There are two seasons inside and outside the house, one is cold winter and the other is warm spring. 【】 Both Yanzi and Chun'er know that Zhong Qingye has always been afraid of the cold. They burned two stoves early before leaving. At this moment, the silver charcoal in the stove is burning.
Upright and warm.
This kind of high-quality silver charcoal is completely black and occasionally reflects fine silver light under light. It is very easy to burn and produces smoke and smell. The burning time is about 20% longer than that of ordinary black charcoal. It is very precious. Of course.
The price is also very consistent with its high quality, and people who are not very rich would not dare to expect it.
According to Zhong Qingye's past habit, a small silver thread was hung on the stove. Zhong Qingye took a box of plum blossom paste and applied it on the silver thread. The hot air filled the room with an elegant fragrance.
She smiled, put down the ointment in her hand, walked to the inner room and took off her cloak. Then she walked out and saw a black hawk standing by the stove to warm herself, while two trembling prisoners were kneeling in the distance.
Beside the door, his lips were almost purple, and he was looking eagerly at the hot stove, but he didn't dare to move rashly.
Zhong Qingye was a little funny and waved to them. "Come here."
The two prisoners were stunned and looked at Black Eagle in fear. Black Eagle glared at him, which frightened the two young prisoners so much that they trembled all over. They did not dare to say a word and crawled tremblingly.
Come over, one of them was so frightened that he almost shed tears.
Zhong Qingye was a little stunned and a little surprised. What Lai Heiying said was true. With such courage, these two people may not really be trained regular soldiers. No matter how bad Qi Mu is, the soldiers under his command should be no different.
To the point where he bursts into tears when someone stares at him.
Considering the communication issues later, Zhong Qingye decided that it would be better to be gentle first. He winked at Black Eagle and pointed to the inner room, meaning to tell him to go in first.
Black Eagle had a look of disapproval and communicated with his eyes: What if there is danger?
Zhong Qingye glared, and Black Eagle immediately softened, and walked into the inner room obediently. Before leaving, he did not forget to glare at the two prisoners fiercely. He had to be so frightened that others did not dare to raise their heads before he entered with satisfaction.
Inside the house.
Zhong Qingye rolled his eyes helplessly. Although the faces of the two people relaxed after not seeing the black hawk, their eyes were still tense. He stretched out his hand to pull the stove closer, dragged it in front of the two of them, and pointed at the steaming
The stove. "Let's warm ourselves up."
The two of them were stunned for a moment, then raised their heads to look at her.
Only then did Zhong Qingye realize that there were many whip wounds and burns on their faces, the sticky blood had formed into slightly black scabs, new and old flesh were stuck together, and there were even burnt marks after being burned by fire.
The meat had a lot of hair stuck to it. If it hadn't been for the cold weather, it would have turned into pus and maggots.
The area without wounds was not clean either. It was full of black and dirty things. However, the face was very white. In addition, there was pink new flesh and black-red blood scabs at the wounds. When I looked up, I saw only a
The four colors of black, white, red and pink on the face are intertwined, making the whole look disgusting and terrifying.
Zhong Qingye frowned and was thinking about how to speak when one of the prisoners suddenly asked in a low voice and timidly. "Are you... Princess Rui?"
His voice was very soft, almost inaudible if the room was not so quiet. Zhong Qingye was startled for a moment, and inexplicably raised his eyes, looking at the man quietly.
Probably because her eyes were slightly searching, the man lowered his head in embarrassment and fear, almost touching the ground, and did not dare to look directly at her.
Zhong Qingye's heart moved, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed through him. He leaned down and softened his voice, "Do you know me?"
The two men shook their heads hurriedly, and the other man asked timidly: "Are you really... Princess Rui?"
Zhong Qingye smiled, nodded and said, "It's true."
A strange expression flashed across the two men's faces, and they looked at each other. Their tortured faces were almost unrecognizable and suddenly revealed a smile that was harder than crying. They sobbed and reached out to wipe their eyes, saying: "Princess Rui...
I finally found you!!"
Zhong Qingye's head was full of confusion. Seeing that the two of them seemed to be stopping again, he hurriedly said: "Don't cry in a hurry. Please explain to me. You don't know me, so why are you looking for me?"
A man kowtowed on the ground, "I was entrusted by someone to come to Jingyang City to find Princess Rui... He told me that as long as I find you, you will not be in trouble... Princess... please save me with great mercy."
Save the little one! The little one is really not a craftsman!..."
"Wait a minute!" Zhong Qingye frowned. "Let me be clear, who asked you to come to me? Since you are not soldiers, then who are you?"
"The younger one is from the people near Cihai Town." The two men hesitated for a moment before speaking out. They didn't look at all vigilant, and said nonchalantly: "The younger one doesn't know who the other party is. I only know that he is a man with an official position.
It's very big. He sent people to arrest our wives and children, forcing us to come here to find you, Princess! Please be merciful and let us common people go..."
After saying that, he kowtowed again, his submissive appearance no different from those of the simple common people.
Zhong Qingye frowned slightly. In Cihai Town, there was only one man with a high official position, but she couldn't figure it out. What did Qi Mu want to do with her?
Want to kidnap? Want to kill her?
Zhong Qingye glanced at the man at his feet and sent three ordinary people with the strength of a chicken to come over??
Not to mention how many people were protecting the wooden building she lived in openly and covertly. Even with Zhong Qingye's hand, these three people couldn't get close to her.
Let them kidnap and assassinate? This is ridiculous!
If he didn't want to kidnap, then why did Qi Mu threaten three common people to come to her? Zhong Qingye had a headache. She had never been able to figure out what this man was thinking.
Unable to figure it out, she simply asked: "Then why does he want you to come to me?"
The two said in unison: "I'll bring you something."
As they spoke, the two of them reached into their messy hair at the same time, as if they had agreed upon it. After a while, they actually pulled out a bamboo tube that was no longer as thick as a little finger, and carefully handed it to Zhong Qingye.
Zhong Qingye took it and looked at it suspiciously. He immediately found that the bamboo tube was empty, with a bottom at one end and a wax seal at the other end. It was obvious that something was put inside.
Zhong Qingye raised the corner of his mouth and gave a strange smile.
What could it be that Qi Mu went to so much trouble to send her? I’m really looking forward to it...