Ming Ruo felt that the saw-toothed beetles might not be able to chew on the iron nanmu-built ship, but if the furniture and items on board were chewed, it would be a big loss: "Is there anything that can restrain the saw-toothed beetles?"
"Sawtooth beetles are afraid of fire." A Yuan continued, "I'll go down and see what's going on."
"Well..." Mingruo saw that Xunyi and the others had successfully moved all the food back to the dock, and got two barrels of alcohol from the medical system. He asked Chu San to take it to the shore, and he also got off the boat.
"Princess, is there anything wrong with this food?" Manager Zhang didn't know why the princess didn't let the food board the ship, so he had to come over and ask.
Without waiting for Mingruo's answer, A Yuan had already opened a bag of rice. When he poured out more than half of the bag, he could see gray-black beetles the size of fingernails mixed in the rice: "Master, these rice are mixed with beetles. They should have been put there before."
In the ice cellar, the beetles enter a state of hibernation. As long as the temperature rises, the saw-toothed beetles will gradually wake up."
As if to confirm A Yuan's words, a beetle's tentacles moved, as if it was about to wake up.
"Pour this strong liquor on the grain and set it on fire." Mingruo got goosebumps when he saw the huge number of beetles.
"Yes." Xunyi spread out the grains and poured alcohol on them. He threw the fire folds on top and the flames suddenly burst into flames.
The beetles burned and made a crackling sound, and some of the more tenacious ones crawled out of the fire.
A Yuan quickly took some brooms to the secret guards and asked them to sweep the saw-toothed beetles that escaped into the fire.
Mingruo ordered the secret guards to watch here until all the insects were burned to death and the ashes were dug into a deep pit.
Although Manager Zhang didn't know what these bugs were for, it was strange that there were bugs in every bag of grain.
The two young men in charge of purchasing had earth-colored faces and trembled: "I really don't know why there are bugs in the grain... When I looked at it, it was the best silk seedling rice, which is this year's new grain."
"Manager Zhang, please arrange for someone to buy some grain. Don't get on the boat after you buy it. Let A Yuan inspect it before moving it." Mingruo called four more secret guards and asked the two boys to lead the way to buy the food.
Check out the grain shop.
"Don't worry, Princess, I will personally take people to buy food." Manager Zhang learned from A Yuan how powerful the saw-toothed beetle was, and felt a chill on his back.
"Okay." Mingruo nodded and told A Yuan to check the other ingredients and carry them on board if there are no problems.
Mingruo stood on the deck, watching the sailors move things to the ship, activated the scanning function of the medical system, and let all the ingredients go through in front of him.
"Princess Jin An." Zhang Jinliang approached Mingruo and asked, "What happened?"
"There are unscrupulous merchants buying and selling worm-infested grain, and I have sent guards to the shops to check.
"Oh..." Although Zhang Jinliang felt that the matter was not that simple, he did not dare to ask again.
A Yuan checked all the ingredients and returned to the boat: "Master, the other items are fine."
"You go to the kitchen and help the cook prepare the ingredients, and make some lily and mung bean soup by the way." Mingruo ordered as he stepped onto the stairs to the second floor.
Zhang Jinliang's mind was spinning very fast. Princess Yun came to handle this matter. Does that mean that Prince Yun was not on board?
"Princess, my wife, I would like to pay my respects to the prince." Zhang Jinliang followed Mingruo and moved to the second floor.
Zhang Jinliang was delighted when he finally reached the stairs on the second floor. Jiang Lan blocked his way with a spear.
Mingruo turned around and glanced at Zhang Jinliang: "Your Majesty is not on board."
Zhang Jinliang looked at the spear lying across his chest. The sharp tip of the spear shone coldly: "The old slave will go back first..."
Mingruo shook his head. He really didn't know what benefits Emperor Danxu gave this old eunuch. He worked really hard.
Soon a secret guard reported back: "Princess, the grain store is empty. When we passed by, the landlord came to take over the house...
Thirteen and the others are checking the surrounding shops and neighbors for clues, and asked their subordinates to come back and report."
"Okay." Mingruo nodded, feeling that there would be a lot of things after entering Qingzhou.
Si Haochen led the secret guards to the tavern. The signboard "Come by the scent" was still there, but the doors and windows were closed and the wine curtain was not hung up.
Si Haochen jumped up to the roof and made a gesture. Several secret guards climbed directly into the backyard, pried open the doors and windows, and searched, but found nothing. It seems that the assassins who attacked the building boat last night were not caught in one fell swoop, and some fish slipped through the net.
I came back to report the news.
Just as Si Haochen was about to leave, he noticed that there were informants lurking around him. He pretended to leave and hid in the darkness.
The spy saw that the person who came to check had gone far away, so he went back to resume his life.
Si Haochen followed him personally and came to a courtyard outside Qingzhou City.
A total of seventeen assassins were sent out last night, and fifteen of them approached the building to carry out the mission. The remaining two drove a small boat to respond from a distance. Seeing that the mission failed, the two rushed back to report the news.
The people in the tavern evacuated to another courtyard overnight and notified the grain store to take action.
"Master, someone just went to our hall to check and found nothing." The spy came back to report.
"Just don't go back now. They won't be able to stay here for long." A sinister male voice continued to order, "Go on and tell the people ambushing along the coast of Tang County to be prepared. The saw-toothed beetles will wake up tonight. When the time comes, they will have to
Tangxian docks..."
"yes."
"Master... there was something wrong at the grain store..." A person ran in in a panic, "Shunzi and the others brought tails with them when they came back..."
"How is that possible!" He deliberately added saw-toothed beetles to the bottom of the grain bag. Even if the people on the boat were ricers, they wouldn't be able to cook a whole bag of rice in one meal. "How many people are coming?"
"Only three."
"Erase it." The sinister voice sounded even more frightening.
"yes."
The man took the order and left, and a gray-haired old man said solemnly: "I'm afraid there are reinforcements behind those three people, so please leave first."
"There are nearly 200 people here. Even if they have reinforcements, they won't be more than us. I don't believe that Prince Yun's secret guards can fight one against two. How can they not be inferior when one fights against ten?"
Facts have proved that Prince Yun's secret guards are indeed one against ten. Moreover, before the secret guards had time to take action, Linglong knocked down one of them first...
Si Haochen raised his eyebrows slightly: "How did you find yourself here?"
Thirteen briefly explained the matter of saw-toothed beetles in the grain: "Three of my subordinates followed the traces of the clerk in the grain store and found it."
"Yeah." Si Haochen nodded. This group of people is quite capable, doing one thing after another.
An evil chuckle appeared on Si Haochen's lips. You like to play with three cunning rabbits, right? Then I will give you the rabbit nest.
Si Haochen took out a few explosive packets from the Qiankun Box: "It's rude to come and not reciprocate, so light them up!"
