Still, this sure is stinky
They use a smoking pipe to enjoy tobacco in this world. Xu also smoked tobacco previously, but she didnt stink like this.
In that case, this odor must not be sothing characteristic of tobacco.
Maybe they mixed sothing into tobacco to make it this slly?
Nevertheless, Yui i felt inexplicable when she thought about the trouble of suffering from the stench while smoking tobacco.
Wait, what?
Sothing about the words tobacco and pungent odor seed to resonate in the corner of her mind.
There should be so kind of warning regarding these two.
It involved doing sothing dangerous, so people must be warned against it.
tobacco and a strange sll eh, wait a minute, is this the odor of ammonia? Yeah, thats it, its stinking of ammonia!!
Yui i finally realized the true nature of the scent that had bothered her.
She wondered whether the residue of the ammonia-slling tobacco was, in fact, opium?
Opium is a substance made from the fluid extracted from poppy, and it is widely known to be addictive.
It can be refined to create morphine and heroin. Morphine is dically used as painkiller and sedative, while heroin is a narcotic drug.
Opium had a long history even in her previous life, but its addictive properties shouldnt be widely known during the ancient tis.
Smoking tobacco was one of the ways people enjoyed opium back then.
It might seem difficult to distinguish opium from normal tobacco at first glance, but opium has so characteristics that are more obvious compared to tobacco.
Opium has a characteristic odor, and that was the scent of ammonia.
The hospital where Yui i had been working in her previous life cooperated with the police and they were working on a product that could promptly detect drug damage. During one of the etings as part of that effort, and Yui i was specially shown the actual product at that ti.
Back then, she thought that people must be crazy for wanting to sll it everyday.
In other words, thats how stinky opium was.
And for this scent to be here at this ti, that would an.
Opium must be popular here, then?
Yui i groaned at the sudden discovery of such an important matter.
The court ladies must have avoided this place because of they hated the stench of opium that had spread inside the Jiaofang.
This sll was more than enough to make them sick.
In her previous life, Yui i heard that the children who were tasked to collect poppy juice for opium got sick from slling it directly because they were the sa height as the flowers on the plant.
What should I do now?
This was certainly sothing that was beyond Yui is control.
She tried to organize her thoughts. She knew that opium was called the poppy juice in the pharmacy, and it was used as a painkiller and a sedative, but it was extrely pricey.
It was not sothing that courtesans would easily get their hands on.
On top of its usage being highly limited, she wasnt sure whether the toxic properties of opium were widely known among the physicians.
Opium does not have such a strong narcotic effect when as an oral dicine, after all.
So, how much did Chen know about this?
Ugh, who on earth ca up with this opium tobacco, huh!?
Goodness, no matter which world it was, there were people who were using their brains for such unnecessary things.
Besides, it would be even more dangerous if they knew that opium was addictive and still spread it around.
Courtesans were people who had access to the emperors inner circle, after all.
Consult I need to consult soone!!!
There was only one person whom she could consult about this kind of thing.
Alright, I have to rush to Libin!!
Two heads were better than one when dealing with such troubleso matters.
Yui i decided her course of action, so for evidence, she gathered the ashes that were buried on the ground and wrapped it inside the cloth that she brought with her.
However, she couldnt carry this stinky bundle with her for long.
It was probably a mixture of burnt stuff and stuff that was too damp to catch fire.
It would be infinitely stinkier if that wasnt the case.
Sorry, Ill continue cleaning next ti, okay?
The scent was gone after she cleaned the place, so she stood up while inwardly apologizing to no one in particular.
What are you doing there?
Sobody called out behind her, and Yui i jumped.
Erm, what?
She hesitantly and slowly turned around, and Xu, the palace courtesan she saw back at the dumping site, was standing there.
T/N: Im not sure how this is connected with Dongs matter, but its the first ti that Yui i is dealing with two cases at the sa ti XD
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