Chapter 146: Operation (Part 4) [Requesting Monthly Tickets]
Shen Tang: "..."
She really didn't want to answer the question about her alcohol tolerance.
Can she say she can't do it?
cannot!
This involves dignity and principles!
She stubbornly replied, "Would you believe me if I said I can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk?"
Qi Shan's eyes clearly said, "You're dreaming."
"Qi Yuanliang, it is unacceptable to place your hopes on this."
Chu Yao immediately understood Qi Shan's plan. Shen Tang was indeed a completely different person when he was drunk, even more lethal than when he was sober. However, some problems could not be ignored because of this. Wu Lang's drunken state was strange and uncontrollable. Most importantly, Wu Lang was a scholar with a literary heart!
We cannot ignore this point just because we are so good at fighting.
Strategy is what literary scholars pursue.
What kind of talk is it to charge straight into the front lines!
This made Chu Yao slightly displeased, but Shen Tang reacted faster than him: "Sigh, I knew you wouldn't believe me. Why don't we test your alcohol tolerance?"
She thought Qi Shan would give her a way out.
Who knew—
Qi Shan said, "Hmm, let's give it a try."
Shen Tang: "..."
She quickly realized what "humiliation" meant!
"Qi Yuanliang, what do you mean???" She almost slammed her hand on the table and stood up, pointing at the pair of wooden chopsticks he had taken out, her face clearly saying "Are you looking down on me?"
Why make such accusations?
Because Qi Shan dipped those wooden chopsticks in some wine.
Is this some kind of mosquito feed?
Qi Shan said, "Proceed step by step."
Shen Tang: "...You're ruthless! Fine, just you wait!"
She snatched the pair of wooden chopsticks with a dark expression. Chu Yao reached out to try to stop her, but Shen Tang had already opened her mouth, sucked on the tips of the chopsticks, and slammed them on the table with a loud bang.
Chu Yao scolded Qi Shan in a low voice: "You've gone too far!"
How could someone have such a low alcohol tolerance?
Shouldn't we at least have a cup?
The next moment, his own Goro ruined his chance.
Almost without warning, before Shen Tang could even close his eyes, he leaned forward and slammed his head straight onto the table.
Fortunately, Qi Shan reacted quickly and reached out to help block it, preventing her forehead from making intimate contact with the table.
Chu Yao was completely dumbfounded.
(⊙_⊙)?
"This, this... Goro, what is this...?"
A pair of wooden chopsticks with a little bit of wine on them? ???
Qi Shan twitched her lips speechlessly, then rubbed her forehead, unable to bear the sight: "Obviously, he's drunk. To get drunk on something like this is truly..."
Is this the alcohol tolerance of a normal person?
No need for gradual progress anymore; the starting point is the finish line.
"Goro? Goro? Goro? Wake up!"
Chu Yao gently nudged Shen Tang's shoulder, and the latter sat up, supporting her forehead with her fingers. She changed her sitting posture from kneeling to cross-legged, supporting herself on one knee with one hand, and her fair cheeks seemed to be covered with a light blush.
Upon closer inspection, this face is indeed distinctly feminine.
"What's wrong?" Shen Tang looked at him in the direction of the voice.
"Is this three fingers or four fingers?"
Chu Yao extended his index and middle fingers toward Shen Tang.
Shen Tang paused, staring at the two fingers in a strange state of mind, suppressing the twitching of her brow: "This..."
Several breaths passed without an answer.
Chu Yao: "..."
Goro's alcohol tolerance is really disappointing!
There are too many to count on two fingers.
Qi Shan asked, "Is Youli drunk?"
Shen Tang rested her chin on her hand, still stubbornly refusing to admit her mistake.
"No, I can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk!"
His decisive and straightforward answer certainly didn't seem like that of a drunkard.
but--
Qi Shan sneered and revealed his "trump card": "Has the treasure that was half-stolen been returned?"
Shen Tang: "..."
It hit their Achilles' heel.
She pursed her lips, a hint of grievance and anger in her eyes, and gritted her teeth: "Not yet, but it'll happen sooner or later!"
Chu Yao and his companion exchanged a glance.
Qi Shan put on an expression of shared hatred.
"I received a message these past few days saying that some forces want to steal the 'treasure' that Banbu possesses. Can Young Master Shen fight against it?"
"Fight! Fight! Fight! Why can't we fight!" Shen Tang's eyes widened upon hearing this, and he immediately flew into a rage. He paced back and forth in the room like an extremely irritable wild beast, his steps so heavy it seemed he wanted to crush his enemies. "Everyone tries to steal my things, you bastards!"
After a while, he suddenly shouted, "Damn it, their whole family is tired of living! I'm going to scatter their ashes, not a single one left!"
Chu Yao asked Qi Shan with his eyes.
What exactly was the treasure that Goro was stolen from?
Qi Shan's only response was to shrug and roll her eyes.
How did he know? It was just a test, and isn't it ridiculous to discuss logic and reality with a drunkard?
As things stand, Goro's drunkenness is not entirely "out of control".
A stroke of luck amidst misfortune.
She probably hadn't drunk much, because she woke up in just fifteen minutes. Her head was spinning, and she felt like something was stuck in her chest, making it hard to breathe. It felt like she was furious with something.
She rubbed her tight chest, looked up at Qi Shan and Chu Yao whose expressions were subtle, and could no longer deny it: "I'm drunk again?"
Qi Shan nodded.
Shen Tang looked around. It was still that little house, and the simple wooden furniture was still intact in the distance, exactly the same as before she blacked out. It seemed that she hadn't gone crazy while drunk and that her behavior was still acceptable.
Chu Yao patted her shoulder and said earnestly, "If it's not necessary in the future, it's best for Wu Lang to abstain from alcohol completely."
Shen Tang: "..."
Qi Shan added insult to injury, revealing a truth that was tantamount to public execution: "You can get drunk just by sucking on chopsticks, and Young Master Shen calls that 'being able to drink a thousand cups without getting drunk'? But when you're drunk, you have your own set of logic for doing things, and this time the tax bank's momentum came in handy."
It's not that I'm afraid of a drunkard getting drunk, it's that I'm afraid of a drunkard being unable to communicate.
Shen Tang: "..."
Poor alcohol tolerance...
This is absolutely the body's fault!
She vaguely remembered that she had a really high alcohol tolerance. Before she transmigrated, she had a drinking contest with a very familiar person, drinking and eating skewers. She could chug a whole bottle in one go without even panting, and after finishing the contest, she could still manage to rush to finish her drawing while slightly drunk... However, it was not easy to explain these things to the two of them.
Shen Tang opened her mouth helplessly, then swallowed her words and swallowed this bitter pill—alcohol tolerance can be trained, and one day she will prove with facts that she really is "unable to get drunk even after a thousand cups"!
As the date approached, the atmosphere in the village became somewhat unusual.
Chu Yao made the chubby boy do his homework for two days, and then sent him and Lin Feng to Xiaocheng together—it's always best to be prepared for the worst, because if things go wrong, it would be too dangerous for the two children to stay in the mountains.
Lin Feng was intelligent and vaguely realized something.
Before being sent away, she clung to Shen Tang's sleeve and refused to let go.
Shen Tang could only repeatedly assure him that everything was alright and that he would definitely pick her up at the agreed time. Lin Feng hesitated several times before reluctantly letting go of her fingers.
Her eyes reddened slightly, and she held back her anxiety and sobs, saying, "My lord and teacher must come... they must come soon..."
Chu Yao nodded, his gaze falling on the chubby little boy.
"Arong".
The chubby boy: "Teacher."
Chu Yao patted his head and solemnly entrusted him, "While I'm away, remember to take good care of your junior sister, understand?"
The chubby boy practically patted his chest and promised, "Teacher, please go ahead and do your work. I'll take good care of my junior sister."
He would never bully Junior Sister Lin Feng.
This junior sister is younger than him and weaker than him, but she is smarter, more learned, and writes beautifully. He wanted to learn from her so that he could surprise his teacher in a couple of days.
Chu Yao forced a faint smile: "That's excellent."
That's all Goro has to offer.
Money is secondary; the important thing is these people.
Gong Shuwu also found an excuse to temporarily hand over the nearly one hundred people he was training to Lili to maintain the daily training plan.
Half of these people were former bandits and thugs, while the other half were bought off. If anything goes wrong with the tax revenue plan, there's no doubt they'll be the first to turn against it!
Gong Shuwu then secretly instructed Lili to tell him—
Anyone who makes any unusual moves will be made an example of if necessary!
Li Li was unaware of Shen Tang and the others' actions, but his intuition told him that something unusual was amiss, so he frowned and asked Gong Shuwu for confirmation.
"Can I kill him?"
Gong Shuwu said, "Okay!"
Tanuki asked, "What if half the people show unusual behavior..."
Gong Shuwu said decisively, "Then kill half of them."
Tanuki asked again, "What if it's all..."
Gong Shuwu: "If you have the ability, you can kill them all."
Li Li didn't show it on his face, but inwardly he gasped.
He realized that things were probably more serious than he had imagined, and he couldn't help but look at Shen Tang, trying to find the answer—something must have happened!
Otherwise, why would such an instruction be issued?
Shen Tang hesitated and said, "Kill them all? That might be difficult."
After all, two fists can't beat four hands, and Tanuki has no courage.
Gong Shuwu thought it made sense and was about to change his mind. If the situation turned bad, Lili could act according to the circumstances and prioritize preserving himself.
Then Shen Tang said, "If you find that everyone is showing signs of rebellion, don't make a fuss. I have a box of strychnine in my room."
If you can't defeat them by force, then outsmart them.
Gong Shuwu: "..."
Lili: "..."
After a while, he couldn't help but lower his head and smile, asking Shen Tang, "How can you be so sure that I'm not one of them?"
He didn't know what these people were going to do, but just listening to their arrangements, it didn't seem like a temporary trip at all. Instead, it seemed like they were going to do something extremely dangerous, a life-threatening mission where one wrong move could mean never returning.
Why is it assumed that he would not "rebel"?
The fox spirit was puzzled.
Shen Tang retorted, "Didn't you pledge allegiance to me?"
Lili was speechless when she asked him that question.
This was his plan: to make a final gamble for his future—even if he was in a quagmire, he wanted to fight desperately for that bright moon, not hoping to pluck it from the sky, but only to get a little closer.
However, you can't see into someone's heart.
This Shen Lang is too trusting of others. But Shen Tang doesn't think so. She said very naturally, "Even if you really become one of them, it doesn't matter. I will clean up the mess when I come back. If you are confident that you can escape, you can try. That's all I have to say."
Although she was smiling, her eyes were a clear warning to Lili—life is only once, cherish it and don't be reckless.
Lili subconsciously avoided Shen Tang's gaze, as if that would alleviate the invisible pressure: "Why didn't you take us with you?"
After all, they've practiced for a while, so they should be able to put it to good use, right?
Gong Shuwu: "There's no need to bring them along. They're too weak and can't perfectly follow my instructions. They'll only be a hindrance..."
His close-knit private retinue had long since dispersed, and he was not used to these oddballs who were barely enough to make up the numbers.
Shen Tang nodded in agreement from the side.
Their opponent was the elite garrison of Sibao County.
What are these people going up there for?
Are we offering ourselves up as a sacrifice to the enemy?
Lili: "..."
(へ╬)
Things are about to get interesting in the next chapter.
(End of this chapter)
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