The carriage quickly returned to the county government office and stopped in front of the small gate on the side of the county government office. Zhuo Zhen couldn't wait to hold the two girls and walked into the inner house where the county Yin lived. He actually brought the brothel girl directly into the center of the government office.
After coming out of the brothel, Zhuo Zhen's carriage was always followed by a figure, but the shadow was hidden in the darkness, making it impossible for ordinary people to detect it.
Before Zhuo Zhen walked into the bedroom with the girl in his arms, the dark shadow had already entered the room first.
There were two guards standing in the courtyard of the inner house. When they saw Zhuo Zhen coming in, they immediately stepped forward to salute. Zhuo Zhen made a gesture to them. They understood and left the inner house with evil smiles on their faces. Obviously, Zhuo Zhen was not doing that while doing that. Like to be heard.
After Zhuo Zhen entered the room, he did not immediately pounce on the two girls. Instead, he led the two girls to the bedside, took out two hemp ropes and tied them to the bed frame. Although the two delicate girls looked frightened, they Don't dare to show any dissatisfaction.
Zhuo Zhen said with a lewd smile: "You two, wait a moment, I'll go dress up."
The two girls didn't know what to say, so they could only squeeze out a smile.
Zhuo Zhen walked aside and changed his clothes. The dark shadow hidden in the corner moved forward, then quickly shrank back and became calm again.
The only sounds left in the room were the shaking of fabric when Zhuo Zhen was changing clothes and the frightened breathing of the girls, and the atmosphere was a bit tense.
Soon, Zhuo Zhen walked back to the two girls. At this time, he had taken off his official uniform and put on a pair of clothes that looked very sinister. His front was opened, revealing his skinny body, and a He wears a black eyepatch over his eyes, which looks a little funny.
He looked at the two girls and said viciously: "Are you two the girls we snatched from the mountain today? Yes, yes, we just happen to be the village master's wives together."
Zhuo Zhen's funny appearance and incomprehensible language made the two girls couldn't help laughing. There were two crisp sounds of "pop" and "pop", and the two girls' faces became red and swollen. Zhuo Zhen stepped forward with a ferocious face and gave them a hand. A slap in the face.
"Why are you laughing? Do you look down on our leader? Today I will let you know what pain and happiness are!" Zhuo Zhen showed an excited look, pulled out a thick leather whip from his waist, and pulled off two The girl's top was only covered with a bellyband.
When he was about to raise his whip and throw it at the two girls, a black shadow suddenly appeared behind him and grabbed the whip in his hand. Zhuo Zhen tried harder, but the whip didn't move at all. He Only then did he realize something was wrong. Before he could react, his hands were restrained and a dagger was placed across his neck.
Zhuo Zhen trembled slightly and glanced back to see the other person clearly, but the person was behind him and could not be seen at all. He did not dare to move, so he could only pretend to be calm and said: "Who are you? I am Qiao County Yin, do you want to kill the imperial official?"
The person behind him laughed and said disdainfully: "I'm not good at official work, but I'm pretty good at playing. Look at what you're dressed like. You're a bullshit court official. You're just a bandit."
The two girls beside the bed looked at the masked man in black who was holding Zhuo Zhen's throat with complicated expressions. Although he prevented Zhuo Zhen from further harming the two of them, facing this assassin with a sharp blade, they had more worries in their hearts. fear.
The dagger in the man's hand moved towards Zhuo Zhen a little further. Zhuo Zhen could already feel the coolness of the blade, and his legs felt weak.
Zhuo Zhen's movement was naturally noticed by the man in black, but the man in black did not help him. Second, he kicked him to the ground. A dagger flew out instantly, grazed Zhuo Zhen's face and flew over, nailing him heavily. on the ground.
The man in black said viciously: "Don't bark, otherwise I will kill your dog immediately. If you don't believe me, you can try it."
Zhuo Zhenwei stood up and knelt on the ground and begged: "Uncle, as long as you don't kill me, you can say anything. If you want money, my father has plenty of money. You can have as much money as you want. I just ask you to spare my life."
The man in black ignored him, but walked over to the two girls and cut the hemp ropes that tied them, and then ordered them to put on their clothes.
The two girls naturally did as they were told, and when they put on their clothes, the man in black said, "Don't tell anyone about meeting me, otherwise no one in Caifeng Tower will survive."
Seeing the two men nodding with horror on their faces, the man in black knocked them unconscious with a blow from his hand.
After doing this, the man in black threw a red pill on the ground and ordered: "Pick it up and eat it."
Zhuo Zhen's eyes were full of fear. He picked up the pill but didn't dare to put it in his mouth. Another dagger flew past him. He stopped hesitating and put the pill in his mouth.
He also wanted to pretend to swallow and keep the pill in his mouth before the man in black could spit it out. Unexpectedly, the pill melted in his mouth and a burning sensation flowed down his esophagus into his stomach. It was too late for him to take it out.
The man in black sneered and said: "This pill melts when it comes into contact with water. It is a Yuhua pill refined from various precious poisons. It is not a fake or inferior medicine sold by profiteers like your father."
Zhuo Zhen's heart skipped a beat when he heard the man's narration. He secretly thought that something was wrong, and his face became increasingly ugly.
The man in black walked leisurely in the room and said with a proud look on his face: "Let me tell you about the magic of this Yuhua Pill. This medicine will not be poisonous immediately after entering the abdomen, but will only have a scorching power." It is always in the belly, and as time goes by, the burning sensation will become more intense.”
Zhuo Zhen felt the burning heat in his belly and firmly believed in the man in black's narrative.
"Ten days later, if you don't swallow the antidote, your internal organs will be gradually burned clean. This process will be very slow and painful. After you die, even your body will be completely burned. , Not even a hair will be left behind, it’s like you have become feathered and ascended." The man in black continued.
The man in black then took out a small blue pill and said as if he was holding a precious treasure: "This is the antidote to the Yuhua Pill, but it can only suppress the toxicity of the Yuhua Pill. After swallowing it, you The burning sensation in your abdomen will return to the same as ten days ago, and the time for the onset of the poison will start counting again.”
Zhuo Zhen stared at the man in black with a horrified face and said, "What exactly do you want to do? Are you trying to control me?"
Although it looked like this on the surface, he secretly said in his heart: "My father has a lot of money. As long as you don't kill me today, my father will definitely be able to detoxify me. Then I will bribe a large number of martial arts masters. I will see how you die!"
The man in black smiled very happily: "Isn't it good to be stubborn? You have to be the county magistrate. Your thoughts are written on your face. Your acting level is really average."
"No matter how rich your father is, he can't solve the Yuhua Pill. What's more, your father will be a dead man after tonight. A dead man can't help you."
Zhuo Zhen simply stopped pretending when his thoughts were revealed, and said viciously: "Just because you still want to kill my father, my father has countless masters around him. I guarantee that you will never come back. What will happen to my antidote then?"
But the man in black walked towards the door as if he hadn't heard anything, stopped and said, "Don't worry, your father will die tonight and it won't affect your antidote. Wait for the news tomorrow. Remember to keep these two girls unharmed tomorrow morning." Send it back, otherwise you won't even think about the antidote. As long as you obey, I can guarantee that you will live well."
The man in black left, and everything seemed like a dream. Zhuo Zhen sat on the ground and meditated all night, and did not touch the two brothel girls again.
Early the next morning, after seeing off the two brothel girls who were still in shock, the county magistrate ran into the inner house in a panic and told Zhuo Zhen the bad news.
His father, Zhuo San, was really killed last night. He was killed silently under the protection of a group of masters.
There was no time to grieve, and he felt his belly burning even more than the previous day. He knew that if he wanted to survive from now on, he would have to obey the mercy of the terrifying man in black.
The next night, the man in black came again and threw Zhuo Zhen a piece of paper with words written on it.
The man in black left only one sentence and left: "Follow it. As long as you obey, I will arrange for someone to deliver the antidote to you by the time limit."
After his father Zhuo San died, Zhuo Zhen seemed to be a changed person. Not only did he stop doing evil, he also began to manage county affairs seriously.
He used a large sum of inheritance to purchase a large amount of good medicinal materials through his father's channels, distributed them throughout Qiao County, and then destroyed all the counterfeit medicines left in Fengwu County.
Not only did he no longer set foot in Fireworks Willow Alley, he also paid off all the money he had owed on credit.
People in Qiao County all lamented that it was the spirits of the previous two county governors who blessed Qiao County and made the new county governor a good official.
The instigator of all this, Gu Xifeng, left Fengwu County and headed for the western border after seeing that Xiao Wu Niang's condition improved after taking real medicinal materials.
What Zhuo Zhen didn't know was that Gu Xifeng's Yuhua Pill was basically a lie to him.
