The door was almost knocked open by Li Jinglong, Qiu Yongsi, Mo Zhigen and Li Jinglong rushed into the room, Hong Jun diagnosed Ashina Qiong, and Lu Xu wiped his body with a damp cloth.
Ashinaqiong had obviously been subjected to almost inhumane abuse, and was finally abandoned in that dark passage. If Lu Xu hadn't thought of it temporarily, perhaps Ashinaqiong would have disappeared since then. He had a high fever and suffered from severe septicemia. Hong Jun sent all the medicines and stones together, and even collected rare medicinal materials in Bajin City, and used safflower, snow lotus and other elixir to blend the prescriptions for his treatment.
"Can you wake him up first?" Li Jinglong said, "I only want to ask three sentences, after which Mo Rigen and I will go to Artest, and you will take care of him here."
"No." Hong Jun frowned deeply, shook his head and said, "In addition to being injured, he was also poisoned."
"What poison?" Mo Zhigen felt Ashinaqiong's pulse, Hong Jun said "uh" and said: "In short, the poison must be cleared... clean."
Ashinaqiong remained unconscious, with scars on his body, and finally Qiu Yongsi said: "When will I wake up? Give me a time limit."
"Three days at the fastest." Hong Jun said helplessly, "Ten days at the latest."
"It's not as bad as your injury." Lu Xu said, "If you can survive, your life is not in danger."
When Li Jinglong faced the Heavenly Demon back then, his tendons and veins were completely destroyed. Most of what Ashinaqiong suffered was trauma, but his true energy was very depleted. Mo Zhigen observed Ashinaqiong and said, "It seems that the dead who were sucked dry in the case of the fox demon in Chang'an..."
"This is the manifestation of the loss of true energy." Hong Jun said expressionlessly, "Don't ask any more."
Qi, tendons, strength, etc. in the body are "yuan", and yuan is divided into yin yuan and yang yuan.
"Why is the true essence lost?" Li Jinglong asked, "I must know, and don't hide any details."
Hong Jun said helplessly: "Okay, the reason why the true energy is exhausted... is because they fed him a kind of medicine. It's not a poison, but he has a very fierce temper, which will keep him... that."
"Shoot." Lu Xu added this sentence succinctly.
Li Jinglong immediately understood, and everyone immediately deduced some of the details based on the drug. Li Jinglong, Qiu Yongsi and Mo Zhigen immediately began to disassemble the details.
"They met Amman in Bajin." Li Jinglong said, "Obviously Joan and Artest trusted that guy at first."
"Well." Mo Zhigen said, "After talking about it halfway, I found something wrong, so I discovered it vigilantly."
Qiu Yongsi paced a few steps in the room, pondered: "Run one, catch one."
"Joan deliberately stayed in the queen." Li Jinglong said, "Atai should still be safe."
The vague outline gradually became clear under their inferences—Ashinaqiong, Artai and their old friend Amman met in Bajin, and stepped into Amman's trap. At the critical juncture, Ashinaqiong fell into the enemy's hands, and Artest escaped successfully. Immediately afterwards, Ashinaqiong was tortured by Amman, and was even given aphrodisiac...
... Li Jinglong is almost sure that Ashinaqiong and Amman had a lot of entanglements. It seems that the warrior Amman failed to show love, but was rejected by Ashinaqiong. In the end, love turned into hatred... Of course, the inside story is not as explained in a few words by Li Jinglong simple.
"He likes these two types of boys." Mo Zhigen said casually, "It's likely that Amman has gone crazy."
Ashinaqiong has always liked beautiful boys, and has never been very interested in martial arts who are powerful and masculine. In the end, Amman betrayed them, and with the excuse of "Don't you want to be the top?", he fed him aphrodisiac, tied him in a prison, whipped him with bruises all over his body, and watched him quietly in pain and suffering. In the trembling of repeatedly ejaculating essence, the Yang energy was exhausted, and he lost his strength and died...
The love in bed is indeed very beautiful, and the death of the exhausted is very miserable. Based on this, Li Jinglong roughly deduced the character of that Amman and his extremely complicated emotions for Joan.
"But no matter what." Qiu Yongsi said helplessly, "Compared to being handed over to Baghdad and dying by stoning, sending him on the road with a violent dose of aphrodisiacs is considered...well, he died without pain."
Hong Jun and Lu Xu were stunned when they heard it. They didn't expect everyone to complete the whole process with just this medicine.
"Track Artest's whereabouts." Li Jinglong said decisively, "Who will go with me? Hong Jun stayed behind to take care of Joan, and took him and the team to set off. Let's see each other."
After finding one and knowing the process roughly, everyone felt a little more at ease, and decided to let Qiu Yongsi stay and take care of Ashina Qiong with Hong Jun and Lu Xu, while Li Jinglong and Mo Zhigen went to follow up. The two set off that night, and the next day, Hong Jun and others took Qiong on the road.
The Aral Sea stretches as far as the eye can see. Although it is a huge land lake, it is also called the "sea". Hong Jun and his party set off again, heading west along the coastline, and then turning southwest. Although Li Jinglong was not there, he was accompanied by Qiu Yongsi to ensure that Hong Jun and Lu Xu would not be discussed in case of emergencies.
After entering the Aral Sea area, the river becomes richer, and there are large areas of flood plains along the way. Plants such as reed grass and reed roots grow lushly on the riverside. Bison roam in herds and are not at all afraid of convoys. Hong Jun was accompanying the sleeping Ashina Qiong, when Lu Xu suddenly shouted: "Hong Jun! Hurry up! Look! There are so many elephants!"
Hong Jun thought some monster was coming, but he heard the sound of earthquakes, and a group of elephants lined up across the flood plain. He had seen the elephants raised by Li Longji in Chang'an before, but he had never seen so many elephants. The appearance of elephants means that they are once again approaching the lushly vegetated Crescent Valley.
The caravan stopped to let the herd pass, and at that moment Ashinajong opened his eyes. Hong Jun turned his head unintentionally, and shouted happily: "Brother Yongsi! Lu Xu! He's awake!"
Qiu Yongsi came over immediately, and the three of them surrounded Ashinaqiong, and Ashinaqiong said wearily: "You came back to life... Xiao Lu, I knew... you will come to the secret hall to find me."
"Let him drink some water first." Hong Jun held Ashinaqiong in his arms and fed him water. Ashinaqiong was very weak, but his face gradually turned red, and he weakly described the whole process of his being captured—as expected, he was with him. Li Jinglong's guess was accurate. Amman was a good friend of Ashinaqiong and Artai in the past, and he was the descendant of two warriors, the lion and the eagle, who protected the Yisai family. The Ashina family is known as the "Eagle of the Empire" and the Hukrador family is known as the "Lionheart".
Ashinaqiong didn't hide it from Hong Jun. To be honest, Amman once loved him and had a grudge against Artest. Because of this, Ashinaqiong always believed in Amman, although he refused several times. Amman, but still thinks that he will not let down his friendship with Tigra.
So in the city of Bajin, Ashinaqiong and Artest were betrayed, and he was taken to the temple by Amman, who asked him to choose a way of death, and was spared from being handed over to General Bath in Baghdad, who suffered the pain of being crushed . Ashinaqiong chose the secret hall deep in the Zoroastrian temple, where the sacred fire was once enshrined.
Qiu Yongsi glanced at Lu Xu and said, "Have you ever talked about this place?"
Ashinaqiong said: "I let Artest go first, and the left and right are dead. Instead of letting Amman tie me up to a stone and throw me into the salty sea, I would like to give you a chance to save me."
So Amman fed Ashinaqiong strong drugs, stripped him naked, and threw him in the cellar. He watched him exhausted, fainted, and then closed the door of the secret hall.
"The amount stored in this life is almost exhausted." Ashina Qiong couldn't laugh or cry, "I probably won't be able to get hard in the future."
"No." Hong Jun joked, "I gave you a few doses of medicine to replenish your yang, just like losing strength in a fierce battle, and you will only be stronger when you recover."
Everyone couldn't help laughing, Ashina Qiong looked gratefully at Lu Xu and Hong Jun. Qiu Yongsi asked him to rest for a while, until dusk, Ashinaqiong could barely sit up, and Qiu Yongsi repeatedly confirmed with him the plan with Artest.
"Tigra wants to rekindle the divine fire of Talas." Ashinajon said, "call Bath, and the golden wheel is in Bath's hands."
"Who told you?" Qiu Yongsi asked.
"Aman." Ashinaqiong pondered for a moment, then said.
When meeting with Amman, Artest got this crucial information. Although it is difficult to judge whether the news is true or not, at least there are clues.
"There will be no fakes." Qiu Yongsi said, "In order to lure you into a trap, Amman doesn't need to lie to you about this kind of thing."
"Bath killed Tigra's father back then." Ashinaqiong sighed and explained, "Baghdad is heavily guarded. It is impossible for the two of us alone to break through the heavy guards and get close to him. If Artai can ignite The divine fire of Taluosi can attract Bath. He will definitely personally deal with the last heir of the Isai family, and Amman asked me to sneak into his personal guards, wait for the opportunity to cut off his arm, and take back Dainichi wheel."
This sounds like a perfect plan, but in the end they still fell into the hands of Amman.
Qiu Yongsi said: "Where is the Xueya handed over to you?"
"It was searched by Bath and taken away." Ashina Qiong said.
Qiu Yongsi's heart moved suddenly, and he said, "Maybe we can think of a way on this... Wait a minute. You rest first."
Lu Xu patted Ashinaqiong on the shoulder: "Just look at it."
Lu Xu and Qiu Yongsi left, leaving Hongjun to accompany Ashinaqiong.
Ashinaqiong no longer had such a playful smile, uncharacteristically, he remained silent in the twilight. The convoy moved on for a while, and was already preparing to set up camp.
Hong Jun looked at Ashina Qiong, and the two looked at each other in the twilight. Ashina Qiong seemed a little hesitant to speak, and Hong Jun said: "It feels very uncomfortable to be betrayed."
Ashina Qiong smiled helplessly: "You have never been betrayed."
"Why not?" Hong Jun said, "Zhao Zilong."
Ashina Qiong was startled, then laughed out loud, shaking his head helplessly. Hong Jun thought for a while, and then said: "After losing your former best friend, you still have Artest, Yong Si, and us."
"The thing that makes me shudder the most is that Amman has changed," Ashinajong said.
Hong Jun didn't interrupt, but just listened quietly, as the sky gradually darkened, Ashinaqiong's side face formed a hazy silhouette, and he said in the last light: "He said... the new god he believes in has already Purified his heart. Those impure feelings will be purified and burned in Hell..."
"He said we are all sinners." Ashinaqiong said in a daze, "There are so many girls who don't like men, but they actually like men."
Hong Jun immediately said: "You are not guilty, and neither are we."
Ashina Qiong said "hmm" in the darkness, and Hong Jun suddenly asked: "Joan, do you like..."
"No." Ashinaqiong replied, "I never liked Xiao Lu, but I really envy you, you and Chang Shi, Xiao Lu and Big Wolf."
From these words, Hong Jun suddenly felt a deep sense of loneliness. He climbed over from the carriage and hugged Ashinaqiong, and Ashinaqiong leaned gently on his shoulder, and the two The people were quiet for a moment, and then separated again.
"You will meet someone you like." Hong Jun smiled in the dark, but his eyes were bright, and said, "When that day comes, you won't feel guilty anymore."
"I believe." Ashinaqiong replied.
The merchants got out of the car with large and small bags of supplies and started a fire on the dry river beach. Suddenly, there was a very small and strange cry from a distance.
Ashina Qiong and Hong Jun leaned on the car respectively, Lu Xu got on the car and said, "What was that sound just now? Did you hear it?"
Hong Jun's eyes and ears are not as sensitive as Li Jinglong, Lu Xu, and Mo Zhigen, and he seems to feel that something is wrong when he is reminded like this.
"Let me take a look." Lu Xu said, "Brother Yongsi is guarding here, call him if you need anything."
Hong Jun said: "I'll go with you."
Lu Xu waved his hand and jumped off the carriage. Under the car, the merchants built a bonfire for camping. Qiu Yongsi lit the lamp and looked at the map against the lamp. In three days, he would arrive at Taluosi. There is audio.
The floodplain changed its appearance at night, the wind blew up, and the river beach in the darkness seemed to hide huge monsters. The merchants started fires and were blown out by the wind, and went back and forth several times. The temperature dropped sharply, Hong Jun wrapped Ashinaqiong in a blanket, leaned against him, and put one hand on his thin arm to help him keep warm.
"At that time, I thought I would never see everyone again." Ashinaqiong said again.
"What were you thinking at the last moment?" Hong Jun asked.
"Nothing." Ashinaqiong replied, "No one seems to be waiting for me to go back."
When Hong Jun was about to say "how is that possible", Ashinaqiong raised his finger, made a "hush" gesture, and sang in a low voice: "Leaves, always leave the branches when autumn comes; One day we will part ways. Only my lover is waiting for me to end the war and return to the distant place... "
"... I don't have a lover, and I have no regrets." Ashinaqiong said flatly, "If you guessed right, you must have been thinking about Changshi at the last moment, right?"
Hong Jun recalled that when he was fighting against the demon, in the last time, he really only thought of one person—Li Jinglong.
"Where's Lu Xu?" Qiu Yongsi got into the car and said, "Haven't you come back yet?"
Hong Jun also became alert. With Lu Xu's footsteps, it usually takes no more than half an hour to explore the way.
"I can't light the fire!" said the businessman under the car. "The wind is too strong! Let's deal with it overnight in the car!"
"Come up!" Hong Jun hurriedly said, "Come into my car!"
Qiu Yongsi put down the car curtain and replied, "I'll find Xiao Lu."
The businessmen gathered by the car, and Qiu Yongsi told them a few words. There was an exorcist in the car, so you can rest assured, so he went to look for Lu Xu. The night was overcast and cloudy, he could barely see his fingers, and the wind was bitter. Hong Jun asked the accompanying businessman to get in the car, but the businessman was very conscious and didn't come in to disturb them. He just drove the car to a place, gathered beside the central cart, and drank spirits.
Ashinaqiong came back to his senses and said, "Hongjun, I always feel something is wrong."
Hong Jun also became vigilant. Lu Xu's speed is amazing. In the world of martial arts, only speed is not broken, so he is not worried. In fact, in the Exorcist Department, the only person who has not been injured so far is Lu Xu.
"Don't worry." Hong Jun shook off the five-color divine light, surrounded the convoy, restrained the horses, held four throwing knives in his hands, and listened to the movement outside at any time.