Chapter 667 Consultation
After exchanging a few more words with Mr. Bu Ke, Li San Niang, Qiu Xiang, and Lao Shi went out the door, got into the carriage, and returned to the Li family.
Meanwhile, Mr. Bu Ke took to heart what Li San Niang had said that night. He whispered something in Uncle Hei's ear, and Uncle Hei bowed and went to do it.
The hunchbacked servant pushed Mr. Keke's wheelchair to the west wing, where he watched through a screen as Uncle Hei questioned the merchant.
Mr. Bu Ke was also patient, and waited for more than two hours until the merchant's addiction kicked in again. Only then did he carefully observe the merchant's behavior through the gap behind the screen.
The merchant initially huddled up in a ball, pitifully begging Uncle Hei for a taste of opium. When he turned around and saw that Uncle Hei wouldn't give it to him, the merchant's eyes turned red, and he suddenly jumped up, trying to take advantage of the moment when Uncle Hei turned around to kidnap him from behind.
If Uncle Hei hadn't reacted quickly, he would have been tackled to the ground by this merchant.
Mr. Bu Ke watched this scene from behind the screen and pondered for a moment. “It seems that what Third Sister said is true. This thing has a great influence on people’s emotions and can even cause people to become manic. It is definitely not a good thing.”
We will skip over the series of experiments that Mr. Bu Ke conducted on the merchants in order to verify what Li San Niang said.
Meanwhile, after Li San Niang, Qiu Xiang, and Lao Shi drove the carriage back to the Li family, they first had a good talk with Lu Zhu'er for a while, then washed up and lay down on the bed to sleep.
Even the strongest person has been through a whole night; how could they possibly endure it all?
In the afternoon, Li Sanniang, the head of the household, got up and ate a bowl of meat porridge. Then she started writing invitations, and she wrote seven or eight of them.
This post is naturally meant for the other extraordinary individuals. How could such a big matter not be discussed with them all?
And telling them isn't enough; we also need to discuss with them how to resolve this issue.
"The sooner it's sent, the better. We must wait for a reply."
Old Ten nodded, took the stack of invitations and went straight out the door. He didn't go to the street to find a commoner to deliver the invitations, but instead used a disguised spy from the Bad Guys to deliver them.
Firstly, although Li Sanniang did not explicitly mention opium in this post, only stating "I have something important to discuss," it was still best to be cautious and have a rogue deliver the post;
Secondly, Li San Niang's letters were addressed to people like the Ding family, Xing Yu, and Chang Siyuan, who were already under the surveillance of the Bad People. Therefore, it was more convenient and faster for the Bad People's spies to deliver them directly.
The speed of the Bad Guys was reliable; by evening, Xing Yu and Chang Siyuan had already replied.
The following day, the other companies also replied.
During these two days, Li Sanniang didn't go anywhere. She stayed at home and carefully wrote a report on opium, which was called opium in the timeline before Li Sanniang's transmigration.
This was something that Li San Niang and Mr. Bu Ke had agreed upon that day. Li San Niang would take the lead in informing the other extraordinary people about the opium, so that they would all know about it and see if they could come up with a solution.
After all, based on Li San Niang's previous speculation, those foreign supernatural beings must have joined forces, intending to gradually erode the vast territory of the Tang Dynasty through step-by-step probing, and ultimately achieve the goal of destroying the country and exterminating the race, directly occupying this rich land.
Since we've reached this critical juncture of life and death, what's the point of the local superhumans engaging in civil war?
Therefore, Li San Niang convened this gathering of extraordinary people primarily to inform everyone about the opium, and secondly to unite them, cooperate with the government, fight against the foreign extraordinary people, and win this war of aggression.
What Li San Niang is doing now is to use a doctor's perspective to explain the effects and damage that opium has on the human body, so that other supernatural beings can understand the importance and destructive nature of this matter.
"Third Sister?"
Mother Li called out to Li San Niang again, and only then did Li San Niang raise her head.
"What are you busy with? It's only a dozen days off in total, but I've noticed you've been busy ever since you came back from the Lantern Festival. Even Dewdrop said you're very busy."
Li San Niang opened her mouth, then closed it again; she really didn't know how to explain this to Li's mother.
Seeing this, Li's mother pursed her lips and put down the red bean porridge on the tray. "I don't understand what you're doing, but my son is clever, it must all be something useful."
Then you need to take better care of yourself. Without good health, how can you have the energy to do the things you want to do?
On the 20th day of the first lunar month, the goddess Nuwa is said to have mended the sky and saved people; this day is known as the Sky-Mending Festival.
Li San Niang got up early today because all the women in the Li family had to accompany Li's mother to participate in sacrificial activities on this day.
Not only do we have to offer incense and make offerings, but we also have to make "heaven-mending cakes" to eat.
It's actually just kneading dough to make pancakes. The best-looking pancake is chosen, strung on a red thread, and thrown onto the roof, symbolizing mending the sky.
After such activities, the holiday is considered over.
Li San Niang, along with her mother and sister-in-law, along with Lu Zhu'er and Qiu Xiang, first offered incense and prayers, and then followed her mother to throw cakes onto the roof.
After the Li family ate breakfast with freshly baked pancakes, Li San Niang prepared to pack up and head to Xing Yu's Man Kou Xiang private restaurant.
"You wait at home for your mother to come back. Your mother will take you to the next street for mutton soup for dinner."
Dewdrop nodded, watching Li San Niang and Qiu Xiang get into the carriage. The eleventh brother cracked the whip, and the carriage started moving.
Upon arrival, Xing Niangzi greeted them first. After exchanging greetings, Li San Niang stayed at the entrance with Xing Niangzi to wait for the others to arrive.
Fifteen minutes later, everyone sat down in the private room on the second floor. After saying a few words, Xing Niangzi said, "You all chat, I'll go downstairs to check on the food."
Thus, only Li Sanniang and her fellow strange people remained in the private room.
The crowd hadn't yet realized anything was amiss, after all, the Lantern Festival had just passed, and today was the Day of Mending the Sky, so the festive atmosphere was always joyful. Furthermore, Li San Niang hadn't explained the purpose of the event in detail in the post.
So, while everyone was exchanging pleasantries about doing business in Chang'an in the future, they continued to chat.
"Clap clap clap!" Li Sanniang clapped her hands together a few times, attracting everyone's attention. Then, she walked to the round table and wrote down all the details about opium that she had prepared in advance on paper and compiled them into a booklet. She handed one out to each person.
"The reason I have invited you all here today is because of this matter of life and death!"
"Take a look at this intelligence first. I will discuss it with you all in a quarter of an hour."
The group sitting at the round table, still smiling, looked at each other in bewilderment before finally picking up the blank booklet and flipping through it.
Ding Mingxuan had just opened the book, but after reading only two lines, his expression turned serious.
When Ding Mingxuan saw that "Afurong" was the same as "Opium," his heart skipped a beat.
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