How did Niu Er have such a cute subordinate? The Lady Boss suppressed her laughter. She had heard of Miao Yi's subordinate, Head Steward Yang, but she didn't expect it to be this person before her. She asked, "You are that Miao traitor's subordinate?"
The corner of Yang Qing's mouth twitched. As the saying went, 'Good things never go out the door, bad things travel a thousand miles'. Even the Lady Boss of Tempest Tavern is familiar with the infamous Miao traitor. He replied, "The name 'Miao traitor' is nothing more than what the world says about my master. He is definitely not that kind of person."
Regardless of whether he was happy with Miao Yi abandoning them and running away, he still had to protect the Great Hall Master Miao when it was time to do so. At least on the surface. Otherwise, outsiders would look down on him, the Head Steward.
The Lady Boss smiled faintly and did not bring up this topic again. Instead, she continued, "As long as you're not here to cause trouble, everyone who comes here is a guest, regardless of who you are. Naturally, cultivators of the Celestial Nation are allowed to stay in our inn. However, I would like to ask if you are in cahoots with that troublemaker. "
Yang Qing immediately denied, "I am definitely not in cahoots with him. I have only just met him. In fact, I don't even know him at all. I don't even know his name."
As soon as he said this, the Lady Boss hurriedly reached for the teacup beside her and poured the tea down her throat.
The scholar and the others shifted their gazes away from Yang Qing's face and found a random spot to look at. They didn't dare to stare at Yang Qing anymore, afraid that they would burst out laughing if they saw his serious expression. The Head Steward who managed the two halls for Miao Yi actually said he didn't know Miao Yi. Wasn't this a joke?
Wu Qunfang and the others were sweating profusely. They were all relieved that Miao Yi hadn't exposed his identity. Yang Qing's words had frightened them. The entire family could tell that Head Steward Yang didn't know about Miao Yi's other identity as Niu Er. Since that was the case, the family couldn't reveal Miao Yi's identity, nor warn Yang Qing.
The Lady Boss ignored her image and greedily drank the entire cup of tea. Only then did her stomach, which was on the verge of cramping, calm down. She didn't burst out laughing immediately. She tilted her head to the scholar and asked, "Innkeeper, you saw it with your own eyes. Did they really not cause any trouble? "
The Confucian scholar replied, "Lady Boss, they really didn't do anything."
The Lady Boss nodded slightly and asked, "Have you found out the identities of those men in black?"
In truth, the scholar had already reported the identities of the black-robed men to the Lady Boss from the very beginning. After all, the scholar had been sitting in the main hall of Tempest Tavern for many years. He had seen all kinds of people in Flowing Clouds Dune Sea. Just because others didn't know who they were didn't mean that he didn't know who he was. Taking off their masks, he had seen them all before.
The Lady Boss was asking even though she already knew the answer. After spending so many years together, the scholar could naturally guess what the Lady Boss was thinking. It wasn't that the Lady Boss had forgotten, but that she wanted him to tell this group of outsiders. He immediately replied, "There's only one survivor, and I've seen him before. Back then, he was hunted down and hid in an inn. His name is Ning Jiu, and he was later recruited by Flowing Clouds Dune Sea's assassin organization, 'Peony'. The others who died were also Peony's men. "
As soon as he said this, Yang Qing, Wu Qunfang, and the others' expressions all changed slightly. 'Peony' was the most mysterious organization of assassins in Flowing Clouds Dune Sea. It had existed in Flowing Clouds Dune Sea for a very long time, and no one knew who was in charge of this organization. The lowest cultivation level of the people recruited by this organization was at least at the Red Lotus realm. From the fact that they had sent out five Purple Lotus cultivators earlier, it was obvious how powerful this organization was.
In the midst of their bewilderment, they didn't know whether the Confucian scholar's words were true or false. If it was true, how could the Swarm of Bees be a match for Peony?
The Lady Boss sneered, "Peony's got guts. How dare you cause trouble in my inn and break the rules of my inn! The stonemasons, dead or alive, were packed and brought to the sandcastle. I want to seek justice from Second Brother Huang and Fourth Brother Wu! "
Back at the sandcastle, Second Brother Huang, Fourth Brother Wu, Wu Qunfang, and the others were all shocked. Were they looking for the two overlords of Flowing Clouds Dune Sea, Huang Qingtian and Wu Duo?
"Yes!" The stonemason cupped his hands and accepted the order. He then pointed at Yang Qing and the others. "Lady Boss, what should we do with these people?"
The Lady Boss casually waved her hand and said, "Since they didn't cause any trouble in my inn, it wouldn't be good for us to make things difficult for our guests. It's up to them whether they want to stay or leave."
Wu Qunfang and the others heaved a sigh of relief.
Yang Qing, on the other hand, was a little surprised. 'They got through just like that? She didn't even ask about his relationship with Wu Qunfang and the others. Why did it feel like she was just going through the motions? '
As he quickly sorted through the situation from start to finish, a suspicion gradually grew in his mind. That madman Miao Yi was simply acting recklessly. He actually dared to make a move in Tempest Tavern, and even left them behind to run off. In the end, he even called out 'Sixteen' as the meeting point. It was as though he was certain that they had a way to leave Tempest Tavern.
At first, Yang Qing thought that Miao Yi had run off on his own to take responsibility for everything. He thought that Miao Yi was using this as an excuse to distance himself from them and help them escape safely. But now, combined with the Lady Boss's reaction, he keenly sensed that something was off.
If his suspicions were correct, then Miao Yi must be related to Tempest Tavern in some way.
As soon as he grasped this clue, Yang Qing quickly sorted through the information he had on Tempest Tavern, as well as the possible intersection between Miao Yi and Tempest Tavern.
In the blink of an eye, an unusual situation appeared in his mind.
He was never one to do things that he wasn't confident in. Before he checked into Tempest Tavern, he had already done a thorough investigation of the tavern's situation. This Lady Boss usually showed up at the tavern on a regular basis. However, it was clear that something was amiss today. The Lady Boss had suddenly appeared in the afternoon.
Yang Qing's mind was indeed extraordinary. After figuring this out, many of his questions were instantly answered.
The Lady Boss had suddenly appeared, and she even walked over to where they were seated to greet them. Another suspicious point was Miao Yi's abnormal behavior. Yang Qing had only said a few words about the Lady Boss's beauty, and Miao Yi acted as though he had taken the wrong medicine.
Yang Qing's brows twitched as his heart skipped a beat. His eyes instantly glinted as he stared at the Lady Boss. An even greater suspicion, one that caused him to be bewildered, appeared in his mind.
The Lady Boss had also noticed Yang Qing's abnormal behavior, and she cast a sidelong glance at him.
"What are you looking at? Have you never seen a woman as beautiful as the Lady Boss before? "The carpenter shouted at Yang Qing.
"My apologies, my apologies." Yang Qing cupped his fists and apologized. He knew that he had lost his composure, and quickly turned his head to the side.
The Lady Boss looked at him from head to toe. She could tell that the way Yang Qing looked at her was not the way a man would look at a woman covetously. Based on her woman's intuition, she could vaguely tell that there was something strange in Yang Qing's eyes.
"Let's go! The kitchen is not a place for guests like you to linger for long. "The cook waved his hand to dismiss the guests.
Yang Qing and the others immediately took their leave, while Cheng Yingxiang carried his father, Cheng Yaowei. When they reached the entrance of the kitchen, the Lady Boss suddenly said, "It looks like Head Cheng has been poisoned."
The few of them stopped and looked over. Wu Qunfang cupped her fists and said, "Lady Boss is wise. The other party also said that he fed my Head Cheng something, but I can't tell what poison he's been poisoned with."
The Lady Boss stood up and walked over. She stared at Cheng Yaowei, who was on the verge of death, and carefully examined him. She then reached out to open Cheng Yaowei's eyelids, and shook her head slightly. "If you want to save Head Cheng, you should hurry. He's been poisoned with 'Demonic Corpse Powder'. He'll die after the sun rises and the moon sets."
"Demonic Corpse Powder?" Wu Qunfang and her family exclaimed.
This was no ordinary poison. Once someone was poisoned by this poison, they would die after the sun rises and the moon sets. The cultivation in their body would turn into a Yao Core, and the person would become a corpse. At that time, the corpse could be dissected to retrieve the Core. This was a poison that was specially concocted to target human cultivators. It was useless against Yao cultivators, Ghost cultivators, and Devil cultivators who had formed their Cores. It was only effective against human cultivators who had not formed their Cores.
This poison wasn't the most frightening. The most frightening thing was that the people who concocted this poison all aimed to retrieve the Core. Almost no one would concoct an antidote. Moreover, this poison was relatively rare and difficult to concoct, so not many people knew how to treat it.
The purpose of Peony's people poisoning Cheng Yaowei was too obvious. They clearly had no intention of letting Cheng Yaowei go, and they even wanted to retrieve his Yao Core.
Cheng Yingxia asked anxiously, "Lady Boss, can you confirm it?"
The Lady Boss glanced at them and said indifferently, "Do you think I have a reason to lie to you?"
"That's not what my daughter meant." Wu Qunfang apologized, then asked anxiously, "Since Lady Boss can recognize this poison at a glance, can you neutralize it?"
The Lady Boss said with a hint of arrogance, "It's not like you don't know my background. My Devil Path's techniques are the best in the world, and the Great Devil Realm gathers the elites of the Devil Path. How can a mere 'Demonic Corpse Powder' stop me?!"
Wu Qunfang was overjoyed. She bowed and pleaded, "Lady Boss, please lend us a helping hand. The Cheng family will definitely reward you handsomely."
The Lady Boss said indifferently, "Second Mistress, you know the rules of Tempest Tavern. We do not keep grudges, only guests. This is a grudge between you and Peony. Tempest Tavern's rules have always been neutral, and we never involve ourselves in the grudges between our guests. Do you think I would break Tempest Tavern's rules for the sake of Great Mistress Cheng?"
These words were like a bucket of cold water being poured over the heads of the entire family.
That's right! The Cheng family all understood that Cheng Yaowei's life couldn't compare to Tempest Tavern's rules, and Cheng Yaowei's life couldn't possibly allow Tempest Tavern to break its rules.
Yang Qing suddenly cupped his fists and said, "Lady Boss, this Peony has already broken your tavern's rules by causing trouble. If you save her now, you won't involve yourself in the grudges between your guests. Peony was the one who provoked you first."
The Cheng family immediately nodded in agreement. Yang Qing's words had hit the nail on the head, giving them hope.
The Lady Boss looked him up and down. "You're speaking up for the Hive Gang. Are you very familiar with them?"
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