Unparalleled Double Harmony

Chapter 487: Poisonous Hands Falling Invisibly (Part )
Let's talk about Shao Shanhu. He originally planned to sit down and pretend to be a grandson for a while. When everyone was less wary of him, he would find an opportunity to put laxative in Dugu Yong's wine glass.

But the appearance of Sun Yixie made things simpler...

Whether it was Brother Sun's seemingly random seating arrangement or his behavior of "adjusting the atmosphere and attracting everyone's attention" as soon as he sat down, it seemed that he was helping Shao Shanhu create opportunities to take action.

Shao Shanhu saw that Brother Sun had helped him to this extent, so he would not be polite.

So while the other people at the table were listening to Sun Yixie's bragging, he quietly reached his left hand behind his belt and touched the bag of laxatives he had prepared long ago.

As a result, when he touched it, he immediately found something wrong!

——The paper used to wrap laxatives is made of different materials.

Some people may ask, can someone like Shao Shanhu still pay attention to such details at such a critical juncture?
Then I have to say, of course you can, you can do it too.

We mentioned in the last book that this guy was so nervous before taking action that he put his hand behind his belt several times to check.

It's like if you travel to a country or region with a high theft rate and walk on a crowded street, you might have to reach into your wallet pocket every few minutes to check if it's still there.

Maybe you don’t usually pay much attention to the feel of your wallet, but if you only consider that period of time, if you suddenly find that the touch of leather has turned into the touch of nylon after repeated confirmation, you will instantly realize that something is wrong.

Shao Shanhu is in this situation at the moment...

The medicine he prepared was wrapped in a piece of bamboo paper folded into the size of a palm. The paper package he touched at this moment, although the size was about the same as his, he could feel that the material was different, as if it had become oil paper.

Of course, it was difficult for Shuangxie to deal with this in advance. After all, they did not see with their own eyes how Shao Shanhu hid the medicine in his belt. They just guessed that based on the location of the medicine and the degree of bulge in that part of the belt, he was most likely using this kind of folded paper bag (in those days, the containers used by ordinary people to put drugs were nothing more than paper bags or small porcelain bottles), so they also prepared paper bags of similar size.

If Sun Yixie had felt a small bottle hidden in the other person's belt when he went to switch the items just now, he would have naturally given up his plan to switch and tried something else; but it was precisely because Brother Sun touched the paper bag and thought he had guessed correctly that he made the switch as planned.

But what they never expected was that details like "the different materials of the paper bag might be discovered"... details that neither Sun nor Huang had considered in a short period of time, and even if they had considered them, they would probably be sure that Shao Shanhu would not be able to find out, but Shao Shanhu actually noticed it now.

This time, the situation is very different.

Shuang Xie, who had completely deceived the Shao father and son and were just waiting to kill them, exposed themselves because of such a small miscalculation, and they didn't even know they had been exposed.

In a battle of wits, this is a huge disadvantage.

Two seconds later, Shao Shanhu realized something was wrong and immediately retracted his hand, with thoughts flashing through his mind.

Even though he was not a very smart man, the current situation was a bit too obvious - before he stood up and walked over to Dugu Yong and the others, he reached out and touched the bag of medicine. There was no problem at that time, but when he touched it now, it had been switched... During this period, the only person who had physical contact with him and had the opportunity to switch the bags was Sun Yixie.

If we use the conclusion that "it was Sun Yi who harmonized Bao" to reverse the motive and rethink what Sun and Huang said and did before...these two people appear to be quite suspicious.

Think about it carefully, how could the relationship between "East Harmony and West Poison", as members of the Hunyuan Star Gate, and "Zhang Baoguo", "Xudong Old Immortal", and Lin Yuancheng be shaken by a few gossips from outsiders?
And Dugu Yong, who had also experienced life and death with them at Wujian Villa...

And what kind of relationship do they have with our Xingyi Sect? Isn't it just that they are "four sects and three gangs"? Is this considered a match?
Thinking about it this way, their overly friendly and even fawning attitude towards my father and me since the day when the Baquan Sect and the Murong Family started negotiating... They are either traitors or thieves!

When Shao Shanhu thought of this, his scalp went numb and cold sweat broke out. The fear made his face turn a little blue.

I've always heard that Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai "have some skills", but I didn't expect them to be so shameless.

I thought my behavior of pretending to be a grandson and taking laxatives today was shameless and despicable, but compared with these two who are "playing the long game to catch big fish", I am nothing.

Shao Shanhu, who had realized the terrifying aspects of Shuangxie, was briefly surprised and frightened, and then what surged into his heart was relief and anger.

After a breath, Shao Shanhu thought to himself, "Fortunately, I am smart and found out in time that I had been tricked. Otherwise, I don't know when I would have figured out that these two guys were plotting against me and my son.

"Now that I think about it again...they introduced the Three-Character King to us and asked him to represent Xingyi Sect in the battle. I'm afraid there must be some conspiracy, right?"

Up to this point, Shao Shanhu had only guessed that Sun Yixie changed the medicine in order to protect Dugu Yong, and that Shuangxie might be trying to trick the Shao family father and son... He had not yet thought that Shuangxie was going to use the replaced laxative on him and his father, nor could he guess the two men's intention in introducing the Three-Character King.

However, Shao Shanhu, who has already become wary and hostile towards Shuangxie, will definitely take different actions next.

After that, Shao Shanhu quickly adjusted his expression, pretending that nothing had happened and even a little happy. He drank a few more glasses at the table, and then he took the initiative to leave.

Seeing him like this, Dugu and his son and Gao's father and daughter felt a little embarrassed. They thought, did Shao Shanhu come here to apologize sincerely? Did we wrongly blame him?
When Sun Yixie saw him like this, he thought that "Shao Shanhu thought he had successfully drugged him and left after that", and he did not realize that he was exposed.

Someone may ask, didn’t Brother Sun notice that Shao Shanhu’s expression was not right for a few seconds, and that Shao Shanhu didn’t give any drugs at all?

Oh, wasn't Sun Yixie helping Shao Shanhu "cover" at that time? If he attracted the attention of the four people while glancing at Shao Shanhu from time to time, wouldn't that have the opposite effect?
"Everyone, I'm sorry, I have to take my leave first." In order to proceed to the next step, Sun Yixie also said hello to Dugu Yong and the others, and caught up with Shao Shanhu, "Hey, Brother Hu, wait for me, I also want to have a few drinks with Uncle Shao."

In this way, Sun Yixie followed Shao Shanhu and sat down at the table where Shao Dejin and Huang Donglai were.

At this moment, Shao Dejin was a little confused, because according to his observation, Shao Shanhu didn't seem to "take action" just now. He was also wondering: Did my son have a change of heart and give up giving Dugu Yong a laxative? Or is he actually a genius at poisoning? Even though I, as a father, have been watching closely, I couldn't figure out how he poisoned him?
As for Huang Donglai, he just exchanged glances with Sun Yixie and understood: everything was going according to plan.

But seeing that Sun Yixie had just sat down and hadn't even settled down yet, he handed the packet of laxatives he had exchanged from Shao Shanhu to Huang Donglai who was standing next to him.

Huang Donglai didn't even look at it. He turned his palm over as if nothing had happened, and took the things in and out. With an extremely concealed wrist-turning movement, he hid the things in his sleeve.

Shao Dejin, who was caught off guard and still puzzled, did not see this scene, but Shao Shanhu, who was already on high alert to guard against Shuangxie, saw it clearly.

Only then did Shao Shanhu understand: these two guys switched my medicine not only to protect Dugu Yong... they also wanted to put laxatives in the food and wine of my father and me, so that we would suffer the consequences of our own actions.

But even though he understood it, the situation did not allow him to be optimistic.

If this packet of laxatives was in Sun Yixie's hands, it would be fine. Sun's method of administering the drugs might not be much better than Shao Shanhu's, and Shao Shanhu might still have a chance to catch him in the act. But now Sun Yixie has already passed the drugs to Huang Donglai, the young master of the Huang Clan, so he can do whatever he wants to him... God knows how the Huang Clan's people poisoned him.

Sure enough, a few minutes later, seeing the two dishes that Huang Donglai had helped Shao Dejin to add earlier being brought in by a waiter, Huang Donglai began to...

"Here it is~ a bowl of pork belly, a portion of fish fillet in pickled wine..." The waiter was holding a large wooden tray, reading out the names of the dishes while picking up the plates and putting them on the table.

"Come, come, put it here, put it here..." Huang Donglai stood up naturally and made room for the waiter to serve the dishes. He also reached out to take the dishes and "helped" in various ways.

In just a few steps, the poisoning was done.

Now only Huang Donglai knows, among the dishes on the table, will you feel sick if you eat the pork belly or the fish slices in pickled wine... Or maybe you will not feel sick if you eat either of these two dishes alone, and you will feel sick only if you eat something else with them. Or it is also possible that you will feel sick if you eat any of the dishes on the table, and you must drink the wine in Sun Huang's glass to avoid feeling sick.

Why else would it be said that the three unique skills of Huangmen are world-famous? Take the skill of “making poison” for example. Do you think that just knowing how to mix poison is enough? If I just write down the recipe for you, wouldn’t you be able to do it?

The key point of this masterpiece is the word "使".

Just like a magician, although props are indispensable, human skills and creativity are always greater than props.

Among all the poison masters in the martial arts world, who is more powerful? First of all, it depends on your skills in using poison, and secondly on the effect of the poison. No matter how powerful the poison you researched is, when it comes to the poisoning stage, it is funny to release poisonous smoke against the wind and lick the poisoned dagger yourself.
Huang Donglai was indeed an expert at poisoning. With what he did now, even though Shao Shanhu knew that Huang Donglai had tampered with the food, he could not figure out what was going on. He could only slowly pick up the chopsticks, hesitating and not daring to eat.

But dragging it out like this was not a solution. He also knew that Sun Huang was cunning. If he hesitated any longer, people might see that he was already suspecting Shuang Xie.

In this urgent situation, Shao Shanhu came up with a quick solution...

Snapped!
The next second, he slammed his chopsticks on the table, "Hey~ Such delicious food, why don't we share a table with Brother Dugu and the others and eat together?"