Chapter 314 Mysterious
"What do you mean...it has to be this way?"
After another moment of silence, Mei Cheng'an tilted his head and asked in confusion.
Chen Pingping opened his mouth and fell silent again. After a moment, he said something without raising his head.
"The reason...I can't tell you, you just need to..."
Mei Chengan interrupted directly.
“I don’t know what your Majesty is planning, but it feels like you have put us in some kind of dangerous situation.
You have to explain it clearly. If you don’t, even I will be confused and uneasy, not to mention… you know what I mean.”
Chen Pingping's mouth twitched when he heard this. He glanced at Mei Cheng'an, narrowed his eyes, thought for a while, and then spoke.
"The only one in danger is Fan Xian, and you..."
"I don't believe it, explain it clearly!"
"..."
"Do you really need to listen?"
“You must listen!”
"It's a long story."
"Then let's make a long story short."
"..."
"I regret bringing this up with you."
"It's too late. Tell me quickly, or I'll tell Fan Xian right away."
"..."
Chen Pingping resisted the urge to roll his eyes, looked at Mei Chengan deeply twice, then lowered his head, pinching the wood block and becoming conflicted again.
This time Mei Cheng'an didn't urge him. With a stern face on the outside, he poured himself a cup of tea with a smile on his face and sipped it leisurely.
……
Bagua Hall (meeting hall).
Fan Xian looked at Senior Brother Leng with curiosity. He saw a black wristband with three short crossbow arrows on the back tied to his left arm.
After he was equipped, Leng Huan lifted his left arm and spoke to him.
"This is the latest crossbow."
After a brief explanation, he pointed to the base of the crossbow arrow and said.
"Tap here and the arrow will be fired."
As soon as he finished speaking, Leng Huan stretched out his hand and slapped it, and three short crossbow arrows shot out immediately.
With two "puff" sounds, followed by two screams and two muffled thuds, two fellow apprentice brothers from the third department fell to the ground with a bang.
Fan Xian's eyes widened upon seeing this, but Leng Huan took a look and remained extremely calm, just commenting with a smile.
"Oops, I got cheated."
Not only was he calm, but the other brothers in the three places were also calm, as if it was just a small matter and not worth mentioning.
Without any instructions, several people in the crowd automatically stepped forward to lift the two fallen people and carried them out.
The whole process was quiet, unhurried and orderly.
Leng Huan was still explaining the advantages and disadvantages of this equipment to Fan Xian.
"The arrows are very fast and seem to be very concealed, but they are not lethal enough. They can only be fatal if they hit the vital points."
Fan Xian's eyes were fixed on the two brothers who were being carried out. After Leng Huan finished speaking, he couldn't help but point at them.
"No, the two brothers..."
Leng Huan glanced at it, exclaimed, waved his hand and smiled.
"It's okay, it's okay. The poison of Type 4 is easy to cure. He will be back alive and well in no time. Don't worry."
"Oh~"
Finding what he said interesting, Fan Xian smiled and breathed a sigh of relief.
Leng Huan smiled and pulled him back to the table, then picked up another big black umbrella.
"Come on, little brother, take another look at this..."
……
"Can I trust you?"
After hesitating for a long time and staring at Mei Chengan for a long time, Chen Pingping blurted out these words.
Mei Cheng'an was furious when he heard this. For this kind of thing, if you want to say it, just say it. If you don't want to say it, just don't say it. Why do you suddenly have to do a trust test?
He was speechless and didn't waste any words. He just stood up and pretended to leave.
"If you ask such meaningless questions again, do you believe I will tell Fan Xian right now?"
Chen Pingping hissed, stared at him speechlessly for a moment, sighed, and waved his hands helplessly.
"Okay, okay, I won't ask any more questions. Sit down."
Mei Chengan thought about it.
"You won't wait for me to sit down and worry about it for another half an hour, will you?"
Chen Pingping hissed again and glared at him.
"Hurry up and sit down. Stop talking so much nonsense. Speak now!"
Mei Cheng'an snorted and sat back.
"That's more like it. Go ahead."
Chen Pingping rolled his eyes at him, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea slowly. After putting the cup down, he spoke slowly.
"This matter has to start with Sean..."
……
With a bang, Leng Huan opened the big black umbrella and introduced it to Fan Xian.
"This umbrella has a fireproof cloth cover on the outside, and if you look inside, the ribs are very strong!"
Leng Huan closed the umbrella with a "pop" and smiled at Fan Xian.
"When you fall from a height, stretch yourself out so you can fall more slowly."
The corner of Fan Xian's mouth twitched, and he nodded with an awkward smile.
"oh oh."
This umbrella... is better than nothing.
After a while.
Fan Xian and several of his fellow apprentices were pulling hard at a thin black rope.
"This rope is made of special material. Even though it looks thin and light, it can easily support the weight of four or five people, and it can't be cut by a knife."
While Leng Huan was introducing it, he also cut on it with a dagger for a long time.
Fan Xian looked at the thin black rope and nodded silently.
"Oh, good stuff!"
When collecting the rope, Leng Huan suddenly hooked a small piece of black rope around his neck, lifted it up with both hands, and pretended to strangle himself.
"If you have nothing to do, you might as well strangle a few people for fun, hahahahaha."
Fan Xian smiled and said, "Oh!"
"Okay, next item. Let me take a look. Oh, this is it."
As he spoke, Leng Huan picked up a jade pendant that looked quite good from the table and waved it in front of Fan Xian.
"Look at this, it looks like a jade pendant, but actually, it really is a jade pendant, haha, just a joke.
In fact, this jade pendant is hollow inside. I added some material inside so that it can be broken into pieces in an emergency!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he dropped the jade pendant in his hand to the ground with a snap. The jade pendant shattered as soon as it touched the ground. Then, an extremely pungent and thick white smoke that choked the throat came out from the broken parts and spread instantly.
Fan Xian covered his mouth and nose immediately, and the other three brothers followed suit. Only Leng Huan did not cover his mouth and nose at all, and introduced himself to Fan Xian while coughing in the thick smoke.
"Ahem~ Concealing your body is the best, ahem~ I also put some spicy powder to stop the enemy, ahem~ Ahh~ Open the door quickly!!!"
Leng Huan gave an order and everyone immediately responded and dispersed.
As several doors opened, the smoke slowly began to dissipate, accompanied by violent coughing.
After his vision became a little clearer, Fan Xian saw a folding fan on the table. He immediately held his breath and reached out to pick it up.
Fan Xian opened his fan and wanted to fan the smoke to make it disperse faster, but Leng Huan's expression changed instantly when he saw it, and he immediately spoke out to stop him.
"Hey, don't!"
Unfortunately, it was too late. Fan Xian grabbed the fan ribs with both hands and fanned down hard.
The two silver needles hidden in the fan were immediately shot out by the force, and two more brothers fell to the ground.
Fan Xian froze, his eyes widened. This...
The two people who suddenly burst into laughter after falling to the ground were quickly carried out for treatment.
In a flash, Fan Xian and Leng Huan were the only two people left in the entire Bagua Hall. The rest were either carrying people or being carried away, and they all left.
An awkward gust of wind blew away the white smoke in the Bagua Hall, and Fan Xian looked down at the folding fan in his hand awkwardly.
Leng Huan walked forward calmly and explained.
"This fan has a needle hidden in it. Look, it's right here. It contains poison type C6. It's not fatal, but it just makes me itch."
As he said this, he gestured as if he was tickling his body.
"Itchy~haha."
"Oh~ this is itchy, then I feel relieved."
Fan Xian breathed a sigh of relief, as if a heavy burden had been lifted off his shoulders. In order to demonstrate the equipment to him, four people had already fallen, and the pressure was enormous.
I have almost introduced everything that needs to be introduced, Leng Huan said.
"Well, that's basically it. As for the big ones, since you're not going to the battlefield, you don't need to bring them."
Fan Xian closed his folding fan, put it down, and smiled.
"That's enough!"
Leng Huan smiled and nodded, then thought for a moment and added.
"Yes, Master Fei also said that you have mastered the art of using poison, so I didn't prepare any poison for you!"
Speaking of this, Fan Xian remembered something.
"Hey, Senior Brother, I'm short of materials!"
Leng Huan said immediately upon hearing this.
"Tell me, what's missing?"
Fan Xian was not polite anymore and started counting on his fingers.
"Cat buttons, arsenic stone, strychnine, South China Sea camphor..."
"Um…wait, wait."
Leng Huan interrupted him and said with a hint of disgust on his face.
"Cat buttons, ugh, they are too bitter and not suitable. Arsenicum and strychnine should not be hard to find."
Fan Xian said helplessly.
"It's not hard to find, but with my status, it's not convenient for me to buy it because it will easily attract attention."
Leng Huan suddenly realized.
"Oh, yes. Okay, okay, don't worry. There are plenty of them in the three places. You can take whatever you need later. Otherwise, you can bring some chloroform."
Fan Xian's eyes lit up when he heard this unfamiliar name.
"Chloroform? A new drug?"
Leng Huan laughed.
"It's a newly developed drug. Mr. Fei has seen it before. He said it's better than strychnine."
Fan Xian asked excitedly.
"Is this medicine easy to cure?"
"That's basically the solution to You Ye Xiang."
"Ah, I see. In that case, can we replace the arsenic stone with curare? It will be more effective..."
……
After some discussion, Fan Xian updated his poison storage and instantly gathered a lot of materials for making poisons from three places.
A large pile of materials and equipment were delivered to Fan Xian's carriage by the senior brothers from the three departments.
After Fan Xian came out of the three places, he did not leave in a hurry. Instead, he went to Chen Pingping's private courtyard again and met Wang Qinian at the gate of the courtyard.
"grown ups."
"I'm done over there, where's Lao Mei?"
Wang Qinian pointed to Chen Pingping's office inside.
"I'm talking to the dean inside."
Fan Xian said in surprise.
"Still chatting, what are you talking about? Let me go take a look."
“Hey~”
Wang Qinian reached out to stop him.
"My lord, this is the case. When I came out, the dean told me not to let anyone in to disturb me. You see..."
Fan Xian frowned when he heard this, and muttered something while looking at Chen Pingping's office from a distance.
"It's quite mysterious."
Wang Qinian looked at him and said tentatively.
"How about I go and let them know that you're here. Maybe the person the dean is talking about doesn't include you."
Fan Xian thought about it and shook his head.
"No need, let them talk. I won't wait for you and will leave first. When Lao Mei comes out, tell him."
"Okay, sir, take care."
After taking another look at Chen Pingping's office, Fan Xian turned and left.
"Let's go."
……
(End of this chapter)
