Just as Chen Baiqi was deep in thought, the grocer suddenly said: "That's all I know, and I've told the little lady everything. I wonder if the little lady can also do Xiao Ke a favor?"

This sudden humble self-proclaim made Chen Baiqi feel strange in his heart. He turned his eyes and saw a smile on the grocer's chubby face. He rubbed his palms with an embarrassed look on his face.

The corner of her mouth raised: "I wonder if there is anything that little lady can do to help the shopkeeper?"

The grocer couldn't help but clear his throat under the gaze of the other party's clear eyes, carefully glanced left and right, and whispered to her in a low voice: "That's it, I saw that the young lady has an extraordinary bearing and behaves well."

In the spirit of Confucian benevolence and righteousness, can I ask you to keep something for me temporarily?"

Ding--

System: Side task - request from the grocer boss. The grocer boss has something very important that he wants to entrust you to keep for a while. Accept/reject?

Chen Baiqi didn't know what important things the grocer in Bincheng had entrusted her to keep, but she did have business to attend to right now, so she didn't plan to accept this side mission anymore.

As if it knew what she was thinking, the system quickly sent out another reminder.

Ding--

System: If the character refuses the shop owner's request, he may directly turn against you and expose your suspicious identity in public.

ha?

Chen Baiqi's expression froze.

The grocer still stared at her with a sincere face, hoping that she would agree and show no signs of darkening.

As expected, there is no treacherous businessman. The system's personal description of him included the last sentence: "He believes that the source of customers comes from his tireless deception." Only then did she understand its meaning. The so-called "looking at the most upright businessman cutting open the..."

They are all black.

Although she didn't think there was anything suspicious about herself that the grocer could use to threaten her, she didn't want to cause trouble at this moment.

She thought that since he wasn't afraid of her, a stranger, taking his things, she might as well keep it for him.

Although she was willing to accept it in her heart, she asked doubtfully on her face: "Since it is an important thing for the shopkeeper, why should it be entrusted to others for safekeeping? Is it possible that the shopkeeper has something he can't tell?"

The grocer nodded as if he didn't know where to start. He looked to the side and said, "Actually, I noticed that I was being followed. I was afraid that this thing would be taken away by a thief sooner or later, so I could only entrust it to him first."

You, if one day we can all escape from danger, I hope you can return this thing to the Yunzhong Grocery Store in Bincheng."

As he spoke, he took out a piece of floral cloth folded into a square shape from his arms. The cloth seemed to be bulging with something, and he quickly handed the item into Chen Baiqi's arms.

"Quickly, hide it quickly so no one can see it."

Chen Baiqi didn't even have time to check what he had received before he put it in his pocket.

Ding--

System: You get "Grocer's Baby".

Huh?

Chen Baiqi was slightly surprised.

The sign of "Grocer's Treasure" is actually a blue prop. Could it be that there is some kind of treasure wrapped in this floral cloth?

The value of general props can be distinguished by the color of the item label. Common props are white, those with collectible value are green, rare ones are blue, and rare ones are purple.

Chen Baiqi didn't open it, but she felt that this thing should be unusual, so she took it a step further.

"I wonder what this is?"

The grocer thought that since he had given the item to her, he couldn't hide it, so he said: "I don't know the details, but I heard that... this was dug out of the ancient tomb of Tianyi before."

He is a cunning person, claiming not to know, neither fully explaining the value of the thing, nor making it look cheap. If Chen Baiqi, who knows how to be trustworthy and honest, does not know its value and does not have a huge temptation, he only has a vague sense of it.

When things may be extraordinary, they will never be greedy in private.

She smiled knowingly, hooked the hair that had fallen down around her cheeks behind her ears, and asked the grocer softly: "Is there anyone else who needs help from this little lady?"

She glanced behind him. For her, it was not difficult to deal with a few people following him.

The grocer understood the hint in her eyes and was surprised at first. He probably thought that the beautiful young lady in front of him was too kind.

He hesitated and struggled for a moment, then shook his head: "I don't know the origin of the other party, but since I have never made a move, I have the right to pretend that I don't know. Besides, how can you, a little lady, deal with the other party? Please leave quickly and don't talk to him again.

I contact you, just protect this thing for me, I can't thank you enough."

Chen Baiqi's perception has always been very strong. She did notice that there were a few probing eyes that kept looking here. At first, she thought they were following her, but after listening to the grocer, she guessed that these people were staring at the groceries.

Shang's whistle.

"That being the case, the little lady doesn't force herself anymore."

"Remember, if you can't find me, little lady, you can go to Yunzhong Grocery Store and give the things to the people in the store."

——

After separating from the grocer, Chen Baiqi walked around the area again. After observing the citizens of Bin City, she felt strange.

"System, can you check if these people are all poisoned?"

System: No.

She became more and more puzzled: "Then why can't they leave Baihe Cave?"

Li system: You need to check this yourself.

Although helping these people in Bin City is not a mandatory task for the system, since Chen Baiqi bumped into him and left without investigating, he felt uneasy. Moreover, in the final analysis, the matter was caused by them.

She speculated that since people themselves are not poisoned, then other things are poisoning them.

The grocer said that once a person steps out of the Baihe Cave, he will show signs of poisoning and die on the spot. Therefore, the prerequisite for this poisoning is that he cannot step out of the Baihe Cave and cannot leave at will.

Is it possible that there is a kind of poison hidden in their bodies, but it will never attack unless there are inducing conditions? And the inducing conditions are near the Baihe Cave?

Chen Baiqi followed this line of thought and walked around the ruins to look around. Because of her unicorn pupils, she could see at night, so things that others couldn't see at night were clearly visible in her eyes.

She was observing along the way and inadvertently saw a very tiny light suddenly flashing between the cracks in the rocks and rubble.

what is that?

Chen Baiqi squatted down. She thought for a moment, put a glove on one hand, and then started to rummage.

After a while she found what she was looking for.

She saw that hidden by the gravel and earth, there were many needles as thin as hair inserted.

She carefully took out one, which was finely ground from iron, about as long as a finger, and had a dark green tip.

Chen Baiqi's eyes turned dark, and now he didn't understand anything.

In order to prevent anyone from daring to leave, they inserted these poisonous needles, which are so small that they are difficult to detect, on some of the only roads they must pass. If anyone steps on them, they will be poisoned and die.

Previously, the grocer thought that the people who kidnapped them were Jianghu people and were in the business of licking blood from the edge of a knife. She actually didn't believe it because she had seen too many killings for the sake of one's own desires.

If these people are really the killers and assassins of the Twelve Cities, why should they pity human lives if they are trading their lives? Isn't it easier to just kill them all than to kidnap them one by one and imprison them here?

Therefore, she had doubts in her heart, but now that she saw the deployment of poisonous needles, this cold-blooded and invisible method of killing people, she felt that the other party might really be a group of killers with no moral limits.

But no matter who the other party is, they are now her enemies that Chen Baiqi needs to face head-on.

Chen Baiqi stood up, thinking that if these poisonous needles were kept here, and if the people in Bincheng lost their temper and tried to escape again as time went by, another innocent person would die.

But she was afraid that there were so many poisonous needles that she couldn't finish them all by herself... Chen Baiqi had just come up with this idea when he heard a ding and the system issued another side mission.

System: Trigger hidden tasks to help others - pull out the needle (2318/0).

Mission reward: Merit value 30.

Chen Baiqi's eyes lit up in vain.

Hey, I didn't expect that there was a hidden mission, and the reward for the mission was a very earned "merit point". Now I was making a lot of money. You have to know that she worked hard and did so many dangerous tasks to earn hundreds of merit points.

The value is 30 now.

But it's still the same problem. She didn't know the specific number of poisonous needles before. She just estimated the area and guessed that there should be a lot. Now the system directly counted the actual number of 2318 needles.

How long will she have to pull out so many? Maybe when people insert poisonous needles, they just need to sprinkle it casually, which will plant a large area, but she has to carefully look for them one by one, and the labor involved is completely unequal.

of.

But she couldn't bear to part with this meritorious service...

Ding--

System: The prop-magnet can be used in the needle pulling task. (Note: It can be purchased and sold in the system mall.)

Chen Baiqi was stunned.

Then, her eyes filled with joy.

Yes, these poisonous needles are made of iron. If you use a magnet to suck them, they will probably be cleaned out in a short time.

Now that he had a solution, Chen Baiqi naturally cleaned up these poisonous needles in a few moments. Although the worries of the citizens of Bincheng were solved, Chen Baiqi did not intend to tell them for the time being.

She had her own considerations. Firstly, it was safer for these people to stay here temporarily than to enter Bincheng. Moreover, fields were opened around the ruins of Baihe Cave to cultivate fruits and vegetables, so they would not be hungry for a while.

Secondly, she can't let them leave Baihe Cave, at least not for the time being. If those who set the trap secretly learn that they have left, they will naturally associate this matter with her. If they think she escaped from the city, they are afraid of this.

It will even spread to involve the army and innocent people in villages outside the city.

She did not intend to extend the war further and let this dangerous city become the final battlefield between her and them.
To be continued...