Chapter 245: The Autumn of the Twenty-sixth Year of Jiajing

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is like Lu Buwei and Wang Mang back then, even if it is the old man of Wanli's first assistant Zhang Ge......

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"They, what are they doing?"

Empress Zhang's pretty face turned red all of a sudden, ashamed and angry, and even forgot her fear in an instant.

Li Yuanqing was also a little speechless. I have long heard that the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace have the tradition of so-called 'anti-food', including the Duke of Wei and the Hakka family.

But Li Yuanqing didn't expect that one day, he would be able to see it with his own eyes, and the picture would be frozen, which is really ......

But for a moment, Li Yuanqing reacted, they were doing good things here, why did they suddenly become ice sculptures?

The light of the torch brought a trace of warmth to the two of them, but Li Yuanqing suddenly became nervous, waved his hand and realized that Empress Zhang stepped back and leaned towards the torch.

After getting along for such a long time, although Empress Zhang does not have too much affection for Li Yuanqing, the two have already had an indescribable tacit understanding.

Seeing Li Yuanqing like this, Empress Zhang was also taken aback, and said in a low voice: "General Li, what's wrong?" ”

Li Yuanqing said in a low voice: "There is something wrong with the situation. You don't move here, I'll go over and take a look. ”

Li Yuanqing said, carefully taking down the other torch next to him and igniting it, holding the dagger in his hand tightly, and carefully approaching the two corpses to investigate.

Behind her, Empress Zhang also reacted, and hurriedly whispered: "General Li, be careful." ”

Feeling Empress Zhang's concern, Li Yuanqing couldn't help but smile slightly. But at this time, the situation was unclear, and Li Yuanqing didn't dare to be distracted, so he hurriedly gathered his energy and carefully probed ahead.

When he got closer, Li Yuanqing also saw the details of the two ice sculptures.

Both of them were covered with thick ice, and the eunuch's lewd smile and the palace maid's comfortable expression were all frozen on the spot.

Just looking at their expressions, it seems that they were not killed by a sudden external attack, but rather ......

Li Yuanqing casually touched the ice, it was at least 2 or 3 centimeters thick, the color was already slightly yellow, there were a lot of ice chips, it seemed to have deteriorated, it should be at least a few decades old.

Li Yuanqing came behind them again, the space behind him was very dry, and there were a lot of ice chips, all of which had solidified, and it didn't look like something abnormal had happened.

Li Yuanqing checked around again, and there was no abnormality, so what's going on?

Empress Zhang also came to her senses at this time, carefully removed the torch next to her, and came to Li Yuanqing, "General Li, have you found anything?" ”

Li Yuanqing shook his head, "No." Queen, do you know what used to be here? Has it always been an ice cellar? ”

Empress Zhang said: "I can't say it well. However, there are many large and small ice cellars in the palace. Looking at this, it looks like it's been some years. ”

Li Yuanqing nodded.

The palace looks glamorous, but in fact, there are many dark corners. Empress Zhang has been in the palace for less than a year, and she doesn't know the details, but it's normal. After all, the power of the harem has always been firmly controlled by the Hakka family.

After the initial panic, with the two ice sculptures around them as role models, the atmosphere between the two soon became subtly different.

After a moment, Empress Zhang suddenly took a sip lightly, "How can they, the two of them, be so shameless?" ”

Li Yuanqing said in a low voice: "People have seven emotions and six desires, which is also human nature, no wonder they are." ”

"Why don't you blame them? What is the Royal Palace? How can they come like this? Empress Zhang was dissatisfied, and she was about to start putting the queen's score again.

Li Yuanqing was a little unhappy, and said in a low voice: "You are a full man, but you don't know that a hungry man is hungry." This palace maid is at least in her early 30s, how can she wait for the emperor's favor? ”

"You ......"

Empress Zhang glared at Li Yuanqing hatefully, but she also understood that what Li Yuanqing said was the most true, but she said in a low voice: "It's really vulgar." ”

Li Yuanqing didn't bother to argue with her, and said in a low voice: "It's a little strange that the two of them died. This place is a bit evil, let's see if we can find a way, and get out of here first. ”

As soon as Empress Zhang heard this, she was instantly beaten back to the prototype, and her little hands hurriedly pulled Li Yuanqing's placket again.

The living wind blew through the gap behind the two ice sculptures, and it was extremely cold.

Li Yuanqing held the torch and carefully probed, the gap was very narrow, about half a head above his head, not much wider than an ordinary bucket.

Li Yuanqing gestured with his hand, probably allowing one person to pass.

Just as she was about to climb up, Empress Zhang suddenly whispered: "General Li, look, there seems to be something in the hands of this eunuch." ”

Li Yuanqing was stunned for a moment, hurriedly turned around, and went here to investigate.

Sure enough, in the other hand of the eunuch, there was a small medicine bottle the size of a lighter.

Li Yuanqing motioned to Empress Zhang to step back, smashed the ice with a dagger, and carefully removed the medicine bottle from the eunuch's hand.

The medicine bottle is made of black pottery, the lid has been frozen, Li Yuanqing put it on the torch and roasted it, and after a while, 'pop', hot ~ swollen and cold, the lid was directly bounced open.

Empress Zhang was curious: "This, what is this?" ”

Li Yuanqing put it to his nose and smelled it, and there was a strong medicinal fragrance, which was very clear. Just a smell can lift people's spirits.

Seeing Li Yuanqing like this, Empress Zhang was even more curious, so she hurriedly came up and said in a low voice: "Show me too." ”

She said and sniffed it, and her pretty face instantly brightened, "It's so fragrant." ”

Li Yuanqing said: "He is holding it so tightly in his hand, it should be a good thing." This medicine can refresh the mind, let's take it. ”

Empress Zhang nodded hurriedly, it has been a long time since the fire, and her stomach has already been very hungry, but she has not said it.

At this time, this medicine bottle had this effect, and she hurriedly whispered to Li Yuanqing: "General Li, give me the medicine bottle, I, I ......." ”

Li Yuanqing was stunned for a moment, and instantly reacted, handed the medicine bottle to Empress Zhang's little hand, and instructed in a low voice: "This thing is still not good, try not to use it." You wait here, I'll go and see inside this cave. ”

As he spoke, Li Yuanqing smashed a few gaps in the ice next to him, supported his hands and feet, carefully climbed up, and got into the hole.

Behind her, Empress Zhang hurriedly shouted, "General Li, wait for me." I, I'm a little scared. ”

Li Yuanqing also came back to his senses, turned his head and said, "I'll stick my feet out, you climb up carefully, you can't adjust it here." ”

Empress Zhang said: "Okay, you wait for me." ”

Li Yuanqing hurriedly took half a step back, stretched his legs out of the hole, and let Empress Zhang use it as a support to climb up carefully.

After she climbed to the top, Li Yuanqing climbed a little inside, turned around and whispered: "You follow me closely and put out that torch for me." ”

Torches are a precious resource here, Empress Zhang was busy on the ice wall next to her, extinguished the torch, and handed it to Li Yuanqing in front.

The two of them climbed forward one after the other, carefully crawling forward.

But Li Yuanqing had a torch in front of him to open the way, and there was still some warmth, and Empress Zhang's body was tightly attached to the ice walls on all sides, and her lips began to turn purple.

This passage was about forty or fifty meters, and it took the two of them almost half an hour to reach the end.

The wind was blowing from here, and it was cold and biting.

Li Yuanqing carefully climbed out of the cave and used the light of the torch to probe the surrounding environment.

The space under the bottom is very large, at least there must be a hundred square meters, on one side, there is a huge ice cube, neatly placed, on the other side, but it is a mess, like a primitive refrigerator freezer, with a lot of frozen meat and sundries. The distance was too far away, and Li Yuanqing couldn't see it clearly for a while.

But with such space and meat, and a lively wind, Li Yuanqing couldn't help but be overjoyed, which meant that at least the two of them would not starve to death.

Hurriedly turned around and said, "Queen Mother, I'll go down first." I'll pick you up later. ”

Behind her, Empress Zhang's voice was a little trembling, and she whispered 'um'.

Li Yuanqing didn't have time to pay attention to her at this time, and hurriedly climbed outward.

The entrance of this cave is about 2 meters from the ground, but fortunately there is an ice wall on the other side, Li Yuanqing continued to use a dagger to cut a hole in the ice wall next to it as a support, and climbed down carefully.

There was a torch stand next to him, Li Yuanqing hurriedly lit it, and said to Empress Zhang at the entrance of the cave: "Come down." I'll help you. ”

Empress Zhang trembled and crawled out, Li Yuanqing hurriedly reached out to catch her and carefully hugged her down.

By the light of the fire, Li Yuanqing clearly saw that Empress Zhang's little face was pale and obviously hypothermic.

"Rub."

Li Yuanqing took a sip hard, and he didn't have time to explore the surrounding environment, so he hurriedly hugged her, came to the torch holder, unbuttoned his clothes, hugged Empress Zhang in his arms, and used his body temperature to warm her.

After a long time, Empress Zhang's little face turned bloody, and she opened the small medicine bottle tremblingly and sniffed it again.

After a while, her face regained its brilliance, she was a little flushed, and said in a low voice: "General Li, you, how can you leave me?" I'm freezing to death. ”

Li Yuanqing was a little speechless, but he didn't bother to bother with her, and said in a low voice: "There is meat, fire, and wind here." We can't die for a while. Wait, I'll go find something, preferably some hot water, and let's get something to eat first. ”

Empress Zhang nodded hurriedly, but her pretty face was ruddy and a little scary.

Li Yuanqing was just about to leave, but Empress Zhang's small hand suddenly grabbed Li Yuanqing's hand and murmured in a low voice: "General Li, I, I'm so hot." ”

"What?"

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly looked at Empress Zhang.

Empress Zhang's face was ruddy and a little terrifying, her eyes were already a little confused, and she kept drilling into Li Yuanqing's arms.

Li Yuanqing's shirt had not been buttoned at this time, and Queen Zhang's small hand was tightly hugging Li Yuanqing's chest and groping, which made Li Yuanqing a little uncomfortable.

The body temperature of both of them rose rapidly, Li Yuanqing hurriedly bit the tip of his tongue, forced himself to calm down, snatched the small medicine bottle in Empress Zhang's hand, and checked it carefully.

After a while, Li Yuanqing found a few small black characters on the bottom of the medicine bottle, "The autumn of the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing." ”

Just now, it was too cold, and the small characters were very vague, Li Yuanqing didn't notice it.

But at this time, as soon as he saw these words, Li Yuanqing suddenly understood something.

Who doesn't know the famous Jiajing Ye, who is a peerless genius of alchemy.

Could it be that this eunuch stole Jiajingye's treasure and came to enjoy it with his prime minister, but as a result, the power was too great......

Thinking about it, Li Yuanqing hurriedly poured the contents of the medicine bottle into his hand, which were more than a dozen dense small particles, smaller than rice grains, dark and translucent, and very delicate.

Li Yuanqing put it to his mouth and sniffed it, and his mind instantly cleared up a lot.

But unexpectedly, Empress Zhang beside her was also attracted by the aroma of this pill, and hurriedly came to the palm of Li Yuanqing's hand, stretched out her small tongue, and swept it from Li Yuanqing's palm.

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly withdrew his hand, only to find that half of the pill was missing......

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