After I disguised myself as a man, I became everyone's white moonlight

Chapter 171: I want to... Cut myself

They took away four thugs and the boss. The people outside who were watching the excitement had happy smiles on their faces and were pointing at the boss, which showed how unwelcome they were!

As for...Chu Xi caught the only waiter who was not taken away and had already taken advantage of the situation to slip away!

He knocked the man unconscious and walked through a remote alley back to his inn.

The waiter woke up from a daze, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the young man who was like a god of death in the grain shop sitting at a table not far away, holding a dagger in his hand and slowly peeling an apple.

The movement was swift and skillful, so skillful that the waiter felt a chill on his back. He felt that the other person was not peeling the apple, but was trying to... peel himself!

The waiter moved his hands, but found that they were tied up and to the bedposts. Unless he could move the entire bed, he could not move at all!

Chu Xi didn't look up, and slowly peeled the apple in his hand, "Wake up."

She used a declarative sentence to say this, which showed that she could hear the waiter's slight noise without even looking. Such a powerful person scared the waiter so much that cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

He looked up at Chu Xi almost reflexively. The boy was dressed in red, made of fine silk. The belt tied around his waist was embroidered with exquisite craftsmanship. His slender white fingers slowly turned the apple...

Seeing this, he swallowed again and asked quietly, "...What's the matter, sir?"

After Chu Xi peeled the apple, he casually stabbed the dagger in his hand into the table. The action was very casual, but the noise it made scared the waiter so much that his eyes widened.

No matter how good-looking Chu Xi in front of him was, and no matter how stunning his appearance was, he felt that... this person was the evil ghost Yama!

Chu Xi tilted her head slightly, looked at the frightened waiter, and suddenly curled her lips.

But she might as well not have laughed, because this laugh scared the waiter so much that he shrank back, even though... he had nowhere to retreat to, and if he retreated, he could only lean his back against the bedpost.

The touch clearly reminded him that he had nowhere to escape and the person in front of him could kill him at any time if he wanted to.

Chu Xi raised his eyebrows and said with a half-smile, "Why are you so afraid? You even dared to tip off the person, what else are you afraid of? Are you afraid of my dagger?"

As she spoke, she deliberately stroked the sharp dagger with her fingers. The dagger seemed to emit a silent cold silver light, which made the waiter break out in a cold sweat.

"I brought you here because I have a few questions to ask you."

Chu Xi saw that the fire was almost out. If he continued, the person would be frightened to death and he would not be able to interrogate him, so he immediately stopped and got to the point.

The waiter was also a smart person who could adapt to the situation. He knew that Chu Xi said this because he must want him to cooperate honestly, so he promised without thinking.

"Don't worry, sir. As long as you ask, I will tell you everything I know! I will never hide anything!"

Chu Xi smiled, "I like smart people like you."

Of course...only when she wants to know something. After all, no one really likes someone who is too good at changing with the wind!

The waiter received Chu Xi's praise, but he was not happy at all. He kept glancing at the dagger inserted into the table by Chu Xi's hand. He breathed secretly, always feeling that the sharp light would appear on his neck in the next moment.

Chu Xi's lips curved, "Why was your first reaction to report to the police? What is the relationship between the county magistrate and your boss?"

She never relaxed her vigilance against County Magistrate Yuan, and the doubts in her heart had never been erased.

Chu Xi knew that there was no way he could get a real answer to these questions from the county magistrate. Just by listening to his half-threatening and half-meaning rebuke to the boss, it was not difficult to see that this county magistrate... was not a clean person.

Instead of wasting time trying to pry open their mouths and get some vague, mixed information, it is better to start from other places.

The waiter was stunned and his scalp tingled. He didn’t expect that the young man would ask a decisive question as soon as he opened his mouth, and his question went straight to the point.

"...Our boss has a relationship with the county magistrate."

Chu Xi raised an eyebrow, "Yuanxi Grain Store was opened by the county magistrate, right? Really speaking, the owner should be the county magistrate, not the so-called owner you mentioned."

As she spoke, she lowered her eyes, picked up the dagger that she had thrust into the table earlier, and played with it slowly. Her leisurely movements made the waiter's eyelids twitch.

He didn't dare to hide anything, especially after Chu Xi glanced at him with her calm eyes that seemed to be able to see through people's hearts. He nodded quickly and told him everything he knew.

As Chu Xi expected, Yuanxi Grain Store was opened by County Magistrate Yuan, and the owner was just a cover. The two of them also had a relationship that outsiders didn't know much about...

The Dong family who was taken away had a distant relationship with Yuan County Magistrate, and they were brothers of the same clan within the fifth degree of mourning.

County Magistrate Yuan is a corrupt official who loves money. As a county magistrate, it is not easy for him to show up in public and do such things, so naturally he can only find someone he can trust a little.

Soon...now he has his eyes on the "boss" of Yuanxi Grain Shop. In his eyes, this is a good candidate. As a distant cousin of the same clan, the other party has no official position and is idle.

Such a person can only live by relying on County Magistrate Yuan. At most, he is borrowing County Magistrate Yuan's name to bully others. He does not have the courage to betray or keep the money for himself.

After all, he knew nothing and had no ability or background. Apart from relying on the "recruitment" of County Magistrate Yuan, he was of no other use.

Although the waiter looks inconspicuous at ordinary times, he is quite smart. He is also a spy planted by the county magistrate next to the fake boss, just to keep an eye on the other party and see if he will do anything that is disadvantageous to the county magistrate.

For example, being too selfish and wanting to keep all the money for oneself, or telling these secrets to others.

Looking at this insignificant little guy, it turned out that he knew quite a lot of inside information. After listening to him, Chu Xi turned around with a cold look, holding a dagger in one hand and turning an apple in the other.

I faced the waiter who was clinging to the bedpost and asked the most crucial question.

“Why is the rice in the granary moldy?”

There was a trace of panic in the waiter's eyes, as if he was caught off guard by Chu Xi's question. He quickly lowered his eyes and answered nervously.

"I really don't know. I'm just a handyman. How could I know so much?"

Chu Xi was not soft-hearted. As soon as he finished speaking, he quickly shot the dagger in his hand, aimed at the waiter's head, and nailed a few of his hairs to the bedpost...

The waiter was just a step away from death!

He shrank back stiffly, but the hard bedpost left him nowhere to escape.

Chu Xi's eyes were calm and cold, "You know."

The confident words made the waiter's mind, which was blank due to fear, freeze for a moment. He looked up at the boy opposite him blankly. The boy had an androgynous, harmless face, and looked like a handsome man...

But he shivered for no reason and broke out in a cold sweat on his back.