When they first entered the ice cellar, a few people could still force themselves to joke a few words. But soon they couldn't laugh anymore. It was extremely uncomfortable to be in single clothes in a dark cave with unknown degrees below zero. Old Xu whispered.
"When I first came in, there were two quilts at the entrance..." After hearing this, Zhu Heng suddenly said: "The ice in this ice cellar has been stored all summer, and the quilts are used for insulation." It turns out that quilts can not only be used for heat insulation.
It can keep warm and cold. After hearing this, Lao Xu said: "I'll get the quilt down."
There was only a rustling sound, as if Lao Xu was groping his way up. After a while, he took off the quilt. Several people were trembling with cold, and they all leaned over to squeeze.
Wrapped together, they were still shivering from the cold.
I don't know how long it took, but suddenly there was a sound of footsteps above, and then the door of the stacked straw was opened, and a wisp of fire suddenly lit up above. There was not even a trace of light in the originally dark ice cellar, and nothing could be seen.
, although the sudden bright light was weak, Zhang Ning's eyes couldn't adapt to it for a while, and his eyes were a little blurred by the stimulation.
Who is here? The "Assassin" searched all over the mansion and finally found the ice cellar?
The icy air was almost frozen, so cold that people could hardly think. At this moment, Zhang Ning didn't know what he was thinking, and he couldn't even express his fear in a timely and correct manner. A beam of light in the dark place seemed familiar to him, almost
I saw it somewhere. And in my vague memory, I was running towards that beam of light, unable to stop... Sometimes life is really absurd, and you can't predict what will happen next moment, just like Zhang Ning before entering Le'an
I had planned a lot of possible dangers and accidents, but I never expected that I would encounter something like this and have to hide in a dark ice cellar.
"Ding!" The sound of a metal collision woke Zhang Ning up from his daze. I don't know if it was Lao Xu or someone who picked up the weapon.
Someone shouted from above: "Is Zhu Butang down there?"
No one answered. Then a man with a torch appeared at the narrow entrance, and Lao Xu shouted: "Who is it?"
As soon as someone above heard the answer, the torch stopped, and after a while a voice shouted: "Zhu Butang, I am Hou Delu, do you hear me?"
Zhu Heng then said: "People of the King of Han, please don't hurt me accidentally." Zhang Ning couldn't help but said: "Master Zhu, can you be sure?" Zhu Heng said: "The person above is my good friend Hou Delu. This person cannot be related to those people.
Mix it together."
Zhang Ning breathed a sigh of relief, and Lao Xu shouted: "We are coming up, you go back first."
Only then did a group of people tremble and touch the entrance. They saw torches and lanterns everywhere outside, and the garden was full of people. Zhang Ning looked back at Lao Xu and others, and saw that their eyebrows and beards were all covered with a layer of fine hair.
The thin ice flowers and white flowers look like they are old.
Zhu Heng exchanged pleasantries with several officials, cursing while talking. At this time, a big man in yellow robe came from the corridor with people shouting from behind. It was the King of Han who came. Zhang Ning, Zhu Heng and others were all excited when they saw this.
Come forward and kowtow and salute.
Several eunuchs brought a cork chair from Zhu's house, and the King of Han sat down in the garden. A group of fully armed soldiers stood around him, and civil and military officials stood around. After paying tribute, King Zhu Gaoxu of Han's eyes stayed on
On Zhang Ning, he was still wearing white dirty clothes, and there was a girl standing next to him. Zhu Gaoxi turned his head and signaled, and an official took off his robe and walked over and handed it to Zhang Ning. Unexpectedly, Zhang Ning
He wrapped the robe around the girl next to him.
Zhu Gaoxu didn't ask anything serious, but pointed at the girl and said, "Who is she?"
Zhang Ning cupped his hands and replied: "Your Highness, she is a maid from Zhu Butang's family."
Zhu Gaoxu was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Zhu Heng teasingly... He was probably thinking that Zhu Butang was using his woman to entertain his friends. Zhu Gaoxu stopped asking about such details and suddenly shouted:
"Li Ming, Sun Qihuan!"
Two generals came out from the side, lowered their heads and said: "The general is here."
Zhu Gaoxu said: "Someone is here, pull them outside the door and chop them!"
The two generals were so frightened that they fell to the ground and shouted: "Your Majesty, spare your life, Your Majesty, please spare my life!" Several armored sergeants walked up with heavy steps, grabbed them and dragged them away.
A red-robed civil servant came out and said, "I have a word from my humble minister. It is unlucky for the army to kill the general first in order to advance. Please spare their lives for their first offense."
Zhu Gaoxu sneered and said: "Let him accompany Li and General Sun and kill him."
"Your Majesty..." The civil servant's face suddenly turned pale.
No one stood up to speak anymore. When Zhu Gaoxu stood up from his chair, a military general asked cautiously: "What to do with the captured sergeant who committed the crime?" Zhu Gaoxu hesitated for a moment and said: "The crime is unforgivable, behead him.
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"Yes, Your Majesty." The general responded respectfully.
Zhu Gaoxu led his soldiers and horses out of the gate. Zhu Heng, Zhang Ning and others hurriedly followed behind and sent them out. They saw three headless corpses kneeling on the street at the gate, and blood seeped along the cracks in the stones. There was no telling what happened on the long street.
atmosphere of terror.
When the sound of footsteps and horse hooves gradually faded away, Zhu Heng closed the door. Looking back, he saw that the mansion was in a mess, shrouded in blood, and all the male and female slaves in the mansion had been slaughtered. However, Zhu Heng did not look sad, and only took a look.
Zhang Ning said: "What do you think, Mr. Ping An?"
Zhang Ning pondered for a moment, thinking that he was not asking for the idea of being in this trouble, so he said: "There are two very important things in what the King of Han did just now: First, killing the interceding official of the scapegoat proved that he had
He made up his mind to go south and did not allow his subordinates to disturb the general strategy any more. Second, he directly killed the sergeant involved. The King of Han was unwilling to delve into the matter any further... Obviously, there were definitely more than two generals involved in the plot to assassinate Zhu Butang.
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Zhu Heng took two steps and nodded: "Mr. Ping An's words make sense."
Zhang Ning said calmly: "The first thing is a great good thing. But the second thing will make Zhu Butang's situation become more and more worrying in the future, and he will have a grudge against others."
Zhu Hengqiang laughed: "Now is not the time to talk about this." Zhang Ning smiled and said: "Maybe one day, you and I will meet again."
The group of people talked for a while and then walked into the yard. They walked carefully as they stepped over the corpses on the road, but Zhang Ning's bare feet still felt wet, slippery and sticky between the toes, and there was blood when they stepped on them.
As soon as they reached the door of the second courtyard, they saw a figure walking out from the corner with lowered head. Everyone turned around and saw that it was the young lady just now, wrapped in a long and large blue official robe.
Zhang Ning stopped in front of her. Zhu Heng smiled when he saw this, shook his head and walked through the door first, and the others followed silently.
The young lady had lowered her head like a frightened little animal, but now she boldly raised her head. Her face was a little stained with childishness. She opened her mouth and asked: "Sir...why are you doing this to me?"
so good?"
Having just experienced a thrilling adventure, Zhang Ning was a little tired at this time, but he felt relaxed again. He stretched out his fingers and slowly stretched them out to see that the young lady did not dodge, so he gently touched her face.
He knew what the little lady meant. As a little slave in a wealthy family, he had no human rights. Maybe he could get some teasing or pampering when the male master was happy, but once something big happened like tonight,
She will be abandoned as an unimportant thing or a burden... She is actually very pitiful. In this world, no one really cares about her except her parents, but she was sold here by her parents. This kind of pity in Zhang Ning's eyes
But there was a little bit of cuteness mixed into it. Her skin was fairly fair, and her facial features were not ugly. Although she was young, she had a natural feeling of innocence and tenderness. Zhang Ning thought of her question, why was he so nice to her?
About a short time after their acquaintance, he had two slight feelings for her, mixed with feelings of virginity and lust. Zhang Ning wanted to say that the world is really boring, but in order to survive, he has to do all kinds of things.
Such a boring thing, but savoring women's lust is superficial but not boring. In Eastern legends, someone can flirt with princes for women, and in Western legends, someone can start a war for a lovely woman... because
History is too serious and too boring, so it begins to be absurd.
But Zhang Ning said nothing about his thoughts. He could conclude that this shallow and cute girl did not understand at all. He did not answer her question and asked gently: "What is your name?"
The young lady said: "Before I entered Zhu's Mansion, my surname was Chen. But they didn't allow me to use my own surname anymore, because it was summer when I entered the Mansion and the lotus flowers were about to bloom in the pond, so the master called me Xiaohe."
"Xiaohe just showed her sharp corners... a very good name." Zhang Ning's eyes moved down and glanced at her slightly raised breasts. The tender and textured breasts in the dark flashed through his mind.
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The little lady lowered her head, shyly and nervously pulling on her sleeves.
"Let's go." Zhang Ning said. The little lady trembled: "Mr. Ping An, please take me away!" Zhang Ning was attracted by these familiar words, turned around and looked at her with strange eyes. She said: "
I can clean, wash, cook, I can do everything..."
Zhang Ning said: "Okay."
The young lady didn't expect him to agree so readily, and looked at him pitifully: "You...are you telling the truth?"
Zhang Ning nodded sternly: "I usually don't tell lies unless I have to. I have a younger sister at home who usually doesn't have a caring person to accompany her. I see that you are quite honest... I'll ask Zhu Butang for it when the time comes.
He won't refuse."
The two of them entered the yard one after another. Zhang Ning met Lao Xu and others outside the wing. Zhu Heng was missing and asked. Lao Xu said: "Master Zhu found a few surviving slaves and went back."
Clean up the inner house."
"Get me water to wash my feet, change my clothes and put on shoes." Zhang Ning said, "Le'an can't stay for two days."