The self-cultivation of the coquettish scum [Quick Transmigration]

Hibiscus tent (22)

The man in front of Mingming knelt on the ground with a humble and respectful voice.

However, Zhou Sui felt that he was an eyesore, and said coldly, "Don't talk nonsense. Shu Lenai is going to the Southwest this time, how could he charge for you alone?"

Wen Rong lowered his eyebrows and looked at his eyes, but his tone was neither humble nor overbearing: "This is about the general's private affairs, and it is inconvenient for ordinary people to talk to His Majesty. I have heard for a long time that Your Majesty loves the people, so I don't think it will be difficult for me because of this matter."

Very high hat.

Zhou Sui laughed back angrily: "Okay! I didn't know you were so eloquent! Someone, pull him down and lock him up!"

Two soldiers on the left and right immediately stepped forward to hold Wen Rong.

He described it as a mess, with blood stains all over his white clothes, and only one face was neat and graceful, showing a unique style in the slightly pale sky.

On the opposite side, Zhou Sui was dressed in a military uniform, embroidered with a gold silk Nine Dragons totem, his face was gloomy, and his body was full of murderous intent.

The two soldiers unceremoniously pressed Wen Rong to walk backwards, pulling his figure away, looking more and more embarrassed.

Zhou Sui stood still, with a cold and condescending expression: "You said you would wait for Shu Le to wake up. Yes, I will wait with you. If you still cannot explain clearly after waking up, then don't blame me for being rude!"

Wen Rong stopped, turned around, and smiled slightly: "That's very good. Grassman, thank you Your Majesty."

Although being dragged by two people, the man's footsteps were still calm and calm, which made Zhou Suisheng flustered for no reason.

Zhou Sui frowned, and asked Fu Quan beside him, "How many soldiers in the city have been withdrawn?"

Fu Quan weighed in for a moment, then bowed respectfully and said: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, the news came from the front just now, and the battle was a great victory! General Shu beheaded the barbarian general, and the rest of the barbarian soldiers were fleeing in a panic."

Zhou Sui said, "Ask the soldiers who just came back with Shu Le to come and see me."

I don't know if it's because Zhou Sui's complexion was extremely ugly, and because he was furious just now, several soldiers summoned by Fu Quanchuan were trembling one by one.

Zhou Sui withdrew his gaze: "The lord is injured, your crime is unforgivable."

The soldiers kneeling on the ground paled in shock and were about to beg for mercy, but when they heard Zhou Sui's words turn around, they said coldly: "However, I can give you a chance to make meritorious deeds."

"If you want to survive, tell me everything that happened in the city of southern Sichuan without saying a single word."

"..."

The battle ahead is going well.

At ten o'clock in the evening, the lieutenant brought back the barbarian's letter of surrender.

Amidst the din of "Congratulations to the Emperor and congratulations to the Emperor" in the imperial tent, Zhou Sui closed the surrender letter in his hand and smiled meaningfully.

Zhou Sui said: "Are there still people in the southern Sichuan city?"

The deputy general replied: "Your Majesty, all the young and middle-aged people in the southern Sichuan city have fled. The only ones left are old and weak women and children. I'm afraid they won't be of much use."

"Old and weak women and children? Very good."

Zhou Sui hooked the corner of his mouth, "Go, send a few more people out, and ask me to find out if Shu Hongyi has been stationed in the Southwest for so many years, has he ever had a concubine or a good friend in a flower house?"

The lieutenant was slightly taken aback. He also just got off the battlefield, so he naturally knew about Wen Rong.

But Old General Shu was visiting the Flower House...

The deputy general twitched the corners of his mouth, and saluted Zhou Sui: "I obey the order!"

The deputy general struggled for a while, but he still couldn't hold back and said: "But your majesty, I have heard several times... Old General Shu has been in the army for dozens of years, but he only married his wife. My wife has not remarried since her death, so she probably won't go. Those who visit flower houses..."

After saying this, the young lieutenant regretted a little.

Although he won the battle this time, Zhou Sui's temperament is uncertain, if he suddenly turns his face...

The lieutenant waited for a while in suspense, but the emperor who was sitting on the seat did not intend to get angry.

instead.

Zhou Sui was silent for a moment, then snorted softly, and said in a delicate tone, "Oh. Shu Hongyi is so upright, I don't know where Shu Le's temperament of loving flowers and women comes from, and I don't think I've lost the general's face!"

Lieutenant General: "..."

If it wasn't for His Majesty sitting in front of him, he would have thought he could smell vinegar.

It must have smelled too much blood.

Smell wrong.

Zhou Sui also seemed to realize that what he said was inappropriate, so he quickly straightened his expression, waved his hand and said, "Go and check quickly, I will know the result in two days."

The lieutenant quickly took orders and left.

The night was long.

After a tiring day, Zhou Sui leaned over the desk to take a rest.

Fuquan walked into the tent lightly, added a new cup of tea for Zhou Sui, and cut off the burnt wax thread in the candle lamp with fire.

With the help of the dancing candlelight, Fuquan inadvertently glanced at the imperial case in front of Zhou Sui.

In addition to the booklets and letters related to the war, there is a white statement on the top.

The ink on the paper has dried, it can be seen that it has been left for a long time.

Just one word.

Shu.

Is it Shu from the Shu family?

Or Shule's Shu?

Before he had time to think about it, Zhou Sui had already woken up.

The young emperor had already changed out of his military uniform for the day, and was only wearing a court uniform, but his brows and eyes were less hostile and looked soft.

Zhou Sui was at a loss for a moment, then asked, "What time is it?"

Fuquan said respectfully, "Your Majesty, the time has passed."

Zhou Sui said, "Has there been any news from Shule?"

Fuquan knew that Zhou Sui would ask, so he took a look at Shu Le's tent while Zhou Sui was sleeping, and said softly, "Your Majesty, the military doctors are doing their best. The arrow has been taken out."

For some reason, Zhou Sui suddenly thought of Wen Rong's words during the day, and asked, "Has the bleeding stopped?"

Fu Quanquan showed a bit of distress, and lowered his head even lower: "Return to Your Majesty... This servant just came back from General Shu's tent. The blood hadn't completely stopped when this servant left."

"not yet?"

Zhou Sui frowned suddenly, he stood up and looked at the night outside the window.

It has been a long time since Shu Le came back in the afternoon.

Seeing his ugly face, Fuquan hurriedly stood aside and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, don't worry too much. The situation is much better than when General Shu came back in the afternoon. Now there is only a small amount of bleeding. The research method will definitely save the general from danger!"

Zhou Sui took two steps in the tent and said, "Light the lamp for me, go over there and have a look."

Standing outside Shu Le's tent was full of soldiers who had just returned to camp.

The atmosphere that was supposed to be very joyous because of the victory was suppressed because of everyone's silence.

In order to maintain the air circulation in the tent, they stood at a distance.

The wounds on some soldiers have not even been treated and are dripping with blood.

But he stood very tall and straight.

Zhou Sui walked over and looked at the soldiers: "Why don't you go to rest after victory?"

The soldiers stood up straight and said in unison: "The general is not awake! The subordinates dare not rest!"

From court to battlefield.

It wasn't until now that Zhou Sui really discovered that the thin and thin man——

Be a real general.

It is an irreplaceable, pillar-like existence in the hearts of many soldiers.

Zhou Sui reached out and patted the soldier's shoulder, and followed Fuquan into the tent.

What came to the face was a strong smell of blood.

Behind the screen, the three military doctors beside the marching bed were nervously pressing Shu Le's wound with a towel covered with ointment, not daring to stop their movements at all.

The person lying on the bed was still covered with a mask, and his face could not be seen.

But the hand hanging by the bed was already pale and bloodless.

Shu Le opened his mouth slightly, pressing under his tongue the most expensive [-]-year-old ginseng in the expedition - that was prepared just in case.

His lips were also white, full of sickness, never the same red as before.

Another military doctor hurried out with a basin in his arms. The basin of hot water seemed to have been stained red with blood before it had been used for a long time.

Zhou Sui grabbed the military doctor's arm and said, "How is the man?"

The military doctor's head was dripping with sweat, and he didn't even notice that there was someone standing beside him. Zhou Sui's sudden grab made him startled.

He hastened to hold the water basin in his hand: "Your Majesty... I am the most useless of the few on this trip. I still need to ask Dr. Jiang about the situation of the general."

Listening is tantamount to listening to nothing.

Zhou Sui made people retreat, and stepped forward two steps to the bedside.

Several military doctors panicked when they saw him coming.

Just as he was about to salute, he heard Zhou Sui say, "No need, how is his condition?"

Two of the three military doctors all set their sights on the other.

The man couldn't tell his age, seeing his colleagues looked over, stroked his gray beard, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, may I take a step to speak?"

Zhou Sui's face darkened, but he still gave in a step: "Please, sir."

The bead curtain on the other side of the tent was lowered, Zhou Sui sat down at the table, and said, "I don't know what's the important thing, sir, stay away for a long time?"

Doctor Jiang also seemed to be somewhat puzzled, and after a while he bowed to Zhou Sui and said, "To tell the truth, Your Majesty, I have practiced medicine for many years, and I have never seen General Shu in such a situation."

"It stands to reason that General Shu is in his prime, so he should be very effective in both hemostasis and treatment."

After a pause, he continued, "But this time the general was injured, the blood cannot be completely stopped no matter what. If it weren't for the help of the thousand-year-old senator in the palace and several colleagues, General Shu would have been in danger long ago. "

Zhou Suixin sank, and said again: "The blood still hasn't stopped?"

"After the injury, the extensive bleeding of the body has stopped, but General Shu's wound has been bleeding. This is already a problem with the regulation of the general's own body. Wait..."

Dr. Jiang's expression was also a little sad, but under the thin trace of sadness, it seemed to cover up something indescribable.

He lifted his robe, knelt down and said, "May I ask if your Majesty knows if General Shu has any old diseases, or has he ever been poisoned?"

poison?

Zhou Sui paused for a moment, then suddenly remembered the poison he gave Shu Wanyi.

The poison was given to him by the former Prime Minister Gao Lang, and it recorded several strange poisons in the Western Regions of Miaojiang... It should be regarded as a strange poison.

But that medicine was given to Shu Wanyi, and it has nothing to do with Shu Le.

Shu Le's life was at stake, Zhou Sui naturally didn't have time to think about it, he just thought for a moment and then shook his head: "Mr. I have never heard of Shule being poisoned."

Dr. Jiang fought with Shu Le for many years, and Zhou Sui confirmed, nodded and said: "So it should be General Shu's own problem...Because he has never been injured before, so naturally no one is injured. know."

It's really a wasteful saying that cannot be repeated.

Impatientness was already written on Zhou Sui's face, before Dr. Jiang finished speaking, he said bluntly: "You don't have to tell me this. Now I just ask you, how can I save you?"

Dr. Jiang knelt on the ground, remained silent for a moment, then raised his head and glanced at Zhou Sui.

Zhou Sui said: "Speak up if you have something to say, and see what I do?"

Doctor Jiang smiled lightly, only a pair of eyes were surprisingly bright on his obviously old face.

He spoke in a low voice, but there was a hint of temptation in his voice.

"The old man dares to ask Your Majesty... Do you want a general who can fight in the battlefield but is stubborn and arrogant; or do you want a general who can be raised by you in the deep palace, who is obedient and obedient?"

Zhou Sui was taken aback for a moment, then stood up suddenly, and slapped the table: "Bold! I see that you are impatient! How dare you take Joe with me?!"

The person kneeling below was unexpectedly calm, with his gray hair hanging slightly on the ground: "The general is seriously injured. This old man's ability is limited. If your Majesty wants General Shu to be as good at fighting as before, I'm sorry that this old man can't do anything."

Zhou Sui sneered: "Oh? Then what ability do you have?"

Dr. Jiang lowered his head lower, unable to see his face clearly: "If His Majesty wants General Shu to be attached to you from now on, Cheng Huan will be by your side, let you play and watch, but this old man has a way."

Zhou Sui glanced at Doctor Jiang sharply: "Are you old with Shu Le?"

Doctor Jiang kowtowed to Zhou Sui, and said slowly, "It's not General Shu, but the Shu family."

He sighed self-deprecatingly, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the old man has studied medicine since he was a child, and he never dares to lose the foundation of medicine."

"I don't want any of them to die, I just want to teach the father and son not to be too sharp."

Zhou Sui withdrew his gaze and sat back on his original seat.

He thought for a while, and said, "The method you just mentioned...but will it affect your body?"

Doctor Jiang saw that Zhou Sui had finally been persuaded, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, you just need to control the dosage well, and it won't affect General Shu Xiao's normal life in any way."

Zhou Sui said, "Are you sure?"

Dr. Jiang said: "I dare not lie to Your Majesty. If Your Majesty cannot believe it, you can ask the other three colleagues. Or any doctor in the neighboring city can ask His Majesty."

Zhou Sui was silent for a moment, and through the bead curtain in the tent, he vaguely saw the person on the opposite camp bed.

That was the general of the Shu family, a famous son and brother in the whole capital.

Suave, generous, confidante, blue brother, too many to count.

He has never been able to manage himself well, and has to go to Zhaoyuelou to have a tryst with a woman the day before he goes on an expedition.

However, the young master is stunningly beautiful, and his face is covered with white jade, which is indescribably alluring.

People... can no longer control themselves.

Just thinking about it, just thinking about it can imprison that person in the deep palace, hold him in his arms, hold him in his hands, and put him under him.

Let him cry only for himself, laugh only for himself.

I felt so refreshed that my back was numb.

Don't worry about dealing with Lin Jitong.

In addition, now there is another Wen Rong who is said to be Shu Hongyi's illegitimate son...

Since Wen Rong has Shu Hongyi's personal jade pendant, there must be something extraordinary about him.

If you can use Shule to threaten...

The emperors of all dynasties have always walked on the tip of the knife.

The higher you are, the more greedy you are.

If you want both mountains and rivers, but also beauties.

There was no room for hesitation.

Zhou Sui closed his eyes as if tired, and said slowly, "Come on."

He looked down at Dr. Jiang who was kneeling at his feet, and said, "I will listen to you for a while.

"What method you just said, tell me in detail."

A look of excitement flashed across Dr. Jiang's face, his hands trembled uncontrollably, and he reached into his arms and tremblingly took out a delicate hand-carved lacquer box.

Then Dr. Jiang knelt down on his knees, took a few steps forward, and approached Zhou Sui: "Have you ever heard of... A Furong?"

***

Shu Le fell into a coma for three days before waking up.

It was afternoon when I woke up, the tent was quite quiet, and there were no onlookers.

Probably to avoid wounds.Shu Le found that he was lying on his stomach.

So Shu Le's first move was to quickly reach out and touch the three inches below the navel, and sigh without any risk: I was scared to death, but fortunately my Xiao Le is still as healthy as ever!

system:……

Whenever this time it really wished he was blind.

Shu Le arched on the bed sheet, and then touched the location of the arrow on his back with one hand, and happily said: Tong, look at how soft Lele is!I can do all kinds of postures, thank you for being dry~

Shu Le twisted twice: and the wound doesn't hurt, I feel like I can be ten little emperors in no time!

system:……

System: Wake up, your wound doesn't hurt because Zhou Sui used drugs for you.

Shu Le said: "What is Afulong?"Palace secret medicine?

The system crashed again: Please host.Would you like to read more?Even our system requires a bachelor's degree to work.

Shu Leqi said: Then you want to write a five-year system and a three-year simulation?Do you know Wang Houxiong?

System: I don't know, get out.

Shu Le cried and said: Get out, get out, can you tell me what A Furong is before you get out?

The system couldn't take it anymore, and threw a Baidu Encyclopedia at Shu Le.

Shu Le crossed his feet and looked at it for a while, then slapped his thigh: It's amazing!This little emperor is promising!Deep scheming... Looks like they want to pull me down from the position of general!

Shu Le continued: Not bad!I like!How could Lele give in so easily!

system:……

The system blocked Shule again.

In the era when there were few types of medicines, the average life expectancy of the common people was not long. In addition, Afuran did have a good effect on hemostasis and pain, so it was included in the prescriptions of many folk doctors to treat some diseases.

Because the purification ability is limited, as long as you don't use it for a long time, you can achieve withdrawal and detoxification.

But using it for a long time without knowing it...

Naturally, at the slightest, he would lose the dignity of a general, and at the worst, he could only curl up at Zhou Sui's feet, begging for mercy like a dog waiting to be petted.

Shu Le touched the wound on his back, and got up from the bed unsteadily.

I don't know how much dose Zhou Sui fed him. It's been so long, and the wound is still in a paralyzed state, and there is no pain at all.

Society society, the little emperor is still the little emperor.

Can't be underestimated.

Before taking two steps, the guard behind the screen saw Shu Le, hurried over to help him, and said, "General! You are seriously injured. The doctor said that you must not move casually. This subordinate will help you go back and lie down."

Shu Le looked at the guard who rushed up to hug his arm, and almost thought that she was pregnant and was about to give birth in August...

Could it be that there are too many women's clothes!

Shu Le was frightened into a cold sweat by his own thought, and knocked off the guard's hand with a "snap": "Go, go! This general has been fighting back and forth for several years, and he was shot by an arrow. Like a little girl out of the court!"

The guard could only take two steps back, and at the same time made a gesture of being ready to come over to help Shule: "General, slow down! Oh, general, please don't move! General, you can't sit in a chair with a backrest! General, please sit here first! You are you hungry!?"

Shu Le: "..."

Shu Le huddled her two long legs and sat on the pony saddle beside the tent, and took a deep breath.

Don't be angry, don't be angry, anger will affect the quality of Xiaolele's output.

Soldiers are innocent.

Shu Le took another breath, split his two long legs and sat down, sitting on the pony saddle abruptly, looking like an old man.

The eyeballs rolled around the tent twice, and there was no other living thing except him and the little guard.

Shu Le swayed his feet to observe the guard. He looked strange, and he had never seen it before.

It is estimated that they were transferred from Zhou Sui's relatives to monitor him specially.

The little guard looked young and stood aside timidly.

Seeing Shu Le staring at him unblinkingly, his fair and handsome face slowly became somewhat awkward.

Shu Le couldn't bear it anymore, he stretched out his hand and beckoned to the guard: "Come on, stop at General Ben's side."

The little guard moved a few steps little by little, and said tremblingly, "General Shu, what orders do you have?"

"What are you afraid of?"

Shu Le showed a kind smile, "Anyway, there is no one around, and I am bored after sleeping for a few days. I want to chat with you."

The little guard had been on duty in Zhou Sui's army before, but this time he was handpicked by Zhou Sui to come to Shu Le's side. It can be said that he has a heavy burden and his spirit is very tense.

He muttered for a long time before he said, "General, the general is willing to chat, chat with his subordinates. It is a great honor for the subordinates to win."

Shu Le raised the corners of his mouth and laughed again, reached out and grabbed the little guard's hand, pulling him towards him.

The little guard became even more nervous, and was afraid that Shu Le would bring the wound on his body, so he was so frightened that he didn't dare to breathe.

Shu Le raised his chin and pointed to another little Maza on the opposite side: "Sit down. Don't be restrained. The soldiers under this general are never polite to this general."

The little guard hurriedly waved his hands, his little face turned pale with fright: "No, no, no, general, just stand still..."

Shu Le deliberately lowered his voice: "What? I'm sick and I'm not obedient anymore?"

The little guard shook his head like a rattle, and carefully sat down on the pony seat opposite.

The two little Maza looked at each other from a distance.

Shu Le finally didn't have to lift his head to look at people, and felt much better.

So he couldn't control it again: "Where are you from?"

"Return to the general, the subordinates are from Handan."

"Outstanding man, no wonder he is so heroic. How many years have you been in the army?"

"Will, will be a year..."

"Eh? Is there a girl you like? Do you like girls..."

Shu Le saw the little guard on the opposite side answering shyly, the more she teased her more and more vigorously, and before she could say the last sentence, she heard a stern shout from outside the tent.

"Shu Le!"

Shule:? ? ?

Before Shu Le could react, he saw Zhou Sui angrily lift up the curtain and walk in from the outside.

That pitch-black complexion was as if he had caught up with the rape scene.

Little Maza was originally in the corner of the tent, and Shu Le didn't avoid outsiders, if he listened carefully outside——

Might as well hear it.

Zhou Sui was clearly in a hurry, and striding forward to Shu Le with a dark face, he said condescendingly to Shu Le: "You have not recovered from your serious injury, but you are in a hurry!"

Shule: ...

He is not, he does not.He didn't make it at all.

He sat on the pony saddle and looked up at Zhou Sui with painstaking efforts. He tried to stand up but found that the pony saddle was too short and he couldn't use his strength for a while.

The little guard next to him also panicked, and hurriedly stood up from his pony pony, knelt down and kowtowed three times to Zhou Suilian: "Your Majesty! Calm down your majesty! General, he didn't say anything to his subordinates!"

Zhou Sui became even more angry when he heard that, and said with a sneer: "Good Shu Le, this guard has only been with you for so long, but you are quick to get people on your hands!"

Shu Le was silent for a moment, feeling that Zhou Sui's words were really weird.

I'm afraid it's a sign of bending.

For a happy life in the future, he quickly decided to pretend to be a straight man first.

Shu Le frowned slightly, and there were some doubts in his words, and he was silent for a while before saying: "...Xu Shichen has been in a coma for too long, and he doesn't quite understand what His Majesty means."

Possessed by a playful spirit, he flies up innocently.

Shu Le paused again, and his voice was even a little unhappy: "If this guard is a beautiful woman...then it would make sense for His Majesty to say that the minister has been empty for a long time, so he got her hands on her."

"Your Majesty and he are both men...Your Majesty, although I know the meaning of cutting off sleeves and dividing peaches, I am not a person in this way. I hope Your Majesty will not be like this...belittle this humble minister and this guard."

Hearing that Shu Le himself clarified that it had nothing to do with the guard next to him, Zhou Sui originally felt relieved.

But then I heard Shu Le say that he is not a manly person——

Zhou Sui's anger that had just been vented turned into depression in an instant.

Just as he was about to get angry, he heard Fuquan cheerfully raised the fly in his hand: "General, don't worry too much, Your Majesty definitely doesn't have such intentions."

Then he added, "My family has also heard about the relationship between the general and your old military adviser, but the past is like smoke, the general must not be trapped, and we should look forward."

Zhou Sui was slightly taken aback, and suddenly remembered that Fuquan had mentioned this matter to him.

The military adviser tried to force Shu Le, but Shu Le cut him off immediately. He must really hate this matter.

That's right, I only heard that Shu Le threw a lot of money into a beauty, but I never heard that he went to Goulan.

Besides... this person's future is already being held tighter and tighter in his hands.

In the future, I will also live with him.

Zhou Sui thought so, and gradually softened his face.

He looked down at Shu Le, and found that Shu Le seemed to be trying to stand up with his hands on the ground, but failed several times.

Seeing that His Majesty was no longer angry, the little guard wanted to reach out to help Shu Le up.

Before he reached out, Zhou Sui had already grabbed Shu Le's right hand.

Except for the thick callus holding the gun in his hand, Shu Le's fingers are slender and slender, not like a general, but like a son raised in a deep boudoir.

Perhaps such a person... should have been imprisoned in the boudoir and never see the light of day.

Don't let him go out and seduce people's hearts indiscriminately.

Zhou Sui's palms were scalding hot, but comfortable ones were icy cold.

Suddenly caught by him, Shu Le was startled, and subconsciously called out: "Your Majesty?"

Zhou Sui let out a "hmm", and stretched out his other hand to wrap around Shu Le's waist: "Can't stand up?"

Shu Le bit her lip, pretending to be embarrassed and trying to break away: "I can come by myself, there is no need to..."

"You don't have to force it."

With a flick of his hand, Zhou Sui pulled Shu Le up.

With the change of posture, after standing up, Shu Le was directly brought into Zhou Sui's arms.

The two immediately breathed and heard each other, the distance was extremely close, and there was an indescribable ambiguity.

Shu Le was taken aback suddenly, a look of panic appeared in her beautiful eyes.

Like a rare bird that was caught.

"It's a trivial matter, don't be polite to me."

Zhou Sui smiled, and let go of the hand holding Shu Le, but the hand on his waist remained motionless.

Probably because of the serious injury, the color of Shu Le's lips showed an extremely unhealthy paleness, and even his usual frivolous and flirtatious tone of voice was a bit sick.

Sounds vulnerable and... conquering.

And Shu Le was happily showing off to the system: everything, everything!The little emperor is so young!Can't help teasing at all!In two strokes!There is a response!

system:……

The author has something to say: Zhou Sui: A sneer that is arrogant and dissatisfied with desire.

Wen Rong: A gentle and dissatisfied smile.

Lin Jitong: A polite yet dissatisfied smile.

Shu Le: Impossible, if you all come once, I will die :)