Sanggana Swordsman
17: Poison in the Porridge
*Small Sanggana Kingdom (Silver)*
Empress Sandaria's entourage moved into the neighborhood under a high mountain rock cliff. Twenty warriors, men and women, made way for the company.
Empress Sandaria walked forward with a pair of eyelids closed and the tip of the stick positioned in front of her slow footsteps. However, his sweet smile that tickled the hearts of the men continued to expand according to the portion.
When they entered the middle of a fairly roomy environment, the guard troops of Empress Sandaria could only see that on the wall there was a large cave mouth. His position was as high as two spears above. Its existence was covered by a teak tree.
Right in the middle of the lips of the mouth of the cave stood a person dressed in bright blue. He is a man who looks good. His hair was neatly combed back, the color was black and white. His thick neck strangled tightly around his neck. His left hand had long, sharp bluish nails. The five fingers on the right hand are not.
The man who was about sixty years old then darted off like a bird. He landed two spears in front of Empress Sandaria.
“Is Nisanak an empress?” ask the old man. His voice was the same as the voice that had ordered the group of guests to be allowed into the environment.
“True,” answered Sandaria while smiling.
“Welcome to Kampung Kubur, Her Majesty The Empress..” greet the man in a floating tone.
“Beautiful Queen Sandaria. Hihihi!” empress Sandaria laughed in praise of herself.
“Hahaha!” Exploding laughter the senior man heard and saw Empress Sandaria's style. He was amused by the tiny woman. Then he said, “I am the Prince of Graves, the leader and ruler of this Mount Prabu. Maybe I'm the one you're looking for, Your Majesty Empress Sandaria.”
“Absolutely. It turns out that Prince is an authoritative and obeyed by the followers,” said Sandaria praised.
“Before His Holiness Sandaria conveys the intention, it would be nice if we sit back and enjoy food and drinks typical of Kampung Kubur,” said Prince Kubur while smiling kindly. “Mari!”
Some of the men quickly took out a wooden table and two bamboo chairs. The Prince then sat on one of the chairs. With slow steps and the tip of the stick also working touching objects around the legs, Empress Sandaria also sat on a bamboo chair.
“Bring a special dish Kampung Kubur!” shouted Prince Kury.
“Waaah! So troublesome Prince!” empress Sandaria said with a smile that always tempts the faith, even the faith of the Prince of Burial.
Although he was old, the Prince of Burials was still a man. Moreover, he has long been widowed.
“Glorifying guests is a strong tradition in Kampung Kubur,” said Prince Kubur.
A fat but short-lived woman, came carrying a tray containing two bowls of coconut shells. Each bowl contains groundnut porridge. Complete with wooden spoon.
“This is a special food Kampung Kubur. His name is life bean porridge. Every morning we ate this, as if by eating this porridge we would live another day. If we don't eat it, it's as if we'll die that day. Although that will not happen,” the story of Prince Burial enthusiastically.
“Hihihi!” empress Sandaria laughed loosely, as if she were in her own neighborhood.
Empress Sandaria's troops and the warriors of Prince Kubur's followers became astonished. The tense initial atmosphere can turn into familiar between two people whose age is far adrift.
“I just heard an interesting story about a food. Then, does the drink also have a story?” empress Sandaria asked enthusiastically.
“Sure. Well, this typical drink Kampung Kubur comes,” said Prince Kubur when the same fat woman came carrying a small tray containing two bamboo cups.
The woman who bears a fat machete weapon on her back waist is named Fat Canyon. He put down one by one his bamboo glass.
“This drink is called kencur combined. The story is simple, only kencur mixed with honey,” said Prince Kubur.
“Means, if the date is poisoned, the name must be poisoned. If the cake is mixed with milk, the name is definitely kencur breastfed. Hihihi!” empress Sandaria said and laughed.
“Huahaha..!” Prince Kubur laughed out loud at the last name.
“Hahaha!” the warrior followers of Prince Kubur also laughed at the funny queen.
“Good. Before Her Majesty the Empress expressed her intentions, we better enjoy this togetherness first. Because, we could have a feud later after His Majesty conveyed his intentions. So, I do not want the atmosphere of comfort in this field damaged by it,” said Pengeran Kury. He then pushed forward the bowl and glass to get closer to the empress.
“Thank you, Prince,” said Empress Sandaria with a smile. He grabbed the bowl and spoon in his bowl.
Smiling faintly, Empress Sandaria began stirring up the hot peanut porridge. Can be seen from the thin smoke moon. For a moment Empress Sandaria brought her kiss to the top of the bowl, indicating that she was inhaling the scent of her food. He then scoops and blows for a moment, but he does not immediately feed into his tiny mouth.
The Prince of Burial had already opened his mouth to bribe.
“I'm sorry, Prince!” empress Sandaria's sergeant suddenly, made the Prince of Burur cancel his bribe. He put his bow back into the bowl.
“What's up, Your Honor?” asked the Prince of Burying frowned.
“If poison is put in my porridge or drink I may not mind it, for I am the royal party who has already detained five of you. However, it was somewhat surprising that the poison was put into the Prince's porridge. Unless the Prince intends to test me,”, Empress Sandaria said.
The telling of the beautiful woman really surprised Prince Kubur and most of his followers who understood the meaning of the words of the empress.
The short!
Suddenly the five fingers of the left hand of the Prince of Burying stomped. Five strings of blue light shot out unbroken from the five long nails of the Burial Prince. The ray rope immediately snared the neck of Fatty Gorge, fat women who delivered porridge and fast drinks combined.
“Hekk!” fat Screech of the Canyon with a slick face, mouth open and tongue sticking out.
“How dare you poison me, Fatty!” the Prince of Burials shouted with a face that stiffened red with anger.
“Buk.... no...!” Fatty Canyon painstakingly tried to talk.
“Not him the poison-bearer, Prince,” said Empress Sandaria remained calm and flat.
The Burial Prince turned to stare intently at Empress Sandaria who only gave a small smile when looked at.
“Does Your Majesty know?” asked the Prince of the Grave, his joy was gone.
“No, but he's not the culprit. She is only the introductory part,” replied Empress Sandaria.
Empress Sandaria's reply led the Prince of Burials to obliterate her five ray ropes. The Fat Neck of the Canyon was free, making it fall to its knees.
“Uhhuk uhuk!” cough Fat Canyon while holding his neck that was blue by the snare earlier.
“If it is true this is purely an attack on the Prince, it means there is a traitor in your group,” Empress Sandaria said. “It looks like I came at the wrong time. Or, the poison-bearer intends to blame me by accusing me of being the poison-bearer.”
“Jinai Selayang who poured the food into the bowl!” shouts Fatty Gorge in order to rid himself of the charges.
Suddenly….
“Don't run you, Jinai!” shouted a warrior follower Prince Kubur who was some distance from the meal.
Some swordsmen quickly ran away chasing someone who ran away first leaving the neighborhood.
The presence of a person who fled after the revelation of the alleged presence of poison in the porridge, indicates that there was indeed an attempt at poisoning.
“Excellent magic of this little empress. I just can't figure out there's poison in my bowl. But he, he can find out there is poison in the bowl of others.” praise the Prince of the Grave in the heart.
“That means right, it is not this fat brother who put poison,” Empress Sandaria said as she smiled at Fatty Gorge who was still kneeling not far on the side of the banquet table.
“Thank you, Your Highness the Empress,” said Fatty Gorge. He thought, if Empress Sandaria had let the Prince of Burial judge him, her neck would have been cut off by the Five Yarns of Sword earlier.
“How does Her Majesty the Empress know that in my porridge there is poison?” asked the Prince of Burying with a sharp look.
“I am always surprising, hihihi!” empress Sandaria said proudly while smiling and wrinkling her tiny nose. Then he said to the Prince of Burying, “I since the baby was raised with my pet wolves. And I'm blind. So I have a very keen sense of taste and smell. I could smell the presence of poison in the porridge because I did not find the same smell in my porridge. Although the poison does not smell, it still smells to me.”
“Then how can you be sure that Fat Canyon is not the culprit?” ask the Prince of Burial again.
“His hand does not smell the poison in the least. It means it is clear that he never touched the poison,” explained Queen Sandaria. “So this isn't engineering from you, Prince?”
“I didn't plan anything in the least!” quick Burial Shower. Then he said, “Thank you for your help, Your Majesty Empress.” (BH)