Chapter 164 Chapter 164 No Recklessness This Time
Before daybreak, Yu Li noticed that the people around him had gotten up.
She yawned, then sat up and asked, "Xiao brother, you got up so early?"
She turned her head and glanced out the window, and found that it was still dark outside. It was rare that he got up earlier than her, which made her quite surprised.
Fu Wenxiao was getting dressed and tying his belt. He turned to look at her and said apologetically, "Did I wake you up?"
"No." She wiped the sweat off her forehead with her sleeve, pulled up her clothes, picked up the fan next to her and started fanning herself, "I was woken up by the heat."
The weather was getting hotter and hotter. After a night, the ice in the ice jar had melted and she could no longer feel any coolness. Naturally, she was woken up by the heat.
Fu Wenxiao took the fan from her hand, sat beside the bed and fanned her, "I'll have someone come over to add some ice later." Seeing that she was cool and lay back on the bed, he smiled and said, "I have something to do today, so I'll be leaving soon."
Yu Li looked up at him, "Are you busy?"
"Fortunately, it will be done soon."
After fanning her for a while, Fu Wenxiao reached out and gently stroked her loose hair, "Ali, continue sleeping."
Yu Li hummed and grabbed his hand. His hand was cool and felt very comfortable to the touch.
After holding on for a while, she finally let go, "Okay, go and get busy."
When she let go of her hand, Fu Wenxiao's fingers moved slightly, and he resisted the urge to hold that hand tightly. He told her to have a good rest, then got up and went out.
After a while, a maid came in and added ice to the ice jar, and the room gradually became cooler again.
Yu Li closed his eyes and continued to take a short nap.
As the sky brightened, Yu Li threw off the quilt and went to the yard to practice physical skills in high spirits.
When Qing Huan came over, she also pulled her to practice physical skills together and gave her some pointers.
It was not until dawn that Yu Li finally finished his morning exercise. He went back to his room to wash up, changed into clean clothes and went to have breakfast.
The breakfast was very rich, filling the entire table. Although each item didn’t look like much, when put together it added up to a lot.
There was porridge, rice, noodles and soup, and Yu Li was very satisfied with the meal.
After breakfast, Yu Li continued to go out for fun today.
Qinghuan still went out with her.
Seeing her eyes were red, Yu Li comforted her, "It will be uncomfortable in the early stages of practicing this physical skill, but it will be fine once you become proficient in it."
Qing Huan lowered her head somewhat embarrassedly, "Madam, it is my fault that I am useless..."
Thinking of the tears she accidentally held back while practicing physical skills last night, she felt ashamed and that her endurance was not good enough. She felt ashamed of the teachings of Nanny Yu and the teachings of her mistress.
The lady taught her taijutsu, naturally hoping that she would become stronger, but she couldn't help herself.
"How can you be useless?" Yu Li felt that her idea was wrong. "Everyone's pain points are different, and their ability to endure pain is also different. It's normal to scream and cry when it hurts."
Even the soldiers couldn't help but cry out when they were in extreme pain. It was really nothing.
Not everyone can endure the pain like Fu Wenxiao.
Qinghuan smiled shyly and thought that the lady had a very good temper.
When the lady doesn't smile, she looks cold and lonely, which makes people feel intimidated and think that she is difficult to get along with. But after getting along with her, you will find that she has a very easy-going temperament, as if in front of her, everyone is the same, regardless of status.
And when she smiles, her eyes bend into crescents, making people laugh along with her, and their mood seems to get better.
Yu Li continued to go shopping today.
She spent most of the day shopping yesterday, but she didn't really visit much. This city is so busy and there are so many places to visit that she couldn't visit them all in one day. She wanted to see more and talk to her sisters when she got back, so that they could learn more about the situation in other provinces. Maybe Yu Jin's business could be expanded here in the future.
Qinghuan diligently took her to those busy and clean streets.
But if we talk about lively places, they are still those red-light districts. Qinghuan doesn't dare to take her to such places, in case she accidentally teaches his wife bad habits.
After walking around for most of the day, the two of them ate river noodles at a roadside stall.
Qinghuan didn't expect that the lady would actually eat at a roadside stall. Although she felt it was inappropriate, she didn't say anything. She wiped the blackened stool with a handkerchief before letting her sit down.
Although it is a small roadside stall, the river noodles are very delicious, the toppings are very fresh, and the soup is also very delicious.
Yu Li ate with great relish, finishing three large bowls in one go, all with meat and other ingredients.
After eating the river noodles, Yu Li went to eat something else. She ate from all the food on the roadside stalls. Qing Huan followed behind her and was stuffed with food from time to time. Soon they were too full.
"Madam, I can't eat anymore..." she said with effort.
Seeing this, Yu Li ate it himself.
After walking and eating all the way, Yu Li was finally about 80% full. When she was about to leave, suddenly a person staggered over. When he passed by them, he tripped and went towards where they were.
Yu Li pulled Qing Huan back slightly to avoid that person.
The man fell directly to the ground.
Everyone around looked over, and when they saw that the man on the ground had a flushed face and a strong smell of alcohol, they knew he was a drunk and couldn't help but spit.
"It's not even night yet and you're already this drunk."
“That’s outrageous!”
“…”
Everyone cursed, ignored the drunk, and walked away.
Qing Huan also felt that it was unlucky and was afraid that his wife would be bumped into, so he wanted Yu Li to leave quickly.
The streets and alleys here are full of people trying to make a living, and Qing Huan feels that it is really not suitable for Madam to go shopping. If Madam was not interested in the food in the market and had not eaten all the way here, she would have wanted Madam to leave quickly and go shopping somewhere else.
Yu Li didn't leave. She looked down at the drunk man who was struggling to get up from the ground.
After the drunk stood up, he continued to stagger forward, and she followed slowly behind him.
"Madam." Qing Huan asked in confusion, "What are you going to do?"
Yu Li glanced at her and suddenly said, "Qing Huan, I have something else to do. You should go back first."
Qing Huan was stunned for a moment, then asked hurriedly, "Madam, what's the matter? Do you need my help?"
"No need." Yu Li waved his hand at her, "Please help me take the things I bought today back first. I want to go shopping somewhere else."
"lady……"
"Okay, go back now."
Qinghuan hesitated. She was sent here to serve the lady, and the housekeeper asked her to follow the lady's orders.
Now that the lady wants her to leave, she seems to be going to do something...
Finally, Qing Huan said, "Madam, please go and do your work. I will wait for you over there by the carriage."
Yu Li thought it was okay, "I'll come find you when I'm done."
After letting Qing Huan leave, Yu Li still followed the drunk man slowly.
The drunkard reeked strongly of alcohol, and people on the street, seeing him, covered their noses and walked away with displeasure on their faces. The drunkard, however, did not take it seriously and continued walking while mumbling something.
After crossing the street and turning into a quiet alley, the drunk man came to the door of a house in the alley and started knocking.
"Open the door, open the door, I want to drink..."
A strong man opened the door. He looked outside first and saw that there was no one around. Then he let the drunk man in and closed the door.
After a while, Yu Li came to the door and looked around.
This alley was very quiet and apparently not many people came here usually. She looked at the closed door and climbed over the wall to go in.
After entering, Yu Li observed for a while and started walking towards a place with fewer people.
There weren't many people in this house, and she easily avoided them, following a certain smell.
When passing by a wing room, Yu Li leaned over to take a look.
The window of the wing room was open, and a strong smell of alcohol wafted out from inside. There were several men in the room, some lying down and some sitting, all of them drunk.
Yu Li smelled a certain smell mixed in with the aroma of the wine, which made her very unhappy.
She stared at the drunks. Their faces were flushed and anyone who saw them would think they were drunk and would not notice anything unusual.
Because of her special powers, her five senses were very sensitive. As early as when she met the drunkard, she could smell a strange odor mixed with the strong smell of alcohol on his body. She had a hunch that it was not a good thing and was extremely harmful, which made her somewhat concerned.
Yu Li took a few glances and left.
She wandered around the house and came to a storeroom where wine was stored.
When she noticed someone coming, she climbed over the beam and hid there.
Two men came down the corridor.
They went into the wine cellar to take out the wine. One of the men said, "Be careful, don't spill it. This wine is very precious."
Another man said, "Brother Xu, this Shenxian Drunk smells so good, when will the manager give us some to try?"
As he said this, he swallowed his saliva, and was very craving for the wine.
The man named Brother Xu looked at him coldly and snorted, "Drink if you want to die. The Immortal Drunk doesn't really make people become immortals."
Hearing this, the man shrank his neck and dared not say anything more.
After they left, Yu Li released his perception, confirmed that there was no one nearby, and walked towards the wine cellar.
The door of the wine cellar was locked, but it was no problem for Yu Li to pry the lock open easily.
As you enter the door, you will see several large wine barrels and quite a few wine jars. The air is filled with a strange aroma of wine, which makes people distracted.
Yu Li opened a jar of wine and checked it, then reached out and dipped some wine into his mouth to taste it, and his face instantly darkened.
After a long while, she took a deep breath, turned around and left the wine cellar.
Yu Li walked around the house again and saw many drunkards. They all had dazed looks on their faces, as if they were in some beautiful dream. They mumbled incoherently and said words that were incomprehensible.
The house is quite large and winding. Many people come here to drink. They are all drunk and look disgustingly stupid.
To this, those sober people in the house looked accustomed.
Soon after, Yu Li found his target and followed a man dressed as a steward to a side room.
There was someone guarding that room, and no one except the manager could enter.
Yu Li climbed onto the roof, opened the roof tiles, and looked down at every move of the people in the house. After the steward left, she climbed in through the half-open window.
Yu Li's movements were very gentle and did not alarm the people guarding the door.
Coming to the antique display cabinet in the room, she took down a rosewood box, opened it, and saw that the box was half filled with white powder.
Yu Li reached out and pinched some powder, put it to his nose and smelled it, confirming that it was the stuff mixed in the wine.
The so-called divine intoxication should be caused by adding this thing.
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Qing Huan waited in the carriage for a long time. As the sky was getting dark, he was getting anxious when he finally saw Yu Li coming back.
She secretly breathed a sigh of relief, hurried over and asked, "Madam, do you want to go back?"
Yu Li said: "Go back."
On the way back, Qinghuan found that his wife was in a bad mood and she was holding a box in her hand.
This box is made of rosewood, with no patterns on it, and looks very ordinary.
Could it be that the lady’s bad mood is related to the things in this box?
When Yu Li returned to the house, he saw the steward and asked him, "Have Xiao Ge'er and the others returned?"
The steward said hurriedly: "He hasn't come back yet, he might be late..."
Yu Li didn't say anything. She went to have dinner first, then went back to her room to wash up, change into clean clothes, and sat in the room waiting for people.
This wait lasted until most of the night.
Hearing the noise in the front yard, Yu Li strode out, her long ponytailed hair fluttering in the night.
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In the front yard, Fu Lieyun and Fu Wenxiao came back together, and both of them looked unhappy.
Especially since Fu Lieyun's condition was really bad, Fu Wenxiao supported him and frowned, "Brother Lie, are you drunk from drinking that god?"
Fu Lieyun hummed lightly, his face flushed abnormally, and whispered: "It's okay, I only drink a little, I won't get addicted."
Fu Wenxiao still frowned, worried that the Divine Drunk would damage his body.
In recent years, I heard that a kind of wine called Shenxianzui has become popular in Jiangnan.
This divine drunkenness makes people feel euphoric after drinking it, as if they have ascended to paradise. Even gods would be drunk, so people call it divine drunkenness. Anyone who has drunk it will never forget it, and will even spend all their money to drink it.
That's fine, but this divine drunkenness is obviously something that harms people. It can make people addicted, and their bodies will gradually become weak until they die from drunkenness.
Fu Wenxiao turned to Meng Xingzhou and said, "Go and tell the kitchen to make a bowl of detoxifying medicine."
Meng Xingzhou was also very worried and went down quickly.
As Meng Xingzhou left, he saw Yu Li coming over.
"Ali?" Fu Wenxiao asked in surprise, "You haven't slept yet?"
If there was nothing to do, she would usually go to bed on time and get up early to practice physical training. This habit had never changed. He felt a little surprised to see that she was still awake.
Yu Li didn't say anything. Her eyes fell on Fu Lieyun. She walked towards him and then sniffed.
Because she was too close, Fu Lieyun subconsciously stepped back.
At this time, she said with a serious face: "Brother Lie, are you drunk from drinking Shenxian?"
They were both stunned and looked at her.
"Ali, how do you know that the gods are drunk?" Fu Wenxiao was surprised.
Yu Li said: "I just happened to meet him today."
Seeing Fu Lieyun nod, indicating that he had indeed drunk the Immortal Drunk, Yu Li grabbed his hand, transferred some supernatural powers to him, and said seriously: "Don't drink it in the future, that thing is poisonous."
When she grabbed his hand, Fu Lieyun wanted to avoid suspicion, but he had drunk a jar of Shenxian Drunk before, his limbs were weak and his body was hot, plus she was so strong, there was no way he could break free.
Just when he was feeling a little embarrassed, he suddenly realized something was wrong with his body.
The soft and dizzy feeling brought by the intoxication faded away, the body gradually returned to normal, and the uncomfortable feeling of heat was gone.
He was stunned for a moment, looked at Yu Li, and then looked at Fu Wenxiao.
Fu Wenxiao looked at him calmly.
Seeing this, Fu Lieyun finally understood something. His eyes trembled slightly, and when Yu Li let go of his hand, he put his hands behind his back without leaving any trace and clenched them into fists.
After confirming that the poison in Fu Lieyun had been removed, Yu Li handed a box to Fu Wenxiao.
Fu Wenxiao was a little confused. When he opened it and saw the white powder inside, his face changed drastically.
Fu Lieyun, who also saw it clearly, also changed his expression and asked hurriedly: "Sister-in-law, where did this thing come from?"
Looking at their reactions, Yu Li knew that they should know this thing, so he told them what happened today.
After she finished speaking, Fu Wenxiao suddenly laughed.
Not really surprising.
Fu Lieyun was stunned for a rare moment, thinking it was a coincidence. Moreover, she actually went straight over and stole this thing. It was really...
"This is not a good thing." Yu Li said seriously, "It must be banned."
When she saw this thing, she knew that it was a serious matter. She didn't want to rush in this time, so she decided to come back to find Fu Wenxiao and Fu Lieyun and let them solve it.
This matter cannot be solved by relying solely on her force, she also needs to know where the other party made this thing.
Fu Wenxiao smiled and said, "Don't worry, Ah Li, we know that Brother Lie has been checking this thing these past two days."
Upon hearing this, Yu Li looked at Fu Lieyun.
Fu Lieyun said seriously: "Yes, in fact, two years ago, I knew about Shenxianzui. Some merchants in the south sold it to the north and sold it to the Fu family army..."
The northern border is extremely cold, and people there are accustomed to drinking alcohol to keep warm, so alcohol is very popular there.
The Fu family army buys a batch of wine from merchants in the south every year. They bought Shenxianzui two years ago. When Fu Lieyun reacted, he found that many soldiers had been affected by Shenxianzui.
This time when he went south, Fu Lieyun not only came to see Fu Wenxiao, but also to investigate Shenxianzui to see if it was a conspiracy against the Fu family army.
After listening to this, Yu Li finally understood what they had been busy with these two days.
She asked, “What did you find out?”
"We did find out some information." Fu Lieyun said. He would drink the Immortal Drunk tonight to make those people relax so that he could successfully find the place where they made the Immortal Drunk.
Fu Lieyun knew that this divine intoxicant was indeed addictive and one might never be able to quit it.
But he doesn't drink much. As long as he can get through the initial addiction, he will be able to quit it slowly, and it will be fine if he doesn't touch it again in the future.
That's why he took the risk. If he didn't drink it himself, those people would definitely not believe him.
Upon hearing this, Yu Li felt that this thing was really harmful, so he immediately said, "If that's the case, then destroy it."
Of course, poisonous substances like this should be eliminated as soon as possible to avoid more deaths.
They both: “…”
Both of them were a little stunned. They didn't expect that what she said was wind would be rain.
As soon as she got the news, she was going to destroy the place where the poison was produced.
"That's fine." Fu Wenxiao said, "Since Brother Lie has obtained accurate information, we should destroy it as soon as possible to feel at ease."
Yu Li stood up immediately and said, "Let's go."
Fu Wenxiao smiled and said, "Well, let's go."
Fu Lieyun: “…”
Fu Lieyun looked at Fu Wenxiao and asked hesitantly, "Is your sister-in-law going too?"
He actually didn't want Yu Li to get involved, mainly because the matter involved too many people and was too dangerous, and he was worried that those people would attack her when they were desperate. She was indeed very powerful, but it was difficult to guard against hidden arrows. There were many accidents in this world that could not be stopped by human beings.
The best way is to keep her out of danger.
So after arriving at the provincial capital, they let her go out and play without telling her about this. But she didn't expect it would be such a coincidence that she would run into a drunkard who was drinking Shenxianzui while playing on the street. She also smelled something wrong, so she went to check it out herself.
Fu Wenxiao knew what he was worried about and smiled at him, "Brother Lie, it's best for Ah Li to go."
Fu Lieyun looked at him for a moment and said nothing more.
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