After the separation, I took my whole family to eat delicious food and drink spicy

After getting the recipe for crayfish, Fuxinglou arranged for people to go to the nearby village to purchase a batch of hard-shell shrimps that day. They also spread the word that Fuxinglou would also launch crayfish the next day, and the taste would not be worse than Xiangmanlou, and the price would be cheaper than Xiangmanlou.

After hearing the news, diners naturally wanted to go to Fuxinglou. Sure enough, before noon the next day, Fuxinglou was full of people. Seeing so many people, the owner Li Fusheng couldn't hide his smile and hurriedly ordered the kitchen to prepare crayfish quickly.

On the other hand, there were very few diners at Xiangmanlou, which made the waiter who was greeting customers at the door very anxious. He hurried in to tell Manager Zhao about the situation at Fuxinglou across the street. Manager Zhao just smiled and told him not to worry and just wait.

As the crayfish from Fuxinglou were served one after another, an anxious diner hurriedly picked up his chopsticks, picked up a crayfish in garlic sauce, and put it into his mouth. "Pah, pah, pah, what a taste! It's so disgusting! And you dare to say it's no worse than Xiangmanlou? I think it's far worse than Xiangmanlou."

After hearing what he said, the other diners also started to taste the food, but the result was the same. They all left Fuxinglou cursing and went to Xiangmanlou across the street without even paying.

The waiter at the door of Xiangmanlou saw that the guests were coming to their place again, and he didn't care what was going on. He just happily welcomed them in.

When Li Fusheng saw this situation, he felt so angry that his chest felt stuffy.

"What's going on? Isn't it exactly the same recipe as Xiangmanlou?" Li Fusheng was also puzzled. He picked up a crayfish on the table and tasted it. He spat it out as soon as he put it in his mouth. He also picked up the pot of tea next to him, poured a cup, and drank a few gulps.

"What the hell is this? Go to the kitchen and call the cooks out," Li Fusheng said to a waiter. The waiter obeyed and hurried to the back kitchen, soon returning with several cooks. "Boss, we made this crayfish according to the recipe. Everything is correct," one of the cooks said.

Li Fusheng got even angrier after hearing this. "Are you pigs? How come the same recipe tastes different? I think you don't want to do this anymore!"

At this time, a cook cautiously said, "Boss, could there be something wrong with the recipe?"

After hearing what the chef said, Li Fusheng began to wonder if it was really the recipe that was wrong. But he had bought this recipe at a high price from someone else, so it shouldn't be wrong.

At this time, the accountant Lao Zhang, who had been standing next to Li Fusheng, spoke up, "Boss, could it be that the recipe was already fake before it was stolen? It must be that Zhao, the shopkeeper of Xiangmanlou, discovered that we were trying to steal their recipe and deliberately gave us a fake one."

"Now it seems that this is most likely the case." Li Fusheng gritted his teeth. Xiangmanlou must have discovered that someone was trying to steal the recipe and deliberately replaced it with a fake recipe just to make fun of us. Li Fusheng was so angry that he swept everything on the table to the ground.

In the evening, after Xiangmanlou closed, Manager Zhao ordered someone to arrest Li Shen.

"Tell me, who asked you to steal the recipe?" Shopkeeper Zhao sat on the armchair and looked at the tied-up Li Shen.

"What recipe? I don't know what you are talking about." Li Shen looked stubborn and stubborn.

Shopkeeper Zhao smiled and said, "It seems that 'you won't cry until you see the coffin.'" Shopkeeper Zhao waved his hand and signaled his men to bring the things up.

A servant came up to Li Shen holding a piece of cloth.

When Li Shen saw the piece of cloth, his face turned pale instantly, "What...what is this?"

"If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself." Shopkeeper Zhao said coldly, "Tell me, who ordered you to do it?"

Li Shen gritted his teeth but still refused to admit it.

"Go to his room and find the clothes he wore yesterday." Manager Zhao ordered.

"Yes." The subordinate took the order and left. He came back after a while, holding the clothes that Li Shen wore yesterday, which was accidentally torn by the table in the accounting office.

Soon, the piece of cloth was matched with the clothes. The evidence was conclusive and Li Shen had no choice but to deny it.

"Speak!" Shopkeeper Zhao said sternly.

Li Shen knew that he could no longer hide the truth, so he had to tell the whole story.

It turned out that Li Fusheng, jealous of the booming crayfish sales at Xiangmanlou, had hired Li Shen to steal the recipe. Shopkeeper Zhao sneered inwardly upon hearing this. He had long suspected Li Fusheng's scheme, but he hadn't expected him to be so despicable.

"Alright, since you've confessed, I won't make it difficult for you." Shopkeeper Zhao said as he had Li Shen untied. "Go back and tell Li Fusheng not to try to get his hands on Xiang Man Lou again, or else don't blame me for being rude."

Li Shen nodded repeatedly and fled from Xiangmanlou as if he had been pardoned.

Shopkeeper Zhao watched Li Shen's departing figure, secretly plotting his next move. Although this time, Li Fusheng's conspiracy was exposed, it also reminded him that he must strengthen his precautions and not let something like this happen again.

After leaving Xiangmanlou, Li Shen did not go to find Zhao Fusheng as Manager Zhao had said, nor did he choose to return to Lijia Village. He was afraid of being found by Li Fusheng's men, so he took fifty taels of silver and left the town overnight and went to the next county.

Li Shen went to the next county and rented a house with his money, intending to hide there for a while. He thought he would return after the storm died down. However, he didn't know that his whereabouts had already been secretly monitored.

Li Shen also has a bad habit, which is gambling. Even though he lives in hiding now, he cannot change his bad habit of gambling.

So, after living here for a few days, he saw that there was no sign of trouble and thought that everything was fine. His gambling addiction came back and he took thirty taels of silver to the largest gambling house in the county, hoping to win some money with the thirty taels.

But things went against his wishes. In less than half a day, Li Shen lost all the thirty taels of silver.

He left the gambling den in a daze, filled with remorse. However, as he was walking home, he was suddenly surrounded by a group of men in black. Li Shen panicked. "Who are you? What do you want?" "Stop talking nonsense!" one of the men said coldly. "Do you think you can get away?" With that, they pounced on Li Shen. Li Shen fought back, but was outnumbered and quickly felled. Finally, he was dragged onto a carriage and disappeared into the night...

It turned out that after Li Fusheng learned that Li Shen had failed, he was worried that he would expose the matter and affect his reputation and business, so he sent people to look for him.

These men in black were sent by Li Fusheng. They forcibly took Li Shen away and locked him up in a remote warehouse. Li Fusheng fiercely warned Li Shen that if he dared to tell the truth, he would die. He also demanded that Li Shen return the fifty taels of silver he had given him.