Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 374 - 353: The Crown Prince Conspires with the Heavenly Punishment Sect?

Chapter 374: Chapter 353: The Crown Prince Conspires with the Heavenly Punishment Sect?

In Jin City Fang, there’s the Jin City Restaurant.

This restaurant had been under renovation recently, and even the original sign had been taken down.

Many people knew that the restaurant had recently changed hands, and it seemed that the new owner had quite a connection with the Han Family.

At the moment, Zhang San was touring inside the restaurant with Hu Xingxiang.

"Xingxiang, what do you think of this restaurant?"

"It’s very nice! So big, and so thick."

"Hmm... this isn’t called ’thick,’ it’s called ’large area.’ Don’t misuse the words."

"Oh."

"I’m planning to hand over this restaurant to you to manage. After all, I have a lot of daily matters to attend to at the Town Martial Office. Having this restaurant is like having our own family property, and it’s always good to earn a bit more."

Upon hearing Zhang San’s words about "our own family property" and now entrusting her with its management, Hu Xingxiang realized he was treating her like family.

Happy!

"Only thing is, I haven’t quite decided what dishes to sell after the renovation. Xingxiang, do you have any plans?"

Hu Xingxiang chuckled and said, "I’ve tasted your human race’s food, and it’s not nearly as delicious as our Demon Clan’s. You humans are always ruining things and don’t preserve the original nutrients in the food. If you let me take charge of the restaurant, I’m planning to find some great chefs from Hundred Flowers Fang and Jingshan Fang—they are really talented!"

Zhang San thought if they could attract people with the Demon Clan’s delicacies, it wouldn’t be a bad idea.

"I remember Baili Chengfeng saying that the Town Demon Office needed him for something. It just so happens that we could use his help now."

As they spoke, the two approached the window and had a clear view of another tall restaurant within Jin City Fang.

"Speaking of which, there are two top restaurants in Jin City Fang. One was originally ours, and the other is that Jin City Restaurant. They can name themselves after Jin City, which just shows their business must be better than ours."

Hu Xingxiang cautiously asked, "Should I go over there later and secretly start a fire to burn down their restaurant?"

Zhang San frowned and said coldly, "That’s illegal, we can’t do that. Understand?"

Hu Xingxiang nodded, glanced at the opposite restaurant, sighed, and said, "It would be nice if that restaurant burned down by itself."

No sooner had Hu Xingxiang finished speaking than a soaring flame erupted from within Jin City Restaurant, like a Red Dragon flying to the heavens.

In an instant, many places in the restaurant caught fire.

Zhang San’s eyes widened as he looked at the distant restaurant, then at the Little Fox beside him.

"Xingxiang, try saying something bad about the restaurant opposite again?"

Hu Xingxiang was taken aback and asked, "Is saying bad things not illegal?"

Zhang San nodded.

Hu Xingxiang snickered and said to the opposite Jin City Restaurant, "Then allow a few people in that restaurant to die, then... um... collapse?"

Whoosh—

In the distant Jin City Restaurant, a blade of fire forty zhang long swept across the sky.

Then, along with numerous creaking and crashing sounds, the entire restaurant began to collapse amidst the flames and dust.

"Let’s go, let’s go. We should hurry back home."

Zhang San grabbed Hu Xingxiang and started to run.

Although he did not know whether it was just a coincidence or if Hu Xingxiang really had the power to make things happen with her words, if someone used some sort of divination of causality to trace it back to them, it would be troublesome. It seemed safer to just run far away for now.

After all, the fire was far enough away; it wouldn’t reach their home.

...

Within the Town Martial Office’s prison, a total of sixty-two Martial Artists from the Heavenly Punishment Sect were captured alive and brought back.

The rest either became corpses or turned to ashes.

Vermilion Bird seemed particularly interested in two of those brought back and started to interrogate them separately as soon as she returned.

"You keep saying you’re not a person of the Heavenly Punishment Sect, who exactly are you? Speak clearly! Otherwise, if you’re not from the Heavenly Punishment Sect, you’re useless, and if you’re useless, you’ll just be killed!"

Upon hearing Vermilion Bird’s words, Yun Shengxu initially still wanted to conceal the truth.

But on one hand, this woman had previously incapacitated Liang Zhangjian with one move and incinerated two Martial Artists from the Heavenly Punishment Sect who tried to ambush her with a wave of her hand and a mere breath in their direction.

It was terrifying!

"I... I... I am the Horse Washer from the Eastern Palace, Yun... Yun... Yun Shengxu... I..."

Vermilion Bird turned her head and harshly said to the Martial Artist responsible for recording, "Write this down, the Crown Prince is colluding with the Heavenly Punishment Sect."

When he heard this, Yun Shengxu completely broke down.

"No... no... It’s not like that! It’s the Crown Prince... His Highness ordered me to come and persuade the Heavenly Punishment Sect to surrender..."

After saying this, Yun Shengxu felt a great relief as if the most important information had been finally revealed, easing his heart and somewhat improving his condition.

"Today is precisely when I came to persuade these people from the Heavenly Punishment Sect, because they had already agreed to betray the Heavenly Punishment Sect and side with His Highness the Crown Prince!"

Having said this as well, Yun Shengxu let out a long breath, feeling substantially more relaxed.

"So, I’m actually one of us, and shouldn’t be bound and interrogated like this. Besides, I’m the Horse Washer of the Eastern Palace and I hold an official position..."

Vermilion Bird paid no attention to Yun Shengxu and said to the Martial Artist taking notes, "Write this down, the Heavenly Punishment Sect wishes to defect to the Crown Prince."

Yun Shengxu, who had just calmed down, was completely dumbfounded upon hearing these words.

"No... no... it’s not like that, not like that... hey! Don’t go... don’t... don’t go——"

Vermilion Bird left to see Han Yanqiu.

At that moment, other Martial Artists were interrogating Han Yanqiu.

Han Yanqiu, however, was much calmer and said unhurriedly, "I am the grandson of Han Mingshi, the Head of the Han family, one of the four great families of Legalism, Han Yanqiu."

"Today, I accompanied the Horse Washer from the Eastern Palace, Yun Shengxu, to the Jin City Restaurant to persuade the Heavenly Punishment Sect to surrender. Moreover, we had already successfully persuaded them when you all burst in! That’s why..."

The interrogating Martial Artist sneered and questioned, "If you had surrendered, why resist to the death upon seeing us? That clearly means you haven’t surrendered! I think, you just wanted to collude with the Heavenly Punishment Sect and got caught by us, hence this excuse."

Han Yanqiu angrily retorted, "No! I was really there to persuade the Heavenly Punishment Sect to surrender."

Then, Vermilion Bird came in, glanced at Han Yanqiu, and said coldly, "I just heard outside, write this down. The Han family is colluding with the Heavenly Punishment Sect."

At that moment, Han Yanqiu, who had been very indifferent up until then, started to feel a bit panicked.

Meanwhile, the Han family also received the news.

In the Han family’s council hall, all the Elders of the family were gathered there.

Han Mingshi turned pale when he heard the news.

"What? The Town Martial Office attacked the Jin City Restaurant to arrest the Demon Cult Followers of the Heavenly Punishment Sect, and Han Yanqiu was there too?"

At that moment, Han Mingshi stood up in the hall and turned to face the plaque hanging above it, inscribed with "Justice Shows No Favoritism."

"No! There must be some misunderstanding. How could the descendants of our Han family possibly join the Heavenly Punishment Sect! Everyone, there’s no need to panic!"

Bang!

The plaque inscribed with "Justice Shows No Favoritism" suddenly fell for some unknown reason, crashing in front of Han Mingshi.

Han Mingshi looked at the plaque broken in two, and sweat poured down his face.

"Go! Find the Pharaoh!"