Xuan'an City is not always peaceful. Something big seems to have happened in the city at this moment. The sounds of chaotic footsteps, horse hooves and shouts can be heard from all over the city.

Several groups of officers and soldiers lined up neatly were running quickly in all directions of Xuan'an City. They were holding bows, arrows and sharp blades. They should be the officers and soldiers patrolling the city looking for something.

"Chase, she is still in the city!"

Passers-by on the street clung to the wall to avoid the incident, and vendors immediately put away their stalls.

The officials were searching from door to door in the shops along the road. The blood stains in the middle of the road proved that the person they wanted to pursue had passed through this street not long ago.

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The door to the backyard of Jinsefang was knocked open from the outside, and a woman whose clothes were stained with blood and had an arrow in her right arm came in gasping for breath. She was covered with gauze and her clothes were ragged. She was covering the wound with one hand.

Holding the hilt of the sword tightly with one hand, his breathing was already somewhat disordered.

At this moment, a hand suddenly stretched out from the door on the side and grabbed her robe.

"Hiss——" The wound on her arm was stretched, and the woman who was hit by the arrow was shocked, her body trembled, and she couldn't help but cry out.

"Silence, there are officers and soldiers outside."

A bare hand covered her now somewhat white lips. Upon hearing this light voice, the woman who had been hit by the arrow loosened the hilt of the sword in her hand, and the long sword naturally fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

The owner of this plain hand was Hua Yaoying. Blood was oozing from the shoulder of the woman who had been hit by the arrow. Hua Yaoying took her into the door, closed the door, and locked the door tightly with the bolt.

This is Hua Yaoying's boudoir. The space in the room is quite spacious. In addition to herself, there is another old woman in the room.

"Yaoying, you can no longer have any contact with her and leave her to us. If she fails, she should be abandoned."

Seeing Hua Yaoying bringing the injured woman in, the old woman immediately stepped forward and tried to stop Hua Yaoying from doing this.

"Sister Yaoying, I'll go with them."

When the injured woman heard the old woman's words, she held the sword harder. At this time, the wound on her right arm became more painful, but she tried her best to stop herself from crying out in pain.

"I have made it clear from the beginning that this matter is my decision. No matter what the outcome is, I have the final say. We must first find a way to cure her and find an opportunity to send her out of the city." Hua Yao turned around.

He turned his head to look at the old woman, with an unkind look on her face.

When the old woman heard this, she opened her mouth and wanted to object, but seeing Hua Yaoying's resolute attitude, she had no choice but to shake her head and sigh, sit back on the bed and stop caring.

"Don't move, let me bandage your wound first."

"Yes." The woman nodded in agreement. Hua Yaoying took out a piece of silk and satin from the cabinet on the side and helped her wrap the silk and satin around the wound of the arrow.

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Zhang Yuer's talent in cooking once again amazed Situ Xi. Although the jujube cake she made was different from her previous life, it tasted great.

The pastry was divided into very small pieces. Situ Xi took a bite and found that it was fluffy in the mouth and the sweetness of candied dates was just right.

After eating this pastry, Situ Xi became more certain that the dessert shop had great potential.

After receiving Situ Xi's approval, Zhang Yu'er immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Tomorrow was the start of the Spring Food Festival, and she was actually unsure about the fresh snacks she had made.

Mu Juzheng was also highly appreciating the jar of soju that shopkeeper Zhang had brought for him. In this era, high-strength liquor was already available. After opening the jar, the rich aroma of the wine soon filled the wine shop.

Since a sake restaurant dares to use sake in its name, it is natural that it will not disappoint customers in terms of the quality of the wine.

I asked shopkeeper Zhang and found out that Chen Zhi had not been here in the past two days, perhaps because she was quite busy.

"Brother Xi, if you are free tomorrow, you must come to Lezhen Road to support me. I have already visited the venue. It is right at the intersection and there are a lot of people coming and going."

Lao Zhangtou poured himself a bowl of wine. He had been preparing for such a long time just to get a good result tomorrow. It would be a lie to say he wasn't nervous.

Situ Xi has been to the restaurant so many times, but it is still rare to see Lao Zhangtou drinking. There are too many uncertain factors in the process of competition. If you take it too seriously, it will not be a good thing.

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"I will definitely go. You don't have to think too much. Even if we fail tomorrow, it will not affect our ability to expand the restaurant."

"Brother Xi, we haven't started yet, so don't lose confidence. I've heard that the winner this time may have the opportunity to cook one or two dishes for some important ministers at the Flower Festival."

"Flower Festival?" In Situ Xi's impression, it seemed that he had no memory of this festival in the past.

"It's the Great Flower Dynasty every year. It's on the 25th day of the second lunar month. It's almost time from now. It's the most grand festival in the spring of Chu State. At that time, all the officials in the court will have a three-day holiday."

There really isn't much time left. There are really a lot of festivals in spring, but more holidays are always a good thing. It seems that this business must be started as soon as possible, otherwise a lot of profits will be lost.

The jujube cakes and cakes tasted good. Situ Xi asked Zhang Yuer for some more, preparing to pack them up for Zhongli Min to take home to eat.

He still had to find a way to solve the problem of Mu Juzheng and Mu Feng's residence. After all, they came to seek refuge with him.

However, during this period of time, we can only let them stay in the inn first. Although I have bought a new house, I have not moved in yet, so it is not feasible to let the guests stay first.

"Your Highness, have you made some enemies in Chu State?"

The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, and the atmosphere in the restaurant was originally full of joy. But while Situ Xi was packing cakes, Mu Juzheng suddenly whispered a strange question into his ear.

"Is there anything wrong?" Situ Xi stopped what he was doing and saw that Mu Juzheng's expression was a little serious, and he immediately became serious.

"We noticed someone following us on the road. At that time, we thought it was an official guarding you. However, not long after we entered the store, he seemed to have disappeared again."

"Can you see clearly?"

"There's no mistake. There was indeed a tail behind us when we came here, but now we're gone."

Mu Juzheng picked up the wine cup and drank all the wine in one gulp.


Chapter completed!