The old fat lady was standing in a room along with a group of servants, Yue and some guards.
"Now tell me exactly what happened?" The madam questioned with a cold tone.
Yue was nervous and was still a bit dazed as she had just woken up. It had taken the others a few minutes to be able to wake her up. She couldn't remember how she had fallen asleep, and the last thing she remembered was kicking the servants out.
The first thing she did after waking up was checking her body and she was shocked to find out she was not touched at all. It wouldn't have been uncommon for a client to do something and they wouldn't really mind it either.
But this was the first time a client had gone away without doing anything at all. He had only eaten some of the food, which reminded her that the food was drugged.
'Wait, why did he continue to eat it even after he found out it was drugged? Seems like that was a warning, to show us not to try tricks like that on him.' Yue thought to herself.
The servants that had served Lin Mu were currently trembling in their place and didn't have the courage to speak.
"WELL DID THE CAT GET YOUR TONGUES? SPEAK!" The madam yelled.
"EEK" the servants flinched but still didn't dare to speak.
"Madam, let me tell you what happened. These bitches dared to act on their own and drugged the food that was served to Young Lord Mu Lin. Thankfully, he was merciful and did not punish us, which would have been valid considering his status." Yue said with spite while looking at the servants.
The expression of the servants only kept on falling the more they heard Yue's words, but they didn't dare to deny it either. The proof was already there as the food was still there. If they were found lying their punishment would only be more severe.
"WHAT! You dare!" The madam shouted and slapped the leader of the servants, knocking her to the wall.
~Thwack~
Her head struck the wall and started bleeding, but she made no voice for she had already passed out. The other servants only became more fearful.
"You have no idea what kind of person you offend. While we do not know his background I sensed the power in him. His aura was nothing that any common cultivator would have." The madam stated.
"This is true madam, we felt this first hand. When the young lord found out about the food being drugged, merely his gaze was enough to make us kneel." Yue agreed.
The madam only became more angry after hearing that they had potentially offended a strong cultivator.
"This is far too big that I thought then. Only the lord can decide now." The madam declared.
Two of the servant girls directly fainted from the stress after hearing this, while the others clapped on the ground helplessly.
***
Lin Mu was sitting on the bed while calming thinking about all that he had learned today.
"Seems like Lord Cai was not lying about it, seeing his reaction from when he attacked me, he genuinely seemed shocked." Lin Mu muttered to himself.
"But the operation of the Gu legion is also strange in this case, why didn't they just attack him, unlike the others?" Lin Mu wondered.
"It's most likely because of his status. They can't really claim a well known Establishment like this in a city like this without suspicion. The people would not be calm. Besides, we already know that the Mayor may be involved in this." Xukong remained.
"Of course, how did I not realized this!" Lin Mu exclaimed.
"You are already tired, some times our mind plays tricks on us and makes things complex," Xukong replied.
Lin Mu was indeed quite tired, even if not physically but mentally he was. This was the largest amount of spirit qi he had used ever since reaching the peak stage of the qi refining realm.
"Looks like the mayor got the Gu legion to try to take over the Alluring Wisteria pavilion so that he can get their money for all his needs. Lord Cai is influential in the city too which means that even the mayor cannot act in a highhanded manner with him and would need to hide his real intentions." Lin Mu analyzed.
"What do you want to do now? Will you inform the Lord Hei?" Xukong asked.
"Hmm, I'm thinking to wait and watch for a couple of days. There are still many things we do not know and acting on our own may become problematic considering that we've already ruffled a few feathers today. The disciples of the Tri cauldron peony sect should find out about the missing servant too soon, and perhaps even the seal that I stole.
We'll lay low and watch the show, only acting when we have more information. Besides, the wife of the mayor is also alert from my mistake before. It would do us no good if we are reckless." Lin Mu replied after thinking for a bit.
"Good, this a well thought out plan," Xukong praised.
Lin Mu nodded his head and went back to cultivating. With all the basic qi pills he had replenishing all his qi would still take him an entire day as he had used a lot of liquid spirit qi.
'I need to get rid of the servant's body too…' Lin Mu remembered.
Hours passed by as the night turned to day and then back to night. Lin Mu heard a knock on the door and woke up.
"Master, would you like to have dinner?" The servant asked.
Lin Mu looked outside and saw the moon, knowing that he lost track of time, he nodded his head.
"I'll get it in a minute," The servant said before going away and coming back with trays of food.
"Tell me what has recently happened in the city." Lin Mu ordered the servant.
Lin Mu then calmly ate his food while hearing some news from the servant.
