As soon as I ran into the cave, my voice of surprise stopped suddenly. I saw a tall figure standing in the cave, standing next to Qinghan, looking down at him. As soon as he heard my voice, the man turned around.

Come and look at me.

My heart suddenly rose to my throat.

The tall figure stood in the cave, and the entire cave suddenly became small and stuffy. His clothes were also damaged in several places, and a large bruise could be seen on his right shoulder, as if he had hit something as hard as a rock.

It was knocked out from something. His hair was scattered on the back of his head, and there were a few messy strands of forehead hair hanging between his eyebrows. When he turned his face to look at me, his expression seemed a little haggard, but his fierce eyes still made me laugh.

I recognized it immediately.

It’s Shen Xiaokun!

I shivered with fright, and the fruits and herbs in my hands fell to the ground with a crash.

When he saw me, he frowned, looked at Qing Han who was lying on the ground soundlessly, sneered and gritted his teeth and said, "You are all still alive."

At this time, my fear was no less than that of returning home alone, only to open the door and find that a hungry wolf had broken into the house, looking at me with green eyes, and his voice was trembling: "You - you -"

"You are really lucky."

It’s not just me and Qinghan who are destined to be lucky.

In that river, although I don't know what happened after Qinghan dragged him into the water, but looking at the bloody wound on Qinghan's forehead and the weakness that he hasn't woken up until now, he must have exhausted all his energy.

Shen Xiaokun looks much better than us.

If he wants to hurt Qinghan now——

When I thought of this, my face turned pale, and I subconsciously took a step forward: "You, don't mess around!"

"..." He didn't speak, he just narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at me.

I swallowed a mouthful of saliva and tried desperately to think of words, but my voice still trembled when I spoke: "Killing us like this won't help..."

"..."

"You, don't hurt him, I-I-"

At this time and in this situation, I really have no conditions to negotiate with him. I am afraid that with his viciousness, Qinghan's life will not be saved.

Surprisingly, he did not attack Qinghan, but took two steps back to the side. As soon as I saw him leaving Qinghan, I rushed forward and stopped between the two of them.

Shen Xiaokun squinted his eyes, as if he was not used to the sunlight shining in from outside the cave. After taking two steps back, he suddenly fell down and sat down. His shoulder accidentally hit the mountain wall behind him, and he immediately groaned, his face

There was a painful look on his face.

Only then did I realize that he couldn't move his right hand, as it seemed to be dislocated due to a collision.

He covered his shoulder with his other hand, and his whole face was twisted together in pain. I felt a little relieved now, at least he couldn't hurt us yet. I hurriedly turned back to check on Qinghan, but he was still silent.

He was lying there, his face pale, but his breathing was even, and he was not hurt.

I breathed a sigh of relief.

When I looked back, Shen Xiaokun was sitting there, sweating profusely as he endured the pain, and glared at me fiercely for a while, but he didn't do anything to us or say anything, but slowly stretched out his hand.

Picked up a fruit on the ground and ate it.

It looked like he was starving too.

My limbs are still healthy, but I have some injuries, and I can't find much to eat. With his arm dislocated and unable to use force, it is naturally more difficult. He bit into the fruit with big mouthfuls, and the purple-red juice stained his face.

Don't worry about wiping. When faced with hunger, humans are the most primitive animals. Any status or status is all fake, worse than a half-ripe wild fruit in your hand.

But what happens after you’re full?

When we were at the river, we were already fighting for our lives. If he is full now...

I sat in front of Qinghan and watched him finish a piece of fruit in three mouthfuls. I was trembling a little. I tried hard to reach out to pick up another one, but because that hand couldn't support myself hard at all, it was too far away from the fruit.

There is only a little distance, but you can't touch it.

Looking at his painful look, I remained silent. At this time, I slowly moved over and picked at the fruit.

The wild fruits rolled to his feet.

He was stunned, then raised his head and looked at me, his eyes widened: "What do you mean?"

"..." I didn't say anything, I just looked at him warily.

"Hmph, aren't you afraid that I'll come and kill you when I'm full?"

"..." I bit my lower lip: "I, I can't kill you."

It’s not that there are no life-threatening lawsuits on my hands, but if I really want to make a profit, that’s not something an ordinary person can do, and I can’t do it either.

"..." He frowned and thought for a while before he came back to his senses and said with a sneer: "So, you want to please me and ask me not to kill you?"

I took a deep breath and looked up at him: "Shen Xiaokun, apart from your status and our opposing positions, do you still have to kill me and him?"

He was stunned again, looking at me blankly, but did not speak again.

He and I had never even exchanged a word before today, but as soon as we met, it was either you or me who would die.

If you think about it carefully, the interactions between people are really ridiculous.

"Before you were dragged into the water by Qinghan, Wen Fengxi's people had already come over. In fact, even if he didn't come over, you should have understood when you held me hostage -" I looked at his dazed eyes for a moment and said

: "Your uncle has been defeated."

When he heard this, his face suddenly changed and he looked at me with bulging veins: "I - I will kill you!"

"Shen Xiaokun, even if you kill us, you won't be able to restore anything."

I cut off his words and said in a deep voice: "If I were you, I would definitely plan for myself and not make unnecessary sacrifices."

"..."

He was still very angry, staring at me with red eyes and breathing heavily. I knew that when people are angry, they can't listen to any rational words, so I didn't say any more. I sat aside and stopped talking.

.

In the cave, the only sound left was his heavy breathing.

After an unknown amount of time, Shen Xiaokun's breathing slowly calmed down. He sat there with his head buried, his messy hair covering the expression on his face, and said in a dull voice: "You said, I should plan for myself?"<

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I kept carefully wiping the sweat from Qinghan's face. When I heard him speak, I stopped what I was doing, but I didn't answer him immediately.

After a while, he raised his head and looked at me.

Without his anger, he is actually just a young man.

Although I almost died in his hands before, apart from fear, I actually have no feeling of disgust towards him. In the martial arts test at Yaowu Tower, he indeed became the top martial arts scholar based on his own strength and was promoted to the Minister of War.

After all, that's what he deserves. Martial arts training is inherently hard work, and even fewer officials' children are willing to put in the hard work. I've seen a lot of those dandy men, and I still have some appreciation for young people like him.

However, if the stance is different, the attitude is completely different.

But after losing their identities as Minister of War, Captain of Qingche, and Zhengzi of Jixian Palace, if they want to get along with each other, they don’t really have to fight to the death.

I said: "Of course people should plan for themselves."

He said: "Why don't I help my uncle for myself?"

I said slowly: "Have you ever thought that your uncle is rebelling?"

He rolled his eyes at me, as if he was talking "nonsense".

I said: "Then, do you really want to follow your uncle in rebellion? If he succeeds in the future, can you succeed him and become emperor?"

This time, he didn't roll his eyes at me, and the expression on his face became hesitant.

Rebellion is not something ordinary people would think about or dare to do. Shen Gongye has been an important minister for so many years and is so close to the imperial power. It is inevitable that he will slowly develop such ambitions; but Shen Xiaokun - I don't see this in him.

This kind of ambition, he doesn't seem to be a person who can play tricks and cunning, otherwise Qinghan would not have taken the opportunity to get drunk and steal his military talismans. A person who has worked hard to practice martial arts, can he really want to be an emperor? What if?

If he really thinks so, he should learn how to govern a country, not how to wield a sword.

After hesitating for a long time, he murmured: "But my father died young and my uncle raised me since I was a child. I - I must help him."

I have heard that Shen Xiaokun's father, Shen Gongye's brother, was once a general in the court. He died in the northwest before he was born. From then on, he followed his uncle.

He did all this just out of ignorance and filial piety.

I slowly said: "Then, up to now, you have helped me to the end."

He looked up at me.

"You are still young and have a lot of skills. Even if you don't follow your uncle, you should be able to have a successful career. But if you want to get stuck in the mud, you are asking for death."

"..."

"Shen Xiaokun conspired to rebel. This is a major crime for the Nine Tribes. I think your uncle and the others, even if they did not die in the Juma Valley before, should be punished and executed now."

Shen Xiaokun's face suddenly turned pale.

I said: "As for you, you escaped by chance. This is God leaving a line of blood to your Shen family. Don't destroy yourself."

After hearing these words, Shen Xiaokun felt as if a thunderbolt struck from the clear sky. The fruit in his hand was squeezed open with a pop, and the juice splashed everywhere.

A family like theirs naturally values ​​their bloodline, and being exterminated is the cruelest thing. What I just said just reminded him of this.
To be continued...