Ministers Begging Me to Ascend the Throne

Chapter 674: Chapter 331: Perilous Situation

This person only gave Zhao Yao a deep look but did not speak.

Zhao Yao noticed that the person no longer looked at him, feeling puzzled, but he did not ask the person again.

He was so hungry now, when would someone come to deliver food?

Just as Zhao Yao felt he was about to starve to death, someone finally delivered food.

The person delivering the food was dressed in black night attire, with their whole face wrapped up tightly, revealing only a pair of eyes, making it impossible to see their features.

The person in black did not enter the secret room where Zhao Yao and the others were but stood at the door, pushed in the food box containing meals, and then quickly closed the door. If Zhao Yao hadn’t been sharp-eyed, he wouldn’t have seen the person in black standing at the door.

Zhao Yao was full of astonishment: Was it so strict that they even wore night clothes to deliver food and wrapped themselves up entirely? And they stood at the door, not coming in.

He originally planned to observe the person delivering the food carefully, then roughly deduce the identity of the one who captured him. Unexpectedly, the other party was so cautious that even the person delivering the food had to be thoroughly wrapped up. But why would the other party be so careful?

The other party planned to sell them, in his eyes, they were just goods. Generally speaking, there shouldn’t be a need to guard goods so vigilantly. Unless... Zhao Yao thought of a possibility, he looked towards the other person in the secret room.

This person had been sitting at the table the whole time, not speaking a single word or even glancing at him.

Zhao Yao scrutinized this person seriously, their appearance and demeanor were outstanding, indicating they must come from wealth or nobility. Considering the cautiousness from those who captured them, this person’s identity probably wasn’t simple, possibly being from a noble family in Jinling City or Suzhou Prefecture.

If his guess was correct, he could be sure that the people who captured them were opponents from a family in Jinling City or Suzhou Prefecture.

Zhao Yao kept staring at the other person, who originally didn’t want to acknowledge him, but his gaze was so intense that the other person couldn’t help but lift their eyes to look at him.

The gaze was very calm, but Zhao Yao felt a chilling coldness. This person’s eyes really resembled those of a snake.

Zhao Yao stared directly at the other person, expecting them to speak; unexpectedly, they said nothing.

The other person looked at Zhao Yao for a while, saw that he wasn’t scared by the gaze, and a trace of surprise flashed in their eyes before they retracted their gaze, no longer looking at Zhao Yao.

Zhao Yao raised an eyebrow slightly, promptly went to the door, and picked up the food box. Smelling the aroma wafting from the food box, Zhao Yao’s stomach cramped. He dared not delay any further, hurriedly placed the food box on the table, and opened it to find the dishes were still warm.

Two dishes, a soup, and two large bowls of rice, as well as a plate of steamed buns.

Zhao Yao was surprised in his heart: Is it this lavish?

He thought they would only get a few hard buns or thin porridge, but unexpectedly there were two dishes, even with meat. Such good treatment was indeed surprising.

Being treated to good food and drink meant they surely intended to sell them to some distinguished aristocrat.

Zhao Yao glanced at the person sitting opposite and hesitated before speaking: "Are you going to eat?" If he didn’t eat, he would eat everything. He was so hungry he could eat a cow, and this much food wouldn’t be enough to fill him up.

The other person glanced at him, then promptly picked up another bowl of rice, took up chopsticks, and began to eat.

Zhao Yao thought he wouldn’t eat, but unexpectedly, the person began eating without any hesitation. It seemed this person was as famished as he was.

Although Zhao Yao and the other person were very hungry, they did not devour their food voraciously. The hungrier one is, the more important it is to chew slowly, so as not to harm the stomach.

While eating, Zhao Yao was thinking about what to do next. The person who captured them was too meticulous, not only preventing the food deliverer from showing their face but also having drugged their food.

Upon taking the first bite of the dish, Zhao Yao realized there was a drug inside. Even though it was poisoned, he had to eat, or he would truly starve to death.

After finishing the meal, Zhao Yao felt his limbs becoming a bit weak, his body also becoming frail, with no strength.

It wasn’t a sedative, it should be a poison similar to Soft Muscle Powder. This poison wouldn’t kill but would leave one without much strength.

They would be full but powerless to escape, only to be obediently sold off. However, the captors had not anticipated his unique constitution, rendering such poisons as Soft Muscle Powder ineffective on him.