CH 147

Chapter 147 - Come on, try out your beguiling ability on me (3)

(T/N: It might be hard to picture how Xie Yuanqing is brewing the loose-leaf tea if you haven't seen traditional tea preparation, so here's a youtube link.)

Lu Xingchi stopped looking at Bei Nuan and indifferently looked at Xie Yuanqing.

"If you stop hiding someone that's about to become a zombie in your cellar, I won't have anything to worry about."

Xie Yuanqing smiled, picked up the teapot, and poured the tea into three cups.

He asked with a smile, "You figured it out? That's right, I had my subordinates pretend to save the Luo family's first son and hid him in my cellar. It's too unsafe to let him run around outside. It's better to keep a close eye on him."

He picked up a cup with the tea clippers and poured out the tea.

He said, "I had no other choice. People from Yao Zhen are too stubborn. If I don't let them see the horrors of zombies with their own eyes, they won't let my men guard the gate."

Xie Yuanqing lightly snorted.

"In the beginning, they didn't even check people for injuries before letting people in. They only gave into having an inspection after I caught two zombies to show them. Even now, the gatekeepers are using this as an opportunity to make money. As long as they're paid, they'll let strangers in by claiming they're relatives."

Xie Yuanqing raised his head to look Lu Xingchi in the eye. "That's how you guys got in, right? If they rely on those people to guard the gate, Yao Town won't last past a few days."

Lu Xingchi understood.

Xie Yuanqing knew where the Luo family's first son was, but he still put on that act in the meeting to gain control of Yao Zhen and gain prestige through intimidation. He was warning those gatekeepers that if they messed around, their families would also be beaten along with them if something bad happened.

Xie Yuanqing continued to say, "I originally planned on letting my subordinates bring him over. I didn't expect to be preempted by Bei Nuan.

Xie Yuanqing raised his head to smile at Bei Nuan.

This person seemed gentle and enlightened, but he was a deep and tough schemer.

Xie Yuanqing brewed another teapot of tea and poured the boiling hot tea into the fairness pitcher.

As if they were having a normal conversation, Lu Xingchi asked, "Isn't it dangerous to put him in your cellar?"

"Oh, I had someone drug him." Xie Yuanqing's tone was relaxed. "I tested it out before. People will feel weak all over after being drugged. Even after he becomes a zombie, he won't be able to run fast. He'd be easily dealt with. Besides, there are people watching this courtyard 24 hours a day."

Lu Xingchi thought about when he forced the Luo family's first son to walk to the public plaza. That guy's movements really were very slow. His legs were so wobbly as if he had no strength.

"And her?" Lu Xingchi asked, "Is she like this because of drugs?"

Xie Yuanqing had finished making the third pot of tea. "That's right."

He raised his hand to signal for Bei Nuan to take the tea.

"She likes drinking the tea I brew the most."

The small white porcelain cup was so thin that it was transparent. There were ripples in the golden yellow tea. The spirals of white steam from it were very fragrant.

Bei Nuan obediently picked up the teacup and took a small sip of the tea.

Xie Yuanqing gestured for Lu Xingchi to take the cup. His gaze was very playful as he waited to hear what excuse Lu Xingchi would use to refuse.

Lu Xingchi indifferently asked outright, "You drugged the tea?"

"Right. People will become very obedient after drinking it." Xie Yuanqing calmly listened. His eyes curved into crescents. "Very obedient to me."

Lu Xingchi had been watching his expression the entire time. He lightly snorted, picked up the teacup, and took a few sips.

His move caught Xie Yuanqing off guard, and Xie Yuanqing's smile slipped off.

Lu Xingchi calmly drank the tea. "It's easy to tell if a person is lying even if that person is an experienced liar. You've been trying to mislead me into thinking that her current state is because of drugs, but your expression and tone betrayed you a long time ago."

Lu Xingchi put down the cup.

Lu Xingchi continued. "If it's not drugs, then what is it? I heard there's a witchcraft that can enslave people's wills. The method to break that witchcraft is very simple…"

Xie Yuanqing had no idea what happened at that moment. When he came back to his senses in the next second, he was far away from the flower archway and nailed to the courtyard wall.

The metal rack that had been used to hang laundry had bent into a horseshoe shape that trapped his limbs and neck against the wall. The metal had bent in a perfect arc as if there had always been this locking device on the wall.

Lu Xingchi was also holding a half-long metal rod, and he was slowly stretching it out. The metal rod that was the thickness of thumb slowly stretched out like plastic in his hand until it formed an extremely sharp point.

Lu Xingchi finished his earlier sentence. "... just kill the witch. I really want to try it out."

Xie Yuanqing's subordinates had already come over, but they didn't dare to approach.

Lu Xingchi had already let go of the metal, and the sharp point was floating a few millimeters in front of Xie Yuanqing's eyes.

Lu Xingchi smiled. "Come on, try out your beguiling ability on me. Let's see who's faster."