Chapter 24 Hostage
It turned out that the owner of the big black dog passed away at the beginning of the year and entrusted the dog to his son. His son was a good-for-nothing who only knew how to eat, drink, gamble and have sex all day long. In less than a year, he had squandered most of the family fortune.
Han Ruixuan sent someone to buy the dog at a high price, but the prodigal son sold the dog without hesitation.
Because it was a fair transaction, Wuhua couldn't stop it.
"The big black dog was taken to Paiyun Tower."
Wuhua was unhappy.
"Is there any beast fighting arranged in Paiyun Tower today?" Feng Qingsui asked.
"No, it's tomorrow afternoon."
"Go to Paiyun Tower first and keep an eye on it, protect the big black dog, and find out the defenses there."
Feng Qingsui made arrangements and went to the Rongchang Marquis's residence to walk with Wei. After the walk, she said to Wei, "Something's going on at the residence tomorrow, so I won't be coming."
Wei nodded and said yes.
At night, Wuhua returned to Ji's house and told Feng Qingsui about the layout and defense of Paiyun Tower. Feng Qingsui thought for a moment and gave her two medicines.
"Tomorrow, if Delphinium comes, you will put the medicine wrapped in white paper into her tea or wine, and feed the medicine wrapped in yellow paper to the big black dog."
"good."
The next day, half an hour before the beast fight started, she drove alone to an alley not far from Paiyun Tower, disguised herself as a dull-looking man, and headed to Paiyun Tower.
Paiyunlou is one of the largest restaurants in Beijing. There are singing, storytelling and acrobatics in the lobby on the first floor. The performances are scheduled from morning to night. You can sit here for half a day by ordering a pot of tea and two plates of snacks. Therefore, it is always crowded and bustling.
Feng Qingsui told the waiter waiting at the door that he was looking for someone, and then walked in without attracting any attention.
The purification room was at the very end of the lobby. She walked straight there, and then followed the clues given by Wuhua, found the secret door, opened the mechanism, and went down the stairs.
The Colosseum is right below the lobby. In the middle is a round iron cage with a diameter of about three meters and a fence about six feet high. The iron cage is about three feet above the ground. There is a circle of stairs surrounding the cage, and rows of Arhat couches are placed on the stairs.
There was a kang table on the couch, and the waiters were busy placing tea, wine, snacks, melon seeds, braised meat and other food on the kang table.
Feng Qingsui looked around for a moment and quietly walked towards the purification room of the Colosseum.
Soon, "gamblers" arrived one after another.
Cuique and Han Ruixuan arrived neither too early nor too late. After they sat down on the Luohan couch reserved for them, the waiter immediately poured them some wine.
"Make me a pot of tea."
Delphinium said lazily.
Han Ruixuan came over and asked, "Why aren't you drinking today?"
Delphinium gave him a glare: "You're asking questions even though you already know the answer!"
She was having her period and her lower abdomen was aching, so she didn't dare drink.
"It seems that Wei's dowry contains a lot of pills. I'll ask if there's any medicine to treat this someday and get some for you."
Han Ruixuan said lovingly.
Delphinium spat at him: "Who wants her things? If you eat them, you might even die."
She had been living a good life until she entered the Rongchang Marquis's mansion and drank a cup of tea from Wei, and she never had peace again.
Although I have been blessed with favors for the past few years, I have never been pregnant.
Sooner or later, she will make Wei pay back for this loss.
Han Ruixuan smiled and said, "Forget it if you don't want to eat. I'll find an imperial physician to see you."
Delphinium remained noncommittal.
After taking a cup of tea brewed by the waiter and drinking it, she leaned on the cushion, looked at the empty octagonal cage, and thought that the big black dog would soon become a dead dog, with a cruel smile on the corner of her lips.
The next moment, my stomach started to ache.
Her face darkened.
He hurriedly greeted Han Ruixuan and walked quickly towards the bathroom.
After she finished relieving herself, she stood in front of the washstand. Just as she picked up the soap, she caught a glimpse of a figure in the mirror in front of her.
A beautiful woman whose appearance surpasses hers.
Also wearing men's clothing.
A gloom flashed across her eyes.
He quietly stretched his right foot back, trying to trip the other person.
Unexpectedly, the other party stretched out his hand and put a thin knife to her neck.
"Don't shout, or you'll die soon."
The other party lowered his voice.
The sharp blade was right on her neck, bringing a chill. Delphinium's hair stood on end, and she didn't dare to move rashly.
"I am the favorite concubine of the Marquis of Rongchang. His secret guards are outside. If you kill me, you will not be able to escape from here."
She tried to remain calm.
The man held a knife in one hand and grabbed her waist with the other, forcing her to retreat.
He retreated to the innermost door of the clean room, pushed it open, dragged her in, and then bolted the door behind him.
There is a staircase leading down inside.
It was the first time she knew there was such a passage in the clean room.
"Go down."
The other party ordered.
She raised her foot and walked down. Every time she slowed down her pace, the blade on her neck would be pushed inward a little.
She was forced to speed up.
The stench down there was so bad that she almost vomited.
It turns out this is a filth storage room.
As soon as she stopped, the other party kicked her in the knee, knocking her to the ground, and then tied her hands behind her back and tied her legs and feet.
"what you up to?"
She asked, suppressing her nausea.
"How did Jiang Chunyu die?"
The other party looked down at her and asked coldly.
She was stunned.
"I don't know the person you're talking about."
"Jiang Chunyu, the daughter of former Minister of Rites Jiang Jiyan and Feng Xi," the other party said expressionlessly, "Do you know each other now?"
Delphinium's eyelids twitched.
Suddenly I found that the other person's face looked familiar.
Who does it look like?
A vague, slender figure appeared in her mind.
——Feng Sui, that damn blind little guy!
She is still alive!
wrong.
She can actually see things?
Surprise almost leaped onto her face. Cuique barely suppressed her inner thoughts and revealed a look of astonishment: "How could I, a concubine who is not presentable, know Minister Jiang's daughter?"
"You may not be presentable, but you can dress as a man."
Feng Qingsui said calmly.
"On the day of Madam Rong's birthday banquet, you dressed up as a servant and followed Han Ruixuan. You saw my sister and Xiao Yu who was writing a birthday greeting.
I heard that my sister is now the wife of a minister, has a young and promising husband who is devoted to her, and a smart and clever daughter. You were given to Han Ruixuan as a skinny horse, and your fertility was destroyed by Wei. You are so jealous that you are unrecognizable.
You had the maidservant soil my sister's clothes, forcing her to change them, and then, in my sister's name, tricked Xiao Yu out of the banquet hall and took her life."
Delphinium was extremely surprised.
This person was clearly not there that day, so how could he know everything about her inner thoughts and actions?!
"Why do I know what you did?"
Feng Qingsui sneered.
“What the venomous snakes in the gutter are thinking, those who have been bitten know it best.”
Cuiqiao looked innocent: "I don't know why you linked that child's death to me. I don't know that child, nor do I know your sister, let alone you. I am just a skinny guy from Jiangnan."
As soon as she finished speaking, Feng Qingsui stabbed her right shoulder with a knife, and her expression changed suddenly.
"don't want!"
“Sizzle!”
Feng Qingsui threw away the broken sleeve in his hand, looked at the teeth marks on her arm, and said coldly: "The mark left by the big black dog is still there. Do you think you can deny that you are Delphinium?"
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