After putting on their clothes, Chen Chen led them down from the tree and said to He Jinshu, "I left the leader alive. Ah Shu, do you want to go and ask about it?"
"I'll go take a look." He Jinshu said, and then he went to the place where they had just fought.
Not long after, He Jinshu came back. Seeing this, Chen Chen asked in surprise, "Did you finish asking questions so quickly?"
"The people are already dead." He Jinshu said, "These people should all be dead soldiers."
Upon hearing this, Chen Zhen said, "They really are too attentive to you."
He Jinshu didn't respond to his teasing, but just said, "Let's keep going. It's just a robbery that happened here. It has nothing to do with us."
"Do you want us to go to Luozhou Prefecture and report to the authorities?" Chen Chen asked maliciously.
"No need, someone will report it for us." He Jinshu said.
Afterwards, the two of them took the two children to find the horses that had run not far away, and then continued towards Luozhou.
After that, there were no setbacks along the way and they arrived directly at the city gate of Luozhou Prefecture.
When the guards checked the pass and found that it was He Jinshu, they said to them arrogantly, "It turns out that it is Mr. He and his wife, Mr. He, who have arrived. Please come in. Our prefect has been waiting for a long time."
"Wait for us? Wait for us for what?" Chen Chen asked in a puzzled manner.
"You will know when you go to the government office." The officer said disdainfully.
Upon hearing this, Chen Chen said to He Jinshu, "Ah Shu, are we going?"
"No, we don't have any relationship with the prefect of Luozhou. If we go, others will think we are trying to curry favor with him." He Jinshu said lightly.
"You heard it, we have no relationship with your prefect. Why do you invite us over so rashly?" Chen Chen asked with a bad look.
"You, you guys..." The officer was so angry that he didn't know what to say.
"Have you finished the inspection? We will go in after the inspection." Chen Chen said lazily again.
As He Jinshu was a scholar, the officers and soldiers naturally did not dare to do anything to him easily unless there was solid evidence of his crime, and eventually let him go.
After the others entered, he hurriedly turned around and headed towards the government office.
After entering the city, Chen Chen said to He Jinshu, "Ah Shu, how about we go and make some noise first?"
"Let's go." He Jinshu said lightly.
The restaurant where the accident happened was called Yumixiang. After asking someone about its exact location, the two men went straight there.
After entering the restaurant, Chen Chen stood in the lobby and shouted loudly: "Waiter, give me one serving of sweet and sour fish, one serving of cold preserved egg, one serving of sweet and sour poached egg, one serving of sweet and sour spareribs, one serving of meatballs in sour soup, one serving of pickled fish, one serving of cold pig ears, add more vinegar, and finally one serving of braised chicken in soy sauce."
Upon hearing this, a waiter in the restaurant said with some embarrassment, "Sir, the dishes you ordered are currently out of stock in our restaurant. How about I introduce you to some of our signature dishes?"
"What signature dish?" Chen Chen said disdainfully, "It's so hot, and I just want some appetizers. If you can't even meet this request, then why do you open a restaurant?"
Upon hearing this, the waiter came up to Chen Chen and whispered, "The vinegar was recently found to be poisonous in the prefecture, so the prefect has banned its sale. You should order something else to avoid getting into trouble."
"What's poisonous?" Chen Chen shouted. "This vinegar has been produced for a year and a half, and even people in the capital eat it every day, and I haven't heard of anything happening to them. Could it be that the people in Luozhou are even more pampered than those in the capital?"
Upon hearing this, the waiter said firmly, "Sir, we don't have these foods. If you don't want to eat here, you can go somewhere else. Goodbye."
Chen Chen got angry when he heard this and said directly to the waiter, "What's the matter? Are you feeling guilty because of what I said? I heard that the jealous person had an accident in your restaurant? I heard that they were eating the sweet and sour fish that I just ordered? Is this a problem with the vinegar or the fish?
Otherwise, everyone thinks that eating vinegar in the summer is especially appetizing, but why does it become poison in your restaurant? Whose fault is this?"
Chen Zhen's loud talking had already attracted the attention of other diners in the restaurant. Now it was dinner time and there were a lot of people. After hearing Chen Zhen's words, they were all whispering to each other.
Everyone knows that vinegar is banned in Luozhou Prefecture. Although it is banned openly, there are still many people who secretly use vinegar to cook. After all, it is indeed appetizing, and the sweet and sour dishes made with it are indeed delicious.
As for the poisoning, it was true that they had only seen that one person poisoned in all the time they had been eating the food, so even though they had their doubts, they couldn't resist the temptation of the delicious food and ate it secretly.
And now that this topic was brought up by Chen Zhen in public, it naturally became a hot topic for discussion.
Seeing that the waiter was silent, Chen Chen asked, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with what I said?"
"Isn't that right?" He Sixuan in Chen Chen's arms also shouted. The childish voice was particularly conspicuous in the hall.
Hearing the sound, everyone looked at the doll in Chen Zhen's arms. Hey, this doll is really cute.
At this time, the shopkeeper came over and said, "My dear, if there is any problem with the vinegar, you should go to the authorities. It is not up to us to decide. If you want to eat here, then eat well. If you want to cause trouble, don't blame us for being rude."
"You're welcome? Why are you being rude to me?" Chen Chen found an empty table in the lobby and sat down, then raised an eyebrow and asked, "Do you want someone to beat us up, or something?"
The shopkeeper saw that Chen Chen looked like he was not afraid of anyone. As a restaurant owner, he had met many people. The two adults and two children in front of him were obviously from other places. Although their clothes and accessories were simple, the materials were definitely not cheap.
So, in order to avoid offending someone he couldn't afford to offend, he considered it for a moment before asking, "You two don't sound like locals with your accents. Where are you from?"
"What? Does your restaurant serve dishes based on region?" Chen Chen sneered.
"Please be careful with your words, young man," the shopkeeper said, suppressing his anger. "Our restaurant has no grudge against you, so why would you say something that would damage our reputation?"
"No grudges?" Chen Chen said disdainfully, "We do have a deep grudge against you. I came here today to see how noble the restaurant that ruined the reputation of vinegar in our village is. And by the way, I wanted to see how spoiled the people in Luozhou City are. It's okay for others to be jealous, but it's a problem for you."
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