Chapter 388: Beating

At night, the second in command warmly invited Xie Zhuoning, Xiao Jinxuan and others to attend the reception dinner he specially prepared.

Xie Zhuoning raised his eyes slightly and asked Xiao Jinxuan, "Do you want to go?"

No one knows what tricks the second-in-command has in store for them.

A word escaped from Xiao Jinxuan's thin lips, "Go."

How can you know what they are up to if you don’t go?

Anyway, from the moment he climbed the mountain, he was prepared to be trapped in the whirlpool.

Who knows, we might even take this opportunity to give them a warning.

This answer coincided with Xie Zhuoning's. She smiled and asked Xia Ju and Song Yuqiu to inform Tiezhu and the others.

Tonight, we can give them a good meal.

When the group arrived at Zhongyi Hall, the second in command immediately came to greet them courteously, "Please take your seats."

Xiao Jinxuan was not polite and went straight to the left seat at the top and sat down.

Upon seeing this, the eldest boss wanted to sit in the right seat, but he saw Xie Zhuoning and Xiao Jinxuan already sitting side by side.

The scene made the boss dazed.

Who is the boss of this Green Forest Alliance?

However, when he thought of the Ghost Pill in his body and the second brother's plan, he suppressed his anger and found a seat at the bottom and sat down.

The second in command clapped his hands, and countless dancers rushed in and began to perform singing and dancing.

The maids also brought various delicious dishes and delivered them to everyone.

The second in command said with a big smile, "This place is simple and there is nothing special to offer. Please don't mind it."

Before he could finish his words, Tiezhu and his friends rushed over like a whirlwind and cleared away all the food on the table.

I don’t know how long it has been since I had a full meal.

The corner of the second in command's mouth twitched, "Haha, haha, these guys are really... careless about details."

Tiezhu wiped his lips and said unhappily, "Isn't it because the Green Forest Alliance raised taxes this year? We've been thrifting all day and can't even get enough to eat? You only care about yourselves, and you don't care about the lives of the people in the village below you?"

In the past, how could he dare to speak to the second-in-command of the Green Forest Alliance like this?

But now, they are following their new leader and are full of confidence!

The second in command was stunned when he heard this, and asked uncertainly, "Which copycat are you from?"

Tiezhu patted his chest and said, "We are Ergouzi Village!"

Xiao Jinxuan's expression was distorted.

Xie Zhuoning raised his hand to support his forehead.

In fact, it is not impossible to change this copycat name.

There are many mountaintops in Xichuan, and there are countless bandits who have declared themselves kings. The second in command is in charge of the accounts of the Green Forest Alliance and has some understanding of some of the more powerful mountain strongholds.

As for places like Ergouzi Village, which no one had ever heard of, according to previous practice, it was basically given to the Xichuan Army as a reward for military merit.

But now, it was such an inconspicuous small mountain stronghold that attacked the headquarters of the Green Forest Alliance.

It's true that things change over time.

The second in command paused, then personally picked up the wine pot and poured wine for everyone, "Come on, come on, drink, drink. This is the wine that we, the Green Forest Alliance, brewed from fruits picked from the mountains. Everyone must try it."

After pouring the cups for Xiao Jinxuan, Xie Zhuoning and the others, he did not forget to pour some for himself and the big boss as well.

Then he winked at the big boss, who immediately stood up reluctantly and raised his glass in the direction of Xiao Jinxuan and the others, "This glass is for you all!"

Having said that, he drank it all in one gulp.

But Xiao Jinxuan and the others did not move at all, and did not even raise their glasses to show courtesy.

The boss's face instantly turned red, and veins on his forehead were throbbing. "What do you guys mean by this? You don't want to give me face?"

Xie Zhuoning smiled calmly and said, "Don't misunderstand me, Boss. It's not that we don't give you face. It's just that this wine is too salty and we are not used to it."

"You're talking nonsense, how can wine be salty?" The boss felt that the woman was teasing him.

But Xie Zhuoning said sincerely, "It's really salty. If you don't believe me, you can try it."

As he said this, he asked Xia Ju to take the untouched wine in front of him and pass it to the boss.

The boss's face changed and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

The drinks they drank were fine, but the drinks of the people in front of them were drugged.

The second brother said, since the other party can use poison to control them, why can't they use poison to control the other party as well and force the other party to hand over the antidote?

He thought it made sense and even took the initiative to cooperate.

But now, this poisoned wine was brought to him!

His mind raced, and the next moment, he pulled the second in command out, "How about, second in command, you try it?"

Anyway, he had been annoyed with this Lai Lao Er for a long time. He was so bold as to covet his wife. It would be best if he could poison him to death with a glass of wine.

Unexpectedly, the second in command didn't even think about it and immediately said decisively, "This wine is indeed salty. If you are not used to it, I will ask someone to change it."

"Then there's Lao Erdangjia. But my husband and I have a lot of dietary restrictions, and we are very particular about food and lodging. I hope you will be more careful and don't make any mistakes again. Otherwise, my husband will get angry, which is very scary."

Xie Zhuoning always had a smile on her face, and she was also extremely beautiful, so her expression was very charming when she spoke.

But Xiao Jinxuan beside her was carelessly stroking his sword, and an invisible power and majesty came over her face like a torrential rain.

One is hard, the other is soft.

One is smiling, the other is murderous.

When mixed together, it becomes an invisible murder machine that makes people shudder.

The second in command immediately understood what they meant. Beads of cold sweat dripped from his forehead, and he nodded and bowed hurriedly.

"Yes, yes, I will pay close attention and never make a mistake again."

He knew that if he made another mistake, he would never have the chance to stand here and speak again.

He even had the poisoned wine on the table removed immediately and replaced it with new ones.

Seeing that they had become much more well-behaved, Song Yuqiu and Xiao Jinxuan were satisfied.

On the side, Song Yuqiu curiously approached her sister Zhuoning and asked, "Sister Zhuoning, when did you and His Royal Highness Prince Xuan start studying medicine?"

She picked up the glass and smelled something wrong with the wine.

Before they could even say anything, they both realized it.

Xie Zhuoning took a slow bite of his food and said, "Xiao Jinxuan and I have never studied medicine, and we didn't realize that the wine was poisonous."

Song Yuqiu's face was full of disbelief. "So you were just fooling them just now?"

"Not entirely." Xie Zhuoning said in a low voice, "Xiao Jinxuan and I didn't notice anything wrong with the wine, but we noticed something wrong with the wine pot. That pot is called the Two-Hearted Narrow Pot. The inner court likes to use this pot the most to kill people without bloodshed."

Xiao Jinxuan was born into a royal family and was in charge of the Imperial Court, so he knew these shady and underhanded tactics best.

When Xie Zhuoning was in the royal family in her previous life, Xiao Bicheng also used this wine pot and used her name to kill many loyal ministers and generals.

So regardless of whether there was anything wrong with the wine, the fact that the second in command took out the wine pot was enough to prove that there was cat guts in it.

Just when they were looking for an opportunity to criticize them, they took the initiative to give them the handle, which they could not have used in vain.

Song Yuqiu sighed with emotion after hearing this, "Why does it feel like a top-level boss is slaughtering the novice village?"

These mountain thieves couldn't beat them, and even their tricks were completely crushed. They jumped up and down like grasshoppers in autumn!