Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots-Chapter 822 - 107 Red-Braised Whip (Second Update)_2

Xia Zheng hooked a smile at the corner of his mouth and dug at his ear. The sound was quite delightful; he should savor it properly.

The leading government official had a big, black footprint on his left cheek, his right hand was twisted behind his back into his pants, and his left hand was hooked around his own neck. Such a strange pose made Lin Yuan chuckle, her small face flushing red.

"You, you dare to lay hands on a government official! Don’t you know who our superior is! Let me tell you, today you hit me, and I will make sure you won’t get away with this!"

This leading government official had been "taken care of" and turned into a twisted pretzel, yet his mouth was still so tough!

Xia Zheng dug at his ear again and frowned, "Which mad dog was barking just now? Somebody stuff its mouth quickly; it would be bad if it starts biting people."

Lin Yuan added with a smile, "Exactly, this dog must be mad. If it bites someone and they get rabies, what then?"

The corner of Lin Yi’s mouth twitched. The couple had their fun with words, but in the end, wasn’t it he who had to do the dirty work?

Perhaps feeling resentful inside, Lin Yi’s hand was a bit heavier this time. His hand appeared to casually sweep across the government official’s face, and when they looked again, the official’s mouth was wide open, his tongue sticking out long, with drool dripping down the corners of his mouth.

Wow, just like that and he had dislocated his jaw. Lin Yuan admired Lin Yi with a glance, nodding appreciatively.

The government officials who had come along were also stunned by Lin Yi’s nearly magical moves. Those who had wanted to quickly retort now all kept their mouths firmly shut, afraid they might end up like their leader with a dislocated jaw, dribbling like fools.

However, keeping silent was clearly not going to save them from their fate.

"Huh, why is no one talking anymore? Could it be that all these people are mute?"

The government officials watched the teenage girl sweeping her eyes over them with a smile, and what puzzled them was how such a seemingly harmless and joyous young girl made them feel a chill in their bones by just looking at them.

Indeed, after the handsome young master asked, "What should we do?" with a tilt of his head, the lovely and cute young girl giggled, "Since they are all mutely mute, what’s the point of keeping their tongues? Just pull them out. Oh, and don’t throw the tongues away. This young lady will use those tongues to make a dish later. Hmm, what should I make? Ah, right, let’s make red-braised whip, and add lots of chili peppers; it’ll definitely be delicious."

Imagining their tongues marinated with hot chili pepper, the government officials involuntarily shivered.

Xia Zheng clearly felt it wasn’t enough and, wrapping his arm around someone’s waist, laughed, "Red-braised whip? The name doesn’t seem quite right."

"How so?"

"Think about it, it’s only pig tongues that are called whip. They are mad dogs, not pigs; how could it be called whip?"

"That’s true, so what should it be called?" Lin Yuan asked, tilting her head, her expression innocent and cheerful as if the bloody business of pulling out tongues was the furthest thing from her mind.

Xia Zheng arched an eyebrow, considered for a moment, and said, "Red-Braised Whip, but remember not to cook it too tough when you make the dish later. Otherwise, the tongues will lose their original color and texture."

Lin Yuan pursed her lips and glanced at him with a smile, "You, you’re so picky, almost on the level of Golden Tongue."

Xia Zheng chuckled, taking Lin Yuan’s words as high praise.

On the side, Lin Yi rolled his eyes in boredom, muttering under his breath, "These two Demon Kings are indeed a perfect match."

As Lin Yuan and Xia Zheng eagerly discussed, the group of government officials listened in horror, their clothes drenched in cold sweat.

A government official trapped by a stool could not help but go weak in the knees, but unable to kneel down to beg for mercy, he could only shiver, lips trembling, bowing, and giving a salute, "Madam, please spare my life, I was wrong, I will never dare again."

Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow but didn’t turn around, and said to Xia Zheng, "Oh? So there’s still one who isn’t mute!"

Xia Zheng laughed and said, "If he’s not mute, does that mean we can’t pull out his tongue?"

Lin Yuan curled her lip, "Then let’s not pull it out. Aren’t there several mutes anyway? Just pull theirs out!"

Upon hearing this, the government officials who hadn’t managed to speak yet scrambled to plead for mercy, and instantly the room transformed. The officials who had just been smashing and causing havoc in the great hall had now turned into meek little sheep.

Many onlookers gathered at the door, pointing and laughing so hard they doubled over.

Lin Yuan and Xia Zheng exchanged a glance and then turned to the government official who had begged for mercy first, "Speak."

Although it wasn’t made clear what they were supposed to say, the official seemed to miraculously understand and nodded repeatedly: "To answer the master and the young lady, we are officers from the county government. Today, we were ordered by Master Magistrate to seal Fragrant Full Building."

To seal Fragrant Full Building?

Lin Yuan looked down, sneering internally. The matter of poisoning had not even been cleared up, and here they were, seizing the shopkeeper and now sealing the tavern. The Master Magistrate was truly diligent in his duty!

Xia Zheng was also amused by anger, snorting disdainfully, "Sealing? Then what exactly did you do when you came in just now?"

When brought up with this, all the officials’ faces turned slightly red, and they hung their heads without speaking.

"Where’s the seal?"

"It’s, it’s with the boss."

Xia Zheng nodded. Lin Yi strode to the leading official in just a few steps, searching his body with great disgust and roughness, and indeed found two seals in his bosom.

After looking at the sealing paper for a moment, Xia Zheng threw the two papers onto the ground dismissively and glanced at them with contempt, "Is Fragrant Full Building something you can just seal as you please? Go back and ask Wang Hong if he still wants the ball on top of his neck. If he doesn’t, I wouldn’t mind helping him chop it off! Get out!"

Having been pardoned by Xia Zheng, the officials fled as if they had been given a new lease on life, not willing to linger any longer and hurried outside, even those trapped in chairs and stools didn’t bother to escape and fled while carrying them.

The leading official didn’t dare to ask Lin Yi to fix his jaw anymore and continued to flee with that bizarre pose as he passed by Lin Yuan and the others, avoiding them as if evading a plague.

Among the spectators at the door, some mischievous soul stretched out a foot, tripping the leading official. Both of his arms were locked to his body and couldn’t move, so this fall broke his balance completely, and face down he went!

Ha-ha-ha-ha.

Thunderous laughter erupted from the crowd; it seemed like these officials had been so oppressive in their everyday behavior that even the common people couldn’t stand it anymore.

Watching everyone doubled over with laughter, Lin Yuan couldn’t help but smile to herself, improving her mood quite a bit.

The shop assistant who had stayed behind to look after the place finally dared to acknowledge his boss, tears brimming as he chokedly called out, "Boss."

Xia Zheng frowned, disapproving of a man crying. After all, this assistant was a man; couldn’t he manage something without crying? What kind of people had Shopkeeper Wu chosen!

"Stop crying!"

Xia Zheng grunted sternly, causing the assistant to shiver and cry even harder.

Xia Zheng felt his head buzzing.