Dianxia Qingcheng

Shen Jiujiu was taken to a strange place, like a woodshed, the inside was very empty, only some firewood piled up in the corner.

After those servants threw him in, they left. Shen Jiujiu was thrown to the ground with great force, and his arms and knees were in burning pain.After finally adapting to the dark environment around him, he groped and leaned against the corner of the wall.

He tried very hard to think about it. He really didn't take any wrong medicine. How could the second princess be poisoned suddenly? He couldn't understand it.

The firewood room was too dark to see the outside, so I could only get a general idea that it was getting dark.

Shen Jiujiu didn't know when he would be released, but he would never recognize what he hadn't done.

After it was completely dark, the door of the woodshed was suddenly pushed open, and a few candlesticks illuminated the small woodshed.

Shen Jiu slowly raised his head from the crook of his arms, and a familiar dress appeared in front of his eyes.

Qi Bingzhi was standing by the door, unwilling to enter this messy and dilapidated woodshed, covering his mouth and nose with his handkerchief, looking unwell.

Xiaomei walked in, followed by a few servants.

"I gave you half a day, have you thought about it, do you plead guilty or not?"

Shen Jiujiu flinched and shook his head.

Xiaomei stared at him, "I knew you must be stubborn, but fortunately, I have already prepared things for you, you just need to draw and bet."

As he said that, someone came forward with a piece of paper with criminal evidence written on it, and jumped in front of Shen Jiujiu.

"Put your handprint on it obediently. Even if this matter is over, the princess will not pursue your fault any more. Press it quickly."

Shen Jiujiu looked at the paper. His master had taught him to read, and he could almost recognize all the characters on it.

Seeing that he hadn't moved after looking at it for a long time, Xiaomei became a little anxious, "Don't look at it, just press it quickly. You two, help him."

One of the two servants next to him was holding Shen Jiujiu's hand and wanted to press it on the ink pad, while the other moved forward with the piece of paper.

Shen Jiujiu struggled desperately, he understood the words on that piece of paper, as long as he pressed his fingerprints, he would be considered guilty.

After trying for a long time, Shen Jiujiu's hands were not able to get ink paste on his hands. He tried his best to resist.

The servant simply took a dagger, cut Shen Jiujiu's finger, and stained his palm red with blood.

Unexpectedly, when the paper was put together to press the fingerprint, the blood flowed so much that half the paper was stained red, and it was impossible to see what was written on the paper.

Qi Bingzhi saw that several people had been busy for a long time, but they couldn't draw the bet well, so he called Xiaomei over, explained something to Xiaomei, and then left.After Qi Bingzhi left, Xiaomei also greeted a few servants to leave, and the door of the firewood room was closed again.

Shen Jiujiu's body lost its support, and immediately fell limply to the ground.

The ground is cold, but I can still feel the warmth in the palm of my hand, which is full of sticky blood, which is all over my hand.

I don't know how long I lay on the ground like that, until Shen Jiujiu's eyes were so confused that he couldn't see clearly.

The sound of the door opening was heard again, and someone came in, it seemed that there were several people, and an unpleasant smell filled the whole woodshed.

Shen Jiujiu's eyelids were heavy, and he saw in a daze that those people were all dressed in rags, like beggars on the street.

I vaguely heard those people talking.

"Is it this person?"

"He's the only one in this room, who else can he be?"

"Then let's do it quickly, finish the work early and go out to receive the reward money. The people in the prime minister's mansion are generous, let us take advantage and give us the money." That's right, I will be the first to say no to the prime minister in the future ! "

After a heated discussion, those people rubbed their hands, walked slowly towards the man lying on the ground, and began to untie the robe on the man with all their hands and feet.

Shen Jiujiu was pinched a few times by someone, and he immediately woke up from the pain, raising his head with tears in his eyes.

"You guys, what do you want to do..."

When those people saw that he was awake, they didn't mean to be afraid at all, on the contrary, they became more excited.

"Hurry up, people should struggle after waking up for a while, so I won't be so honest."

Shen Jiujiu really wanted to struggle, but he had used too much strength just now, and now he couldn't pull it up at all, and besides, the piercing pain in the bleeding palm made him unable to move at all.

A crystal tear slid down his face, Shen Jiujiu was trembling with fear, but it would only get him more rough and abusive treatment.

At this moment, the sound of Dada's horseshoes stopped at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and a figure jumped off the horse, then rushed into the mansion, and rushed directly to Shuixieju.

Li Yu had already been waiting at the door, and after seeing the black robe, he followed anxiously.

"My lord, I have been in Shuixieju for five hours, and there is no movement at all. I don't know what's going on now."

Pei Zheng had a stern expression and said nothing.

When we arrived at the gate of Shuixieju, it was dark inside, and it seemed that the people inside had already rested.

Pei Zheng didn't do what he wanted, kicked the door open, and the door frame shattered on the spot.

After the loud noise, candlelight lit up behind the thick curtain.

First, Xiaomei came out, and when she saw Pei Zheng, she looked very surprised.

"Pei, Master Pei, why are you back?"

However, Pei Zheng didn't even look at her, he waved her away, opened the curtain and walked in.

Qi Bingzhi was lying on the bed, his clothes were half-closed, his cheeks were bloodless and pale, looking very pitiful.

"My lord, ahem..."

She coughed twice, covering her chest and frowning.

Pei Zheng didn't show any pity in his eyes, walked to Qi Bingzhi's bed, and said coldly, "Where are you?"

Qi Bingzhi's eyes changed, "My lord, I don't understand what you are talking about."

Pei Zheng didn't intend to show her any favors, so he grabbed her by the collar and lifted half of her body from the bed.

"I'll ask you again, man, what?"

Qi Bingzhi became short of breath from being strangled by the collar, and his face gradually turned red.

Xiaomei at the side hurried over and dragged Qi Bingzhi's body underneath, so anxious that tears were about to come out.

"My lord, please put the princess down quickly, the princess has been poisoned by the villain, she can't stand any trouble!"

Not only did Pei Zheng not let go, but he clenched even tighter.

"Poisoned?"

"Yes, yes!" Xiaomei nodded repeatedly as if complaining, and took out the prescription Shen Jiujiu wrote to Qi Bingzhi from her bosom.

"It's this prescription. The doctor has read it for me. This medicine conflicts with the princess's previous prescription, but Shen Jiu still prescribed such a prescription. He just has a grudge against the princess... .”

Pei Zheng glanced at the prescription by the dim candlelight, but suddenly froze.

He recognized the handwriting.

But the handwriting can be imitated, Pei Zheng knew in his heart that he had other evidence to prove it.

Before Xiaomei finished speaking, she was kicked to the side, and lay on the ground with her back bent for a long time, unable to move.

"The truth has given you a chance, if anything happened to him..."

Pei Zheng leaned into Qi Bingzhi's ear, "...you have to pay back a hundredfold."

After speaking, he threw the person in his hand on the bed, Pei Zheng didn't even want to give Qi Bingzhi a look.

Qi Bingzhi coughed violently, and tears kept streaming from the corners of his eyes, but the person in front of him refused to give her even a little care.

She already understood that if she lost the bet, even if she took her own life to gamble, she still lost, a complete defeat.

A large number of Xiangfu guards suddenly poured in from outside the door, surrounding the entire Shuixie residence layer by layer.

Both Chengfeng and Li Yu stood by the door, waiting for Pei Zheng's instructions. Under Pei Zheng's glance, the guards all rushed in and began to search the waterside house closely.

After a while, there were several wailing sounds from the yard at the back door of Shuixieju.

Chengfeng came to the outer hall to report back, "Master, the person has been found, but the situation seems to be not very good..."

Pei Zheng walked through the back door to the outside of the firewood house. Outside there were four or five ragged beggars kneeling, all pinned to the ground and unable to move.

Pei Zheng took a deep breath, he suddenly didn't dare to face it, suppressed the faint restlessness in his heart, and walked into the woodshed.Shen Jiujiu was supported by Li Yu, his small hands were tightly protecting the collar on his chest, as if he was frightened, his eyes were blurred and he couldn't find the focus.

Seeing Pei Zheng approaching slowly, Li Yu said, "My lord, I was rescued by the wind guards before anything happened, but I guess I was frightened and I haven't recovered yet."

Pei Zheng walked over and lightly touched Shen Jiujiu's head. Shen Jiujiu looked up at him for a long time before his eyes focused on his face.

As soon as he recognized the person standing in front of him as Pei Zheng, tears welled up in Shen Jiujiu's eyes, the tears flowed endlessly, and he was a little breathless from crying.

"Big, my lord...I, I didn't...poison...princess, princess..."

"Well, I know." Pei Zheng's tone was soft, without the coldness just now.

"I...I will only save... people who save... people who don't..."

"Yes, you will not harm anyone."

Pei Zheng winked at Li Yu, and Li Yu sensibly handed him into Pei Zheng's arms, and then pulled Cheng Feng who was still standing aside to retreat.

Shen Jiubu buried his head deeply in Pei Zheng's chest, smelling the pleasant smell of sandalwood on his body, he calmed down a little, the tears flowed less violently, but his eyes were still foggy.

"Stop crying, I'll take you back to rest, okay?"

Shen Nineteen sobbed, "Okay... But, I dare not be alone... I, I'm a little scared..."

Pei Zheng grabbed his waist and led him out of the woodshed.

Of course, there was no plan to let him go back to the small wing alone.

When the two entered Shuixieju from the back door, there was only a row of candlelight along the road, everyone was ordered to evacuate, and Qi Bingzhi and his followers who were in the middle of Shuixieju went nowhere.

Pei Zheng led Shen Jiujiu along the row of candlelight, walked into the back garden, and came to the door of the small building.

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In the next chapter, I will arrange for Xiao Pei to see the tattoos