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Chapter 1461: There are three in total (Part 1461) [Seeking monthly votes]

"What are you doing?"

The proprietress went to the kitchen to urge the food to be served.

As soon as she turned the corner, she saw someone bending over and paddling something in the water tank. The latter was like a startled bird when he heard her voice, his hands trembled, and the thing he picked up fell back into the water with a splash. The man hurriedly picked up the thing and stuffed it back into his arms. The proprietress only saw a little reflection. Her neighbor was a team leader of the Sishufu, and the restaurant was inspected all day, so she also became a little wary.

This water tank is used to put out fires at critical moments.

If you destroy the jar and then set it on fire, her house will burn down.

Or, is it someone who committed a crime?

The proprietress walked quickly forward and pointed at the man with the round fan in her hand.

"Don't move. What did you just put in your arms? You're hiding it. Did you steal something?" The lady boss raised her voice deliberately. The couple who worked in the kitchen heard the noise and came out. The couple's sturdy figures gave her a great sense of security.

The cook was holding a knife for chopping ribs.

The man looked up and explained with a wry smile, fearing that he would be chopped: "It wasn't stealing, it wasn't stealing, it was just that something was not properly placed and fell into the jar."

The lady boss looked over and asked, "What is that?"

Only then did she see the man's face clearly and realized that he was indeed a customer in the restaurant.

The man hesitated for two breaths, then carefully took out a round tube made of transparent glass from his arms. Both ends of the tube were inlaid with bases engraved with silver lotus flowers. Inside the transparent glass tube was a colorful little man holding a sword in one hand, floating in the pearlescent liquid.

"What is this?"

Apart from anything else, the workmanship is extremely precious.

Even though the proprietress doesn't have much experience, she knows that this thing is not cheap.

The customer explained, "This is an unexpected treasure. I heard that there are many rich people in the capital, so I brought it here to try my luck, hoping to sell it for a high price. I was afraid it might be stolen, so I dared not put it in my luggage, and I kept it with me all the time to feel at ease. I just drained it out, and it accidentally fell into the jar. If it cracks and affects its appearance, it will be a big loss."

The proprietress became nervous when she heard this.

I subconsciously took a small step back, fearing that I would be blackmailed by the diners.

Even though this thing fell in her shop, it has nothing to do with her. You can't blame her if anything happens.

At first the customer thought the proprietress knew something and was so scared that cold sweat broke out on his back. But when he heard the proprietress shirking responsibility, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly, "No, no, the food is fine, and we are not unreasonable people."

The proprietress patted her chest and promised to serve a special dish to the diners, fulfilling her duty as a host and showing the simple folk customs of Fengluo.

This matter is over.

The diner came back with his food and secretly wiped the water stains on the surface of the tube with a handkerchief. As he wiped, he found something wrong. Just as he wiped it clean, some pearlescent liquid leaked out of the tube. He was shocked and took a closer look and found that there was a tiny crack on the tube.

"Oh no, it's disfigured."

It must be that I got my skin scratched by a stone because I wasn't paying attention.

His companions were shocked when they heard this: "How could this be?"

The commission was surprisingly high, which also showed how precious the item was. If the employer came back to claim compensation from them because they had damaged the appearance, they would not be able to raise the money even if they sold their belongings. After a careful inspection, they found cracks. The accomplice cursed inwardly that the item was good-looking but useless, and it would break at the slightest touch, while thinking about how to repair it. After much thought, they decided to sell the item in advance.

Just disguise yourself and hope you're lucky enough not to be discovered.

They lost their appetite after the incident and left in a hurry after paying the bill. As soon as they left, the complimentary dish that the proprietress had asked the cook to prepare was ready. When it was served, they found that the table was empty. They asked the waiter in the store and found out that they had left in a hurry.

Seeing the waiter sending the food back to the kitchen intact, the proprietress stopped him and asked, "But the customer doesn't like it?"

The waiter who served the food was also scratching his head.

"When I brought it to him, they had already paid and left."

Could it be that you are dissatisfied with the fact that their restaurant serves food too slowly?

The proprietress was surprised and asked, "You couldn't wait to pay and leave?"

She paused while eating sunflower seeds, feeling that something was not right. Anyone who could do business in the capital had some sensitivity. She couldn't help but think of the frequent searches of outsiders by the Silu Mansion, and she felt uneasy.

"The accents of those two people don't sound like they are from other countries..."

It's also the Gyeonggi accent, but not from the capital.

The proprietress hurriedly got up from the recliner, adhering to the principle of rather killing a thousand people by mistake than letting one go, and prepared to report to the police - there was nothing wrong with that group of people, just treat it as a misunderstanding, at most she would be criticized, but if the Fourth Rate Prefecture found that they had problems, she would be an accomplice, she knew which was more serious. The proprietress left a sentence: "You guys watch the store, I'm going to go out for a while."

She was just an ordinary citizen, she didn't even know which way the government gate faced, and her only connection was a neighbor who was a member of the team in the Silu Prefecture. After asking around, she still didn't know where her neighbor was, and she didn't dare to pass on a message to other unfamiliar Silu Prefecture soldiers.

This delay lasted until the neighbor returned home from work.

The captain was frightened by a shadow outside his door.

"He Fang Xiaoxiao?"

Ambush outside his house?

A closer look revealed that the curled-up person was the proprietress.

"Why are you here?"

If I squatted outside his house at night, would I be criticized for my bad reputation? No matter how safe Fengluo was, sleeping outside the door at night could easily lead to trouble.

The proprietress was shaken awake and almost frightened by the team leader.

"Wow, I'm so scared, why did you come back just now?"

Team leader: “…”

The proprietress remembered why she came here and said hurriedly, "Let's not talk about this for now. I have something to tell you. A few strange diners appeared in the restaurant today, and one of them was carrying a rare thing. When you came to check, he said that he accidentally dropped the thing into the water tank, so you didn't find it. When I found him, he looked scared and guilty, and there was something fishy at first glance. The thing was not stolen, it might have been stolen from someone's tomb, it didn't look like it came from a legitimate place. I sent them a dish, but they paid the bill and left without even eating it. No matter how you look at it, they look like thieves with guilty consciences..."

The proprietress emphasized her guess several times.

Everything that needs to be said has been said. Whether to investigate or not is up to the Silue Prefecture.

The captain didn't take it seriously at first, because his neighbor was hot-tempered and cunning, and liked to use tricks in business, and occasionally used his name to bully others. Considering that she was alone in the capital, he didn't make it difficult, as long as she didn't make a big mistake.

The more he listened, the more he felt something was wrong.

"What it is?"

"It's a glass tube, about the thickness of my arm."

She was deeply impressed by the translucent pearlescent liquid in the tube, not to mention the colorful glass figurine holding a sword.

I've never seen anything like this before.

The team leader is not sure whether it is what the superiors are looking for.

I could only say: "Take me to see it."

Recently, the city has started a curfew, and restaurants have closed early, and the streets look a bit deserted. As soon as the captain stepped into the restaurant, he felt something was wrong with his body. The martial energy that usually flows smoothly in the Dan Mansion was inexplicably agitated. He raised his hand to block the proprietress in front of him, and in the other's frightened and confused eyes, he turned into a long spear. The two quietly walked through the lobby, and the proprietress nervously whispered: "It's that water tank."

The water surface is calm, reflecting a bright crescent moon.

The captain felt that the temperature of his skin was rising uncontrollably, and it seemed that something in the water tank was dragging him into hell.

If you look closely, you can see wisps of colorful light floating on the water.

"What is this water tank usually used for?"

"When there is a fire, put out the fire. When there is no fire, take water." The lady boss looked like he knew the answer but still asked. Once the store was closed down and it was this guy who inspected and said the fire protection in the store was not up to standard. Her store was so big that she had to prepare two water tanks. She was so angry that she went out and brought back four large ones, which were several times larger than the water tanks of other stores.

"Drinking water?"

"What else? We can't waste it."

As he was speaking, there was a slight rustling sound in the night wind.

Crunch, crunch, just like a mouse gnawing on the food.

The team leader rolled his eyes and said, "You should keep a few cats in your shop to catch mice. Be careful that customers don't eat them by mistake and you end up losing everything."

If the food hygiene is not up to standard, the business will be closed for rectification.

The lady boss was about to curse when she saw the captain's expression suddenly become serious. Then he pushed her and pulled something out from his waist: "Take the token and go find the Fourth Patrol immediately."

He smelled blood in the evening breeze.

It's not the blood of slaughtered pigs, cows and sheep, it's human blood!

He came down from the battlefield, there was no way he could have smelled the wrong thing!

The boss lady was smart and obedient, and she didn't ask any more questions. She grabbed the token and ran to the lobby. The team leader carefully approached the direction where the bloody smell came from, poked the tip of the gun, and carefully pushed open the small door in the back kitchen. The source of the sound was next to the stove, where a large shadow was lying. If the boss lady was here, she would definitely find that one of the shadows was the cook in the hall, and the bodies below were the helpers and servants.

The captain's pupils trembled in shock.

The shadow raised a face covered in blood.

Sensing the presence of the leader, it let out a wheezing sound that was not that of a living person, and the energy of heaven and earth erupted in agitation. With a bang, it suddenly broke open the small door of the back kitchen and rushed straight towards the leader. It was huge in size, but its movements were as agile as those of a living person, and its strength was even more amazing!

"what!"

To be able to become a team leader in the fiercely competitive Silu Prefecture, he must have some skills. He rolled on the roof, turned around and shot back, piercing its shoulder blade with a gun, nailing it to the ground. Cannibalism, this is considered a serious crime in the capital!

I thought this shot would be enough, but it pulled the spear out of its flesh and blood with great force, without a trace of pain on its stiff face.

The team leader was horrified when he saw this.

"Monster, die!"

Just at this time, reinforcements arrived.

Everyone worked together to take down the cook. The boss's wife lit a candle and was nearly frightened to death by the scene in the kitchen. The ground and walls were covered with human blood, and a corpse with its head and half of its body eaten away was lying on the ground.

What made her even more disheartened was that the captain pointed a gun at her.

"Drinking water?"

The captain remembered something.

The tip of his gun came an inch closer, and the proprietress took a step back in fear.

Pressed: "Have you eaten food made from this vat of water today?"

The proprietress was horrified and shook her head: "No, no."

The boss lady was also smart and guessed that there was something wrong with the water source. The people in her store were harmed by the water in the tank.

The captain thought of another more fatal question, and he almost broke his voice: "Does the restaurant also use this water to cook for customers?"

If that's the case, there's going to be big trouble tonight!

This restaurant is cheap and is popular with local diners.

The proprietress waved her hands: "No, it's not."

The water used for washing vegetables and cooking for guests is all mountain spring water outside the city, which is transported in every day. The water in the tank is mostly rainwater and leftover mountain spring water. Although she can't taste the difference between the two, the guests like this gimmick and are willing to pay for the mountain spring water - because this mountain spring water is not ordinary mountain spring water, its spring is located in the back mountain of Kangguo National Temple - the national temple does not worship gods and Buddhas, but only the national spirit tablets of Kangguo. On weekdays, the incense is prosperous, and everyone from high-ranking officials to peddlers likes to worship there.

Upon hearing this, the team leader heaved a sigh of relief and gave the order: "Detain the man, and hand over the water tank and all the kitchen items."

The proprietress was so scared that she burst into tears.

The team leader said: "It's a good thing for you."

It's good to be involved as long as you don't get murdered secretly.

Being detained in the dungeon of Silue Prefecture is also a kind of protection.

The proprietress didn't dare to argue.

The news reached Ning Yan very quickly. The entire hospital was brightly lit, and fifteen doctors surrounded the tied-up cook. All the soldiers involved in the incident were sent for examination, especially the captain who had fought with the cook, who was ordered to strip naked and check for any injuries. Ning Yan did not believe the boss's words, and mobilized the elite soldiers of the four captains to screen the diners in the restaurant.

As for the weird diners mentioned by the proprietress?

Direct carpet search.

Ning Yan looked up at the moon and said, "This is the waxing moon."

The information Cui Mi gave was about the waning moon.

Either the plague has not yet reached the point of a large-scale outbreak, or the information provided by Cui Mi allowed her to intervene in advance, resulting in a change in fate, and a series of butterfly effects brought the time forward.

Cui Mi looked pale at this time.

He just accidentally touched his eldest brother's hand.

The picture I see has changed.

The situation did not get better, but worse.

He stammered, "S-Sorry..."

Maybe they brothers shouldn't have come.

Ning Yan said calmly: "What are you apologizing for? I am the important minister of the state, the Minister of Kang State, and I bear all the blame."

A future that could be predicted was no longer a future when Cui Mi saw it! Whether it is good or bad, it is up to people to decide.

A residential house in Fengluo City.

The big man who was sleeping on his side was snoring loudly, and soon he was woken up by the frequent shivering beside him. He turned sideways impatiently: "Why are you shaking? No matter how much you miss your wife, don't do it next to me."

I could vaguely see something in the moonlight pouring in through the window.

My companion didn't do any manual work, but the other person was shivering with cold.

"Damn it, it's almost the hottest time of the year, why are you so cold?"

He moved closer impatiently, his pupils suddenly dilated.

The scream stopped before it even left his throat.

Medical Department——

Dong Dao and others frowned as they checked the leftovers collected from the Sishu Mansion.

All the leftovers were processed in the same vat of water. The stir-fried hot dishes were fine. The only problem was with the two cold dishes: "This at least proves that the source of the disease can be solved by high-temperature boiling. It can't be said that there is no gain..."

A doctor from Xinglin came in and said, "That person's sea of ​​consciousness is tightly shut. Acupuncture and medicine are ineffective. There is no sign of him regaining his sanity."

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Today I was browsing Xiaohongshu and found that I was identified by AI_(:з」∠)_

I swear to God, the insults are so dirty.