letter of commitment

37.

The yamen servant was not polite to Shen Qingshu at all, he only treated her as Zhang Chi's new plaything, dragged her to the cell, and ignored her.

The humidity in the dungeon was already heavy, and it was late winter, Shen Qingshu was wet all over, if she was still awake, this night would definitely be difficult.

At the middle of the night, Shen Qingshu's consciousness returned to clarity, but he was shivering from the cold, his teeth were rattling non-stop, and he felt dizzy and dizzy, with a splitting headache. Everything in the cell kept turning in her eyes, and her eyelids became heavier and heavier.

Shen Qingshu tried his best to keep herself awake, but her body seemed to be at its limit, and she was so exhausted that she fell asleep again.

……

It was only [-] o'clock, and it was still dark outside in winter, Zhong Qiao couldn't bear it anymore, last night he didn't have the mood to sleep at all, he was only worried about Shen Qingshu's safety.

At this time, the government office had already started responding, and when they walked out the door, they realized that Zhong Qiyu had been waiting for him a long time ago, and had prepared chariots and horses for him. Seeing his eyes flicker, he said, "Bring me back safely, my lord."

Zhong Qiao frowned all night, but now he relaxed.

Without further words, he drove the carriage out of Zhong Qiyu's sight.

There is no one on the street yet, probably most of them are still in Wenrou Township, it is very quiet, only the sound of the wheels of the carriage passing by.

After leaving the city gate, Zhong Qiao kept waving his whip and let the carriage gallop towards the outskirts of the city. When he arrived in Ping County, the sky was already bright, and pedestrians began to appear on the street, and his immediate priority was to run. To the county government.

Zhong Qiao was aggressive, with an unprecedented ferocious face, he dealt with the yamen servants stationed at the gate, and went straight to the lobby. Seeing him, Zhang Zhixian's surprise turned into joy.

"It's coming to your door! Take him down!"

Zhong Qiao revealed the official seal held by Shen Qingshu, and shouted sharply: "Whoever dares to make a mistake, will not let him go!"

Zhang Zhixian certainly recognized this thing, but he was stuck in place as if struck by lightning, unable to move, Zhong Qiao didn't care about him, seeing that they didn't stop him anymore, he grabbed a yamen servant and went down to the dungeon together, after the prison door opened At that time, Zhong Qiao only saw Shen Qingshu lying crookedly on the ground, her face was abnormally pale, distorted by the pain, and thin beads of sweat oozed from her forehead, which was not a normal phenomenon.

As soon as she touched her, she was startled that her body was scorching hot, but she couldn't wake her up. Zhang Zhixian also hurried over at this time, seeing Zhong Qiao hugging Shen Qingshu horizontally, his face was extremely dark.

Seeing the person coming, Zhong Qiao was furious and kicked him over, almost letting Zhang Zhixian's life be confessed here.

"Is there a medical officer? Send it to the medical officer!"

Zhang Zhixian was clutching his painful stomach and couldn't straighten his waist, but he was already aware of the seriousness of the problem, so he asked someone to lead the way to the backyard, and at the same time, someone sent someone to pass it on to the medical officer.

The medical officer took Shen Qingshu's pulse, his brows were knit into a ball, and he shook his head from time to time.

Even though the weather is so cold, Zhang Zhixian is sweating a lot. This... He was fine yesterday, why is he like this today? Could it be... Broken!That brat, this time he's going to kill him!

"She just caught a cold, but there must be something aggravating her internal condition, making her weak and causing a high fever. If the temperature is not lowered quickly, it will cause other symptoms. If the high fever persists, she may die. Worry."

As soon as the medical officer finished speaking, Zhang Zhixian's feet left the ground. Zhong Qiao grabbed him by the neck and lifted him straight up. Because of the lack of oxygen, Zhang Zhixian's face was flushed red, and his veins also appeared. , I didn't forget to shake Zhong Qiao's hand, but it made the strength a little harder.

"Ahem..." Shen Qingshu coughed suddenly, causing Zhong Qiao to let go, saving Zhang Zhixian's life.

Zhang Zhixian collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath, and crawled to the bed to see if Shen Qingshu woke up. Unfortunately, coughing was just an instinctive reaction, and his eyes were still closed. Therefore, he was beaten by Zhong Qiao again. He opened it ruthlessly, but dared not complain.

The first level of officialdom crushes people to death, but Shen Qingshu not only crushes himself by one level, no matter whether she is well or not, he will not be able to keep the black hat on his head.

The medical officer first wrote the prescription, and then ordered Shen Qingshu to be wiped with white wine every hour to cool down, but the weather was cold, it might have the opposite effect, and he was not sure whether Shen Qingshu could be out of danger.

After Zhong Qiao knew about it, he asked someone to fetch white wine, then added a lot of charcoal to the stove, stirred it for a while, and when the room was warm, he started to undress Shen Qingshu, but stopped suddenly.

"What are you still doing here?"

Another look made Zhang Zhixian tremble.

"Master Shen..."

"Leave it to me here, and send someone to Yanyang Mansion to report the situation."

Zhang Zhixian was a little hesitant, if someone came from Yanyang, wouldn't he really be done with it?

Seeing that he didn't look like he was going to take action, Zhong Qiao didn't hesitate, drew out the saber from his waist, and pointed it straight at him.

The tone perfectly blends with this season, and all listeners tremble.

"Believe it or not, I'm taking your head right now!"

Zhang Zhixian knelt down, shaking like sifting chaff, trembling: "I'll go right away, I'll go right away."

Seeing him fleeing in embarrassment, Zhong Qiao snorted coldly, bullying the weak and fearing the hard.Then he continued what he had done just now, and after a while, only the underwear remained.

It's just that he just untied the skirt of his inner coat when the thick strips of cloth wrapped around Shen Qingshu's chest made him stop. Trying to calm himself down, he closed Shen Qingshu's skirt at the speed of light, pulled the quilt up for her, and tried to Thinking about it, there are only two possibilities, one is that the adults have been injured...

But how could it be possible for him not to leave her for a moment?That is……

Zhong Qiao knew it well, but as a dead soldier, he only needed to be unconditionally loyal to his master, and he didn't need to understand or ask about the rest. This was the most basic professional ethics in their line of work.

However, compared to the past where he spent every day in killing, carrying out unchanging tasks and that cold content, Zhong Qiao has long since become an insensitive existence, without emotion, without emotion, but because of the short-term relationship with Shen Qingshu A lot has changed in just a few months.

Shen Qingshu would not regard them as cold killing machines or confidantes, what kind of concept is this, it is trust between people, and what kind of experience is it to be trusted?Zhong Qiao may not have known it before, nor would he want to know, or even disdain it, but this is too warm, which makes him feel warm too.

Shen Qingshu never restricted his and Zhong Qiyu's freedom, she said, one cannot live without freedom.

People, are you talking about yourself?Beating Zhong Qiao and Zhong Qiyu into dead soldiers, ordinary people treat them as devils who can only kill, employers regard them as fangs that can be used to bite people, and Shen Qingshu treats them as ordinary people, there should be joy, anger, sorrow and joy ordinary people.

……

Zhong Qiao turned his back, the astonishment on his face has changed to coldness, he can't do the job of wiping his body, since there are no female relatives in the county government office, Zhong Qiao asked Zhang Zhixian to bring someone back to the mansion come over.

Zhang Zhixian was terrified by him a long time ago. If he had a request, he would do it right away, without daring to think about it.

Hurrying back to the mansion, the chosen person was about to go out, when he ran into Zhang Chi, he got angry and slapped him directly.

Zhang Chi covered his face with a look of bewilderment.

"Little ancestor, do you know how much trouble you have caused this time!?" Zhang Zhixian was about to cry.

"Father, let's not talk about this, anyway, you can settle it, can't you?"

Zhang Chi didn't take it seriously, he didn't get angry because of being beaten, so he wanted to go outside.

"Do you know who the person you brought back yesterday!?"

Zhang Chi paused. "who?"

"Shen Qingshu, the magistrate of Yanyang! I was killed by you this time!"

"What? Dad, don't bully your son." Zhang Chi still didn't quite believe it.

"Still bluffing you, maybe you will lose your head, what did you say you did last time!?"

Zhang Chi told him everything, and got another slap in the face.

Zhang Zhixian followed his breath, "I'm going to the county government now, you hurry up and order the servants in the house to pack up and flee, otherwise you and I will have to confess here."

Zhang Chi just stood there indifferently, Zhang Zhixian is so anxious.

"What are you still doing here, go!"

"Father, if he can't wake up, then we have another way."

"What do you mean?"

Zhang Chi whispered a few words in his ear, and Zhang Zhixian's eyes widened in surprise.

"As long as he's dead, the people under him won't be able to make waves. They don't have the right, but you do, Dad."

Zhang Chi didn't run away, but followed him to the county government office.

When the people came, Zhong Qiao asked the father and son surnamed Zhang to leave, while he himself stood guard outside the door.

Before Zhang Chi left, he exchanged glances with the servant girl, and the servant girl understood, but when the medicine arrived, because Shen Qingshu's lips were tightly closed, and Zhong Qiao didn't allow it to be force-fed, Shen Qingshu couldn't drink it until the medicine was cold. It could only rely on physical cooling, so Zhang Chi's plan fell through.

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Here, the people sent by Zhangzhi County have already arrived in Yanyang, and the man who went to the government office was not there. After being reminded by the government servants, they went to Shen's mansion without asking anyone they saw in the next street.

The boy went in to report, and when he was young, a girl with a pretty face ran out, and without a word, she came up and questioned:

"What's wrong sir!?"

Mu Chu's tone was very urgent. When the boy went in to report just now, she was learning how to manage money with the housekeeper. When she heard the word Shen Qingshu, her heart skipped a beat and she ran over.

The visitor gave a rough idea, it turned out that he came to find Zhong Qiyu, but Zhong Qiyu must have gone to work so he couldn't find anyone.

But Mu Chu didn't care so much, he greeted the boy, and went to Ping County with the visitors.

After coming and going, it was night again, when Mu Chu appeared, Zhong Qiao was surprised, Mu Chu pushed the door and went in, only then did he realize that there were people inside, no good!

Stepping forward, sure enough, Shen Qingshu's upper body was not damaged at all except for the wrapped cloth strips. Zhong Qiao covered his eyes, and still saw through his fingers that the maid was turning her over, sticking a little closer. There was Mu Chuna's ten fingers clenched into fists because of anger.

However, Zhong Qiao consciously closed his eyes and freed his hands to cover his ears.

Mu Chu seemed to have exhausted all his strength to shout out these words:

"Vixen! Let her go!"