Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“What?!”
“What’s going on?”
“What kind of monsters are inside the wine?”
Seeing that, the guards and soldiers in the hall were so shocked that they all poured the Green Ant Wine to the ground.
“Is there really something wrong with the wine?”
The county magistrate, who was angry earlier, was quite stupefied and panicked by the ghost face that the wriggling green worms formed in the wine.
“My lord, where is the wine from? Who processed it?” Wuxin, who was at his table, finally asked solemnly.
“Well… My wife brewed it in person last night. Nobody touched it except her and her maids!”
The county magistrate sweated.
After a moment of hesitation, the county magistrate ordered a servant, “Go and bring my wife here!”
“My lord, her ladyship is here.”
The county magistrate’s wife was right in the Dragon Phoenix Restaurant. She was having food with the female family members of a few officials, so she came very soon.
The county magistrate was short and slim, yet his wife was exceptionally tall for an ancient woman.
Even though she was in her thirties, she was still quite beautiful and even charming in a special way!
One of the servants remarked softly, “Odd, her ladyship seems even prettier than before!”
Hey, is that really something that you should say?
Wuxin secretly taunted him.
Huh, wait… How could a woman in her thirties become so charming all of a sudden?
“Ah!”
When they came downstairs and saw the green worms as well as the poisoned wine, the county magistrate’s wife and her maids all exclaimed palely.
“Strange. This woman’s expression is strange… Her face is rather numb. Although she looks scared, some of the details don’t match up.”
Wuxin looked at the county magistrate’s wife and didn’t use his Mind Reading skill.
He had been transferred to Dragon City only a few days ago, and he was the only player Ji Ye invited with his invitations for professionals.
Even though Ji Ye had given him a lot of tasks over the days so that he could make contributions, he hadn’t earned much power of providence for him to use his talent.
At this moment, his power of providence had been used up.
However, as a micro-expression expert, he managed to become one of the million beta testers, which suggested his expertise in this aspect. He could acquire enough information from the facial changes of a human even without the Mind Reading talent!
“There are altogether eight suspects who could’ve poisoned the wine. They’re the boss of the restaurant, the waiters who fetched the wine, the county magistrate’s wife, and her two maids. To prove your innocence, please stand still. Ms. Xiaoqian, may I borrow your rune?”
Dropping a hint at the Iron Buddhas to let them stop anyone from escaping, Wuxin accepted the Extraordinary Rank-9 Shining Buddha Light Rune from Nie Xiaoqian.
“Now, please put your hand on the rune!”
Then, he asked an Iron Buddha to take the rune to the suspects.
“Well…”
The boss seemed more or less panicked.
“Don’t worry. This is a spiritual rune that can remove evil and protect you!”
As a spiritual rune against ghosts, even if it wasn’t activated, it would still cause obvious reactions when it got in touch with those who carried ghostly air.
“I’ll do that! I’m innocent!”
Hearing that, the suspects put their hands on the rune one after another, not daring to hesitate at all!
Nothing happened when the boss, the waiters, and one of the maids touched the rune.
“It was me. It was me who put the poison in the wine…”
However, when only two suspects were left, the maid next to the county magistrate’s wife fell to her knees and cried.
“What? Lu Yi, how could it be you? Why did you do that?”
The county magistrate looked at the crying maid in disbelief.
“It was the advisor… He told me that as long as I poison you and cause enough trouble, I’d be able to elope with him… I’m already pregnant with his baby!”
However, the reason that the maid gave sounded rather believable.
“What? Damn you, Wang Chun!”
Hearing that, the county magistrate’s face became greener than the wine.
In ancient times, the maids of a wife were usually the concubines of the husband. So, he had essentially been cuckolded.
Besides, the scandal had been exposed in public to his men and the guards of the Dragon City Chamber of Commerce. How could he hold it back?
“Wow, this is exciting…”
Zhiqiu Yiye was grimacing.
The county magistrate was short, skinny, and ugly, while the advisor was tall and rather handsome. It was quite normal that the maid was attracted to him.
“Wait! Something is wrong with her eyes…”
Wuxin, however, stared at the maid’s face that was pale because of the crying.
“Someone, capture them and put them in prison…”
The county magistrate angrily gave an order to the soldiers around him, asking them to arrest the suspects.
“Don’t come any closer, or I will kill her!”
However, when he gave the order, inner strength surfaced on the advisor.
He then caught the county magistrate’s wife, laid his fingers on her neck, and threatened everyone else.
“You… Wang Chun, you’re capable of martial arts?”
The county magistrate was shocked. Instead of moving forward to rescue his wife, he quickly retreated from his advisor who had just shown his expertise in martial arts.
“Of course he is.
“Maybe you should call him the third-in-command of the Flood Dragon Gang, my lord!”
Ji Ye’s voice came from upstairs. He walked down with Dian Wei, who was holding his pair of Thunder Halberds, beside him.
“What? The third-in-command of the Flood Dragon Gang?”
“The advisor is the third-in-command of the Flood Dragon Gang? How is it possible?”
“Aren’t there only two leaders in the Flood Dragon Gang?”
Hearing that, the soldiers and guards in the hall all had widened eyes.
Faced with people who were shocked with disbelief, the advisor stuck his fingers into the county magistrate’s wife’s throat and spoke to Ji Ye proudly.
“You’re truly smart… In that case, I might as well admit that half a year ago, I joined—”
Ji Ye, however, interrupted him and stared at the county magistrate’s wife who was under his control. “Mrs. Guo, you can understand us, can’t you?”
“What are you talking about?
“Let me tell you, the first-in-command of the Flood Dragon Gang is bringing his men here. From now on, Guobei County will be dominated by the Flood Dragon Gang. Drop your weapons and surrender if you’re smart, or none of you will walk away alive tonight…” the advisor roared angrily.
“What did you say? The Flood Dragon Gang is rebelling? Are you not afraid of the army of the court…”
The county magistrate was already too shocked to care about his wife.
“Rebelling? The court? Guo Yong1, you are truly mediocre. Do you still don’t realize that there is no court anymore?
“The world outside of the city has changed. The envoys you sent for reinforcements died on their way. Of course, you’ll join them shortly,” the advisor said with disdain.
Then, he became more or less excited.
“Earlier, I was worried that you might have almost embezzled all the food in the warehouse.
“However, the Dragon City Chamber of Commerce has brought food and gold here today, which is truly a bliss. The Flood Dragon Gang will establish an enterprise with Guobei County as the base…”
The advisor looked at the travelers from Dragon City and spoke with confidence on his face.
“Attack!”
“They’re all inside the restaurant!”
“Kill Guo Yong first. Don’t kill his woman. We can enjoy her first…”
Almost at the same time as he talked, roars and cries came from outside of the Dragon Phoenix Restaurant.
Clip-clop, clip-clop, clip-clop…
However, the roars and cries were soon eclipsed by weird sounds that they had never heard of.
“What’s that? It’s a hidden weapon!”
“It’s an ambush!”
Pew! Pew! Pew!
Also, there was the dull noise of hammers smashing flesh.
Boom!
All of a sudden, the gate of the restaurant exploded, and a dark blade darted in quickly.
It was a black saber that was two meters long and weighed at least fifty kilograms, and it had a few monsters engraved on it!
Clang!
After it darted in, it flew across the entire hall and stabbed into the wall next to the stairs where Ji Ye and Dian Wei were standing.
More than half of the saber had disappeared into the wall, which indicated the power of the strike. It seemed to be a demonstration of power!
“This saber… First-in-command, you’re finally here. Kill them…”
The advisor’s eyes bulged first. Then, delight emerged on his face.
Boom!
Suddenly, there was a deafening noise.
The wall on one side of the restaurant collapsed, and a body whose bones had been entirely shattered was thrown in.
The body didn’t fall apart because it was held together by the heavy black armor that was made of similar materials as the saber.
Apparently, the black saber a moment earlier wasn’t a demonstration of power at all. Instead, it was flung away in the battle!
“First-in-command!”
Seeing the head on the body, which seemed ferocious and had a scar that cut apart his eyebrows, the advisor’s eyes were filled with disbelief.
“Ah, help!”
“He killed the boss!”
“Run for your life! He’s a monster!”
Outside of the restaurant, the battle soon came to an end.
Eventually, Li Yuanba, who grabbed a pair of Long Gold Hammers that had been extended to a meter long, walked in.
“He’s Qin Shou, the first-in-command of the Flood Dragon Gang.”
“He’s dead! He’s already dead!”
“This young man killed him and forced the gangsters to retreat. So, the Li brothers’ accusation was true…”
Inside the restaurant, the guards and soldiers were all stunned and frightened.
“Now that Qin Shou is already dead and the gangsters have run away…”
They looked at the advisor who was still controlling the county magistrate’s wife.
“Don’t come any closer, or I will kill her!”
Faced with the unfriendly guards and soldiers, the county magistrate finally became pale.
He was capable of martial arts, but there was no way he could resist so many people.
“You want to kill me? Do you really have the heart to do that?”
When he clenched the woman’s neck so hard because of excitement, to the point that she was almost suffocated, she suddenly turned aside and looked at him.
A white light shone in her previously numb eyes!
“No… I don’t!
“You’re so beautiful. How can I have the heart to kill you? How can I threaten you?
“I’m guilty. I should be executed…”
The advisor put on a weird expression. He then snatched his own neck so mercilessly that he tore apart his own arteries and windpipe.
