Cursed Mountains and Seas

Chapter 146 Chewing at the Tavern, Encountering Senior Sister Again (Seeking votes at the end of the month)

Wang Cheng parted ways with Bald Donkey, Carpenter Chen, and his own trusted troops, and entered Pinghu Port according to the route provided by Jiang Wenyuan.

Furthermore, they proactively signaled from a specific location: "Operation begins," which was immediately detected by the surveillance personnel arranged by Mao Haifeng.

But they did nothing.

According to the agreement between Mao Haifeng and Jiang Wenyuan, they need to wait until the scapegoat "Wang Fugui" sends the "Tongmu Man" into the Litang Palace, and then continue to hide for at least three days and at most seven days, until the Crown Prince Wang Cheng is cursed to death.

Before that, they would not only not prevent Wang Fugui from entering the palace, but would also actively provide him with convenience.

Of course, if he were to get in himself, he would absolutely not interfere and leave any ammunition for other factions in the Five Peaks Banner, thus affecting Mao Haifeng's succession to the throne.

Anyway, our allies say that this scapegoat has been brought under control. Are we going to keep a close watch on him to prevent him from getting lost in the palace and accidentally being sent to the wrong place?

This joke is not funny at all.

When Wang Fugui first came here, he wandered around the city twice and asked passersby for directions several times.

They discovered that there were many more outsiders in the city than when they first arrived.

The most familiar people were the Dazhao people, the red-haired and blue-eyed Frankish people, the Semu people with curved swords at their waists, the relatively short and dark-skinned Nanyang people, and the most numerous Japanese pirates, all of whom came for the imperial court's rewards and the elixir of immortality.

It's like one problem after another. There's more than just Mao Haifeng to watch out for.
A strong sense of urgency welled up in Wang Cheng's heart:

"We must eliminate the hidden dangers within the Five Peaks Banner before those truly vicious and ruthless pirates gather, unite our forces, and suppress the East China Sea again, at least stabilizing the East China Sea Kingdom."

Otherwise, with such a mixed bag of people, the situation in the East China Sea Kingdom would certainly no longer be under the control of any one party.

With the East China Sea in chaos, even the imperial court had to relinquish official positions as a compromise? Could the Five Peaks Banner possibly remain unscathed?

There are probably many pirates who want to challenge the title of 'King of the East Sea'.

The only good news is that Old Wang has wiped out all three of the top-ranking [Living Ghosts and Gods] of the East Sea Pirates.

The East China Sea is now truly the weakest sea!
"If I had a bunch of strong reinforcements at the mid-to-high rank, that should be enough to keep things under control."

He was about to turn around and head towards the palace.

Suddenly, a familiar figure flashed by ahead. Although the appearance had changed drastically, the name "Shen Yueye" in the Qihuo Keju was still the same.

I instinctively took two quick steps to catch up, only to find that my senior sister had already walked into a tavern that looked to be quite large, carrying her pipa.

The red sign for "Clam Girl Chewing Wine" fluttered in the wind at the store entrance.

You can smell the sweet aroma of glutinous rice wine from afar.

"However, kuchi-chewed sake?"
"When did this kind of unusual restaurant open in Pinghu Port? Although the name of the wine is very famous, this is the first time I've ever seen it in person."

Wang Cheng hesitated for a moment, but still followed him inside.

Legend has it that the practice of chewing sake has a history of nearly two thousand years in Yingzhou. It was originally made by beautiful shrine maidens using their mouths and was mainly used to offer to the gods.

It is hailed as "fairy wine" brewed from rice chewed by a young girl!
The process is very simple, with almost no technical skill involved.

First, the sticky glutinous rice is cooked until it is completely soft, so as not to damage the beautiful girls' teeth. Then they will chew the rice into a paste one bite after another and spit it into a container.

Add some water, place it in a warm place to start fermenting, and rely on the amylase in the girl's saliva to convert sugar into alcohol.

In Wang Cheng's view, it is essentially the same as the gimmick of brewing baijiu in China, where young girls step on the yeast.

Some people avoid it like the plague, while others flock to it because they just love it.

Judging from the sign outside, this tavern has pulled off an even bigger gimmick.

All the sake served in the shop is not made by human girls, but by a group of clam women!
The brewery is located in the backyard.

Furthermore, the shopkeeper promised that fortune tellers and gossip masters could make any divination at will, and that if the sake was not brewed by the clam maiden, the shopkeeper would pay ten times the price as compensation.

Walking into the store, I did see many people who came specifically to experience the local specialties.

"I don't know which business genius came up with this idea. Not only did they use the gimmick of a clam maiden, but they also hired a group of musicians to perform in the hall."

Wang Cheng casually found a seat and sat down. The one playing the pipa, who was making a cameo appearance as a pipa player, was none other than his senior sister Shen Yueye in disguise.

Judging from how familiar she was with other people, it was clear that she had been living in Pinghu Port under this disguised identity, apart from searching for the oath-breaker named "Liu Jianzhen".

The fox was known for her ability to transform, and although she wasn't wearing the Cleopatra's golden veil to cover her face, she was completely different from the senior sister I had seen that day.

A true fox-eyed beauty could bewitch all beings and bring ruin to a country, but the transformation she undergoes here can only be described as that of a demure young lady.

The pipa she played was quite melodious, befitting her background as a singer and dancer from the "Bodhisattva's Charm" school.

Wang Cheng was hungry, so he didn't order the special chewing wine. Instead, he ordered a pot of hand-pulled mutton that would taste good no matter how it was cooked, along with a large bowl of rice, and began to eat heartily.

He planned to go find Shen Yueye and reunite with her after her performance.

"Both sides are about to reveal their true intentions, and the outcome will be decided in no more than seven days. I urgently need a mid-level official to oversee things."

Now that Luo Wenlong and the delegation have been brought on board, it's a good opportunity to bring Senior Sister along as well. Using the Mountain and Sea Society's name to intimidate those pirates will be a good idea.

There's no need to hide anything from her anymore.

I just don't know if my senior brother will come.

The key point is that after their first meeting, Wang Cheng knew that his senior sister was a good person and reliable!
However, just as Wang Cheng was eating and waiting...

Bald eagle Aji, however, was not idle. As a bullying eagle who loved to steal chickens, he had been traveling for many days and had been holding back. Now that he had finally settled down, he could no longer suppress his nature.

Using the "color-changing" ability he gained from defeating the chameleon with the demonic power of "taking from the poor to give to the rich," he secretly slipped into the backyard of the tavern.

Wang Cheng happened to be curious about this legendary special immortal wine, so he didn't stop it.

In the end, Ah Ji's long-cherished dream of finding the little hen from Yingzhou was not realized.

But they saw several clam-woman brewing sake in the courtyard.

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Wang Cheng subconsciously glanced back at the patrons around him who were enjoying their specialty drinks. Even though he had only eaten and hadn't drunk any alcohol, he couldn't help but feel a little nauseous.

"vomit"

The clam girl is indeed a clam girl; there is no false advertising about that.

However, it was a group of low-ranking, wrinkled old clam women with many missing teeth chewing and spitting out food.

Even just thinking about it made Wang Cheng's stomach churn.

Even more tragically, with the influx of a large number of outsiders, Wang Cheng was far from the only one with a strong sense of curiosity.

"Can these old fogies be considered clams?"

This is clam milk, isn't it? Ugh!

"Compensate!"

Several pirates who had been secretly spying on the clam maiden on the wall saw this scene and couldn't help but curse and vomit.

The sudden commotion was overheard by the patrons in front, who rushed to the backyard, and the shop's staff couldn't hold them back at all.

Then the sounds of cursing and vomiting rose and fell.

Seeing that things were not going well, the musicians, including Shen Yueye, scattered like birds and beasts.

Wang Cheng and several pirates who had started the riot also took the opportunity to slip away.

I glanced at their backs and realized they were the Red Flag Gang of the famous female pirate Zheng Shiniang, also known as the Tanka Thieves.

He seemed to be deep in thought.

No sooner had these people left than others arrived to clean up the mess; they were all elite members of the Black Peak Banner who had been searching the area.

Hearing a few shouts from afar using the "Listen to Thunder" skill, Wang Cheng realized that this seemed to be his sister-in-law Wang Cuiqiao's business.

For a famous courtesan of Qinhuai, doing this kind of business was like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. The day I saw her going out in a sedan chair to relax, she must have come here.

As I walked down the street, I was greeted by a cacophony of shouts behind me: "Refund! Refund! Refund!"
Wang Cheng didn't meddle in other people's business and just silently followed behind his senior sister.

Shen Yueye changed her appearance among the crowd, altering every ten steps. After three streets, she had completely changed her appearance seven times, becoming an ordinary girl who was unrecognizable to anyone.

Unconsciously, I walked to the Jinyufang next door and sighed softly as I looked at the deserted "Liu Residence".

"That bastard is too decisive. It's going to be tough to complete the mission!"

Liu Jianzhen had been on the verge of death last time, and was so terrified that she dared not continue living in the house she had just bought. She hid directly in the mansion of Peng Laosheng, the "knife peddler".

He continued to lavishly spend money and stayed by the ship's helmsman's side constantly. The latter, for the sake of the money, reluctantly accepted him.

Even though Shen Yueye was very confident in the "Queen's Golden Veil," she dared to venture anywhere.

However, I don't have the ability to kill someone in front of a veteran official of the third rank; the risk is too high.

"If I had the strength of a fifth-rank cultivator, I would definitely dare to go in and kill them. However, I must eliminate this target in order to complete the fifth-rank ritual."

Shen Yueye is isolated and helpless in Yingzhou, trapped in a vicious cycle, unable to even find a helper to distract Peng Laosheng.

I'm scratching my head frantically, unable to find a solution in a short time.

Suddenly, a tremor ran through her body, and with an assassin's intuition, she sensed that even though she had transformed seven times, she was still being watched.

Moreover, the other party is rapidly approaching.

Suddenly, he turned his head to look behind him and the first thing he saw was a golden "Straight Years Old" medal, which resonated with the one he was wearing.

A young man who looked to be about the same age as the crown prince, though not as handsome, was smiling and greeting him.

Greetings filled with the flavor of home make one feel especially warm and welcome.

"Senior sister, have you eaten?"

They acted like they'd known each other for a long time.

This also subconsciously reminded Shen Yueye of the incomparably handsome and equally outgoing young prince under the pear blossom rain.

"I've already eaten. Uh, you're Junior Brother Fugui? You've come to Pinghu Port too?"

At this moment, Wang Cheng had already seen through her obsession and waved to her with a smile:

"Senior sister, my cat can do backflips, do you want to come and see?"
Perfect timing, I have a little gift for you.

(End of this chapter)