The cold touch on her wrist was not the reason why she was stunned, but when she saw clearly how the person who was imprisoning her described it.
If Shi Jiaojiao hadn't been tied to him for several lifetimes, he wouldn't have dared to admit that this was... Zhao Pingci
If it weren't for the familiar eyes and outline, at first glance, she might have thought she was seeing a walking skeleton.
He was so emaciated. He was wearing a Forbidden Army uniform and a hat on his head, but his chin was small, even smaller than hers. Not only that, the outer layer of the Forbidden Army's clothes was soft armor, but Zhao Pingci The belt, fastened to the last button, and the outer layer of soft armor still gave people an empty feeling.
"You..." Shi Jiaojiao didn't know what happened to him to be so thin. She raised her hand to touch his face, but when she raised her hand, she was interrupted by the thin chain on her wrist.
She lowered her head and looked at Zhao Pingci again. When she met his dark and bloodshot eyes, Shi Jiaojiao's words were stuck in her throat. She had so many words to say that she didn't know how to ask.
The little enemy's consciousness did not return, but Zhao Pingci did not stay in that small county town, but came to find her.
This was originally sweet, but Shi Jiaojiao didn't know why. Looking at the thin chain on her hand, she couldn't be happy.
"What?" Zhao Pingci took her hand and came closer, "Are you disappointed that the person you made an appointment didn't arrive?"
Shi Jiaojiao couldn't help but frown at this strange voice. Zhao Pingci stared at her closely, the blurry mist in his eyes forced him back.
"You can't wait for him." Zhao Pingci smiled deeply, "Don't you think my clothes are familiar? Haha... cough cough cough cough... cough cough cough... "
Zhao Pingci coughed violently, and Shi Jiaojiao realized that his clothes were indeed familiar, and the color of the pendant on his head... These were the clothes of the little leader of the Forbidden Army who she had worked so hard to hook up with and planned to help her escape today!
"Where is he? Do you know him?" Shi Jiaojiao had a bad guess. Zhao Pingci was coughing like he was going to vomit out his lungs. After hearing this, he raised his head and looked at Shi Jiaojiao, his eyes filled with bloodshot eyes. Heavy, as if filled with blood and tears.
He smiled, his expression ferocious, but not scary at all. Instead, he couldn't express the bitterness. Every word he spoke was as if squeezed out from his teeth, "How can I, a lowly slave like myself, recognize the leader of the Forbidden Army detachment?"
Zhao Pingci smiled. At this moment, the sun was shining all over the sky, but he smiled ghostly, "He's dead!"
Shi Jiaojiao was shocked by his behavior, "Zhao Pingci, what's wrong with you?"
Zhao Pingci tried his best to suppress his cough, and his smile did not diminish, but deepened, "Your Majesty, you still remember that my name is Zhao Pingci? I just thought that your Majesty only remembers Lin Yuan now, not the slave..."
The young leader of the Forbidden Army was named Lin Yuan. Shi Jiaojiao frowned and looked at the man whose face was almost pressed against hers. She was originally filled with joy when she heard his voice, but now she was confused by his strange attitude.
"Empress..." Zhao Pingci saw that Shi Jiaojiao seemed to be in a trance, and her heart felt like it was being strangled by something, and it hurt severely.
Who is she thinking about, is it Lin Yuan? !
In the past few months in the Imperial City, he had spent all his money and tried every means, just to get some information about her, but every time he got it, it was like a heart-pounding pain.
Zhao Pingci's face darkened and he stopped saying anything. He simply took advantage of Shi Jiaojiao's daze and used the chain on her hand to tie up her loose skirt and tie her up.
"What are you doing?" Shi Jiaojiao was unprepared for him, and Zhao Pingci's movements were too neat. After tying her up, he pulled her and walked quickly along a path.
While walking, Zhao Pingci responded to Shi Jiaojiao's words, "The empress is also going to elope, it doesn't matter who she elopes with, cough cough cough..."
Zhao Pingci pulled Shi Jiaojiao out of the path quickly and quickly shuttled between the trees and wormwood.
"Why are you so crazy?" Shi Jiaojiao didn't struggle and followed him quickly, but she was always unhappy when being led like a dog, and her tone was very bad.
Zhao Pingci did not answer or look back, but quickly pulled Shi Jiaojiao away faster and faster.
When he was halfway there, he took off his coat and threw it into a deep ditch.
During this time, no matter how Shi Jiaojiao spoke to him, he remained silent. After taking off the forbidden army uniform, Shi Jiaojiao saw that he was wearing a pair of rough linen clothes, which were equally empty. His waist was thin, as if she had You can hold it with just one arm.
Shi Jiaojiao felt more and more uncomfortable as she looked at it. When she left a few months ago, Zhao Pingci was chubby, white and tender. It had only been a few months, and she was as alive as a skeleton. She seemed to be sick, and she was depressed all the way. cough.
The two of them walked in silence on the road. After a long time, when they reached a very steep slope, Zhao Pingci finally turned around and placed Shi Jiaojiao between him and the mountain wall. He was outside, slowly moving Shi Jiaojiao with him. .
"What's wrong with you? Why are you so thin?" Shi Jiaojiao asked softly in the middle of the process.
Zhao Pingci remained silent. After protecting Shi Jiaojiao through this section of the road, he led her to a cave that was not visible from the outside.
Zhao Pingci pulled Shi Jiaojiao, pushed aside the branches blocking the entrance of the cave and walked in. The cave was slippery and dark, and Zhao Pingci was walking in front, as if he was familiar with the road, but Shi Jiaojiao accidentally fell to the ground.
Her elbow hit the stone, and the pain was so painful that she didn't even make a sound for a while.
Zhao Pingci stood still and helped Shi Jiaojiao up. Shi Jiaojiao made a deliberate ouch, but Zhao Pingci just sighed and remained silent.
"I'm not leaving." Shi Jiaojiao stood still, "You didn't even fart and you tied me up with this thing. What do you think I am?!"
Shi Jiaojiao got angry and stood motionless in the darkness. Zhao Pingci also held it in for several months. No, to be precise, he held it in for several months.
At first, he was panic-stricken about Shi Jiaojiao's disappearance, but he knew her direction was urgent. After arriving in the imperial city, when he found out that Shi Jiaojiao was in the palace and was still a concubine, the only hope in Zhao Pingci's heart was completely dead.
He always thought that maybe the child couldn't tell clearly and she didn't follow voluntarily.
But in the past few months, he had been constantly searching for news about Shi Jiaojiao, hoping humbly to find out some different meanings from it, but it was all a delusion.
Not only was she still a concubine, she was even more favored by the emperor than before.
If she had not volunteered but was taken back, how could she still live such a comfortable life? How could the emperor tolerate her if he had a cold temper
On the one hand, Zhao Pingci hated her, but on the other hand, she couldn't help but feel happy. He hated her for abandoning him, playing tricks on him, and trapping him in purgatory, but she refused to accompany him anymore. He was happy that she had not been dealt with by the emperor and could live peacefully in the palace.
With such entanglements and tensions between the two, Zhao Pingci's inferiority complex became worse day by day. He no longer even expected that, as an eunuch, why on earth would he have such wishful thinking that a good person would be willing to accompany him to the end of his life
Later, he just habitually inquired about her information, and also wanted to ask her in front of her. If she left the palace so cleanly for more than a year, was the happiness and emotion she showed at that time? real
But just when Zhao Pingci was frustrated, he heard something different.
With the emperor's favor, she once again fell in love with someone else, a young commander of the imperial army.
Zhao Pingci's lifeless heart was placed on the magma again and burned until it finally twisted and deformed.
He saw that she used the same methods she used to treat him, and she took him down with almost no effort on that person.
This was even within Zhao Pingci's expectation. He had learned a lot about her skills. If she wanted someone, she could make that person feel like they were in heaven. Who could resist it and not fall in love with her
He had always been in the sky, but now she had moved on and he fell to the ground until his bones were broken.
He was unwilling to give in, especially when he found out that the little leader of the Forbidden Army had an ulterior secret. It was not that he had no wives and concubines, it was just that they all died at his hands.
For a moment, Zhao Pingci thought viciously that if she was so frivolous and lewd towards him, he would just let her suffer the consequences.
But this thought only lasted for a moment, and it burned his heart that could not be hardened at all.
He couldn't imagine what it would be like for her to be with someone else. Would it be like being with him
He couldn't even imagine what it would be like for her to fall into the hands of such a person and die scarred.
He could go crazy just thinking about it.
So while he was snooping for information, he took the risk and contacted his former subordinates.
Sneaking into the Forbidden Army, he learned of her plan to run away with the little leader. When he was not prepared, he used medicine to stun the little leader, replaced him, and took her away in a more secretive and safer way.
But she... really didn't want to leave with her.
Zhao Pingci stood in the darkness. After getting used to it for a long time, he could only barely make out her outline.
"Did you really like me at the beginning, or did you just like the feeling of running away with the same person?"
Zhao Pingci's voice was dry and hoarse, and the negative emotions accumulated over so long suddenly exploded because Shi Jiaojiao refused to follow him.
Zhao Pingci coughed twice, then stepped forward and dragged Shi Jiaojiao outward, "The little lover you were waiting for was killed by me. Your Majesty, just leave with me, an eunuch. Why aren't you willing?"
Zhao Pingci was going crazy. He didn't know what he was talking about. He didn't know whether the words he spoke were taunting or begging, "After all... After all, didn't you like me before? Just like me again."
Shi Jiaojiao was in pain from being pulled, and she staggered behind Zhao Pingci, "Slow down! Zhao Pingci! I'm hurting!"
Shi Jiaojiao shouted, but he didn't slow down. He was really far away from her little enemy. After so long, Shi Jiaojiao finally met Zhao Pingci, but he was so angry with her. .
"Ah!" Shi Jiaojiao didn't catch up. She stumbled and knelt directly on the stone. She also bit her tongue because she opened her mouth.
Now she was really furious. Zhao Pingci immediately came to help her. The chains on Shi Jiaojiao's hands were loosened and she shook them. Then, with her hands bound, she wrapped them around Zhao Pingci's neck and tightened them!
"Have you been f*cked away?! Why are you so crazy? Can you wake up!"
Shi Jiaojiao's force was not heavy, but not light either. Zhao Pingci was kneeling on the ground, already suppressing a cough, but when his neck was strangled, he couldn't help it and started coughing violently.
Shi Jiaojiao relaxed her strength, but her anger was not gone yet, and her knees hurt so much that they felt like they were about to break.
Zhao Pingci coughed violently, and felt even more aggrieved and frightened. Shi Jiaojiao acted so fiercely, and his whole body trembled.
He was afraid of her, born of love.
He was afraid that she wouldn't want to, afraid that she wouldn't want to, afraid that she wouldn't love him anymore.
He trembled, knelt on the ground, raised his head and stared at Shi Jiaojiao, with tears on his face, but still refused to say soft words, "Your Majesty, you want to kill me? Ha..."
Zhao Pingci smiled miserably, but his eyes suddenly became cruel, "Kill me if you want," he grabbed the chain and pulled Shi Jiaojiao downwards, "Even if I die, I will drag you to hell, and you are Even if you die, you must die in my hands!"
His eyes were red, full of tears, and he was shaking uncontrollably. He looked extremely pitiful, but his eyes were fierce like a wolf.
This was originally a look that Shi Jiaojiao disliked very much, but as she got closer to Zhao Pingci, the light from the hole not far away shone on the two of them, and she could clearly see the emotion in his eyes.
No matter how harsh it is, it can't cover up the heat and desire within it.
This is still her little enemy, no matter what he becomes.
Shi Jiaojiao was stared at by him and suddenly laughed.
She loosened her grip on him and hugged his neck directly. The chains rattled, but Shi Jiaojiao no longer felt cold.
"Stop crying, I will die in your hands, okay?" Shi Jiaojiao rubbed Zhao Pingci's face, "Why are you so thin? It makes you feel uncomfortable to hold me in your arms."
The force Zhao Pingci exerted made him choke in his throat. He couldn't remember exactly how long it had been since he held Shi Jiaojiao in his arms. He just thought about it countless times in his dreams and felt extremely distressed.
Shi Jiaojiao hugged him and leaned against his thin body. Zhao Pingci knelt down in a daze, with the dark cave behind him and the bright and warm exit in front of him.
In his arms... was the lover he longed for day and night.
Zhao Pingci closed his eyes and squeezed tears out from between his eyelashes. He didn't want to ask or know anything anymore. He stretched out his arms and hugged Shi Jiaojiao tightly, suppressing his sobs.
As long as she's here, it doesn't matter.
The two of them hugged, and Shi Jiaojiao turned her head and kissed Zhao Pingci softly. Her original intention was to comfort him, but for some reason, he was shaking more and more.
Shi Jiaojiao patted him goodbye and said, "Let's go out and talk. Don't think about it. Neither me nor the little leader of the Forbidden Army... Well."
Shi Jiaojiao's lips were pressed hard by Zhao Pingci, and Shi Jiaojiao's words were blocked.
We haven’t seen each other for a long time. All expressions and attitudes can be fake or disguised, but the longing for each other is real.
The two lovers were so excited that they rolled inside the cave. The sound of chains breaking was heard, accompanied by the chirping of birds outside the cave, and the warmth of the lover in his arms. After such a long time, his senses were filled again, and Zhao Pingci finally calmed down. Came down.
For a long time, the two of them were still hugging each other. Shi Jiaojiao lay on Zhao Pingci's chest and touched his face. "My face is so thin that it feels loose. Have you eaten in the past few months?"
Zhao Pingci grabbed her hand, brought it to her lips and kissed it, "Eat."
After thinking for a while, he whispered again, "Sometimes I can't remember."
Shi Jiaojiao stood up with support on her arms, "Let's go, the ground is too cold. Wherever you want to take me, let's go quickly."
Zhao Pingci also sat up and looked at Shi Jiaojiao, as if to confirm whether she was really willing to go with him.
Shi Jiaojiao stood up first, guessing that he had misunderstood, and pulled him up too, "Don't look at it. I'll explain it to you on the way."
Zhao Pingci stood up, this time he didn't hold the chain, but held Shi Jiaojiao's hand, and the two came out of the hole. It was a completely different world outside.
The trees are lush, the grass is green, and there is a gurgling mountain stream not far away.
Shi Jiaojiao smelled the taste of freedom and wanted to open her arms and flutter her wings. When she raised her hand, the chain on her hand felt comfortable on her "wings".
She handed her hand to Zhao Pingci, but Zhao Pingci was holding the other end of the chain in his hand, pretending not to see it.
"Hey," Shi Jiaojiao bumped into him, "You want to keep me locked up?"
Zhao Pingci turned his head, his clothes fluttering in the wind. He looked down at Shi Jiaojiao with gentle eyes, but with an incomprehensible stubbornness.
He fears.
Still afraid.
He was afraid that Shi Jiaojiao was lying to him.
Shi Jiaojiao took back her hand, "But I can't hug you like this. I won't run away. What on earth did you misunderstand?"
"The emperor sent people to capture me at that time. You know the prison car used by the emperor's relatives and high-ranking officials to be convicted. I didn't even have a chance to leave a mark for you,"
Shi Jiaojiao said, "The people who escorted me back to the palace were two strong men. They watched too closely. I deliberately delayed the time at the inn near the imperial city, but in the end I couldn't wait for you and passed out."
Zhao Pingci turned to face her and listened very seriously.
Shi Jiaojiao continued, "After returning to the imperial city, the emperor only used me. He and I have nothing, no favor, but we do have fights."
There was no change on Zhao Pingci's face, but his eyebrows were raised slightly, and Shi Jiaojiao smiled, "I've been here for so long, but I'm still dry."
"You are curious why the emperor tolerates me," Shi Jiaojiao wrote lightly, "I can know the destiny of the country. All his writings in the past few months are from me. How can he let me go? How can he be willing to kill me?"
"Knowing the fate of the country?" Zhao Pingci repeated, and Shi Jiaojiao nodded, "This is the reason why I am so favored."
She simply overturned all the previous ones and looked at Zhao Pingci with a smile. Love words flowed like water in a mountain stream without money, "I never loved him, even if he is an emperor, I have loved you all my life."
"Whether you believe it or not," Shi Jiaojiao leaned lightly on Zhao Pingci's chest, "In the past few months, I have been trying to find ways to get out. However, the emperor was on guard and guarded me too strictly. He even moved me to an abandoned palace. Then they were surrounded by imperial troops."
Zhao Pingci lowered his eyelashes and clutched the sleeves of his robe with both hands. His blue fingers showed how turbulent his heart was because of Shi Jiaojiao's few words.
Shi Jiaojiao continued, "I spent all my strength to hook up with a little leader, and I'm ready to run away today..."
Zhao Pingci visibly stiffened when he heard this. Shi Jiaojiao sighed, rubbed Zhao Pingci's chin with the head of his head with a smile, and completed the remaining half of the sentence, "Go find you."
"Look for me..." After hearing this, Zhao Pingci's tightly clenched hands finally slowly relaxed.
"Looking for you." Shi Jiaojiao raised her head and met Zhao Pingci's obscure gaze, "Just to find you, that little leader killed his wife and concubines. Could it be that I really wanted to seek death and seduced him?"
Zhao Pingci's expression changed when he heard this, "You know?!"
"Of course I know," Shi Jiaojiao said coquettishly, "I was too anxious to find you, so I had to take risks. When you saw me, you were so fierce..."
Most of what she said was true, but the desperate act was false. She did know that the little leader was fond of sadism, and it was neither serious nor serious, and he killed more than two people, as well as the penis bought by Hualou.
She just took advantage of him to escape. She had already arranged for someone to pick her up, and she was also ready to reveal all his bad things.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Pingci suddenly appeared. Shi Jiaojiao had already arranged a route that could definitely escape. Running out like this with Zhao Pingci was truly a desperate act.
When Zhao Pingci heard this, he already believed what Shi Jiaojiao said. He was always on low alert when he was here with Shi Jiaojiao, and he was deceived by her in the first place.
He paused for a while, coughed twice, hooked his arms around Shi Jiaojiao's neck, kissed her forehead again, and finally kissed her forehead before lowering his head to unlock the chain.
"Are you feeling cold?" Shi Jiaojiao asked with concern as she saw him coughing from time to time along the way.
Zhao Pingci had already untied one chain and was about to untie the other when he paused again when he heard this.
He is not suffering from cold... the doctor said, maybe... maybe he is tuberculosis.
Zhao Pingci knew about tuberculosis. If you get this disease, you will basically not survive, and your lifespan will not be long.
Zhao Pingci became puzzled halfway through the explanation, and stood still with his head bowed. His tears, which had just dried, fell again.
The large, hot particles hit Shi Jiaojiao's hand, which really shocked her.
"Why... Hey," Shi Jiaojiao shook her wrist, looked at his unwillingness, and spoke in compromise, "If you think it's fun, just lock one arm without delaying anything. Why are you crying? Ancestor, Should I lock you up and let you drag me around like a dog?"
Zhao Pingci raised his head, glanced at Shi Jiaojiao, and wanted to pout, but couldn't help crying.
He hugged Shi Jiaojiao tightly and began to cry again. Shi Jiaojiao didn't know why he was crying again. No matter how he asked Zhao Pingci, he shook his head and couldn't coax her. She said helplessly, "I can't even let you lead me like a dog. Give it to me." , you can tie them all up, you can tie them up however you want, don’t cry..."
Zhao Pingci only cried but didn't speak, and was very sad and collapsed. It would be fine if Shi Jiaojiao was really as he thought before. It didn't matter what kind of illness he got. He had no family, no relatives, and was an eunuch. He was still alive. Not very interesting either.
But Shi Jiaojiao explained everything clearly. She always only had herself and she still loved herself. Zhao Pingci remembered what the doctor said and suddenly collapsed. He didn't want to die!
Seeing the crying getting louder, Shi Jiaojiao couldn't coax him, so she held his face and kissed him, asking why.
Zhao Pingci curled his lips and held back his words. He suddenly remembered that the doctor said that tuberculosis was contagious. He avoided Shi Jiaojiao's lips and was reluctant to let go of her. He was so entangled that he almost convulsed.
Shi Jiaojiao didn't know what kind of madness he was in. He was about to say something else when he suddenly heard someone's voice.
"The archer is lurking in the high ground to the left. There are footprints here!" Although the voice was deliberately lowered, it had an amplification effect when it came through the cave, and both of them could hear it clearly.
The two people who were talking about "you and me" suddenly had a clever idea -
The pursuers are coming!