The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#653 - Sweet bomb

Following the scent of maltose, Lu Jing arrived at the market ahead, eventually stopping at a stall selling tanggua.

Tanggua is a common northern sweet, made by mixing maltose with rice flour into the shape of a melon or gourd, and then coating it with a layer of sesame seeds.

Delicious and sticky, it's very popular with children. During the Lunar Festival, it's also placed on the stove to entertain the Kitchen God, preventing him from gossiping after ascending to heaven.

Lu Jing stood in front of the tanggua stall for a while, carefully observing the vendor. However, he didn't find anything unusual about the vendor. He then stepped forward to inquire, but the vendor knew nothing about the Tangren Grandmother.

Lu Jing was planning to probe further when he smelled another fragrance of sugar.

This time, the sugar fragrance was much stronger than that of the tanggua.

Lu Jing walked about thirty or forty steps in that direction and saw a vendor selling peanut and black sesame candy, currently using a large pot to boil maltose.

The rich sugar fragrance assaulted his senses, causing many passersby to stop.

Even many young children gathered around the large pot, eagerly waiting for the syrup to solidify and coat the peanuts and sesame seeds inside.

Lu Jing stepped forward to ask again, but the vendor also shook his head.

However, this time, Lu Jing couldn't find a place within a hundred zhang with a stronger maltose fragrance.

Until the vendor poured the finished peanut and black sesame candy into a wooden box to cool and solidify, then separated most of the tray and handed it to a servant-like person next to him, instructing, "Let it cool, then cut it into pieces before eating."

The servant nodded, picked up the half-tray of peanut and black sesame candy, and squeezed out of the crowd amidst the envious gazes of a group of children.

Lu Jing's heart stirred, remembering the little girl's words, and he followed.

He saw the servant take the candy and stride forward, only wanting to hurry home.

In addition, the market was crowded, so he naturally wouldn't notice being tailed.

Lu Jing followed him through two streets. During that time, the servant also bought some fragrant candied fruits and carved candied plums, eventually arriving at a residence on the south side of Niuhang Street.

There were slightly fewer people in this area. To be safe, Lu Jing slowed his pace a little, to avoid being noticed.

He watched the servant turn into the residence, thinking that the Tangren Grandmother's residence should be here.

So he prepared to knock on the door, but as soon as he arrived at the door, he smelled another fragrance of maltose mixed with glutinous rice flour.

Lu Jing twitched his nose twice, then turned around and headed towards the source of the fragrance, eventually finding a pastry shop selling dragon's beard candy across the street.

Lu Jing thought, this time he should have found the right place.

He pulled the dizzy A'mu over, and indeed, there was an old lady of about sixty or seventy years old sitting in the pastry shop, dozing off.

"Tangren Grandmother?" Lu Jing asked.

The old lady didn't react much, still closing her eyes.

Lu Jing had to raise his voice slightly. This time, she seemed to have heard him clearly, and opened her eyes in a daze, saying, "What kind of pastry do you want, guest?"

"Auntie, I don't want pastry, I'm here to find someone." Although he said so, Lu Jing still placed a few copper coins in front of the old lady.

After all, money makes things easier.

The old lady saw this and put the six copper coins into the box one by one, then used her trembling hands to wrap two dragon's beard candies for Lu Jing.

Handing them over, she smiled and said, "Guest, here's your pastry."

"Uh, I didn't come to buy dragon's beard candy." Lu Jing guessed that the old lady in front of him was probably a little deaf and hadn't heard what he said earlier.

So he raised his voice again. He almost shouted this sentence.

Startling two passersby.

But the expression on the old lady's face didn't change. She still maintained the action of handing over the dragon's beard candy. After a while, seeing that Lu Jing still didn't take it, she pointed to her ear and said.

Although according to Huo Xingsun, that Tangren Grandmother didn't reject dealing with people from the Sitianjian.

But considering that the things she did were related to strange objects, if the Sitianjian found out where she lived, there might be supervisors inviting her to drink tea at the office later.

So if she refused to help, Lu Jing wouldn't be surprised.

He sighed, touched A'mu's head, and said, "Sorry, it seems like we're going on a wild goose chase today."

A'mu half-raised its head and looked at Lu Jing, but it wasn't disappointed.

In its opinion, being able to come out and get some fresh air was a happy thing.

Although it was also very free in the academy, after Lu Jing registered it, it was allowed to wander around freely, but the academy was not as lively as the capital, and there were more good-looking and fun things.

In fact, in order to avoid this kind of disappointment, Lu Jing didn't tell it what this trip was for in advance.

Seeing that it was already getting dark, Lu Jing planned to find a restaurant to eat something casually, and when the black cat came back, they would go home.

Of course, he didn't give up on treating A'mu's illness.

If it really didn't work, Lu Jing planned to let Huo Xingsun come forward and take A'mu to see that Tangren Grandmother.

Huo Xingsun himself was a strange object, and had seen the Tangren Grandmother before, so it shouldn't arouse the latter's vigilance.

It's just that Huo Xingsun had just broken away from Mr. Ji's camp not long ago, and Lu Jing was still a little uneasy about him.

A'mu was very important to Lu Jing, almost accompanying him since he first came here, and was no different from family.

This was why Lu Jing decided to bring A'mu to see the Tangren Grandmother himself.

It's just that his identity was somewhat sensitive.

Lu Jing walked on the street with A'mu, and he didn't know if it was because he smelled too much maltose fragrance before, but Lu Jing suddenly wanted to taste some maltose.

So he looked at the two dragon's beard candies in his hand, first took one out, and threw it to a stray cat on the roadside.

The latter went forward to smell it, then licked it. Probably thinking it tasted good, it finished it in front of Lu Jing.

Then Lu Jing observed for a while, and seeing that the stray cat was safe and sound, he breathed a sigh of relief and put the other dragon's beard candy in his mouth.

As a result, the next moment, Lu Jing felt the dragon's beard candy quickly melt in his mouth.

At the same time, an unprecedented strong sweetness also rushed to his heart!

It was as if a sweet bomb exploded, causing Lu Jing's head to spin. But at this moment, the ram's horn pattern on his arm suddenly heated up, and then Lu Jing regained consciousness.