cloudless sky

The quicksand sank in all directions, and a cloud of dust rose up to cover the sky and the sun, not only burying people in it, but even the huts disappeared.After the sand and dust stopped, there was only a lonely piece of yellow sand surrounded by the dunes, and there was no one left. Even the dark green pool of water was half-filled, and the trees beside the water were half-covered.

On the top of the sand dunes, on the side of the sedan chair, stands a pretty figure.

She was dressed in rough clothes and couldn't hide her beauty, with almond eyes and peach cheeks. She had a very beautiful appearance, but she never looked like a woodcarving beauty.I don't know when I came here, and I don't know how long I stood there, poking in place like a wood carving, looking quietly at the bottom of the sand dunes.

Let alone the living, there is not a single dead person.

A wind that rolled the yellow sand passed by, the wood carving moved slightly, and looked up at the sky.The sky in the desert is always without a trace of cloud, neither blue nor green, only blindingly white, and later it is a kind of half-bright and half-dark gray, not very clear.

Tan Zhonglu raised his hand and patted the sedan chair beside him. With a light shaking of his palm, he dismantled the sedan chair into pieces and rolled it down the sand dune, then turned and left.

Go all the way along the undulating sand dunes without looking back.

This piece of sand fell into silence again. After a long time, there was a slight rustling sound. Suddenly, a bunch of dry branches poked out of the sand and was thrown away. A figure arched from under the dry branches and yellow sand, and suddenly stood up. Straightened his back and pulled himself out.No time to breathe, no time to sit down, leaned forward and threw forward again, both arms were deeply inserted into the sand to feel, grabbed a few dry branches and threw them away, still digging down.

Pulling aside a dry branch wall, peeled off a ragged fur underneath, grabbed it with both hands, and dragged out a person with all the strength.

Feng Pingping used too much force to bring himself down, and lay down on the sand with Ye Weiliao in his arms, being hit badly.Taking a breath, she hurriedly moved out from under him, turned over and knelt down to his side to have a look.

Disgraced, barely breathing.

Feng Pingping put one hand in the middle of the others, and stretched out his other hand to the side of the neck. His pulse was still there, but it was very weak and barely detectable.Pressing Renzhong's fingers harder, the other hand pried open his lips and teeth to breathe out for him.Ye Weiliao suddenly choked and coughed violently.Feng Pingping hurriedly helped him to turn sideways, and patted his back to make him choke.

He didn't have the strength to cough again, he vomited a few times hoarsely, and fell back lazily to lie down.

Feng Pingping felt a little relieved, and sat down as well, throwing both hands on his face to help him pat off the dust from his head and face. He patted carefully, with light gestures, while staring at him intently.

"The sixth day of the lunar new year," Ye Weiliao's face was as dark as the sky, and his eyes were dull as if he didn't look at him, and he said softly, "Don't be afraid, I'm not going to die so soon. I'm the same as Mr. Chongtang. He has the most experience in resisting snake venom by learning the inner strength method. Before I die, maybe I can delay it for a year and a half... Maybe I can, justify his name..."

"Stop talking about this." Feng Pingping said.

He couldn't last a year and a half, the wound was on the neck, and the attack was too fast.

Touching his head and face with his hands was as cold as ice, listening to his words made him even more confused, but if he was still a little bit sober, he would not say anything like this, neither concealed nor concealed, nor deceived.

Feng Pingping stuffed another handful of medicine into his mouth, and then pricked his acupuncture points, covering his fur tightly.

Standing up and tidying up a bit, wrapping around the wound around his waist, he carried him on his back and walked forward.

Ye Weiliao lay on his shoulders, sometimes panting with his mouth open, his teeth trembling slightly, and his whole body pressed against him even tighter.With both hands clasped tightly on Feng Pingping's shoulders, without much strength left, Feng Pingping let his fingers dig into the flesh.He was so cold, his mind was blurred, and his limbs were probably paralyzed.

"The sixth day, it's cold..." Ye Weiliao said in a trembling voice while breathing in the cold air.

The first pain, the second cold, and the third heat, there is no cure for the black snake venom. Ordinary people die of pain only when the first level of poison occurs, and it is rare to last to the second level.Feng Pingping tried his best to treat him, he thought he could stay in the first stage, and then Xu Tu detoxified.Just now, after a lot of tossing and falling, it unexpectedly hit the second level. Even if he is rescued, he may not be able to keep him safe.

Feng Pingping was even more anxious when he thought of this, but he couldn't tell him.

"It's okay, it's okay, it'll be fine after a while."

Then came the third level of toxicity, like falling into boiling water, hot oil and blood boiling all over his body, he might not even be able to figure out the sixth day in his mind.

There was no other way but to run forward in big strides with him on his back, out of the notch in the sand dune, turn around and head eastward to return to Yishan.The quicksand relieved his strength, and he was still carrying himself on his back. The more he ran, the more he felt sluggish, and the desert seemed endless.

"what--"

Feng Pingping let out a long roar, but still rushed forward.

Turning around a sand dune ahead, I heard a strange sound, looked up and saw three horses beside a clump of dry grass.Presumably it was the horses of the three members of Zhong's family, which made Dizhen run away and hid here to eat hay. Two of them were pricked by sharp thorns, grinning and whining, and the other was smarter and stood still. Looking at the two horses while driving.

Feeling relieved, Feng Ping grabbed the smart horse and tied the other two stupid horses behind it one by one. He helped them remove their thorns with light hands, and fed some food to the hunchback horses. Water pancake.Leaping onto the back of the first horse with Ye Weiliao on his back, he took the belt to stop him and tied him tightly to his body, then raised the reins and beat the horse, and galloped out with the three horses.

I changed horses twice in the middle, ran from dark to dawn and then ran to dark again, ran out of the desert and then ran into Yishan, turned north, and ran to a peak at the northern foot. The last horse was disabled. Folded and fell on his knees, Feng Pingping supported Ye Weiliao with both hands, turned over in the air, and fell steadily.

Without taking a look at the horse, he ran up the mountain with his back on his back.Tie another tie to Ye Weiliao's back, and using both hands and feet, he climbed up the fastest and steepest narrow path on the rock wall.

"...climbing again?" Ye Weiliao asked in a daze.

He fell asleep several times along the way, and then woke up the horse. If the horse didn't wake up, Feng Pingping would pat him awake. From time to time, he would talk to him. If he didn't speak, Feng Pingping would still ask him. Most of the inconsistencies between them have nothing to do with each other, and they always keep him awake.

"Is it still cold?" Feng Pingping asked.

"Sleepy." Ye Weiliao paused, and said again: "Hot."

Feng Pingping's heart shuddered, and he reached out to touch his head and face, but it was still cold to the touch... Could it be that he was so cold that he was confused?Or the toxicity occurs from within the five internal organs, which is already cold on the outside and hot on the inside?

At this point there was no further delay, Feng Pingping used all his skills to climb mountains and ridges, and went up and down the mountain like a beast.

Finally, I climbed to a sloping slope in the middle of the mountain. There were dense forests growing on the slope, and when I got into the forest, there was a clear spring with a radius of Zhang Zhang under the shadow of the rock wall and trees. The spring water was emitting white smoke. There are still several snowmelts in the corners of the rock walls.

Feng Pingping walked to the spring and finally put Ye Weiliao off his back.

First help him take off his fur, spread it on the big rock by the spring and help him sit up, and then help him take off his cotton robe.

"Sixth day?"

Ye Weiliao seemed to have been fumigated by the heat of the hot spring to make him less stiff, a thin layer of sweat formed on his forehead, his complexion gradually revealed warmth, and he became more awake on the flushed face. He opened his eyes wide and looked at Feng Pingping.

"Only I know this place, no one else. This spring is hot water, and it has some medicinal properties, promoting blood circulation and dredging collaterals. The black snake's venom has reached the second level, and the hands and feet are damaged after being cold for a long time. I need to use this spring water to wash away." Feng Pingping patiently explained to him, opened his clothes, and looked down to see the deep purple palm print on his waist.

"The sixth day, don't..." Ye Weiliao stopped and thought for a while, as soon as he regained his composure and spoke, he would think back and forth like this, with many worries. "Don't spend so much thought, don't have such high hopes, it will be even more sad in the end."

"The spring water can indeed only alleviate the second level of toxicity, but the third level will attack faster... I know, I didn't waste my efforts." Feng Pingping said sullenly, removing his shoes and socks, and taking off the saber around his waist.Ye Weiliao stretched out his hand to hold his hand, Feng Pingping stared at him, but still slowly removed the knife and put it beside his clothes.She reached out to wrap his arms around his waist, carried him down a little bit, and put him into the spring water.

Ye Weiliao was confused and couldn't argue with him, so he simply let him sit down in the water and lean against the shore, letting the spring water evaporate and warm his blood vessels and limbs.The stiff body and flesh seemed to melt one by one, melted away, and scattered leisurely in the spring water.

Feng Pingping untied the burden and put it ashore, took off his outer shirt, and sat in the spring to face Ye Weiliao.

"Mr. Chongtang..." Ye Weiliao looked up at Feng Pingping and said with a smile, "I'm going to die, so let me mention him. He was trying to save me from being bitten by a black snake, to save me And die. I am also dying under the poison of the snake, and it is retaliation. The cycle of heaven, retribution is not good. It’s a pity that I didn’t spend more time with you on the sixth day of the lunar new year, and take you to enjoy a few more days of happiness.”

"You can't die." Feng Pingping said.

"Don't be stubborn." Ye Weiliao said.

"You asked me if there is an antidote to the black snake venom. I will answer you now. There are no pills, powders, or prescriptions, but there is still a glimmer of hope to cure it." Feng Pingping looked at him intently, and said solemnly: "I am the antidote."

"...Huh?" Ye Weiliao always felt that something was wrong, so he sat up straight, leaned against the shore and wanted to stand up but couldn't stop.

"Tan Zhonglu fed me medicine at the earliest time, and then fed me poison, which also contained some messy snake venom. In the end, she diluted the black snake snake venom a hundred times and fed it to me. After taking it, I fell asleep for several days in a row. Woke up from the cold, then passed out from the cold, and then burned so badly that the limbs and bones seemed to be boiled and then let it cool down, several times." Feng Pingping looked at Ye Weiliao, put his hand on it, and touched his hot face: "Now, you are far more sad than I was a hundred times at that time. Do you feel that your whole body is burning from it? Do you feel that your skin and flesh are going to be scalded?"

Ye Weiliao was just like what he said, from the freezing cold to the scorching heat, it was like burning inside.

The spring water elicits the third level of toxicity, and once the onset is so swift and violent, the bones all over the body are hot and painful, and layers of dark and open flames seem to be set up in the flesh, all of which are burning.

"Tan Zhonglu fed me the black snake venom several times later, each time the poison was more serious, each time the symptoms were milder, and he also bit my fingertips. If I didn't die, you won't die either." Feng Pingping leaned over, embraced him, and said in a deep voice, "Let me save you."

Ye Weiliao opened his mouth and couldn't speak, his mind was burning and confused, and the rare moment of sobriety disappeared in a flash.

"I'll exchange my blood for you." Feng Pingping still hugged him tightly, and said, "There are hundreds of poisons in my blood, maybe I can save you, maybe you won't be poisoned to death by the black snake, but you will also be poisoned to death by me." .Let me try, let me save you."

Ye Weiliao put one hand on his shoulder and pushed him away.

Feng Pingping followed his intentions and stepped back a little, staring at him, while Ye Weiliao held the scimitar in Feng Pingping's waist in the other hand, raised his hands, and tried his best to put it on his neck, and shook his head at him.

"You, too, will die."

He lost the weight of his hands a long time ago, and when he shook his head, a line was drawn across his neck, and the thin blood splattered.

Feng Pingping didn't dare to rush forward to grab the knife, but just stared into his eyes, and said loudly: "You promised Zhong Chongtang that if I make any mistakes, you will kill me yourself!"

Ye Weiliao was completely surprised that he still remembered this sentence, and was stunned.

"I followed Tan Zhonglu and did many wrong things. At the beginning, I wanted to see you all the time, and I wanted you to come to me. Later, I was also afraid of seeing you. I was afraid that you would embarrass me, and I was even more afraid that you would be cruel and come to kill me. I I don't want to be killed by you. In this world, people kill people, and some people kill a lot of people, so I kill a lot, and it's okay to be killed by others. But I don't want to be killed by you the most." Feng Pingping said that his words were reversed afterwards. Swallowing deeply, he said: "The technique of exchanging blood is dangerous and dangerous. I only saw that Tan Zhonglu tried to catch people a few times. Some of them died and the other was disabled, and some of them both died... I still want to follow him." Try it, if you die together, you will die, and if you survive, it doesn't matter if you kill me again in the future. If you don't let me save you, you die, and I will never live alone."

Ye Weiliao gasped for breath, raised his knife, and stared at him.

A stream of sweat rolled down from the corner of his forehead, across his wet eyes, across his reddened face, and dripped onto his hand that was holding the knife handle tightly, and his hand trembled.Feng Pingping knelt down and approached slowly, took his hand holding the knife, and gently took it off.

Holding his wrist and sticking it to her face, rubbing against it, she looked up at him.

Ye Weiliao's heart softened, and he nodded slightly.

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