The coroner and the concubine doctor pursue the murderer in the Dali Temple

Chapter 501: Taking the Hook

However, before he could figure it out, Chu Yunxi invited another troupe to perform the next day. They sang the story of Mr. Dongguo and the wolf, but changed it a little. The wolf was hungry one day and happened to see Mr. Dongguo tied to a tree. In order to eat Mr. Dongguo, the wolf rescued him from the tree. However, before the wolf opened its bloody mouth, Mr. Dongguo actually gave the wolf a lot of delicious food with tears of gratitude to repay the wolf for saving his life. The wolf had food to eat, so he thought about sparing Mr. Dongguo's life first, and it would not be too late to eat him when he was hungry. Later one day, Mr. Dongguo's food was eaten by the wolf, and the wolf was finally too hungry to bear it and bit Mr. Dongguo to death.

Chu Yunxi said at the right time, "It seems that sometimes, the person who saves you is not necessarily a good person. He may just want to eat you when he is hungry."

Muchen vaguely felt that his uncle was like this. Although he saved him, he always felt that maybe one day, he would turn against him and eat him. But his sister was different. His sister also saved him, but she had always been good to him, especially good, so she would not eat him.

In the next few days, the troupe performed a few plays similar to cartoons. Muchen loved watching them and enjoyed watching them every day. However, the plots were all about bad animals eating the kind little animals that helped them. Muchen gradually seemed to have something on his mind. After each performance, he would quietly walk away and sit in the room in a daze. It seemed that even eating was not so enjoyable anymore.

Chu Yunxi knew that the time was almost right, so she gave him the Soul-Restoring Pearl, brought him to Ruyun Tower, and let him sit there.

As soon as Huo Zixu entered the room, he saw Mu Chen and called out, "Mu Chen, come here."

Muchen was startled. When he saw Huo Zixu, he was no longer full of expectation as before. Instead, he walked forward hesitantly and called him "Uncle".

Wen Rulan was on the third floor, watching downstairs. When she saw Mu Chen approaching Huo Zixu, Huo Zixu slapped him in the face and cursed, "Stupid, why didn't you save your uncle for so long?"

Mu Chen covered his face and lowered his head, not daring to make a sound. Huo Zixu snatched the Resurrection Pearl from his hand, looked at it with joy, wiped it on his lapel, looked at the light outside for a while, then carefully put it in his arms and looked around.

It was lunchtime, and Ruyun Tower was crowded with guests. The aroma of food drifted into Huo Zixu's nose. He had been eating prison food for so many days in prison, and he was already ravenous. Seeing the delicious food on other tables, he couldn't help swallowing his saliva. He sat down at the table where Muchen had just sat, and shouted, "Waiter, bring all the signature dishes in your restaurant."

It was Yan Mingzhu who was greeting the guests. Upon hearing this, she walked forward with a smile and said, "Sir, our restaurant has a lot of signature dishes. If we serve them all, I'm afraid you two won't be able to finish them. Why don't I introduce a few special dishes to you..."

Huo Zixu slapped the table without waiting for Yan Mingzhu to finish her words, startling both Yan Mingzhu and Muchen. Huo Zixu angrily said, "Why, are you afraid that I can't afford it? I tell you, even if you serve ten portions of all your signature dishes, I can still afford it. If I can't finish it, I'll feed it to the dog. Is it your business?"

Yan Mingzhu was speechless for a while. She had seen all kinds of guests in Ruyun Tower these days and was very skilled in handling problems. She never showed weakness to such people. She said, "Sir, our signature dishes all require reservations and payment in advance. We have a total of 88 signature dishes, and each one costs 388 taels of silver. Please pay first, and I will ask the kitchen to start cooking immediately."

Huo Zixu said angrily: "You little stinky girl who looks down on others, do you really think that this county magistrate can't afford it, right? This county magistrate..." He paused, because his hands touched his waist and arms, and then he remembered that he had just come out of prison, where did he get the money from?

Yan Mingzhu knew from his appearance that he had no money, so with a hint of sarcasm on her face, she repeated, "Sir, once you pay, I will ask the kitchen to cook for you. Whether you want to eat it yourself or feed it to the dog, I promise I won't care."

Huo Zixu was so angry that he said to Mu Chen, "You pay the money."

Mu Chen stammered, "I don't have any money. Sister gave me food without asking for money."

Yan Mingzhu sneered and said, "If you don't have money, please leave Ruyun Tower. We have too many guests at the moment, so I'm sorry I can't entertain you."

When had Huo Zixu ever been looked down upon like this? Seeing Yan Mingzhu speaking rudely, he became furious. He stood up and wanted to slap Yan Mingzhu, but as soon as he raised his hand, his wrist was grabbed by someone.

Huo Zixu turned his head and saw that the person who grabbed his wrist was the young man who had just bumped into him on the street. At this moment, his face was cold and there was an indescribable domineering aura on him. He stared at Huo Zixu coldly and said, "Brother, you want to eat for free and hit others. I'm afraid this is not good, right?"

When Huo Zixu saw this young man, he was furious. He shook off the young man's hand and said angrily, "Well, I haven't settled the score with you yet, but you came to my door. What? Do you want to be a hero and save the beauty?" He looked at Yan Mingzhu, "She's not beautiful either. You can tell she's a slut at first glance."

"You..." Yan Mingzhu bit her lip in anger, her fists clenched tightly. She only heard the young master say in a cold voice: "Today, whether it is this girl or the waiter in this store, I will treat them equally. But you are too dirty-mouthed, brother. Do you really think there are no laws in Dasui? This is the capital, under the feet of the emperor!"

"Emperor?" Huo Zixu laughed strangely, "What can the emperor do to me? Just let me out obediently. Don't play tricks on me. I don't care whether this is the capital or the countryside. If you dare to mess with me, I will make sure you pay the price."

"County governor?" The young master chuckled. "A small county governor, he doesn't even take the emperor seriously. Is he planning a rebellion?"

The people eating around had all looked over, stretching their heads to see who was so arrogant, but they heard Huo Zixu say, "So what if you want to rebel? It's none of your business. If you don't get out of the way, be careful that this county governor will make you suffer."

The young master said with a cold face: "So, you really want to rebel?"

Huo Zixu said impatiently: "Are you sick? I'm rebelling, so what do you think? Muchen, beat him up, beat him to death. Today, I will let you know that if you meddle in other people's business, you will end up in trouble."

Mu Chen was called out suddenly, and for a moment he was unable to react. He stood there without moving. Huo Zixu slapped him on the head, "Why are you standing there? Go and beat him, regardless of life or death."