Gu Qi, she just wants to farm

Chapter 173 Poisoning is not the only kind

"Boss, I need two upper rooms."

Zhou Li took out the silver taels.He said again: "The horses are tied in the yard, and I will be taken care of by Lao shopkeeper."

"It should be, the guest officer can rest assured."

The shopkeeper of this inn is a young woman. After collecting the money and handing over the room card, she greeted warmly: "You two guests, would you like some snacks?"

Zhou Li raised his eyes and asked Gu Qi, Gu Qi nodded and said, "Miss, if you have any hot food, just order it."

*
Xu Shi hadn't had any guests for a long time, and it was rare for business to come. The shopkeeper's lady had a smiling face and was extremely attentive.

"Two guest officers, wait a moment. I'll go to the back kitchen and ask someone to prepare." After finishing speaking, he called the waiter to serve tea to the two of them.

The speed of serving food in the store was not slow, and soon two other young men who looked like men brought two bowls of noodle soup, one plate of sauced beef, and two plates of stewed vegetables from the back kitchen.

Gu Qi cast a glance.It is a little strange that the business of this store is so poor, but there are not many people.

Pushing one of the bowls of noodles to Zhou Li, Gu Qi was about to move his chopsticks, but Zhou Li raised his hand and signaled Gu Qi to wait with his eyes.

Gu Qi paused.He didn't ask, but gently stirred the noodles in the big bowl with the chopsticks in his hand.Make a look that is ready to eat, but needs to be cooled because the noodle soup is too hot.

At the same time, out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the lady shopkeeper who had just returned from the back kitchen and was sitting on a table and chair by the door.

There is no need for Zhou Li to remind, Gu Qi's instinctive vigilance has already noticed that everyone in the store is focusing on himself and Zhou Li.

Zhou Li frowned slightly, as if he disliked the dirty chopsticks in the inn, took out the handkerchief from his cuff, and began to wipe the chopsticks in front of everyone.

At the same time, the wide cuffs also blocked the sight of others looking at the soup bowl in front of Zhou Li from other angles.

And Gu Qiyin was right in front of him, so he could clearly see a slender silver needle exposed under the veil that Zhou Li was holding in his hand.
Gu Qi raised his eyebrows slightly, his face remained unchanged, and he didn't even stop the chopsticks stirring the noodle soup.

Soon one end of the silver needle fell into the noodle soup.After a few breaths, the silver needle remained unchanged.

Zhou Li took back the silver needle, and unconsciously frowned even deeper, but Gu Qi couldn't help curling the corners of his lips enough.

Carry silver needles with you and be ready to test poison with silver needles at any time.This week Li is really cautious.

It's a pity that not all poisons can be tested with silver.

What's more, poisoning is not the only method used in the world.

*
"Don't wipe it, young master, how can you be so particular about going out. Eat early and rest early, and you have to hurry tomorrow morning." Gu Qi smiled teasingly and talked to Zhou Li.

The voice was neither soft nor heavy, but it was just enough for everyone in the store to hear clearly.

Zhou Li didn't understand what Gu Qi meant, so he looked up at Gu Qi.Just as he was about to ask Gu Qi why, he saw Gu Qi lift up his chopsticks, pick up the noodles and put them in his mouth.

Zhou Li was taken aback for a moment, but before he could open his mouth to stop, Gu Qi chewed a few times, and had already eaten two mouthfuls of noodles.

"Yo, this shop's noodle making skills are good. It's not much worse than that made by scholars." Gu Qi commented objectively.

Zhou Li's complexion changed, he didn't think Gu Qi was a disrespectful person.What's more, with Gu Qi's skills, it doesn't seem like he knows nothing about Jianghu affairs.

Zhou Li looked at Gu Qi, and saw Gu Qi eating noodles and vegetables one after another in front of him.After a while, Gu Qi's expression did not change at all.

Are you really thinking too much?
Zhou Li doubted her own judgment.

impossible!
Thinking of the looks of the two waiters when the food was just served, and the woman's eyes on the two of them since just now, they all told Zhou Li that there was definitely something wrong with this restaurant.

"Why don't you eat it? When the noodles are cold, the taste will not be good." Gu Qi raised his head and asked with a smile.

Zhou Li couldn't figure out what Gu Qi was thinking, and didn't dare to try it rashly, and said, "I used some snacks when I went out, but now I don't have much appetite."

Gu Qi calmly took a sip of the soup: "Eldest Young Master Jingui, could it be that you can't get used to eating outside food?"

Zhou Li paused, everyone around him knew that he was particular about food and clothing, if those people said this, Zhou Li wouldn't feel that way.

But if it were Gu Qi who said this, it would be a little strange.

But talking about the previous few times, he said that just two days ago, he and she ate plain noodles and wontons at the breakfast stall outside the city gate of Sishui County.

Thinking about it this way, the phrase "Could it be that I can't get used to the food made outside" was obviously not said to myself, but to the few in the inn.

Zhou Li's heart moved slightly, and soon the arrogance and impatience common to the children of the aristocratic family appeared on his face.

"Well. I'm not used to it."

Gu Qi showed a clear look: "If you are not used to eating, just go hungry, I will eat." After saying that, he turned his head and said to the shopkeeper lady: "The chef of the lady's family is really good."

The shopkeeper's lady was a little embarrassed.Then there was a warm and attentive smile on his face: "Girl eat more if she likes it. Why doesn't that young man eat more? My cook's hands and feet are clean and not dirty."

Gu Qi smiled lightly.

Dirty is not dirty, but it is hard to say if it is not clean.

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After Gu Qi cleaned up the noodle soup and a large portion of the stew on the table, the atmosphere in the inn began to become weird.

Zhou Li didn't say a word.The shopkeeper's wife and the three fellows also remained silent.

Gu Qi put down the bowls and chopsticks, looked at the shopkeeper's wife, but saw that the young woman's still charming face had no smile at all, she pursed her lips tightly, barely maintaining her composure.

The smile on the corner of Gu Qi's mouth deepened.

With such poor mental quality, he must be a novice.

Just now Gu Qi paid attention to the three guys in the store.Among the three guys, the shorter and thinner one was the one who was kept in the shop as a waiter at first.

The other two who came out of the back kitchen were young and tall, neither skinny nor strong.When walking, his feet are floating, and he has never practiced martial arts.

The most important thing is that the eyes of these two people when they unconsciously looked at the shopkeeper's lady were more immature.

Not to mention those who are used to killing and arson, but Jiang Ping, Liu Yong and others under her command are more sophisticated than these two.

Besides, the lady in charge is in her early thirties, with ordinary clothes and dark yellow skin. When she talks to people, she always puts on a secular and courteous smile on her face.

What makes people instinctive is easy to overlook. This young woman is not fair and tender except for her skin, but her appearance is very beautiful, with charming eyebrows.

Compared with those guys, this young woman is indeed a little more sophisticated in her actions.But that's all.

Judging from her expression just now, Gu Qi knew that although this woman had some devious intentions in her life, she was someone who had never seen blood.

As for the stuff in the supper, it's just the most common and most nasty Mongolian sweat medicine.

Things like Mongolian sweat medicine have limited lethality, but they also have advantages. This thing is not poisonous in nature, and it can't be detected with silver needles at all.

(End of this chapter)