Chapter 24: Escape from Prison
So, let's look forward to someone's reaction after knowing that they were forced to bow by the overlord......
Actually, I want to say, you really think too much, the great god of people, is a pure baby, and some things are not so easy to think of. It's impossible to be so calm when you think about it...... You can't be calm even if you're a man......
The whole chapter is updated, and I see the great god looking in the mirror......
In the comment area, there are all kinds of brain holes about looking in the mirror, and I am so scorched on the outside and tender on the inside......
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Scenery, horizontal, wave.
Wait for me.
The land of today will be your bed tomorrow.
I'm out.
Her eyes grew brighter and brighter, burning with light.
Those magnificent views, the taste of freedom. So fresh, so ticking the wind of the hunt.
Behind her, the eaves and arches, the palace gate is crimson, and it has been gone for a long time, everything that originally belonged to her, and was later taken away again and again.
Another hour later, in the sealed carriage, Mingcheng lifted the curtain and looked quietly.
"Zou Zheng" was sent to the palace supervision department, and the guards returned to work after completing their tasks, and on the way back to the guard's room, two people disappeared.
In addition to fear, there is also some excitement - with such a person, why not have a chance to take revenge?
The other party's medicine seems to be getting more and more powerful, and the drug just now has no side effects, and even makes people forget that they have been in a coma for a short time, and their consciousness can continue to rise in an instant.
Mingcheng hung his head all the way, not daring to let people see his face, and he was secretly afraid in his heart.
After thinking for a long time and having no answer, the leader was afraid that the night would be long and dreamy, so he immediately ordered to be released from prison quickly, and the guard who was pretending to be Zou Zheng also followed with his head down, his eyes glazed and his expression numb.
The moment I opened my eyes, I was a little dazed, everyone looked at each other, and I only felt that I was in a trance, what seemed to have happened just now, but I couldn't remember why I stopped here at this moment, and I was inexplicable.
After another quarter of an hour, the smoke cleared, and everyone slowly opened their eyes.
Then the two of them helped everyone to their feet, and stood against the wall, leaning against the wall themselves.
In the midst of her hustle, the wound on her hand was cracked, but she didn't say a word.
The guard glared at her, she hurriedly lowered her head, helped the guard strip off Zou Zheng's clothes, threw them into her cell, and put the guard who she had changed into clothes on, put on Zou Zheng's clothes, fed him a pill, and sandwiched him in the middle of the team.
Mingcheng's toes, by the way, also crushed his fingers, and when she heard the sound of broken bones, she smiled.
Zou Zheng's hand was kicked away weakly, just as the day before, her hand was kicked away with contempt by the jailer.
She kicked her toe lightly.
She almost paid with her life for this chance to be free, why should she give it to this fool again?
is a husband and wife with interests, what kind of affection can they talk about, in such a sinking state, they just want to struggle to get out, who can control whom!
Ming Cheng smiled mockingly.
One day husband and wife hundred days.
Ming Cheng read his lips with a blank face, and he was saying-One day husband and wife for a hundred days......
He tilted his head desperately, his eyes full of pleading, and black blood slowly flowed from the corners of his lips.
Zou Zheng made an "ahh
Mingcheng got up from the haystack, the guard stripped off the coat of a guard next to him, handed it to her, Mingcheng took it, and while wearing it, he nodded coldly to Zou Zheng who was lying on the ground, that look, as if thanking him for being willing to replace him.
The other party had already ignored him, turned around, calmly pulled out the key, and opened the door of the cell next to him.
Zou Zheng's eyes widened suddenlyβhe was fooled!
The man looked at him kindly and said as if comfortingly: "Just eat it, and if you eat it, you will die in peace." β
His face changed.
The body is in severe pain, like purgatory, and the internal organs are brutally baked.
Not only could the voice not come out, but the muscles and joints of the whole body seemed to be suddenly imprisoned and solidified, a little stiff, and incapacitated.
Zou Zheng nodded, excitedly about to speak, but suddenly found that the voice couldn't come out.
Zou Zheng was overjoyed, and was about to get up and walk with him, when he suddenly saw the man smile at him secretly and said, "Took the medicine?" β
Immediately, among the two teams of guards, one person slowly stood up, and that person looked a little familiar, and it turned out to be the person who brought him medicine yesterday.
But there was no sound of footsteps.
He lay on the ground, his eyes rolling rapidly, looking around, waiting for someone to come to his rescue.
When Zou Zheng fell, he quickly swallowed a pill, which was the antidote hidden in another steamed bun.
The two teams fell silently, including Zou Zheng.
A puff of green smoke erupted, and the smoke was extremely thick, but it was just a small pipe, and in an instant, the smoke had already enveloped the two teams.
"Smack." With a bang, the pipe was pinched.
Yes, there is!
First, second, and third from the bottom...... The fourth!
Zou Zheng lowered his head and counted silently in his heart.
The two teams walked in the deep corridors of the cells, their boots clattering, and the cells on both sides were hidden in shadows, and it was impossible to see whether there was anyone inside.
Even if you are rescued and used as a pawn, it is better than suffering here to death.
He was stunned, he didn't expect anyone else to save him at this time, and asked the other party, but the other party said that his face was useful, so he wanted to save him, Zou Zheng got the opportunity to usurp the throne because of this face, and he was naturally convinced of this.
When he was brought food last night, the palace guard gave him a small pipe hidden in the hard steamed bun, and told him to pinch the pipe when he walked to the cell near the fourth to last door of the cell door, and then wait for rescue.
Zou Zheng was sandwiched between the guards, heavily handcuffed, but his expression was faintly excited.
To take Zou Zheng out of the prison, he had to pass through the cell where Mingcheng was now, and Mingcheng was lying motionless in the prison, looking half-dead. There was a lot of noise, and she didn't even lift her eyes.
Three days later, Zou Zheng, the deposed emperor who was imprisoned in the dungeon, suddenly said that he had an important secret and wanted to report it to the palace supervisors, who immediately sent a team of guards to interrogate Zou Zheng and bring him to the palace supervisors for interrogation.
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"Well, it's not smart enough," the man smiled faintly, "but in her actions, I saw her ruthlessness." A person who is ruthless to himself must also be ruthless to others. He turned his head to look in the direction of the palace and said lightly, "Then give her a chance." β
"Master, strictly speaking, she failed to fulfill her master's requirements, and she didn't really get out of the prison......"
"That's all she has left." The man flicked the shone and said with a smile, "Half of the map of the Founding Empress's underground palace, she means, if you want to know that half, save her." β
The palace guard bowed his head and was silent.
That night, in the room covered with black veil, the slender man unfolded the bloodstained cloth roll, looked at it for a long time, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, this is it." β
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That kind of light is called survival.
The palace guard stood in place, watching the dying former queen being carried away, and in the gap of the crowd, the pale and blood-stained woman, her eyes had been staring at him without blinking, and the light in her eyes flickered.
The medical officer rushed to Mingcheng and bandaged her, saying that she was weak and had lost too much blood, and that she was afraid that she could no longer stay in that dark, damp and dirty dungeon, and that it was better to move to a cleaner place, otherwise she would die if she was infected. After deliberation, the palace supervisor immediately decided to move Mingcheng to the upper floor of the prison, where sunlight could shine and the cell would be cleaner.
Mingcheng's hand hung down, swaying weakly beside him, the palace guard helped carry her upper body, and suddenly felt that his sleeves moved, he remained silent, tightened his sleeves, glanced at Mingcheng, and saw her open her eyes slightly, revealing a pleading gaze, and then quickly closed and pretended to be dead.
Everyone hurriedly unlocked the lock and carried Mingcheng out with all hands and feet, including the palace guard who was on duty yesterday.
The palace supervisor department is fully responsible for the internal and external affairs of the prison, and the head of the department is an old eunuch, who can't stand the pickled smell in the prison, so he covers his nose and says sharply: "Why don't you hurry up and carry people out and find a medical officer for treatment!" β
It doesn't matter how much the offender suffers, but if the person who is not allowed to die dies, everyone present is guilty.
Everyone looked at each other, and they couldn't figure out why the former queen, who had been in prison before and refused to die despite humiliation and hardship, suddenly had the will to die.
The shouts spread far away, and after a while, the miscellaneous footsteps kept approaching, the jailer came, the cell head came, and even the head of the palace supervisor who was in charge of the management of the entire heavenly prison came, and everyone saw a big pool of blood on the ground through the fence, Mingcheng was lying quietly in a pool of blood, the blood stains on the wound on her wrist had dried up, and her face was pale with the blue-gray of death.
The pace dragged and stepped to the front, and suddenly stopped, and after a moment of silence, an exclamation sounded, "Someone! The prisoner committed suicide! β
Footsteps suddenly sounded in the distance, it seemed to be earlier than usual, Mingcheng's eyes lit up, and he immediately lay down on the ground, put his injured hand in an obvious place, and closed his eyes.
Don't fail to make it up, then it will be a failure......
The more blood flowed, her trembling became more and more intense, in order to seek a chance to survive, she was ruthless to herself, but because of the lack of estimation of the current poor physique, she now felt that she could not support it.
She didn't bandage her wounds, she let the blood flow uninterruptedly, and there was already a pool on the ground, her face was pale as a ghost, but her eyes were extremely bright, full of desire for life and freedom.
She shivered slightly, as if she was overwhelmed by the cold, a deep wound on her wrist that was visible to the bone, blood still gurgling spontaneously, a piece of broken porcelain, stained with blood, tossed aside.
Mingcheng gritted his teeth and put half of the bloodstained map in his arms, listening carefully to the movement outside.
In the dark cell, there was a faint smell of blood.
There is no day or night in the dungeon, and the flow of time can only be inferred by the light of the distant skylight overhead.
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A black satin cloak was draped over the chair, and the glow of the darkness flowed like a pair of eyes staring into the night.
The palace guard retreated, and the man slowly turned around and walked to the table.
"Yes."
"Mingcheng, the only value left now, that is, the secret of the Founding Empress's underground palace that she has mastered. If you want to kill Jing Hengbo, it's a place where you can use it. Moreover, it is said that in the underground palace of the founding empress, there is a secret that can grasp the overthrow of the dynasty, and this secret is not the so-called imperial picture silk book...... I'm interested in this. The man said lightly, "But I don't like working with stupid people." If Mingcheng can't save himself and doesn't think of what I need, you just kill her, keep it, it's an opportunity and a disaster, without her, I may not be able to kill Jing Hengbo. β
"What do you mean......"
"Oh?" The slender back did not shake, and the tone was light and slightly determined.
The palace guard saluted respectfully, told what happened in the dungeon today, and finally said: "You instruct your subordinates, if there is any change in Mingcheng, remind her one or two, and come to report to you." Now that the subordinates are looking, the queen seems to be restless. β
The middle-aged man in gray shook his head helplessly, signaling the palace guard to go in, and the palace guard flashed into the wing room that was used as a study, in the early summer, the sky was bright, and there was no light in the study.
The palace guard nodded a little disappointed, and was about to say goodbye, when suddenly a clear and gentle voice came, "The fifth child is here, what's the matter?" β
"Nine times out of ten, what's the use of that waste?" The gray-clothed middle-aged man said, "There has been a change in the top, and now part of the crisis of the master has been resolved, so there is no need to bother as before." The so-called movement is better than stillness, the master has other plans, you don't want to make trouble for the master. β
"Naturally, there is something." The palace guard smiled, "The one in the dungeon is really restless, I'll ask the master to show me, do you care or not?" β
A gray-clothed middle-aged man behind the door frowned and said, "You can't come here to find your master if you have nothing to do." Why did you run away all of a sudden? β
The door was opened as if someone was waiting at any time, and the palace guard flashed in, asking the person behind the door, "How is the master?" β
However, he was very vigilant in his walking, walking all the way around the corner, paying attention to whether there was anyone following him from time to time, and after walking for most of the hour, he arrived at the door of a house and quickly pulled the door knocker.
The palace guards who finished talking to Mingcheng got out of the dungeon and were on duty until the specified time, and then left Yuzhao Palace and went home like the rest of the palace guards.
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There was a flicker of light in her dull eyes, cold, longing, hating, excited...... In the end, it turned into a resolute murderous aura, like a blade, swept away.
After saying that, he walked away quickly, Mingcheng looked up at his back, slowly reached out, and grasped the piece of porcelain tightly.
The palace guard smiled, looked at the rest of the people who were already about to go away, and said quickly: "People must be able to save themselves and others before they can save them." Otherwise, what's the use of waste? Why take the risk? If the mother can get out of this prison on her own, and come up with something that satisfies my master, there may be a chance. β
Mingcheng was shocked, lowered his head and gasped twice, and said weakly: "I...... I don't think you've been looking at me quite right, I ...... I want to try ......"
"Yes." The palace guard said unhurriedly, "But if Niangniang really wants to die, why did she deliberately show that bit of porcelain under her finger when I passed by you just now?" β
Mingcheng looked up at him in despair and said in a dumb voice, "I want to die...... Can't I want to die? β
The palace guard showed a knowing smile, looked at the pile of porcelain bowl fragments in the corner, and said softly: "The queen mother is so fast, no one even noticed that you were hiding a porcelain piece." β
Broken porcelain pieces.
The palace guard's boots suddenly poked in through the crack in the fence, kicked and kicked her arms, Mingcheng couldn't support it, and fell to the ground, revealing a white thing in the rotten straw that she had just held the ground with both hands.
Ming Cheng never looked up, but his arm trembled even more.
The palace guard stopped, stepped back, glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, and a strange smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his lips.
Mingcheng lowered his head, knelt and pressed his hands to the ground, as if he had lost all his strength, and his arms trembled slightly.
When the last palace guard turned around, he suddenly stopped.
Mingcheng lowered his head, pressed his hand tightly on the straw under him, and apologized, no one could hear what she was saying, and no one was in the mood to listen, so they all turned around and walked away.
"You deserve to suffer! Just dry the medicine yourself! The palace guard's boots casually picked up the fragments of the porcelain bowl, kicked them aside, and walked away scolding.
Mingcheng trembled his lips, leaned on the rotten straw, and stammered to apologize to everyone, "Official...... It's me who is bad...... You are ...... to you"
The palace guards all ducked back and scolded: "I don't have long eyes!" β
The palace guard looked at her difficult appearance, poured a little pity, squatted down and handed the bowl to her through the crack in the fence, Mingcheng trembled and asked to pick it up, and he didn't know if it was too sick or the chain was too heavy, and one didn't hold it steady, "Bang." With a bang, the porcelain bowl shattered.
Regardless of Mingcheng, who didn't seem to be in the mood for vicissitudes, when she saw the egg drop soup, her eyes lit up, and she hurriedly crawled over with her hands and feet, and the shackles and chains rattled and made a chaotic sound.
The palace guard outside the prison door looked at him expressionlessly, but he couldn't help but think of the original Queen of Mingcheng, Queen of Mingcheng. Thinking about the mother of the day, the world, rich and noble, to the present day to fall under the stairs, not as good as pigs and dogs, this world encounter, I really don't know where to start.
A mess of rotten straw moved in the cell, and an unkempt face slowly poked out, the dirt on the face had not been cleaned for too long, and the shape was no longer visible, and between the black dust and mud and the dark red blood scab, a pair of beautifully shaped, but no longer lustreless eyes were revealed.
One person said with a smile: "Today is no longer a hard steamed bun, and the egg drop soup will make up for you." β
The group walked to the depths of the dungeon, turned left to the male prison, turned right to the female prison, several people turned to the right, put down the soup bowl in front of the innermost cell, took out a paper bag, and said in a rough voice: "Drink soup and take medicine!" β
The other person snorted and said, "This matter has not been reported to Your Majesty." The prison keeper in charge of the prison said, the meaning above is that people can't die, the woman is so sick, she has to take care of it, just take care of the soup and medicine, just hang her in one breath. β
ββ¦β¦ I don't know what the top thinks, this kind of person, a white silk is given to death. Why keep it all the time, not only keep it, but also give the sick number a meal when people are sick, ha, when did Your Majesty become so merciful? β
The palace guard who delivered food to the prison today was holding a bowl of soup in his hand, the soup was a thin egg drop soup, which was already cold, and the palace guard's fingers were casually soaked in the soup. As you walk inside, you laugh with the people around you.
There are now only two prisoners left in the prison, and these two prisoners were once a husband and wife. It is the object of strict guarding in the palace, although many people wonder, why is it necessary for Her Majesty to keep these two prisoners who have seized power and usurped the throne for the most heinous crimes? But the truth is that the former Emperor and the former Empress are still alive, and Her Majesty seems to have forgotten them in this gloomy dungeon.
Because of this, the palace guards who deliver food to the prison every day are in a hurry, and their steps are like flying.
Although it was only May, the dungeon was already very stuffy, and the black iron doors and iron fences made this dull and oppressive feeling even heavier, and the faint smell of blood and earth, the rust of iron, the rotten smell of food and all kinds of sour and smelly strange smells on the human body were fused together, which was a dizzying smell that made people dizzy.
The wind and heat in early summer are slight, passing through the hall and transferring the house, stirring the thick green shade of the Emperor Ge, but you can't enter the northwest corner of the Imperial Palace, the deepest dungeon underground.