

Nan Mo Xie said with understanding, "Is there a slight change there?"

Chu Yuan nodded his head in the face of the thunder of ten thousand blazes.

And not a little change, but a ...... lot.

“That's good, that's good." Nan Mo Xie patted his thigh.

Chu Yuan: "......"

That's good?

Nan Mo Xie instructed Duan Nian, "Go and get all the best-looking girls in the restaurant, not too many, just a dozen or twenty."

"Why?" Duan Nian was shocked, and Eunuch Si Xi also felt that his ears were deaf, as if he had just heard something remarkable.

"What do you want to do with the girls from the youth house?" Chu Yuan also asked.

Nan Mo Xie replied, "To make love, naturally."

Chu Yuan was speechless.

Such an answer.

Nan Mo Xie said patiently, "If he can't do something in time, I'm afraid he'll explode."

Chu Yuan: "......"

Chu Yuan: "......"

Chu Yuan: "......"

Explode?

Duan Nian finally reacted, so he drew his legs and ran outside.

"Come back!" Chu Yuan said angrily.

Duan Nian hesitated and stopped, what was the point of coming back, there was no time to delay, my king wanted to explode.

"Yes, this is the residence of Emperor Chu, it is not convenient for outsiders to know." Nan Mo Xie came to his senses, "Why don't I just take Bai Yue to a restaurant, there are plenty of girls, so pick a few."

Before he finished speaking, Chu Yuan had already flicked his sleeve and entered the inner room.

Nan Mo Xie hurriedly leaned over the doorway to listen.

Eunuch Si Xi: "......"

Duan Bai Yue frowned in pain, his whole body was drenched with sweat.

Chu Yuan stood by the bedside, his heart in a war between heaven and man.

"Your Majesty." Nan Mo Xie was still tucking his sleeve outside and called, "When can we take Wang Ye away, we can't delay for too long."

"Close your eyes." Duan Bai Yue said in a husky voice.

Chu Yuan did not respond: "...... eh?"

Duan Bai Yue pulled out his belt.

Chu Yuan temporarily turned around to look out the window, his face was not sure whether it was red or white.

The room was still quiet, but there were more ragged gasps and ambiguous noises.

The pills that Nan Mo Xie had fed him before he came to Zhou's residence were amazingly effective.

What a long time.

Duan Bai Yue kept looking at his back.

Chu Yuan felt that he might be standing by the window until dawn. Luckily, just as he was about to rush out of the door, the room finally stopped.

Chu Yuan tossed him a silk handkerchief. There were many compulsions in the southwest, which was not uncommon, but I never imagined that this man would fall prey to such a nasty compulsion.

There was no sound from the bed for a long time.

Looking again, Duan Bai Yue had fallen asleep.

　......

This night, Chu Yuan stayed in his study, and even when Eunuch Si Xi wanted to bring tea, he was sent away.

As the day was about to dawn, Duan Bai Yue opened his eyes soberly.

Nan Mo Xie's face appeared in front of him.

Duan Bai Yue closed his eyes and remained unconscious.

Nan Mo Xie said, "When exactly will I be able to drink your wedding wine?"

Duan Bai Yue said, "Generally speaking, a person's master will first ask how his injury is.

"What else can I do? I have already taken your pulse." Nan Mo Xie said, " I used the Compulsion of Harmony to swallow the golden silk threads in your heart, this is the best way to save time and effort, although your body is a bit weak, there is no big problem."

Duan Bai Yue couldn't tell him how he felt, frankly he would rather be struck by the golden silk threads and suffer the pain that eats away at his bones than be in such an awkward position as he was last night.

"You'll only know the beauty of the compulsion when you're married." Nan Mo Xie shook his head and looked like a man who had been there before.

Duan Bai Yue wanted to bury him back into the grave.

“Once the golden silkworm thread awakens, it will take at least three days before it will be dormant again."Nan Mo Xie said again, "If I were you, I would continue to eat this compulsion, which is better than a million arrows piercing your heart."

Duan Bai Yue drove him out.

Nan Mo Xie sighed again and again but looked up to see Chu Yuan standing in the courtyard, so he hurriedly said bitterly: "Your majesty, Wang Ye of my family has been poisoned again.”

Chu Yuan turned decisively and walked out the door.

Nan Mo Xie watched him leave, almost turning back to the bedroom, first slapped Duan Bai Yue with a palm and vomited blood, and then took Duan Nian back to Xinan.

When the time comes, you will be half dead or alive, depending on whether you see or not, save or not.

For the next two days, the golden threads in Duan Bai Yue's body became active, moving from the marrow of his brain to the crevices of his bones, almost shattering his entire body. The last wave of pain hit him, and he drifted off to sleep again, his mind blurred when a warm hand towel gently wiped his forehead, taking away much of the pain.

Chu Yuan laid out the blanket and tucked his hand back carefully. He then turned around and left the house, heading straight for another compound in the city.

"The Golden Silkworm Thread?" Ye Jin nodded, "I know, it's a compulsion used by Miaojiang to kill people, it's extremely poisonous and virtuous, why are you asking about it?"

"Is there an antidote?" Chu Yuan asked.

“Are you poisoned?" Ye Jin quickly shook his wrist and tried it. After a while, he breathed a sigh of relief, “It's okay. If you want to solve the golden silkworm thread, you have to find Tianchen Sand, but the things in the ancient legends, even if you are the emperor, I'm afraid it's hard to find.”

“It's just hard to find, isn't it?" Chu Yuan asked the bottom line.

“The world is so big, maybe there is nowhere." Ye Jin twitched his nose, “No one can say this kind of thing."

Chu Yuan was silent at his words.

"Who was actually tricked?" Ye Jin asked again, "Is it, Si Xi?"

Chu Yuan froze, "Why him?"

"A wild guess." Ye Jin said, "Apart from Si Xi, you don't seem to care about anyone else either." Not to mention going to the door to find the medicine himself.

Chu Yuan asked, "What about you?"

"That's different." Ye Jin tucked his hand away, "I am 'this divine doctor'." I don't know you very well.

Inside the Zhou residence, Duan Bai Yue meditated and finally forced all the golden silk threads back into dormancy. Although it was only three days, the ordeal was not a small one, and his face was a little pale.

Eunuch Si Xi smilingly brought a jar of sweet soup, saying that it was specially brewed to be a great tonic.

Duan Bai Yue didn't even ask and ate it all in a few bites.

Eunuch Si Xi added, "His Majesty personally watched over the brewing."

Duan Bai Yue felt that he should have eaten more slowly.

Chu Yuan pushed the door in.

Eunuch Si Xi neatly cleaned up the empty bowls and bowed his head and retreated.

Chu Yuan stood by the bedside, his voice was very light: "I am going back to Wangcheng."

Duan Bai Yue asked, "When?"

Chu Yuan replied, "Tomorrow."

Duan Bai Yue smiled and didn't say much, but only urged, "It's a long journey, so take care of everything."

Chu Yuan said, "Okay."

"And." Duan Bai Yue thought for a moment, "No matter what my master says, don't believe it."

"Including Tianchen Sand?" Chu Yuan asked.

"It's a drug that is only found in the rumour mill, what's the point of believing in it." Duan Bai Yue spoke in a lighter tone, "Why not look at it from an open perspective, at least your heart won't be tired."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier that you were compelled?" Chu Yuan asked again.

Duan Bai Yue replied, "Because it's embarrassing."

Chu Yuan: "......"

Duan Bai Yue raised his eyebrows, "If I can't come to the competition, would I have lost a large portion of the southwest fiefdom for nothing?"

"Take a good rest." Chu Yuan did not want to talk to him any more about this matter, stood up and said, "As for Tianchen sand, I will also help you to find it."

Duan Bai Yue said, "Thank you."

Chu Yuan had just walked to the door when he was called again, "Can we have a drink together tonight?"

......

Duan Bai Yue leaned on the bed: “This time I came to Huan Tian Zhai, I specially brought Tan Xueyou.”

Chu Yuan said, “You are injured.”

"The Golden Silkworm Thread only wakes up once a year." Duan Bai Yue said, "I'm fine now, and the compulsion is not like sword wounds, it's just a few glasses of wine."

Chu Yuan hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Okay."

The corners of Duan Bai Yue's mouth curved up and he watched him leave.

Nan Mo Xie came out of the window - he wore a mask at the Zhou residence for ease of entry and exit, a demon-hunter bought for a coin from a street stall, green-faced and fanged, with a hairy face that once scared Eunuch Si Xi into fainting in the middle of the night.

Duan Bai Yue asked, "If I use my inner strength to force out a mouthful of blood, will Master shut up because of that?"

Nan Mo Xie said, "Not even ten mouthfuls."

Duan Bai Yue covered his head with the blanket.

Nan Mo Xie said, "But this time you have made a difference, you know that you want to leave someone behind to have a drink, do you want me to give you some medicine?"

"Someone!" Duan Bai Yue could not bear it.

"Wang Ye." Duan Nian came in through the door.

"Take Master to bed." Duan Bai Yue instructed, "If he refuses to sleep, knock him out and leave him on the bed."

Duan Nian dragged the man outside.

Nan Mo Xie still urged, "At least change your clothes, if you don't want to change, then just take off all your clothes."

Duan Bai Yue's head ached.

That night, Chu Yuan did come to the door on time.

Duan Bai Yue really changed his clothes and looked quite handsome.

Chu Yuan: "......"

"Sit down." Duan Bai Yue lined up two wine glasses on the table.

"Did you make this?" Chu Yuan asked.

Duan Bai Yue smiled: "The ones sent to Wangcheng, do you like them?"

Chu Yuan nodded his head.

"As long as you like it, we'll send it next year." Duan Bai Yue unsealed the wine jar, "Xueyou is a bit stronger than Fexia, try it first, if you don't like it..."

"Then I can go?" Chu Yuan interrupted him.

Duan Bai Yue paused, then shook his head, "If you don't like it, then I'll send someone to buy two altars of Hong Nuer on the street." After all, the person must be left behind.

There was a rare smile in Chu Yuan's eyes.

Duan Bai Yue handed him a cup of wine.

After drinking it all, Chu Yuan said, "It's very strong."

"What if you get drunk?" Duan Bai Yue asked.

Chu Yuan poured another cup for himself, "If I get drunk, just ask Si Xi to come in, he'll be standing outside." I think your master is also here.

Duan Bai Yue smiled and shook his head, clinking glasses with him.

Eunuch Si Xi was waiting outside with his hand in his pocket.

Nan Mo Xie cupped a packet of melon seeds and chatted with him as he stoned them.

It might be useful in the future if we get along well first.

When the wine was half empty, Chu Yuan reached out to continue pouring, but Duan Bai Yue stopped him, "I told you before, the wine is too strong and if you drink too much, you will get drunk."

"So what if I get drunk?" Chu Yuan asked in return.

"I still have something to say." Duan Bai Yue gently took his hand away.

"Hm?" Chu Yuan looked at him.

"Do you really want to go to the Northwest by yourself?" Duan Bai Yue asked.

Chu Yuan nodded his head.

"In a war, swords have no eyes, so be careful." Duan Bai Yue put a jade seal on the table, "The southwest army has been placed in all the important towns in the northwest, this is a military symbol. When the rebels from the desert north come south, someone will come to you."

Chu Yuan said, "Thank you."

"There is no need to say thank you." Duan Bai Yue handed him the wine jar again, "That's all I have to say, do you want more wine?"

Chu Yuan hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is your injury really very serious?"

"Did Master say that again?" Duan Bai Yue shook his head, "What's the point of believing him."

Chu Yuan locked eyes with him.

Duan Bai Yue said calmly, "Even if there was a cut on his hand, he would still say it was a broken arm."

Chu Yuan misplaced his gaze: "It's good that it's okay."

The corner of Duan Bai Yue's mouth curved as he poured another cup of wine for him.

"Why don't we go to the next room for a snack?" Although there was only one altar of wine, it looked like the two of them were going to drink until morning, so it would be boring to stand there.

Looking at his green-faced mask, Eunuch Si Xi shook his head firmly.

Faced with such a face, it was torturous even if he sat still, not to mention eating.

The last cup of wine was finished and when Chu Yuan stood up, his head felt a little heavy.

Duan Bai Yue took him into his arms.

"Tell Si Xi to come in." Chu Yuan said drowsily.

"Yes." Duan Bai Yue agreed but did not take the next step, just kept holding him.

Chu Yuan closed his eyes and frowned slightly. For so many years, he has been drunk a handful of times, which is really uncomfortable.

"Take good care of yourself." Duan Bai Yue patted him on the back, "When I get out of the seclusion if the war in the northwest is still not over, I will come and look for you."

There was a slight dampness on the side of his neck, and Chu Yuan's eyelashes trembled a little.

Duan Bai Yue took a deep breath and waved his hand to open the door.

"Ai yo." Eunuch Si Xi rushed in.

“You don't have to make decanter soup, just rest." Duan Bai Yue said, “Xueyou will only make people drunk, and you will be fine when you wake up tomorrow morning."”

Eunuch Si Xi nodded in agreement and helped Chu Yuan back to his bedroom.

Before being pulled back by the master, Duan Bai Yue decided to close the door.

Nan Mo Xie squatted on the ground and continued to spit out melon seed shells. He considered himself despicable and shameless for several lifetimes, so he couldn't figure out why he could teach such a... insulting apprentice.

I don't know if I will see the late Wang Ye in the future, whether I should brag or cry bitterly.

Early in the morning of the second day, Chu Yuan and Shen Qian Fan left Huan Tian Zhai one after another.

A few days later, Duan Bai Yue also took Zhao Wu and Hua Tang and led Xinan Wang’s Mansion.

On the way, Nan Mo Xie bought countless candy canes, embroidered fans and small bells, and pulled a cart full of them.

Duan Bai Yue reminded: “These things alone if you want to buy Yaoer, I'm afraid it's not enough.”

Nan Mo Xie's face suddenly turned bitter when he heard the words.

Duan Bai Yue continued: "If you add Master's beloved Zijin Gu, it might be able to play some role.”

Nan Mo Xie's face suddenly became longer.

Duan Bai Yue turned over and dismounted, bent over and got into the carriage.

Zhao Wu was talking with Hua Tang, and when he entered, Hua Tang said, "Do you want me to leave?"

Duan Bai Yue nodded: "Thank you, Miss."

Hua Tang smiled and turned and stepped out of the carriage.

“When are you going to let me go back to the Shadow Palace?" Zhao Wu was impatient.

“Yaoer is coming back, you should at least stay in the palace for a while." Duan Bai Yue said.

Zhao Wu looked out the window without saying a word.

Duan Bai Yue patted him on the shoulder: "Even if you want to get married, you should take your wife back to Xinan Mansion. What is it like to wander outside?”

“Shadow Chasing Palace is not outside!" Zhao Wu frowned.

“I don't want to argue with you about this." Duan Bai Yue shook his head, “Besides, next month will be Father's Day. Do you plan to have a glass of wine outside every year?"

Zhao Wu was speechless, and said after being bored for a long time: “Then after the New Year, let me go.”

“Good.” Duan Bai Yue nodded, “I promise you."

The convoy went all the way back to Xinan Mansion, Duan Bai Yue drew two more guards and secretly sent Du Zheng to Dali-she was an innocent woman. Instead of staying in the fire pit, it was better to take it away and find a small village. Live again incognito. Fortunately, Du Zheng had a sweetheart when she was in Huan Tian Zhai. With the help of the Shadow Chasing Palace, he had already set up a family business in Dali and waited for her, so she would not be wandering for the rest of her life.

Not long after Chu Yuan returned to Wangcheng, the southwest fell into war and strife. Shen Qian Fan was seriously injured and his life is still in danger.  The imperial court mobilized an army to conquer Duan Bai Yue. People everywhere were saying that the army on the battlefield was black and could not see his head at a glance. This time, the emperor was afraid that he was determined to take back the Southwest.

However, Duan Bai Yue did not participate in the war.

Duan Yao was picked up angrily, still thinking about finding his brother and master to make trouble, but he didn't expect to be told as soon as he came back that they were both in the back mountains and had been staying for almost a month.

“Why?” Duan Yao was taken aback, “To avoid me?"

Zhao Wu was dumbfounded.

"Duan Wang Ye seems to be quite badly injured." Hua Tang explained, "Master Nan is treating his injuries."

Duan Yao: "......"

"Go back and rest first." Zhao Wu patted him, "Big brother said that someone might find you in trouble, so stay in the Mansion for a while and don't run around."

Duan Yao squatted on the ground and pulled the grass angrily.

Inside the tomb, Duan Bai Yue was staring at the grave with his eyes closed, his whole body was so cold that not a trace of temperature was present, almost even his blood had frozen into ice.

Nan Mo Xie pulled out the last silver needle from the back of his neck and breathed a sigh of relief, "Finally, I've got one out."

Looking at the hair-like compulsion at the tip of the needle, Duan Bai Yue asked, "Just one?"

"It's good to have one." Nan Mo Xie said, "Slow work makes fine work, you can't rush it."

Duan Bai Yue: "......"

"Besides, this year the golden silkworm thread has awakened and you went to the competition, so it's only natural that you would suffer internal injuries." You should not worry about the war outside, just stay here."

Duan Bai Yue asked, "How much longer?"

Nan Mo Xie calculates, "Five months."

Duan Bai Yue: "......"

"You are not going to go to the Northwest." Nan Mo Xie could see what was on his mind, "If you fall ill and your mouth and eyes become crooked and your yang roots are not lifted-"

"Master!" Duan Bai Yue had a headache and compromised, "I'll just keep practising." I just hope that the word "not lifting" will not be on his lips all the time.

—— ฅʕ•̫͡•ʔฅ ——ㄚ

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