"hateful!"
In a small cabin, Luo Ji was lying on a wooden board without even a bedding. He was curled up on his side, facing inward, cursing angrily.
But because of the heavy punishment of being slapped, and being taken away from the bed for making a fuss after being escorted in, I am now so uncomfortable that it is difficult to sleep. I have finally learned to be obedient, at least I only curse in a low voice when I curse, and I dare not do it again. louder.
In Luo Ji's view, this was because he was enduring the humiliation and the accumulated resentment, which at this time far exceeded the time when he was beaten.
If you give him a chance, I'm afraid he will pounce on him immediately and bite off Luo Pei's flesh in one bite to satisfy his hatred.
"This old man! When I return to Beijing and see the prince, I will definitely file a complaint against you!"
"You think you have caught me, and I will accuse you of seeking refuge with the King of Shu and trying to rebel!"
"It's never too late for a gentleman to take revenge after ten years. After all, our family is also the chief eunuch of Prince Qi's palace, leading both the palace and the palace. How can you humiliate me like this?"
"To humiliate me is to humiliate the prince and your majesty!"
Just as he was feeling resentful, he suddenly heard a crash from the cabin door behind him. The sound was not loud, but Luo Ji immediately became excited and turned over to sit up.
"Could it be that the old man hates me for scolding him and wants to harm me in the middle of the night?"
Thinking this, he immediately became more vigilant and decided that if this was the case, he would shout so that everyone on the ship could hear him. Even if he died, he could drag the old man with him.
After all, he is a member of the royal family. Even if he is an imperial envoy, he does not have the authority to kill him.
Although the people outside opened the door quietly, they did not come in immediately. They seemed to know his concerns and actually explained in a low voice: "Is this Eunuch Luo inside? I'm here to rescue you. If your father-in-law wakes up, please answer me."
Save him, not a killer?
Luo Ji rolled his eyes, but did not take it lightly. He also lowered his voice and asked, "Who are you?"
"The humble position is Huang Zhongcheng. It was you who helped me out with the imperial envoy this time. Do you remember?"
Remember, why don’t you remember!
This Huang Zhongcheng was a seventh-grade military attache, and he was regarded as a member of the King of Qi, but he was apparently neutral, and he was an honest man who did his job without merit or demerit.
The purpose is to become one of the secret chessmen of the King of Qi. This time he was sent to serve as an imperial envoy fleet. It was Luo Ji who handled it and secretly pushed him. The purpose, of course, was to place a few more people in the imperial envoy fleet. to play a role at critical moments.
Luo Ji was suddenly captured and humiliated before, so he forgot about it for a moment. As soon as the man answered, he immediately remembered it.
This is indeed one of our own!
He must have known that he was imprisoned here and could not be rescued during the day, so he found the opportunity to come over at this time?
You know, it must have taken a lot of effort to find such an opportunity. If you miss it this time, there will probably be no next time.
Therefore, Luo Ji immediately got up and said to the person standing in the dark: "You still have a conscience. Unlike those people, no one is willing to save our family. When our family gets out, we must repay them well." !”
When he said the word "repay", his sinister attitude was fully revealed, showing that he was very hateful.
Then he walked over quickly, looked outside, and found that no one was there. He pulled Huang Zhongcheng and whispered: "Go out first, then talk about it. It's you who saved our family. When we get out, I will repay you." , you can rest assured that you will be promoted and made rich, and you will enjoy endless glory and wealth!"
Huang Zhongcheng seemed to believe it and nodded: "I certainly believe what my father-in-law said!"
"The people watching from the outside went to sleep in the cabin next to me. I gave them wine, but there were patrols on the surrounding ships. If we were discovered by others, we would not be able to leave. Father-in-law, we have to leave quickly."
This is exactly what Luo Ji wants.
He couldn't wait to return to Beijing to complain, and he didn't need to be reminded. When he went out, he tiptoed and didn't dare to make any noise.
When I got to the stern of the boat, I saw a small boat parked. I knew that this man had prepared it in advance, and I was satisfied.
At that moment, he didn't care about the small size of the boat and whether he could save his life if it capsized on the big river, so he climbed aboard eagerly.
Huang Zhongcheng then went up, and both of them held oars and rowed hard toward the shore.
If you take a small boat by water, you can be overtaken quickly by someone, but as long as you get ashore and run far away, the sky is huge and trying to find someone else is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
But not long after rowing out, Luo Ji felt proud and felt that he was really lucky and could be lucky in the face of adversity, and suddenly felt a cold on his feet.
Looking down, he didn't know when there was a thin layer of water in the cabin of the small boat. If it hadn't already reached the top of his boots, he wouldn't have known it at all!
"This, this boat is actually broken? Why did it get flooded?" No matter how deliberately he suppressed his voice, the eunuch was so shocked that he couldn't care anymore when he encountered this situation. He went directly to ask the person sitting in front of the boat.
As a result, Huang Zhongcheng in front listened, and without even looking back or saying a word, he jumped into the river and disappeared with the splash of water.
be cheated!
This thought suddenly popped into Luo Ji's head, making his heart immediately freeze.
But now is not the time for him to scold the other party. Seeing more and more water in the boat, he, a eunuch who cannot swim, is as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
Thinking that there would be water in, Huang Zhongcheng must have run away and dug a hole in the bottom of the boat. Not caring about the water that had reached his knees, the eunuch bent down and touched with his hands like crazy, trying to find and block the water inlet.
But at this point, where can I find it, and where can I find it in time?
Everything he did was in vain.
Seeing that the boat was sinking quickly and that he was about to be buried at the bottom of the river, Luo Ji's instinct for survival made him stop caring about anything else and screamed.
"Help! Help! Help... ugh!"
After just one or two screams, his ankle was suddenly held by a hand, and then pulled along. Luo Ji, who had no power to fight back, was pulled into the water and sank.
The nose, ears, and mouth suddenly became new water inlets, and the cold and biting river water poured straight into it. The pungent and suffocating pain made Luo Ji's head buzz. He struggled desperately, kicking his feet, trying to break away from the force that kept pulling him down.
But everything was in vain. When his struggling speed gradually slowed down and even became calm, a figure swam past and disappeared in a flash.
On several official ships that were close by, someone heard him shouting once or twice. When the people guarding Luo Ji found that the door of the cabin was open and no one was inside, they immediately went to report it to the imperial envoy.
There was a commotion on the official ship, lanterns were lit, and the river suddenly became bright as day.
Luo Pei dressed neatly and came out. Hearing the soldiers in front of him bow their heads and report the cause and effect, he only shouted angrily: "Drinking and causing trouble, anyone in custody will be given ten slaps and a month's salary!"
Then he ordered: "Send more people to salvage. Before dawn, we will see people alive and corpses if they are dead!"
"Yes!" The soldiers ordered to go down and sent more people to salvage it.
Zhang Sui was also awakened, his eyes rolled, he glanced at Luo Pei from time to time, and then quickly retracted. He didn't know what he was thinking, but his legs were a little weak and trembling slightly.
