Sword God is hard to catch

Qin Ni was seriously thinking about serious questions.The thought of kicking Ximen Chuuxue away was like a fallen leaf whirling in a small west wind, spinning in her mind.

This state continued until they saw Lu Xiaofeng flowering all over the building.

She sized Lu Xiaofeng up and down with an unprecedented solemn expression, stared at Lu Xiaofeng until hairs all over, rubbed her nose and asked embarrassingly, "What's wrong?"

After a while, Tan Ni showed a relieved expression, and said honestly: "Sure enough, I don't know, I was shocked. I was going to kick Ximen Chuuxue off, but when I saw you, I suddenly felt that he was barely acceptable. Yes. At least, he ran with the west wind, not with the woman."

Lu Xiaofeng said that he is still alive and did not vomit blood to death. It is definitely not because the other party's evaluation is not vicious enough, but because he has a relatively strong psychological endurance.

Hua Manlou laughed lowly.

Sikong Zaixing thumped the table with his hand, and laughed gloatingly, but unfortunately, after a few laughs, he was choked back by Tan Ni's subconscious glance.Stealing ancestors finally realized belatedly that the door was blocked by the enemy who was about to be arrested.But fortunately, Tan Ni did not arrest him, but generously expressed that he was allowed to "make meritorious deeds".

The little thief Sikong, who was originally reluctant, immediately became excited like a chicken blood.He has already received the news that Tan Ni was sent to Wanmei Villa to carry out the "20-year latent mission", and in his opinion, this mission should be far away.In other words, after this write-off, as long as he didn't run to Wanmei Villa to commit crimes after eating enough, he would get rid of this fast-catching brown candy and become a happy thief again.

There are flowers blooming on the hillside, and the tender yellow wild flowers are in pieces, nodding and swaying with the autumn wind, and the fragrance carries the smell of wild grass.

Four people stood on the hillside, but the invisible one led the way.

Huamanlou squatted, looking at the little flower under his feet. He obviously couldn't see it, but it really made people feel that he was watching, looking at it very seriously.

"I've had a lot of flowers," he said, "but I've never had this one, never even thought about it. I don't even know their names."

Sikong Zhaixing stretched his waist and said: "They don't need to be raised in the first place, and they don't have names."

Huamanlou was silent for a while, then smiled and said: "That's true. They don't need to be raised, and they don't need to be named. They already exist in the mountains and fields, and they don't need others to care for them, and they don't need others to favor them. It can be heard everywhere."

Lu Xiaofeng bent down, picked a flower and put it under his nose and sniffed it, "It really smells good." Then he took out the withered and blackened Bana flower from his bosom, sniffed it too, and said, "Although I can't smell it anymore, However, if my memory is correct, the dead man's flower smells stronger."

Hua Manlou still smiled and said, "Indeed."

Qin Ni also squatted down, stretched out his white fingers, poked the little flower that was shaking his head, and said: "The fragrance of wild flowers, the fragrance of manjusawa, as long as they are flowers, they all have fragrances. The difference is that each has its own fragrance. Just different."

Hua Manlou was surprised: "You also smelled it?"

Tan Ni stood up, nodded, and said, "I smell it."

Lu Xiaofeng was puzzled, "What did you smell?"

Huamanlou said: "Another kind of floral fragrance."

Lu Xiaofeng raised his nose and sniffed vigorously for a while, then shrugged and said, "It seems to be there, but I don't know much about flowers, so I can't smell what kind of flowers it is."

Hua Manlou smiled, and said to Tan Ni: "I remember, you don't know much about flowers, except for the chrysanthemum and plum blossoms that make tea."

Tan Ni nodded, and said: "Yes, I really don't know much about flowers, but if there is a flower in this world whose fragrance can make me remember deeply, then it is the one I smell right now. Even if it is just a little Yes, I can smell it too."

Huamanlou was somewhat surprised.Sikong Zhaixing scratched his head and said, "What kind of flower?"

Tan Ni pursed her lips, and Lu Xiaofeng found that her usual calm expression was surprisingly heavy and condensed at this moment. This was Tan Ni who he had never seen before, and even her breath was a little bit more Cold evil.

"poppy."

"Poppy?" Lu Xiaofeng pondered for a while, rubbing his chin with his fingers, "I remember, this thing seems to be the medicinal material for making opium. It's very valuable."

Hua Manlou nodded and said with a smile, "It's really valuable, even more expensive than gold."

Really worth the money.Things like poppies and opium, whether in modern times or in ancient times.

In modern times, opium and poppy can be said to be well-known poisons, and it is almost impossible to talk about poppy.

But not in ancient times.It was first introduced to China for its ornamental value, as Li Bai once said in a poem: "It used to be a hibiscus flower, but now it is a heart-broken grass. If you use sex to serve others, how long can you get it?" The heart-broken grass here is said to be poppy flower.Poppies were not widely planted, and they were brought as tributes from abroad in the Tang Dynasty, and they were also used for ornamental purposes.It was not until later that its medicinal value was discovered. In the Song Dynasty, it was regarded as a good medicine for treating dysentery and other diseases.It also cures nausea, abdominal pain, cough and other diseases, and has the effects of nourishing the stomach, regulating the lungs, relieving the mouth and throat.Poppy seeds and shells are also used as tonics. Su Shi wrote a poem: "The Taoist persuades you to drink chicken soda water, and the boy can fry the yingsu soup."

In the Yuan Dynasty, there was already opium, but it was not made in China, but plundered from the wars of conquering India and other places.It was quite popular at the time.But Chinese medicine has discovered the huge side effects of opium poppy. Zhu Zhenheng, a famous doctor, said: "Although its power to stop diseases is urgent, it kills people like a sword, so it should be strictly avoided." Unfortunately, few people listened to it, almost none.

It was not until the Ming Dynasty that China gradually understood the production and manufacture of opium.But there is still no deep understanding of its side effects.However, at this time, there were still not many opium cultivations, and most of them were imported from overseas.Contributed to the emperor as a "tribute" medicinal material.The scope of enjoyment is also very small, mostly among emperors, princes and nobles, and it is not common to take opium.

Due to the small quantity, the price of opium on the market has always been very expensive, and it is not a joke to be equivalent to gold.

Tan Ni lowered her head, lowered her eyes, and unconsciously clenched her small hands into fists in her sleeves. She said in a low voice, "The biggest crime of this kind of thing is not to make money, but to harm people."

Sensitively hearing the abnormality in her voice, Lu Xiaofeng and Sikong Zaixing all looked at Tan Ni in astonishment, and Hua Manlou also tilted his ears slightly.

Qin Ni exhaled lightly, regained his usual calmness, and said slowly: "Opium is extracted from the fruit of the poppy. It does have medicinal effects, calming the nerves, sleeping, analgesic, Diarrhea, cough, worry. After smoking opium, it can produce pleasure, inability to concentrate, and dream phenomenon. More importantly, long-term use will lead to high psychological and physical dependence. Once opium is addicted, it will never stop If they don’t come down, those who smoke them will give up everything, wealth, dignity, and even their wives, children, parents, and parents. They can do any kind of insane thing you can imagine for a small sip of drugs.”

Lu Xiaofeng's eyes were serious, and the smile on Hua Manlou's face also faded.They are all smart people. Even if they had never been in the Opium War or heard of the harm caused by opium, they have already realized the horror of this kind of thing from Tan Ni's few words.

Sikong Zhaixing's eyes widened, and he said in shock, "No way? How come I've never heard of it?"

Tan Ni glanced at him, and said calmly: "Before smoking opium, most people think that they can resist the drug addiction it brings, but in fact, there is no one in ten thousand who can do it. At least, they can rely on themselves I've never seen anyone with the willpower to survive a drug addiction, not one."

The mountain wind was cool, blowing on people's clothes rustling, it was extraordinarily cold.

Hua Manlou said softly: "You have seen people like that, people who are crazy about smoking opium."

Tan Ni nodded and said: "Yes. I have seen many. Women sell their bodies, abandon their children, and murder their husbands for a sip of opium. Men beg on their knees, beg for it, abandon their wives and children... many, many... when they are sober They will regret it, they will despair, they will be in agony, they will want to die, but when the addiction relapses, they will do it again. They will do anything to relieve the pain of their addiction attack .Even a person with a strong will cannot resist the erosion of drugs."

After a pause, Tan Ni said: "One of my...senior brother...he is a very remarkable person, each of us was taught by the instructor...by the master, and we have to learn from him. He participated in the East Turkistan anti-terrorist war. He He is witty and brave. He once went undercover in a gangster by himself, and finally successfully dismantled the entire gangster group. He also dealt with dozens of gangsters in the dangerous jungle by himself, until he was captured. When we rescued him, There is hardly a good piece of meat on him. Even so, he clenched his teeth and insisted on not revealing anything. Such a person... such a person..."

Tan Ni let out a long breath, "He was ruined in the hands of opium." In fact, it was heroin, a needle of intravenous injection, that ruined a strong special forces captain.

"The last time I saw him, I couldn't recognize him. He was tied to the pillars layer by layer. Such a brave and strong man, who didn't care about anything, struggled like a madman, hoarse. Begging all the time, begging for a mouthful of opium, begging . . . to kill him."

As the cold wind blows, the small yellow wild flowers sway with the wind, and the rustling of the leaves is desolate and cold.

Lu Xiaofeng and Hua Manlou did not speak.

Tan Ni quietly looked into the distance, there was a valley there, bursts of strong fragrance of flowers wafted from the valley, there were flowers of the other shore, and there were... poppies!

Tan Ni really wanted to know, did the owner of the valley simply ask for money because of the "price compared to gold", or did he already know about the dangers of opium?

Or, in fact, she already had a guess in her heart.