Chapter 66 :Chengyuan Ascended Mount Taihang for the Third Time
Word Number：367
Author：闲穿径竹
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Release Time：2025-06-27
After ingesting the antidote meticulously prepared by Ge Tan, Qian Yu was seized at once by violent retching and an unrelenting flux. Yet, in time, the storm within him began to subside. Ge Tan, ever the attentive healer, then applied silver needles with practiced precision to several points along Qian Yu’s feet—Yinbai, Gongsun, Shangqiu—each chosen with thoughtful intent. By the third day, the poison that had coursed through Qian Yu’s veins was all but banished. Though his strength was yet to return in full, only a spell of quiet convalescence stood between him and complete recovery. Liu Chengyuan thanked Ge Tan with quiet sincerity, not once but thrice, before turning to Qian Yu with a gentle firmness in his tone. “You must remain here at the infirmary and regain your strength. Master Zhou of Taihang Manor has shown me much kindness—now that I’ve come this far, it would be ungracious not to pay him a visit. Wait here for me; I shall return within two hours.” Upon his arrival at Taihang Manor, Liu Chengyuan was met at the gates by Zhou Boyong himself, who greeted him with a wry smile and eyes that gleamed with unspoken meaning. “So, my young friend, have you come to lend your hand in restoring the great Sui?” Liu Chengyuan inwardly reflected, “I came here intending to dissuade Master Zhou from allying himself with a tyrant, yet here I am—mistaken for an envoy and pressed before I’ve spoken a word.” He could only respond with measured gravity: “An Lushan and Shi Siming are men of ruthless ambition. Wherever their rebel forces march, they leave nothing but ashes—burning, looting, killing without restraint. The people suffer bitterly beneath their shadow. You, sir, are a man of standing, well regarded across the martial world. To lend your name and strength to such rebellion... would be a sorrowful error indeed.” Zhou Boyong straightened, his expression imbued with a righteous solemnity. “You are mistaken, my dear young friend. I do not lend my hand to An Lushan’s rebellion out of sympathy or shared cause. I know full well the man is a brigand—his cruelty to t
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