Martial Arts: Opening Awakening

Chapter 95

Ye Qingqing looked up in surprise.

My aunt explained: "Be careful that the tea is infested with Gu insects."

Jiang Nan couldn't help laughing.

"That old woman didn't even enter the restaurant, how could she have such abilities? Besides, the tea is steaming hot, even if there are Gu worms, they would have been scalded to death long ago."

Although Gu worms are miraculous, they are just worms after all.

Especially this kind of small and difficult to be noticed, most of them are just eggs.If the temperature is slightly higher, it can be scalded to death.

The reason why Gu insects are powerful lies in their toxicity and activity.

Toxicity is easy to understand, and activity is because Gu insects are living things. After entering the human body, they can grow and reproduce quickly, and they are also controlled by the person who cast the Gu.

Most Gu worms themselves are still very fragile.

After hearing what Jiangnan said, my aunt also knew that she had made a common sense problem.

His cheeks flushed slightly.

However, I still insisted on taking out a silver needle and inserting it into the tea for a try.

"Ok?"

Jiang Nan's expression changed.

The part where the silver needle was inserted into the tea turned black.

Jiang Nan picked up the tea bowl, brought it up to his nose, and took a light sniff.

A raised eyebrow.

Suddenly said: "It turns out that the poison of the six-eyed jade lotus."

Auntie and Ye Qingqing heard of this name for the first time, and looked at Jiangnan inquiringly.

Jiang Nan glanced around, and the waiter who brought tea was gone.

He explained: "The six-eyed green lotus is a strange plant that grows in the swamps of Yuezhou."

"The appearance is similar to lotus, but the leaves and roots are much smaller than ordinary lotus. In particular, the lotus pod is green and has only six lotus seeds. That's why it is called six-eyed green lotus."

"The ripe six-eyed green lotus seed is a rare medicinal material that can calm the mind and improve eyesight. The immature lotus seed is just the opposite. It is highly poisonous and can make people dizzy and lose consciousness."

"The swamp is dangerous, not only easy to fall, but also often accompanied by poisonous fog. Even martial arts masters will fall into it if they are not careful."

"It is said that even in Yuezhou, the lotus seeds of the six-eyed green lotus are rare."

"Unexpectedly, someone used this strange poison on our heads. It seems that our opponent this time is not ordinary!"

Jiang Nan sighed.

While talking, the waiter who delivered the tea came out again and greeted other guests in the restaurant.

Jiang Nan observed the Xiaoer's movements, his footsteps were flimsy, he didn't know martial arts, he was obviously an ordinary boy.

Knowing that Xiao Er, he probably didn't know that the tea was poisonous.

Start diverting your attention to other people around you.

"Then what shall we do now?"

Ye Qingqing glanced at the old woman guarding outside the restaurant, and asked.

"Satisfy your stomach before we talk." Jiang Nan smiled faintly: "Only when you are full will you have the strength to fight."

Ye Qingqing couldn't help being infected by Jiangnan's calmness.

"What if there is poison in the dishes?" Auntie asked.

"Hehe. These six-eyed green lotuses are extremely precious. If we order a few more dishes, I don't believe that the other party is willing to poison all the dishes."

As Jiang Nan spoke, he took out a pack of silver needles from his body, obviously preparing to test the poison.

My aunt was speechless.

However, I have to admit that Jiangnan's method works.

Everyone was not short of money, and ordered a lot of dishes as if they were declaring the names of the dishes.

There are not many customers in the restaurant, and the speed of serving food is not slow.

After carefully identifying and probing with silver needles, Jiang Nan found that only one portion of beef soup had another strange poison that could also cause coma, and the other dishes were normal to eat.

I know my guess is right.

In addition to the limited quantity of strange poisons, only tea or soups are easy to be poisoned in a hurry. For other dishes, poisons are not easy to melt, and it is easy to reveal the stuffing.

Jiangnan continued to pay attention to the movement around him while feasting.

Sure enough, he found a customer near the back kitchen who was always paying attention to the movements of the two of them.

The guest was an old man dressed as a woodcutter, with a weathered face.

There was only one bowl of noodle soup on the table, but it took a long time to eat it.

The position of the woodcutter is the place Xiao Er must pass when going back and forth.There is a great chance to throw the poison into the tea or soup served by Xiaoer.

Now that Jiangnan has solved the case, naturally he won't make the old man feel better.

"Xiao Er, is the braised fish I ordered ready? If it doesn't come up, I don't want it!"

Jiang Nan pretended to get up and went to the door of the kitchen, asking if the rest of the dishes were ready.

When passing by the woodcutter's table, he seemed to trip over the leg of the table and fell to where the woodcutter was sitting.

The woodcutter hurriedly turned sideways to avoid it.

When Jiang Nan swung his arm over the table, a little powder fell silently into the woodcutter's bowl with half a bowl of noodle soup left.

Jiang Nan held on to the table.

Apologetically, he said to the woodcutter, "Sorry, I almost bumped into you."

"It's okay."

The woodcutter waved his hands expressionlessly.

After speaking, in order to conceal that he was just an ordinary woodcutter, he instinctively took a sip of the noodle soup.

Jiang Nan was done and returned to his table.

Waited for a while.

The woodcutter frowned suddenly, and fell headfirst onto the table.

"Huh? What's wrong with this old man?"

"Shopkeeper, come and see, this old man seems to be ill..."

"What's the disease? It was fine just now, I think it's poisoned..."

The diners talked a lot, and gathered around the woodcutter to watch the excitement.

Even the passers-by outside the restaurant heard the movement and came up together.

There was an instant commotion in the restaurant.

Jiang Nan casually slapped an ingot of silver on the table and said, "Let's go."

The four of them left the restaurant, and as expected, the old woman selling candied haws immediately followed far behind.

Auntie and Ye Qingqing turned their attention to Jiangnan again.

It means to ask how to deal with this old woman.

Just now, Jiang Nan used his own way to retaliate against the other body, and the medicine overturned the poisoned woodcutter. Both of them were relieved to see it.

"Look at me."

Jiang Nan smiled faintly, took out a handful of broken silver from his arms, and walked towards a group of children playing on the street.

Auntie and Ye Qingqing don't know why.

Jiang Nan leaned over and handed out the pieces of silver to the children one by one, and said with a smile:
"Kids, may I treat you to some candied haws?"

As he spoke, he pointed at the old woman selling candied haws.

"Great!"

The children cheered in unison.

After receiving the silver, they ran over and surrounded the old woman like a swarm, shouting to buy candied haws.

"Let's go."

Jiang Nan let out a low drink, and quickly left with the three of them.

Behind her, the old woman's face changed drastically, but she was entangled by the children again, so she could only forcefully smile and start doing business with the children.

Ye Qingqing chased after Jiangnan, and solemnly reminded:

"The old woman knows Gu skills. If you do this, you won't be afraid that these children will be infected by Gu after eating the candied haws she sells?"

"Not afraid."

Jiang Nan explained: "How precious Gu worms are, the old woman's goal is us, and she will definitely not waste them on unrelated children."

Only then did Ye Qingqing feel relieved.

The four of them ran wildly.

It wasn't until the night shrouded in light rain that the pace gradually slowed down.

"There seems to be a ruined temple there, let's take shelter from the rain first?"

Ye Qingqing pointed to a temple-like building not far away.

"Let's forget it." Jiang Nan shook his head: "The temple is broken on a rainy night, and accidents are easy to happen."

Ye Qingqing was puzzled.

"Isn't it always written like this in the operas? If you break down the temple to avoid the rain, you will often meet bad people and all kinds of accidents will happen." Jiang Nan explained solemnly.

Ye Qingqing couldn't help laughing: "How can the story in the play be taken seriously?"

"That's not necessarily true." Jiang Nan smiled mysteriously.

Jiangnan, who has been a human for two lifetimes, knows that there is a mysterious psychological effect called "Murphy's Law".

The more you fear something, the more something will happen.

Seeing that Ye Qingqing and my aunt didn't believe it, they didn't insist.

As the saying goes, it is a blessing, not a disaster, and it is a disaster that cannot be avoided.Since it is destined to happen, there is not much difference between facing it early and facing it later.

The ruined temple is very broken, and the heads of unknown Buddha statues in the main hall have disappeared.

The ground in the middle of the main hall was very clean, and there were still a lot of hay, firewood and flat stone benches.

Apparently travelers often stay here.

The four of them checked inside and outside the temple and found no danger, so they began to tidy up the sitting and lying places.

Unknowingly, the sound of rain outside the temple became louder.

After rushing on the road one after another, even with martial arts, the four of them were somewhat exhausted.

"Rest early, and continue on the road when the rain stops." Auntie said softly.

"Ah."

Just as Ye Qingqing nodded, there was a sudden commotion outside the temple.

Thinking of Jiangnan's previous words, Ye Qingqing and his aunt looked solemnly at the same time, they couldn't help looking at Jiangnan.

I don't know whether to lament Jiangnan's "crow's mouth" or "God's prophecy".

"Quick! Little girl, let's take shelter in the temple, don't catch cold."

It was a hoarse female voice.

As soon as the words fell, the temple door was suddenly pushed open.

In the cool wind, two vague figures, one tall and one short, appeared.

Because they were afraid of revealing their whereabouts, Jiang Nan and the others did not light a bonfire.

In the darkness, the two people who came in didn't seem to notice the existence of the four people in Jiangnan.

"cough--"

Jiang Nan coughed lightly to remind him of his existence, so as not to scare the other party.

Hearing the sound, the taller figure trembled first, then shouted loudly: "Who is it? Who is here?"

"Sister, don't be afraid. It's us. We are also here to shelter from the rain."

As Ye Qingqing said, she blew on the torch in her hand with a "poof".

The visitor heard the words and saw that the speaker was a woman, so he reluctantly lowered his guard.

With the slight firelight, Jiangnan found that the slightly taller figure was a middle-aged woman wearing a headscarf.

The shorter one was a girl about eight or nine years old.

The woman bowed her head and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I didn't know there were already people in this ruined temple. I just wanted to come in and take shelter from the rain."

"I don't care, it's just Xiaoya, she is still young, and she is easy to catch cold in the rain."

"It's okay." Ye Qingqing stood up, leaned over and grabbed a handful of hay, and said while lighting it up: "Come and dry your clothes."

"thanks, thanks!"

The woman was overjoyed and nodded her thanks again and again.

Auntie and Xiong Er also stood up to help add firewood.

The bonfire grew stronger and brighter.

The woman pulled the girl to her body and first helped the girl bake the clothes.

"Eldest sister, why are you still taking the child on the road at night?" The aunt asked softly.

When the woman heard the words, she immediately looked sad, wiped her tears and said: "It's not her father who works in a neighboring county. Not only did she not make any money, she was also broken by a stone, and she couldn't even eat for herself." mouth."

"I only got the news at noon, and I was in a hurry. I originally thought that I would be on my way overnight, and I would be able to get there early tomorrow morning. Who would have thought that it was raining!"

"I don't care, it's just Xiaoya, she is still young, and she is afraid of getting caught in the rain or getting cold."

Hearing this, Ye Qingqing felt sorry for her, and sighed: "It's not safe to drive at night, I'm still so young."

Ye Qingqing said, overflowing with love, she wanted to reach out and touch the girl's head.

But the girl shook her head and avoided it.

The woman hugged the girl and said with an apologetic smile, "I'm sorry. This child, Xiaoya, has never seen the world and is afraid of strangers."

"It's okay. Children, it's all like this." Ye Qingqing rubbed her hands in embarrassment.

The girl's clothes were as shabby as the woman's, her hair was disheveled, and there was a lot of plaster on her face, covering most of her features.

Ye Qingqing also just heard the woman say that she was pitiful, and felt pity for a while.

Otherwise, such a dirty child might not be willing to get close to him.

While speaking, the clothes on the girl's body had been dried.

The woman seemed to remember something.

He took a bundle off his back, put it on the ground and opened it, revealing seven or eight red peaches inside.

She smiled shyly and said, "People in the country don't have much good things. These peaches are grown on their own trees. If you don't mind, I'll give them to everyone to quench their thirst."

As the woman spoke, she gently pushed the girl:
"Little girl, quickly give the peaches to some kind-hearted brothers and sisters."

The girl picked up two peaches and handed them to Auntie and Ye Qingqing first.

Auntie and Ye Qingqing couldn't refuse, so they had no choice but to take it.

The girl then took two more and handed them to Jiangnan and Xiong Er.

Xiong Er stretched out his long arms, and was about to reach out to pick up Tao Zi, but his palm was opened by Jiang Nan with a "snap".

Jiang Nan took the peach that was handed to Xiong Er first, and said with a smile, "Thank you! This big brother is allergic to peaches, and when he eats peaches, he gets bumps all over his body. I will eat this peach for him."

Xiong Eryuan stared, not knowing when he got such a strange disease.

However, out of trust and obedience to Jiangnan, Xiong Er did not refute, but just scratched his head habitually.

The girl was taken aback for a moment, then returned to the woman without saying a word.

The woman patted the girl's shoulder lightly, stared at the peaches in the hands of the three, and asked in surprise, "Why don't you eat them? I washed these peaches."

As he spoke, he grabbed a peach from the package, took a bite, and the juice flowed out.

Auntie and Ye Qingqing brought the peach to their mouths, and were about to bite it off, when Jiangnan suddenly reminded again:
"Eat sweets at night, it's easy to gain weight!"

"what?"

Ye Qingqing exclaimed, and quickly moved the peach away from her mouth: "Then I'll eat it tomorrow."

Auntie's eyes flashed, and she also took Tao Zi away.

The woman's eyes were slightly fixed, and she said with a sneer: "You rich and noble families are really particular."

The scene was awkward for a while.

Coincidentally, more than half of the firewood in the bonfire burned, and as one of the supporting firewood was burned, the entire bonfire collapsed, and the fire suddenly dimmed.

"I'll get some more firewood."

As the woman said, she got up and took a pile of firewood from the pile of firewood at the foot of the ruined temple, and put them all on top of her head.

I don't know whether it was because too much firewood was set up at once, which compacted the fire core, or the firewood was not dry enough, and a thick puff of smoke suddenly rose from the campfire.

"cough--"

"cough……"

Several people in the temple were choked.

Jiang Nan's body swayed and suddenly fell down.

Auntie and Ye Qingqing's expressions changed drastically at the same time, and they also fell to the ground.

Only Xiong Er swayed a few times, his expression slightly dazed.

"Hey! I forgot that Xiong Er has drank snake blood, and his immunity to poison is too strong! Besides, this guy can't act..." Jiang Nan, who fell on the ground, complained in his heart.

Seeing that Xiong Er didn't fall down, the woman just swayed around and turned to look at the girl beside her.

The girl took a step forward, waved her hand in front of Xiong Er's nose.

A puff of powder instantly covered Xiong Er's head.

Xiong Er's bulky body finally fell to the ground with a bang.

"This freak! You can't even fascinate your immortal uncle!"

The woman kicked Xiong Er hard, and couldn't help sighing.

"Don't talk nonsense! Abolish all their martial arts first!" The girl ordered coldly, her voice hoarse and older than the woman's.

(End of this chapter)