Chang An frowned
"Bronze, what do they want bronze for."
"I don't know about that. What I know are the ones circulated in the world. As for more, you have to ask them themselves."
Chang An looked at the long sword with cold light on the table, his expression solemn.
"They want a huge amount of bronze. Could it be related to the Sword God's sword?"
Yan Sihai smiled and said
"But now I'm curious, how are they going to get this sword from you? After all, you are now the best in the world."
Chang An smiled, this kind of name is more of a target.
In the past few days, Chang Mansion has been getting busier and busier.
There are often people moving around in the yard, and Chang An is awakened by his mother's voice every morning.
"Be careful, this flower is on the table."
"Old lady, where do you put this wine?"
"Put it in the wine cellar and take it out on the wedding day."
"Old Madam, Tailor Liu across the street has sent the master's wedding dress."
"Put it on the table. I'll let An'er try it later."
…
The ninth day of April, the day before the wedding, in the afternoon.
Chang An was dressed in a bright red wedding dress and a small crown on his head, standing in front of the bronze mirror.
Lin Xinyue stood behind her, looking at Chang An in the bronze mirror with a smile on her face
"Oh, my An'er is so beautiful!"
Chang An, however, looked calm and was thinking about other things.
"Dong dong dong!"
There was a knock on the door.
"It should be the lotus seed soup I asked someone to make."
Lin Xinyue walked to the door with a smile and opened it. Outside, Lin Xinyue's personal maid, Xiaocui, was waiting at the door with a bowl of lotus seed soup and a smile.
"Madam, you want the lotus seed soup."
Lin Xinyue took the lotus seed soup
"give it to me."
Lin Xinyue walked in and said with a smile.
"Last month we hired a cook from Jiangnan. The lotus seed soup he makes is very good. Please try it."
Chang An frowned, and he suddenly remembered what Yan Sihai said to him that night.
He grabbed Lin Xinyue's hand. Lin Xinyue was startled by him and almost dropped the lotus seed soup in her hand.
"What's wrong, An'er?"
Chang An also remembered that many new servants had arrived in the mansion recently.
"Mom, there are a lot of new people coming to the house recently."
Lin Xinyue nodded
"Yes, haven't you been busy organizing your wedding recently? There are not enough people in the house, so I hired seven or eight more people."
Chang An frowned. Could it be that the people on the twelfth floor had already sneaked in?
He took the lotus seed soup from Lin Xinyue's hand, pushed the door open, and left Lin Xinyue with a confused look. After a moment, her curses came out.
"You brat, I don't know what I'm thinking about all day long."
Chang An took the lotus seed soup and walked straight to Yan Sihai's room.
"Old Yan, help me see if there is anything fishy in this bowl of lotus seed soup."
Yan Sihai was studying poisonous insects when he saw Chang An dressed in red robe and laughed obscenely
"Hey, the groom is quite handsome."
Chang An said seriously
"Have a look."
Lao Yan glanced at the lotus seed soup, and then returned to the poisonous insect in his hand.
"There's something wrong with it at first glance."
Chang An frowned. He originally just had a whim, but he didn't expect that there was something wrong with the lotus seed soup.
"real?"
Yan Sihai nodded.
"However, it can't harm anyone's life. It's just a little sweat medicine."
He picked up the bowl of lotus seed soup and observed it carefully.
"This should be the Mongolian sweat medicine commonly used on the twelfth floor. This medicine is very special. It is produced from the Manzhu Shahua outside the Great Wall and is made from grinding its petals."
"It is said that just a little bit of fingernail can make a person sleepy for a whole day."
Chang An feels more and more weird
"This twelfth floor has something to do with Beyond the Great Wall."
Yan Sihai glanced at him
"There is a landlord on the twelfth floor, who is said to be from beyond the Great Wall. However, there is something strange."
Chang An asked
"What's weird?"
Lao Yan frowned and said hesitantly
"Seeing as this dose is not much, it will make you sleep for five hours at most. Do they want to use this time to steal the sword?"
"I'm just afraid that the dose will be too high and it will arouse your suspicion, but the method of administering the medicine is too obvious."
Chang An nodded
"So I don't think it was the cook who administered the medicine. It's too obvious."
Yan Sihai shook his head and stood up with a sinister smile on his face.
"You can't be so arbitrary. Whether it's him or not, you have to go through the trial to know."
As he said that, he was about to walk out. Chang An suddenly had an ominous premonition. This guy was probably trying to test the medicine on someone. His mother was very satisfied with the cook and would not kill him.
"Old Yan, let's interrogate it together. I'll have someone call him over."
With that said, without waiting for Yan Sihai's reply, he called the servant in: "Go and call the Jiangnan cook from the kitchen."
"Yes, head of the family."
The servant withdrew.
Yan Sihai stepped back with a disappointed look on his face, sighed, and said angrily
"Oh, people have to lower their heads under the eaves. They are guarded like thieves every day."
Chang An laughed and tried to change the subject. He looked around the room and saw the Clivia placed in the corner. He laughed.
"Old Yan, the clivias in your room are growing well."
Yan Sihai snorted coldly
"Hmph! You kid interrupted me on purpose. These are not all grown by your family."
Chang An chuckled.
Before long, the servant led the cook to Yan Sihai's room.
The cook was tall and thick. He looked more like a butcher than a cook.
"The head of the family."
The cook looked at Chang An and Yan Sihai doubtfully.
Chang An nodded and looked at the lotus seed soup on the table.
"You made this lotus seed soup."
The cook nodded
"yes."
Yan Sihai looked at the cook gloomily
"There's poison in this soup."
The cook was shocked and shook his head
"impossible!"
His breathing became rapid, and his burly figure was trembling. He looked at Chang An pleadingly.
"Master, I did not administer the medicine. I have no enmity with you, so why should I harm you?"
Yan Sihai looked gloomy and said in a strange way
"If it's not you, who else could it be? It's you who always made this soup."
The cook's face was dripping with sweat. His brain was running rapidly at this time, recalling the people he met today. Suddenly, a person appeared in his mind.
"Lao Zhou came to the kitchen today! Yes, yes, it's him!"
Yan Sihai looked at Chang An in confusion.
Chang An said
"Lao Zhou is the accountant of the family. He has been an old man for decades. Like Uncle Fu, he is the most trustworthy person. But what is he going to do?"
The cook said hurriedly
"Lao Zhou loves to eat the snacks I make. He always comes to see me when he has nothing to do. Today, he seemed very strange and sneaky. I asked him what happened, but he didn't say anything."
The cook recalled
"I remembered it. Later I left for a while and asked him to watch the kitchen for me for a while. It must have been the poison that was administered at that time."
Chang An frowned, could it really be Lao Zhou?
Yan Sihai said
"Who took away the lotus seed soup?"
The cook recalled
"It should be the old lady's maid, Xiaocui."
Yan Sihai looked at Chang An again, and Chang An nodded.
"The voice is indeed hers, but she is also an old person in the house. She has been with my mother for ten years."
Yan Sihai continued to ask
"Besides these two people, who else is likely to get close to this lotus seed soup today."
The cook thought for a long time and shook his head.
"Then it seems that Lao Zhou is the most suspicious."
Yan Sihai looked serious, Chang An nodded and asked his servant to call Lao Zhou over.
After a cup of tea, Lao Zhou was also brought into the room.
"Lao Zhou, what are you doing in the kitchen today?"
Lao Zhou was trembling, and he looked like something was wrong. Chang An just asked, and he knelt on the ground with a thud.
"Master, I was wrong."
In the blink of an eye, Lao Zhou burst into tears and kowtowed to the ground, begging Chang An for mercy.
This made Chang An and Yan Sihai at a loss. They looked at each other and Yan Sihai scratched his head.
"I can't figure it out. I recognized it too quickly."
Chang An also looked confused.
"Okay, then tell me how you poisoned me."
Lao Zhou's crying stopped suddenly.
"Poison?"
Lao Zhou yelled and shook his head
"Master, I don't dare to do this. Even if you give me ten courages, I wouldn't dare to harm anyone!"
Chang An was startled, and then realized something was wrong. Lao Zhou was an authentic Central Plains person, how could he like to eat dim sum made by Jiangnan chefs? Just run to the kitchen when you have nothing to do?
Chang An said suspiciously
"Lao Zhou, you didn't go to the kitchen to hide the money, did you?"
When Lao Yiyi heard this, his body softened and he collapsed on the ground.
"Master, I was wrong, please give me another chance."
Yan Sihai laughed, and Chang An felt helpless.
"Lao Zhou, go and explain to my mother how much money you have embezzled over the years."
Lao Zhou stopped crying again, his expression desolate.
Lao Zhou's words made Chang An make new discoveries.
Yan Sihai seemed to have discovered something, and said to him
"How about asking Xiaocui to come?"
Chang An nodded and asked Xiaocui to be called in again.
"Xiao Cui, please tell me exactly what happened today, as detailed as possible."
Chang An looked at Xiaocui and said.
Xiaocui nodded timidly
"yes…"
"Two hours ago, I was going to accompany my wife to your room to try on wedding clothes. When I was halfway there, my wife suddenly said to me, asking me to tell the kitchen to make a bowl of lotus seed soup, and asked me to serve it. To you, head of the family."
"When I got to the kitchen, I saw Mr. Zhou was there."
After saying that, Xiaocui glanced at Lao Zhou, who couldn't help but nod.
"Yes, yes, I just arrived in the kitchen at that time."
Xiaocui continued
"I saw that Mr. Zhou had something to do with the cook, so I gave instructions to the kitchen. The old lady asked them to make a bowl of lotus seed soup, and then left."
"After waiting for about half an hour, I went to the kitchen and brought the lotus seed soup outside the house, the master of the house. Next, the master of the house will know."
Chang An had a stern look on his face, and now he made things clear.
Yan Sihai also sneered and said
"Xiao Cui, please say what you said to the kitchen exactly as it was, word for word."
Xiaocui said
"That's what I'm saying, master. The old lady asked you to make a bowl of lotus seed soup. I'll get it later."
Chang An asked again
"Exactly?"
Xiaocui nodded confidently
"Exactly!"
Chang An and Yan Sihai looked at the cook at the same time, with chills on their faces.
"What else do you have to say."
The cook looked confused
"Master, what did you ask me to say? It really wasn't me."
Yan Sihai sneered.
"Xiao Cui asked you to make a bowl of lotus seed soup. When we asked you, how did you know that it was for Chang An? Maybe it was for me."
The cook's expression changed.
"Whoosh!"
In an instant, a cold light flashed in the cook's eyes, and an extremely concealed small arrow shot out of his mouth and hit Chang An's face at an extremely fast speed.
Chang An sneered, and the small arrow stopped two feet in front of him. The wall of inner strength rippled like ripples, blocking the small arrow from Chang An.
"Well!"
At this moment, the cook's mouth was bleeding, he groaned, and fell to the ground.
Chang An's expression changed and he wanted to step forward to stop him.
"do not go!"
Yan Sihai shouted.
Chang An paused and looked at Yan Sihai doubtfully.
Yan Sihai looked serious and said
"This is a poison unique to the Twelfth Floor. It is made from the stamens of Manjushahua and ground into powder. If you take this poison, ordinary people will definitely die. The body will also be highly poisonous. Anyone who comes into contact will be infected. What's the matter? Your current internal strength may not be able to bear it."
Chang An broke into a cold sweat. Fortunately, Yan Sihai stopped him in time, but he also understood a little more about the Twelfth Floor.
He acted so ruthlessly, even if the mission failed, he would drag his opponent to death together. Now he understood a little bit why the missions he received on the twelfth floor never failed.
Chang An looked at the dead cook worriedly, the matter was far from over.
"What are they doing this for."
Yan Sihai shook his head
"This organization is covert and ruthless. It seems like it is unnecessary to do such stupid and meaningless things."
Chang An sneered
"How could they do such a boring thing? There are probably people from them in this mansion."
Yan Sihai frowned
"We don't have enough time. We are getting married tomorrow. Could it be that they deliberately threw this bait to delay time?"
Chang An also looked serious
"We can only take one step at a time."
