The Great Hero's Fantasy Park Plan

"I don't know. I was wondering why they would come back after clearly rejecting my confession," Yang Xiying shook her head.

[Could it be because you, Yang, defeated Sakuya in your previous battle? Did that cause her to develop feelings for you?]

Yakumo Yukari suddenly realized something. Admiring strength is something many people have, and there was indeed an unusual situation when she sparred with Yang Xiying.

Reimu and Marisa have both noticed this; after losing a battle against Yang Xiying, they develop a sense of awe towards her and give her gifts.

—And the meaning of a gift can change depending on how it is interpreted by different people.

"It shouldn't be that bad. I've sparred with Sakuya more than once," Yang Xiying replied directly. If beating someone would grant you a back stomp, that would be too terrifying.

—It would be better to just give them money.

Regardless, this is something worth studying. Since you've already gone this far, I won't bother you any longer.

Yakumo Yukari responded in this way, then changed the subject and seemed to be preparing to go back, which made Yang Xiying look surprised.

"You're going back already?"

【What else? Since Sakuya would do as you say, it would be easy to be discovered if I ate you now.】

My relationship with her isn't close enough for us to work together to serve you; that would easily create distance within the team.

[This isn't good for our operations in this other world. Love makes people crazy, so Brother Yang should take it easy.]

After all, you're the only male in the team right now, and if you don't handle your romantic relationships well, it can cause a lot of trouble.

As she spoke, Yakumo Yukari disappeared into thin air, and Yang Xiying fell into deep thought. His team was indeed quite unique.

One man and multiple women, and given the differences between men and women, one should naturally be careful in their interactions, so he cannot favor any particular person...

Yang Xiying drifted off to sleep with these thoughts in mind... or so she thought, because Yakumo Yukari suddenly let out half a voice from the gap.

"When I get back to Gensokyo, I'm going to unleash all my suppressed feelings on you, Yang-ge."

After saying that, she disappeared again, and Yang Xiying couldn't sleep even more, because Yakumo Yukari's teasing had made him want to engage in the [Jade Dragon Fierce Battle] without thinking twice!

He'd be devastated if Sakuya didn't come! But thankfully, the head maid is always perfect and never absent!

This gave Yang Xiying even more motivation to explore the other world. His next goal was the map of the ancient Kaiming Royal City of the Yishifugui Winery!

……

"Young man, although we've arrived at the Yi Shi Fu Gui Winery, it doesn't feel like the right time to come."

Xiao Xiami and Luo Yuanyu's group finally arrived at Yishi Fugui Winery, a famous winemaking base in Sichuan.

— Mixed grain liquor and Xilingchun liquor originated from this.

However, as soon as they arrived, they saw the gate blocked off completely, and the people there, judging from their attire, were from the Yishifugui Winery.

Xiao Ximi had seen that outfit before in Gongshi Village; he had encountered an arrogant and rude fellow whose longsword had been stolen by a monkey.

I wonder if all the people at this winery are like that. Now it seems like they are, after all, they caused a mess.

The people on the other side, judging from their attire, were commoners, and they were denouncing the winery owners because the wine they sold had poisoned many people.

—Many of the people lying on stretchers behind the civilians were corpses.

"But no matter what, the Great Immortal is very likely to show his face here. Even if he doesn't, we still need to meet with Sister Fan and Li Tan."

Xiaoxiami responded that although the current situation of a group of people wailing at the entrance of the winery is not like when they came here, they cannot leave just yet.

First, to see the immortal, and second, to see two friends who had decided to come to this place. One of them was Li Tan, a notorious thief from Shu.

However, he is the kind of Robin Hood who robs the rich to help the poor, the so-called chivalrous thief. Now he has his eye on the treasure of the Yi Shi Fu Gui Winery, the map of the ancient Kai Ming Royal City.

However, this time he was simply using this opportunity to investigate the truth of a certain past event. He only heard from Sister Fan Xiangdie of Qiaomeng Pavilion that Li Tan's trip was likely to be fraught with danger, and Fan Xiangdie was also going there.

So, we can't just leave a nobody who's on good terms with both of them unattended.

"Are you talking about me, young hero?"

As soon as Xiao Xiami finished speaking, a woman's voice rang out, and looking over, one could see a woman in red walking towards them.

She was born dignified and beautiful, and her appearance also gave her the feeling of a thorny rose. However, someone who could have the title of Bloodthirsty Guanyin was naturally extraordinary.

—This is Fan Xiangdie, the eldest sister of Qiaomeng Pavilion.

"Oh, Sister Fan, it's been a while," Xiao Xiami and Luo Yuanyu went up to greet the woman.

"Yes, young heroes, is the search going smoothly?" Fan Xiangdie replied with a smile, then asked the person opposite her.

She knew what the people on the other side, especially the small fry, were looking for, since she had given them a fragment of that thing.

"It's alright, but I've recently encountered another problem, so I wanted to go somewhere else to change my mood," Xiao Xiami replied.

"And we also agreed to meet at Yishifugui Winery. Sister Fan, it seems you arrived earlier than us."

"—Can you tell us what you've learned?"

"The main gain is probably finding a clue about Situ Jing," Fan Xiangdie replied, which prompted Xiao Xiami to ask.

"A clue about Situ Jing? What is it?" Situ Jing was the enemy that Qiaomeng Pavilion needed to find, so this aroused his curiosity.

After all, he had almost suffered at the hands of this woman before; she was a treacherous, cunning, ruthless, and vicious old woman.

"Those corpses over there, their deaths looked similar to those caused by Situ Jing's poison, so I feel that person is really near the winery."

“In that case, we need to investigate the poisoning incident thoroughly,” Luo Yuanyu couldn’t help but say, as the deaths of so many people from poisoning is no small matter.

“Young man, now is the time for you to use your intelligence,” he said, setting his gaze on the little shrimp.

They got to know Qiaomeng Pavilion because of Xiaoxiami's intelligence; he solved a murder case there, and the murderer was Situ Jing.

“…Hmm,” Xiao Xiami nodded. Since Sister Fan said the poison in the corpse looked a lot like Situ Jing’s, they couldn’t ignore it.

—After all, this kind of guy who randomly poisons people is very dangerous.

And so, the three of them, including Luo Yuanyu, traveled together and inquired about information from the people around them. They even found more detailed clues.

Then they learned about the winery's organizational structure, which was divided into the main branch and the collateral branch, each producing different wines.

The main lineage is Xilingchun, while the collateral lineage is mixed grain liquor, which has led to competition between them, as the latter has a much better sales and reputation than the former.

But this time it was a collateral branch that got into trouble. Anyone with eyes could sense something was amiss. It was possible that the direct line had framed the collateral branch.

Having read a lot of detective stories, Xiaoxiami had that intuition, so the next thing to look for was evidence of the direct descendant framing the collateral descendant.

So he, Luo Yuanyu, and Fan Xiangdie entered the courtyard.

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"You...you said you poisoned those banquets to help Chen Erlang regain control of the collateral branch's mixed grain liquor?"

"I... I just wanted to secure a better future for myself, didn't I? Who... who knew that Erlang would turn his back on me so easily...!"

“…Young man, I’ve certainly broadened my horizons. I didn’t know there really were such naive young ladies in the world (whispering).”

Watching the wealthy young woman pour out her troubles to Fan Xiangdie, Xiao Xiami and Luo Yuanyu exchanged a glance, feeling as if they had encountered a divine being.

After entering the winery, Xiao Xiami and his group continued to search for information about what had happened there, and they actually found the answer by talking to a rich girl.

Just as Xiaoxiami suspected, the incident involving the winery's collateral branch was actually a setup by the direct branch, who used others to poison someone else's banquet.

And this 'other person' is none other than the weeping woman in front of us, Wang Sijia, the illegitimate daughter of the wealthy Wang family in Sichuan.

Daughters born to concubines or secondary wives generally had a low status and little choice in matters of marriage.

Men want to find good women, and women naturally want to do the same. Wang Sijia wanted to get close to the Chen family, the owners of Yishifugui Winery.

The Chen family was one of the most prominent families in Xichuan, and the Chen family actively cultivated good relations with the government and the imperial court.

Therefore, its prospects were also viewed favorably by other prominent families, such as the Wang family, who wanted to arrange a marriage between their daughter and a son of the Chen family.

This was naturally not something that Wang Sijia, a concubine's daughter, could do, so she could only come here to try her luck, and as a result, she actually made a connection with the young men here.

—Still a direct descendant!

He'll marry me as long as I help him reclaim the management rights of the collateral grain liquor business; then my future will be bright.

So she did it, using her identity to actively participate in various banquets and then secretly poisoning the old grains provided by the collateral relatives.

This is also why Luo Yuanyu and the others thought this woman was somewhat extraordinary; she poisoned someone just to marry into the Chen family.

Can you really guarantee that the other party will agree to marry you afterward? It's possible they'll use you and then discard you.

As it turned out, the other side really betrayed them. After Wang Sijia discovered that the poison had killed someone, she went after Chen Jia Erlang.

Then the other party completely distanced themselves from the matter, and since it was always Wang Sijia who poisoned them, he was able to turn the tables and frame the Wang family.

As a result, Wang Sijia lost her appetite and paced back and forth in the courtyard, which is why Xiao Xiami and his group came looking for her and her servants.

"Speaking of which, when you made this kind of deal with Erlang, didn't you sign a contract or obtain a token?" Little Shrimp continued to ask.

If Wang Sijia simply believed what Chen Erlang said, then Xiaoxiami has nothing to say.

“A token, a keepsake… Yes, I have one. When Erlang was treating me well at the beginning, he personally gave me the poison powder.”

"Later, she got impatient and gave me a gourd that represented the identity of a direct descendant, so that even if he didn't come, he could still coordinate with other direct descendants."

"Alright, then lend me this wine gourd. In exchange, I'll help you get rid of Chen Erlang's clutches, how about it?"

Upon hearing that the other side had a gourd representing the direct line of spies, Xiao Xiami suddenly realized something and couldn't help but have the idea of ​​trading with them.

With this gourd, they can move around the winery more freely.

"Why...why should I believe you? If I do, won't I be fooled again?"

"Okay, then keep crying. Brother Luo, Sister Fan, let's go," Little Shrimp didn't want to waste any more time on this.

"But we can't guarantee what the second son of the Chen family will do to you after we leave, since you've already told us about how the direct descendants framed the collateral branches."

“If we let the rest of the people know about this, even if others don’t believe it, the core group will definitely see you as the source of the leak.”

"You...! Fine, here you go, but...you must keep your promise!"

"Hey, then just wait for our good news, Sister Fan. Could you please take care of this young lady?"

Since Xiao Xiami could think of the possibility of the Chen family's direct descendants killing Wang Sijia, he naturally had to protect this important witness.

“Alright, I’ll leave the investigation to you young heroes,” Fan Xiangdie nodded and decided to stay behind.

So the three of them became two again, but with the wine gourd, even if it was just the two of them, they would have more freedom of movement in the winery.

—It is easier to find someone to represent the winery's branch family.

The little shrimp decided to join forces with the collateral branches to deal with the direct branches, and it would be easier to report to the authorities if he got in touch with the collateral branches.

After all, those guys were stationed at the winery, but when I tried to talk to them, they would only respond with "get lost" and look at me like I was a dog.

It was difficult to get them to manage the winery. In the end, Sister Fan told me that these officials were the ones escorting the map of the ancient Kaiming Royal City, and Zhang Youchen was leading the team.

Seeing how wary they were, even I was a little worried that their target was Li Tan, but Li Tan hadn't appeared yet.

—Let's deal with the winery poisoning incident first.

"Wait! I know who poisoned me!"

Finally, Xiao Xiami and Luo Yuanyu found the head of the collateral branch in the winery's reception room, but this old man, Master Chen, was being framed by the direct descendants.

They insisted that the collateral relatives' mixed grain liquor had harmed people, and now they wanted to send them to prison and take back control of the mixed grain liquor.

Therefore, Xiao Xiami had no choice but to betray his teammates and reveal that Miss Wang had been ordered by Chen Erlang to poison someone at the banquet.

"How dare you! Who gave you the audacity to slander my winery's son! Guards! Seize him and the old master and throw them into jail!"

Xiao Xiami's words naturally caused the expression of Chen Changwei, the head of the direct line, and his sons, Dalang and Erlang, to change drastically.

—It must be left now.

"Heh, that depends on whether you have the ability!"

Seeing that the people around them were about to make a move, Xiao Xiami immediately assumed a fighting stance, as did Luo Yuanyu.

"You must not act rashly!" Old Master Chen from the collateral branch frowned immediately, and Xiao Xiami couldn't help but speak up.

"Hey old man, do you really want these guys to lock you up in jail? We've found witnesses for you, and we can even find the guy who supplied the poison."

"So wouldn't it be better to fight our way out here and gather our collateral relatives to resolve the poisoned wine incident?"

"You don't think that resisting at a time like this will make people think that your relatives poisoned the drink, do you?"