Entering Mian City, the wide streets were sparsely populated, and presumably, after something like this happened, everyone was in danger, so why would they come out and run around.
There are wells in many places in the city, making it easier for nearby residents to get water.
Not long after Su Chen entered the city, they walked into a small street. A well stood in the middle of the road. The houses lined on both sides of the road were now closed.
"Mr. Su, this is it."
Huang Kaishan pointed to the well.
Su Chen nodded, and the two of them walked to the well together. Huang Kaishan took the initiative to get a bucket of water and stared at it. After a while, he had an idea and imitated Su Chen's example. He put his hand on the bucket and his energy emerged. In his hand.
A smile flashed across Su Chen's eyes, and he seemed to be imitating others. In this regard, Huang Kaishan did a good job.
"Gululu..."
Sure enough, when the water in the bucket came into contact with the essence, it started to boil, bubbling gurglingly, and soon after the bubbling stopped, a layer of burnt black appeared.
This time there were more, covering almost the entire surface of the water.
"hiss…"
Seeing this scene, Huang Kaishan took a deep breath, looked up at Su Chen in shock, and asked, "Mr. Su, what on earth is this?"
Everyone is using the water in this well. Doesn’t that mean that the good residents are also...
He didn't dare to think that if this was the case, it would be a disaster!
"Poison."
Su Chen glanced at the scorched black and looked away. Since he fell into the well, there was definitely more than this.
"Poison?"
When Huang Kaishan heard this, his brows knitted together tightly, and wrinkles formed on his forehead.
"But... that's something from the Miao Kingdom. Xijun is located in the hinterland of the Shu Kingdom. How could it appear here?"
The Miao Kingdom is quite far away from the Shu Kingdom, and there is a Qian Kingdom between them. Just talking about the distance, it doesn't seem like they would have traveled thousands of miles to get here.
"Everything is possible."
Su Chen also felt strange, but now was not the time to dwell on this.
In the following time, Su Chen and the two visited the wells in Miancheng, and without exception, they were all poisoned.
The situation was directly escalated to a new level. It was obvious that someone wanted to harm Miancheng.
"You must inform the prince!"
Huang Kaishan clenched his hands tightly. This poisonous person obviously wanted to kill the ordinary people in Mian City!
"Mr. Su, is there a solution to this?"
Then, he stared at Su Chen with burning eyes, and said in a pleading tone: "If there is any, no matter what the price, Kaishan is willing to bear it!"
Su Chen was stunned. He could hear the sincerity in Huang Kaishan's words and knew that he cared about the common people. This could be seen from the respect that other pharmacists had for him.
After thinking for a moment, Su Chen said, "Even if the price is very high or even heavy, can you bear it?"
"I can!"
Huang Kaishan looked happy and said without hesitation, as long as it can be solved, anything can be said!
It would be good to have this awareness.
Su Chen prescribed several kinds of herbs, each of which was not very precious, but there was a hard requirement, which was that the herbs must be more than a hundred years old.
Any herbal medicine that has been around for hundreds of years, even if it can be seen everywhere, will have its value increased countless times, let alone the herb itself has a certain value.
So the difficulty is that it is not easy to obtain.
Huang Kaishan did not feel nervous after hearing this, but instead breathed a sigh of relief, "This is easy to handle. I will write to the prince and ask him to collect the herbs and send them to you."
He thought it was a price, but when he heard that he only wanted hundred-year-old herbs, Huang Kaishan felt relaxed. It was no big deal.
Su Chen raised his eyebrows slightly. It seemed that Huang Kaishan's identity was not just that of the pharmacist accompanying the Prince of Xi. Listening to that tone, it was obvious that he was putting himself and Prince Xi on the same level.
Suddenly, Su Chen was startled, and a chill shot up from his back.
In an instant and subconscious move, he took out the Broken Sword from the storage bracelet, pushed Huang Kaishan aside with his left hand, turned around and blocked the Broken Sword.
"Qiang!"
The crisp sound of the collision of gold and iron spread, and across from Su Chen, he was seen wearing black walking clothes. His whole body and even his face were covered tightly, with only a pair of eyes exposed, looking like an assassin.
The assassin held a green-edged sword and struck the broken sword.
Seeing that the attack was blocked, the assassin did not hesitate at all and immediately stepped back. Then he regained his composure and rushed towards Su Chen with his sword.
"Dang...dang,dang,dang..."
The two figures were intertwined, and the sound of swords clashing was constant.
Huang Kaishan was on the side, his eyes following them, hesitating whether to step forward. He was not good at fighting, and he didn't know if it would be good to get involved.
Su Chen, on the other hand, fought back and forth with the assassin, of course, only about swordsmanship.
Because the assassin never used martial arts training from the beginning, only simple physical skills and swordsmanship.
When Su Chen noticed this, he was surprised for a moment, and then he gradually became serious, and soon became able to suppress the assassin in swordsmanship.
The assassin was also surprised at this time, with a cold and stern look in his eyes. The martial arts realm exploded, and the situation was instantly reversed. The powerful martial arts realm directly suppressed Su Chen.
However, he was so powerful that he managed to repel Su Chen with just one blow of his sword, jumped up onto the house and retreated.
Su Chen frowned and looked at this scene. At the level of Wuzong, he was not an opponent he could deal with now. What kind of person could afford to hire such a being as an assassin? Is it related to the poison in the well thing?
"Mr. Su, are you okay?"
Huang Kaishan came over quickly and asked with concern, a Wuzong assassin appeared in Miancheng, this is not a small matter!
Su Chen glanced at him, shook his head, and said, "The assassin's target is not me, but you."
"it's me?"
Huang Kaishan was stunned. He had not offended anyone, so how could he attract an assassin?
If there is no reason, how can assassins be sent out? I am afraid that today's actions have attracted the attention of the people behind all this.
In order to prevent Huang Kaishan from continuing the investigation, he did not hesitate to send out powerful assassins from Wuzong to assassinate him or make him unable to move.
In this way, the appearance of an assassin this time is a warning.
If you continue to pursue it, it will not be as simple as an assassination.
"Huang Yaoshi!"
The sound came closer and closer. Su Chen and the two heard the sound and saw a plain-looking middle-aged man wearing a black robe, holding the corners of his robe, trotting towards here.
"City Lord Liu!"
When Huang Kaishan saw this, he also shouted.
"Haha, if the patrolling guard hadn't informed me, I wouldn't have known that Huang Yaoshi had entered the city."
Liu Yi chuckled and said, "Is there something wrong with Yaoshi Huang? The guard said that you have been watching the wells in the city."
Huang Kaishan was about to speak when Su Chen next to him suddenly coughed slightly, which made him look at him suspiciously. Then he understood instantly and said with a vague smile: "Nothing, I just happened to think about the current situation in Miancheng and the daily life of the residents." Will your life be affected?"
"Water is the foundation of life, so I came here to see it."
Liu Yi blinked his eyes, glanced at Su Chen calmly, smiled, and said: "Huang Yaoshi cares about the people of Miancheng. He is the blessing of Miancheng!"
"City Lord Liu has given you too much praise. This is what I should do."
Huang Kaishan has also been in official circles for a long time, and his ability to tell lies is very good.
After the two of them were polite, Liu Yi turned his attention to Su Chen, "Who is this little friend?"
Before Huang Kaishan could speak, Su Chen took the lead and said, "Su Chen, I am an unknown young man. My father ordered me to stay with Huang Yaoshi for a long time."
"Oh..." Liu Yi's eyes flashed with confusion, and he asked: "I wonder if your father is..."
"People from the mountains and wild areas are not worth exposing themselves to."
Su Chen replied in a calm tone, neither humble nor arrogant.
"..."
A flash of anger flashed in Liu Yi's eyes. If he didn't want to say it, he wouldn't be so straightforward! But he kept his identity and Huang Kaishan was present, so he couldn't get angry easily, so he could only stare at him hatefully.
"Huang Yaoshi, since you're already here, why not go to the city lord's mansion to hold a banquet?"
He turned around and invited Huang Kaishan again.
"No."
Huang Kaishan declined politely, "I still need to make the decision on many matters outside the city. Next time, next time, next time."
