Two days passed, and Tian Sangui thought they had stopped making any moves, so he was planning to take a nap in his rocking chair.

Unexpectedly, Lanjuan came running to find her in a panic.

"Third Manager, something terrible has happened! You must go to the front hall immediately!"

As soon as Lanjuan and I stepped into the front hall, we saw two men in black standing on a table, shouting loudly.

"Everyone come and see! This dish contains not only human fingernails but also hair. I suspect that the shop owner is connected to the disappearances that have occurred in the past few days."

"And what I have in my hands is irrefutable evidence!"

Onlookers rushed forward to identify it.

"Oh dear, isn't this the daughter of the Lou family? She had these red fingernails like this. I even went to her house and talked to her the day before the incident. I saw it very clearly then. These... these are her fingernails!"

The woman spoke with such conviction that she gained everyone's trust.

They turned around and began to condemn and denounce Tian Sangui: "A black shop, a black shop that sells human flesh!"

"I was wondering why their pork was so glossy, tender, and delicious—it turns out it's made from human flesh!"

"But the missing persons case came out a month ago. They've only been open for less than two months. It can't be them, right? What if we've misjudged the situation and wrongly accused the shop owner?"

"Are you stupid? They knew business would be booming, so they started preparing human flesh a month in advance. Anyway, it's cold now, so the meat won't spoil!"

"You heartless bastard, smash her shop!"

Smash! Smash! Smash!

Panic broke out among the crowd. Fearing that Tian Sangui would get hurt, Lanjuan forcibly dragged her to the backyard.

Seeing these rioters launch an uprising and wantonly destroy the restaurant she had painstakingly built, she felt extremely distressed.

The faces of the two people on the table were deeply imprinted on every nerve and cell.

The incident at Hefang Restaurant quickly became a hot topic of discussion within half a day.

The prefectural governor arrived in haste with his troops, only to find the Hefang Restaurant in ruins, a far cry from its former glory.

With a grunt from the governor, the rioting crowd gradually quieted down, standing there with their heads drooping, no longer displaying their previous unbridled behavior.

The governor stepped into the house and sat down on a seemingly intact chair by the door.

Where is the shopkeeper?

Everyone looked around, but none of them saw Tian Sangui in the hall.

"Hehe, sir, our manager is hiding in the backyard and doesn't dare to come out and see anyone."

The governor squinted and raised an eyebrow. The man in front of him was not only thin, but his small eyes were full of cunning. He was obviously a traitor.

"Hmph, you certainly know how to play the role of your master. Go and call her out; I have some questions for you!"

Xiao Tang, his face full of obsequiousness, was completely subservient to the prefectural magistrate: "Yes, sir, please wait a moment, I'll go right away!"

The prefectural governor watched Tang's obsequious back, his words dripping with disdain for his behavior, before turning his face away, too lazy to even look at him.

The man in black squeezed out of the crowd and bowed to the governor.

"Sir, I was the first to discover the missing persons case, and I have..."

The prefectural governor didn't even look up, staring at the door and saying in a dissolute tone, "The person hasn't even arrived yet, what are you panicking for? Go stand aside!"

I hate people like this the most, always trying to be the first to step forward and act cute.

The prefectural governor has his own rules for handling cases. Even if the sky falls, he must wait until everyone is present before confronting them face to face, and only then can he arrest and file charges.

What's the point of rushing to say it now?

The man never expected that this stubborn governor would actually give him the cold shoulder.

His face immediately darkened, though the prefectural governor did not notice.

Xiao Tang led Tian Sangui to the front hall, where Lan Juan helped her pay her respects to the prefectural magistrate.

Behind Tian Sangui, Xiao Tang secretly gave the two a wink, and they nodded to each other, proceeding according to plan.

"A gift to the lord of the state capital!"

"Get up! Are you pale from being frightened? Quickly help your manager to sit down and talk!"

"Thank you for your consideration!"

Lanjuan frowned and helped Tian Sangui to sit opposite the prefectural governor.

The onlookers immediately became dissatisfied.

"Does a murderer even have the right to sit down and talk?"

"Sir, she harms the people and sells human flesh in her own restaurant, and you still treat her like this?"

"In my opinion, we should throw her into the dungeon and torture her severely to interrogate this vicious woman. How can she be so cruel at such a young age!"

"They might be spies from another country, otherwise why would they harm our people?"

The governor was getting a headache and his eyes were blurry from the chattering of the woman beside him. Was this woman instructing him on how to do things?

"How about you preside over the case, and I'll give you my position in the government office?"

The woman blushed with embarrassment and awkwardly explained with a smile, "I'm just a woman, how could I possibly know how to solve a case? Please don't joke with me, sir!"

"Knowing you can't do it, you still keep nagging in my ear?"

The woman was startled by the governor's suddenly raised tone, her hands trembled, and she consciously took two steps back from the crowd, smiling awkwardly and remaining silent.

The governor glared at her a few times, then glanced at the crowd. Everyone shrank back in fear, no longer daring to be presumptuous.

Only then did he straighten his official robes, straighten his body, and look seriously at Tian Sangui.

"Someone reported to me that Hefang Restaurant is related to the disappearance case. Does the Third Manager have anything to explain?"

"Your Honor, please investigate thoroughly! Since the opening of Hefang Restaurant, we have never done anything immoral or immoral. We do not know who started this rumor-mongering in the city, deliberately smearing Hefang Restaurant and framing us. Please, Your Honor, investigate this matter thoroughly and give my daughter justice!"

As Tian Sangui spoke, he knelt down before the prefectural governor, along with Lan Juan and all the workers of Hefang Restaurant.

Only Xiao Tang, who was at the back of the crowd, bent down to hide himself from being discovered, using the backs of the onlookers as cover.

The governor leaned back in his chair, his expression shifting between light and dark. He slowly stroked his beard with his large, white hand, a stark contrast to his tanned face, tanned from years of travel.

"Stand up and speak first!"

Lanjuan helped Tian Sangui sit down opposite her again.

The prefectural magistrate spoke up: "Where is the official in charge?"

Xiao Tang shouted from the back of the crowd, "Here it is!"

He pushed his way through the crowd to the official, "Hehe, sir, it is indeed the official I reported!"

Tian Sangui and Lan Juan were immediately surprised: "Xiao Tang? Why are you doing this?"

"Little Tang?"

"What about him?"

The employees were all puzzled. Could it be that their own people had sued them?

At this point, Xiao Tang stopped pretending and gave Tian Sangui a sinister smile.

"Why do you still have the nerve to ask?"

"The things you've done are chilling even to my heart. I fear that one day I'll end up like the people buried in your backyard, eating meat in someone else's mouth."

Xiao Tang sat on the ground crying, revealing shocking information.

"My God, she really is a murderer! How can a little girl who hasn't even grown up be so terrifying!"

"I've already told you, she's a spy sent by another country. Even the people around her have admitted it. Now you all believe it, right?"

"My lord, arrest this female demon and all her henchmen, and report to the court for their swift execution!"

"Yes, kill the traitor and rid the people of this scourge!"

The shouts of condemnation were deafening, attracting passersby who blocked the entrance. Upon hearing that she was a spy, outsiders also joined in, condemning Tian Sangui together.

"Let's see who dares."