Chapter 40: The Crime That Shocked the City, and the Guard Captain Who Lost His Heart for One Minute...

The Daily Star ultimately failed to keep its promise and did not write "The Scepter and the Glory: A History of the Oslov Family"

In fact, no one was interested in the history of the Oslov family anymore. After all, the Duchess became a new suspect and was handcuffed and taken away in a tavern by two law enforcement officers. All the newspapers were filled with various news about the Duchess.

Including the fact that she was the widow of a wealthy businessman, inherited a large estate and married the current Duke. After two husbands died, many people with bad intentions gave her the bad nickname "Black Widow".

Wait…Speaking of the tavern, is it the one hidden away in Honey Lane?

Ye Wan was already incredibly busy. People flocked to the tavern, ordering a couple of bottles of wine and wanting to know all sorts of inside information. After all, the suspect had indeed been taken away from the tavern.

Reporters also flocked in. Fortunately, Youan stood at the door with a stern face. Kiara was very loyal and helped Ye Wan drive away the reporters for free with an iron sword.

As God knows, what she hates most are reporters who dig up people's secrets, so Ye Wan gave her a week's worth of pub drink tickets for this.

But it was still too busy, so Ye Wan had to follow the diners' advice and temporarily go to the Employers Association. It was said that various temporary workers could be hired there at high prices.

Most of those who come here to hire people are adventurers or hunters who want to form a team to visit the dangerous land of the bell tree, or hunt A-level monsters such as manticores or banshees.

Therefore, when the association's front desk heard that someone wanted to hire a waiter, he thought for a while and wondered if Ye Wan was playing a trick on him.

In the end, she still failed to hire a waiter, but Jenny was very sympathetic. She felt that she owed Ye Wan something, so she generously lent him two servants to help.

Jenny herself returned to the Duke's Mansion. Her father was dead and her stepmother was in prison. Now she is the actual person in charge of the Duke's Mansion. Even without this identity, she is the future princess of the Prince of Ice and Snow Kingdom.

Ye Wan originally wanted to suggest to her that now that the Duke was dead, she could completely cancel the engagement on her own. She didn't have to go to that bitter cold place to marry a prince whom she had never met.

What if the other person is as ugly as a toad...

Jenny comforted Ye Wan in response. She thought that from the letters she could tell that the prince was well-spoken and should be a good man. In order to continue the glory of the Oslov family, she was happy to marry into the Ice and Snow Kingdom.

Lassen was very sad about this. It was said that he was so sad that he didn't eat well for several days. However, guard Justin secretly told Ye Wan: "It was purely because the food provided by the guards was too bad."

In short, he brought two guards to the tavern to drown his sorrows in alcohol, and drank half a barrel of beer from Ye Wan.

"Forget it, forget it. As the saying goes, 'There is always a better fish in the sea'," Ye Wan could only comfort him.

Since the pub business was so good, she wanted to prepare some more side dishes that went well with the wine to sell the wine.

She wanted to try making some Sichuan-style spicy cold dishes called "Zhang Zhong Bao". The people in the royal capital were not very good at cooking chicken feet and "Zhang Zhong Bao", so these could become the specialty dishes of the Old Oak Tavern.

The chow mein is cooked with scallions and cooking wine to remove the fishy smell, then simmered in oil to give it a crispy coating. The sauce is a tempting red oil made from spices and dried chilies, sprinkled with roasted white sesame seeds, and then the chow mein is soaked and cooked.

Lassen came with a few more guards, clamoring for drinks. Ye Wan brought out the spicy cold snack "Zhang Zhong Bao" and said, "Want to try a new dish to go with the wine? It's "Zhang Zhong Bao."

"What is a treasure in the palm of your hand?" Lassen still looked unhappy.

"It's probably the essence in the palm of the chicken claw..." Ye Wan gestured casually with his hands.

"Whatever," said Lathan.

A bowl of glossy spicy cold food was brought to the table, along with a large bottle of bubbling ice-cold beer.

Lyson unskillfully picked up one with his chopsticks. The first thing he noticed was the shocking numbing heat, the powerful kick of Sichuan peppercorns intertwined with the numbing heat of chili peppers, yet also a powerful, fresh aroma. The freshly fried treasure, with a slightly gelatinous, glutinous, and crunchy texture, washed over him.

There is a slight aftertaste of sweetness at the end of the meal, which is the effect of rock sugar. The more you eat, the more addictive it becomes. Drinking a glass of ice-cold beer is a perfect match.

Lassen ate with a sad face. "I've never seen a woman as beautiful as Jenny. It's a pity that she will soon be married to a cold and bitter borderland. I guess I won't be able to..."

Before he finished speaking, the wind chimes hanging in the tavern rang again, and a dark-skinned, green-eyed beauty walked in: "Is Mr. Ye here? The flour you ordered has arrived."

It was Bai Xue who worked at the grain and oil shop across the street. She had a very classic silky, rich chocolate-colored skin that glowed with a healthy radiance in the sun.

Her face was delicate and three-dimensional, and her figure was so tall that she could almost touch the top door frame of the tavern with her hand.

Ye Wan liked her eyes very much, a pair of green eyes as mysterious as emeralds, which emitted a faint golden glow in the sunlight. She was a typical earth-mother beauty.

As for why this dark-skinned beauty is called Snow White?

Maybe it’s because she likes beautiful snowy days, or because she was born on a snowy day, or maybe it’s because of the popular fairy tale “Snow White”.

In short, Ye Wan endured it many times, but finally couldn't bear it anymore and finally asked.

Bai Xue laughed heartily and didn't take it as an offense: "Oh, you mean this name? It actually has a long story behind it."

Ye Wan and Songbing pricked up their ears to listen.

She kept it a secret, then said, "It's simple. Everyone praises the flour we sell as being as white as snow."

Ye Wan wiped the cold sweat from his head. Pancake speechlessly lost his balance and slid down from Ye Wan's shoulder.

Bai Xue smiled even more brightly.

Anyway, this beautiful lady came to the tavern to deliver flour today simply because Ye Wan was too busy recently and had no time to go to the store to buy it. Ye Wan checked the two bags of flour and then gave the money to Bai Xue. She took the money, nodded at her, and strode away.

Lassen stared at Bai Xue's back in disbelief for a while: "Goddess of Wisdom, this is truly the most beautiful girl I have ever seen."

Ye Wan: “?”

muffin:"?"

Ye Wan was shocked for a long time, and then stammered, "That's not what you just said."

Lassen nodded at her seriously: "I just changed my mind. Have you seen Snow White? Even a magic mirror can change its mind."

Ye Wan: “…”

Well, as the saying goes, "When a man is three-quarters drunk, he will act until you cry."

In short, the emotional wounds of this Emperor, the head of the 13th Guards Regiment and law enforcement officer, the fifth heir of the Witte family, and the third runner-up of the 67th Brave Conference, were healed so easily. He regained his great confidence in life and ate three large bowls of curry rice in the tavern.

"It's a cause for celebration." Ye Wan said.

Muffin put his hands on his hips and nodded over her shoulder.

When it was time to close, she had to pay the two servants who came to help from the Duke's Mansion, but she didn't expect the two servants to refuse to accept the wages.

"The Duke's Mansion will pay us." The two servants said firmly.

Ye Wan had no choice but to take a taxi to send them away.

She was particularly embarrassed about this because the gossip provided the patrons with a wonderful source of gossip, which they talked about in the tavern.

The two servants from the Duke's Mansion were standing behind them, and Ye Wan felt very embarrassed.

You An comforted her: "Don't feel embarrassed, neither of them is embarrassed." In fact, the servants were also secretly gossiping when they had nothing to do. After all, it was the master of the family who died, not a relative.

"The master is not a good man. He treats the ladies... I have seen that their arms are always injured..."

"That night was eerily quiet. The ladies said they didn't need servants, so we all stayed in our rooms."

"Although the lady looks fierce and unfriendly, she's not that bad. I mean, she's much better than the count's wife. She looks friendly, but she's actually a smiling tiger."

"The basement is rarely visited. It's only recently that there's been some activity because of the betrothal gifts from the Ice and Snow Kingdom. I mean, this country is so poor and weird. Why not just give jewelry and gold? Why did they have to give those giant ice sculptures that you can't use? They'll freeze people to death..."

It wasn't just the two servants who came to Ye Wan's house to help out who were talking about it. There were at least a hundred mouths in the Duke's Mansion, and reporters were waiting at the door of the Duke's Mansion with bags full of gold coins. All the fragmentary words and moments had a magnified effect.

So all kinds of strange speculations began to spread in the newspaper, saying that the lady was the murderer, Jenny was the murderer, and the two sisters were the murderers.

Even worse, rumors began to spread that there was a ghost that had been wandering in the Duke's Mansion for a hundred years. Some people swore that "there would be broken waltz music in the ballroom of the Duke's Mansion late at night, and then a ghost would float out. It must be the ghost that killed the Duke."

"Oh come on," said Lathan.

He actually won the favor of the beauty, and the two of them had an appointment to go to the movies, so he looked radiant recently. "The trial will be held soon. According to reliable sources, the law enforcement officer has found key evidence. The murderer is undoubtedly the Duchess."

Many drinkers were holding their glasses and leaning towards his ear. Only then did Lassen realize that he had let something slip in his moment of pride. He quickly said loudly, "That's all I know. I don't know anything else. If you ask me, I can't answer."

Just when the onlookers in the royal capital were so happy about this rare piece of gossip that they didn't know what to do, the "Star Daily" published another report, which was like throwing a roasted stone into boiling oil.

Ye Wan took the newspaper from the signal bird's mouth, and it clearly read:

A Cruel Family History: The Poor Woman Who Married into a Wealthy Family