Chapter 237: The Frost of the Soul and a Pot of Wine
After about half a cup of tea, the shopkeeper of the restaurant was carrying a small and refined vegetable box with bamboo carvings and lacquered gold. He walked to the door and handed it to Xiao Anzi. He said helplessly: "When you come in, you are a guest. I am your parents. It's just that I have food and clothing."
We still have to clean up the side dishes scattered on the ground, so I have to ask you, guest officer. Please go out and turn right and take me to Xinglin Herb Shop."
Xiao Anzi took the vegetable box, turned around and handed it to Ke Yue behind him, with an embarrassed look on his face, and said with a wry smile: "The fool's legs and feet are not flexible, so let my daughter go!"
After saying that, he lowered his head and took the little girl's hand, and said angrily: "Let's go home with me. Next time you cause trouble like this, be careful of the legs I break."
Then, the three of them walked out of the restaurant.
"She is still a child. Don't punish her when you get home. Besides, the waiter is also at fault."
When the shopkeeper saw the submissive little girl, he felt very sympathetic and followed everyone behind him, begging for mercy in a low voice.
The three of them stepped out of the threshold and walked towards each other separately. Ke Yue deliberately slowed down her pace and walked slowly and slowly towards the north alone.
Only a dozen steps away from the gate of "Xinglin Baicao", I met the waiter who was walking back quickly.
When the waiter saw Ke Yue carrying a vegetable box, he stopped in a hurry, bowed and saluted, and said, "Thank you for your hard work, I'd better deliver the small dishes from the drug store! I accidentally scared the little girl just now, and I feel very guilty."
"You should go back to the store to greet the customers. My daughter is also on the way and is thinking of going to Shopkeeper Xunhua to grab a pair of herbal medicines. It is a simple task, so there is no need to be humble."
Ke Yue saw that the waiter was not formal, she smiled and spoke softly.
"Ah~, the girl didn't know something. The drug store suddenly closed down half a month ago, and was inexplicably sold out the next day. Shopkeeper Hua left without saying goodbye, and there was no trace. The store's helpers have also been replaced. The war is in chaos, something may have happened.
Is it a big event? Neighbors are telling long stories, but there is no accurate news."
The waiter replied in surprise, with a hint hidden in his words.
"It's okay. I occasionally have a slight cough due to dampness and coldness. I have nothing to do, so I might as well try my luck."
Ke Yue took the words briskly, with an expression that was inexperienced in the world.
The waiter in the store followed the trend, no longer insisting, took a few steps, turned around and said: "In troubled times, you must be careful in your words and actions. Just give the food box to the drugstore clerk in front of the door, and we will pick it up in the afternoon."
When we arrived at the horse-tying post in front of the drug store, the "Wood Witch" spy who had been pretending to beg here yesterday and in the morning had disappeared.
"Did Bao Buqi sneak into the drug store to eat? I wonder if these people are drinking? Is the poison in the wine taking effect?"
Ke Yue thought to herself, her nervous heart beating wildly as she speculated on the situation in the drug store at this time.
When making the proposal last night, Ke Yue wanted to add sweat medicine to their drinking, and after knocking them out, she took the opportunity to quietly enter the drug store and open the darkroom.
The one-armed old man disagreed. He believed that if he wanted to use Mongolian sweat medicine to confuse several people with martial arts skills at the same time, the Mongolian sweat medicine must be heavy. It is difficult to operate when poisoning, and the medicine is slow. If you meet someone from the "Witch Guard"
Use silver needles to test the poison, or people with strong internal energy can use their own power to detoxify once they are aware of it, and have the opportunity to sound an alarm.
Then, all the previous efforts will be wasted and all actions will be ruined.
To be on the safe side, the old man took out the poison that he always used in the world - poison.
There are three major poisons commonly used in rivers and lakes: poisonous wine, arsenic, and crane crown red. This poison is at the top of the list. It is colorless and tasteless when dissolved into wine, making it difficult to prevent. The drug has fast properties, and it is almost impossible to rescue the poisoned person.
According to legend, the rhinoceros is a kind of raptor in ancient times. It is slightly larger than an eagle and has a loud and shrill cry. It makes a living by eating venomous snakes. The "Yu Step" used by Taoist priests in this way is to imitate its movements when catching snakes.
Therefore, its whole body is highly poisonous, especially its feathers. Any stream water that poisonous animals have bathed in will be dyed with huge poison. Once people or animals drink it, they will be poisoned and die. The death will be tragic.
Thinking of this, Ke Yue hesitated for a moment and raised her eyes alertly to look around the pharmacy.
Opposite the drug store, a one-armed old man dressed as a grandfather and grandson begging together met her gaze and nodded slightly,
The old man's resolute and fearless eyes cheered up the young girl Ke Yue, stabilized her mind, and quickened her pace.
Stepping up to the steps at the door, Ke Yue paused and listened carefully, but it was unusually quiet inside. She breathed a long sigh of relief, raised her hand and was about to knock the door, when she suddenly realized that the door was ajar.
Some people may ask, why do we build a step at the entrance of a shop where doctors and medicines are provided? It is very inconvenient for patients to go in and out. In fact, this wide step is a water-blocking stone to prevent the rainwater from flowing into the shop in summer. This way, the threshold is relatively low, and it is not easy.
It makes it easier for customers to enter and exit the store.
Ke Yue gently pushed the door open and walked into the medicine hall, but there was no one there. There was a shrine against the wall in front of it, enshrining the God of Medicine.
The remaining two walls are lined with a row of finely carved rosewood medicine cabinets, with a connected table in front. Several pairs of tables are randomly placed on the table, and two chairs and stools are placed on the side under the table.
She knew that Shopkeeper Hua was deceased, but she seemed to be able to feel his breath while she was in the medicine hall.
Just as she was looking around, a gust of draft mixed with the aroma of strong liquor floated through the back hall, but she could not hear the noise of drinking orders. She suddenly felt something strange, so she slowly walked towards the back hall to find out what was going on.
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The layout of "Xinglin Baicao Pu" is very elegant, it is the classic layout of "front shop and back shop". The front hall is for pulse consultation and selling herbal medicine; the back hall is a workshop for processing medicinal materials. The front and back halls are connected by a long corridor, and the whole is antique.
, concise and elegant.
After bypassing the screen in the back hall corridor, as soon as I stepped into the back hall, I saw a man in ragged clothes lying next to the door, curled up and lying face down on the ground, with a pool of blood and vomit flowing under his head.
Ke Yue put down the food box and stepped forward to take a closer look. This person was the spy posing as a beggar under the horse-hitch posts in front of the door. She bent down and stretched out her hand to feel his breath, but he was already dead.
"What a powerful poisonous wine!"
Ke Yue saw the powerful effect of poison for the first time, and she couldn't help but secretly expressed surprise. She quickly moved inside, and was greeted by nauseating, unpleasant sour and bloody smells.
Looking up, he saw seven or eight men lying scattered under the square table where herbs were processed. Their bodies were covered with messy herbs and vomit mixed with black blood. The mess was very disgusting.
Several fragments of wine bowls and two poison-testing silver needles were scattered on the table, but the food was neatly arranged and still smelled slightly. It could be seen that the poisonous wine was fatal in an instant, and some poisoners were poisoned.
Before he could put down his wine bowl, he fell to the ground, vomited blood and died.
Ke Yue did not dare to neglect, walked forward quickly, carefully picked up the wine jar, filled an empty wine bowl on the table, then took out the yellow ribbon hidden in her arms and dipped it in the wine bowl.
, and then deliberately dropped the yellow silk on the ground.
The book hints that it was her simple frame-up plan that laid the groundwork for the subsequent annihilation of the arrogant "anti-sex youth stormtroopers".
Then, he hurried back to the consultation desk of the medicine hall, grabbed pen and ink, and hurriedly wrote four words: "Closed today." Before the ink was dry, he took the writing in hand and ran non-stop towards the door.
Ke Yue opened the door, leaned forward and looked around, stretched out her hand to paste the banner on the door, while the one-armed old man waiting by the door took the opportunity to sneak into the medicine hall.
Ke Yue fastened the bolt of the door, and the two of them smiled at each other and walked straight to the medicine cabinet where the mechanism of the secret room was hidden.