box of hearts

Chapter 197: Ji Xianbin (5)
The sore-faced man stretched out his left hand to caress one of her breasts, and clamped the pliers of his right hand to her other nipple, and gently closed the jaws, "No wonder the regent loves the empress so much, next time he caresses here At that time, you won't only see the mother's handful of preserved snow, but not see your own bloody hands."

Qingtian finally didn't feel the cold anymore. Fear and shame rolled straight to the top of her head like a fireball. She used all her remaining strength to slam forward, and the sparks in her eyes instantly started a prairie fire.And before she fainted completely, she seemed to hear a few messy hoofs coming from the world above her head.

5.
The sun was setting in the western mountains, and the wind was blowing, rolling the stratus clouds, and it seemed that there would be a good rain.Before the thunder came, they heard the rumbling horseshoes shaking the ground first.

After half an hour of tracking, the horse team stopped in front of an abandoned cellar.The commander of the Zhenfu Division, Tang Ning, waved his hand, and three or five soldiers rolled off their horses first, and together they lifted up the pan covering the entrance of the cellar.

Tangning jumped off the horse and chased a few steps forward, "My lord!"

After half a day of travel and dust, Qi She's face has become a clay sculpture, and all the anxiety is written on his footsteps, which are deep and shallow.

"My lord," Tang Ning stopped Qi She; after the roller was moved away, a deep hole was revealed, and everything in the hole was still lurking in the shadows, "Let's go down first."

There was a dilapidated wooden ladder at the entrance of the cellar, and Tangning went down the ladder.The air-conditioning in the cellar invaded his body, he stomped his feet, lit up the flint, held the fire and went around and shouted: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is here!"

As soon as the shout fell, Qi She had already descended to the bottom of the cellar in a few steps, following the flickering firebrick in Tangning's hand, she walked towards the corner of the wall.Not too far away, Tangning in front of her suddenly turned around and turned away from the fire with an embarrassing expression on her face, "My lord, forgive me."

In the light and shadow of a slight breath, I saw a woman tied to a wooden stake, her plump breasts were exposed, her eyes were closed, her head was hanging down, and her short hair would reach her shoulders.

As if a heavy hammer hit his heart hard, Qi She could only feel that he was approaching with a single step under his feet.Qingtian remained motionless, while he was trembling all over, stretching out his hand almost heartbroken.When his dazzled fingertips finally felt a faint, uniform warmth at the end of her nose, his knees went limp, and he almost fell to his knees.He breathed a sigh of relief, and groped Qingtian's chest and abdomen a few times, but he didn't touch any wound, so he drew out his waist knife and cut off the rope on the stake, shouting violently: "Medical officer!"

The sky is completely dark, and at the end of the year, the accumulated rain falls, and thousands of drops hit the tiles, smashing that faint dream.

"don't want--!"

Qing Tian screamed and sat up.The black mist in front of her eyes dissipated, and at the focal point, she saw a face under the bright light, looked at it with trembling lips, and then rushed forward with a "wow".

Qi She hugged her tightly to his chest, firmly. "It's okay, it's okay."

In his memory, Qingtian had never cried so hard, like a hungry and crying baby.He tried to comfort her at first, but then he didn't say a word at all, he just patted her, caressed her, and rubbed her.The front of his clothes was completely soaked with tears, and her crying gradually subsided.

He circled her with one hand, and brought a porcelain cup to her lips with the other, "Take some hot tea."

Qing Tian took a few sips from the teacup, raised his tear-covered face and looked around.This is an exquisite bedroom with a large carved bed and a brocade soft mattress. She is sitting on the bed with white gauze wrapped around the fingers of her left hand and an embroidered quilt covering her body.

"Where is this?"

Qi She transferred the teacup to the bed table, pulled a coat over her shoulders, "Yanjiao Guanyi."

"Why are you here?"

"I heard that something happened to you, so I came here."

Tears flowed down again and again, as if afraid that he would disappear, Qing Tian grabbed Qi She's wrist with both hands.His eyes first fell on the gauze of her left hand, then moved to her face, and covered half of her cheek with his whole palm, his voice had a strange weight, "I have been looking forward to this day of reunion for a long time, But I never thought it would be like this. Qingtian, what happened? Tell me everything."

She shivered back into his arms tremblingly, "I don't know, I was in the clubhouse the night before, but when I woke up, I was in a cellar-like place, dark and cold. Someone took a I was asked to copy something, but I refused, so he used pliers to pull out my nails, and also——, does he have any?" She suddenly remembered something, and suddenly started, covering her chest with her hands, her eyes widening. Cast in a panic.

"No, the clothes I changed for you with my own hands, that person only took off your shirt, and didn't violate you."

"He didn't clip my, my—?"

"What?" Qingtian's question made Qi She recall the unexplained blood stain on her breast, and immediately understood, without feeling terrified, "He wants to pinch off your nipple?!"

In an instant, Qingtian burst into tears again, "He used the pliers to pinch my place hard, and I was so anxious that I fainted, and I don't know what happened after that."

Qi She's breath suddenly became thick and chaotic, suppressing his emotions, he picked up a thin piece of paper and handed it over, "What did that person ask you to copy, so threatening to you?"

Qingtian tremblingly unfolded the thin paper and blew his nose, his pupils moved, "A letter, a letter of informant, pretending to be my identity, pretending to be someone close to me, exposing you to support soldiers, win over officials, and control the government , raising assassins, intending to usurp the throne. The wind and thunder in the pen is terrifying."

Qi She's expression seemed to be tightened by a straight rope, "What does that person look like?"

"His face is full of festering acne, and it may be a leather mask. Anyway, he doesn't look real, and his voice is high-pitched and strange, unlike ordinary people. Why, didn't you catch him?"

"When I found you, the person had already run away."

As soon as Qingtian's hand softened, the ball of paper soaked with tears rolled to the ground.After a long while, she stared at him with swollen eyes, "The other party's origin is unknown, and he's so cunning and vicious, you have to be careful."

At this moment, the door rang twice, and Zhou Dun's voice came in: "My lord, Mr. Tang is back and said he has something important to report."

Qi She calmed down for a moment, and replied: "Understood." He reached out and wiped the tears on Qingtian's face, and put a satin backrest behind her, "Wait here for me, I'll go out and talk to someone If you have anything to say, just call me, don’t be afraid.”

Qing Tian squeezed his sleeves in his hand for a moment, and then slightly bit his tears.Qi She stroked her, got up and left the room.

After passing through a compartment, Tangning was waiting in the outer room.Qi She raised his hand, "Forget it. What did you find out?"

"Yes." Tangning had been running around for a whole day, her eyeballs were already cloudy, but her eyes were always sharp and clear, "I have led people to search, and besides the entrance under the pan, there is another hidden door on the wall of the cellar. There is a tunnel at the back, and the kidnapper escaped through the tunnel. However, when he left in a hurry, a rusty iron nail by the door scratched his clothes, leaving a piece of clothes with a faint fragrance. Therefore, the humble officer was transferred immediately It's a pity that the weather is not good, the rain has washed away the smell, making it impossible to track down the whereabouts of the kidnappers, but fortunately, another physical evidence was found at the scene."

Qi She glanced at a small tin box presented by Tangning, "What is this?"

"Soot from hookah." Tangning put the box on the tea table next to Qi She, "The incense that the kidnappers used to confuse the empress is a very powerful Mongolian sweat medicine called 'Millennium Black'. I had to sleep for a day and a half, and couldn't be woken up by external force, so I could only wait for the medicine to cure itself. I think the kidnappers took the empress to the cellar, and spent an hour or two waiting for the empress to wake up. They smoked a few bags of cigarettes to pass the time. The pipe was cleared, so the soot was left behind, which was originally accumulated in a corner of the ground, and the humble officer collected it. The prince knows that there are several servants in the Zhenfu Division who specialize in identifying various plants, soil quality and other microscopic objects. One of them is familiar with all kinds of soot. After identification, he said that this kind of soot can only be found in one place."

Qi She turned from the tin box containing the ash to the front, staring at Tangning.Tangning hesitated a lot, "However, if this place is mentioned, a prominent person will definitely be involved, so I don't dare to speak lightly in a lowly position. I hope I can ask the empress first."

Qi She thought for a while, and said: "She has recovered her senses and told this king everything. If there is anything you need to know, just ask this king."

"So, I dare to ask the lord, what is the special purpose of the kidnappers to take away the empress?"

"Ask her to write a letter in her own hand, accusing the king of treason."

Surprised, Tang Ning had an expected expression on his face, and muttered to himself, "That's it." Afterwards, he knelt down facing Qi She, "My lord, it's not because I'm so humble that I dare to say Lying, it's just that I am deeply favored by the prince, and I am only loyal to the prince. According to the humble job, this matter is far from that simple. This soot is a kind of shredded tobacco produced in Lanzhou. Qing Palace."

The sound of the rain outside was indistinct, and Qi She once again looked lightly at the soot at the bottom of the box, "You mean, the Empress Dowager ordered this matter?"

Tang Ning couldn't get up on her knees, and lowered her head to say: "The emperor is about to rule the country himself. Although there is an obstacle of fame and status, in the future, he will definitely respect his biological mother, the Queen Mother. I can't be reconciled, it's inevitable that in the future, I will live under someone else's fence, so I will come up with this poisonous policy. These years, the prince has been in charge of the court, and he is the target of public criticism. If Duan Niangniang's personal informant letter reaches the emperor, the emperor will see that the people close to the prince actually expose the prince's treason , there is no guarantee that there will be no secret suspicions. Once the emperor and the prince have a quarrel, the Wang family can take the opportunity to make a comeback."

(End of this chapter)