When Yin Chengyu woke up early in the morning, he heard someone report that Xue Shu had woken up.

After he packed up simply, he hurried to Xue Shu's tent.

When he went over, the doctor had already checked Xue Shu's pulse and was packing up his medicine box. Xue Shu was lying on the bed, and the child was feeding him medicine.

Seeing Yin Chengyu coming, Xue Shu stopped looking and stared at him.

Yin Chengyu pretended not to notice and asked the doctor about the situation.

"You didn't have a fever last night, so you're not in danger. All you need to do next is take medicine and rest regularly until the wound heals. Your Highness, don't worry."

Yin Chengyu felt relieved after hearing what the doctor said.

After asking the eunuch who was in attendance to give him the reward silver and send the doctor away, Yin Chengyu walked to the couch to see Xue Shu.

Xue Shu's eyes moved and he looked at him.

Yin Chengyu waved his hand to send the child away, sat down beside the couch, and picked up the unfinished medicine soup.

"Why are you staring at me? Don't you recognize me after being buried underground for a few days?" As she said this, she scooped up the medicine and fed it to his mouth with a smile in her eyes.

Xue Shu opened his mouth and drank the medicine. But his eyes were still fixed on him: "I dreamed of His Highness last night."

"Oh?" Yin Chengyu stretched out his fingers and wiped the medicine stains on the corners of his lips, and rubbed them for a few more times: "What did you dream about?"

Xue Shu lowered his eyes, hiding the panic in his eyes: "I dreamed that His Highness was angry with me and refused to forgive me."

This statement is both true and false.

The encounter in this life was still vivid in his mind, and he realized that he and His Highness could have taken another completely different path. When their relationship was no longer mixed with other power interests, they could also be affectionate and trust each other without reservation.

This feeling was so good. He had tried so hard in his previous life but never got it. He was reluctant to break it.

In this life, His Highness saved him before he entered the palace and kept him by his side... The trajectory was completely different from the previous life, and it was obvious that His Highness also had memories of the previous life. But he never mentioned the previous life, and he repeatedly told him that he "had not yet calmed down", which was enough to show that His Highness had resentment in his heart.

Blame him, even hate him.

Xue Shu did not dare to think too deeply, and just held on tightly to the only warmth he had, thinking that the prince was still willing to keep him by his side, and at least he still had some affection for him.

Those past events were not pleasant. If Your Highness does not want to remember them, then he will just pretend that he has never thought about them.

"If you just be good, I won't be angry anymore." Yin Chengyu gently stroked the wound on his wrist, and his eyes softened.

Xue Shu suffered this kind of injury twice.

Xue Shu grabbed his hand, slowly tightened it, and said as if promising: "I will obey your Highness from now on. If I don't obey, your Highness will punish me."

"You really deserve to be punished..." Yin Chengyu noticed his change, raised his eyebrows and smiled. He pulled out his hand, moved his fingertips, and pressed lightly: "It's only been a short while, and it's already like this?"

A strange feeling suddenly surged up, causing Xue Shu to groan muffledly. He suddenly pressed down his hand, two blue veins popped out on his forehead, and his eyes were filled with forbearance.

"I...can't control it."

He was telling the truth. This feeling was both new and strange to him.

In his previous life, he entered the palace at the age of seventeen and died at the age of thirty-three. He had been a eunuch for sixteen years and had long forgotten what it felt like to be a man.

In the past, whenever he and Yin Chengyu were entangled in bed, he felt satisfied and painful when he saw him being stained with lust under his hands.

Content that this bliss was brought to him by himself, and painful that he could never truly possess him.

So he could only work harder to collect all kinds of gadgets, so that Yin Chengyu would indulge in the sensual web he had created himself and be unable to leave him. Only in this way could he get a moment of joy and satisfaction.

But if he had to do it again, he would still choose to purify himself and enter the palace.

Yin Chengyu felt the burning temperature under his palm.

He looked at Xue Shu for a moment, and in his pleading eyes, he took out his hand, gently twirled his earlobe, and whispered in his ear: "Your injury has not healed yet, so don't let it out anymore." If you lose your energy, please be patient and don’t do it behind your back, you know?”

The warm breath sprayed on the sensitive earlobe, causing a tingling sensation.

This itching spread all the way to the bottom of his heart. Xue Shu turned his head, almost face to face with him, and said in a hoarse voice: "Then when the injury is healed, Your Highness, help me."

Yin Chengyu stood up, looked at him for a while, and smiled in an ambiguous way: "That depends on how you perform."

The two of them exchanged tender words for a while before Yin Chengyu started talking to him about serious matters.

"I didn't know you were unconscious that day. Cui Ci invited Ying Hongxue to come over and confirm that she was your sister Xue Hongxuan. Unfortunately, I asked her and He Shan to lead the remaining Red Army to Xiashizhai to rescue the injured last night. They went to Xiashizhai at dawn today and are not in the camp. I have sent someone to deliver a letter to them, and they should be back soon."

"Your sister is still alive."

Yin Chengyu lowered his eyes and looked at him, but he was thinking of Xue Shu from his previous life.

Ying Hongxue had died at that time, and by some strange coincidence, Xue Shu killed his brother-in-law He Shan with his own hands in order to quell the rebellion.

If he knew, he would be sad.

Fortunately, this tragedy has not happened in this life, and everything is still in time.

He would never be alone again.

"I thank Your Highness on behalf of my sister." Xue Shu hid the turmoil in his eyes.

"You don't have to thank me." Yin Chengyu tapped his lips and said, "I still have things to deal with. You should take good care of yourself. When Ying Hongxue comes back, I will ask someone to bring her to see you."

Having said that, he stood up and was about to leave.

Xue Shu knew that he must be busy with many things, so he did not try to keep him. He just looked at his back reluctantly, with emotions surging in his eyes.

There is only one word difference between lust and love, but the results are completely different.

In his previous life, he and Yin Chengyu were entangled in lust, but they had never been as affectionate and loving as they are now.

Xue Shu closed his eyes, with a slight curve at the corners of his mouth.

Fortunately, fortunately, after all his efforts, he finally got a chance.

Ying Hongxue and He Shan came back later than expected, not until the evening.

Returning with them was Marquis An Yuan.

An Yuanhou looked dejected, and there was a group of people following behind him. Four people in the middle were carrying a bier, on which was vaguely a human figure covered with a white cloth.

It was Yin Chengzhang who had just been found.

Yin Chengyu had already received the news. He quickly stepped forward, lifted the white cloth and took a look. It was indeed Yin Chengzhang.

According to reports from the Xichang spies who secretly followed Marquis An Yuan, Yin Chengzhang and his party were ambushed in Fuhu Ridge, but encountered a landslide and all of them were buried under the mountain.

When the landslide occurred, the guards who were accompanying him protected him with their bodies, and Yin Chengzhang was able to breathe his last. However, he was crushed by rocks and earth below the waist and could not escape.

After four days of hardship, they finally received rescue from Marquis An Yuan.

But it was probably his fate, because when An Yuanhou was clearing the dirt and rocks and preparing to rescue him, he found that his waist and abdomen were pierced by a sharp stone. He could have kept his breath if he had kept pressing on him, but when he moved, the stone came out and blood gushed out of the wound, and even his intestines could be seen.

In a moment, the person was gone.

An Yuanhou almost fainted on the spot.

Ying Hongxue and He Shan were late in returning because they received the news and were delayed in helping to clean up the rubble and collect the corpses.

Yin Chengyu covered the body with the white cloth again, a trace of grief appeared on his face. He sighed deeply, raised his hand and pressed Marquis An Yuan's shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "Please take good care of my second brother's body for me, and send someone back to the capital to report the death to my father first."

Marquis Anyuan responded slowly, saying that his former vitality and spirit had dissipated, as if he had lost his parents.

After he carried the body away, Yin Chengyu asked about the situation in Xiashizhai.

Previously, the troops were used to clean up the ruins of the military camp, and only An Yuanhou led the troops to clean up the Xiashizhai area. But in name, he was rescuing the people of Xiashizhai, but in fact, he only sent a few people for show, and most of the troops were searching for Yin Chengzhang's whereabouts.

Therefore, Xishizhai was not truly rescued until Ying Hongxue and his party arrived today.

"Xiashi Village was built halfway up the mountain. They discovered the earthquake earlier. Those who ran faster fled. The rest..." Ying Hongxue's expression did not change, but his voice became a little heavy. "The rest are all dead. I found the bodies of Gao Youwen and Shi Hu in the pile of rocks."

This was expected, as the situation in Xiashizhai was more serious than that in the military camp below. Rescue was not received until four days later, so the possibility of any survivors was extremely small.

Yin Chengyu sighed again and said, "Gao Youwen and Shi Hu are dead, and the remaining rebels can no longer cause any trouble. They were originally desperate civilians, so we will not pursue them now. As for the rest of you who are still alive..." He looked at Ying Hongxue and Shi Hu, "You two and the Red Heroes have helped me a lot in the past few days. The court is in need of talents. If you are willing, you can accept the amnesty and join the army. If you don't want to join the army, you can go home on your own and I will forgive you for what happened."

He Shanxia consciously looked at Ying Hongxue.

Ying Hongxue hesitated for a moment, but did not refuse immediately: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your generosity. I will convey this to my brothers and see what they think."

This was a calmer reaction than Yin Chengyu had expected. He nodded slightly and said nothing more, "Xue Shu has woken up and his injuries are not serious. If you two are okay, you can go see him."

Ying Hongxue and He Shan bowed in thanks and went to Xue Shu's tent.

The little boy led the two of them in, and they ran into Xue Shu coming out.

Both the brother and sister have cold personalities. When they meet again after a long separation, they just stare at each other for a moment, and their emotions are all in their eyes.

The three of them sat down in silence, and finally Ying Hongxue spoke first: "It's good to be alive."

He pointed at He Shan who was a little nervous and awkward beside him and said frankly: "This is your brother-in-law He Shan, who is not married yet."

Xue Shu looked towards He Shan, his expression surprised for a moment.

Naturally, he would recognize the person who had been killed by the knife in his previous life at the risk of his life.

In his previous life, when he investigated He Shan, he only knew that his wife died during the suppression of a rebellion by the imperial court, and that one of his arms was also severed during that time. He was determined not to accept the imperial court's offer of amnesty in order to avenge his wife.

But Xue Shu didn't know at that time that his deceased wife was his long-lost sister.

As fate would have it, the two became enemies of life and death.

Xue Shu silently looked at the old friend sitting in front of him.

He Shan was tall and strong, with a tough look, a typical northern man. Ying Hongxue was tall, but compared to him, she still looked petite.

When Xue Shu met him in his previous life, he was more calm and cunning than now, and was not an easy person to deal with. But now, he still has some of the roughness and simplicity of a northern man, and one can see through his thoughts at a glance.

Just when He Shan was getting restless because of his gaze, he called out "brother-in-law".

Probably because he didn't expect that he would accept him so easily, He Shan responded somewhat at a loss, and he almost couldn't stop smiling.

When the brother and sister met again, neither of them asked what the other had experienced in the past few years.

It’s easy to imagine that it’s not easy to survive in such a world.

Asking more questions will only add to the hurt.

After chatting for a while, Ying Hongxue saw that it was getting late, so she told him to take good care of his injuries and left with He Shan.

After walking out of the tent, He Shan spoke cautiously: "I have heard these past two days that... the people in Xichang are all eunuchs."

And Xue Shu was the captain of Xichang.

Ying Hongxue glanced at him, not seeming to care much: "He is a eunuch, he is lucky to be alive, why should he care about so many things."

At first, she killed the leader of the mountain stronghold, and after leaving the mountain, she went back to Yutai to look for Xue Shu, but she didn't find him. Later, after some inquiries, she did find some plausible news, saying that he went south with the grain boat.

With her meager power, she had no means to search for him in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of Great Yan. She could only recite a passage of scripture and pray for him during the chanting of sutras.

Later, the world became more and more difficult, more and more people died of famine, and life in the nunnery became more and more difficult. At that time, she followed Gao Youwen to pray for the dead everywhere, just to make more money by using the name of "Buddha Mother" and "Saint Girl". Unexpectedly, with more and more believers, the name of Red Lotus Sect became more and more famous, and gradually changed its meaning.

She was well-educated, so she knew that if the Red Lotus Sect continued to develop like this, the government would never tolerate it.

She changed her name just in case. In this way, if something happened in the future, the government would not be able to find out her origins and Xue Shu would not be implicated.

She never thought that the two siblings would meet again.

Being alive is a blessing from God.

He Shan was relieved to see that she was not sad, and he smiled: "That's right, we can have two children in the future, one of which will be registered under Xue Shu's name, and I will take care of him until he dies."

Ying Hongxue stopped and looked at him intently.

He Shan looked at her nervously.

"You are really good at calculating." Ying Hongxue raised her foot and kicked his calf: "I am tired, carry me back."

Seeing that she was not angry, He Shan's tension dissipated and a smile appeared on his face again. He squatted down, carried her on his back, and walked steadily towards the tent.

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