Chiwuxing

Chapter Three and Four - Reminiscing about Zong Zhengxi's refusal to eat again, falling into a nightmare Fu Zijie's second fighting wolf

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Fu Chen was often restless in his sleep.

In the scorching heat wave, he had just found a cool spring water in his dream, and was about to take a shower, when he was woken up by a noise outside, and he opened his eyes bewilderedly.At this time, when the sun was rising in the morning, the narrow sunlight leaked into the gap between the mountains, and a straight ray of light slanted over, just sealed in front of his eyes.

After waking up from the light, he saw the things around him clearly. Fu Chen realized that the chill he felt just now was not a dream. At this time, there was a black snake half-wrapped around his abdomen, and a black snake pierced straight into his body. The silver dart, apparently shot seven inches, was killed in one blow.

This snake was not the thickest forest python he had ever seen before. It was only as thick as his arm, but its appearance was good. It was black and shiny with the color of water, obviously it was a water snake.

At this time, it wrapped around his waist twice, the snake's head was on the ground, half spitting out the snake's message, it was already dying.

As soon as he saw the dart, Fu Chen knew what was going on, reached out his hand to wipe off the cold sweat on his forehead when he was in deep sleep, and said: "Thank you, Your Highness, for saving me."

After saying that, he pulled out the dark dart, picked up the snake's body and picked it up, and said to himself: "This snake should be a water snake that came from the stream, and it has no poison."

He suddenly thought of something, raised his voice, and said: "This water snake meat happens to have the effect of clearing away heat and quenching thirst, so it is suitable for consumption during this hot season."

Fu Chen placed the dart next to the man without looking at him, and just picked up the black snake by himself.

Still limping, he walked to the side and sat down, thinking that he didn't need to make a special trip to find food today.

The scales on the black snake's skin are icy and cool, extremely greasy and smooth to the touch, a bit smoother than fine satin, it is a natural creation.He couldn't help touching the snake again. After a while, he still sighed a little, took out his hunting dart, carefully cut open the flexible belly of the snake, and took out the black snake's internal organs at the place where the dart was pulled out just now.

The snake skin is black, but the blood is still red.

The man was silent, he could always watch the young man's movements from the side.After being trapped for such a long time, the young man limped around with a wooden stick and found all kinds of wild animals in the mountains and forests for food.

There is neither the fierceness that burst out during the attack, nor the fear and timidity that appeared on the surface.

Zong Zhengxi was in a trance, and rarely met a person he couldn't see through or judge, but he was actually a young man much younger than him.

He can be sure that this young man can guess some thoughts in his heart. He is no longer in a hurry to think about those things in the outside world. He is just continuing his silent nature and conserving his energy.If he wanted to take the initiative to escape from the mountain, now it seemed that he had to rely on this person in front of him.

He is a patient person who can endure loneliness. These days, he has been paying attention to every move of the young man.As for Fu Chen's overly relaxed and natural performance, either he really is a master at pretending, or he has been thinking wrong all along, the young man originally has a calm disposition like a mountain villager.

The man obviously still chooses to believe the former, and the young man has been vague in several attempts.He didn't want to tell him the truth, so he didn't want to tell him the answer. Being stuck here for a long time is just a friendship between eating meat but separated by belly.

The young man kept claiming to call him "Your Highness", but in his words and deeds, he was neither humble nor overbearing, without the slightest feeling of respect and fear outside.

I'm afraid even this little brat didn't notice this subtle change.

Heh, Zong Zhengxi couldn't help but sneered in his heart.

People are always very guarded animals, even when they are on the verge of death, they are unwilling to overthrow the barriers they have painstakingly built in their hearts, and eventually die in the diaphragm.He recalled some unspeakable past events, and one face after another appeared in his mind. For such a long time in the mountains, even if only the figure of this young man flashed in front of his eyes, he did not feel any drastic difference from the outside. Perhaps in his heart, everyone is just a wild animal in animal skins, either caught and eaten, or actively and cunningly escaped, jumping proudly in the narrow forest, occasionally with a bit of smoke and fire. who -

He raised his eyes and saw the silhouette of the young man busy shaving the snake.

Either become a captured man and be slaughtered by others, or become a predator and slaughter others.

Zong Zhengxi closed his eyes, showing some real bitter and depressed emotions which had been rare for a long time.

Who is he?

He's just a bystander, a crippled predator with no ending.

Fu Chen frowned, shook off the sticky snake blood on his hands, grabbed a wooden stick on one side, carried the snake, and limped to the stream to wash.

The blood immediately stained the ground red.

Fu Chen squinted his eyes, watching the snake meat revealing its tender inside.

As he washed and washed, the object of washing changed from snake meat to his own hands.

Fu Chen put the snake meat aside, the stream rushed down, the original blood gradually faded, rubbed and scratched, Fu Chen's right eye was slightly closed, and there were red, white and white shadows in front of his eyes.After cleaning up, he swung his hand vigorously towards the rock, splashing a water mark.

Zong Zhengxi watched Fu Chen walking towards him, faintly, he could feel the slightest bit of displeasure coming from this young man's aura.

He saw that he skillfully started the fire, skewered the snake meat and grilled it.

The sun crawled slowly, and the ray of sunlight that originally cast on it also expanded the roasting area.

The air was full of warm sperm that were gradually multiplying, thick and loose, and Zong Zhengxi took a sip of water from a ladle on the side.

After a short pause, Zong Zhengxi cleared his throat that had been silent all night, and said in a hoarse voice:

"This king does not eat snake meat."

Fu Chen's hand that was originally grilling the meat stopped immediately. Since he met a man, he has never used these two words to call himself... In fact, it is reasonable and in line with a man's aura, but he feels that it is strange that he can't say it .

Suppressing the hesitation in his heart, he still said: "The meat of the water snake is strong and tough, and it is not poisonous. It can also reduce the fire and clear the heat. The blood clots inside have been cleaned up. Your Highness, why don't you try it?"

Zong Zhengxi repeated: "Don't eat."

Fu Chen wiped the sweat that was dripping down his chin, laughed, and said, "Biaoxia doesn't like to eat snake meat, so let's just throw it here...it's a pity."

After all, he threw the half-roasted snake meat to the far side of the stream where a pool of blood was left after cleaning, and extinguished a small group of flames that ignited beside him.

Fu Chen sighed, swept the fire ashes in front of him, stared fixedly at the few lumps of half-cooked snake meat in the distance, and remained silent.

Zong Zhengxi also closed his eyes, he felt the heat of the sun on his face, and the smell of burnt aroma in the air faded away.

"Your Highness."

The young man spoke suddenly, and Zong Zhengxi opened his eyes.

Fu Chen said, "I'll find something to eat."

There was the expected silence behind them, but they were already able to adapt to each other's reactions.Fu Chen only knew that the more curious a man was, the more honest he would be.

He picked up the wooden stick again, and stood up tremblingly. The blood from several knife wounds on his body had already stopped, and the fractures on his legs were better than before, but he still couldn't use his strength. Walk steadily.

Zongzhengxi watched him step into the mountain and rock cover, where there were overgrown trees, mostly weeds and tall shrubs, and he disappeared instantly when he went deep into it.

In the silence of the mountains, he sat alone.

After dusk, the foot of the mountain has been blocked from the source of sunlight, making it appear slightly dim.

There was a faint sound in the silence, and Zong Zhengxi opened his eyes in place.

Suddenly realizing that the source of the sound was a group of gray-brown animals protruding from the bushes, and realizing that it wasn't the young man returning, Zong Zhengxi narrowed his long and narrow eyes, flashing a deep look of vigilance.

The gray-brown animal jumped out of the bushes and leaped to the edge of the stream. You can still see some black hairs on its back, and creamy white short hairs on its abdomen and inside its limbs.

It's a gray wolf.

With this realization, Zong Zhengxi vigilantly took out a dark dart from his sleeve with his right hand, but his upper body didn't move, he was still watching the gray wolf's movements.

Gray Wolf went to the lump of snake meat by the stream and smelled it, then licked a few mouthfuls of snake blood on the ground, as if he thought it tasted good, he began to chew the snake meat.

He moved his ears, and there was another sound behind him.Obviously still alive, but closer.

Could it be that gray wolves came in packs?

Zong Zhengxi's expression froze, he clenched the dart in his sleeve tightly, waiting for the possible kill in a moment.

The sound of the wind floated in my ears.

The action is instantaneous.

The dart in Zong Zhengxi's hand pointed upwards, pointing directly at the gray shadow rushing behind him.

He turned his head, and suddenly realized that it wasn't a wolf that came, but Fu Chen who was out looking for food. At this time, his throat was firmly pressed against his dart.

Zong Zhengxi felt relieved, and quickly put the dart back into his sleeve.

Fu Chen had just pounced from his right side, leaning lightly on his shoulder at this moment, but without exerting any force, he took some low and concealed panting breaths.

It was rare for him to be so close to a person. Zong Zhengxi kept his head tilted and did not move. He forcibly suppressed his subconscious and put aside the person's vigilance instinct.But when he was concentrating, he happened to see the scar on Fu Chen's left cheek, his curly hair trembled slightly, and the centipede-like scar wriggled along with his shallow breathing.

Fu Chen didn't turn his head to look at the man. He didn't even blink when the dart was thrown across his neck just now, he just stared in the direction of the gray wolf in front of him. He whispered: "Your Highness...do you have a dagger or something Borrow something and use it."

Zong Zhengxi understood his thoughts, pulled out a copper dagger from his body, and handed it to him.

Fu Chen didn't move his eyes, he just caught a glimpse from the corner of his eye and reached out to take it.

He had already thrown the wooden stick to the rear, and at this time his calf could not use his strength. In order not to startle the snake, he dared not throw the dart directly, otherwise he would expose the position of the man. Crawl on the knees.

Probably having a plan in mind, Fu Chen slowly pulled away the hand on Zong Zhengxi's right shoulder, then bent down, and moved closer quietly.

The gray wolf was enjoying a fresh grilled snake meal, Zong Zhengxi could only see the profile of the gray wolf, and Fu Chen went around the bushes, using green plants to cover his body.

The sound of the nearby stream was rushing, apparently the gray wolf chewing on the snake didn't expect the danger behind it to approach.

With a focused expression, Fu Chen quietly pulled out the dagger scabbard, his right hand holding the dagger was sweating, he frowned slightly, and clenched the dagger tightly.

The young man visually measured the distance to the gray wolf again, and reckoned that kicking the ground with his left leg and pounced forward would probably land behind the gray wolf. While pounced, he inserted the dagger into the back of the gray wolf with his right hand, which might win the battle.

He gritted his teeth and suppressed the shaking of his fingertips.

Fu Chen breathed out, his right leg hung in the air, his left leg kicked back, and in a split second, he landed behind Gray Wolf.

The gray wolf eats meat very quickly, and just after chewing a portion of his mouth, he heard the sound mixed with the sound of the stream. Years of hunting experience in the forest made his body react faster than his brain, and immediately pounced inward.

Fu Chen was faster than the wolf, and the knife turned sharply, but he tripped because of the injury to his right calf, and the tip of the dagger plunged into the heel of the gray wolf's hind leg.

The wolf howled suddenly.

The gray wolf turned its head, and the pointed armor on its front paw rushed towards Fu Chen.

Fu Chen rolled around to dodge, the gray wolf jumped into the air, turned around again, with a fierce look in his eyes.

Fu Chen was still some distance away from the gray wolf at this time. In order to avoid the bone injury in his right leg, he had to put his knees and palms on the ground, his back was slightly bent, his cheeks were slightly down, but his pupils were looking straight up at the gray wolf opposite him, and his eyes were sinister. The blood spread.

A low "ho ho" sound came from the young man's throat, which was hoarse and dangerous.

Zong Zhengxi sat in the same place without moving a muscle, quietly looked at the young man who had changed his appearance and revealed his true body in front of him, and secretly pushed the dark dart in his hand back into his sleeve.

One man and one wolf confront each other in the middle.

The gray wolf bared its fangs, smelling a similar but very dangerous aura from the young man opposite.

Two pairs of similar pupils line up.

The explosion is only for a moment.

At this time, Fu Chen gave up any strategy, and was about to directly fight the gray wolf facing him. With a little excitement of gambling, he rushed forward.

One person and one wolf rolled into a ball, and the wolf's claws grabbed Fu Chen's single clothes, leaving several bloodstains.

During the entanglement, Fu Chen grabbed the wolf's neck.

In the confusion, the gray wolf also opened its mouth wide and bit Fu Chen's neck directly, its bright blue fangs flickering in the dark.

Fu Chen flipped his wrist and moved quickly. The dagger in his right hand flashed brightly, and he inserted it directly into the gray wolf's open mouth.

The wolf's teeth caught Fu Chen's palm bone, and the wolf refused to admit defeat after being stabbed, so it still tightened its teeth.

Fu Chen didn't care about the pain in his hand, and pushed the dagger forward a bit, and the blood-stained tip of the dagger came out of the back of the wolf's neck.

After being frozen for a long time, he felt that the wolf's claws that had been scratching frantically just now were gradually loosened, and the wolf's eyes also stopped moving, and lost their spirits.

He breathed a sigh of relief, and in a half-kneeling position, he pulled out the dagger, and wolf blood splashed on his chin.Taking advantage of the situation, he stretched out the hand that was grabbing the wolf's neck, and turned it into a half-embracing motion.

He drew out his left hand, and gently closed the wolf eyes that had never rested in peace.

Fu Chen remained in his kneeling position for a while, then got up, and staggered to the stream.

This scene was so familiar that Fu Chen, who was familiar with it, really began to be in a trance.

He knew that no matter how many times he did it again, he would still make the same choice and at the same time feel the same complicated guilt.

The blood on the dagger was washed away by the water flow. Such a smooth surface became clean under the water flow.And his own fingers were extremely rough and thickly callused, it was actually harder to wash away the blood than this bloodthirsty blade.The young man frowned, his nails were not strong enough, so he scratched his palm with the dagger, and it became more bloody.

There was blood on his hands that couldn't be washed off.

"Come here."

A low-pitched male voice sounded from behind, and the internal force transmitted the sound, exploding in the ear.

The sound broke his pile of phantom hatred, he stared blankly at the dagger, only this object and this sound reminded him that what was before him was not a reappearance of a nightmare that traveled through the past, but another test.

the second time.

For the second time, Zong Zhengxi stared helplessly at the man coming towards him from the stream.

The first time was blood-stained embarrassment, and the second time was blood-soaked concentration.Behind him is clear flowing water, which is the purest and purest in the world, and in front of him is dirt, blood, distress and unwillingness, and stubborn earnestness, which pulled his heart violently and let go.

Fu Chen ignored the wolf on one side this time, and walked up to the man with a limp, but didn't look him in the eye.

"Boom!"

The dagger fell directly to the ground and hit a rock face, even the dagger scabbard did not know where it fell.

Zong Zhengxi looked at the young man with drooping eyelashes in front of him, not like before, always holding things in front of him with both hands.

"Your Highness," he heard the young man's voice, it was a rare sound wave without emotion, "You are wrong, I am not duplicity, from beginning to end, I have been cowardly and useless."

In an unfamiliar tone, he spoke familiar words.

Zong Zhengxi rarely got angry, he leaned over, grabbed Fu Chen's lapel with his hand, and grabbed his neck with his right hand, just like he was grabbing the gray wolf just now, forcing him to look up.

Fu Chen bumped into those familiar deep eyes, but those eyes were stained with turbulent emotions that he had never seen in the past few months. He remembered that men's eyes had always been emotionless.

Zong Zhengxi looked at the young man's gray pupils, which were pale gray, like the fur on the back of that gray wolf just now, without any emotion or fluctuation, only the bloodshot eyes that were still spreading with a fierce light that had not yet faded. Among the fierceness, You Gang also surprised his seriousness and perseverance.

The two faced each other silently, and the distance between them was audible.

Zong Zhengxi grabbed his neck forcefully, but Fu Chen didn't resist, just letting him grab it.

The man finally said, "Why did you kill that wolf?"

Fu Chen replied, "Because I want to live."

"Is it blocking your way of life?"

"Yes."

"Why do you say that you are cowardly and useless?"

"Because I don't want to kill it."

"Why did you kill that wolf?"

"Because I want to live."

"Why do you say that you are cowardly and useless?"

"Because I don't want to kill it."

"Why did you kill that wolf?"

"Because I want to live."

"Why do you say that you are cowardly and useless?"

"Because I don't want to kill it."

……

"Why did you kill that wolf?"

The two repeated meaningless questions and answers, I don't know how many times, until the young man was forced to the verge of explosion by him.

Fu Chen met Zong Zhengxi's gaze, turned around from the daze just now, hooked the corners of his lips, and said with a rare sneer, "Because I want to kill."

Zong Zhengxi didn't ask any more questions, nor did he let go.

Fu Chen stretched out his hand, and clasped the man's hand grasping his neck with great strength. The man's hand was much colder than his, and the place where the two hands touched was dripping with blood, sticky and warm.

Zong Zhengxi didn't move, his eyes flickered.

Fu Chen still sneered: "Are you satisfied?"

Then he pulled the man's hand away vigorously, and a few drops of blood splashed on the man's face during the movement.

Fu Chen sat on the right side of Zong Zhengxi.

After a while, Fu Chen looked up at the gloomy sky, and said slowly:

"People in the world often say that treacherous people are 'wolves with a heart and a dog's lungs', but they don't know that wolves are animals with great affection. If they want to describe them this way, they are thieves shouting "stop thief."

"If the gray wolf just found out that there are snakes and living people here, it will definitely send a signal to let all the wolves in the family's litter come over and have a full meal. For wolves, hunting is not a sin, It's not cruel, it's just for survival, compared to them, human beings are truly vicious, and they have been doing things like cannibalism."

Zong Zhengxi still didn't speak, Fu Chen paused for a moment, and then said: "Your Highness, you don't have to guess about me all the time."

The man turned his head and looked at him.

Fu Chen smiled again. In this mountain, he smiled more sincerely than outside.

It's just that a sincere smile is always bitter and ugly.

He said: "Let's just ask questions directly, and ask each other questions like His Highness did just now, only... three questions, and we must tell the truth. How?"

Seeing that the man didn't answer immediately, he then smiled and said: "Anyway, I haven't been able to go out for a few months here, maybe I won't be able to go out all the time, and there is no loss if I talk about many things, so I will make a few last words to His Highness in advance. If there is a chance to go out in the future, if your Highness has any grievances, if you are in the same army, at worst, kill me to silence you, how about it?"

"it is good."

"Your Highness please first."

Zong Zhengxi thought for a while and asked, "Why don't you eat snakes?"

Fu Chen raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect the man to ask this suddenly, his eyes wandered for a moment, then he turned his eyes and said: "Because I have done wrong things in the past, I always give it to my friends as compensation."

The man just nodded lightly and said, "You ask."

Seeing how calm he was, Fu Chen suppressed other questions first, and said, "Why doesn't Your Highness eat snakes?"

"Because a relative died from a snake," the man said coldly, "Why are you so proficient at surviving and predating in the mountains?"

"Because I lived in the deep mountains for a while when I was young," Fu Chen finally asked the question in his heart, "Why did His Highness suddenly appear in the melee in the valley that day?"

"Because I want to test an answer myself," the man said, "Why don't you want to kill the wolf?"

Fu Chen was stunned, before he had time to digest the answer the man said. Hearing his question, he felt that the man was too casual here, and it didn't seem like he was eager to dig out some news.

He recalled the clip just now, and said with a vague smile: "I just said, I want to kill that wolf."

"answer my question."

Seeing that he insisted on asking, Fu Chen only wrote lightly: "Because I lived with wolves when I was young."

Zong Zhengxi frowned, did he live in the mountains when he was young, and lived with wolves?

Fu Chen looked directly into the man's eyes and asked, "What kind of answer does Your Highness want to find from me?"

Zong Zhengxi didn't avoid it, even when he saw the young man poking his mind, he remained steady as a rock, and said calmly: "What kind of ending can a multi-faceted person who is used to concealing himself have?"

Fu Chen smiled: "Does Your Highness want to know what answer Biao Xia wants to find from His Highness?"

The man just said: "You have no chance to ask questions."

Fu Chen ignored the man's rare sense of humor, and his eyes were equally cold: "What will happen to a controller who is used to self-deception."