Zhou Tong stopped and narrowed his eyes slightly.
The lights were dim, but he could still see the color of the blood clearly, because the blood was so dark that it was dazzling.
He felt the heart beating faster and faster under the palm of his hand, causing his hands and arms to tremble accordingly, and his shoulders also began to tremble, reaching his entire body.
His face had grown unusually pale, and he looked as if he had suffered a serious illness in such a short time.
He was poisoned, and it was a rare poison.
It can be judged so quickly that this kind of poison is very rare, because his clean official department is the best place in the world to use poison.
He has seen and used more poisons than ordinary people have eaten in their lifetime.
When did you get poisoned? He didn't know, the faint light in his squinted eyes kept passing by at high speed, looking back at the time in the past, although there were no clues, he still quickly determined who poisoned him and when he was poisoned , because these do not require evidence, but only need the retrogression of time and the grasp of some details.
The other party should still be there, but he didn't turn around, because the first thing to consider at this time was to leave.
He took out a handkerchief from his sleeve to wipe off the blood on his lips, continued walking forward, and quickly disappeared into the darkness.
After a while, there was a slight sound in the darkness, and the light on the stone wall came back to life faintly, reflecting Zhe Xiu's pale face with traces of dried mud and water.
He squatted down, stretched out his hand to dip some dirty blood, and brought it up to his nose to sniff.
The black blood exudes a faint fishy smell on the sharp, cold, knife-like fingers.
Satisfied, he followed his breath and continued to chase, and soon disappeared into the darkness.
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The tunnels under the official office of the Qing Dynasty are as complex as spider webs, and they are unimaginably long. They can lead directly to far away places. If possible, Zhou Tong would stay underground for a longer period of time. In time, take more detours and set up more organs to ensure absolute safety.
Not today, he is already poisoned.
This kind of poison is completely different from the poisons used by the Cleaning Officials. It does not specifically target the meridians, star apertures, or sea of consciousness, but permeates the viscera like a handful of sand, with a rough and even rough feeling. It even reminded him of the vast wilderness in the north.
This is something that is very close to nature, and even the holy light technique may not be able to cure it. But he is one of the few people in the world who are best at using poison, and his ability in this area can be called a master. Even if he has never seen this kind of poison before, he still knows where to start. To deal with this kind of poison, you can only use medicine. And it has to be herbal. Even in Zhou Prison, those herbs were hard to find. Fortunately, he knew a place that was well prepared, and even more fortunately, that was where he was going.
Walking through the cold and extremely long alleyway, turning countless times, the terrain is no longer flat, but arched upwards obliquely. He continued to walk first, and when he reached the end, he stretched his hands into the wall accurately A certain gap in the opening, dispelled the formation, then opened the mechanism, pushed forward with both hands slightly, pushed open a door, and left the darkness.
A bright sun was waiting for him outside the door, and there was a gentle and moving face like the sun.
The sunlight came from the sky above the courtyard, and the gloomy snow clouds were blown away by the wind at some point, revealing a piece of porcelain blue sky, and the warm winter sun appeared in his sight. That gentle and moving face belonged to a beautiful young woman.
Seeing the sunshine and the young woman's face, Zhou Tong suddenly felt his body became warmer and calmed down a lot, and the unconcealable worry and anxiety in the young woman's eyes made his chest even hotter. This kind of emotion, which is completely different from fear and disgust, is what he lacks and needs the most in his life.
The young woman helped him out of the tunnel entrance, then closed the tunnel entrance with some difficulty, and restarted the mechanism.
This house is not big, and it's not exquisite, but whether it's the black eaves and the wall, or the green bamboo fence, all the details reveal the word tranquility.
When Zhou Tong personally designed this house, he pursued this kind of thing. He always believed that tranquility is the taste of home.
This mansion is his home, the real home, the last place where his tired body and heart soaked in venom for countless years can rest peacefully.
Only by returning to this house can he gain real peace of mind and truly relax.
For the sake of safety, keeping this secret, and for the rare peace and not being disturbed, Zhou Tong carefully managed the house.
No one knows this place, neither the most loyal subordinates in the Cleaning Department, nor Cheng Jun and other Eight Tigers, nor the Holy Empress.
The only person who knew the relationship between this house and him is now dead.
Every time he came back to this house and listened to the sound coming from the next door through the clump of green bamboos, Zhou Tong would always think of something.
Over the years, Xue Xingchuan really hoped that he could treat the Xue Mansion as his real home, but how could this be possible? Not to mention the terrified eyes of those servants and juniors in Xue's house when they looked at him, it was impossible just because of his surname Zhou, his elder brother didn't want his surname, he always wanted it.
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Apart from Mo Shuai, Zhou Tong probably kills the most people in this world. I don't know if it's because of this reason, but he is also most afraid of death. Apart from this house, he also has several secret strongholds in Kyoto, but for him, those places are not as safe, important or comfortable as this place.
Because there is a gentle and charming woman in this mansion who really respects and loves him. More importantly, he has hidden many precious things here, such as some extremely rare medicinal materials. A large part of these medicinal materials were secretly sent by people from the Baicao Garden, and some were given to him by people sent by Tianji Pavilion.
He took the steamy towel and covered his face, wondering if his lungs were irritated by the heat, he coughed a few times in a dull voice.
When I took off the towel, there were already a few spots of black blood on it. It looked like a flower drawn in ink, which was unreal and a little scary.
The woman was very disturbed, but Zhou Tong seemed very calm and calm, and asked her to polish the ink first, while he closed his eyes and meditated on the chair, as if he was savoring something.
He was savoring the wilderness poison in his body.
After an unknown amount of time, he opened his eyes, walked to the desk in front of the window with the support of the woman, picked up the brush, and swiped it as if writing calligraphy, extremely chic.
There are ink marks on the paper, but the handwriting is extremely clear, not cursive script, but a prescription.
What medicinal materials to use, how many bowls of water, how to fry, what kind of fire to use, what kind of furnace, what kind of charcoal, what kind of water, how to filter the medicinal juice, and when to add crystals are very clear.
Seeing his expression, the woman knew that there should be no problem, so she was relieved, took the prescription, and went to the back kitchen to decoct the medicine.
This kind of thing has happened several times before, and she has experience.
There is no mistake in the type or quantity of medicinal materials, and the action of making the furnace is very skillful.
At some point, a beauty in palace costume appeared next to the medicine stove, her face was reddened by the fire, and her incomparably beautiful eyebrows and eyes were clearly reflected.
This palace beauty is very beautiful.
In fact, in the past few years, she has been considered the most beautiful woman in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The woman decocted the medicine with a calm expression, and the movements of distributing the medicine and filtering the residue were very stable, as if she hadn't seen the beauty in palace costume.
The beauty in palace costume put something into the medicine jar.
The woman still didn't seem to see it.
There was no sound in the room except for the gurgling of the soup in the medicine pot.