Chapter 12 Negotiation
On the afternoon of that day, Huang Donglai and Sun Yixie, who had lunch, wandered around Xuzhou City, without any serious business.
At the hour of You, the two went back to the inn again. It was still the same as yesterday evening. They were each in the room for a long time, probably washing up. An hour later, it was dark, and the two of them walked out in bright clothes and prepared to go to the kiln.
The eyeliner sent by the monk to stare at them has been following them since they left the inn, and they cannot see any abnormality, or... there is no abnormality, which itself is an abnormality.
What exactly have the spies missed?
Missed the inn itself...
Sun and Huang did not do anything serious outside that afternoon, but before leaving the inn, Huang Donglai had secretly asked a friend in the inn to help him get things done.
While they were wandering around, the inn's guy ran to the medicinal shop in the city to buy a bunch of medicinal materials and sent it to Huang Donglai's guest room. Those who followed Sun Huang to the room did not know about this, because they were all running outside with Sun Huang and did not leave anyone to stare at the inn.
Of course, even if you keep it, it is useless.
The medicinal materials that Huang Donglai asked the guy to buy were all very common things. He bought more than twenty kinds of them in total, and the amount was also quite large, and all the 0.00 pieces were added together.
But in fact, the poison he wanted to prepare was not only used to use the several materials he brought in his luggage, but only nine kinds of medicinal materials were enough. The reason why he asked people to buy so many kinds of medicinal materials was mainly to cover up his formula.
This is the experience of the Huangmen, and it is also a little secret that many experts in the martial arts world who use poison and even practice medicine know - when you are away and are preparing to purchase materials locally to prepare some confidential secret recipes, it is best to buy more or even dozens of unrelated materials, and don't buy the right amount, but buy more; when you start preparing, in addition to the materials you need, you can also consume a little of the materials you cannot use... In this way, even experts cannot reverse the recipe by tracing the type, quantity, and residual amount of materials you bought.
Going further, when it comes to the matter of "poisoning", if you use this method, even if others search your house afterwards and find such a large number of medicinal materials, you cannot use these materials as evidence to prove that the poison you are preparing.
At present, Huang Donglai used this routine. During the "bathing and changing clothes", he took some time to prepare all the medicines he wanted to use tonight, and then he left the inn with Sun Yixie.
Just after the Xu hour, the two arrived at Qiliu Youlan.
This time, the madam's attitude towards them...is different.
Because Huang Donglai rejected the "friend" proposal of the concubine yesterday, the madam will never give them any good looks.
As soon as they met the two, the madam said sarcastically: "Oh, here it's here~" She looked up at the height with her eyes slanted, as if she was talking to the sky, "Oh, I'm talking about what's going on today... Why is there a sensible wind blowing? It turns out that someone who is not ignorant has to come to the door."
Huang Donglai didn't talk nonsense to him, and responded in a very serious tone: "We have something to do, and I want to ask for a visit to the commoner, so I hope to inform you."
The madam didn't expect the other party to make this request so straightforwardly. After hearing this, her expression changed slightly and she finally looked at the two of them, but her tone was still unkind: "Do you guys can see you just by wanting to see you? Who do you think you are?"
She originally wanted to make things difficult and humiliate these two people a little, but who knew...
"Oh?" Sun Yixie smiled as soon as he heard this, and immediately retorted, "Do you, the guest of the concubine, can you refuse by yourself if you want to refuse? Who do you think you are?" He said this, and even raised his voice, "Your place is also strange. Do you have a dog to decide for the owner, right?"
Those who come to Qiliu Youlan are all decent people. There are not many professional street swearing players like Sun Yixie who have trained in fish markets. Over the years, the most common ones this madam has encountered are just a few swear words. She is used to it, but such tricky anti-mockery is rare. The key point is that she really took her, making her so angry that she couldn't even say anything.
"Sun! Don't be too arrogant!" The madam was still a little tempered and was still saying harsh words, "Don't think that the common man looked up to you and was fearless!"
"Wow, the dog barking in this yard is so loud." This time, it was Sun Yixi's turn to look up at the sky, "Brother Huang, is this a brothel or a dog market? I can't understand it."
"That's right." Huang Donglai also looked around seriously, but he just didn't look at the madam. "Why don't we go back? If the concubine asks about it in the future, we will say that we have come to him and end up barking away by a dog."
After saying that, the two turned around and were about to go out.
The madam was so angry that she was almost vomiting blood, but she had no choice but to put her face down and beg the two of them not to leave.
"Two, please stay..." At this time, a strange man suddenly appeared from outside the gate and blocked Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai. He also freed the siege for the madam at the right time. "The concubine, please invite the two to go upstairs and talk... Please come here."
Shuangxie knew that this man was one of the spies who followed them during the day, and the two were not surprised by his appearance.
After hearing this, the two looked at each other, shrugged, then turned around and went upstairs with a swagger; when they passed by the madam, they didn't even look at her.
The madam was so angry that she didn't recover for most of the time. Today she has learned it. I promise you to rely on others' power, but I promise you that the fox will pretend to be a tiger's power. Sometimes it's useless to have high martial arts skills. Aquatic martial arts are high enough, right? Are you still a turtle slave here? A lackey is not used to use your brain and will be a lackey for the rest of your life.
At the same time, the concubine's room.
The Duke, I have been sitting in the room waiting for the double harmony for a long time.
He knew that these two people would come tonight. Even if no one overheard what Chuxue and Sun Yixie said, he could still guess seven or eight points by guessing.
"Master, they have gone upstairs." At this moment, in the darkness, a man's voice suddenly sounded and said something to the concubine.
"Yes." The prince nodded and replied in a deep voice, "Everything will be done as planned."
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After a moment, Sun Huang and the other two were sitting at the same table as the concubine.
The one who spoke first was the Duke: "You two come today, but have something to ask me for help?"
"Ha..." Sun Yixie sneered, "The prince said this and asked his friend to do something. What's the matter if you want it?"
"What? We are friends again now?" asked the prince. "Yesterday, Young Master Huang clearly rejected the proposal I gave as a friend. Today... have you both regretted it again?"
Huang Donglai shook his head and continued, "The common man's words are wrong. Rejecting a proposal does not mean rejecting a person... As a 'friend', you can discuss anything. If you have your proposal, we have ours, so everyone can exchange it."
"Oh..." The concubine took a sip of the wine in the glass and continued slowly, "Then tell me, what is your proposal?"
"It is definitely inappropriate to destroy the Guangxing Escort Agency." Sun Yixie said.
"But let our Buji brother take the blame for killing Zheng Mu, it will definitely not work." Huang Donglai said.
"It's not good to push Shuisheng out," said Sun Yixie.
"So according to our opinion, otherwise..." Huang Donglai said, "The responsibility for killing Zheng Mukai will be taken by the Duke, right?"
They said one by one, and the more they said it, the more they became, the more they went too far, and finally they made such a request in front of each other.
But the prince did not get angry, but replied calmly: "Then... how can I handle it?"
Sun Yixie replied: "Anyway, Zheng Mukai's death was because he secretly entered Qiliu Youlan, intending to be ill-treated to Miss Chuxue. So Shuisheng... After all, it is also your concubine. Why don't you tell Zhu Jiaduan about it? But don't mention that Shuisheng attacked him, just say that you "let his subordinates do it". Isn't that the end?"
His words were equivalent to making public the matter that he already knew the case. Of course, this was also expected by the Duke.
"How can I explain the two travelers who died in the Inn in West Cheng?" The Duke replied in a calm tone, "I just said I want to kill the roots?"
"Yes." Huang Donglai replied at this time, "You can also say that you not only want to eradicate the roots, but also want to blame us because you heard about Zheng Mukai's previous conflict with us, so you can also explain the transfer of his body and the whipping of the corpse with random fists."
"Well." The prince nodded, "that is, I took care of what Shuisheng did and what I did myself." He paused, "In this way, Zhu Jiaduan would no longer settle accounts with the Lei Buji or Shuisheng, but would come to me."
"That's right." Sun Yixie said, "When the time comes, Mr. Zhu, you just need to show your strength with someone surnamed Zhu, and give him some compensation intentions, so that he can get a step to go..."
Huang Donglai took over Sun Yixie's verbal talk and continued: "After this kind of kindness and power, considering that Zheng Mukai's death is basically worthy, Zhu Jiaduan naturally had to give up, so the matter was settled."
"Hahahaha..." The concubine couldn't help laughing when she heard this.
When Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai saw him laughing, they also laughed, and they were the standard villain laughing loudly, one wave higher than another…
The three of them laughed there for a long time. Finally, the prince stopped first and suddenly asked, "Okay, you all arranged it for me clearly, so I have one of the most critical questions to ask you now..." He paused for a moment, his tone suddenly cold, "...Why should I help you like this?"
After he finished speaking, Sun and Huang exchanged their eyes slightly, and the confident smile on their faces was still there.
"Mr., we are drinking with you here today... was it a coincidence?" Sun Yixie did not answer the other party, but instead threw a question over.
"No." The concubine didn't like lying. People like him didn't like this kind of thing that made him feel uncomfortable.
"Then there is a reason behind this 'necessity', right?" Huang Donglai asked again.
As soon as these two sentences were said, the prince understood that these two people had seen through the fact that they were luring them to Qiliu Youlan when they covered up the scene for Shui Sheng.
"You two..." The concubine was silent for a while, and looked at the no one beside him intentionally or unintentionally before replying, "It's more powerful than I thought..."
"It's too much." Sun Yixie said.
"You're welcome." Huang Donglai said.
The concubine took another sip of wine and continued, "Yes, there is something I want on you."
"But the 'proposal' you gave me yesterday is not enough to exchange for that thing." Huang Donglai continued.
"It's really not enough..." said the prince, showing a smiley expression, "But you can't blame me either... Yesterday I thought you two were just two little ghosts who had just broken the Tianqi Gang's situation with some luck."
"What about today?" Sun Yixie asked.
"You want to hear me praise you?" said the concubine.
"I think about it, tell me, I'll listen." Sun Yixie was thick-skinned and had no shame.
The concubine smiled: "I said you are pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, and you are cunning... don't you mind?"
"I don't mind." Huang Donglai said, "In addition, we don't mind whether you made the proposal yesterday or the surveillance of us today... because we can all understand that if we change our position, we may do the same thing."
"As for negotiation, it is normal for everyone to list all the conditions and discuss them slowly." Sun Yixie added, "Brother Huang said just now, "You can discuss anything between friends, right?"
"Okay, since you are so open and honest, I will just say it." When the words came to this point, the prince stopped beating around the bush. He said with the flow, "As long as you give me the notes that record Gu Qiying Gu Poison Art, I will do all the things you mentioned just now."
Now that happened, he finally showed his strength.
Although the solution to the "Primage Gu Gu" is no longer a secret, Gu Qiying's witchcraft is far more than the witchcraft. The poison and witchcraft contained in his notes are of various types and useless. These are things that cannot be bought with money and are worth immeasurable.
For this, let alone the conditions mentioned by Sun and Huang just now, even if they raised it a little too much, the Duke would still agree.
"The concubine is very good at hand and eyes, don't you know..." After a breath, Huang Dong replied, "...I have already handed this note to the Jinyiwei?"
"I know." said the concubine, "But Young Master Huang, as the young master of the Huang Sect, you have not read this thing in your hands for the time you have left it in your hands... Have you not read it? Didn't you remember it?" He smiled, "Ha... I even doubt that the notes you gave to the Jinyiwei are real?"
"Ha... I am worthy of being a concubine, I can't hide it from you." Sun Yixie suddenly praised the other party.
Huang Donglai had a similar attitude and smiled embarrassedly: "Okay, you have seen through it, so I won't hide it. I did write down a lot of the contents in the notes... But I didn't copy them down only in my mind; if you want... I can slowly think about it after I go back tonight, and in a day or two, I will copy a copy and send it to you, but before that..."
"Do you want me to do what you are going to do first?" The concubine said the last half of what the other party was about to say.
"That's right." Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai answered in unison.
Chapter completed!