The dark passage was not very bright, with only a dim stone lamp placed on the roadside every few steps. At this moment, a stone lamp was falling at You Yuji's feet, and the weak light shone on her, casting a soft light and shadow on her light purple skirt.
The moment before You Yuji raised her eyes to look over, Si Que withdrew his gaze and continued walking forward.
You Yuji hugged Baisui tightly with a bit of trepidation and quickened her pace.
After walking in the secret passage for a long time, You Yuji didn't expect that there was a next level. She held Baisui in one hand, lifted her skirt with the other, and walked down the vertical wooden ladder carefully.
Finally stepping on the ground, You Yuji looked at the owner of the Poison Tower in surprise. Did she see it wrong? Why did she feel that when she just came down, the owner of the Poison Tower deliberately stood on the side waiting for her, as if he was worried that she would fall down. It was so dark here, maybe she saw it wrong, how could the owner of the Poison Tower be so kind.
With a "pop" sound, Zhan Xue lit a wall lamp. She continued to walk forward, lighting up wall lamps one by one as she walked. The corridor gradually became brighter.
"Madam, why do I feel it is dangerous here?" Zhuo Wen lowered his voice.
How could a place like the Poison House not be dangerous? Before coming here, You Yuji had already prepared herself mentally. Before You Yuji could say anything, Zhan Xue, who was walking in front of him, chuckled and said, "The Poison House is such a dangerous place. Everything is soaked in poison. Maybe you are already poisoned now."
Zhuo Wen did not respond, but lowered his voice and complained to You Yuji: "This girl is not only good at talking, but also good at listening."
You Yuji also lowered her voice and gently warned: "Don't cause trouble, don't provoke the people in the Poison Building."
"Of course." Zhuo Wen responded quickly.
Soon, footsteps were heard behind me.
"Is someone chasing us?" Zhan Xue frowned.
Zhan Xue raised his chin and looked at a young man beside him, and ordered: "Siqi, go and take a look."
Siqi nodded and ran back immediately.
The others quickened their pace and continued moving forward.
But the footsteps behind me were getting closer and closer.
You Yuji couldn't help but ask, "Master, will the people from the imperial court be waiting in front?"
"It's a dead end ahead."
You Yuji stopped. A dead end? They were running into a dead end
Si Que glanced at her sideways and said hoarsely, "Why, Madam, are you going back to surrender yourself?"
You Yuji struggled. Even if she turned back, it would not be difficult to save her life. She could just say that she just came to the poison building to buy medicine. With her status, the people in the court would not torture her to extract a confession. Even if they asked questions, they would be polite.
You Yuzhi felt that turning back would be a safer option.
But...if she turned back now, she would definitely lose the trust of the Poison Tower Master. If he suspected that she had lied to the court, he might not sell her the fake death medicine. It would take a month to make the fake death medicine. Would the Poison Tower Master still see her after a month? Rumor has it that the Poison Tower Master is a moody and suspicious person.
You Yuji stood there frozen, struggling in her heart.
Si Que forced himself into an amused smile beneath the mask. He turned around and continued walking forward without waiting for You Yuzhi.
You Yuji's eyes flashed with Si Que's obedient smile. Time was running out, and the Empress Dowager would soon return to Beijing. At that time, she could leave the Jinnan Palace openly, but a concubine whose indenture was not in her hands would never be able to leave openly. She had to settle several concubines before she left. Especially Si Que, who was already a criminal, weak and pitiful. Once Chen Anzhi forcefully summoned him to serve him and found out that he was a man...
You Yuji looked up at the Poison Tower Master who had already walked a long way, sighed softly, hugged Baisui tightly in her arms, and hurried to catch up. Seeing this, Zhuo Wen and the other two guards also followed.
Si Que listened to the footsteps behind him and slowed down slightly.
Soon, a stone door appeared in sight. With a heavy sound and some flying dust, the stone door was opened. Zhan Xue lit the lamp inside, and the stone room looked like a storehouse. There were rows of stone shelves in the stone room, and various medicine bottles were densely placed on them.
As soon as You Yuji stepped in, she smelled a strong smell of medicine, which was quite unpleasant.
She suddenly thought of the spider that turned to ashes on the lacquered jade table.
"Don't touch anything here." Si Que said as he picked up a few medicine bottles on the stone shelf to see what they were. None of the medicines here were made by him.
Everyone knows that the owner of the Poison Tower is a master of poison, but few people know that the Poison Tower is a very large organization. The owner of the Poison Tower has too many disciples. For example, the 47th disciple who just turned back to check, 47th is his code name, which means that he is the 47th disciple of Zhan Xue.
Zhanxue’s master is Tingyun.
You Yuji stood quietly aside, not only did she not touch anything here, she also did not dare to move around. She frowned and looked at the owner of the Poison Tower between the stone shelves. The blood-red mask covered his face, so You Yuji could not see his expression, but she watched him slowly looking through the various poisons on the stone shelves. There was no trace of worry in his every move, and there was even a hint of leisure.
You Yuji was slightly relieved, thinking that the owner of the Poison Tower could handle the outsiders. After all, the Poison Tower should have had experience in defending against enemies over the years.
But after two quarters of an hour, You Yuji heard people from the imperial court coming to the stone gate and hitting it with something. When You Yuji was a child, she would follow her father to the army, and she could tell from the neat sounds outside that there were a lot of people coming.
"Is this really a dead end?" You Yuji asked unwillingly.
Si Que raised his eyes and looked towards the stone gate. The impact outside was getting stronger and stronger, and some dust slowly fell down.
"Open the door." He said irritably. His already hoarse and harsh voice became even more sinister and unpleasant.
Zhan Xue pulled the mechanism, and the other side of the stone wall suddenly slid to the side, and a dark secret passage appeared in sight. The secret passage was very dark, and the entrance was very small, only allowing one person to pass through.
"Madam, I'll walk in front, you follow closely. If something goes wrong, call me immediately." Zhuo Wen said.
"Follow me." Zhan Xue walked into the secret passage first, Zhuo Wen followed immediately, and then You Yuzhi's two guards.
As soon as You Yuji stepped into the secret passage, she couldn't help but look back at the owner of the Poison Building. He was still in the stone chamber, with his back to her. It seemed that he had no intention of entering the secret passage immediately.
You Yuji couldn't look any longer, so she turned around and walked forward. She heard the loud sound of the stone door behind her being knocked open, and Baisui in her arms was rubbing restlessly. You Yuji had no choice but to hold it tighter and pinch the back of its neck to comfort it.
The narrow dark passage was dark and damp, and almost nothing could be seen. You Yuji could only see the slightly swaying figure of Zhuo Wen walking in front of him. In the darkness, You Yuji could not help but think of the spider that turned into ashes.
…Are there a lot of poisonous insects here
Don't think too much.
She frowned and squeezed her eyes shut.
In the pitch-black environment, You Yuji's other senses became sensitive. She listened carefully to every tiny sound, and also felt that this dark passage was still going down.
You Yuji felt like she had been walking for a long time before some light finally appeared in front of her. After walking out of the narrow dark passage, the view in front of her suddenly became clear and the sense of oppression dissipated. You Yuji breathed a sigh of relief.
In front of me was still a basement, with jade paved floors and luminous pearls hanging on the stone walls for lighting.
You Yuji looked around the place and found several jade doors, but she didn't know where they led to.
"Just wait here." Zhan Xue sat down, poured a glass of water and gulped down two mouthfuls. Then he smiled and said, "Don't drink it. You wouldn't dare drink anything from the Poison House anyway."
You Yuji said in a gentle voice: "Miss Zhanxue, how can we leave here?"
"I don't know. Let's see when the host can kill everyone outside."
You Yuji was surprised. How long would it take for one person to kill so many people
The next moment, footsteps sounded behind her. You Yuji turned around and saw the owner of the Poison Tower, dressed in black, walking down the stone stairs. She almost blurted out, "Are they all dead?"
After saying that, she immediately pursed her lips.
Si Que sat down on the stone bench and said, "Wait for an hour until all those stinking corpses turn into water before leaving."
In an instant, a horrific scene of many corpses piled up into a hill and gradually melting appeared in You Yuji's eyes.
Her face turned pale.
Si Que stood up, pushed open a jade door and walked into a room.
Zhan Xue said: "Several rooms are empty, you can go in and rest."
"Thank you." You Yuzhi thanked him but did not leave.
Zhan Xue took out a gourd from her waist, poured out the red spider inside, and pulled out the hairpin in her hair to poke the spider.
You Yuji immediately didn't want to stay here any longer, and walked into a jade room. The room was simple, with a stone bed, and simple tables and chairs. Zhuo Wen and two other guards were guarding outside the door.
In the jade room next door, Si Que was shaking the glass cup with a cold face to pick medicine. The medicine that could change his voice had a time limit, so he had to mix another cup to drink.
Just as he finished a cup of medicine, he heard a cry of fear from outside. Si Que picked up the mask and put it on again, then walked out quickly.
Zhan Xue lay weakly on the table, Zhuo Wen and two other guards fell at the entrance of the Jade Gate next door. You Yuji stood at the door, her face pale. She had just emerged from her room, staring at the scene in astonishment, not knowing what was going on.
Si Que walked up to Zhan Xue, picked up the gourd and glanced at it, then turned to You Yuji and asked, "Did you see the spider?"
When she heard the word "spider", You Yuji's face turned pale instantly. The next moment, she saw the red spider crawling out of Zhuo Wen's collar. She immediately turned pale and quickly retreated to the jade room, wanting to close the door to prevent the spider from crawling in. However, the door could not be closed, but instead hit a wooden shelf at the door. The bottles of medicine on the top of the wooden shelf slid to one side, and with a snap, the small porcelain bottles broke.
You Yuji immediately smelled a pungent scent.
She thought to herself that this was bad. She endured the dizziness that suddenly appeared, looked at the owner of the Poison Building outside the door and said urgently: "I want to buy the antidote, any price."
When she had a splitting headache, You Yuji heard the owner of the Poison Tower chuckled sinisterly and muttered something to himself. Before she fainted, she realized that the owner of the Poison Tower was saying: "He is really rich."
You Yuzhi woke up from the pain.
She opened her eyes and saw a jade-colored scene. She suddenly realized that she was lying on the stone bed in the jade room. She turned her head and looked around the room, and saw the owner of the Poison House, dressed in black clothes and red belt, standing in front of a table not far away, with his back to her, fiddling with the medicine on the table.
The next moment, a biting pain came from an unspeakable place.
You Yuji couldn't help but cry out in pain.
"Be patient." Si Que didn't look back.
You Yuji had no strength to speak. She barely raised her hand and saw many red spots all over her arm. A few years ago, You Yuji met a begging woman who also had such rotting red spots on her body, emitting an unpleasant smell. Madam Jing told her that it was an unclean disease.
The strange pain in her lower body shocked You Yuji. She couldn't have contracted such an unclean disease, right
Si Que held a snow-white pill between his fingers. This poison was not made by him, but it was not difficult for him to make an antidote.
Si Que turned around and walked towards You Yuzhi, holding the freshly prepared pills.
Seeing him coming, You Yuji secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that she could still be saved. When Si Que walked to the bedside, You Yuji had barely supported herself and sat up. Then, You Yuji's face froze, and she was shocked to find that her skirt had been taken off while she was unconscious. When her face was red and white and very ugly, Si Que lifted her leg and put the medicine in.
The author has something to say: 77 red envelopes are randomly dropped, fuck,
Thank you all for your landmines and nutrient solution. I ate the list of places to be released, hiccup~