Chapter 19: Imprisonment
Upper capital, the General's Palace.
Standing in the backyard of Jingfang Pavilion on the ninth day of the first month, a white dove will be released to deliver a letter. She hurriedly put the information from the Black Misty Mountain into her cuffs, and immediately buried her head and turned to leave.
But not far away, a pair of eyes stared at her, and their eyes followed her back until they disappeared. The pair of red double-line hibiscus soft-soled shoes were also gone.
Chu Jiu hurriedly walked back to Zhou Zhenzhen's house with the information, quickly entered the house and closed the door.
Inside the house, Zhou Zhenzhen was immersed in studying the medicine residue she brought back that day.
"Girl, the new information from the Splendid Pavilion today."
She handed over the information, Zhou Zhenzhen put down the pen and took it, poured out the note from the bamboo tube, and began to read it carefully.
"Girl, what is it said in this letter? But Sister Eleven has already succeeded? ”
Zhou Zhenzhen did not answer immediately, but led the note to the candle on the case and burned it out.
"Eleven said that the plan is halfway there, so we don't have to rush, she will bring the half-string out soon."
After hearing this, Chu Jiu breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, then won't we be able to see the half-string soon?" ”
Zhou Zhenzhen looked at her and smiled dotingly, "It's that you will be able to see the half-string soon." ”
Chu Jiu also smiled, and he was not shy. She just pointed to the residue on the table, not knowing why.
"Girl, why haven't you lost all these dregs? I've seen it with a doctor before, and there's nothing wrong with it. ”
"These medicines do hurt the liver and stagnate the blood, but there is nothing else, and it is precisely because of this that I feel that something is wrong."
"Do you mean that Doctor Gu didn't want to directly harm Madame's life? But what does this have to do with poisoning? ”
Zhou Zhenzhen held her chin with one hand and said, "Just because Dr. Gu didn't directly harm Madame, I feel strange." How could a person who didn't want to harm someone's life suddenly be poisoned. ”
"Do you suspect that there is another murderer in this mansion?!"
Zhou Zhenzhen picked up a medicine with tweezers and looked at it, but did not speak.
"Girl, girl?" Seeing that she didn't speak, Chu Jiu called twice in a row.
Zhou Zhenzhen got up, wrapped the medicine residue into the handkerchief again, put it in the box and locked it.
"On the ninth day of the first month, we should enter the palace the day after tomorrow, right?" She asked suddenly.
"Yes, girl, the day after tomorrow is the Spring Festival Temple Fair, and the general said that he will bring the eldest lady to the palace with you."
"Zhou Yichen is not going?"
Chu Jiu shook his head, "Zhou Yichen was born in a concubine's room, and she is not qualified to come forward for this kind of banquet." What's more, the general just beat Aunt Gu with twenty sticks, she should stay and take care of her at this time. ”
After listening to Zhou Zhenzhen, she just whispered and said nothing else.
"Girl, don't worry, sooner or later we will all have to fight against Li Anhuai's dog thief."
"That's a good thing!" Zhou Zhenzhen smiled and said, "You don't have to follow and serve when you enter the palace the day after tomorrow, stay in the mansion and take care of Aunt Qing." ”
"Yes, girl." The first ninety-one bite should be lowered.
……
Black Fog Mountain, abandoned cottage.
Eleven was escorted and shoved all the way into the prison, and Eleven peeked along the road to the cell passing by looking for the figure of Half String, until he was attracted by a cough.
She stopped, glanced at the cell, and said on the spot: "The old lady's feet are numb, and she can't walk!" Just lock me up here. ”
The jailer who escorted her was amused for a moment.
"Lao Tzu has really lived for a long time! There are also people who pick their own cells! You don't look at what this place is! Lao Tzu tells you, one person has no choice! Hurry up and let Lao Tzu go! ”
He shoved Eleven again, driving her into the next room.
"Stay here for Lao Tzu An'an, and someone will naturally interrogate you later!"
The two vicious jailers clanged to lock the locks and walked back and forth before swearing and leaving.
Eleven struggled to lean against the wall, the dimly lit cell was filthy and pests roaming freely.
She stood up and took a closer look—
The cell was made of cement on all sides, except for a door, and was unusually sturdy.
Without further ado, she leaned against the wall of the cell next door and knocked on it three times. After waiting for a while, three knocks on the wall came from the next cell.
Eleven was overjoyed, and lowered his voice and shouted, "Half string, it's you, right?" ”
Half String, who was locked up in the next cell, leaned his back against the wall and replied, "Eleven, why did they get caught in too?" ”
"I wasn't caught, I deliberately designed it in. We received the news from you, and the landlord asked me to bring someone to the rescue. Half string, how are you feeling right now? Can you still move? ”
"Moving."
"That's good. Now you move to the side, and I'm going to make a hole in this wall. ”
Half String struggled to move and leaned against the other wall.
Eleven picked up the dead grass on the ground, took out a white porcelain bottle from his sleeve, and pulled the stopper. A very pungent smell wafted out.
Immediately afterward, the liquid in the bottle fused with the wall, and the solid concrete wall quickly turned into a hole in the pungent nose.
Eleven put away the bottle and immediately wrapped the wound medicine in a handkerchief and passed it through the hole.
Half String reached out and took it and thanked him.
"You take care of the wound with medicine first. Someone will interrogate me in a moment, and I'll try to get them to take you out of the cell with me. As long as you get out of this cell, there are people I have arranged. ”
Eleven rested with his back against the wall for a while, turned his head to the half-string behind the wall and continued: "I promised the landlord and Chu Jiu to bring you back safely, and you must not have an accident." ”
Banxian asked while taking the medicine: "Is the ninth day of the first year okay?" ”
"She's fine, and now she's in the General's Mansion with the landlord."
"She's fine."
"Look at what you said, she is the one who is most worried about you since your accident. You must save your life and go back to her. ”
Banxian also laughed, but it involved the wound, and the cold sweat of pain broke out.
"I'm so embarrassed for that girl. Eleven, thank you too. ”
"I am also a person in the building, and I will see the outside world if I say thank you."
After eleven words, the two fell into a brief speechlessness. It wasn't until footsteps were heard outside the cell door that the two became nervous.
……
There was the sound of stumbling footsteps outside the prison, and Eleven immediately became vigilant, leaning against the wall and closing her eyes as if nothing had happened. Until the cell door was opened, the original cell bosses whined and drove Eleven out.
Eleven didn't say much, just walked out of the cell honestly, and it wasn't until she walked to the next room that she began to "act".
"You! You're here too! Eleven was suddenly excited, pointing to the half-string and shouting.
She broke free from the cell boss in two clicks, and threw herself at the cell door.
"You bad guy! No conscience! What retribution! You've been caught too, it's a god's sight! ”
Half String finally raised his head when he heard Eleven's crazy words, his gray face couldn't see the expression, he just stood up slowly against the wall, and laughed self-deprecatingly.
"What are you laughing at! You bad guy! If it weren't for saving you, how could my wife come to this ghost place where birds don't! ”
"The emotional thing is what you want me to do, and I didn't force you. But I was surprised to see you here today. How about we make a pair of outlaw mandarin ducks? ”
Eleven kicked the cell door excitedly and scolded.
"Whew! You don't have to die well! ”
Seeing that the situation was uncontrollable, several cell bosses immediately pulled her back.
"What are you doing, what are you doing!" A fierce cell boss waved the knife in his hand, and his eyes widened.
He twisted his head to look up and down at the half-strings, and tapped the door with the hilt of his knife.
"You kid is good enough, if you die, you can still drag such a big beauty to accompany you to the Yellow Spring. I don't think I'll be separated, take both of them away, and escort them to the adults together! Take! ”
After saying that, the jailer behind him took out the key and unlocked it with a clang, and really took the half-string out with him.
Eleven Half String was pushed by the person behind him and walked in the front, and the two secretly exchanged a look, the reason for which was unknown.
……
Leaving the prison, Eleven and Half String were unsurprisingly blindfolded, and their hearts tightened almost at the same time. They didn't know who the cell bosses were.
"Go fast! Don't grind! ”
The cell boss shoved the two of them, and Eleven could only faintly see a glimmer of light through the black cloth. She could feel the emptiness around her, but the sound of breathing on both sides was extremely heavy, and it seemed that there were quite a few people standing.
Suddenly, the cell boss behind him pressed the shoulders of the two of them with one hand, and Eleven and Half String knew that this was the place.
"My lord, someone brought it to you!"
The cell boss spoke, and the black scarves that the two men were blindfolded were unceremoniously ripped off. Wait until you are completely accustomed to the light before you can see your surroundings clearly-
It was the main hall of an abandoned stockade, and at the very beginning of the hall was a man wearing a black eagle-like mask.
Eleven's beautiful eyes searched around, and finally saw the leader who had caught herself in the cell, and unconsciously showed a meaningful smile.
……
"Who are you?" The man sitting in the front seat suddenly spoke.
Eleven and Half Strings did not answer.
The leader understood the man's thoughts, and he stepped forward with a curse, and kicked the crook of their legs around the two of them. This time he was forced to kneel when he was changed to eleven and half strings, and his face showed the smile of a villainous and hateful evening newspaper.
"If you want to live, if you want to live, hurry up!" The leader threatened.
Half String didn't speak, but a pair of eyes stared straight at the man in the right position, as if to see him through.
"Are you Jianghu people?" The man finally asked again.
This time, Eleven picked up the conversation.
"What? Don't we look like a husband and wife? ”
"Hahahaha." The man laughed.
Eleven asked, "What are you laughing at?" ”
"I laugh at you, you can't even tell lies."
The man laughed like thunder, and the eleven and half strings were extremely uncomfortable to listen to.
Finally, Banxian picked up the conversation and asked, "We don't look like husband and wife?" What do adults think we look like? ”
"It's like a ...... Organized, premeditated killers. ”
As soon as the man's voice fell, she burst into laughter, and she turned her face away and said to Banxian: "Master, I've been doing this for so many years, and finally someone said that we are like killers!" ”
Half strings also followed.
"Killers can't be talked about, but there are two of us who seek money and kill people." He turned his head to the man and said, "I guess the adults don't know our names. ”
"Oh?" The man pretended to be puzzled, "What are your names?" You might as well say it, maybe I've heard of it. ”