The people in Youying wanted Huang Donglai to live, so they couldn't give him lethal drugs.
There are four people at the same table drinking tea together, and a pot of tea is needed to make one live and three die... Huangmen may have this kind of poisoning technique, but as for Youying, not even Gu Qiying himself can do it.
Therefore, the tea shop's back cook gave Huang Donglai and his companions "living medicine," not "dead medicine."
Of course, they also understand that it is not easy to control these people with medicine.
Not to mention Huang Donglai, a young master from a top poison-using family in the martial arts world, even Ran Ling is not that easy to deceive.
Therefore, the shadow people used a very advanced secret medicine - "Morning Dew" on them.
As the name suggests, this poison is colorless, odorless and tasteless, just like morning dew; just adding a few drops to a pot of tea can cause the person who drinks the tea to experience "disordered balance" symptoms within a certain period of time.
So what exactly does this symptom cause?
In fact, if you close your eyes and lie still, it will be fine.
But if you want to move...even if you just want to keep standing with your eyes open, you will feel dizzy and soon fall to the ground.
To describe it, people who are poisoned by this kind of poison are like their brains experiencing a roller coaster at high intensity, but their bodies have not failed to keep up.
Moreover, there is no antidote for this "morning dew", because its efficacy will disappear on its own after half an hour. You only need to survive this half hour; however, during the half hour of poisoning, the poisoned person will inevitably
He will become a useless person who cannot even stand.
Of course, theoretically speaking, if your martial arts is so high that you can keep others at bay just by lying on the ground and throwing random moves, and your physical strength and internal strength are enough for you to do this for more than half an hour... then you are indeed
I'm not afraid of the poison either.
It's a pity that none of Huang Donglai and the four of them have that level of strength at the moment.
Therefore, after the four of them drank tea for a while, Sun Yixie fell down first.
"Not good!" Brother Sun's sense of balance was messed up, but his intelligence was not. He shouted out the moment he fell to the ground, "The tea is poisonous!"
As soon as he shouted, Huang Donglai, Lei Buji and Ran Ling stood up as if their hair had exploded.
Who would have thought that if they didn't just stand, then... the poison in those three people would also accelerate, causing them to suddenly feel dizzy.
In the blink of an eye, all four of them stumbled to the ground, unable to get up even if they tried to support themselves.
The tea drinkers around were also dumbfounded, thinking to themselves, what is going on? Is there some kind of vendetta going on in broad daylight?
Before they could realize what was going on, the guys in the tea shop poured out of the back kitchen one after another, and all of them were holding weapons...
These people from the tea shop...or rather, these people from the shadows, actually knew when they were taking the medicine that the tea shop was finally over; but they didn't care about it, because if they could catch
Living in Huangdonglai and bringing along Ran Ling from Jin Yiwei, the loss of such a stronghold is not a big deal.
So, as soon as the four people at the table fell to the ground, the members of these shadows took action quickly.
They didn't even have to take the initiative to disperse the crowd themselves - the people of the Great Ming Dynasty were too familiar with these Jianghu affairs. As soon as the "canglanglang" steel sword was unsheathed, all the people drinking tea around them ran away.
One who left tea money...
Qu Xin, who was sitting behind the counter, also started to move at this time. Seeing all the irrelevant people running out, he raised his hand and pulled a mechanism hidden under the cabinet.
As soon as this mechanism was activated, a thick curtain fell from the door of the tea shop, blocking the inside from the outside. In just a moment, it became impossible to see the outside and the inside was invisible.
The situation outside.
At the same moment, more than a dozen swords were already pressed against the bodies of the four people on the ground.
These people in Shadow didn't need to say "Don't move" at all, because those four people could feel this message with their own bodies.
"It's not a good time to stay here for a long time. Let's tie them all up, gag them, and leave through the back door. If anything happens, we can bring them back to the 'nest'." Qu Xin had already thought about what to do after capturing the four people alive, so he immediately issued the order.
received this command.
A few minutes later, people on the street outside the front door of the tea shop were still pointing at the curtain. At the back door, Huang Donglai and the four of them had been tied up and carried away in sacks.
When word of what happened here reached the yamen gate and the people from the yamen gate came to open the curtain, the tea shop was already deserted.
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When the sack on Huang Donglai's head and the rag in his mouth were removed, the medicinal properties of the "morning dew" were almost gone.
When he regained his sight, he immediately looked around and found that he was in a thatched house at the moment; Sun Yixie, Lei Buji and Ran Ling were not far from him, and they were obviously just there.
Got sacked.
Although the four of them had now regained their sense of balance, they did not dare to act rashly.
First, their hands, feet and torsos are still tightly tied with ropes. Even Ran Ling, who has the most profound internal strength among the four, is not that easy to break the ropes directly on his body with his internal strength. The other three can't.
mentioned.
Secondly, there is a shadow member holding a weapon standing behind them, ready to deal with their changes at any time; that is to say, even if any of them can break free of the rope, it is likely that they will not be able to break free before completing this action.
He was taken down with a knife.
Third, based on the time it took to move here just now, it is inferred that this place is probably outside the city, and based on what the shopkeeper said, this place is probably the "home base" of this group of people...
Who knows how many enemy troops there are outside this thatched house? Even if they can take care of these people inside, they may not be able to escape from this place alive.
"Huang Shaoxia, Sun Shaoxia, Lei Shaoxia..." After the sacks were removed from the heads of the four people, Qu Xin, who was sitting on a stool a few meters away from them, also spoke, "You three, can you please help me?"
Wait..." He said and glanced at Ran Ling again, "If General Ran Qi hadn't suddenly come out to disrupt the situation, I would have invited you here last night, ha... But this is a blessing in disguise.
, who would have thought... you would actually deliver it to your door today, this is really God's foresight."
Before he finished speaking, Ran Ling said angrily: "Bah! You gang of shadow thieves, Ran unexpectedly fell into your hands due to carelessness... The sky has no eyes!" He said this
, turned to look at the three young men around him, "It's a shame... these three young heroes were arrested along with me." He shook his head again, and then glared at Qu Xin, "If you have the ability, let it go.
Leave me alone, I will fight all of you by myself!"
"Oh?" After hearing this, Qu Xin thought for a while and was neither angry nor picked on the other party. Instead, he asked, "Mr. Ran Qi... I have never said anything since we met.
Who are we, and how can you be so sure... that we are from the shadows?"
Ran Ling's attitude did not change, and was still very bad: "Nonsense! You yourself have admitted that you were the ones who attacked the three young heroes in the post house last night. Ran has been chasing the shadow for many years, and the martial arts methods used by your shadow's killer are all mine.
Can’t you recognize it?”
"Hmm..." Qu Xin nodded, "I see." After saying that, he paused thoughtfully for a moment, and then said, "However, Mr. Ran Qi is very skilled in martial arts. I'm afraid if we untie you, we will be a little confused."
I can't cope with it... I can only wrong you a little more."
"Hmph..." Ran Ling snorted coldly and cursed in a contemptuous tone, "Rat..."
Qu Xin ignored him and looked at Huang Donglai again, saying: "Huang Shaoxia, since you now know that we are Yingying's people, then I don't need to say more about the purpose of catching you back."
Did you say it?”
Huang Donglai also sneered: "Ha...don't you just want to get that Gu Qiying's notes out of me?" He was calm, "Then I might as well tell you, as for me... I don't like hard things.
Yes, you can talk if you want, but you must first ensure the safety of me and my friends."
"That's natural..." Qu Xin just started to answer, and then started to raise his head.
Ran Ling over there interrupted him excitedly again: "Young Master Huang, you must not do this! If the contents of Gu Qiying's notes fall into their hands, it will cause endless harm in the future. I, Ran Ling, will not survive."
What the heck..."
"Shut up!" Qu Xin interrupted him before he could finish his words, "You are a prisoner with a knife on your neck, how dare you speak nonsense here?"
Qu Xin was about to take action against Ran Ling, but unexpectedly... at this moment, there was a sound of fighting and shouting outside.
Immediately afterwards, a shadow killer pushed open the door and broke in, reporting to Qu Xin: "Master, something bad has happened. We are surrounded by Jin Yiwei!"
"What?" Qu Xin stood up nervously after hearing this, "What...how..."
"You are worthy of being a brother of our guard, you came so quickly..." At this moment, Ran Ling finally put away his reckless face, put on a calm attitude, and said to Qu Xin: "Are you really
Do you think I, Ran Ling, am so calculating?"
"It's you..." Qu Xin realized something belatedly at this moment. He immediately frowned and glared at Ran Ling.
"Yes." Ran Ling replied, "It was my plan." He smiled, "Before I left the guardhouse with the three young heroes today, I quietly arranged for several of my subordinates to change into casual clothes like me.
Keep an eye on us in the dark; and I also told them not to rush into action if they see anything happening, but to wait and see first before talking... Ha... I didn't expect that such a simple 'back-up' could actually
We accidentally found your lair." He seemed to be unable to bear it anymore and laughed twice, "Haha... What you just said seems to be right, this is really 'God has eyes'!
"
Listening to his words, Qu Xin's face changed color.
At this time, a killer standing behind the four people said: "Master, take a few of them as hostages, we still have a chance to get out..."
"It's useless..." Qu Xin muttered in a deep voice, "I know the style of the Jin Yiwei best... any one of them can be sacrificed if necessary."
"Then... do you want us to arrest him without mercy?" the killer asked again.
"If you just surrender, you can save your life for the time being and make further calculations." Qu Xin said, sitting down again, as if he had accepted his fate, "But if you rush out... you will only die."
Almost as he finished speaking, a roar sounded from very close to the outside: "People in the house, listen, you are surrounded!"