[75] I treat you as a brother

While talking, a young man walked in from the outside.Seeing that there were guests in the room, the young man greeted the two generously, and then handed the things in his hand to his sister.

The little girl called "brother" sweetly, took the things and was about to walk to the backyard.

Bai Yutang frowned suddenly: "Wait."

The three turned their gazes to him at the same time.

Bai Yutang stared at the little girl's hand: "Is that blue polyp?"

The little girl froze for a moment, then subconsciously looked at her hand.

The young man next to him smiled instead: "I didn't expect that someone here would know Qingzao."

Seeing the puzzled eyes of the two, the young man took back what was in his sister's hand and walked forward.

"Blue algae is another name for blue polypia. Because of the similar habits, we locals call it 'small algae'." He said and handed it over, "This is a sporozoite, and its medicinal properties are not as strong as that of the mother algae. We pick more Grind it and mix it into the meals—the reason why our Yuzhuang is famous is also due to it."

The two took one plant respectively and looked at it carefully.

This blue polyp is small and hollow inside. At first glance, it looks like an ordinary weed, but if you look closely, you can see a few insignificant blue flowers, but they are not the size of ants.

Zhan Zhao asked, "Spermatophytes can be used for cooking, but mother algae can be used as medicine?"

The young man smiled and nodded: "Indeed, mother algae are taller than sporozoites, and they are excellent medicinal materials. They should be available in all major drug stores."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, and asked again: "But I heard that this blue polyp is poisonous."

The young man didn't care and said: "With that level of poison, even a mosquito can't be poisoned to death. Even if a large amount is eaten by mistake, it will only cause diarrhea once."

Bai Yutang answered the question and asked, "But what if it is taken together with other medicines?"

The young man's expression stiffened for a moment, but it was fleeting: "Everything is born and restrained by each other, and algae do have their own mutual restraints, but the two are far apart, so you can rest assured."

Bai Yutang asked: "What is that contradictory thing, can you tell me?"

The young man laughed and said: "This... I am not specialized in this area, I am afraid I can't help you, but I can ask you for the two of you. If there is a chance to meet in the future, I will let you know."

The young man smiled and cupped his hands, took the big handful of blue polyps and left.

When they finished eating the fish and came out, they didn't show up again.

After eating the fish, Bai Yutang sent Bai Fu to wait at the intersection ahead, hit it off with Zhan Zhao, and planned to go for a walk on the mountain again, to look for the blue polyp that was mentioned many times.

"That person just now, there is a problem." The two walked up against the wind, mixed with a wet smell of river water, combined with the slightly desolate and cold scenery around them, it was really not a pleasant place for a walk after dinner.

Bai Yutang has already seen this point: "From the moment I mentioned taking it with other medicines, he was very nervous, and then ended the conversation in a hurry, not daring to show his face."

Zhan Zhao glanced at him, and asked, "Tell me, does he know about the blue polyp, or about the murderer?"

Bai Yutang: "I don't know, maybe we all know it, but we don't know it."

The two walked along the mountain road for a while, but before they reached the top of the mountain, they had lost their way.

Bai Yutang raised his head to look at the remaining distance, and was about to gather his energy and perform lightness kung fu.

"Wait, there's another path here."

Bai Yutang looked along, and there was indeed a very imperceptible narrow path.

The entrance of the path is overgrown with weeds, almost blocking people's vision. If it weren't for Zhan Zhao's intuition and keen observation ability that has been handling cases all year round, most people would ignore it.

After passing the entrance and walking along the path for a while, the two of them realized that this was not a road up the mountain, but a road leading to the back mountain.

The back mountain is shaded all year round, which is in stark contrast to the overgrown weeds in the front. In addition to the trend of the river, you can see the meandering river below from here, and the sound of the water rushing is more spectacular than the front.

When they completely circled to the back of the mountain, both of them were taken aback.

It turns out that this mysterious back mountain is actually a thrilling mass grave.

Just before I went around, the smell had already been blown away by the mountain wind, but now that I came around, the smell of corpses mixed with water vapor was indescribable.

Zhan Zhao subconsciously went to look at Bai Yutang, and saw that he had a green face, neither leaving nor staying.

He laughed a few times very unconscionably, and took out a piece of dried flower from the treasure bag: "This is unique, and the fragrance will last for a long time, so it should be able to resist you for a while."

Bai Yutang looked sideways at the flower, raised his eyebrows but didn't rush to pick it up: "You made it yourself?"

"Of course not." Zhan Zhao suppressed a smile, and said nonsense, "It was done by the old lady in our government office."

Bai Yutang: "..."

The old lady can't make it through this matter, can she?

Seeing that Bai Yutang's face turned greener, Zhan Zhao finally couldn't help laughing out, "Okay, okay, I won't bother you, I made it for my brother, I made it myself."

Bai Yutang couldn't believe it: "You...you still have this habit on weekdays?"

Zhan Zhao's eyelids trembled: "What hobby, this is an ancient secret recipe I accidentally saw from Mr. Gongsun, because I thought of my delicate brother who has a lot of things, I was troubled to make one or two, thinking about the future Might be useful."

Facts have proved that it really comes in handy.

Only then did Bai Yutang accept it with suspicion.

He brought the dried flowers under his nose and smelled them, and besides the sweet floral fragrance, there were also some other smells mixed in.

It's a bit... like Zhan Zhao's smell.

As soon as the idea appeared in his mind, Bai Yutang "tipped", his ears turned red.

He moved his Adam's apple slightly, took the flower away, and put it into his arms very resolutely: "Broken flowers, it's useless."

"Then you give it back to me." Zhan Zhao opened his hands to control him, "If you don't care about it, others will. I'll send the pretty girl there."

Bai Yutang snorted: "Little girls like flowers, who would want your dried flowers."

"Oh." Zhan Zhao replied indifferently, "Thank you, Fifth Master Bai, for your advice. Naturally, Zhan Mou understands less than Master Bai when it comes to women."

Bai Yutang wanted to argue again, but Zhan Zhao had already turned around and left, so he had no choice but to swallow what he wanted to say, stroked the dry but not withered fragrance in his arms, and raised his legs to follow.

As soon as he caught up with him, Zhan Zhao suddenly said "Hey" to a tombstone.

Bai Yutang looked over his shoulder and looked at the tombstone in front of him.

There is no inscription on the stele, only a flower is carved crookedly, and it seems that it has been a little long ago, and some parts of the inscription are not so clear.

"The stele is very clean." Zhan Zhao said suddenly, "The surrounding weeds have also been cleaned up. It seems that the shopkeeper of Yuzhuang should have come to worship this friend."

He set his eyes on the flower on the stone tablet again, and hesitated for a moment, suddenly thinking of something.

"Yutang," Zhan Zhao said with glowing eyes, "the cook you mentioned earlier was invited by Cao's residence, what's her name?"

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The author has something to say:

Zhan Zhao: Thank you Fifth Master Bai for your advice. Of course, Zhan Mou, a woman, is not as good as Master Bai.

Bai Yutang: You don’t even understand me when it comes to men =L=