Even a few days later, Su Yi still could not forget that fanatic laughter and his eyes were filled with metamorphosis of bloodl.u.s.t for Wan Yan Xu. Even if he disregarded life and death and calmly facing all of the possible tortures, he was still scared of Wan Yan Xu’s hatred.
The weather of the desert is fickle.During daytime, it was sunny and extremely hot, and at night, the sand and stone were shifting and very cold. Su Yi did not know how many days he had spent in this weather.Whenever he fainted, Wan Yan Xu would bring him into the warmth of the tent, and when he woke up, the tortures began.
The only thing that Su Yi was pleased with was that his soldiers did not undergo this inhuman treatment. Wan Yan Xu was always true to what he said.As long as he was willing to endure, then his soldiers will not be tortured. The most tragic he felt was, for the previous two months, his soldiers were starved; but nowadays, they were fully fed by the enemy behind a prison. His heart wept uncontrollably whenever he thought about it.
A pretty figure came within his sight; Zi Nong could not bear to look at the man, whose hands were tied, wrists were already bloodied and dripping on a thick layer of white sand, and the ground already stained with many large and small drops of blood. The shoulder wound has been swelling and festering.
Wan Yan Xu deliberately did not give him any medical treatment.He would pour salty water over them a few times daily. Though it was tortured, it was also affective in anti-inflammatory; otherwise the wound would have festered a long time ago to the bone.
“No, this wound can no longer be left untreated.” Zi Nong whispered and turned to Su Yi’s indifferent face: “Su General, is it impossible for you to surrender? Truthfully, there is no escape route; the King has sent Generals to attack Qi. The land is great, but without you defending, how many days will it take before its fall? In fact, the King is vicious to you but he is very caring for his officials; as long as you surrender, he will treat you with the same courtesy. He often praised you of your talent. You do not have to be worried about trust and be of use to him. My King is very good at acknowledging other’s ability; if he did not want you, then on that battlefield, you would have been killed. Why would he use your soldiers’ lives to blackmail, and tortures to force you into submission?”
Su Yi looked at the beauty before him and suddenly gave a slight chuckle: “No wonder Wan Yan Xu favoured you. It was probably because of your innocence. Your King tortured me to vent on how Kim Liao was defeated countless times by my hands. He forced me to surrender just to disgrace me. The thought of watching an enemy fell down at his feet and professed as his servant will give him pleasure. Kim Liao’s soldiers have always been aggressive. Your King is a rare talented man. Even if I have enough military resources, I could not guarantee of my winning in this war. Why should he deliberately need to recruit me?” When Su Yi was facing this simple and beautiful girl, he found it’s easier to be opened about his thoughts than with the vicious Wan Yan Xu.
Zi Nong was speechless. She looked at his worried eyes and could not resist and said: “Su General, what are you worried about? Are you worried for the Qi people?” Those words indeed stabbed into Su Yi’s heart, the images of people died under the iron heel of Kim Liao, his tears almost shed and his mind was filled with deep remorse.
Zi Nong patted his shoulder and comforted him: “Do not worry, Su General, the King had ordered; no soldier is to take advantage of the occasion when breaking into a city, to burn and loot the people. He said that sooner or later these are all going to belong to Kim Liao. Although your people will taste the pain of conquest, but their lives and properties would not suffer too much damage. Currently, the one suffering the most is, in fact, you. How long has it been since you last drink water? Your lips are cracked dry with several lines.”
Su Yi may have hatred for Wan Yan Xu, but also respected the man. If Qi can have such a monarch, he would never worry about the country’s bustling prosperity and lasting of the kingdom. Suddenly the carriage stopped. Then Su Yi realised that his naked legs were souring pains and has already gone numb.
Zi Nong looked back and suddenly gave a cry of joy. She got up and shouted: “Zi Liu sister.” She quickly ran over and hugged the incoming woman.
The distance between them was too far and the sunlight was strong so Su Yi could not see the woman’s face, as she and Zi Nong have already entered Wan Yan Xu’s carriage; but a moment later, a guard came to him and grumpily said: “The King ordered to see you.” When he finished, his hand grabbed on the rope that tied Su Yi’s wrists. Su Yi staggered but the guard did not care and continued to stride forward.
When he came inside the car, Wan Yan Xu was comfortably sipping wine; Wan Yan Xu slowly sat up when he saw Su Yi entered. His face giving a polished smile and shook his head, then chuckled: “What a pity, ah, a dignified Invincible General to become this emaciated.” When he finished, he grabbed hold on his long, sandy hairs and sighed: “Unfortunately for such a beautiful hair.”
Su Yi nonchalantly stared at him and unmoved. It was indeed accurate and said whenever seeing him, he’ll get chills. Wan Yan Xu was lying down again and lazily said: “Zi Liu, I’d deliberately call you here not in order to fool around. You are to look at his injury and see what you can do about them.”