The words Meng Xizi roared suddenly stunned everyone.
Some immediately realized that what they had said was indeed inappropriate. Who was their esteemed lord? Could they be bribed with money and women?
No wonder His Majesty the King was so furious!
Indeed!
This was simply an insult to their esteemed lord!
"Esteemed Lord, we were wrong!"
Those people shouted in unison.
Facing their terrified expressions.
Cheng Xiaofan couldn't help but give a wry smile.
He said, "You all get up. Don't kneel there."
"You're lucky you weren't infected by the virus."
"If it weren't for those roasted ducks flying into the sky and scaring you all away."
"Hmph, you would have all died long ago!"
"Ah—"
Hearing this, those people were filled with a mixture of shock and joy.
Almost in unison, they exclaimed, "God, who would have thought it was those roasted ducks flying into the sky that saved us!"
Upon hearing this.
Cheng Xiaofan curled his lips.
He thought to himself, if it wasn't for my childish sense of fun.
Could those roasted ducks really fly?
You should be thanking this lord!
But these words were hard to say out loud.
To do a good deed and not be able to speak of it.
Wasn't that frustrating!
Thinking of the large amount of gold he had received.
His heart felt a little better.
"I have something to ask you!"
At this moment, Cheng Xiaofan asked with a frown, "Yesterday, in the middle of the night."
"Why did you go to that barbecue restaurant?"
For a moment.
Those people looked at each other, and no one spoke.
Meng Xizi roared angrily, "Are your ears deaf?"
"Your esteemed lord is asking you, and you dare to pretend not to hear?"
"Believe it or not, I'll send you to eat prison food!"
"I'll tell you, I'll tell you!"
One person hurriedly said, "To our esteemed lord, I really don't know how I got there."
"Last night, I had already gone to bed. I seemed to hear someone calling my name outside the door."
"Saying that the famous barbecue restaurant in the capital was offering free roasted duck."
"Then, a peculiar aroma of roasted duck drifted into my nostrils."
"I was drawn out of bed by that fragrance."
"And I ended up at that barbecue restaurant in a daze!"
Meng Xizi immediately glared, "Are you talking in your sleep?"
"Something like that exists in the world?"
"Are you insulting your esteemed lord's intelligence?"
The man, terrified, quickly knelt down again and said, "To His Majesty the King, every word I say is true."
"Even if I had the courage to swallow the sky, I wouldn't dare to deceive our esteemed lord!"
Cheng Xiaofan shook his head at Meng Xizi.
He said, "Old Meng, please calm down. I don't think he's lying."
Meng Xizi then suppressed his anger.
He said to the others, "How did you get to the barbecue restaurant?"
"All of you, tell our esteemed lord honestly, one by one."
"This matter is of great importance. Whoever dares to lie!"
"I will not spare you!"
He was anxious, even resorting to vulgar language.
Someone immediately followed suit.
He said to Cheng Xiaofan, "Esteemed Lord, it's the same as what the person before me said."
"After going to bed, I heard someone call my name."
"Telling me to go to the barbecue restaurant for free roasted duck."
"I just went there in a daze."
"Esteemed Lord, it's the same for me as it is for them!"
The beautiful woman who was the first to kneel and cry to Cheng Xiaofan also said, "Even when I arrived at the barbecue restaurant, I was still in a daze and didn't know how I got there."
"It wasn't until those roasted ducks flew into the sky that I seemed to wake up from a dream!"
As soon as she finished speaking.
The others also said one after another.
"Yes, it's the same for me as it is for this lady!"
"It's the same for me too. Fortunately, the roasted ducks flew into the sky, which woke me up."
"Last night, when I went to the barbecue restaurant, I felt like I was sleepwalking!"
After listening to their explanations, Cheng Xiaofan smiled faintly.
He said, "I understand. My questions are now concluded!"
He then said to Meng Xizi, "Old Meng, let's return to the royal palace!"
Meng Xizi knew that Cheng Xiaofan had something to discuss with him at the palace.
He immediately said, "Alright, everything is as our esteemed lord commands."
Just as they were about to turn to leave, a voice came from behind them.
"Your Majesty the King, can we go back now?"
Meng Xizi heard this, immediately turned around, and said fiercely, "What, you want to go back?"
"For the next ten days, you will all properly reflect here."
"Each person will receive one piece of bread and a glass of plain water every day!"
"Your Majesty the King, we didn't willingly go to the barbecue restaurant last night!" someone immediately cried out in protest.
Meng Xizi glared and shouted, "Whoever dares to say another word won't even get bread!"
His words made those people immediately fall silent in fear.
They thought, one piece of bread and a glass of water every day.
After ten days, they would be carried out.
If they said any more, they would starve to death.
Everyone had no choice but to compromise.
And chose to keep silent.
Boom!
As soon as the group came out of the hall, someone came and locked the large door.
Cheng Xiaofan had already seen in the news that although this small country was very wealthy, its laws were extremely strict.
It was said that a powerful figure had forcibly insulted a commoner's woman. When caught, he was not only castrated but also hung up and whipped for three days.
He was eventually whipped to death.
However.
This was their country's situation.
Cheng Xiaofan paid no attention to it.
Back at the royal palace.
The group was seated.
This time, Cheng Xiaofan was honored as the main seat.
Meng Xizi sat only in the lower position.
And the other ministers sat on the sides.
"Esteemed Lord,"
After everyone was seated, Meng Xizi asked respectfully, "Do you think what those people said was the truth?"
Cheng Xiaofan nodded and said, "Old Meng, I can confirm this."
"What they said is indeed the truth."
"Today, after I saw the condition of the chef and others who died in the Forsno residential area."
"I had a premonition that those people who went to the barbecue restaurant in the middle of the night might have been controlled by a mysterious force, which is why they went."
Meng Xizi asked curiously, "Esteemed Lord, do you mean the barbecue restaurant chef did it?"
"But why would he do that?"
Cheng Xiaofan shook his head.
He smiled and said, "How could the barbecue restaurant chef have such abilities?"
"According to my guess, the chef in the barbecue restaurant had long been controlled by a mysterious force."
"Old Meng, think about it, as a small businessman, would he have the guts to violate the royal decree and deliver roasted duck late at night?"
"Also, I want to tell you that the innocent chef was actually a virus bomb planted in the capital!"
Virus bomb?
These four words stunned Meng Xizi and the ministers present.
Cheng Xiaofan spoke eloquently, "You should all be well aware that those who rushed to the barbecue restaurant last night."
"Were all prominent figures, and they lived in various prosperous villa districts in the capital. 138 Reading Network"
"If they were infected by the chef's virus at the barbecue restaurant and brought it back to their residences, what kind of impact would it have on the entire capital?"
At that moment!
Meng Xizi and the ministers present felt a chill run down their spines.