"Hey, little brother, this is the food that was just prepared in our inn. It's still hot. Braised beef with soy sauce, braised potatoes, steamed buns, and hot radish..."
The two servants in the inn were very enthusiastic. One of them was carrying dishes, and the other was holding a small wooden table that could just fit in the aisle. While they were talking, they put the food on the table.
For people who have been running around outside all day, just smelling the hot food can whet their appetite.
Yan Liqiang smiled and glanced at the food on the table, then looked at Ye Tiancheng in the room, "I have a dog here, please bring me something to feed the dog. Oh, and the man in the room also needs something to eat, bring him some too!"
"Okay, okay...", the two servants in the inn looked at the dog brought by Yan Liqiang and Ye Tiancheng in the room with smiles on their faces, and immediately walked away. In the blink of an eye, they came back with two things. One was a clean tile, which could be placed on the ground to hold food for the dog. What was brought to Ye Tiancheng was only a bowl and a pair of chopsticks. There was some minced beef, half a steamed bun, and some potatoes in Ye Tiancheng's bowl, which also looked hot.
"You treat the prisoners quite well here, you even let them eat meat..." Yan Liqiang said with a smile.
After hearing Yan Liqiang's words, the smile on the face of one of the two servants in the inn froze for a moment, but in the blink of an eye, he quickly apologized to Yan Liqiang, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, we don't know your rules either. If you're not satisfied with this, I'll go get another one..."
"It doesn't matter. Since it's served, let the prisoner enjoy it too. Just put the bowl and chopsticks on the window!" Yan Liqiang said casually while putting steamed buns, potatoes, beef, and radishes between the tiles with chopsticks.
"Okay, okay..." The servant in the inn smiled and bowed as he retreated. Before leaving, he inadvertently glanced at the bowl of food placed outside Ye Tiancheng's iron window. Yan Liqiang just happened to catch the servant's glance before he left.
Yan Liqiang put the tile on the ground and said, "Come on, Huangmao, eat it!"
Huangmao ran over and carefully sniffed everything on the tiles before starting to eat. Seeing Huangmao start eating, Yan Liqiang also started to eat the food in front of him.
This yellow-haired guy's sense of smell is absolutely abnormal. I don't know if it's because too many energy points were invested in him, which caused some mutation and enhancement of his sense of smell. During the time he was with the yellow-haired guy, Yan Liqiang could clearly feel that the yellow-haired guy could easily distinguish many poisonous things with his sense of smell. Not to mention, the poison needle he tempered with snake venom, even if it was hidden a hundred meters away from the yellow-haired guy and inserted in the crack of a piece of wood or stone, the yellow-haired guy could easily find the poison needle. Yan Liqiang also tried several other poisonous things for the yellow-haired guy to find, and the yellow-haired guy could easily find them.
When eating, as long as Huangmao is willing to eat it, it means that there is absolutely no problem with that food.
Except for Yan Liqiang, no one knew that this yellow-haired man was also a walking detector of toxic and harmful substances.
"Mr. County Magistrate, you eat too..." Seeing that Ye Tiancheng in the room did not touch the things on the windowsill, Yan Liqiang pretended to be ignorant and said to Ye Tiancheng.
Ye Tiancheng in the room glanced at the things on the windowsill, shook his head, and continued to tempt Yan Liqiang, "If I eat the things in this inn, I'm afraid I won't have the chance to leave this inn. You are still young and have a bright future. As long as you can help me this time, I can give you ten times or a hundred times more than what Sun Bingchen gave you in the future, whether it's money, official positions, land, wealth, women, you can have as much as you want!"
"I admit that what you said just now makes some sense. The Prime Minister is indeed powerful now. However, the Prime Minister is the Prime Minister, and you are you. You are a prisoner now. You are here and want others to risk their lives to help you with empty words. Is it possible? I'm not that stupid!" Yan Liqiang listened to Ye Tiancheng's words while eating, pretending to be inexperienced and smart, which was exactly the performance of a teenager of his age.
"Haven't you heard that giving timely help is worse than icing on the cake? If you help me now, I will definitely be very grateful to you in the future..." Ye Tiancheng continued to say without giving up.
"I don't need your gratitude. I just need to do what I should do. What you can give me, Lord Sun can naturally give me. Why should I take risks for you?"
"You follow Sun Bingchen. Although you seem to be doing well now, you will definitely be implicated by him in the future. Although I am a prisoner now, I will definitely be able to make a comeback in the future..."
"Haha, I'm just an insignificant little person. The Prime Minister and His Majesty the Emperor are both top figures. It's like a fight between two gods. A mortal like me can't get involved in such a big scene. Besides, these things have nothing to do with me. No matter what the future holds, the Prime Minister is so high up that he can't possibly remember my name and embarrass an unknown young man like me..."
Later, no matter what Ye Tiancheng said, Yan Liqiang remained unmoved. Yan Liqiang acted like he could never bribe me with empty words. Yan Liqiang wanted to see what tricks Ye Tiancheng could come up with. In his heart, Yan Liqiang was thinking whether he should take the opportunity to kill Ye Tiancheng. In this way, he would not only "avenge" himself, but also save a lot of unknown dangers on the way back to the capital with Sun Bingchen. It was the best of both worlds. However, it would be a bit unfair to Sun Bingchen...
In just a short while, Yan Liqiang finished his meal, and Huangmao also finished eating the food on the tiles.
Yan Liqiang used the chopsticks placed by the window to pick up a piece of beef from the bowl and put it in front of Huangmao, letting him sniff it.
“Woof…” The yellow-haired boy called softly, but did not eat the piece of beef and lay on the ground.
Seeing Huangmao's look, Yan Liqiang knew what was going on. The food served to Ye Tiancheng in the inn was indeed problematic.
Yan Liqiang put the dishes and chopsticks back to their original place.
A few minutes later, the servant from the inn who had brought food to Yan Liqiang came again. When he was helping Yan Liqiang to take away the dishes, he took a look at the bowl of food placed next to Ye Tiancheng's window and found that the food in the bowl was not touched at all. He pretended to be surprised and asked Yan Liqiang, "Young man, why doesn't the person in the room eat?"
Yan Liqiang also pretended to be dumbfounded, "I don't know either, maybe this person is not in the mood to eat. Let me tell you, this person used to be the county governor, he is not easy to serve!"
"Oh, so that's how it is!" The servant in the inn looked deeply at Ye Tiancheng in the room, then took the bowl away.
After finishing his meal, Yan Liqiang stood up and walked back and forth in the narrow aisle at the entrance, exercising his body and his fists and feet. For those who practice martial arts, they do not like to sit still after eating and must move around, which is more conducive to the circulation of qi and blood throughout the body and the digestion of food.
Yan Liqiang had just been active for a few minutes when suddenly, Ye Tiancheng's voice rang out in the room again.
"Do you practice martial arts, too?"
"Of course!" Yan Liqiang said without turning his head while moving his hands and feet.
"Maybe we can make a deal if you help me..."
Yan Liqiang stopped, walked to the window, and looked at Ye Tiancheng, who had a strange aura in the room, and asked, "What deal?"
Ye Tiancheng's eyes turned and he looked towards the window.
"Don't worry, there's no one in the aisle. If someone comes, I'll be able to see them from a distance!"
"Didn't you say that I had no evidence? But there is one thing that I can still trade with you even if I can't move now!" Ye Tiancheng looked determined.
"what?"
"Martial arts secret book!"
Hearing these four words from Ye Tiancheng, Yan Liqiang was shocked without any need to pretend. He had never thought that Ye Tiancheng could have such a skill now.
"To get to where I am today, I have learned and practiced countless martial arts secrets, many of which are high-level stuff. I remember all the martial arts secrets I have learned and can pass them on to you. What do you think of this deal?"
"How can I know that what you teach me is true? With my current ability, even if what you tell me is false and will lead to infatuation after practicing, I may not be able to tell the difference!"
"I can teach you a light-weight lifting technique first, so you can experience it first. This light-weight lifting technique has a set of formulas. According to the formulas, anyone who has passed the horse stance test can practice it. You only need to try it to know whether this light-weight lifting technique I told you is true or false!"
"Oh, I did learn a little bit of the Nine Palaces Wind Shadow Step before..."
"Nine Palaces Wind Shadow Step is a body movement and footwork rather than a light skill. The function of body movement and footwork is to dodge in a small range, making your body more flexible and changeable or faster, while light skill is more advanced than body movement and footwork. It can make you jump higher, run faster, and be as light as a swallow. It is easy to fly over eaves and walls, climb mountains and cross ridges, step on waves and fly in the air. This light skill is much more precious than ordinary body movement and footwork. The highest level of Nine Palaces Wind Shadow Step is only six levels, and the light skill I teach you is called Ten Changes of Cloud Dragon, which has ten levels. After breaking through one change, the jump height can increase by one zhang. After breaking through ten changes, you can reach ten zhang with a light jump. Even city walls cannot stop it. It is unattainable for ordinary people!"
"Since you know this skill, Lord County Magistrate, why were you captured by the Patrol Envoy that day?"
Ye Tiancheng had a face full of hatred. “That day in the room, I couldn’t fully display my skills. Moreover, I was injured at the beginning. I was hit by that woman’s bone-softening palm. I couldn’t even use 50% of my strength. If it was outdoors that day, Sun Bingchen might not be able to stop me!”
Yan Liqiang looked at him with a wary look on his face. "Then how do you want me to help you?"
Ye Tiancheng smiled. "Don't worry. This is just like doing business. Once everyone has trust, the next business will be easy to do. You can try the Kung Fu I taught you first. If you believe it and are willing, we can talk about the next thing. If you don't want to, forget it. Sun Bingchen won't do anything to you. In this way, you don't have any risks, right?"
Knowing that Yan Liqiang could not be fooled by words alone, and that Yan Liqiang was not as "easy to cheat" as he imagined, Ye Tiancheng changed his tactics in the blink of an eye and began to throw out his bait.
Yan Liqiang smiled coldly in his heart, but on the surface, he still thought seriously for a while, looking a little moved, but also a little hesitant...
Ye Tiancheng narrowed his eyes and stared at the expression on Yan Liqiang's face. After seeing the hesitation on Yan Liqiang's face, even before Yan Liqiang opened his mouth, he recited the formula of "Ten Changes of Cloud Dragon" on his own, forcing Yan Liqiang to listen...
Just a few minutes after Ye Tiancheng finished reciting the formula, there was a sudden noise downstairs, and someone shouted, "There's a fire, everyone, hurry up and put it out..."
(End of this chapter)