Cute Beast Food Garden

As soon as Lord Qin gave an order, the servants behind him, wearing dark purple official uniforms and holding sticks, swarmed up, and immediately rushed into the crowd, pushing Boss Lan to the ground.During the confusion, a servant took out a rope, approached Boss Lan who was lying on the ground, and put the rope around his fair neck viciously.

"What are you going to do? Don't hurt our boss!"

Seeing Boss Lan slumped to the ground, the guys in the restaurant were all angry—Boss Lan treats them well on weekdays, and everyone respects and loves him very much.Seeing that these bureaucrats overthrew Boss Lan to the ground and tried to tie him up, they surrounded Boss Lan angrily, and kept Boss Lan behind him, reasoning with the officials: "This poisoning case is full of doubts. Before finding conclusive evidence to prove that the poisoning was done by Boss Lan and the restaurant, why did you arrest Boss Lan?"

The guys started arguing with each other, and they stopped in front of Boss Lan, trying to protect him, but the sticks in the hands of the yamen servants mercilessly fell on the guys' heads and bodies one after another.

Shouting, shoving, kicking, a melee broke out in the backyard of the restaurant.

"Enough, enough!"

Master Qin didn't have the patience to reason with the guys, he yelled: "A bunch of unscrupulous people! How dare you not pay attention to the words of the head of a county, and dare to obstruct the judge's judgment and try to cover up the prisoner! Come on!" People, drag Lan Shishi to this officer and put him in prison, and the rest who dare to obstruct him will be treated as accomplices and arrested and imprisoned, and we will never show mercy!"

During the stalemate, Qi Yan stepped forward in small steps, bowed to the angry official, and explained to him quickly: "Master Qin, please calm down, there is something hidden about the poisoning of ingredients. Luoxia Town has always had a good reputation. Poisoning food does not benefit the restaurant at all. It will also harm people's lives and ruin the reputation of the restaurant. There is no need for the restaurant to do this!

Moreover, we have thoroughly screened all the ingredients in the restaurant last night, and found the suspected poisoner, a strange beast named Mengmengyan.It sneaked into the restaurant and wandered between the cabinets where the ingredients were stored, staining the ingredients with its own insidiousness, and even injured the wind blowing beast staying in the house.Wei Mengyan has always only appeared in remote mountainous areas with few people, but this time it appeared in the backyard of a restaurant in the downtown area, there must be something strange about it..."

Before he finished speaking, Master Qin sneered twice, and interrupted: "It's useless to talk too much, you are just making excuses, and trying to excuse this black-hearted boss! Even if there are still doubts about this matter, wait for the county magistrate to bring it to you." Go to Lan Shishi, interrogate carefully in the torture hall, and you will definitely get the truth you want!"

As he spoke, he waved his hand, "Take it away!"

The waiter and cooks in the restaurant turned red-eyed when they saw this, and rushed forward one after another.But Boss Lan shouted: "No one is allowed to come forward!" The rare serious and resolute look made everyone startled and stopped.

Boss Lan said softly: "Thank you everyone, I understand your kindness. Today I will go to the yamen for the time being, and I will be back soon. You don't have to worry, and you don't need to stay longer."

He walked up to Qi Yan and said in a low voice: "After I leave, please protect the big guys in the restaurant with Dongmo, and don't conflict with Lord Qin and the people in the government. There are a lot of flowers and grasses in the swamp, if you want to catch Wei Mengyan, you can only use flowers and grasses to help."

Qi Yan looked at him and nodded solemnly: "Understood, Boss Lan, I will go to find Huawucao. Don't worry, I will definitely protect the restaurant and take good care of everyone in the restaurant."

Boss Lan patted him on the shoulder.He didn't have any extra time to talk, and the servants around him rushed up and pushed him roughly to move forward.Boss Lan's expression was calm and composed, neither humble nor overbearing. When he passed in front of Master Qin, he showed no fear, ignoring the evil and meaningful eyes of the other party, and walked forward steadily.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the back kitchen of the restaurant.Across the house and courtyard wall, Qi Yan keenly felt an unusual airflow fluctuation, he immediately turned around and ran to the rest room.

"Oh no!"

Before his brain could understand what was going on, Qi Yan's body had already reacted first—perhaps the instinct he learned from the strange beasts reminded him. When he turned around, he saw a brown-red spherical figure He quickly flew out of the house, passed by him, and rushed straight to the center of the crowd.

It was the Blowing Wind Beast - it was rampaging among the yamen servants, and flew towards its master with such speed that even Qi Yan had no time to stop it.

Boss Lan turned his head and saw the Gufeng Beast flying towards him, and immediately shouted: "Gufeng Beast, go back! Don't follow!"

The Wind Beast was taken aback.The surrounding yamen servants immediately waved their sticks and hit it, and it immediately opened its mouth wide in fright, sucking air into its stomach frantically.

"Whoosh..."

Its balloon-like body swelled rapidly, and in an instant it swelled to five times its original size, and then fired at the government servants approaching from all around!

"call!"

A strong wind blew out from its belly, blowing all the government servants holding sticks into the sky in an instant.

"Wow ah-"

There was a scream in the sky, and seventeen or eight yamen servants were blown away by the cannon of the wind blowing beast, flipping and screaming in the air, and then fell to the ground far away, smashed into a ball .

"Oooooohoooo!"

Seeing his astonishing "record", Gufeng Beast was very proud.It squawked a few times, wobbled around in the air, and then swooped down, slamming aside the yamen servant who was holding Boss Lan.

"Gah!"

The Gufeng Beast pushed Boss Lan's waist a few times with its short claws, urging him to run away quickly.Boss Lan glanced at the struggling officials around him, knocked on the top of the drum beast twice in a hurry, and shouted sharply, "Go back quickly! Do you want to be jailed too?"

The Wind Beast giggled foolishly twice, and firmly pulled Boss Lan's long hair with its small claws, trying to make him leave with him.Boss Lan just shook his head and pushed its claws away: "If you really want to rescue me, go back honestly, listen to Qi Yan's words, and find Hua Wucao!"

The wind blowing beast wanted to say something more, when Master Qin, who had been blown to the ground by it before, got up wheezing and panting, and shouted angrily: "Come on, bring this reckless little beast to the county magistrate." Walk!"

The yamen servants who were being teased became furious and threw their sticks at the wind blowing beast.Boss Lan's eyes were sharp, and he grabbed the wind blowing beast into his arms, and begged the officials around him, "I will take care of it, please raise your hands high, and don't bother with a little strange beast."

Boom boom boom boom, the servants got up one after another and surrounded them again.They had just been blown into the sky by the wind blowing beast, and then fell to the ground and fell dizzy. At this time, they were all furious and angry, and brandished sticks to point at the blowing wind beast, whose body had collapsed after being blown.Seeing this, Boss Lan quickly hugged the Blowwind Beast tightly in his arms. He protected its body with both hands, and bowed to the yamen servants in apology, lest the angry strong men knock the stupid beast into pieces with sticks. .

"Hmph, take it with you!"

Master Qin waved his hand, and the yamen servants cheered and surrounded him.Boss Lan looked back at the guys standing in the yard for the last time, nodded slightly, and then walked out under the escort of the yamen servants.

The street outside the courtyard of the restaurant is noisy, and it must be full of people watching the excitement at this time.Qi Yan's hearing is sensitive, and he clearly heard the onlookers discussing, some curious, some questioning, and some didn't know whether it was intentional or gloating, loudly criticizing all kinds of bad things about Fourteen restaurants.

"I heard that the snacks in restaurants are poisonous. Is this true?"

"I guess it's true. Otherwise, why would Boss Lan be escorted away by the lord? Sigh, I quite like their fried rice with shrimp balls..."

"Hmph! No matter how delicious it is, it's useless, be careful to be poisoned to death! What kind of restaurant, it's obviously a black-hearted shop! This time it's over, hahahaha..."

There was a lot of people outside the yard, and various discussions emerged one after another.

As the saying goes, "When the wall falls, everyone pushes it." Boss Lan was wrongly arrested and imprisoned. Some unscrupulous shopkeepers were jealous of the restaurant's popularity in Luoxia Town, so their buddies took the opportunity to sneak into the crowd and spread rumors in an attempt to nail the restaurant to death. On the pillar of shame, never stand up.

"Boss Lan..."

The clerks and cooks looked at Boss Lan's back, unwilling to go forward to chase after him. Qi Yan, remembering Boss Lan's instructions, stopped them tactfully.

After Master Qin and his party escorted Boss Lan to leave, he said to everyone in a low voice: "Master Qin came here this time with the intention of arresting Boss Lan, even if we go up and argue, it won't help , and even angered the county magistrate, implicated himself in it, and was thrown into prison together like a wind blowing beast."

"Oh! That Lord Qin, who usually flaunts his might, has made money from the common people! It is said that he is a county magistrate, and I haven't seen him solve a case in 800 years. He occasionally intervenes in the affairs of the Ministry of Justice, and most of them are for his own criminals. The relatives who had trouble opened the back door."

The waiter in the store looked at the backs of the officials ostentatiously leaving, feeling very aggrieved.Others were not as excited as he was, but the boss who was the owner of the shop was forcibly taken away, and the restaurant was labeled as a black shop for poisoning. Everyone was very depressed and unhappy.

The big guys sat in the yard sullenly.Qi Yan felt equally uncomfortable at this time, but he was wronged as a poisonous hand when he was doing business in a safe manner, and when Boss Lan was taken away, Master Qin's gloomy eyes made him even more uneasy.Boss Lan is now in jail, Lord Qin must be taking this opportunity to avenge his personal revenge, and to get the idea of ​​a beauty, and he may not do anything to the boss...

Thinking of this, Qi Yan suddenly stood up with firm eyes.He knows that only by quickly finding a way to clear up his grievances can Boss Lan be rescued and the signboard of Fourteen Restaurant that has been painstakingly managed for several years can be recovered.He didn't want this cute restaurant to bear the name of a "black heart shop".

He said to everyone in the restaurant: "We must act as soon as possible. In this way, we will divide into two groups tomorrow. Si Dongmo and I will go to the nearby mountains to catch flowers without grass, and the rest of the restaurant will go to Luoxia Town Yamen, let’s go visit Governor Su of the Ministry of Punishment. Mr. Su was originally responsible for personally investigating the case of poisoning in restaurants. At present, the witness evidence should still be in his hands, but now Master Qin suddenly came out to "cut the barbarian", there must be something else in it. There is something hidden."

After explaining the matters, the people dispersed.Qi Yan greeted Si Dongmo to go back to the inn to prepare for tomorrow, when he saw Master Zhao approaching him from the corner of his eyes.

During the conflict between the restaurant and the government just now, the old man had been standing quietly in the corner, watching every move here, without speaking.At this moment, he suddenly flashed out from the shadows and waved at Qi Yan.

"Qi Yan, this old man has something to say to you."

Seeing his secretive expression, Qi Yan thought he had something to tell him, so he followed Master Zhao to the corner.

"Master Zhao, what's the matter with you?"

The old man knocked around nervously, and after confirming that no one was paying attention, he whispered to Qi Yan: "The one you bumped into today, Su Mengyan, seems to be raised by Master Qin."

Qi Yan was shocked when he heard this: "Master Zhao, are you sure?"

"Hey, keep your voice down, and listen to the old man." Master Zhao hurriedly grabbed his arm, motioning him to calm down.

"The old man has stayed in Master Qin's mansion for a long time, and knows a little about Master Qin. He likes to collect all kinds of rare and exotic beasts to raise. In addition to taking in precious dragons like Xiaobao, he also I have a special hobby, which is to collect vicious and dangerous weird beasts from all over the country, and keep them in my secret room."

Qi Yan was full of shock, but he still couldn't believe it: "Gui Mengyan is an evil beast that feeds on human life. Could it be that Master Qin even feeds living people to Gui Mengyan? Moreover, this dark evil I can't even see the shape of the thing, I can understand Master Qin raising a treasure dragon, but what fun is there in raising a cloud of smoke that can kill people?"

"Hey! You don't understand, this is the so-called 'joy of being an official'!" Seeing that Qi Yan didn't quite believe it, Master Zhao said anxiously, "For a high-ranking official like Master Qin, the more dangerous it is to raise The strange beasts are the proof of their noble status!

In order to take care of Xiaobao, the old man stayed in Lord Qin's mansion for a long time, and heard a lot of gossip from the servants in the mansion.This Lord Qin has a very close relationship with the beast house in Luoxia Town. Some of the beasts that he couldn't find himself and wanted very much were caught by the beast hunters in the beast house for him, and so is Wei Mengyan!The ghostly dream smoke is a dangerous species banned by the government. Master Qin privately gave the animal hall special privileges, and sent them to take risks in remote villas to catch them. "

He gestured and said: "Moreover, not only that, the old man has even seen the appearance of Gui Mengyan with his own eyes! That thing is kept in the basement of Qin's mansion because it is not seen normally. You should know that Master Qin is very He is so pretty, not only does he like to patronize the place of fireworks, but he also likes to trick beauties from good families to come to his house to have fun.

Once he got a very handsome scholar from nowhere, and coerced and lured him to stay in the mansion and lock him in the room.One day in the middle of the night, the old man carried Xiaobao out to the latrine, when he suddenly heard the sound of ghosts crying and howling wolves coming from the scholar's bedroom, as well as Master Qin's sinister laughter.The old man heard Master Qin say with a smile, "You don't have to drink a toast, I'll let you taste what it's like to be driven crazy by a nightmare, and see if you dare to sneak away!" ...'

After a while, there was no sound in the scholar's bedroom, and the window of the room was opened, and a large cloud of black mist slipped out from inside, congealing into a human-like shape.As soon as he saw the black mist, the old man felt that the world was spinning in front of him, his whole body was uncomfortably cold, and he wanted to vomit like hell, and Xiao Bao almost passed out.

After that, the old man had nightmares for five consecutive days, and was frightened into a cold sweat every night. Even Xiaobao was frightened by the high fever and insomnia, and fell seriously ill.Since then, the old man has never dared to go to the bedroom where the scholar once lived, and has never seen it again. "

Master Zhao looked at Qi Yan sadly, "However, when I was catching Mengmengyan in the yard just now, the old man saw it flashing past the yard again, it looked like a big black mist, And it is already very powerful, vaguely has a human form. Qi Yan, think about it, Master Qin has raised a Guimengyan, and there also happened to be a Guimengyan in our restaurant, and the two shapes are also very similar. It's no coincidence that there are eight or nine!"

Qi Yan frowned: "If this Gui Mengyan is really raised by Lord Qin, then he came here today to direct and act on his own, deliberately for the... purpose, other than to ruin the reputation of Fourteen Restaurant In addition, it is to take this opportunity to bring Boss Lan back to prison."

"That's right, this old man thinks so too." Master Zhao swallowed, and said in a low voice, "One more thing—it's also the gossip that this old man heard from Master Qin's mansion. Live men were provided regularly for it to smoke, and it was used as a personal thug. If any official in the county did not get his way, he would send out dream smoke and go drive that person to madness.

It is said that last year a small official in the neighboring town unintentionally offended Mr. Qin, and one day he became insane for no reason.Of course, these are all hearsay, and the old man has no conclusive evidence. "

"If Lord Qin can put Guimengyan to drive a small official crazy, then it is not impossible to find him to make trouble in the restaurant." Qi Yan thought, and his face darkened, "I didn't expect Master Qin to be like this A senior official in the court still 'misses' our small restaurant so much, and even painstakingly arranged a good show just to force us to close down."

"Hey! Don't think that the restaurant is just a small restaurant. I think Master Qin really hates us!" Master Zhao counted them one by one, "Master Qin and the owner of Yuanshan Restaurant are acquaintances, we Naturally, he was not happy that the restaurant won Yuanshan Restaurant in the gourmet competition. Moreover, Boss Lan rejected his private invitation several times and refused to go to his house as a 'guest', which made Master Qin feel very embarrassing .The most important thing--"

He gestured to the appearance of an official hat, "Master Su, the new supervisor of the criminal department in the county, is upright and upright, and he is very difficult to deal with Mr. Qin. But Mr. Su has a good relationship with our restaurant, so Mr. Qin took our restaurant along with him." I hate it."

Qi Yan listened blankly.From this point of view, the Fourteenth restaurant has really become a thorn in Lord Qin's side, and today's "poisoning" show has also become the perfect method for Lord Qin to bring down the restaurant and snatch Boss Lan away. , can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Seeing the young man standing silently with a gloomy face, Master Zhao was a little uneasy.After Si Dongmo tidied up the messy yard, he also walked over curiously, and Master Zhao told him what he had seen, heard and conjectured intact.

Hearing Master Zhao's explanation, the man was both startled and angry, wishing he could go straight to the Qin mansion and dig out the ghostly dream smoke.But Qi Yan pressed his hand, signaling him not to be impulsive.

"Now, let's not act rashly." Qi Yan thought calmly and said, "When Boss Lan was taken away, my mind was still in chaos, but now, with the information provided by Master Zhao, I think this matter can be resolved. It's much easier to do."

Si Dongmo's eyes lit up: "Qi Yan, have you already figured out a way?"

Qi Yan bit his lip lightly, and nodded: "If Master Qin is really not hesitating to take part in this play with his own beasts, he has a very good plan. However, for him, this matter is further important. You win everything, but taking a step back is self-defeating!"

He motioned Si Dongmo and Master Zhao to come closer, and whispered something in their ears.The two were a little shocked when they heard his plan.

"Qi Yan, it's too risky for you to do this...you will definitely offend Master Qin." Master Zhao frowned, with a worried expression on his face, "If this doesn't work, we're all going to go to jail! Do you want to consider a milder one? Is there a safer way?"

Qi Yan sneered, and his expression was firmer than ever before: "Master Zhao, we have no way out now. As you said, Master Qin is cruel and merciless in dealing with political opponents in officialdom, even Being able to drive people crazy, he would not easily let the Fourteen restaurant go. What's more, he also smashed the signboard of the restaurant in public, causing the restaurant to suffer injustice.

Now that he has captured Boss Lan, it may not be long before he will be convicted in court and put him in prison.When Boss Lan's case was finalized, the staff in the restaurant were scattered, and those who were arrested were arrested, and none of them could get away with it. "

"Since there is no way to retreat, there is no need to retreat!"

"Taking this opportunity, together with Governor Su of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, try to overthrow Master Qin, which can be regarded as eliminating harm for the people of Hongye County!"