TSBFL Chapter 72:
Chapter 72.1: 衙门里
[In Yamen]
Just now the official came to the shop, and took away the shop’s accountant. Those waiting outside the door to eat, the diners look at it clearly. First, in the middle of discussion, to hear this small boss actually want to close the business for today, the gossip fire, even can not be resisted.
The shameless or thick-skinned one, with a curious heart, simply in front of Chen Xing when he was about to close the door, asked directly from his doubtful heart, “Little Boss, your shop accountant, why was he taken away by the official?”
Chen Xing’s hand that closed the door paused, he smiled slightly towards the questioning guests, very generous as he said: “There are some misunderstandings, the official asked him to go over to ask for clarification. He will be back soon.”
Looking at Chen Xing’s very natural and generous appearance, these people who want to gossip, the heart of the mockery already less than half, and even vaguely believe that things are like this small boss said, that the official just invited the bookkeeper here to ask him questions. Not that this shop had issues or problems so that was why he was taken to Yamen.
Chen Xing saw that the situation had been brought under control, and said a few more words to them, saying that they would be notified in advance of the matter of reopening of the shop. He then directly closed the shop door, no longer paying attention to the gossip and slander outside.
Waiting for the moment the shop door to close, Chen Xing leaned against the door, long exhaled a breath, and then thought of Gu Lang was taken away, lips pursed into a straight line, and then went up to the back kitchen. He had to find out the poisonous stuff as soon as possible, in order to know where the problem lies.
Wait until Chen Xing came to the kitchen, the things inside had been turned into a mess, it looked like a mass of twisted rope, completely unable to find even the end of a thread.
Chen Xing rubbed the corner of his forehead, which was vaguely aching, and looking at the messy scene, he hurriedly said: ”Everyone, it’s too messy to make it this way, let’s move the things to the backyard to sort them out, and then check them one by one. That way, that one has problems and that one doesn’t, you can recognize it at a glance.”
Everyone who had originally been tinkering like headless flies (a metaphor for sb who is rushing around frantically), looked at each other after hearing Chen Xing’s words, and immediately followed his words and began to move all the edible things in the kitchen to the courtyard, waiting to be inspected one by one.
Just as Chen Xing and the others were intensely and secretly searching for the poisons in their shop, not far from the entrance of their shop, in the corner of an alleyway entrance, stood a man with a rude look.
The man stared at the shop door of Chen surname’s small restaurant, watched as the officials came and took away one person from here and as the crowd that had originally gathered there gradually dispersed, therefore after determining that this restaurant would not be opening its doors again, he turned around and left this dark corner, heading towards the residential area in the distance.
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On the other side, Gu Lang followed the group of officials all the way to the Yamen, acting extraordinarily leisurely along the way, he is not nervous at all.
The official in charge of escorting him next to him muttered, and finally, when he was about to arrive at the entrance of the government office, he couldn’t help but ask, “Aren’t you afraid?”
Gu Lang turned his head to look at him when he heard that, and those pitch dark and heavy eyes carried a few points of doubt in them, as if questioning why he would ask such a question.
The official was a bit scared by the staring eyes, but when he thought that his question was not answered, he still felt a bit unwilling. Those ordinary people whenever they mentioned the government office, if not trembling with fear, scared and felt uneasy, but this person in front of him, not only did he not have any fear, he did not seem to take their government office seriously at all.
So the officer, who was reluctant, not quite willingly, asked that one question again.
This time, Gu Lang didn’t ignore his question again, but looked at him and said indifferently, ”I have neither done anything to harm heaven and reason, nor do I feel guilty. Since this is the case, why should I need to be afraid?”
The official was dumbfounded (rendered speechless) by his words, but when he thought about it carefully, this was the truth. So much so, that when he entered the Yamen and looked at Gu Lang, who took the lead and was not afraid, his expression did not change at all.
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