Upon hearing the scream, everyone felt a sudden tightness in their stomachs.

This Miss Su looks gentle and weak, but when she kicks, she is absolutely fearless. If she goes any lower, wouldn't she crush the man's manhood to pieces?

But Su Hua didn't seem to care at all. She put her toes on the man's stomach, raised her chin slightly, pointed to the wooden cangue in front of her, and smiled brightly at the head constable, "This man is not only alive, but he can also cry, vomit, and shout. So we siblings don't need to be locked up in the county office, right?"

The girl's gentle smile was an eyesore to the leading constable.

He gritted his teeth, "Although this person isn't dead, today's trouble ultimately started because of your Su's Spicy Hot Pot..."

Before he could finish speaking, the man on the ground, who had just recovered from vomiting, slapped the young woman hard across the face.

Snap!

The force of the blow was so great that it sent the woman crashing to the ground.

Then, he grabbed the woman's hair, cursing, "You filthy woman, didn't you say it was just croton powder for diarrhea? But as soon as I ate it, my intestines, stomach, heart, and lungs are all cramping, I can't even breathe! What the hell did you feed me, you filthy woman? Are you trying to kill me...?"

Tears streamed down the woman's face as she shook her head repeatedly, begging for mercy. "Husband! This has nothing to do with me! I knew nothing about it! Husband, please stop hitting me! Let go! Ouch, it hurts! It hurts so much!"

"None of your business? You didn't know?" The man sneered upon hearing this and raised his hand to slap him again.

"Do you really think I'm stupid? The moment I collapsed, before I even died, you were already wailing and crying. If someone hadn't kicked me at the end, making me vomit up all the poison I'd ingested, I'd be meeting the King of Hell by now! And you dare to keep saying you don't know?! That Xiao Liu from Zuixianju was talking about swindling the Su family's business, all that bullshit! I think you two adulterers clearly wanted to kill me so you could have your own affair..."

The woman's face turned pale, but she still shook her head, muttering that she knew nothing about it.

"Drunken Immortal Abode?" None of the three Su brothers were fools. Upon hearing the name Drunken Immortal Abode, their doubts vanished almost entirely.

The so-called poisoning today was all caused by Zuixianju.

The yamen runners not only arrived at the perfect time, but they also immediately tried to lock the siblings up in jail, which suggests they had been bribed by Zuixianju beforehand.

All I wanted was their mala tang recipe.

"Well, I knew it! Everyone who eats our Su Family Spicy Hot Pot praises it highly, but this couple, without even eating a bite, keeps complaining that our hot pot is poisoned. Turns out they were all instructed by Zuixianju. These people are so heartless!" Su Erhu spat on the couple on the ground.

Su Sanhu clenched his fists so tightly they cracked. "This Drunken Immortal Inn is really going too far! I'm going to find them right now!"

"Third brother!" Su Dahu grabbed Su Sanhu, shook his head, and then bowed to the leading constable.

"Your Honor, we know that yesterday at noon, Zuixianju failed to buy our son, so they tried to force us to beg for mercy by buying out the pig offal in Qingshui County. Now, they have come up with such a dirty trick as poisoning us, just to steal our Mala Tang recipe."

As the magistrate of Qingshui County, you are naturally obligated to uphold justice for the people of Qingshui County.

If the Drunken Immortal Abode's actions are not punished, it will likely become a scourge on Qingshui County, causing unrest for everyone!

Most of the diners were longtime residents of the county. Upon hearing this, they immediately recalled the past practices of Zuixianju Restaurant, which had obtained many of its recipes from outsiders through various means.

It's only because they encountered a tough opponent like the Su family that things have escalated to such a huge extent today.

However, making such a big fuss won't do any good.

The head constable is a guest of Lord Song, and he is treated to all kinds of honors during festivals. How could he possibly make decisions for others?

Sure enough, the head constable listened to the three Su brothers' words without changing his expression. "You keep saying that Zuixianju is behind this, but where is the evidence? If you can't produce evidence, then it's slander and defamation."

Su Dahu looked up, his dark eyes fixed on the leading constable. "The couple on the ground have already made it very clear that it was Xiao Liu from Zuixianju who ordered them to do it. The spicy hot pot that was poisoned is still there. We have both witnesses and physical evidence. What other evidence do you need, sir?"

"They're just two country bumpkins. What kind of evidence can their words be taken as?" The head constable, Iron Pot, flashed disdain on his face.

"As for the poison powder, who knows where they bought it from? Maybe you've offended someone and made enemies, so they're trying to sabotage your business. It has absolutely nothing to do with Zuixianju!"

Upon hearing this, Su Erhu and Su Sanhu's tiger eyes widened instantly.

"What you're saying makes no sense. We were poisoned and you're blaming us for offending someone? Are we supposed to hand over the prescription to avoid offending anyone?"

The man who was wrestling with his wife on the ground stopped abruptly and hurriedly kowtowed to the yamen runners.

“Sir, Xiao Liu from Zuixianju came to us half an hour ago, saying that he wanted us to buy a few skewers of mala tang (spicy hot pot) and put croton powder in them to disrupt the Su family’s business and make them obediently hand over the mala tang recipe. At that time, many neighbors saw it and can testify to it.”

After saying that, he quickly pulled out a paper packet from his chest. "This is what Xiao Liu gave me. I was afraid that eating too much would give me diarrhea, so I specially kept half of it."

However, he was very fortunate at this moment that he hadn't swallowed the whole packet of paper; otherwise, not only would he have lost the evidence, but he would probably have been dead long ago.

The suffering involved in poisoning someone yourself is completely different from being instructed by someone else to poison them.