Chapter 17 Opium
Chapter 17 Opium
Looking at the neatly stacked wooden boxes in front of him, Qin Huai was curious but did not waste time. He picked up the short knife he took from the big man, pushed the tip of the knife inside, and pried the lid of the box open with a little force.
I casually swept away the scattered cocoa leaves in the wooden box, picked up a piece of solid block wrapped in yellow paper, and gently broke it.
A pungent smell penetrated Qin Huai's nostrils.
"Damn it, opium, pretending to be chocolate."
Looking at the black and brown medicine bricks in front of him, Qin Huai couldn't help but curse.
Come to think of it, looking at the fanatical looks of Gerald and Blank who have been coveting their own secret medicine for a long time and are eager to possess it, they probably made their fortune in medicine.
Now that they had tasted the sweetness, how could those foreigners leave opium, the weapon for harvesting gold and silver?
Looking at the amount of opium in front of him, Qin Huai couldn't help but feel frightened.
He casually cut off the incandescent light bulb on the roof, pulled out the two wires, and crossed his hands.
There was a slight "crackling" sound.
Dazzling sparks of electricity fell on the broken leaves in front of Qin Huai.
"Crackling"
The broken leaves were ignited and the smoke expanded rapidly, and it was likely to fill the warehouse in a moment.
"Hehe, let you guys have a taste of this poisonous thing."
There was a flash of madness in Qin Huai's eyes. He kicked his legs hard, stretched his body, and flew up to the high wall behind the house like an eagle.
"Fire! Fire! Fire!" the Tsarist guards shouted loudly and laughed twistedly.
"The fire is breaking out!" The down-and-out martial artists recruited by the embassy also rushed out to fetch water and put out the fire.
The three people lying on the sofa in the living room also felt something was wrong.
"Blanc, do you smell a strange smell?"
Gerald asked Blank somewhat uncertainly,
Looking at the two people beside him with strange expressions, Antoine wanted to punch them.
"Stupid, the warehouse is on fire! The opium is burning!"
"Gerald, go put out the fire!" Blank was still thinking about his priceless cargo.
"Save your mother's head! If you don't run, you will die!"
As a businessman who made his fortune from this stuff, Gerald understood the harm of opium best. Before he finished speaking, he pulled out a handkerchief from his pocket, covered his mouth and nose, and ran out with Antoine.
A soldier who ran out holding a wooden box staggered into the captain of the guards. Seeing the box emitting thick smoke in his hand, the captain kicked him away and roared loudly.
"Never mind the chocolate, put out the fire first!"
Just when the Russian Embassy was in chaos, Qin Huai put on a black scarf, held his breath, and sneaked in again when no one was in the living room and study.
Accompanied by the flickering firelight, Qin Huai entered the living room without stopping, and took in the entire hall with just a glance.
Well, there is nothing I want.
Without stopping, he took a leap into the study, and taking advantage of the bright moonlight, he kept rummaging through the drawers and bookshelves with his hands.
In just a few blinks of an eye, Qin Huai took out a glass tube and a glass box from a paper box.
Looking at the pieces of paper in the glass box, Qin Huai was speechless. He really didn't expect that the reason that attracted foreigners to Tianjin was actually a piece of paper.
He still underestimated the methods of these foreigners and their greed for secret medicine.
Putting the things back in place, Qin Huai looked at the rising and falling flames licking the base of the wall downstairs. He narrowed his eyes slightly, flipped up along the windowsill, hooked his toes and closed the window.
Although he didn't know how these foreigners were going to find him, he was now prepared. All that was left was to prepare silently for any eventuality.
Although he really wanted to see what kind of embarrassment these foreigners could make, he had no time to appreciate this picture of a fire on a moonlit night. If he didn't leave now, once his breath-holding time was up, the highly toxic smoke would invade, and even with a physique like his, he would have a headache and fever for several days.
"We will meet again." Qin Huai murmured.
Without hesitation, Qin Huai took off his gloves and put them in his arms. He exerted force with his legs and with just a few jumps, he disappeared into the city.
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Cangzhou, Rock Mountain
"Hey, Xiao Qin is back. You weren't at home last night. Tell me the truth, what were you busy with?"
Seeing Qin Huai coming back, Li Bingwu walked up to Qin Huai, hooked his strong arms around his neck, and pulled him over. Looking at Li Bingwu's mischievous expression, Qin Huai finally understood why he had been so strange these days.
"Uncle Wu, you."
"What are you talking about? Isn't Hongying pretty? Pay more attention. I think you two are a good match."
"Uncle Wu, you think too much, we are just friends."
"Very good, we have become friends in just two days. You are very quick."
Qin Huai looked at Li Bingwu in surprise, secretly complaining in his heart.
Damn, you can understand it this way?
"It will take them some time to sort out their business, maybe they can catch up with your graduation ceremony. Why don't you invite them to come and have a look?"
"That's not good. We don't know each other very well. What if he doesn't have time?"
"You kid still say you don't have any ideas? You've already considered this for others.
Your master has finally accepted a disciple. Who in the martial arts community doesn't want to see what the next generation of martial arts leaders look like? If you send out the invitation, you don't have to worry about them not coming."
Qin Huai was speechless and too lazy to explain to Li Bingwu. He used his right hand to pull his arm apart.
"Uncle Wu, I'm going to go cook first. I'll talk to you and Master later."
"Okay, okay, go ahead and make it. I went to Yanchunlou for a drink the day before yesterday, and I felt that the chefs there were not as good as you."
Li Bingwu stopped teasing Qin Huai and busied himself helping with the stove.
As the sun sets, the three of them sit around the octagonal table in the house, eating and drinking in silence.
"Well~ It has to be Xiao Qin. I've been eating it for three years and it's made me fat." Li Bingwu touched his belly and gave a satisfied comment.
"Uncle Wu has been practicing diligently for three years. He has gained weight, but his body has improved. He is about to develop bigger bones, right?"
Qin Huai didn't believe his elder brother's lies. He knew how many beatings he had received in the past three years.
"What do you want to tell us?"
Li Shuwen speaks directly and always gets to the point.
Hearing the master's question, Qin Huai quickly straightened his expression and replied,
"I overheard two Western businessmen chatting while having dinner at Cheeseland yesterday. They said they were planning to come to Tianjin with the Russian royal family to look for secret medicine."
"Oh? You are always careful in what you do. How did they know that the secret medicine was produced in Tianjin?"
Li Shuwen's calm face remained unchanged, and his tone was flat.
"Last night, I thought it was a good opportunity to search under the cover of darkness. I didn't expect to find a clue at the Russian Embassy.
I found a glass box next to the secret medicine, and the scraps of paper inside were probably the cause of this incident.
I think it must have been accidentally dropped in there by one of my men while he was packing it. It was really an unexpected disaster."
"Xiao Qin, this is not your fault. No one would have thought that those foreigners could do such a thing."
Li Bingwu also felt it was outrageous after hearing this, and immediately said a few words to comfort Qin Huai.
"Things are accomplished with caution. We should be more cautious in the future. This incident can serve as a lesson for us."
Li Shuwen did not mean to blame him. Qin Huai had been by his side for three years and had never made any mistakes. Now that he had suffered a small loss and learned his lesson, he was happy about it.
"I heard you have friends in the Xiang family class?"
Qin Huai glanced at Li Bingwu, but saw that his eyes were wandering and he was ignoring her.
I could only reply respectfully: "I recently met a friend who got along well with me."
"Then post more."
(End of this chapter)