What terrified him even more was that those divine Protectors, normally capable of anything, had collapsed on the floor just like ordinary mortals.
Li Sanyuan, who had been shouting for a tip earlier, had actually fallen headfirst into a wine vat in the shop. Half his body was submerged in the wine, and it was impossible to tell whether he was dead or alive.
As he trembled all over in terror, someone lifted the blue cloth curtain between the dining room and the kitchen, and the shopkeeper from earlier strolled out.
He glanced at the driver slumped on the threshold and immediately laughed. "Oh my, did we miss one?"
Immediately afterward, a woman of celestial beauty emerged from behind the curtain and said in a clear voice, "He was probably busy unloading outside and only just came in. Leave him to me. I'll deal with him."
The driver was scared out of his wits. He scrambled to his feet and tried to run.
But the woman merely waved her hand, and the wine and sauce pooled across the floor suddenly rose into the air, drenching him from head to toe.
Terrified, he hurriedly felt all over his body, but apart from the reek of wine and food, nothing seemed amiss.
While he was utterly bewildered, the shopkeeper pointed at him with a smile and chanted, "Down you go, down you go."
The moment the words left his mouth, the driver's vision went black. His body went limp, and he passed out.
The shopkeeper was, of course, Cui Jiuyang in disguise.
He and Li Mingyue had traveled day and night from Baise to Laitou. First, they had drugged the real shopkeeper unconscious and settled him on a bed in a guest room. Then Cui Jiuyang had disguised himself as the shopkeeper