Amidst the shrill screams, fire clouds floated under the night sky.
The water in the Scenic Lake was boiling, and the stone walls on both sides of the street were scorched black. Even Yueru, who was ten meters away, felt that her hair and beauty were smelling burnt.
Who is this person?!
Yue Ru was shocked.
But the Japanese man had already turned into charcoal, fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.
"when……"
The Japanese man's knife fell to the ground.
The old man turned his head and looked at the starry sky in the city. Suddenly he exerted force on his feet and his figure disappeared instantly like a ghost.
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Fire clouds stain the sky, and strange phenomena occur frequently.
Even far away from the palace, you can still vaguely see the flash of fire clouds in the sky.
Outside the imperial dining room, an imperial cook was squatting in a basin to pour water. Suddenly he saw a cloud of fire in the distance and was stunned: "What's going on today? There is always fire burning in the sky..."
Just as he was talking, a soldier suddenly came out of the imperial kitchen in a hurry and shouted: "It's not good! It's not good! People are dead!"
"What are you yelling about?"
"Manager, please go and see quickly. Master Wu and Master Liu are dead."
"What?!" The manager of the imperial kitchen dropped the basin and quickly entered the imperial kitchen.
As soon as they entered the imperial dining room, they saw two corpses lying sideways among a dozen people. Both of them were foaming at the mouth and their eyes were red.
"what happened?"
"I don't know!" replied the people around.
"When did it happen?"
"Just now, I heard that they were not feeling well in their stomachs, and I thought it was a stomach upset. Who would have thought that they would die in a blink of an eye!"
The manager knelt down and took a closer look, frowning: "Poisoned. What did they eat?"
The steward asked, and when he got to the stove for two people, he saw some chrysanthemums and two empty plates that had not been washed.
Some leftovers on the plate attracted the attention of the steward.
"What kind of dish is this? I have never seen it in the imperial dining room."
"This is a famous Jiangnan dish made according to Eunuch Zheng's instructions, chrysanthemum chicken and pork elbow stuffed with chrysanthemum honey."
"Chrysanthemum chicken, pork elbow stuffed with chrysanthemum honey? A famous Jiangnan dish? Fart! I have never heard of these two dishes in Jiangnan. Chrysanthemums, chicken, and pork cannot be eaten together. Don't you know it will kill people?"
"Ah?" everyone exclaimed.
"You... you idiots, you are still the chef of the imperial kitchen! Don't you know how to taste the food? Has the food been sent out? Who else has eaten it?"
Now the people in the imperial kitchen knew that something was going to happen, and the person who spoke began to tremble: "I, I, I... we heard that it was for the father-in-law, but... we didn't try the dishes. The dishes had already been circulated."
"Quick! Go and get the food back!"
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Haishi.
"Sir, it's midnight." The old eunuch looked at the sky.
Xia Shang nodded and said nothing.
It was getting closer and closer to midnight, and the atmosphere in the hut was getting weirder and weirder.
The conversations between the two became less and less, and the expected imperial edict still did not come.
The old eunuch shook his head, sighed, and fell silent as well.
After a while, a young eunuch rushed in.
The old eunuch was startled and asked, "Has the imperial edict arrived?"
"Imperial decree?" The young eunuch was stunned, "Eunuch Zheng, where are the dishes you ordered earlier?"
"Dish?" The old eunuch paused for a moment and pointed to the table.
When the little eunuch saw the empty plate on the table, he exclaimed: "Ah?! You...you all ate it?"
"how?"
"Oops! Something bad has happened! This dish is poisonous! Two people have died in the imperial kitchen. The manager of the imperial kitchen said that chrysanthemums, chicken and pork cannot be cooked together, otherwise someone will die!"
"What?!" The old eunuch was shocked, slapped his palm on the table, stood up and stared at Xia Shang.
Xia Shang's heart sank, he stood up as well, waved his hand abruptly, and an invisible crossbow arrow instantly hit the young eunuch.
The little eunuch opened his mouth without uttering a word, and it was all over in an instant.
The old eunuch made no movement and stared at Xia Shang.
Xia Shang had no expression on his face, walked to the door slowly and closed the cabins.
At this moment, apart from the howling wind outside, only the silent lights in the house were swaying, and the atmosphere was depressing and strange.
The old eunuch seemed to understand something and sneered: "Sir, it seems you are not ready to sit back and wait for death."
"It's a matter of life and death. I have no choice. If I have another chance, I would like to have a few drinks with my father-in-law. To be honest, my father-in-law is one of the people I admire the most in this palace. If it weren't for the purpose
I'm different, and I don't want to be so quarrelsome with my father-in-law."
"Did you know that the emperor would not change his mind?"
"If I don't even know the emperor's motive for killing me, how can I make the emperor change his mind? All I need is time to prepare for my escape from my father-in-law."
"So you poisoned me? But do you really think this little bit of poison can do anything to this old slave? Besides, you've also eaten those dishes."
"Father, I told you that I once fought against a grandmaster. Knowing the intensity of fighting with a grandmaster, I naturally wouldn't think that the poison of two dishes can kill my father-in-law. As for myself, if the father-in-law wants to, it will not be difficult.
I found that I have never eaten stuffed elbow, and I only eat chrysanthemum chicken without soup."
The old lady listened, her brows furrowed together, and the sneer on her face became more and more obvious: "Sir, it seems that you are still so confident that you actually closed the door on your own initiative. Do you really think you can kill this old slave?"
"Although the vegetable poison is not very useful, it will definitely have an impact on father-in-law."
The old eunuch nodded: "Yes, the true energy in the old slave's body has been flowing out of control, making the old slave very uncomfortable."
"No, no, no..." Xia Shang shook his head, "The chaos in the movement of the true energy in my father-in-law's body is not due to poison, but because of this."
As he spoke, Xia Shang took out a seemingly ordinary green leaf from his sleeve.
"What's this?"
"Epimedium. To put it another way, epimedium is added to most of the intoxicants and analgesics in the world. Did your father-in-law notice the smell of smoke in this room? The smell of smoke from epimedium can help people have sexual intercourse. To put it bluntly,
It is an aphrodisiac. Of course, people like my father-in-law cannot feel anything. But it is because my father-in-law has no feelings that he will not notice any abnormalities in his body. Epimedium can promote blood circulation, and it has the most obvious effect on warriors.
The impact on the Grandmaster will be even greater. If the Grandmaster takes action, as long as the Qi is not well controlled, big problems will arise. Father-in-law should understand, right?"
Hearing this, the old eunuch's face turned pale.
Xia Shang was still pacing in the room, with a calm expression: "There is another thing in the smell of smoke, which is the red cedar wood on this table. I have said that the father-in-law has poison extracted from snake orchid and ginger mustard seeds.
This redwood tree happens to have a symbiotic relationship with snake orchids and ginger mustard seeds. Redwood tree can induce residual toxins in the father-in-law's body. If you don't believe it, you can try rubbing the Tanzhong point to see if there is a pinprick sensation.
?”
When the old eunuch heard this, he put his hand on Tanzhong point and was about to press it, but stopped again, worried that the boy had other plots.
Xia Shang smiled: "Chrysanthemum and meat, epimedium, ginger, mustard, snake orchid, and red cedar, three-pronged approach. I believe that even gods will be greatly reduced in strength. From now on, the battle between us will be fair."
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"Sir, don't forget. The old slave also said that all the masters are ants. This time, you will regret it." (To be continued)