Chapter 229: Believe or Not

"A bowl of herbal tea."

At a tea stall opposite Ruyi Tower, a cold and pretty girl sat down. Her green shirt was in the wind, her emerald jade pendant reflected the sun, and she placed her sword on the rough wooden table, adding a bit of neat heroic spirit.

The stall owner glanced at the emerald jade pendant and hurriedly responded. He put down his work and busily poured tea for Chen Qingshan, saying diligently:

"Freshly brewed herbal tea! Young lady, take your time! Although my tea stall is small, the snacks are all carefully made by myself. There are freshly steamed glutinous rice cakes, osmanthus cakes, wood ear mushrooms mixed with elm sauce, mixed lotus root slices, and newly marinated duck goods. The taste is no worse than big restaurants. Many old customers run from far away just to eat this bite..."

"No need." Chen Qingshan remained unmoved, her clear and charming phoenix eyes looking at the entrance of Ruyi Tower.

The stall owner had to walk away, feeling very regretful. Seeing Chen Qingshan looking at the restaurant opposite from time to time, as if waiting for someone. He had a thought and lifted the lid of an old pot. In the steaming heat, the meat fragrance was overflowing.

The stall owner exclaimed, his face full of surprise, and then muttered to himself:

"The donkey meat is really well-cooked today! If you have a little rough wine with this, and a few people at home eat it, it's perfect! No, I have to save some to take back..."

Chen Qingshan blinked, looked into the pot, and asked: "Is your donkey meat delicious?"

"Delicious! I'll serve a plate for you, young lady, taste it, if it's not fragrant, you don't have to pay!"

"No need to taste, pack me... two jin... I'll take it away!"

"Okay!"

The stall owner happily picked up the lotus leaf, spread it on the cutting board skillfully, and for the first time, did not sell the wine brewed by his wife. This young lady was so beautiful and carried such jade; the person she was waiting for would not drink this kind of wine.

Chen Qingshan bought donkey meat there, while Wang Yang had already come out of Ruyi Tower.

He came here today to tell Xiao Baoyue that the matter of the color-fading jacket had been handled. However, given the "cultural differences and spatial differences between ancient and modern times" in their understanding of the word "order a banquet," and in the spirit of seeking common ground while reserving differences and full tolerance, Wang Yang did not enter the courtyard, but handed the prepared letter to the guard at the door, asking him to pass it on, and then slipped away.

"Young Mistress, Young Master Wang is out!"

In the private room of the restaurant diagonally opposite Ruyi Tower, the sunlight passed through the thin plain gauze curtains and sprinkled softly on Xiao Ning. Xiao Ning was looking out, and after finding Wang Yang out, she hurriedly reported.

Xie Xinghan sat by the window, her star-like eyes lowered, not looking out the window at all, just focusing on picking up food and tasting it. Her chopsticks fell on the restaurant's signature dish—"Honey Pure Fried Fish," without a sound.

Xiao Ning said in surprise: "Eh? That behind seems to be... Xin Yi???!!!"

Xie Xinghan's chopsticks paused, and the white and tender fish meat she had just picked up fell.

In the room next to Xie Xinghan, the light was filtered by several layers of curtains, dim and dark. A black-clothed man with an eye patch hid by the window and whispered: "My lord, he is out."

Wang Tai was holding a spoon, scooping pig's trotter soup to drink. Hearing that Wang Yang was out, his movements paused slightly, and he snorted coldly: "This little beast, he came out so fast..."

The black-clothed man said: "Yes, in the past, it would take at least half an hour. And he used to come once every four days, but recently there has been no standard."

Wang Tai pressed the spoon, cut off a piece of pig's trotter with skin and tendons, and sent it into his mouth, chewing it thoroughly.

"Wang Yang!"

Wang Yang had just come out of Ruyi Tower and was about to cross the street to find Chen Qingshan when he suddenly heard someone calling him. He looked back and saw Xin Yi with her hands behind her back, bouncing and jumping, like a little girl picking mushrooms, her smile innocent and romantic:

"Why didn't you go in?"

Wang Yang waved goodbye with a smile, his steps not stopping: "I have something urgent today, I'll come back next time!"

Xin Yi smiled even more brightly, following Wang Yang closely: "Don't go, I still want to ask you about the Arcane Finger!"

Wang Yang greased the soles of his feet and accelerated, saying in his mouth: "This is not easy to handle, the Arcane Finger is my family's unique skill, and it has never been passed on to outsiders."

Xin Yi giggled: "Then I want to learn it even more!"

Before the laughter fell, the figure had already darted out like a little spirit fox!

Just as she was about to grab Wang Yang's back collar, only a swoosh was heard,

A tea bowl flew from the side, forcing Xin Yi's forehead!

Xin Yi bent her waist quickly, her small hands supporting the ground, and avoided the tea bowl with a side flip,

At the same time, she borrowed force to pounce forward to grab Wang Yang.

At the moment when her fingertips were about to touch Wang Yang's hem, a bright long sword stabbed across the air, the sword light like snow!

Xin Yi turned around, wiped her head, took off a silver hairpin, and the sword edge brushed past her waist, bringing a cool breeze.

The silver hairpin turned into a silver light in Xin Yi's hand, drawing directly at Chen Qingshan's lower abdomen!

Chen Qingshan retreated quickly, narrowly avoiding this blow!

Before she had time to return the sword to counterattack, Xin Yi shot like electricity, the silver hairpin swept horizontally and stabbed vertically, throwing out dots of cold stars, forcing Chen Qingshan back four steps in a row, in danger!

By the fifth step, Chen Qingshan dodged sideways, her long legs swept out like a whip, bringing up a piece of dust under her feet, and everything within the square was swept!

Xin Yi's figure shrank suddenly, and she bounced back like a flying mouse. After stabilizing her figure, she patted her chest with her small hands and opened her eyes wide: "What long legs!"

After saying that, she narrowed her eyes, her gaze sharp, and the silver hairpin was held upside down, pressed under her wrist, like a dagger. Just as she was about to go up again, Wang Yang walked out with a heavy face and sighed:

"Xin Yi, don't fight anymore, you are poisoned. If you use martial arts again, your whole body's meridians will break."

Then he turned to Chen Qingshan and said: "Didn't I say? You can't use poison powder unless it's necessary."

Although there were not many pedestrians on the street at this time, Xin Yi and Chen Qingshan had just fought, which had already attracted a group of people trying to get close to watch the excitement. At this time, hearing Wang Yang mention poison powder, they hurriedly avoided far away.

Chen Qingshan didn't react to what Wang Yang meant at all. All her spirit was focused on this dangerous little girl. The tip of the sword was tightly aimed at Xin Yi, her whole body was tense, and she didn't dare to relax in the slightest.

Xin Yi bit her tiger teeth: "You big liar! Still want to lie to me! There is no Arcane Finger at all!"

Wang Yang looked calm, his two fingers like swords, drawing casually in the air, then looked carefully in the sun, his expression solemn:

"Sure enough, it's 'Wako Fox Change', Xiao Shan, you shouldn't have used such poisonous powder."

Xin Yi was suspicious and looked at Chen Qingshan.

Chen Qingshan didn't know how to answer, so she had to nod: "I... I was too anxious... so... just..."

Wang Yang was afraid that Chen Qingshan would reveal the secret, so he interrupted: "It's okay, fortunately, she is not deeply poisoned, and there is still a cure."

Xin Yi said angrily: "I am not poisoned! Stop lying!"

Wang Yang looked at Xin Yi's eyes, his expression extremely serious:

"I don't know if you have read the book 'Eastern Barbarian Poison Classic'. If you have read it, you should know that the first sentence of this book is: Of the four strange poisons, Fox Change is the first. The fox species leaves seven, and the Wako country has passed it for a long time. The poison is powerful, and it is the best among the weeds. Anyone who touches this, the doctor is helpless. Be careful to avoid it, so as to keep worry-free."

"'Wako Fox Change' is a strange poison from the Wako country, also known as 'Fox Change Poison', which is refined from the saliva of seven types of foxes in the Wako country. This poison is colorless and odorless, and invades the body very quickly. After three breaths, the palm of the hand is slightly numb, itchy, and hot—"

Xin Yi subconsciously looked down at her palm, snorted coldly, raised her head and glared at Wang Yang, baring her fangs and brandishing her claws:

"You are lying again! Lying again!! My palm is not numb, itchy, or hot!!!"

Wang Yang looked at Xin Yi, his eyes slightly pitiful:

"You have been poisoned for more than thirty-four breaths, can you really not feel anything at all?"

Xin Yi was about not to believe it, but hearing Wang Yang speak so seriously, and seeing Wang Yang staring at her palm, his face solemn and worried, she couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. She immediately raised her palm and tried to feel it.

It didn't matter if she felt it, it seemed to be really a little numb and itchy! And hot! The more she felt, the more numb and itchy! The hotter!

Wang Yang's eyes were like torches, his brows locked:

"'I am lying poison' enters the palm after three breaths, and enters the brow after five breaths! I see a trace of black air lingering on your brow, I think this poison has started to work. You use your fingers to suspend above your brow and slowly approach, can't you feel the abnormality?"

Xin Yi followed suit, and soon felt the brow was sour and swollen, her small face turned pale, but she still said hard:

"No abnormality! Nothing! It's all you lying to me!"

Although she said so, her voice no longer had the confidence it had before.

Wang Yang stared at Xin Yi, his expression extremely severe:

"After one hundred and twenty-five breaths, the poison enters the five internal organs, three hundred!

The poison is above the diaphragm and below the vital organs; it cannot be attacked, it cannot be reached, medicine cannot arrive, and the illness cannot be treated!

Xin Yi was a little panicked. She hadn't read any "Eastern Barbarian Poison Classic", but she had really heard the word "illness into the paste and blind"!

Chen Qingshan had also heard the word "illness into the paste and blind", and couldn't help but feel a little confused: Could it be that there is really Fox Change poison in the world?

Just as Xin Yi was at a loss, Wang Yang's extremely deceptive voice sounded again:

"Fortunately, you are not deeply poisoned now, hurry over, I will use the Arcane Finger to help you suppress the poison gas first. Then you immediately find a place where no one disturbs you to sit and adjust your breath, and after half an hour, the poison gas will be discharged with your breathing."

Hearing "I will use the Arcane Finger to help you suppress the poison gas first", Chen Qingshan knew what was going on.

He couldn't remove the poison gas at all, he would rather hide three feet away when he saw a snake.

He can really lie!!!

Chen Qingshan belongs to the bystander who is clear.

"Poisoned to death" is Xin Yi, who is in a state of "weak, pitiful and helpless". Hearing Wang Yang say this, she had hope. Just as she was about to surrender, she suddenly remembered what Xiao Baoyue said when she exposed the "Arcane Finger Big Lie"—"Remember, no matter what Wang Yang says to you in the future, it's fake, it's a lie, don't believe it!"

Xin Yi was like a city that was about to be lost and suddenly saw reinforcements!

"The Arcane Finger is a lie! The young mistress said, everything you say is fake! It's fake!! It's a lie! Don't believe it!"

Xin Yi repeated Xiao Baoyue's warning over and over again, as if this was a wonderful proverb to resist the devil, a supreme spell to dispel evil spirits, every word and every sentence was building a city wall that could not be broken for her!

Her gaze gradually became firm! Her eyes gradually became brave!

Seeing this, Chen Qingshan began to get nervous, gripped the hilt of the sword, and wanted to step forward to protect Wang Yang.

Wang Yang reached out to stop Chen Qingshan and looked at Xin Yi: "Okay, everything I say is fake."

Xin Yi was stunned.

"You are not poisoned, your palms are not sour and numb, your brow has no abnormality, and there is no black air lingering on your brow. You will not break your meridians tonight, nor will you bleed from seven orifices and die in three days. Come on, continue to use martial arts, the more you use martial arts, the slower the poison will break out!"

Xin Yi widened her eyes, drawing circles in her mind.

The young mistress said that what Wang Yang said was all fake.

Then Wang Yang said that his words were fake, which meant... his words were true!

He said Xin Yi was not poisoned, which meant... Xin Yi was really poisoned!

It's over!!

And the young mistress's words are proof! Now I have to believe it!!!

Proverb meets devil, spell helps evil.

Xin Yi,

City broken...

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Note: "Qi Min Yao Shu for the Common People, Method of Making Sauce": "Method of making elm sauce: Take one liter of elm seeds, pound them into powder, and sift them. One liter of clear wine, five liters of sauce, mix them together. It can be eaten in a month."

Note: *Qi Min Yao Shu for the Common People: Method for Making Sauce*: "Method for making elm seed sauce: Take one liter of elm seed kernels, pound them into powder, and sift them. Take one liter of clear wine and five liters of sauce, then mix them together. It can be eaten after one month."

"Qi Min Yao Shu for the Common People, Method of Soup": "Method of making one hu of pig's trotter sour soup: Three pig's trotters, boil until rotten, break and remove the big bones. Then add green onion, fermented bean juice, bitter wine, salt, and adjust the taste. The old method uses six jin of maltose, now it is removed." ===== CHAPTER 230 =====

*Qi Min Yao Shu for the Common People: Method for Soup and Stew*: "Method for making one hu of pig trotter sour soup: Take three pig trotters, boil them until tender, and pull off the large bones. Then add scallions, fermented soybean juice, vinegar, and salt to adjust the flavor. The old method used six catties of maltose, but now it is omitted."