Wishful Things

Xiao Chenzi ran fast, and his figure quickly disappeared into the night.

...

When Qiao Bing was sent back to the dark court, there were already people waiting for him in the dark room.

He supported his body with some difficulty and sat down on the low couch, looked at the meals on the small table in front of him, and asked, "What meals are served at this hour?"

The old eunuch who had given him meals for eighteen years sat across from him at this moment, and smiled with a sigh: "I didn't allow it, but I put some money in the past, and gave me a little bit of face... ..."

While speaking, he raised his hand to lift the jug and filled the wine glass.

He poured two glasses of wine.

Qiao Bing looked down and saw that there were also two sets of bowls and chopsticks.

On the small table was a wind lamp brought by the old eunuch, and the firelight reflected the dark room indistinctly.

Qiao Bing took out the fire folder and lit the oil lamp at hand.

The old eunuch took a look and didn't care.

"It's been eighteen years, and this seems to be the first time the two of us have a meal together, but unfortunately I can't bring out any decent wine..." The old eunuch held the wine glass, and his voice was low as if he was talking to himself: "Next time, let's go out for a drink outside the palace. I heard that there is a place called Zhuangyuan Building that is very good. The wine and food are good..."

next time -

Qiao Bing also picked up the wine glass.

It's the next life.

"I've been to the Zhuangyuan Building." He said, "The food and wine are indeed quite good, and it's a must in Beijing."

"It's been so many years, remember?"

Qiao Bing nodded with a "hmm".

"Since you are familiar with the road, take me there..." The old eunuch raised his glass and said hoarsely, "Come on, drink this wine and have a good sleep..."

Qiao Bing looked at the wine in the glass, but shook his head slightly: "But I don't want to die yet."

Especially recently, with the contact and exchange with the outside world, he has gradually become a little greedy for life.

Then there is the prescription in the Hall of Mental Cultivation tonight——

He was afraid that the emperor would deliberately test him, and he didn't want to expose the affairs of Lord Zhen, and he was afraid that Tian'er and the queen would be implicated, so he temporarily chose to change several key medicines in the prescription, and if his wife was really poisoned, he would be even more Can't die now...

The old eunuch sighed slightly: "It's not up to you, nor up to me... just drink it, and you won't have to suffer from it in the future."

"No, I'm different from you." Qiao Bing put down his glass and said, "I still have things to do."

Seeing him put down his wine glass, a sad and helpless look flashed in the eyes of the old eunuch: "You and I are also considered to be together, why do we have to be like this..."

While talking, he also put the wine cup back, but found something from under the food box beside him——

The short knife with a slightly curved blade shone with a sharp cold light.

The old eunuch looked old, but his movements were nimble. When he got up holding a short knife, he leaned over and stretched out his hand to press Qiao Bing on the low couch.

Qiao Bing did not struggle.

In terms of strength, his crippled body naturally has no room for resistance.

But the old eunuch couldn't see a trace of waiting to die or fear in his eyes.

The old eunuch secretly felt that there was something strange, and in order to eliminate the faint anxiety rising in his heart, he could only immediately raise his knife to stab the other party - this knife could easily cut the opponent's throat, the other party was freed, and he was also freed from now on!

However, just as the dagger in his hand was raised above his eyebrows, the old eunuch stopped suddenly.

Waiting for another moment, I felt that the feeling of numbness and powerlessness quickly spread to the whole body, the dagger fell from his hand, and the person also threw himself on the narrow table in front of him, gasping for breath with difficulty.

"...You...you were poisoned..." The old eunuch stared straight at Qiao Bing, who stood up with his eyes wide open. He couldn't figure out when he was poisoned!

Qiao Bing glanced at the flickering flames of the oil lamp.

Today, he was suddenly going to be taken to the face saint, and he had already expected it——

Since you have made up your mind to live, how can you not take some precautions in advance?

The old eunuch struggled to touch the dagger, and the sound of panting was like the ear-piercing sound of old window lattices flapping and flapping by the strong wind in a rainy night.

He fell into this situation because of the other party. How can he die while the other party is alive! No, he cannot die alone!

Just when the withered fingers were about to touch the short knife, Qiao Bing picked up the knife and held it in his hand.

"Pfft—"

The blade sank into the flesh and blood of his chest.

Practitioners of medicine, especially geniuses among them, naturally know how to kill with one blow and minimize the pain of the other party.

"In the next life, neither you nor I will enter the palace again... We will meet outside the palace in the next day, and I will take you to the Zhuangyuan Building to have a drink and make amends."

Qiao Bing got down from the low couch.

However, at this time, there was an impatient urging voice from the entrance of the dark room: "Why don't you come out? Still waiting to talk to Ji Gong!"

"Go down and have a look!"

Qiao Bing's heart tightened when he heard that.

Sure enough, there are people out there!

This realization flashed in his mind, and he immediately grabbed the jug and dropped it.

"Boom!"

With a sound, the flagon was smashed to pieces.

No one has agreed with him in advance to use movement as a sign——

He is betting!

He bet that since the empress has found out about him, she won't let him be easily killed by the emperor!

And if the empress pays attention, she won't be ignorant of what the emperor intends to do to him tonight!

But in this deep palace, everyone has scruples, and he is not 100% sure...

Qiao Bing moved his body with difficulty, pulled out the old eunuch's chest knife, pressed it under his body, and remained motionless.

The emperor never wanted too many people to know about him, so he didn't want to send too many people. If the people guarding outside heard the news and came in together at this time, they would definitely step forward to check whether he was still alive——

During this interval, they will inhale the poison in the lamp oil. If he is lucky enough to delay it long enough, there may be a way out!

Qiao Bing fell beside the old eunuch, tightly clutching the bloody dagger under his body.

However, no footsteps were heard.

What he couldn't see was that the two guards guarding the dark room had already been knocked unconscious by two ghostly shadows behind themselves.

A black shadow was about to descend into the dark room, but his companion grabbed his arm: "Wait, someone is coming..."

The two looked at each other, dragged the two unconscious guards to a dark place, and hid temporarily to wait and see.

A figure walked over quietly.

The cabinet that blocked the entrance of the dark room was moved by the two guards just now. At this time, there was a fire light coming out of the dark room with lights on. Although it was faint, it was especially eye-catching in the dark surroundings.

"There really is a dark room..."

Xiaojiezi swallowed nervously, and left the dark room.

"Is anyone there?"

As he descended the stone steps, he lowered his voice and asked tentatively.

After entering the secret room, when he looked left and right, he saw two figures beside the table, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

dead... dead?

Could it be that he is late?

Xiaojiezi hesitated for a moment and stepped forward.

He even noticed that his hands and feet were a little weak - he had been in this dark court for a long time, and he had never seen any corpses, so he shouldn't be so scared...

But he went forward to squat down, and when he was about to turn the person over to check, he saw the person suddenly opened his eyes, pressed him down, and covered his mouth and nose with something.