Under Tianheng Mountain...

An ordinary little tea stall...

"Everyone, your tea!"

The waiter placed a few cups of hot tea and some snacks in front of everyone, and then turned around and left.

Ye Luo, Ye Lan, Wen Ze, Shang Hua, and Wen Yuan, all five of them were dressed in the same uniform, wearing white robes and huge hats that were large enough to cover their faces, with a white veil hanging over the hats.

Ye Luo grabbed the waiter's arm and asked quietly, "Shopkeeper, I have a question for you."

The waiter said in no uncertain terms: "Just ask me. I will tell you everything I know."

Ye Luo cleared his throat and tried to lower his voice: "That's right, there should be many people passing by on our road, right?"

"You're right. This road is the only way for people coming from the west to reach Liyue Harbor, not to mention the distant places."

"Let me ask this in a different way. Have there been any strange people walking along this road?"

"Strange people? What kind do you mean?"

When the waiter said this, Ye Luo couldn't help but open his eyes wide: "Which one? Are there many strange people on this road?"

"You probably don't know this. There are countless strange people and things on this road. Fatui and treasure robbers are very common. Hillock people appear from time to time, and there are also mages who can float in the air and cover themselves with shields. I have seen them all."

"You're talking about the Abyss Mage, right?" Ye Luo thought secretly in his heart.

Ye Luo patiently explained: "That's not what I'm talking about. I mean, are there some strange merchant caravans passing by here..."

The waiter was obviously stumped by Ye Luo's question and couldn't answer for a while, but after a while, he seemed to suddenly understand.

"You know what, there really is such a caravan. They are escorting a cart full of boxes, which are tightly tied up with iron chains. From the outside, you can't tell what's inside."

"When I saw it, I guessed that the things they were escorting must be very valuable, otherwise there would be no need to make it so exaggerated and grand."

Everyone looked at each other, feeling that the question seemed to have touched the point, so Ye Luo continued asking.

"Can you still remember what those people looked like?"

"What do they look like?" The waiter fell into deep thought and scratched his head: "Oh, this really stumps me. They wrap themselves up so tightly that I can't see what they look like!"

"They were in black robes, covered their faces, and wore iron gloves, just like you are now, except that you were in white robes and they were in black robes."

Ye Lan lowered his hat and nodded to the others: "It's pretty much what those two guys said. It looks like this is indeed the main route for them to trade with Liyue Harbor."

Wen Ze slowly raised his big pipe: "Just wait like this?"

Shang Hua and Wen Yuan stood up: "Then how long do we have to wait? Otherwise, let's go back to our old ways and take the initiative to investigate."

"Sit down..." Ye Lan tapped the table gently, signaling the two not to act rashly.

Shang Hua and Wen Yuan looked at each other and sat back in their original seats silently.

Ye Luo didn't understand what he meant. He just looked at Ye Lan, silently raised his teacup, and took a sip slowly.

Ye Lan crossed her legs slowly, leaned against the table, and sneered: "I am very grateful for the cup of hot tea from the store, but I don't quite understand why they poisoned the tea..."

puff……

Ye Luo was so scared that he spat out his tea and looked at them in amazement.

Wen Ze crushed the teacup, picked up a piece of the fragment, and instantly ran to the waiter, pointing the sharp fragment at his throat.

The waiter was so frightened that his face turned pale. Looking at the ferocious Wen Ze in front of him, his pupils trembled and he unconsciously raised his hands in a gesture of surrender.

Ye Lan glanced at him and said, "Those who don't follow the rules will have to pay for it with their lives."

Shang Hua and Wen Yuan also drew their swords and were ready to attack.

Only Ye Luo was standing aside, stroking his tongue and spitting.

Ye Lan said, "Don't worry, it's just some knockout drugs. It won't kill you. And you didn't drink much, so the effect should be almost zero."

"Oh!" Ye Luo looked relieved and walked up to the waiter: "Why don't you do something else? Learn how to poison others. We are all smart, who would be fooled by you..."

The whole place was silent, everyone looked at Ye Luo in unison, Ye Luo coughed awkwardly: "If I say now that I did it on purpose, you won't believe me, right..."

Ye Lan raised her eyes and stared at the waiter, and said majestically: "It's not easy for you to run a shop alone in this deep mountain forest. If you honestly explain why you poisoned us now, I can consider pretending that nothing happened."

The waiter looked a little embarrassed, but Ye Lan did not rush him. She just smiled calmly, crossed her hands and supported her chin: "Of course, if you are unwilling to speak, I don't mind showing you my skills."

The fragment in Wen Ze's hand was a little closer to his neck, and he felt that the fragment would pierce into him at the slightest disturbance.

"No, no, no, I said!"

The waiter backed off at the last moment. Ye Lan seemed to have expected this and maintained her original posture, waiting quietly.

Wen Ze pushed the waiter onto the chair so that he and Ye Lan could look each other face to face.

The waiter trembled as he spoke cautiously, "You are here to investigate the substance called opium, right?"

No one spoke, and Ye Lan continued to ask: "How much do you know about this matter?"

The waiter sighed helplessly: "I'm telling you guys, don't investigate further. Not only is it a thankless task, but it may also put your life in danger."

"Those guys are not easy to mess with. They are all masters with great martial arts skills. Look at you guys, how can you compare to them?"

Wen Yuan was unconvinced and said, "How can you, the shop owner, only judge people by their appearance? They are all two legs supporting a belly. I don't believe that those people are much better than us!"

The waiter looked quite frightened: "Oh, I dare not say that. Do you know how many people they have killed..."

Ye Lan just sneered: "Selling drugs and having a history of murder are aggravated crimes. There is no need to report it. Just execute him first and report later."

Ye Luo was a little impatient: "Just tell me, how did you know why we came?"

Without waiting for the waiter to explain, Ye Lan said directly: "The two guys in the "Yan Shang Teahouse" are the drug dealers' spies. We have been under their noses since the beginning. And..."

"Those two guys also cheated us."

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