My whole family sucked my blood; after being reborn, the little cook went on a killing spree.

Zhao, the head镖师 (bodyguard/escort), narrowed his eyes. "That looks like a sleeping potion?"

"Wrong, it's cartilage powder."

Su Wanning wanted to ensure the medicine was at its most potent, so she patiently dealt with him, saying, "You've actually gotten a good deal; this is something only nobles in the palace can afford."

"You've already given me the antidote, haven't you? Give it to me now, you bastard, I mean you no harm!"

Zhao, the镖头 (bodyguard), slowly slumped down, his heart filled with hatred and gritted teeth. However, he had no choice but to try to coax Su Wan Ning. As long as she was willing to come over, he could still subdue her with the little strength he had left!

Even if that doesn't work, if I can make some noise and wake up the others, I'll always have a way to escape!

But Su Wan Ning took a fire poker and slowly hooked the handkerchief out of his palm.

"No malicious intent? Didn't you intend to drug me and then cut off my hand? How much money did Lin Yuwei give you for this? Would you do something like that for her?"

"mud!"

Zhao, the镖头 (bodyguard), shuddered and finally understood what was wrong with him today.

No wonder she insisted on staying at the inn and said those ambiguous things; she already knew my plan! Pretending to stay up all night was also a way to lure him over!

Just now, they were just stalling for time!

Su Wan Ning didn't need him to answer these questions at all; she had already experienced them in her past life, hadn't she?

She stuffed the handkerchief into Zhao the镖头's mouth, dragged him by the hair, and climbed over the collapsed wall.

Thanks to her natural strength, which was greater than others, in her previous life, her aunt said that she was a monster and would be captured and beaten to death. She was so scared that she dared not reveal herself and would only endure the beatings. Her personality became more and more timid and ingratiating.

Lin Yuwei probably knew this too, which is why she asked Zhao, the head镖师, to find ten robbers to deal with her. Those people first snatched her baggage and destroyed the medicine and boning knife inside.

But now, she has prepared everything in advance, and Zhao, the镖头 (bodyguard), still dares to come alone to his death.

Then I must fulfill his dream.

Zhao, the镖头 (bodyguard), was dragged along by her. He couldn't move, but he still felt something. The stones cut his skin, causing a sharp, dense pain.

Only one thought remained in his mind: Did she really dare to kill him?

Where did she get the audacity?!

But soon, he was dragged to the edge of a dry well, his upper body pressed into the well opening, his back almost broken! But he was secretly delighted, this vicious woman didn't dare to do anything, she only dared to throw him in!

There's no water in the well. As long as he waits until the medicine wears off, he'll find a way to climb out, and then...

My wrist felt cold, followed by a searing pain!

With his head hanging upside down, he could only see the dark well wall and half of the night, cold and chilly, and a sense of fear instantly spread throughout his body.

Why?! How dare she?! She dared to cut herself!

Zhao, the镖头 (bodyguard), cried out in his heart, but his tongue was completely numb, hanging down and blocking his throat, making it impossible for him to breathe.

Su Wanning's voice was like that of a demon, "I could have used Miss Xu to get rid of you. It would have been simple. I could have just pretended that you were going to poison her and then sent you to see the authorities."

The cold dagger began to slash his face again!

Zhao Biao's head throbbed with pain, and tears streamed down his face. He regretted it; he had thought this job would be easy, but it turned out to be a monster! He wanted to beg for mercy, but he couldn't even open his mouth!

"However, handing you over to the authorities would be too easy for you. I still want to do it myself. Even if I cut your tendons, you'll never know the pain I suffered. Never mind."

Su Wanning slashed his neck with a knife.

Her hands were splattered with blood, but this time, it wasn't hers.

The hatred from her past life, one by one, cannot be repaid with blood; even if she had to repay those painful debts a thousandfold, it still wouldn't be enough to quell the hatred in her heart!

They stabbed him a few more times to make sure Zhao the镖头 was dead.

Su Wan Ning pushed the body into the well. There would be a drought for another year, and by the time the body was discovered, it would have been completely eaten.

However, she still threw some more stones and withered grass into the well to cover the opening before quickly returning to the post station.

They destroyed all traces of dragging along the way and burned the bloodstained clothes clean.

The boning knife was hidden away again.

Su Wan Ning let out a long sigh of relief, grabbed a handful of brown rice, and crushed it.

The rice was crushed into small pieces and then soaked.

The timing was perfect.

After a short rest, she began grinding rice into a paste, which required using a stone mill to repeatedly grind the brown rice.

The fine rice paste is then filtered and kneaded into rice dough. Once the water boils, the rice dough is pressed on a strainer to produce long, thin rice noodles. These noodles are then cooked in boiling water to become fresh rice noodles.

The cooked rice noodles need to be rinsed in cold water.

Every step must be taken seriously.

……

Before dawn, the inn was already filled with delicious aromas.

Pots of steaming buns, fragrant with the aroma of wheat, jars of pickled vegetables—spicy, sour, and savory—and a large pot of bubbling soup.

"Ooh ooh ooh!~"

Finally, the first rooster crowed.

Su Wanning had only one step left, so she immediately added a handful of dry grass to the stove.

The fire leaped up, and the oil in the pan quickly became hot. The egg mixture was poured in, sizzled, expanded and set, and then it was quickly scooped out to drain the oil.

Only one egg was fried, yet the overwhelming aroma of oil and egg overwhelmed all other fragrances.

After all the egg mixture had been fried, the people at the post station were half awake.

Qingfang rushed over and scolded in a low voice, "You silly girl, why are you making such a fuss so early! Miss hates being woken up!"

This is only because of Su Wan Ning; if it were any of the maids in the manor, they would have been punished by her long ago!

"I'll turn it off right now."

Su Wanning remained calm, quickly turned off the engine, and adopted a very respectful attitude.

"Qingfang, wasn't it all for Miss Xu's sake? She stayed up all night, and instead of rewarding her, you come here to blame her."

Li San was somewhat unconvinced.

He got up the earliest, but by then Su Niangzi had already prepared everything!

"Are you itching for a beating again?"

Qingfang glared at him, but then looked at Su Wanning because of his words. Sure enough, Su Wanning's eyes were black and blue, and her tone softened a bit. "Alright, it's already done, but what did you make? It smells so oily and sour."

"It's too hot, and Miss has no appetite, so I took some dried bamboo shoots that I had sun-dried before, added some dogwood and wild ginger, and made spicy sour bamboo shoot powder. The slightly pungent smell is not because the stuff is spoiled, but because the sour bamboo shoots are naturally fermenting."

Su Wanning explained earnestly, pointing to the kitchen counter, "Don't worry, sister, everything is prepared. There's no need to turn on the stove. Why don't you have a bowl to try first? If it doesn't suit your taste, I can make adjustments as soon as possible."

On the counter, there was amber-colored dogwood oil, tender yellow wild ginger shreds, glistening peanuts, and golden-brown fried eggs. There were also blanched and tender green vegetables, shredded wood ear mushrooms, pickled bamboo shoots, and so on.

Each and every one of them looked incredibly tempting.

Qingfang also remembered that Miss had mentioned a kind of extremely spicy rice noodles. She wondered if this spicy sour bamboo shoot rice noodle dish would satisfy Miss.