Ghost of the Imperial Kitchen

　　"This is the place."

　　"Yeah, here."

　　Two big men, one armed with a sabre and the other with a rod stood at the front of the kitchen, but didn't dare continue forward.

　　The two of them exchanged glances.

　　"Brother Zhang, your specialty the Big Whirlwind Slash's overwhelming power rules Hejian! Don't hold back when you go in. As soon as you see that ghost, slice him into six with three slashes! Slash him like a savage!"

　　"Brother Li, your school's Cross Soul-Chaser rod style is powerful too. Cross Soul-Chaser style could knock someone out before they could react. When you see him, you don't need to say anything, just batter him!"

　　"Yeah, f.u.c.k him up."

　　"Yeah, f.u.c.k him up!"

　　The two of them were fired up and looked awe-inspiring. But then after a while…

　　"…… Why aren't you going in?"

　　"What a stupid question. There's a ghost inside, who would want to go in first?!"

　　"Have you no shame? Didn't you say cut him into six?"

　　"You said to batter him as soon as you saw him! Have you no shame?!"

　　The two of them argued endlessly until a voice came from inside.

　　"Where did you say there was a ghost?"

　　I think that was the first and last thing I said to them because I enjoyed slapping them afterwards.

　　Where in the devil are these people coming from?

　　I looked down at this uhh… and the dozens of people in black I slapped out of convenience before. When you're dressed in black like this, it's dead-obvious you aren't up to no good, yet they dared to strut around in the palace with no reserve. I don't know that there's anyone braver than them.

　　A fragrant smell suddenly hit my nose. Imperial Doctor Dai was carrying a dish of refreshments. I don't know what it is but there was steam coming from it. The very sight of it would make you drool.

　　Imperial Doctor Dai courteously smiled and said: "There are some refreshments that have just been made. See if this… you got it?" After I taught him about the meridians controlling one's conscious mind, he seemed to firmly believe that I was his second s.h.i.+fu, and then he started behaving like this. He was a medical-studies fanatic, however, he wasn't someone who'd hurt anyone so I didn't bother him.

　　"Alright, thank you." I grabbed the refreshments and took a bite. Wow, did it leave a nice fragrance in my mouth. The imperial kitchen's dishes lives up to its reputation!

　　That's right.

　　I brought an unconscious Su Xiao with me to the imperial kitchen following the lead of Imperial Doctor Dai. And right now, I'm eating their food without permission!

　　Kekeke, don't look down on me! I'm actually trying to make sense of the entire incident here…… Where are the braised pork shoulders? That's minus points! I reluctantly collected all the food I could find together, but not even all of it together was enough for me. And so, I sat to one side and slowly enjoyed them. Su Xiao was sound asleep next to the boiler as if he was having a sweet dream.

　　"Huehue… Big Brother Ming, I scared you, didn't I……?"

　　It sounded like he saw me in his dream. I don't know what he was doing but he was smiling sweetly.

　　"It's snowing heavily. Why are you drinking outside?" Su Xiao was holding firewood. His face twitched gently, "You're such a scaredy-cat. You're crying over something so trivial."