Chapter 29 Chapter Twenty Eight

Suti's chariot advanced along a rough road, flanked by steep rock walls.General Asher's elite troops have been searching for remnants of the rebellion for a week, but have found nothing.The general thought that the area had returned to calm, so he ordered the withdrawal of troops. With an extra archer to cover, Su Ti remained silent.He just concentrated on driving with a sad expression. Leopard was lucky to be given special treatment as she sat on the back of a donkey instead of walking like other captives.Asher gave this special privilege to the heroes of the previous battle, and the other soldiers had nothing to say.

At night, Leopard and Suti shared the same bed.She was really surprised that this young man, who was always enthusiastic and outgoing, suddenly became so taciturn, with a sadness on his brows from time to time.She couldn't help but want to find out why: "You are a hero, you will receive praise and become a rich man, but now you are like a defeated rooster. Why?" "Captives have no right to question." "As long as you keep fighting at all times, I will fight with you for the rest of your life. But...you don't want to live, do you?" "Shut up and stop asking!"

Leopard really didn't ask any more questions, but took off his clothes.She was completely naked, tossed her blond hair back and danced. She slowly turned around, each side of her body showed the most beautiful posture, and she gently slid her hands across her chest, buttocks and thighs to outline beautiful lines.Her soft and boneless body swayed out of a woman's soft nature. When the leopard leaned towards him coquettishly, he still didn't move.She took off his loincloth, kissed his chest, and lay down on top of him.She was very happy because she found that Su Ti's energy had not disappeared.Although he tried his best to resist, Leopard could see that he still wanted her.

"What will happen to me in the future?" "When you reach Egypt, you will be free." "You won't keep me by your side?" Leopard was a little surprised. "Just a man can't satisfy you." "As long as you become rich, I am satisfied." "Being a decent lady, you will definitely feel bored. And don't forget, you swore that you could betray me at any time." "You beat me, and I will beat you too." The leopard continued to seduce with a low, soft tone.She was lying on the ground, her hair disheveled, her feet spread, calling to him.Su Ti couldn't bear it any longer and broke out all his enthusiasm to possess her. He knew that the female devil must have cast some kind of magic to rekindle the raging desire in his heart.

"You are no longer sad." Leopard looked at him and said with slight doubt. "Don't guess what's on my mind." "Then you tell me." Su Ti still didn't say anything, but only ordered: "When I stop the chariot tomorrow, you come to me immediately and follow my instructions." "There is a creaking sound from the right wheel." Su Ti said to the archer. "I didn't hear eh" "I've always had good hearing. A noise like this could mean something is wrong with the car, better get it checked out. " Su Ti was originally walking at the forefront of the column. After he left the column, he parked the chariot facing a path leading to the depths of the woods.

"Let's take a look." The archers obeyed the commander's orders.Suti got down on one knee, inspected the wheel he said was faulty, and said, "It's broken. Two spokes are about to break." "Can it be repaired?" "Let's wait until the carpenter from the engineering team comes." These carpenters happened to be at the back of the line, following the captured captives.When the leopard jumped off the donkey and ran towards Su Ti, the soldiers still made fun of them with obscenities. "Get in the car." Su Ti shouted, pushed the archer away, grabbed the reins, and drove to the woods.Everyone couldn't react and was stunned on the spot. No one understood why the war hero would flee from the team.

Leopard couldn't hide his surprise: "Are you crazy?" "I'm going to keep my promise." An hour later they stopped at the place where the charioteer lieutenant, killed by the Bedouins, was buried.Leopard helped to dig up the corpse, but he was terrified.Suti wrapped the officer's body with a large piece of cloth and tied the two ends tightly. "Who is he?" Leopard asked in a trembling voice. "A true hero who will return to his homeland to be reunited with his loved ones." Su Ti did not say that General Asher probably would not allow him to act like this.

When he had almost finished disposing of the body, the leopard screamed loudly. As soon as Su Ticai turned around, a pair of big bear claws swung from behind. He couldn't dodge it in time, and a big gash was cut on his left shoulder. He quickly fell to the ground and rolled a few times, trying to hide behind the boulder.Standing three meters tall, this ferocious beast was heavy but not clumsy, with spittle flying from its mouth.It was hungry, opened its bloody mouth viciously, and roared angrily, scaring away the surrounding birds. "Give me the bow, hurry up!" The leopard threw the bow and quiver to Su Ti.She hid beside the chariot and dared not leave, after all, she felt safer here.Just as Su Ti grabbed the bow and arrow, the bear's paw swung at him again, scratching his back.

This time, Su Ti's face was on the ground, bleeding profusely, and he could no longer move. Seeing Su Ti fall, the leopard screamed again, diverting the attention of the huge beast.It took heavy steps and walked towards the leopard whose limbs were already weak from fright. At this moment, Su Ti knelt up, and a blush flashed before his eyes.With the last of his strength he drew his bow and fired an arrow at the patch of brown down.The big bear was hit by an arrow in his belly, and immediately turned around, opened his mouth wide, and withdrew his legs, and ran towards the direction of the arrow.

Su Ti endured the pain, and when he was about to faint, he shot the second arrow in time. The director of the Memphis Military Hospital has given up all hope.Suti's wounds were too many and too deep to stand a chance of survival.He will soon be free, no more pain. According to Leopard, a Libyan woman, the sharp archer ignored the threat of the bear's claws and shot the last arrow, and the big bear died because of the arrow in the eye.She then dragged him bloodied to the side of the chariot and dragged him onto the chariot with superhuman strength. She didn't forget to dispose of the corpse either.Even though the feeling of touching the dead body was disgusting, Suti would rather risk his life, didn't he just want to transport the body back to Egypt?Fortunately, the horses are very docile and obedient.They instinctively go back along the original path, and their ability to recognize the way is much better than that of leopards.The body of a chariot captain, a dying deserter and a fugitive foreign woman, this strange team was stopped by General Asher's rear troops.

Thanks to Leopard's explanation, the identity of the chariot captain has also been confirmed, and the truth is finally revealed.The chariot captain who died in battle was posthumously awarded and mummified in Memphis.Leopard was dispatched to a big landlord as a farm worker, while Suti was praised for his courage and punished for his lack of discipline. Kem hints at Pazar what happened.Pazar exclaimed in astonishment: "The Suti are in Memphis? " "General Asher has returned to the country in triumph, and the rebellion has been eliminated. Only the leader Edda Fei is still at large. " Pazar doesn't care about these things, he only cares about his friends. "When did Suti arrive?" "yesterday." "Why didn't he come to see me?" Cam didn't know how to respond, turned around and whispered, "He can't move." Pazar pressed the winning bet and roared angrily, "Speak clearly!" "he is hurt." "Is it serious?" "His situation..." Cam hesitated and didn't finish his sentence. "Honestly!" "I'm afraid he's going to die." "Where are the others?" "In the military hospital." After finishing speaking, he immediately added, "I can't guarantee that he is still alive." "He lost a lot of blood." The director of the military hospital explained his condition. "Surging on will only increase the pain. Let him die peacefully." "Is this the only thing you can do?" Pazar asked the dean. "I can't do anything. He was torn by the bear's claws and scarred. I am surprised that he can support it until now, but it is impossible to survive." "Can you move him?" "Of course not." Pazar made up his mind: he would never let Suti be in the hospital ward. "Find me a stretcher." "You cannot move this dying man." "I am his friend and I know his wish: that he wants to spend his last hours in his hometown. If you insist on not letting him go, you will be responsible to him and to the gods. "The doctor didn't take Pazar's words as a deaf ear. People who die with regret will turn into ghosts and return to the world to take revenge. Even if you are the director of a hospital, you can't escape this doom. "You sign and let me take him away." Pazar spent one night sorting out more than two dozen relatively unimportant files, which could keep the clerk busy for three weeks.If necessary, Yaluo can send a letter to the Supreme Court of Thebes to notify him.He originally hoped to ask Blarney for help, but he has already lived in the Karnak Temple and is ready to retire. At dawn, Cam and two nurses moved Suti out of the hospital and put him in the comfortable cabin of a small boat. Pazar was always by his friend's side, holding his right hand tightly.A few times, he felt as if Su reminded him that his fingers were moving.However, it was just an illusion for a moment. "You are my last hope, Nefiri. The military doctor won't operate on Suti, can you examine him?" She explained to the dozen or so people waiting to see a doctor under the palm tree that there were emergency patients who needed to be seen temporarily, so she had to leave first. Then she asked Cam to help carry some medicine jars. "What did the medic say?" she asked Pazar. "The wounds of being badly wounded by bears are too deep." "How did he fare on this trip?" "He was unconscious all the time. Only once, I felt like he moved." "Is he physically strong?" "It's as strong as a stone pillar." Pazar never doubted Suti's bravery. "Have you ever had any serious illness?" "Absolutely not." Nefeli checked on Suti for over an hour.When she walked out of the consulting room, she made a statement like this: "I will try my best to heal him." But she went on to say: "But it would take a lot of risk. But if he doesn't have the surgery, he will die. At least there is a chance of life if the surgery is done." In the evening, she began the operation.Pazar was on the side as an assistant, passing her the surgical tools she needed. Nefiri gave him a general anesthesia first.She mixed silica with opium and mandrake root and ground it into powder. Due to the strong medicinal properties, only a very small dose can be taken each time.When the wound was touched, she mixed the medicinal powder with human vinegar, and then poured the resulting acid into a horn-shaped stone cup for local anesthesia to relieve pain.The time limit for anesthesia is counted by her hand clock. She held a knife and a scalpel made of obsidian, which were sharper than metal, and cut down, her gestures were calm and precise.She transformed the skin, sutured each wound with thin thread made from cow intestines, and put gauze bandages on the stitches one by one to make the wound heal faster. Five hours into the operation, Nefeli was exhausted, but Suti was saved. Nefiri applied fresh meat, oil and honey to the deep wound, and changed the dressing the next morning. The dressing contains a gentle, protective plant tissue that prevents wound inflammation and speeds up scab formation. Three days passed.Suti finally woke up from his coma, and Nefiri made him drink some water and honey.In the past few days, Pazar has been guarding his bedside, seeing his friend wake up, he couldn't help but jump for joy. "You're saved, Suti, you're saved!" Su Ti asked in a daze, "Where am I?" "On a boat, near our village." Su Ti was moved by his thoughtfulness, "You haven't forgotten... I really want to die here." "Nefeli operated on you, and you'll be fine." "Your girlfriend?" "She's a superb surgeon, a top doctor." Su Ti tried to sit up, but couldn't help but wailed in pain, and fell back on the bed again. "Don't move now." "Tell me not to move..." "Be patient." "This bear is really tearing me apart." "Nefeli has stitched up your wounds, and you will regain your strength soon." Suddenly, Su Ti showed a terrified look.Pazar thought he was going to pass out again, and was extremely nervous.But Suti suddenly grabbed his hand tightly and said urgently, "Asher! I must live to tell you about this devil." "Calm down." "I must let you know the truth, Your Honor, because you have a duty to uphold justice for Egypt." "I'm listening, Suti, but don't get excited, I beg you." After Su Ti's anger calmed down, he said slowly: "I saw General Asher torture and murder an Egyptian soldier. He was with some Asians at the time, rebels he claimed to be fighting. "Pazar suspected that his friend had hallucinations due to a high fever, but although Suti said every word and sentence after thinking about it, his attitude was calm and affirmative. "You were right to suspect him, and now I have brought you proof." Pazar thought it was too weak. "I need solid evidence." "Isn't that enough?" "He will deny it." "My testimony is just as strong!" Pazar asked him to calm down and reminded him: "After you recover, we will discuss countermeasures, but don't talk to anyone yet." "I'm going to live. I'm going to wait and see the goddamn thing get executed." Enduring the pain, Suti grinned and asked with a forced smile, "I didn't disappoint you, Pazar?" "It's nothing to say to have a friend like you." Nefeli's reputation in Hexi is getting louder and louder.The success of this operation shocked the entire medical community, and some doctors would turn to her for help when encountering difficult diseases.She will not refuse a similar request, but there are two prerequisites. One is to give priority to the villagers, and the other is to let Suti live in Delbahari (this site is located in the west of the Thebes River, where the famous Queen Hatshepsut lived. A large temple was once built here, and there are still an endless stream of people visiting it) to recuperate in the temple.The health authorities agreed to her request, and this miraculously cured battlefield hero became the glory of the medical community. In the temple of Del Bahari there is a chapel cut out of the rock dedicated to Inhetai, the great healer of the Old Kingdom.Doctors will come here to meditate and pray for the wisdom of the ancestors so as to improve their medical skills.Sometimes, convalescent patients can also enter this magical place to raise their dogs. They stroll among the colonnades, admire the reliefs describing the achievements of Queen Hatshepsut, and can also enjoy the garden full of frankincense trees. Take a walk in the forest and breathe in the aroma of the resin.This tree was specially imported from the mysterious country off the coast of Somalia.Some copper pipes in the temple are connected to underground water pipes, and the curative water is delivered to copper containers. Suti drinks water from more than two dozen containers every day to avoid infection or complications after surgery.Fortunately, thanks to his amazing vitality, he recovered very quickly. Pazar and Nefiri walked down the slope of the flower path and walked through the first terrace of Delbahari.Pazar broke the silence: "You saved his—life." "I'm lucky, and so is he," Nefiri replied. "Are there any side effects?" "It will leave a few scars." "It will add to his charm." Pazar said this, and smiled at Nefiri. The scorching sun hung high overhead.They found the shade of an acacia tree at the bottom of the slope and sat down. "Have you considered it, Nefiri?" She had no tongue.Her answer will determine the luck and misfortune of his life. The scorching heat of noon baked everything into a lazy and lifeless state.The farmers in the fields eat their lunch under the huts covered with reeds and grass, and take a long nap after the meal.At this moment, Nefiri closed her eyes. "I truly love you with all my heart, Nefiri. I wish I could marry you." "Living together... can we do it?" "I will never fall in love with another woman again." "How can you be so sure? The trauma of love is easily forgotten." "You really don't understand me..." "I know you're serious, that's why I'm afraid." Pazar was rejected, and suddenly had an idea: "Do you have someone else in mind?" "No." "If that's the case, I can't stand it." "Are you jealous?" "It's not just jealousy, it's an indescribable feeling." "You have imagined me as a perfect woman with no faults and all virtues," Nefiri said with a sigh. "You are not a dream." "You think too much of me. When you wake up one day, you will be disappointed." "I saw your real appearance, smelled your fragrance, and you are beside me...Is this all an illusion?" "I'm afraid. If you're wrong, if we're all wrong, the pain will be unbearable." "I will never be disappointed in you." Faced with Nefiri's doubts, Pazar remained firm. "I'm not a goddess. Once you understand the truth, you won't love me anymore." "Don't talk me out of the factory anymore. When I first met you, I knew you were the sun of my life. Nefeli, you are radiant, you know that?No one can deny this.Whether you like it or not, my life already belongs to you. "Pazar spoke his heart out excitedly. "You are wrong. Our future careers belong to different places. You are in Memphis and I am in Thebes. We will be far apart and you have to accept that fact. Nefeli remained calm and rational as usual. "My career doesn't matter at all!" "Don't violate your mission. And will you allow me to abdicate my duty?" "If you ask, I can do it." "It's not in your nature." Pazar stopped his high-pitched voice just now and turned into a gentle voice: "My only hope is to love you more and more every day." "Are you too extreme?" "If you refuse my marriage proposal, I will never live again." "Threats don't seem to be your style." "I definitely didn't mean that." Pazar didn't want her to misunderstand, and hurriedly argued and asked, "Will you love me, Nefiri?" She opened her eyes and looked at him hurtfully: "I can't lie to you .” After speaking, she left with light and elegant steps.Despite the scorching sun, Pazar felt cold all over his body.