Traveling through farming with the system, I cooked delicious food in ancient times

"Brother Bao, do you want to do it now?"

Xiao Debao led five Black Orchid Society assassins, disguised as ordinary people, and lurked beside a food shop on Tianjie.

Mao Xi and Lou Lan'er were waiting for the return of Mu Zhiyuan and Lu Da in the restaurant where they had eaten in the morning.

"Sir, the food is here!"

The waiter was very enthusiastic when he saw that Shu Xi and his wife came to the shop for dinner again.

"Ah Shu, I'm hungry, let's eat first." After shopping in Tianjie for a long time, Lou Lan'er was very hungry, so she picked up the ramen and started slurping it.

"Sister Lan'er, eat slowly. Should we go back to the inn to wait for someone later, or go shopping on Tianjie."

"Of course I'm shopping..." Lou Lan'er continued to murmur.

"Now!" Xiao Debao ordered to his men.

While Lou Lan'er was concentrating on eating noodles, three Black Orchid Society assassins rushed into the restaurant, covered Miao Xi with a cloth, and dragged her to the carriage that was waiting nearby.

Xiao Debao and the remaining two assassins stayed behind to restrain Lou Lan'er.

"Who are you?!"

The two assassins raised their knives and were about to strike at Lou Lan'er.

Lou Laner took out the hidden weapon from her sleeve and threw it towards the three of them.

The concealed weapon hit two of the assassins in the throat and died on the spot.

Xiao Debao turned sideways, waved his cloak, blocked the sword and dart, and flipped the dining table over.

At the critical moment, Yi Zhili, who came from Lingnan to join Mu Zhiyuan, saw Lou Lan'er being surrounded by assassins and drew his sword to help.

"Brother Li, Ah Shu has been kidnapped. I'll chase the carriage first!"

The carriage that kidnapped Shu Xi was still in sight. Lou Laner flew to the top of the shop on Tianjie with a quick move and chased him all the way.

Xiao Debao turned over and just climbed onto the eaves. He was about to chase Lou Lan'er, but was blocked by a pear.

"Are you the ghost-faced man?!" Yi Zhili glared angrily and raised his sword towards Xiao Debao.

Xiao Debao whipped out a long black whip from his arms and swung it towards a pear. The whip crackled in the air with some sparks.

Mu Zhiyuan, who came to the food shop to meet Mao Xi, saw Xiao Debao swinging his whip and immediately flew behind him.

Being attacked from both sides, Xiao Debao turned around and glanced at Mu Zhiyuan.

He has a scar on his face! Mu Zhiyuan deduced that this person was the ghost-faced man from the Black Orchid Society. He raised his sword and cooperated with Yizhi Li in an attempt to capture Xiao Debao alive.

Xiao Debao repeated his old tricks and used illusions to make himself disappear on the spot. At the same time, he threw a handful of smoke bombs on the ground and took advantage of the chaos to escape again.

Mu Zhiyuan grabbed the cloak that had fallen on the spot: "Li Bing, they took Ma Xi, where did they run just now?"

Yi Zhili pointed to the direction in which Lou Lan'er was chasing: "Your Majesty, Lou Lan'er is chasing after her..."

Mu Zhiyuan threw the cloak to Yi Zhili: "This person has scars on his face. He should be the ghost-faced man of the Black Orchid Society who colluded with the Goshawk Sect to sell Xiaoyao Powder. You go and report the situation to the Imperial City Division and ask them to send more manpower. , find the person."

Mu Zhiyuan turned around and chased after Lou Lan'er.

The Tianjie in Beidu was filled with people, and Lou Laner saw the carriage getting further and further away from her sight.

The guards guarding the city saw Lou Lan'er running on the roof of the street house, and they regarded her as a little thief and chased after Lou Lan'er.

"Little thief, get down here!" the patrolman yelled at Lou Lan'er.

"Brother, my sister was caught by a gangster, and I am chasing her..."

Lou Lan'er didn't have time to explain, and the carriage was about to disappear from sight.

At this moment, Mu Zhiyuan caught up with him, and he sped up in the direction of Lou Lan'er's finger.

"Brother Mu, the carriage is heading that way!"

Mu Zhiyuan followed Lou Lan'er's guidance and chased after him. The carriage ran further and further away, and finally disappeared from sight.

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In the carriage, Mao Xi's hands and feet were tied and she fainted.

One of the three assassins pretended to be a groom, and the two of them looked at Ma Xi in the car.

"Brother, why don't you kill her?"

"The uncle said that he will take her as a hostage then!"

"Hostage? Is this little girl so important? Didn't Brother Bao say he was going to kill him last night?"

"Master didn't nod! I checked with Brother Bao this morning. Tomorrow she will be locked up in the cellar of the main altar, where no one can find her."

Arriving at the residence where the Black Orchid Society secretly hid black gunpowder, the three assassins put Mao Xi in a sack and carried it into the residence.

When Ma Xi opened her eyes again, it was late at night and she was in a dark room.

There was a lot of black powder placed in the room.

"Gunpowder!" Mao Xi smelled the strong smell of saltpeter and sulfur.

Outside the house, assassins from the Black Orchid Society were loading gunpowder.

The gunpowder was placed in a flower pot, half filled, and covered with soil and flowers.

Pots of gunpowder, covered by flowers, were filled into carriages and transported out of the house one after another.

Aware of the sound of Mu Xi in the house, the assassin slapped her on the back of the head and she fainted again.

"Uncle, how should we deal with this person?"

I'll tie some gunpowder to her body and keep her in a room to keep watch. I'll have some use for her on the day of the Queen Mother's birthday party.

"Everyone, move quickly. The house needs to be emptied before dawn tomorrow. This woman will be taken to the cellar of the main altar and locked up first."

Mu Zhiyuan and Lou Lan'er followed the trail to where the carriage was lost.

It was not until noon the next day that the house where the Black Orchid Club secretly hid gunpowder was found.

The residential buildings have long been deserted.

Mu Zhiyuan found traces of gunpowder powder on the ground inside a house.

"Brother Mu, this is Ah Shu's hairpin." Lou Lan'er picked up a silver hairpin that fell on the ground, which was given to Shu Xi by Mu Zhiyuan.

There are some flower petals scattered on the ground in the yard.

"It seems they left not long ago."

After leaving the residential area, this place is remote and sparsely populated.

Mu Zhiyuan followed the traces of the carriage on the ground to the intersection of Tianjie and disappeared.

The two went to a breakfast shop at the intersection to inquire.

"Old man, did any carriage transport some food pass by Tianjie this morning?"

"No."

Mu Zhiyuan frowned, thinking of the flower petals on the ground in the yard, and continued to ask, "Is there a carriage that transports flowers?"

"In that case, there are some, but there are Taoist temples all over the northern capital. Some wealthy and kind people often bring their own flowers, which is not unusual. I saw several carts of flowers passing by here in the morning, but..."

"but what?"

"Those carts of flowers are heading towards different roads at this fork in the road. They may be gardeners who deliver flowers to the houses of various nobles in the capital."

"Brother Mu, will the gunpowder be transported to the palace through flowers?" Lou Lan'er analyzed.

On one side is the safety of the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, and on the other side is the safety of Mao Xi.

Mu Zhiyuan was in a dilemma for a while.

"Lou Lan'er, you, Lu Da, and Yi Zhili are going all out to find the Black Orchid Society. It is very likely that Mao Xi will be taken by the ghost-faced man to restrain my actions."

"Brother Mu, Mr. Nalan is also in Beidu. I will also go to him for help!"

"Nalan Jue has a lot of connections, so he must have come here for the Black Orchid Society." Mu Zhiyuan was relieved and turned around to head to the Prince's Mansion.