Ma Da looked at Chen Kezhao, and his eyes seemed to question whether he really wanted to abandon his comrades. Faced with the motor's questioning, Chen Kezhao could only nod helplessly. For them, it's the only way to go. If they are lucky enough to complete the mission successfully, they will not only be able to save a life, but also be spared from military justice.

"What if you make it back alive?"

The motor rolled his eyes, he was laughing at Chen Kezhao. Don't say tomorrow, when the fate of the next second is unpredictable, what is the best way to talk about it? Mada glared at him with eyes full of anger and resentment, and silently condemned Chen Kezhao's despicable behavior of abandoning his comrades in order to survive.

Chen Kezhao saw the resentment of the motor in his eyes, but he still turned around and left helplessly. He never had the luxury of expecting the motor to understand him. Because he did it with selfish motives.

Normally, a person who has been recruited for a crime cannot leave the barracks for life. He didn't know this until Wang Yi came to the barracks instead of Chen Kezhao. If he had known earlier, even if he was given a hundred taels of silver, he would never have accepted it. Because of ignorance, Wang Yi almost ruined his life for twenty taels of silver.

Therefore, he worked harder than others on the battlefield in order to make meritorious service and atone for his crimes. In order to get rid of the sea of suffering as soon as possible, he fought desperately and did not miss a chance to make meritorious contributions. If it weren't for the fact that he was guilty, he would have already received several awards and ascended to the rank of officer by virtue of his military exploits. And yet he got nothing. But he doesn't care, his fame and fortune are like dung, he just wants to leave this wild place as soon as possible and return to his hometown to share the joy of humanity with his family.

Chen Kezhao ignored the motor's complaining eyes and turned to leave. This miasma-filled jungle is boundless, and there is mist everywhere. Chen Kezhao felt that his throat was hoarse, his breath was short, and his eyes were hot. This is a sign of poisoning.

Chen Kezhao stopped, took out the jade bottle, poured out the turbid liquid, sprinkled it on the cloth covering his face, and re-encircled it. This was an antidote he bought in Yunnan, where the army was stationed at that time, before entering the Nanban. The potion is a medicinal juice or animal juice made according to the traditional recipe of the Miao people, the specific composition is unknown, but it is extremely effective, and it has saved his life several times.

If he has the opportunity to go to Yunnan again, he will definitely find a way to buy a few more bottles. Of course, that's all for later. The most important thing at the moment is to find a way out of this jungle and find the base of the Nu people. Chen Kezhao lay down and continued to crawl forward.

Chen Kezhao's prediction was very accurate, and after he left the half-quarter (half-quarter: the ancient Chinese unit of time, a quarter is fifteen minutes), the motor began to have a high fever and dizziness. I don't know if it's because my neck is swollen, and I still have a little hoarse sound when I breathe. However, what was most unbearable for him was the biting cold.

In the land of the Southern Barbarians, the four seasons are like summer, and it is still at noon in the scorching sun, and it feels cold at this time, which is really ridiculous, but it is a fact. Wind chills and high fever make the motor extremely painful.

"Stinky guy, big bad!"

He cursed him like a mantra. If he could, he would have wanted to cry out loud. More than physical discomfort, the fear of lying alone in the depths of this Southern Barbarian jungle made him feel more desolate. His voice was hoarse and difficult to pronounce. At this time, the motor is stepping towards the abyss of despair. The weakness of the body will make people instinctively look for inner comfort, but at this time, he has no comrades and relatives to rely on.

The motor cursed Chen Kezhao like this, and gradually lost consciousness.

Two.

"The sound of water!"

Chen Kezhao leaned down and put his ear to the ground to listen carefully. The sound was small, but it was definitely water. Come to think of it, the terrain here is gradually getting higher, which means that he is gradually moving away from this dense forest shrouded in miasma.

Miasma is a poisonous gas formed by the smell of fallen leaves and decaying animal carcasses that converge together for a long time. It is only in unventilated places, i.e. low-lying places, that these smells are likely to accumulate for a long time. In other words, the terrain of the Miasma Land is lower than the surrounding terrain. And the terrain gradually became higher, which meant that he was gradually getting out of the miasma.

The sound of water is also one of the evidences that Chen Kezhao has escaped from the miasma land. Nature has the function of self-purification. Therefore, where there is water, there can be no miasma.

Sure enough, after a meal (eclipse: a unit of time in ancient China, about thirty minutes), Chen Kezhao's eyes suddenly brightened. Although the sky could not be seen, the poisonous fog had quietly disappeared. In front of him was a steep cliff that plunged into the sky, and the river flowed down the cliff to form a huge waterfall. Below the waterfall is a swamp. The bottomless swamp pond is filled with dark green water, and there is a small stream flowing slowly next to it, surrounded by dark green trees. The sound of the water he heard just now should be the sound of the water flowing from this stream.

Chen Kezhao lay on his stomach in the grass and waited quietly. Compared with the rotten leaves in the dense forest, the green leaves here are verdant and dripping, revealing a faint fragrance. Chen Kezhao looked at the clear stream in front of him, and couldn't help but want to jump in and enjoy the coolness.

But he struggled to suppress the urge in his heart. He knew that a bright place was more dangerous than a dark place. His comrades, who had traveled with him in the dense forest for several days and nights, were so hungry and thirsty that they jumped into the depths of the creek and died tragically under the enemy's butcher's knife. The lesson of blood taught him to be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years!

Chen Kezhao lay there and spent a long time like death. But he knew in his heart that it was probably not even a quarter of an hour had passed. The hot throat was as heavy as a shackle, making the long wheel of time roll unusually slowly. I've been observing it for so long, and I don't think it's anything abnormal, so it's safe.

Chen Kezhao cautiously got up from the grass, but immediately lay down again.

"Wait a little longer...... calm down and ......!"

He took a deep breath and looked around again, wondering if there was anything wrong. Thinking back then, how simple and beautiful the days of sunrise and sunset in my hometown were. Even if he lacks food and clothing, he never has to worry about being plotted.

In order to survive, even if you exhaust your life's wisdom, you have to rack your brains to protect yourself. Chen Kezhao picked up a leaf, put it in his mouth and chewed it vigorously. The bitter juice flows into the tip of the tongue, and although it is not as sweet as water, it also relieves the heat in the throat somewhat. Chen Kezhao's heart calmed down.

Looking back at the road from which we came, it went downhill until it suddenly turned uphill at a certain point. If this stretch of road is compared to a plate, the current situation means that he has escaped from the bottom of the plate where the miasma is thickest, and the cliff in front of him is the edge of the plate.

However, Chen Kezhao thought about it, and things didn't seem to be so simple. The time taken to go uphill is simply too short compared to downhill. This means that the place he is in is still close to the bottom of the plate. Perhaps, this cliff is just a safe place isolated in the middle of the territory.

"Safe Zone!"

A thought flashed, and Chen Kezhao suddenly woke up like an initiation. But wherever there are people, almost harsh conditions must be met. One can walk through the swamp, but not in the swamp every day, and it is possible to survive on dry land without rain all year round, but it is impossible to leave the water source. This is no exception to the Nu people.

Even if they are more drug-savvy and resistant than the Han Chinese, they cannot live in a toxic environment every day. Surrounded by forests on all sides, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there is a clean water source running through the north and south, and the natural environment can be described as unique. In that case, will they let go of this natural safety in front of them?

Chen Kezhao's eyes lit up, and he quietly stepped back like a python. He had to find a better position to observe. If this is really the base of the Nu people, there will definitely be traces. All he had to do was find the traces.

Smack-!

Chen Kezhao jumped up. It's the footsteps of people, the sound of someone stepping on leaves. The source of the sound is behind him.

"Discovered!"

Chen Kezhao smelled the breath of death. He got up slightly, looked around quickly, and grabbed the handle of the knife with one hand. He must strike first and take out the other party first in order to have a chance to live.

Rustle-rustle-!

The sound of streaking through the leaves came one after another, indicating that someone was running away. Chen Kezhao chased after him, praying that the other party would not exceed two people as he ran, and that the other party would not call for help and lead others over. Otherwise, he has only one way to die. Fortunately, the other party did not say anything. Judging by the sound of footsteps, the other party was moving away from him, and he should have just fled, not tried to occupy a favorable terrain. He chased after him as fast as he could. Twigs and vines kept scraping his face, but he didn't have time to care about these trivial matters.

Sand-!

A figure scurried through the trees. Chen Kezhao stretched out his hand, grabbed the man's shoulder with lightning speed, retracted it forcefully, turned around behind the man, wrapped his arm around his neck, and pulled out a knife and stabbed him.

"Ahh

A scream pierced the sky. It's clearly a woman's voice. Although Chen Kezhao gagged her mouth, he still couldn't stop her from making a sound. The voice came through the gaps between his fingers. Compared with this, what surprised him even more was that the other party turned out to be a woman. Instinctively, he stopped the knife in his hand and looked at the Nu girl in front of him, whose eyes widened with horror.

Chen Kezhao rolled on the ground a few times with the girl in his arms. In order to prevent someone from hearing the noise, he hurriedly left the place with the girl. The girl was naked and struggling desperately, and Chen Kezhao almost got out. He increased the strength of his hands. At that moment, the girl bit his arm.

"Hmm!"

Chen Kezhao swallowed back the painful moans that reached his throat. He pulled the girl's head to his chest and put the knife around her neck. The white blade contrasted sharply with the girl's dark skin, and the blade exuded a terrifying murderous aura. It's a silent but terrifying threat.

However, the maiden did not give in. She ignored the sharp knife in front of her that could take her life at any time, increased the force on her mouth, and bit Chen Kezhao's arm and refused to let go. If it weren't for the fact that his flesh was hard enough, I'm afraid he would have been bitten off by the girl.

Chen Kezhao also increased his efforts. The sharp blade began to slowly seep into the girl's skin. White marks appeared on the dark skin, and bright red blood flowed out. His face pressed against her cheek, his chest against her back, and he felt her heartbeat. Chen Kezhao's ears heard the sound of the girl's rapid breathing.

Chen Kezhao hadn't felt a person's body temperature for a long time. The girl's body temperature stimulated every inch of his skin through his chest, abdomen, and thighs wrapped around the girl's body, making him feel and thirsty.

Burning with desire, only by entering the body of the girl under him and ravaging it wantonly can he be liberated.

"Find a safe place first......

At this time, the sound of the wind blowing the leaves suddenly came, which startled him. Although the voice was weak, Chen Kezhao knew that it was the voice of the Nu warriors. How many times, as long as this voice is heard, accompanied by inexplicable trembling, some comrades-in-arms will fall, with poisonous arrows from the Nu clan stuck in their backs. You know, what a creepy thing it is for a comrade-in-arms who was still talking to you about his hometown story one second to turn into a corpse and fall in front of you the next second. The Nu people's attacks were secretive and accurate, and Chen Kezhao's survival until now was purely a fluke.

At this moment, Chen Kezhao cursed himself frantically. At this critical juncture, I was blinded by a woman, and I almost lost my life.

"...... should have been killed!"

Now, he had nothing left to do but hide in the woods and pray that he wouldn't be discovered. Chen Kezhao held his breath, hoping that they would not hear his voice and not see the traces he had left behind.

Chen Kezhao's body, which was burned by lust, has now become cold. He could feel the Nu warriors moving through the grass. They are now moving much more than usual, probably because they are closer to the camp, so they have let their guard down. At this time, the voices of the Nu warriors were heard.

"Yihui Idali, Ilhui Idali!"

"Khan Du Yi is enough, Tu Hao Yi Eh, Ihei Idali!"

"O Pirima, O Soil Good I, Ihei Idali!"

The Nu people speak the Nu language, and Chen Kezhao is naturally difficult to understand. However, years of life in Nanban have taught him a few words. Fortunately, although the languages of the Nanban ethnic groups are rich in vocabulary, their grammar is relatively simple, and as long as you master the basic vocabulary, you can guess the general meaning.

Now, the "Yi Hui Idali" they repeatedly shouted should be the girl's name. According to the naming habits of the Nu people, the first character of an unmarried girl's name is usually "Yi", and the last character of a married woman's name is usually "Ma". In other words, the girl in front of her is named Yihui Yidali, which means "big-eyed girl", and she is not currently married.

"Toho Iya" probably means basket or plate. If Chen Kezhao guessed correctly, he should have made a fatal mistake. According to his speculation, it is very likely that the Nu warriors found the plate dropped by the girl named Yihui Idali. He secretly regretted that even if he wanted to arrest her, he should have disposed of that thing first, so that even if the Nu warrior heard something strange, he might think that he had heard it wrong.

The Nu warriors still seem to be searching around. After a while, they talked for a while in a language that Chen Kezhao didn't understand, and whispered "Yihui Yidali" Yunyun, and then dispersed.

Chen Kezhao still didn't move, rather than acting rashly and being arrested, it was better to stay where he was. As long as he moves, he will definitely be discovered, and if he doesn't move, there will still be a glimmer of life. Chen Kezhao gambled his life on this glimmer of hope. If it's a gamble, it's certainly a big gamble. Fortunately, Chen Kezhao seems to have won the bet. The voices of the Nu warriors, as they moved extremely close to him, faded away until they disappeared.

Despite this, Chen Kezhao still lay on his stomach and waited for a while, until he was sure that there was no one around, and then he got up to leave. Chen Kezhao knew that in this southern barbarian land, if you want to avoid the enemy, you need to be as quiet as a dead person when you are hidden, and as fast as lightning when you move. If he doesn't leave decisively at this time, what awaits him is very likely to be the whole clan. When the time comes, he will be in the pocket of the Nu people, and it will be easy to arrest him. At the same time, he also knew that instead of crawling forward, he would get up and walk quietly.

Chen Kezhao returned the same way and hid in the poisonous forest, and then breathed a sigh of relief. He began to take a closer look at the girl he had captured. At this time, the girl had already fainted. Under Chen Kezhao's strong arm strength, the girl's lips had been squeezed, the corners of her mouth were full of blood, and the person was unconscious due to lack of oxygen.

is different from ordinary Nu girls, the girl in front of her has the appearance of a closed moon and a shy flower. Here, as far as he knows, looks and body shape determine a woman's worth. In other words, a beautiful and strong woman can get more bride price when she gets married. Unlike the Han Chinese, the Nu people prefer women with strong faces, wide faces, flat noses, and thick lips. Therefore, the ugly girl in the eyes of the Han people is likely to be the beauty in the eyes of the Nu people. The same is true of women's figures. The Nu people like women with big butts, and they believe that this is the only way to have a smooth delivery. According to this standard, the girl in front of her is worth an extraordinary amount.

Chen Kezhao smiled and thought to himself.

"As soon as I got out of the tiger's mouth, I started thinking nonsense!"

In fact, he is not completely out of the tiger's mouth, so he can't let his guard down yet. He reached into his pouch. In the process of fleeing for his life, he has made up his mind to kill her.

If she is released, her whereabouts will be exposed. In this way, the Nu people will definitely know that their base camp has been exposed, and they will be wary, and the sneak attack of the army will inevitably fail. Not only that, if the Nu people sent troops to pursue, Chen Kezhao would die here. It is also unrealistic to bring her back. First, it will make it more difficult to shuttle through the poisonous forest, and second, even if she is successfully brought back to the barracks, she will definitely become the plaything of the officers, so it is better to kill her on the spot to save her from humiliation.

Of course, killing people also requires skill. If the Nu people can't find her body, they will be on guard. Even if he finds it, if the traces of his killing are obvious, it will attract suspicion.

Chen Kezhao took out the Seven Poisonous Locust Needles from his leather bag. One needle can kill her unconsciously. After that, the body was moved to the place where she was first found, and it was done. In this way, the Nu will find a corpse that has been poisoned to death. The wound left by the poison needle is too small to be detected, and even if it is detected, it does not arouse suspicion. After all, the land of the Southern Barbarians is full of poisonous insects that can kill them with one move.

The needle gradually approached the girl's shoulder. Now, it was easy for Chen Kezhao to take her life, but he couldn't do it for a long time. The girl looked no more than seventeen or eighteen years old. Chen Kezhao once again looked at the girl's immature face and the dark, sexy, and body without a trace of fat. It's unbearable to kill her like this.

At this time, the girl suddenly opened her eyes. Her fawn-like eyes, just like the first time I saw her, were very regrettable. Chen Kezhao resolutely closed his eyes and stabbed the poisonous needle into the girl's shoulder.

The girl's mouth opened wide, but she couldn't say a word. It was a short, but deadly kiss. The girl twitched and lost consciousness.

After Chen Kezhao and the other girls lost consciousness completely, they carried her on their shoulders and prepared to cross the jungle to return to the place where they first met her. It's likely that the Nu are still patrolling around, but he can't choose not to. Removing the corpse is important, but even more important is his mission, the task of finding out the Nu base camp.