Sure enough, it spread again.

The last time I saw it, it was still the size of a fist, but now it has covered the entire forearm. The fine black mesh grids seem to have life, jumping and beating.

Bao Ning felt her heart shrinking and she had a deep sense of powerlessness.

She suddenly felt that they were now pretending to be fine, living, busy, quarreling, and reconciling like normal people every day, but Pei Yuan was obviously not a normal person. Bao Ning couldn't imagine what they would do if the golden leech didn't work as expected?

Would Pei Yuan die?

Or, if fortunately, the leeches worked, would he always be shrouded in pain that would come at any time in the future?

Bao Ning suddenly felt her throat dry. She raised her hand and slowly placed her fingertips on Pei Yuan's arm, wanting to touch those scary black meridians.

"Don't move."

Pei Yuan woke up at some point, looked at her for a moment, then closed his eyes again, pulled Bao Ning's wrist and held her in his arms: "Don't touch it, it's ugly."

Bao Ning leaned on Pei Yuan's chest, still in a daze. Pei Yuan rested his chin on her forehead and asked with a sigh: "What time is it?"

"It's almost past the hour of Chen," Bao Ning answered softly.

Both of them deliberately stopped talking about the heavy topic: "I fried some yellow croaker and cooked some rice porridge for you, come and eat."

Pei Yuan hummed twice, a little hoarsely: "You won't feel full without the porridge."

"There are also steamed buns and shrimp dumplings." Bao Ning smiled, pulled him up by the arm, "Hurry up, don't be lazy, I've never seen you so lazy before, the food is getting cold."

Pei Yuan sat up with her strength, and Bao Ning brought him clothes.

He put on his clothes neatly and went to get a splint to fix his left leg.

The original wooden splint was thin, but the support was not strong enough, so Pei Yuan asked someone to forge a set of pure iron, which weighed about seven pounds and had the advantage of being extremely stable. His left leg was weak, but with this set of splints, he could stabilize the enemy's attack on his lower body, at least he could resist the full force of the three-legged attack. His

walking speed naturally slowed down, but because the toxin was slowly breaking through his seal on the acupoints, Pei Yuan's left leg function recovered a little, and with diligent practice, he could still reach the walking speed of an ordinary person.

Baoning lifted up his trouser legs and took a look. The blisters from the friction had broken and formed thick scabs. She felt sad and asked, "Does it hurt?"

"It hurts a little, I can't feel it." Pei Yuan quickly installed the splint and put his hand on his waist, "Huh? Where's my belt?"

"Yesterday's is about to break, can't you notice?" Baoning took out a new one, "I prepared it this morning, but I forgot to bring it to the bed."

She stretched the belt in her hand, "Stand up, I'll tie it for you."

Pei Yuan chuckled, stood up obediently, and looked down at Baoning's movements.

She was very serious, tilting her head and pursing her red lips. Pei Yuan pinched her cheek and said softly, "Well, it's not in vain that I love you."

Bao Ning paused and said, "You are getting more and more shameless. You have the nerve to say anything." She tied the rope knot, smoothed the tassels on the waist pendant, raised her head, and was about to say something.

Pei Yuan ruffled her hair and walked to the dining table: "Just say whatever you want to say."

Bao Ning asked cautiously: "Can you take a day off? Just one day will be fine. You shouldn't work so hard. It's not good for your body."

Bao Ning bit her lip: "In at most half a month, the little leech will grow up and we can try it." She asked tentatively: "Is it okay?"

Pei Yuan was silent for a moment, then nodded: "I'll go out with you after I finish this thing at hand."

"I don't want to go somewhere to play, I am..." Bao Ning turned to Pei Yuan, she stood on tiptoe, trying to look Pei Yuan in the eye, "Or, how can I help you?"

Pei Yuan smiled, put his arms around her waist, and held her in his arms: "You're useless."

Bao Ning's eyes flashed, and in a blink of an eye she was sitting on his arms.

She was already used to Pei Yuan's actions. He always liked to lift her up and carry her high, as if to show off his strength. He was really strong, holding her in his arms, as easy as she held Ah Huang.

But it was too high, Baoning was still a little scared, and she grabbed Pei Yuan's ear nervously: "You didn't even tell me, how do you know I'm useless?"

Pei Yuan carried her to the table, pulled out a chair, and stuffed her into the seat: "Women should not interfere in men's affairs."

Baoning lowered her eyes and muttered: "How arrogant."

She asked: "What if I am useful?"

Pei Yuan peeled the egg shell in his hand and said casually: "Then I will be your horse for a month.

You can go wherever you say. I will give you a whip to whip you at will." Baoning smiled: "You don't need to be a horse, just listen to me. For a month, you will obey my words and the wife will be the husband's rule."

Pei Yuan snorted: "Just continue to dream your little dream."

He curled his lips and smiled, without raising his eyes, the white and tender egg in his hand slid into Baoning's bowl, "Eat it."

...

Pei Yuan went to the martial arts training ground in the West Garden of the General's Mansion.

During this period, this is the first place he came after getting up every morning. He needed to recover his previous skills as soon as possible, or even become stronger.

The matter of the tiger talisman was at a stalemate. Pei Yuan checked all the people around Zhou Jiangcheng, but did not see any suspicious points. Including Zhou Jiangcheng himself, he seemed to have no memory of what happened that night, and the tiger talisman disappeared as if out of thin air.

The only suspicious person was the dead Lu Yun. She died, but her body disappeared.

But even if this suspicion is true, trying to find the real Lu Yun is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

The ground of the martial arts training ground is paved with blue bricks. In the middle, there is a wooden platform that is three meters wide and three meters long, surrounded by various weapons.

Pei Yuan tore off his shirt and casually hung it on the rack. He rubbed his neck, picked up a heavy sword, and walked onto the wooden platform.

He practiced martial arts not to hurt others, so the sword was not sharpened. The soldier standing guard below smiled at Pei Yuan, and Pei Yuan hooked his finger: "Come up and play."

The soldier couldn't laugh anymore. The people around him laughed.

Pei Yuan said: "Come up."

... Those people came up reluctantly, and each chose a weapon that suited them, two spears, a pair of double-edged swords, and a crescent-shaped knife.

Five people faced each other.

Pei Yuan has many brave generals under his command. He has been in the Northern Frontier for ten years. Now all the famous generals in the Northern Frontier Army know him. He has a wild spirit in him. He is willing to fight to the death and never admit defeat. Qiu Mingshan entrusted him with an important task and formed a Wolf Army from the serious criminals to serve as the vanguard. Pei Yuan, who was only fourteen years old at the time, led the army. He was like an arrow with a sharp arrow and was invincible.

Pei Yuan knelt at the door of Qiu Mingshan's tent and begged for this appointment.

He survived many deaths on the battlefield, but later he got a group of brothers who had experienced life and death and obeyed his orders, as well as martial arts that were no less than Qiu Mingshan's.

Pei Yuan's every move was aimed at taking lives. Fortunately, the heavy sword had no blade, otherwise the four men's heads would have been chopped off several times.

The first three had been knocked out, leaving only the last crescent blade, held by a captain with superb martial arts skills.

He identified Pei Yuan's weak spot on his leg, and prepared to use a fake move to chop his upper arm, and then attack his right leg when he was distracted and dodging. He

used all his strength to chop down with the crescent blade, thinking that Pei Yuan would panic and dodge to the side, exposing the weakness of his lower body, but he was waiting there without blinking.

The captain could only continue to chop down, and the blade hit Pei Yuan's left shoulder heavily. There was a dull sound of raw iron hitting flesh, and at the same time, his weakness was exposed to Pei Yuan. Pei Yuan punched him in the chest, and the captain screamed in pain, staggered back four or five steps, and fell off the wooden platform.

Pei Yuan narrowed his eyes and loosened his left shoulder, which was already bruised and bleeding. In a moment, it swelled up.

A powerful voice came from behind, a little anxious: "Yuan'er, why don't you hide? If you go to the battlefield, your arm will be disabled!"

"It's worth exchanging an arm for his life."

Pei Yuan turned around and looked at Qiu Mingshan, raised his brow slightly: "General, are you interested in a fight?"

Qiu Mingshan clenched his fists at his side and sighed for a long time: "Your life is life, not a joke, how can you be reckless?"

He added: "What I regret most is bringing you into the barracks and cultivating your personality, weird, weird!"

Pei Yuan's eyes turned cold: "General, you think too highly of yourself, it has nothing to do with you." He threw the heavy sword back on the weapon rack, not in the mood to compete again, and went off the stage to get dressed.

The weather was not good today, with dark clouds covering the sky. Pei Yuan's back was sweaty and shiny. He wiped it with his clothes and put it on neatly.

Qiu Mingshan followed him: "The Wolf Army has arrived in Bashu. The Nanman intended to invade, but was repelled three times. They were injured and will not attack again in a short time. We have bought time to find the tiger talisman."

Pei Yuan said "hmm".

Qiu Mingshan felt helpless about such indifference.

He suddenly said: "I did all this for you."

Pei Yuan frowned: "What does it have to do with me?"

"I..." Qiu Mingshan was about to speak, but was interrupted by Pei Yuan.

"Then I will tell you clearly today, I am not doing this for you, nor for that position." Pei Yuan turned his head and looked at him, "I just want to know the truth about my mother's matter that year, I hope you know."

Raindrops fell on his forehead.

Pei Yuan looked up and saw that it was a rainy day.

Perhaps it was to fit the occasion, he immediately felt a dull pain in his muscles. The red dan poison usually takes effect on rainy days.

Pei Yuan frowned and quickened his pace towards the study. After a few steps, he saw Zhou Jiangcheng's subordinate Cang Huang running over and said in a hurry: "General, the fourth prince, I just received a secret report that the emperor sent the third prince to the Bashu Army to supervise the army. He will leave in three days. I'm afraid the tiger talisman can't be kept secret!"

Qiu Mingshan took a breath of cool air.

...

Baoning stood at the door, watching the heavy rain outside, and her worries about Pei Yuan became more and more serious.

She thought Pei Yuan would come back earlier today, but it was almost evening and the rain didn't stop, and there was no news from Pei Yuan.

Bao Ning was anxious. She knew Pei Yuan would be sad on a rainy day. She waited for another quarter of an hour, still worried about him. She asked Aunt Liu for an umbrella and went to Qiu Mingshan's study with her.

Even if she couldn't find Pei Yuan, she would feel relieved to see him.

Bao Ning wore a light green skirt with a slim waist, not even a handful. She walked slowly and hurried to the door of the study. The wind was strong and the rain was heavy, soaking half of her body. It was completely dark.

There were two soldiers standing guard at the door. One of them recognized Bao Ning and went in to report.

When the door opened, Bao Ning heard Pei Yuan's cough from inside the room. Her heart shrank. She couldn't help but lean over and look inside through the crack of the door. She heard Qiu Mingshan scolding:

"Zhou Jiangcheng, you must be crazy. What kind of drug did Lu Yun give you to make you love her so much? You won't admit it even with the ironclad evidence? If you continue to be so presumptuous, I will kill you on the spot!"

Zhou Jiangcheng was mad and seemed to be deaf to words. He kept mumbling to himself, and suddenly stood up and rushed out with a hazy vision.

Bao Ning was standing at the door and was startled by him, but she saw Zhou Jiangcheng's eyes suddenly light up, and he stretched out his arms and rushed towards her, calling: "Lu Yun..."