Chapter 50: There is a crisis at every step
Tang Xian saw the unworldly appearance of the Yixin Taoist priest, and couldn't help but shake his head with hatred: "Hey...... It's been in vain for so long to practice the Demon Breaking Heart Sutra!"
"What kind of exercise is this Demon Breaking Heart Sutra?" Wang Er came up and asked curiously.
The Yixin Taoist priest clasped his hands together and said with a solemn face: "Great wisdom!"
And when he had said that, he spoke no more.
And at this moment, an old, trembling voice came from not far away:
"Fried chestnuts with sugar...... Freshly fried chestnuts with sugar!Sweet fried chestnuts with sugar......"
Suddenly, Tang Xian and the others looked in the direction where the voice came from.
Not far away, on the side of the road, an old woman came out.
The old woman wore a very tattered cotton jacket, full of patches, but it still could not stop the exposed cotton. An old face was dark and wrinkled. It was as if a big stone had been pressed on her back, and her whole body was bent, as if even her waist was about to be crushed.
The old woman carried a large bamboo basket covered with a thick layer of cotton cloth.
Sugar fried chestnuts?
Tang Xian looked at it with interest.
I think when I was in Jiuqi Mountain, because of poverty, it was difficult to eat sweet things, so in addition to sugar people, Tang Xian's favorite thing to eat was the fried chestnuts with sugar.
"Does anyone want to eat fried chestnuts with sugar?" asked Tang Xian as he looked around.
Yixin Taoist priest and Zhao Gou did not accept or refuse, it seemed that sugar-fried chestnuts had no special attraction to them, Wang Ermad raised his hand excitedly, and shouted at the old woman in the distance: "Auntie, come here, we want to buy sugar-fried chestnuts!"
Hearing this, the old woman looked at the wine shop, shook her head, and said intermittently in an old voice: "There are rules in the village...... You can't go to that wine shop, so you might as well come out!"
The liquor store is the boundary, and it is indeed the rule of the Hunter Academy!
"Wait for me!" Tang Xian got up, took two steps and one step, walked towards the old woman, and soon came to the old woman's side.
Seeing that there was business to do, the wrinkled old woman's face raised a smile and said, "The sugar fried chestnuts just out of the pot are very cheap, ten copper plates a catty." It's so sweet!"
After all, the old woman seemed to prove that the sugar-fried chestnuts were really sweet, and lifted the cotton cloth on the bamboo basket to reveal the full sugar-fried chestnuts underneath.
Suddenly, the aroma was overflowing, and the sweetness was inhaled along Tang Xian's nose, making Tang Xian feel that his saliva was about to flow out.
"Come on a catty!" Tang Xian generously threw out a copper plate, and without waiting for the old woman to weigh it, he grabbed a handful of sugar-fried chestnuts.
The sugar-fried chestnuts still had residual heat, but they were not hot, Tang Xian opened the shell, revealing the chestnuts inside, and stuffed them into his mouth without hesitation.
"Hmmm! delicious!" Tang Xian just tasted one, his eyes widened, and he exclaimed.
When chewing, I feel that the chestnuts are crushed between my mouth, and the aroma explodes in my mouth, bombarding every trace of taste buds of this Tang Xian.
"Well, these chestnuts must have been soaked in sesame oil before they were fried...... When I was frying, I put sugar more than once!" Tang Xian commented while eating.
"Oops! There's even a hint of brown sugar......"
The old woman listened to Tang Xian's evaluation, and her old face smiled like a chrysanthemum, and she said again and again: "Young man, expert!"
But at this moment, Tang Xian suddenly frowned, tasted the sweetness in his mouth, and said incomprehensibly: "But between this fragrance, there seems to be a little spicy, spicy and refreshing, just right...... It's something I've never tasted before!"
After that, Tang Xian smashed his mouth, as if he wanted to taste how this spicy thing was fried.
At this time, the old hunchbacked old woman smiled and said softly, "Maybe the young man, those sugar-fried chestnuts you ate before...... I didn't even put the crane top red!"
With that, the old woman raised her old face, and a chill flashed in her narrow eyes.
Crane top red!
Highly poisonous, one of the most hated poisons in the rivers and lakes, you won't feel anything at first after entering the stomach, but after a moment in the stomach, the venom will seep into the meridians. Unless there is an antidote, the poisoned person will die immediately!
"Crane top red?" Tang Xian's face was stunned, he paused the chestnut in his hand, looked at the old woman for a long time, and didn't say anything.
When the old woman saw Tang Xian's appearance, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but pull out a smile, this smile actually felt a little charming in Tang Xian's eyes!
I saw that the old woman's rickety back gradually straightened up, and her shriveled palm gently waved behind her back, and it became as crystal as white jade.
The old woman, who was gradually growing taller, turned around, and in an instant, the rags and cotton jackets on her body flew out in all directions, covering Tang Xian's gaze.
After Tang Xian regained his vision, a plump beauty had taken the place of the old woman just now.
Hu Erniang!
"Hehe, little brother......" Hu Erniang smiled, but it was a very cold smile, the charm on her face seemed to be frozen by ice, and said to Tang Xian: "When you enter the wine shop, you are a hunter, every second is a test, and if you fail, you will die......!"
"The first test you took after entering the Hunter, you failed!"
Tang Xian had already recovered from his shock at this time, and threw a punch in the air, and said excitedly: "Yes! It's the taste of crane top red, and the chestnuts fried with brown sugar are really delicious!"
After that, Tang Xian stuffed a chestnut into his mouth again, and suggested to Hu Erniang while eating: "Next time, you can try adding bamboo leaf green, although that thing is not as strong as Heding Red, but it has a refreshing taste!"
"Hard mouth?" Hu Erniang's face was cold, but with a bright smile, these two expressions filled his face at the same time, like ice and fire blending with each other, and said: "I added some ingredients to this crane top red, there is no antidote!"
However, to Hu Erniang's disappointment, Tang Xian was still eating this highly poisonous sugar-fried chestnut like a hungry ghost, and at the same time said inarticulately: "Dian Shaoqing should have been controlled by you in the back kitchen!"
"Oh, you know?" asked Hu Erniang.
"Of course, he went to release the arrow to report the news, but there was no movement for such a long time, with my understanding of him, his archery skills are good!" Tang Xian clapped his hands, wiped the scum from the corners of his mouth, and said.
"Are you suspicious?" Hu Erniang continued to ask.
"No, what really makes me suspicious is your bamboo basket!" Tang Xian said, pointing to the bamboo basket.
"Oh?" Hu Erniang listened.
"Obviously an old lady who can't speak well, can she still hold such a big basket full of sugar-fried chestnuts?" Tang Xian said with a smile.
Hearing this, Hu Erniang's iceberg-like face softened slightly.
When you enter the liquor store, you are the people of the Hunter Academy.
What Dian Shaoqing said is true, once he enters the Hunter Academy, every day and every second is dangerous.
And this sugar-fried chestnut is Tang Xian's first test, and it is also used to explore Tang Xian's bottom.
Whether it is Dian Shaoqing's arrow-sounding message or this sugar-fried chestnut full of a large bamboo basket, it is a flaw deliberately left by Hu Erniang to Tang Xian, so as to see if Tang Xian can see what is going on. According to Tang Xian's account, he has identified all these two flaws.
Hu Erniang frowned slightly and asked, "Since you have seen the flaws, why do you still eat these poisonous chestnuts?"
"Hiccup...... Tang Xian gave a big burp and said with satisfaction: "The first time I encountered fried chestnuts with sugar with Heding Red, it was so fragrant! Of course I had to eat it! And ......"
Tang Xian paused for a moment, leaned over, and said mysteriously: "You still have one of the biggest flaws!"
"Oh, what?" asked Hu Erniang curiously.
Tang Xian whispered: "Your eldest aunt is here." Oops~ What a heavy smell of blood!It's so easy to identify......"
After that, Tang Xian teasingly fanned his nose with his hand.
Suddenly, Hu Erniang's face was slightly red, her charming smile spread over her face again, and the little handkerchief showing off the mandarin duck was thrown up again, and she said coquettishly: "You stinky boy! It's really not cute at all......
When a girl comes to her aunt, she will inevitably have some taste, and Hu Erniang is no exception.
But in order to cover up the taste, Hu Erniang first used rouge powder, and later covered it with the aroma of fried chestnuts with sugar, but I didn't expect this stinky boy Tang Xian's nose to be like a dog, which can be smelled.
"Huh...... It seems that Dian Shaoqing's kid really brought back a good material this time......" The iceberg on Hu Erniang's face completely melted, and she smiled very brightly and charmingly.
And looking at Tang Xian's appearance again, it is obvious that there is no sign of poisoning at all, but the more you eat, the more fragrant it becomes!
"Sure enough, there are two brushes!" Hu Erniang didn't think too much about why Tang Xian was not afraid of the toxicity of Heding Red, hunters are like this, as long as you can live, you are qualified!
Then, Hu Erniang picked up a small pebble and threw it at the wine shop.
I saw that the stone instantly turned into an arrow off the string, directly breaking through the partition of the wine store and shooting into the back kitchen.
"Bang!" a faint muffled sound came from the back kitchen.
Immediately afterwards, the partition in the back kitchen of the wine store was violently shattered by a huge force, and then a white-armored young general jumped out and roared: "Hu Erniang, you dare to point my hole!"
Obviously, just now in the back kitchen, Dian Shaoqing has been ordered by Hu Erniang.
And Hu Erniang's stone is a well-known hole in the air in the rivers and lakes.
Tang Xian couldn't help but be secretly stunned in his heart, this is not only a hole in the air, but also a partition and a distance of more than ten meters, it can be seen that this Hu Erniang is not only clever in disguise technique, but also the kung fu in his hands is definitely not weak!
Dian Shaoqing, who jumped out, rushed over, and when he saw Tang Xian still stuffing chestnuts into his mouth, he immediately stopped.
Obviously, he knew that Tang Xian had passed this first hurdle safely.
But at this time, after Dian Shaoqing's toss, the wine shop had collapsed in half, and Yixin Taoist priests and others also jumped out.
Seeing this, Hu Erniang had a gloomy face and said coldly: "Dian Shaoqing, outside the Humen Pass that day, I almost fell into the secret weapon of the Jin Zhen clan's spies, your master already knows, wait to go back and be punished!"
Turning around, he walked towards the ruined liquor store.
Leaving Dian Shaoqing with a sad face.