"This place, it seems...... Hard. Shangguan Yi opened his eyes and thought thoughtfully about this question.

After he followed the two of them to finish eating dry food, he now returned to his carriage and continued to cultivate his internal strength, but while cultivating, he felt that something was not right.

It has been said before that internal force has a little attribute, and the qi that Shangguan Yi absorbs from the air is also the same, scorching, light, heavy, moist, and sharp...... More or less, there will always be some, which has something to do with the surrounding terrain and feng shui. The East China Sea is close to the ocean, so it should be moist and light, and it is more free, just like Kyoto and Jiangnan Castle, but Cheongju gives him a very depressing and deep feeling, as if something strange is entrenched here.

"If you just pass by to worship, there shouldn't be any problem, right?" Shangguan Yi muttered, with some not-so-good premonitions.

However, Shangguan Yi did not tell the emperor, because he knew that her purpose would not change because of this, and her determination would not be shaken by this.

Under the high vigilance of Shangguan Yi, the group slowly went deep into Cheongju and arrived at a foothold in the evening: Tang Dongcheng.

This time, it was Yue who accompanied the emperor to get on and off the carriage, and Shangguan Yi guarded the carriage.

"You two be careful, and pay attention to see if there is anything wrong, even if it is subtle. Shangguan Yi advised, it's not that he can't believe it, but it's always right to be careful.

"Good. Yue nodded, she didn't know how Shangguan Yi found out about the abnormality, although it didn't look like anything here, but there was a dead air, she couldn't see what the problem was, if it had something to do with King Ning, it should be something to show, right?

The emperor and the moon got out of the carriage, it was still a small restaurant, the conditions were worse than the one they went to before, it is not an exaggeration to say that there are some tattered, but they can barely stay.

"Young Master, it looks so scary here, do you really want to live here tonight?" Xiaoqing (Yue) pulled Jiang Qingyi (the emperor's) arm, looking a little scared.

Of course, this is pretended, who asked Shangguan Yi to give such a coquettish little woman personality, she can only do this in order not to OOC, well, she doesn't know what OOC means, but this is Shangguan Yi's request, don't be seen by others This is a role played by two people, and she also agreed, so there is such a situation.

Jiang Qingyi's body stiffened, although Yue did not collapse Xiaoqing's personality, but now she is undoubtedly breaking her own personality, her friend who has always been cold and arrogant suddenly spoiled you, and said weakly in a slightly panicked tone that she was afraid of something, even if she was the emperor, she was used to seeing a big scene, and she couldn't stand it, she subconsciously touched her head and said, "Don't panic, I'm here, cough cough, just call a few more people to protect us." ”

Jiang Qingyi came to her senses halfway through speaking, this is also her hint, right? hinting that she brought a few strong people in, so she also gave Wei Wu a hint, and bringing a few more people meant to ask a few powerful people to follow her.

Wei Wu didn't dare to look up, but he did understand what his emperor meant, after all, it was said before, so he seemed to call a few people in at random, and the others disbanded. And the combat effectiveness of these people is undoubtedly very strong, such as Jiu Yao, Hua Xiangrong, Little Monk, Feng Li, Yue Zhengdao and Jiu, plus Wei Wu himself, this lineup is already quite powerful, basically no matter who is doing things, they are not afraid of it.

Different from Wei Wu's nervousness, the prince's heart was happy, if it wasn't for the wrong situation, he really wanted to laugh, although something was not quite right, but except for Jun Yishen, the emperor had never treated anyone so gently, if only the emperor was willing to put her in the harem, it would be better if he could let go of that, but it should be unlikely, right?

Ten people entered the hotel in this way, asked for five rooms, sat down at two tables, and began to order. It's still Xiaoqing (Yue) who comes to order, although she is not very familiar with the routines of this kind of outside tavern, but she still knows some common dishes, just order them casually, although a considerable part of them are not here, but after a few hard work, they can be regarded as ordering a lot of dishes, enough for a few of them to eat.

It's just that after the dish came up, Xiaoqing frowned a little when he tasted it, bitter, there was some bitterness on the surface, and it was even more bitter inside, this is not bitter gourd or anything, but eggplant, and then taste other things, it is also bitter, and even the tea is so bitter. This bitterness is not caused by poison, just like food itself is bitter, bitter that no seasoning can suppress.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Qingyi was a little surprised.

"Na, I originally wanted to help the young master try which one is more delicious, but ...... These dishes are all bitter, can't the store explain it? Or are you actually a black shop? Xiaoqing's slightly naughty words carried a hidden threat, if the store couldn't say why, I'm afraid today's matter would not be so easy to solve.

"This is this, the guests are from outside, right? It's also the first time to come to Cheongju?" The shopkeeper was a little flustered and quite embarrassed.

"Oh, is it the local reason in Cheongju?" said the prince, who also hinted at the answer to the shopkeeper's question.

The shopkeeper sighed and said with some sadness: "I don't know when the water in Cheongju has become bitter and difficult to swallow, the vegetables that grow in the ground and the fruits on the trees are also bitter, just like the feeling of the young lady tasting it, the same method is normal to make with materials from other places, it is delicious, and if you make it with local materials in Cheongju, there is almost only bitterness left."

What does this mean, I think you also understand, it's not that we have to do this, but we have no choice but to do it. ”

"The people take food as the sky, if this is the case in Cheongju, even if it is transported from the surrounding area, time, cost, after all, only a small number of people can support such a price, and the rest of the people have no other way but to endure this bitterness. Jiang Qingyi lowered her head slightly and looked straight at the dishes on the table.

"But isn't it, the successive town guards of Cheongju originally thought of a lot of ways to solve the problem of poverty, and wanted to save Cheongzhou, especially the new town guard, his policies had a little effect, but after this situation appeared, he was helpless and powerless.

Now, those who are capable have left with their families, and those who have ideas have left, and as time goes by, more and more people choose to go out, and the rest, eh...... I don't know how long this store will be open. "I opened the switch, and the shopkeeper couldn't stop.

"Will this situation affect people's bodies?" Xiaoqing blinked, she hadn't heard of this strange situation in Cheongju, or she didn't care about it, so she didn't know.

"No, except for some guests who really can't accept this taste, it has no effect if you eat it normally, otherwise I wouldn't be able to live until now, right?" said the shopkeeper very confidently.

"Oh, but why do I have some stomach aches? Let me go for a while, and you don't steal food. Xiao Qing continued this style and followed Xiao Er's guidance to the vicinity of the thatched house, but after letting Xiao Er leave, she did not go in, but asked, "Is what the shopkeeper said true?"

"From his point of view, it's true, but for us, it could be a fatal trap. The chief stood in a hidden corner beside her at some point, and said with some emotion.

"What kind of trap is it? Could it be that King Ning started laying out this place since I don't know how long ago?" Xiao Qing asked in disbelief.

"He doesn't have that much ability, and he probably doesn't even know how this happened. The chief shook his head, and then his voice rarely took on a little solemnity: "This news was also recently found by our people, and a spirit seed has appeared in Cheongju: it is entrenched in a natural cave underground, which is connected to the underground water source in Cheongju, so it may be caused by this kind of mutation." ”

"How strong is it? Can't you catch it?" Yue understood when she heard the word spirit seed, this matter was very tricky.

"What the gray squirrel is good at is to escape, its speed, even if you don't want to catch up with it, and what it guards, our people can't see, but it is speculated that it should be a Mucuna pruriens that has entered the second stage, that is, five hundred years, it should be rooted in water, so its characteristics will cause water deterioration, and this effect has a scope, so only Cheongju has an accident.

Mucuna pruriens itself is non-toxic, and in the second stage, it will secrete substances that inhibit the operation of internal forces, and if you accidentally eat the fruit near it, you will not be able to exert your strength normally for three days. "The chief has denied Yue's arrest plan, the spirit seed is not easy to deal with, if possible, it is better to leave it to someone else to deal with.

"I've already eaten, I'm in trouble. Yue frowned, if King Ning and they planned to take advantage of this, they would do it today or tomorrow, and it would be a fierce attack, and they would take down their own onslaught in one go.

"It doesn't matter, because the operation will pass through here, so the person in charge of the investigation has prepared a little antidote for us. The effect of the yin mucuna is actually not difficult to remove, as long as the antidote is added to the kettle and shaken well, and then a small cup per person is enough, and it will have no effect after about a quarter of an hour, and it can play a normal combat effectiveness. It is important to note that once the effects are removed, the Mucuna pruriens cannot be affected again. The chief took out a small copper bottle containing a dozen or so pills, which had been made by those people in order to support the operation.

"Good work. Yue breathed a sigh of relief, since there was an antidote, it was not a big problem, and she thought that the influence of the Yin Mucuna flower could not be eliminated.

"In the end, remember to stop him from helping Cheongju, maybe he can solve it and Yin Mucuna, but the risk is too great, and he doesn't have time to spend here, please stop him, this is the most critical thing. After the chief admonished him, he hid again, leaving Yue to think for a while and return to the dinner table.

"Are you feeling better?" Jiang Qingyi looked at her with concern.

"Well, there should be no problem with the food, let's make do with it, although the taste is really bad, but if you eat too much dry food, it's good to change the taste." Xiaoqing continued to maintain her character, and her slightly cheerful tone didn't tell any problems.

"Okay, I'll give it a try. Jiang Qingyi nodded, frowned and stopped chopsticks after eating some food, she still couldn't accept this taste, after all, she hadn't suffered this kind of sin, although she wasn't squeamish, she couldn't accept it.

"Actually, this is not bad, regardless of the taste, the taste is good, and this, eat some more, otherwise you will be hungry at night." Xiaoqing coaxed her to eat some more before giving up.

When a few people went to the room, Xiaoqing quietly called Yue Zhengdao in, and then told him about the effect of the meal on internal force, gave him a few antidotes, and asked him to find a way to detoxify others, and it was to do so on the premise that they didn't know the specific situation.

This is done to reduce your own casualties, and to surprise them if they come in the middle of the night. After all, compared to the situation where everyone gathers up tomorrow and camps outside at night, it is more suitable for them to disperse and stay now.

Yue Zhengdao thought about it, took over the task, made a large pot of water in the hotel, made it into an antidote, and went around with the excuse of 'The young master sent me to inspect how your life is, you are restless, and whether you have the name of doing things', and found the foothold of the rest of the people, and as soon as he entered, he pretended to check it around, and then started to attack the water tank: scooped water with a water scoop and drank it, and then said exaggeratedly: "Eh, this water is so sweet, what kind of thing are we eating in the hotel? ”

Others: ......

Yue Zhengdao shouted: "You, yes, it's you, if you don't believe it, come and taste it, this pot was brought out of the hotel, and the water in this tank is your water." ”

The person who was ordered by him had to resign himself to his fate and drank a scoop + a cup, and said a little blankly: "It's no different, right?

"You've got something wrong with your sense of taste, and the water here is sweet. Yue Zhengdao was disdainful, ordered another person to come over, repeated the process, and after fooling everyone with his acting skills and eloquence, he shook the kettle, and felt that it was enough, so he went to the next one before they could react to what was going on.

Yes, because the hotel is limited, they are boarding in the people's homes and cooking by themselves, so these hard-pressed children haven't eaten yet, and they don't know these things, and they were teased by Yue Zhengdao, who has always liked to mess around.

This is the result of their final discussion, after all, Yue Zhengdao is not surprised to do anything, although it is a bit excessive, but since he is holding the emperor's thigh, these people have grievances in their hearts and are not good to say anything, so they can only hold it in their stomachs.

In this way, Yue Zhengdao teased all the people on the bright side except for the ten of them, and finally gave the rest of the antidote to the leader of the dark guard, asking him to solve the matter of the dark guard, and then returned to the hotel, hiding his merit and fame, leaving the leader of the dark guard messy in the wind.