Chapter 326 Dragon Six
As the "Martial Arts Contest to Win a Bride" approaches, the entire Qionghua City seems to come alive and becomes more lively.

Pan Yingying and Yu Chaosheng didn't do anything big these days. They just wandered around the city and shopped, buying a lot of local specialties and putting them into the space.

On the official road more than 100 miles away from Qionghua County, a row of horse-drawn carriages were moving slowly on the road.

In the luxurious carriage, a handsome man in white slowly opened his eyes. A man in black jumped onto the carriage like a ghost and lifted the curtain.

"This subordinate greets the prince."

Zhuge Sheng said in a deep voice, "Speak."

The man in black got permission and told everyone what he had found out.

"Hua Furong has indeed created a new fragrance that is very effective in suppressing the poison."

"It's just that the Lord's Mansion of Qionghua City has privately said that if you want to get that fragrance, you must marry Hua Furong."

"..."

Zhuge Sheng tapped the broken jade fan in his palm gently, as if he couldn't make up his mind.

The foundation of Qionghua City is too shallow. If Hua Furong only has the ability to make incense, she is far from meeting the standards of being the Crown Prince's Consort.

He has to meet the person before he can make a decision.

However, if the incense she made could really suppress the poison, she could be given the position of concubine.

The Xia people raised poisonous insects, so naturally their bodies were all contaminated with some poison. When the poison attacked, it was extremely painful and needed to be suppressed with incense.

This is why the Xia Kingdom would rather not grow crops but plant flowers and use the flowers to make incense. It’s all because of the poisonous insects.

King Xiaoyao has no ambition to become the king, and his favorite thing in his life is to study various poisonous insects.

But just because he didn't pursue it doesn't mean Zhuge Sheng didn't have it.

Which royal family member has not thought about that position?

If he had medicine that could suppress the poison, more people would naturally follow him.

Zhuge Sheng waved his hand to the man in black, "Go down first and continue to keep an eye on the situation in Qionghua City."

The man in black whispered, then remembered something and continued to report, "There is one more thing. The warehouse of the City Lord's Mansion in Qionghua City was robbed, and the murderer has not been caught yet. I heard that everything in the warehouse seemed to have disappeared out of thin air..."

After listening to him, Zhuge Sheng became interested, "Is this true?"

The man in black nodded and said, "I got it from a maid who was sweeping the city lord's mansion. It is absolutely true."

The corner of Zhuge Sheng's mouth twitched. He really didn't want to admit that the most capable scout under his command had obtained the information in this way.

"I understand, please leave first." He said expressionlessly.

The man in black rubbed his hands, a little embarrassed, "Um... Prince... that little maid asked for a lot, I... I am a little short of money now..."

Zhuge Sheng: ...

With a stern face, he pulled out two silver bills from his sleeve pocket and slapped them into the black-clothed man's hand, "Hurry up and leave!"

The man in black chuckled twice and finally jumped out mysteriously.

Sometimes Zhuge Sheng really wanted to drive Yin Liu away, but he had no choice but to use this person so easily that he could only continue to endure the other's shamelessness and greed.

Yin Liu rode back to Qionghua City on a fast horse, carrying two silver notes worth five hundred taels.

As soon as he entered the city gate, he saw the symbol at the foot of the city wall, so he simply rode his horse to "Yunkelai" in a swaggering manner.

"Waiter, give me a room upstairs." He took out a silver ingot and threw it to the waiter, and also threw the reins to him. Then Yin Liu walked into the inn with a step that showed he didn't recognize any relatives.

Long Er and Long Sanqi were having dinner in the lobby. Yin Liu paused, walked over slowly, and sat down on the bench next to Long Er.

"Madam, do you mind sharing a table?" He spoke in a nonchalant tone, and at first glance he looked like a hooligan who had been flirting with women all year round.

The innkeeper wanted to step forward when he saw this, because the woman was a distinguished guest of the inn.

Just after taking two steps, he saw Yin Liuyi lift his clothes, revealing the handle of his scimitar. The shopkeeper paused and returned to the counter in dismay.

Forget it, if you can't afford to offend, you can avoid it. The woman can only wish for the best.

“Xiao Liu, I haven’t seen you for many years. It turns out that you are doing so badly…” Long Er raised his eyebrows, looked at him, and said “tsk tsk” twice.

Long Liu immediately put on a flattering expression, "Hey, Second Sister, what are you doing? We haven't seen each other for so many years, it's not okay to make a joke!"

Long Er glanced at him and smiled meaningfully, "Okay, you can do it in front of the master."

Let’s see if the emperor can break his legs by then?

Long Liu quickly cupped his hands, "Good Second Sister, please stop making fun of me. I don't have the guts to do that."

Long Sanqi waved to the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, have someone bring another set of bowls and chopsticks over!"

The shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the man knew the woman, so he felt relieved.

Seeing the waiter come in, the shopkeeper immediately told him to bring over the dishes and chopsticks.

The waiter had just received the reward and was very happy. He immediately served the dishes and chopsticks without saying a word.

"My sister Sanqi is so considerate." Long Liu laughed, picked up the bowl without hesitation, added more rice and started eating.

The way he ate was not good enough, and the two of them frowned.

"Sixth brother, how long have you not eaten?" Long Sanqi asked in surprise.

Long Liu sighed as he ate, "Two days!"

He was hungry for two whole days!
He did not lie to Zhuge Sheng before, he really had no money.

The story begins when Zhuge Sheng sent him to Qionghua City to gather information.

The news in the City Lord's Mansion is kept secret, especially the matter concerning Hua Furong.

As a last resort, he had to sell himself and go to the City Lord's Mansion to work as a guard, and then hooked up with a maid who cleaned the Chanjuan Courtyard.

The little maid was also a money-grubber. She even dared to ask for five taels of silver for a piece of unimportant news. He was a spendthrift and had never saved much money to begin with. Now, all of it went to the little maid.

After returning from reporting the accounts with Zhuge Sheng, he was on his way at full speed and had no time to stop for a meal.

Thinking of the money that was cheated away by the maid, Long Liu was filled with rage. Then he turned his grief and anger into appetite and ate five large buckets of corn rice, leaving Long Sanqi dumbfounded.

She turned her head and whispered to Long Er, "No wonder everyone says Sixth Brother is a glutton. He eats too much!"

Long Liu: ...

"It's okay, you can speak louder."

Long Sanqi: ...

She closed her mouth manually and made a gesture of "please continue eating".

At this moment, she noticed Pan Yingying and Yu Chaosheng coming downstairs from the corner of her eye, and quickly stood up and went over, "Miss, son-in-law, my sixth brother is back."

Pan Yingying: ???

She and Yu Chaosheng looked at each other and both understood the identity of the "Sixth Brother" that Long Sanqi was referring to. It should be Long Liu who had not returned to the team for a long time.

Without waiting for them to pass by, Long Liu stood up and bowed, "Greetings, young lady, son-in-law."

Pan Yingying nodded, and seeing the frayed edges of his black clothes, she took out a purse from her bosom and threw it to him, "Eat and drink well, we still need to go out for a walk, we'll talk later."

Long Liu took the heavy purse and his face smiled like a chrysanthemum.

He clasped his fists again and saluted, "Thank you, young lady!"

Hehe, Your Majesty is as generous as Your Highness!