A knife in love

Chapter 1102

Seeing the trembling look of the shopkeeper, Li Qiufeng naturally knew that after chasing him out of the tavern just now, he asked the group surnamed Lou about his background and identified himself as a son of Dongchang, which made him so frightened.Thinking of this, Li Qiufeng felt slightly apologetic, he didn't want to disturb everyone here, so he stood up and said: "Please trouble the shopkeeper. I want wine and vegetables, do you know if they are ready?"

The shopkeeper calmed down a bit at this time, seeing Li Qiufeng's kind words, and carefully recalling the situation in the store just now, he didn't say anything to offend the court, so he calmed down a little, nodded and bowed to Li Qiufeng and said: "The villain Just go and give the uncle a reminder, please wait a moment..."

When he said this, he suddenly remembered that he hadn't arranged a table for Li Qiufeng, but just invited him to sit outside the counter, and he couldn't help but tremble, thinking to himself that he would hold a grudge against this official from Beijing if he treated him like this.After he turned back to the pier, he had to bring people back to take revenge, and he had to smash the Huahong Pavilion.I am afraid that the tavern that I have worked hard for three generations will not be able to escape this catastrophe.Thinking of this, the shopkeeper's face immediately turned pale, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and he could no longer speak.

The drinkers in the tavern didn't pay attention to what the shopkeeper and Li Qiufeng said, they were making a noise, talking and laughing loudly.Seeing the shopkeeper's ashen face, Li Qiufeng felt more and more sorry, and hurriedly said to the shopkeeper, "I'm just a passerby who stopped by to buy some food and drink, so don't worry about it."

The shopkeeper reluctantly nodded, with a smile on his face, but it was uglier than crying.He said in a trembling voice: "Yes, yes, I will go to the kitchen to remind you..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the curtain of the corner door leading to the kitchen was lifted, and the waiter came out quickly with a roast chicken wrapped in paper.The shopkeeper seemed to be pardoned, and rushed to Xiao Er in three steps at a time. He snatched the roasted chicken from his hand, turned around and ran all the way to Li Qiufeng, handed the roasted chicken in front of Li Qiufeng with both hands, and said: "I have delayed the business of my uncle, I hope my uncle will forgive me."

Li Qiufeng smiled bitterly, took the roast chicken, and said, "The shopkeeper is too polite."

The waiter picked up another jar of wine from the counter, wrapped a hemp rope around the jar, handed it to Li Qiufeng, and said with a smile: "Master's things are all ready. If you want more Wine bowls, I'll pack a few more for you with the smaller ones."

Li Qiufeng took the wine jar, shook his head, and said, "I don't want the bowl, thank you for your care."

After he finished speaking, he smiled at the shopkeeper, turned around and left the Huahong Pavilion.It's just that after he walked more than twenty steps, he only heard the sound of chaotic footsteps behind him.Li Qiufeng turned his head to look, but saw a group of drinkers scrambling and scrambling to escape from the Huahong Restaurant, and scattered as soon as they left the pub.Li Qiufeng knew that the palm refusal had revealed his background to the drinkers, and when they heard that he was an official from the capital, everyone was terrified and fled in all directions.He smiled helplessly, but he had no choice but to turn around and walk away.

When Li Qiufeng was in the capital, he had a lot of dealings with Dongchang, and he knew that these fans were vicious and cunning, but he must have scruples about showing the badge of Jin Yiwei.If he made a detour back to the pier, he would not know the way, nor would he know when he would be able to return to the boat.It's better to go back the same way, and I won't embarrass myself if I think about these things.

He made up his mind and walked back along the way he came.When they reached the intersection guarded by officers and soldiers, the leader of the army saw Li Qiufeng arriving, and hurriedly ordered his soldiers to get out of the way.Without any effort, Li Qiufeng swaggered through the defense line of officers and soldiers, and walked straight to the pier.He knew that in the darkness all around, countless Dongchang fans were ambushing.But he was not worried, and still walked towards the pier unhurriedly.When they passed by the tavern where the Dongchang fanzi set up an ambush, they saw that the tavern was still brightly lit, presumably these fans were still waiting for the person they were looking for to throw themselves into the trap.

Li Qiufeng walked back to the pier, and jumped onto the boat with the wine jar and roast chicken.The boatman and two boatmen had already finished their dinner and were sitting on the bow of the boat chatting.Seeing Li Qiufeng coming back, the three of them hurriedly stood up and chatted with Li Qiufeng.Li Qiufeng had something on his mind, so he dealt with it casually, and then got into the cabin.

Humpty Humpty was talking with the old man in the cabin.Before Li Qiufeng entered the cabin, the short fat man could already smell the aroma of roast chicken.He jumped up and grabbed the entrance of the cabin, almost colliding with Li Qiufeng.Just as Li Qiufeng was about to speak, the short fat man suddenly stretched out his right hand, snatched the roast chicken from Li Qiufeng's hand, tore off a chicken wing without saying a word, and chewed it in his mouth.Seeing that Li Qiufeng was still holding a jug of wine in his right hand, he was really elated, and he stretched out his right hand to grab the wine jug, regardless of the chicken he was still chewing on.

Li Qiufeng saw that he was so impatient, he felt amused, and let the short fat man grab the wine jar.I saw the short fat man slapped the mud seal of the wine jar with his palm, and a burst of wine fragrance wafted out from the jar.The short and fat man praised repeatedly, and stuffed the roast chicken into Li Qiufeng's hand with his right hand, held the wine jar with both hands, put it to his mouth, and started drinking.

Li Qiufeng put the roast chicken on the table and asked the old man to eat it.The old man shook his head and said with a smile: "I have been a vegetarian for many years, and I can't bear the greasy taste. I just ate a wheat cake and I am already full. You master and apprentice can eat it."

The short fat man put down the wine jar, wiped his mouth, then walked back to the table and sat down, and said: "Yibin Prefecture is indeed the capital of wine, this wine is refreshing and delicious, rare, rare."

While talking, he drank and ate meat. In a short time, he ate up a roast chicken.After he drank a few more sips of wine, he remembered that Li Qiufeng hadn't eaten yet, and felt a little embarrassed, and said, "Feng'er, you haven't eaten yet, have you?"

Afraid of his embarrassment, Li Qiufeng hurriedly said: "When I was on the shore just now, the apprentice had already eaten a few buns, so master don't need to worry."

The short fat man patted his belly, and said with a smile: "After offering sacrifices to the Wu Zang Temple, and getting a good night's sleep, tomorrow we will be able to return to Mount Qingcheng."

Li Qiufeng shook his head and said, "Master, I'm afraid there will be troubles on the road, we have to be careful."

Only then did he recount what he had just encountered on the shore.When the short fat man and the old man heard that a large number of Dongchang fans were ambushing on the shore, their hearts shuddered.After Li Qiufeng finished speaking, the short fat man pondered for a while, and said: "Feng'er, in your opinion, who are these people looking for trouble when they come to Sichuan?"

Li Qiufeng thought about it for a while, shook his head, and said: "The apprentice can't guess it. But it is definitely not to hunt down King Ning. Back then, King Ning was defeated and captured, and he was sent to Nanjing to subdue the law. This is absolutely true. The so-called immortality of King Ning is nothing but a legend and cannot be taken as true. From the tone of his speech, they are indeed looking for someone from the royal family. It’s just that the apprentices have shallow knowledge, so they really can’t figure out who they are looking for.”

The three talked about it, but couldn't figure it out.In the end the old man said: "It has nothing to do with us to arrest people in Sichuan. It is better to take the opportunity to pull the anchor and set sail, and rush to Leshan overnight. It is better to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible."

The short fat man smiled and said, "Old Mr. Huang is much more cautious now. Feng'er, just follow Uncle Huang's instructions and let the boatman sail."

Li Qiufeng agreed, walked out of the cabin a few steps, found the boatman, and asked him to sail to Leshan overnight.The boatman was stunned, with a look of embarrassment on his face, and said, "I'm not going to lie to you, it's not that I'm a villain who doesn't want to work for me. I really don't dare to walk at night. From Yibin Mansion to Leshan, although I haven't heard of any rapids and dangerous shoals, but I heard that although the current of the Minjiang River is gentle, the undercurrent is extremely powerful. When sailing in the daytime, you can still grasp it with your eyesight. When we are on the big river in this dark time, if there is any accident, the boat will be destroyed. The end..."

Li Qiufeng didn't wait for him to finish, he took out a piece of silver from his bosom and handed it to the boatman, saying: "It's really an emergency at home, I hope uncle can make it easier for you. After arriving in Leshan, I have another big thank you .”

By the light of the lantern hanging on the mast, the boatman saw that Li Qiufeng handed over a glistening snowflake silver, which looked quite heavy.He was surprised and delighted at the same time, but when he heard Li Qiufeng mention that Leshan had another favor, he became more and more joyful, thinking to himself: "Although I haven't gone through the waterway from Yibin Mansion to Leshan, even if the waterway is difficult, it is better than the waterway." The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River is much better. I have traveled to and from the Three Gorges many times, how can I be intimidated by this small Minjiang River? What's more, there is a lot of money in my hand, even if there are really dangerous shoals and rapids, I have to go through it!"

(End of this chapter)