Chapter 366 Silver Fox Attack
"Nan Yan, have you become rich recently? You invited us to Zuixianlou a few days ago, and today you picked such an expensive place again."
In the No. 1 private room of Shuiyunxuan, Hu Siniang saw Zhong Nanyan ordering twelve signature dishes in one go, and couldn't help but advise, "There are only five of us, we can't eat so much, how about canceling a few dishes?"
When she heard that the dishes were to be removed, Zhong Nanyan quickly objected, "No, these are the dishes I want to eat, so don't feel bad for me."
"Also, the meal a few days ago was not treated by me, but by my father. Didn't he say that it was a little gift from him as an elder? Anyway, you don't have to be polite to me, and don't even bother about the price of the food. I just received my salary yesterday, so I have to treat myself to an expensive meal."
"You have squandered all your salary on restaurants, right?" Honglian said, "With the way you eat, there won't be any salary left."
"If there's nothing left, then there's nothing left. Isn't salary meant to be spent? Besides, it's not like I haven't saved any money."
There were more than three thousand taels of silver notes under her bed, which were the profits that Chu Yuni had bet on at the casino that she would win the competition and that she would split the profits 50-50 with her.
"I can't stop eating. I want to eat everything. I can't finish the food if I order too much. So I have to call you to keep me company."
"Then why don't you ask Xiao Chu to eat with you?" Hu Er Niang joked.
Speaking of Chu Yuni, Zhong Nanyan couldn't help but laugh, "My father hasn't recognized him as the son-in-law of the Zhong family yet."
"No way, didn't they drink together before?"
"My father said that he can't be bought off with a few drinks. What he meant was that the imperial city is so big and there are so many young talents. Let me take a closer look. Maybe there will be someone better than Chu Yuni? Although I looked around and didn't see anything better..."
"If there is anyone better than Brother Chu, there really was one in the past." Hu Sanniang took over the conversation, "It's a pity that His Highness is not a real man. When he regains his identity, I wonder how many young women will be heartbroken."
"That's true." Zhong Nanyan agreed, "If she was a real man, maybe she and I would be successful. Don't you know? In fact, the son-in-law my father chose at first sight was Sister Yun Chu..."
"What about this?"
Everyone was talking excitedly when they were interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Sir, the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall and the nectar you ordered are ready."
Hearing this, Zhong Nanyan responded, "Bring it in."
As the door was pushed open, two waiters walked into the private room carrying hot dishes.
And when one of them put down the plate and withdrew his hand, Honglian keenly caught one of his movements.
The man put his hand into his sleeve, as if trying to take something out.
Honglian immediately became alert and grasped the long whip at his waist.
Almost at the same time, the guy took out a round object, and Honglian's whip wrapped around his hand.
Upon seeing this, Zhong Nanyue's face immediately darkened. She flashed in front of the man, snatched the thing from his hand, and then kicked his knee hard, knocking him down.
This series of actions frightened the other waiter so much that he screamed and took a few steps back in panic.
While everyone's attention was on the person entangled by the red lotus, he sneered secretly, then took out something from his bosom and threw it hard on the ground!
Honglian's whip could only entangle one person. When she found that the other guy was also acting strange, it was too late to stop him.
With a "bang" sound, a cloud of white smoke filled the private room.
Hu Siniang, who was closer to the door, quickly tried to attack the man, but was choked by the smell of medicine in the smoke and started coughing. She only had time to grab the man's clothes before he broke free.
She didn't know what effect the smell of the drug in the smoke had, so she could only remind everyone immediately: "Hold your breath and leave this room!"
Just as she spoke, a small, light, silver-white ball broke into the private room.
Although the smoke affected the sight, everyone remembered the location of the door. They held their breath and were about to leave when they heard Hu Siniang's shouting from the front -
"What?!"
Hu Siniang was almost reaching the door of the private room when she suddenly felt a sinking sensation behind her, as if a sharp object had caught her clothes and was climbing up.
Is that some small animal?
She couldn't see, so she subconsciously reached her hand to her back and touched something furry.
She was about to pull the thing off, but suddenly there was a sharp pain at the back of her neck, causing her to gasp.
"hiss……"
"What happened to the fourth sister?"
When Hu Sanniang came behind Hu Siniang, she saw a little silver-white fox falling to the ground from behind Hu Siniang.
"Where did the fox come from?" Hu Sanniang felt something was unusual.
The fox came in just as the people who attacked them had released the smoke screen. It was obvious that it did not come in by mistake.
But what was the other party's intention in letting the fox in? Could a fox really deal with five of them?
Just as she was thinking this, she saw the fox on the ground pounce towards her!
Now she was absolutely sure that the fox was coming for them. She wanted to catch the fox, but the little fox was faster than her. Before she could even touch the fox's fur, the fox had already jumped onto her shoulder, baring its teeth at her and waving its claws at her.
She was afraid that the fox would scratch her face, so she instinctively raised her hand to cover her face, and the fox's sharp claws scratched the back of her hand.
Although the fox was small, the force of its claws was quite strong. Several bloody marks immediately appeared on the back of Hu Sanniang's hand, and bright red blood flowed out.
Hu Sanniang gritted her teeth and reached out to grab the fox's tail, but the fox quickly jumped onto her head and pulled her hair with its claws.
This made her very angry, and Zhong Nanyue had already come to her side and waved her hand to hit the fox on her head.
After Zhong Nanyue hit the fox, it fell to the ground and pounced on her the next moment.
Zhong Nanyue quickly dodged backwards. She thought she was fast enough, but the little fox's claws still hooked the corner of her clothes and it climbed onto her arm in the blink of an eye.
Honglian was nearby, so she rushed forward to help her. However, the little fox was more agile than a loach. It jumped onto Honglian's hair and then jumped behind Zhong Nanyue, as if it was deliberately teasing the two of them, making them panic.
During this period, the skin on Zhong Nanyue's neck was scratched, and the fox's sharp claws left two long bloody marks behind Honglian's ears.
"What a fast speed." Hu Si Niang had a bad feeling in her heart, and subconsciously reminded Hu Er Niang, who had not been scratched by the fox, "Second sister, don't touch the fox! It is more agile than us."
Hu Er Niang groped her way to the door through the smoke and saw the fox jumping onto Hu Siniang's head again. She couldn't just stand by and watch, so she stepped forward to help drive the fox away.
The result was that she was unable to escape the fox's claws.
The little fox has been restless since it appeared, and has been indiscriminately attacking almost everyone in the private room, making everyone look miserable. Even after everyone left the private room and came to the corridor, the little fox still did not stop attacking.
"This little beast is going too far!" Zhong Nanyue was a little exasperated.
She really didn't expect that the five of them would be bullied to this extent by a fox.
She just wished she could catch the fox and give it a good beating. She was the best among the five people, but even she couldn't match the fox's agility, let alone the other four.
Just as everyone was struggling with the fox, two guests came upstairs and looked at the funny scene in front of them, feeling puzzled.
"What are these girls doing? Playing around with a fox?"
"This fox is really cute, but it's a bit naughty. Why don't they tie up the fox before taking it out?"
As they talked, they stopped to watch the show.
When Hu Si Niang saw people approaching, she wanted to remind them that foxes could hurt people, but strangely, the little fox completely ignored the two people who had just approached and did not show any intention of attacking them.
Hu Si Niang thought about it carefully and soon figured out the reason.
There was a smell of medicine in the smoke that exploded in the private room just now, and the fox appeared behind the smoke.
Did the fox attack them because they smelled of medicine?
If that's the case, then it makes sense.
This little fox must have been specially trained to attack people with a specific smell. This was an order given to it by its master.
The person behind the scenes couldn't have sent this little fox just to tease them, right?
Hu Si Niang couldn't see the wound on her neck, so she hurried to observe the injuries of other people.
Everyone seems to be fine...
But if it was just a flesh wound, what's the point of the person behind the scenes making such a fuss?
Thinking of this, she said quickly: "Let's leave here quickly and let Rumin take a look at the injury. I'm a little worried that it's not just an ordinary skin injury. Anyway, we can't catch this little beast, so why should we stay and let it play tricks on us? It makes us look like monkeys."
Everyone was a little unwilling at first and wanted to catch the little fox, but as more and more guests went upstairs, everyone realized that they could not stay any longer.
If they don't leave, they will become monkeys to be watched with their hair like a chicken coop.
So the group quickly went downstairs, and the little fox chased after them, darting around under the diners' feet until it ran out of Shuiyunxuan. It did not attack anyone again, but ran to the long street and soon disappeared in the endless stream of people.
Everyone took a carriage to Ruihe Hall. They were naturally in a bad mood when they thought about how embarrassed they were by a fox. But after getting over their anger, they began to analyze what happened today.
"I don't know what species this little beast is, but it's so powerful. Did you notice its eyes just now? They are tea-gold in color."
"I noticed that the little fox is pretty, but it's really vicious. It's also the most agile animal I've ever seen."
Zhong Nanyue recalled that she had almost caught the fox's tail several times in the private room just now, but she was always just a little bit short and could not catch it.
She had to admit that her martial arts skills, which she was so proud of, were not as agile as those of a fox.
This is a really frustrating thing.
Zhong Nanyan was feeling depressed when she heard Hu Erniang's cry, "Fourth sister, your wound has turned purple!"
The others quickly looked at Hu Si Niang's neck and saw that her wound was indeed purple.
Everyone's heart tightened and they began to check their own and others' injuries.
Sure enough, in the following time, everyone's wounds began to turn purple.
Zhong Nanyue had taken his own pulse before leaving the restaurant, and there was no problem at that time. But when he took his pulse again, it was no longer stable and became weak and feeble.
She quickly took out the bottle of antidote pills from her sleeve and gave one to each person.
"This is the detoxification pill from Yaowang Valley. Everyone, take it first."
After everyone took the medicine, they saw that the purple color of the wound had not faded, so they realized that the poison of the little fox was not simple.
"Who could have done this..." Hu Erniang murmured, "Have we offended anyone recently?"
"Not recently, but there was one in the past." Hu Si Niang took over the conversation, "There was a bastard who all of us had offended, but perhaps because he hadn't shown up for so long, you all had forgotten about him."
"Are you talking about Jun Tianyi?"
Speaking of this man, Hu Erniang frowned in disgust. "Indeed, we all have a grudge against him, and he must hate the three of us sisters. We have done things for him for many years, and then we took refuge with His Highness. In his eyes, we are all vain and betrayed our former master. He has not been caught yet, and he will certainly take revenge on us if he has the chance, but... where did he get such a powerful fox? I have never seen this fox before when I was in the palace."
"He certainly didn't raise one before, but apart from him, I can't think of anyone else who has such a big grudge against us."
Hu Siniang's tone was weaker than before.
After the wound began to turn purple, everyone noticed that his physical condition was getting worse, and his limbs seemed to have a burning sensation.
But there was one exception.
Zhong Nanyue only felt that her physical strength seemed to be lost a little, but other than that, she didn't feel any other discomfort.
She also discovered that the purple color of other people's wounds became darker, which meant that the poison was spreading, but the purple color of her wounds remained the same as at the beginning and had not yet darkened.
The speed at which the poison took effect on her body was actually much slower.
She thought, maybe it was because she had taken a lot of medicinal pills since she was a child?
Since she was young, her father often urged her to take some pills that would strengthen her body and help her practice martial arts. Her father also said that ordinary poisons would not do anything to her, only strong poisons would have an effect on her.
She couldn't remember how many years it had been since she had been poisoned, but what happened today proved what her father had said.
She lifted the curtain of the carriage and saw Honglian looking tired and biting her lips to stay awake, so she took the reins from Honglian.
About a quarter of an hour later, everyone arrived at Ruihe Hall.
Jiang Rumin was shocked when he saw the five people who were poisoned. He heard from Zhong Nanyue that they were all injured by the Silver Fox, and his heart sank.
Silver Fox...Silver Fox again!
Yesterday, her neighbor was injured by a silver fox, and today, Nan Yan and the others were attacked by a silver fox in the restaurant. This could not be a coincidence...
Jiang Rumin suddenly thought of a possibility.
Could it be that the neighbor’s injury yesterday was a test from someone behind the scenes?
After the person behind the scenes confirmed that she was unable to cure the Silver Fox's poison, he allowed the Silver Fox to hurt Nan Yan and others.
Doing such a despicable thing...is that the person?
If it is really him, then his next target will definitely be Your Highness!
Thinking of this, Jiang Rumin hurriedly ordered Yingchun beside him: "Immediately inform His Royal Highness Prince Ning and the King of Medicine that Nanyan and others have been poisoned."
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