Chapter 77: Harm

Although this cheap trick is not new or clever, it is extremely effective.

After all, no one dares to be careless about what they eat.

"Hurry up and look for it in our dishes."

"Oh, what kind of cabbage worm is this?"

Someone pulled out a green worm from the dish.

This time it was like water dripping from a frying pan, and it started to boil.

The guests in the private rooms on the second and third floors heard the noise and stood at the railing to watch.

When Yu Yuan returned downstairs, it was completely chaotic. The diners kept making noises and the shopkeeper was speechless.

Jiang Shu in the back hall heard the waiter's report and hurried over but did not come out. He just stood behind the crowd and watched.

It was just a small matter, she believed that Yu Yuan and the shopkeeper could handle it.

"If anyone makes a fuss again, I will throw him out!" Yu Yuan shouted, and the hall was temporarily quiet.

All the diners looked at Yu Yuan, half fearful and half angry.

Yu Yuan glanced at them and said, "Tell me what happened one by one."

A thin man walked out of the crowd, holding a long gray tail with chopsticks, and angrily accused: "This is what I just ate from the stir-fried rabbit cubes. Using rat meat as rabbit meat, Cuiyunlou has become a black shop!"

Yu Yuan stared at the tail and asked, "You said it was eaten from the stir-fried rabbit cubes, so it must be cooked after stir-frying, right?" Yu

Yuan turned around and told the waiter, "Go get a knife and chop it up to see if it's raw or cooked."

The waiter quickly brought a knife, took the tail from the thin man's hand, put it on the table, and chopped it up in front of everyone.

As Yu Yuan expected, it was raw.

"Everyone, look, this tail is raw, it has never been stir-fried in the pot." Yu Yuan looked at the thin man with a sharp look.

The thin man felt guilty and tried to make excuses: "Who knows when it fell into the dish? Maybe it fell into the dish after it was cooked."

"Besides, this doesn't prove that you didn't use rat meat."

Yu Yuan sneered: "You mean, the chef deliberately put a rat's tail into the dish after cooking it and served it on the plate, waiting for you to find it."

Is it possible?

What kind of serious illness did the chef have to do this?

"Cuiyunlou sold dozens of stir-fried rabbit cubes today. According to what you said, how many rats do you have to catch to use your ability? Go catch a few rats for me to see."

"I... I..." The thin man hesitated and was speechless.

"Or did you bring this tail and put it into the dish when no one was paying attention, deliberately harming Cuiyunlou!"

Yu Yuan's voice suddenly became heavier, his face gloomy, and the frightened thin man swallowed his saliva in panic.

"I... I didn't." The thin man thought of something and pointed at the diners who found the cabbage worms and said, "They also found worms in the dishes. It can't be a coincidence."

Yu Yuan looked at the big man who found the worms in the dishes and asked disdainfully, "Tell me, how did you get the worms?"

"I ate them in the stir-fried vegetables. Chop them up and let everyone see. The worms are cooked." The big man was fearless.

At that time, he was afraid that the worms would run away and he would be in trouble, so he just boiled them to death with boiling water, but he didn't expect that he would end up making a mistake and just cover up his lie.

"How do you know it's cooked? Have you tasted it?" Yu Yuan questioned.

The big man was stunned and said maliciously, "Who would eat this? I guessed. It's motionless and hard, so it must be cooked."

Yu Yuan sneered without commenting, turned to look at the shopkeeper and said, "You handle it."

Cuiyunlou doesn't keep idle people, and he and Jiang Shu can't keep an eye on it all the time. The shopkeeper must be able to take charge of it.

"Yes." The shopkeeper bowed and stepped forward, whispering to the waiter.

Under the doubtful gaze of the crowd, the shopkeeper said loudly: "It is the coldest time of the year now, and all kinds of vegetable insects have hidden away to avoid the cold. It is not easy to catch a vegetable insect. I guess this guest must have spent a lot of effort."

"You are talking nonsense. What evidence do you have?" The big man's heart thumped and he asked in a cowardly manner.

The shopkeeper was not in a hurry. After the waiter brought the basket he wanted, he spoke calmly.

"These are the green vegetables that were delivered this morning and have not been picked and washed yet. They are still covered with mud. Dear guests, please look carefully and see if there are any insects in these vegetables." Some

people who were suspicious really went forward to look in the basket.

But no matter how they looked, they did not see a single insect.

"Hey, there really are no bugs."

"The shopkeeper is right. I used to grow vegetables. The bugs disappeared in the cold winter. They only came out to harm the crops when it was warm next spring."

The big man was a little panicked. He gritted his teeth and said, "These vegetables were taken out from the kitchen of Cuiyun Tower. They must have shaken off the bugs in advance."

This statement was exactly the same as the thin man's cunning excuse just now, and it was completely untenable.

Seeing that the matter was exposed, the thin man and his accomplices wanted to leave quietly while everyone was staring at the big man.

But just as they moved to the door, before one foot could step out, several strong guards came in and blocked the door.

At the railing on the third floor, Yu Zheng, who had witnessed the whole process, said to the middle-aged man beside him: "Master He, did you see and hear everything?"

"Yes, yes." Master He hurriedly bowed and responded, finally understanding why King Jing suddenly invited him to dinner.

Yu Zheng looked downstairs, his voice as cold as frost: "In this case, Master He, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and arrest the people and interrogate them."

"Yes, I will go now." Master He raised his sleeves to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, and quickly went downstairs to give an order.

"Come on, arrest them and take them back to the government office for interrogation. They dared to harm and frame Cuiyun Tower, they are so bold!"

The yamen runners dressed in casual clothes and pretended to be diners immediately walked out of the crowd and arrested the big man, the thin man and his accomplices.

"Sir He, this prince has run into such a scandal on the first day of opening. You must investigate it thoroughly and clear Cuiyunlou's name." Yu Yuan reminded him coldly.

Sir He cupped his hands and responded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, I will investigate it thoroughly and punish the offender severely and give the prince an explanation."

Before leaving, Sir He also said to the diners: "Everyone, don't worry about eating. I just ate there too. Cuiyunlou's dishes are very clean. There is no problem at all."

Not only did he eat, Prince Jing and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also ate, how could there be a problem.

Lord He was angry and annoyed when he saw those people who were so bold as to defame Cuiyunlou.

Those bastards made him have to go back after only eating half of his meal, let's see how he would deal with them.

A farce was over, and although the diners dispelled their doubts, their mood for eating was greatly affected, and their favorable impression of Cuiyunlou also declined.

Jiang Shu saw this and called Yu Yuan and the shopkeeper to discuss countermeasures.

After a while, the shopkeeper announced that as an apology, he would send a dish and a pot of hot wine to each table of guests.

Unexpected surprises and free things always make people excited, and the diners gradually dispelled their unhappiness and started talking and laughing.

Yu Cheng, who was watching the whole process, looked at the Cuiyun Building that was lively again and praised: "Yu Yuan finally found something serious to do. Uncle Wang should be relieved."

Yu Zheng glanced at the proud Yu Yuan below and said slowly: "Royal brother, the excitement is over, let's go back and continue drinking."

"Well, ask Yu Yuan to come up and have a couple of drinks." Yu Cheng turned and went into the private room.

When Yu Zheng followed him in, he noticed a sharp gaze and scanned it sharply.

The four eyes met in the air, and Fang Mingxu smiled and bowed.