Chapter 346: Someone is Eavesdropping

Bai Wei was caught off guard by a kiss and was instantly stunned, her cheeks burning hot.

Seeing Bai Wei grow shy with her cheeks flushing red, Xiao Moting finally loosened his grip.

Although he was reluctant to let go and wanted to hold her a while longer, the two were only boyfriend and girlfriend, not husband and wife, and he could not overstep the bounds in anything.

Even if Bai Wei was a modern person, he was a man of the past and had to "let feelings arise, but stop at propriety"; the rules that ought to be followed had to be kept.

Xiao Moting said, "Bai, actually, I have already considered the method for dealing with the Fusang People."

The restraint on Bai Wei's waist loosened, and she immediately took a step back, finally breathing fresh air again.

"What is your consideration?"

Xiao Moting pointed to the Drone on the ground, "According to the video captured by the Drone, these Fusang People usually live in the Dye House, eating, drinking, and relieving themselves all inside. It is very difficult to force our way in from the outside, and even if we wanted to sneak in and take the ore, they are densely packed, so I fear it would not be easy to infiltrate."

Bai Wei nodded.

She had to admit that Xiao Moting's analysis was very accurate.

The Fusang People were all gathered in the Dye House; forcing their way in would alert the Yuan Family Army in the city, and there was nowhere to hide if they snuck in.

In terms of supplies, she was stronger than Xiao Moting, but in terms of military strategy, she could not compare to him.

"Then you intend to..."

"Poison them," Xiao Moting said cleanly and decisively.

"Ah?" Bai Wei was stunned, never expecting that Xiao Moting would come up with such an idea. In her impression, he had always been upright and honorable in his actions, never deigning to use such petty tactics.

Seeing Bai Wei dazed, Xiao Moting could not help but find it amusing and raised his hand to lightly pinch her cheek.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Do you think I don't look like someone who would poison enemy troops?"

Bai Wei was caught off guard by his pinch, her cheeks flushed, and she swatted his arm away.

"I have just never seen you poison enemy troops."

Xiao Moting smiled.

"In war between two armies, only life and death matter, not the means. Poisoning is also a type of strategy. It wasn't that I didn't want to use poison before, but to send someone to poison them, one must send experts with agile skills, and they must be capable, trusted confidants."

"When Beijiang fights the enemy, it is always a struggle for life and death on the battlefield, often involving hundreds of thousands of people. The pots used to cook for so many people are counted in the dozens, and the soldiers eat in batches. I fear that before even a hundred people finished eating, they would discover someone had been poisoned; poisoning cannot kill many people."

"If one wants to poison a commander, it is even harder. The commander is heavily guarded, lives in the center of the camp, and is surrounded by confidants. If a strange face were to mix in, it would be seen at a glance. It is extremely difficult to send someone to disguise themselves and infiltrate, and the commander's food is different from the soldiers', plus there are confidants to taste the food."

"Going to an enemy camp to poison them is almost a one-way trip. If the poisoning fails, one would also lose a capable subordinate; it is truly not worth it."

Xiao Moting spoke very earnestly and did not brush her off just because Bai Wei did not understand military strategy.

After finishing, he even asked, "Is there anything else you want to ask? You can say it all."

After he said all this, Bai Wei was left stunned.

But she had to admit that everything Xiao Moting said made a lot of sense.

If she sent Qin Zhan, Han Guiying, Xiao Lujing... these confidants to poison them, with their skills, they could penetrate the enemy camp, but retreating unscathed after the incident would not be easy. If any one of them died, it would be a huge loss.

Moreover, it was not certain they could poison the enemy commander.

To trade one of her own great generals to poison a few dozen enemy pawns—only a fool would do such a thing.

Bai Wei spread her hands, "Alright, you said you want to poison the Fusang People; how do you plan to do it this time?"

"Using lethal poison cannot kill all the Fusang People at once. Once someone's poison takes effect, they will immediately become alert," Xiao Moting said. "So, Bai, do you have any medicine there that would not make people suspicious, yet could make the Fusang People lose their combat capability?"

Bai Wei blinked, "Not let the enemy notice, yet make them all lose their combat capability. Xiao Moting, your demands of me are truly getting higher and higher. Do you really take me for a deity?"

Xiao Moting's handsome face flushed, and he hurriedly explained, "Bai, I was just asking casually. If you don't have it, I have considered other methods..."

"I have it!" Bai Wei said decisively.

Xiao Moting was stunned, and then a flash of surprise crossed his eyes.

"You, you really have this kind of medicine?"

"Of course," Bai Wei narrowed her eyes and smiled, feeling a bit smug. "Didn't you always call me Goddess, Goddess before? Since I am your Shennü Daren, how could I not even be able to produce such medicine?"

Xiao Moting was excited and could not help but step forward.

"Shennü Daren, you truly have boundless magical powers..."

"Stop!" Bai Wei immediately stopped him and glared at him. "You are already my boyfriend, yet you still call me Shennü Daren every other word; it's too distant."

Xiao Moting hurriedly stood still, "Bai, what exactly is that medicine?"

Bai Wei raised her hand, grabbed into the air, and casually took a bottle of medicine out from the Warehouse.

"Here."

A small white medicine bottle, looking very unremarkable.

On it were written a few small characters—Estazolam.

Xiao Moting did not recognize them, his expression somewhat puzzled, "Is this poison?"

"No," Bai Wei shook her head. "It is not poison, but a Sleeping Pill. Where we are from, it is used to treat illnesses."

"Sleeping Pill?"

Bai Wei gestured, "It's the kind of medicine that makes you want to sleep once you take it! As long as you let the enemy troops eat it, they will become drowsy, and once they fall asleep, they will sleep as soundly as dead pigs; you won't be able to wake them even if you call them."

Xiao Moting looked shocked, simply unable to believe it, "There is actually such a divine medicine? The world of the gods truly has everything."

Bai Wei was quite happy to be praised by him and lifted her chin.

"Grind it into powder and sprinkle it into the Fusang People's food. Once they eat the food, they will only feel sleepy and run back to their rooms to sleep; they will absolutely not realize they have been poisoned."

"Excellent, this is exactly the poison I wanted—no, the divine medicine." Xiao Moting was very happy, his eyes burning, "Once they all sleep to death, we will go in and finish them off one by one. Sending the Fusang People to the afterlife in their sleep will not alert the Yuan Family Army in the city at all."

Bai Wei nodded and took another box of Sleeping Pill out from the Warehouse.

"Take it and have someone grind them all into powder."

"However, who do you plan to send to administer the medicine?"

Just as Xiao Moting was about to speak, a low voice suddenly came from outside the door.

"If you can truly kill the Fusang People, I will send someone to administer the medicine."

As soon as this sound appeared, Xiao Moting immediately drew the Long Sword at his waist, leaped up to kick through the window, and flew outside.

"Who is it?"

Bai Wei stood in the room, also startled into holding her breath.

She and Xiao Moting were in the room discussing military secrets, and there were Northern Frontier Army soldiers standing guard outside the door.

Yet now, there was actually someone eavesdropping outside the door?

The cold wind whistled, biting at the skin like a blade.