After a night of rapid marching, when the east finally came out of the desert when the belly of the fish was slightly white, the Huyang and red willow forests blocked the expansion of the desert and brought infinite vitality. Just when people are sleepy and short of camels, an inn appears in front of you, and the banners of the "Hope Inn" written in Chinese, Dashi (Arabic), Persian (Iranian) and Turkic are on display. All the people felt refreshed, the food and water of the secret mission of the West Turks were almost running out, and they urgently needed to replenish them, and when they saw the inn, they saw hope. However, because Xu Qing once watched a movie called "New Dragon Gate Inn", he was worried that "Hope Inn" was a black shop on the edge of the desert like "Dragon Gate Inn". Coincidentally, the owner of the "Hope Inn" is also a young and beautiful, amorous woman, and very attractive to men, so Xu Qing has an extra eye, from the surrounding scenery of the "Hope Inn", the furnishings in the store, the appearance, dress, skin, and demeanor of the proprietress and the shopkeepers.

Seeing that many of the Arab caravans led by Li Xiu'er looked similar to the Eastern Turks who attacked them, and the time was the Tang Dynasty, Xu Qing guessed that Li Xiu'er was the Western Turks, and as for why they were mixed in the Arab caravan, Xu Qing guessed that they were to avoid the eyes and ears of the enemy Eastern Turks. Li Xiu'er led a huge caravan of more than 200 people, with a large number of suspected gold and precious stones, fearless of difficulties and dangers, through the desert and the enemy's territory, not far to Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, attracting thousands of civilians dressed but well-trained Eastern Turks to besiege, and those people are not like a group of rabble robbers and bandits, plus when Li Xiuer interrogated the prisoners, at first allowed Xu Qing to observe, but as soon as he heard that a captive confessed that he was an Eastern Turk, he did not let Xu Qing listen, so Xu Qing had reason to suspect that there was a secret in this.

Although Xu Qing is a person from the future world who has crossed over and does not want to get involved in the separatist vendetta between the Eastern and Western Turks, the half-section of Li Xiu'er's face exposed outside the veil makes Xu Qing feel that she is a very beautiful girl, and if she is killed by the Eastern Turks, he can't bear it, so Xu Qing worries about Li Xiu'er. Xu Qing has seen a lot of black shops in film and television dramas, so when he saw the inn from afar, Xu Qing reminded Li Xiuer to instruct his subordinates not to drink the water provided by the inn immediately after entering the inn, eat the food provided by the inn, and observe carefully, and must confirm that they are not black shops, nor are they bought or pretended to be by the Eastern Turks.

It may be rare to meet a guest, the proprietress of the "Hope Inn" and more than a dozen shop juniors are very enthusiastic about the guests, and after the guests remove their valuables from the camel's back, they will immediately take the camel away to feed water and grass.

In front of the inn is a restaurant, with more than a dozen large and small tables, which can accommodate a hundred people to dine at the same time, and in the back is a guest room, a total of more than fifty rooms, and it is no problem to receive a large caravan of 100 people and several small caravans of more than ten or twenty people at the same time.

Li Xiu'er was anxious to get rid of the enemy, only hit the tip (eat), did not live in the store, and before entering the store, he sent two people to buy horses, and four people reconnoitred the enemy's situation. Li Xiu'er ordered three tables of dishes, one table for her and Xu Qing, and two tables for twelve subordinates.

After the dishes were served, the innkeeper and the shopkeeper were both Han people from the Tang Dynasty, not Eastern Turks, Li Xiu'er was relieved a lot, I didn't see their expressions different, and I didn't see them hiding weapons, the real leader of the well-informed Arab caravan Abu and the general of the Khan's Guard, Tiemaibuti, couldn't see that these Han people were dangerous to themselves, and gave Li Xiu'er a look, hinting that there was no problem, and signaled to eat. Xu Qing said: "Wait, we have walked a long way, tired and sweaty, we should rest for a while before eating, otherwise it is not good for the body, if you are really hungry and thirsty, you can eat the bread and dried meat you brought first, and drink the cold water you brought." ”

Li Xiu'er's subordinates couldn't understand Chinese, Li Xiu'er translated Xu Qing's words to them, Xu Qing showed his skills in the two big battles, saved them, they worshiped Xu Qing like a god, and Xu Qing had an explanation before entering the store, listening to Xu Qing's meaning that he suspected that there was something wrong with this inn, no one ate the steaming and fragrant meal that made them drool at the inn, so they took the water they brought, and nibbled on the dry and hard cakes and jerky they brought.

Time passed little by little, and the innkeeper's face became worse and worse, she didn't know what was wrong, so that the prey who had been waiting for her could see that she was not a serious businessman. About two and a half hours later, the spies sent by Li Xiu'er and the horse buyer came back one after another, but the spies did not find any valuable information, and the horse buyer did not fail in his mission, pretending to be an Eastern Turk, bought a hundred horses from the nearby Eastern Turkic herdsmen's house, and brought them back.

At this time, Xu Qing, Li Xiuer and others have eaten and drunk enough water they brought, they have been waiting for a long time, their physical strength is sufficient, it is time to do it, Xu Qing said to the beautiful proprietress: "I have a special hobby, that is, I love to watch beautiful women eat, I will give you a tael of gold, please eat." You only have to eat a third of the food on my table, and I will pay you a tael of gold. ”

The proprietress changed her face greatly, she knew very well what she had done, Xu Qing, Li Xiu'er and Xu Qing's subordinates did not say that they ate a third of the food on the table, as long as they ate one bite, they would be poisoned, and they would bleed to death, which was a poison of "seven steps to break the intestines", and she would definitely die within a maximum of seven steps after poisoning - the proprietress thought that Xu Qing was the leader, and she had been listening to Xu Qing and chatting with Xu Qing for more than two hours, and Li Xiu'er, who was full of laughter, was Xu Qing's woman.

Xu Qing has been a special soldier and a student of the Special Forces Academy, and he has also studied psychology and criminal psychology as a basic skill, and said: "It's strange, it's really strange, the world is so big, it's really strange!" There are people in this world who are so frightened when they hear that they eat that they don't know that the food is poisonous. Shopkeeper, am I right? ”

The matter was broken, but the female shopkeeper regained her calm, and when she pressed her hand on the wall, a hole was immediately revealed in the wall, and the female shopkeeper took out weapons from the hole and distributed them to a dozen of her subordinates.

Li Xiu'er had palpitations, if it weren't for Xu Qing here, she and the entire Western Turk secret visit to Tang and the pro-embassy would be planted here, knowing Xu Qing's ability, she didn't worry about the shopkeeper of the black shop and Xiao Er's move at all, she looked at Xu Qing with a pair of beautiful eyes, and said with admiration: "Brother Xu, you are so amazing!" How did you tell if there was poison in this meal? I don't see it at all. Not long ago, Li Xiu'er just called Xu Qing's name, but now she has been upgraded to Brother Xu, Brother Xu is secretly happy when he hears it, he knows that after just a few days, he has opened the heart of the masked beautiful girl.

Xu Qing said: "The female shopkeeper of an inn doesn't need to do rough work, but she has a pair of rough palms, don't you think it's strange?" ”

Li Xiu'er said: "It's strange, it's really strange, but this alone is not enough to conclude that she poisoned our food." ”

Xu Qing said: "Yes, what you said is not bad at all, this alone is not enough to conclude that she poisoned our food." It's not strange that the hands are rough, but have you ever seen a beautiful woman, and it is the kind of beautiful woman in the world with a pair of rough hands? I believe that an ugly woman has a pair of rough hands, and I also believe that an old woman has a pair of rough hands, and I don't believe that a young woman who doesn't have to do rough work beats me to death with a pair of rough hands, and there is only one explanation for this, that is, she is a practitioner, beating sandbags, bricks, and tree stumps. ”

Li Xiu'er said: "It's not surprising that a woman learns martial arts to defend herself, this doesn't seem to have anything to do with poisoning such a vicious woman, how do you see that she is a bad woman, a bad woman?" Li Xiuer was very angry at the female shopkeeper for poisoning, and did not forget to humiliate her with words.

Xu Qing said: "It's very easy, if you want to know if she is a good woman or a bad woman, just test it." If she poisoned our food, she would have wanted us to eat the food she offered us, but I disappointed her not to eat the food she provided. In this way, her inner anxiety is expressed on her face, which can be seen with a little observation. The longer I dragged it on, the more it was torture for her. ”

Li Xiu'er nodded and said, "You are so smart." How could I not have thought of it? ”

Xu Qing said: "This is not a matter of being smart or not, but a science, I have a little research on this knowledge, so I can force her to show her original form." ”

Li Xiu'er said: "What does it mean to show the original form?" ”

Xu Qing was stunned, the monsters pretending to be humans in "Journey to the West" were beaten down by Sun Wukong and showed their original form, which was a story made up by a novelist in the Ming Dynasty, and the Han people in the Tang Dynasty didn't know, let alone the Hu people, and said: "It's the meaning of taking off the disguise and revealing the original face." ”

Li Xiu'er said: "I am very interested in your knowledge, you must teach me when you have time in the future." ”

Xu Qing said deliberately: "This will take a long time to learn, it will take several years, as long as you want to learn, I can teach you." ”

"Huh!? How long is it going to take!? Then I won't learn. Li Xiuer said regretfully.

The female shopkeeper herself also wanted to know how Xu Qing knew her, so she patiently listened to the conversation between Xu Qing and Li Xiuer, and after hearing it, Xu Qing and Li Xiuer were going to fall in love, but she was not in the mood to listen, so she interrupted the conversation between Xu Qing and Li Xiuer, and said: "You want to talk about love and go to the underworld, I don't have time to listen." After speaking, he brandished a cold and shining sword and attacked Xu Qing.

Tiemaibuti had seen the huge lethality of Xu Qing's weapon, but he didn't know what he was doing, and he really wanted to see it, so he didn't mean to take action for Xu Qing, but just pulled Li Xiu'er aside to safety.