A knife in love

Chapter 1154

Li Qiufeng and Zhang Shi left the gate of Zhang's mansion, but saw two small sedan chairs parked in front of the gate.Zhang Shi frowned, and said to the butler who was standing by with his hands down, "Didn't I say last night that you don't want to prepare a sedan chair? Why did you make a sedan chair here to be eye-catching?"

Hearing Zhang Shi's stern tone, the butler was startled, and said in a trembling voice: "The master drank a lot of wine last night, and he didn't tell the villain whether to prepare a sedan chair this morning when he was resting. The villain thought that the master was drunk, thinking about it." Being prepared, I ordered two small sedan chairs to wait in front of the door. If the master doesn't want to sit in the sedan chair, the villain will let them leave."

Zhang Shi snorted, and said in his mouth: "Thieves kill talents, you are clever. You pay the money for the sedan chair from the accountant, so you can talk to the bearer, and don't use your power to bully others."

The butler nodded like a chicken pecking at rice as if he had been pardoned, and then quickly ran to the sedan chair.Zhang Shi turned to Li Qiufeng and said, "Brother Zhu, let's go."

The two left Zhang's mansion and walked into Sifang Lane.It was still early at this time, and there were not many pedestrians on the street.When the martial masters guarding the courtyard saw Li Qiufeng, everyone's expressions changed drastically. They didn't dare to meet Li Qiufeng's eyes anymore, so they had to turn their heads to one side.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Shi smiled at Li Qiufeng: "Brother Zhu, your fight was not in vain. Look at the appearance of these guys, I'm afraid you will die of fear. These people are all in Ningbo City. I have never been so afraid of people. Zhu brother, when we return to Central China from Fusang, you don’t have to go back to Sichuan. Stay in Zhang’s house to help me. Naturally, all kinds of people in the city dare not offend us. Home. Of course, I will never treat you badly. I wonder what Brother Zhu wants?"

Li Qiufeng said: "This matter is so important that I have to report to my father to see what the old man plans. I am not arrogant, but I dare not disobey my father, so please forgive me."

The two chatted and walked south all the way, passing through the stone square at the entrance of Sifang Lane, and heading straight for the pier.Li Qiufeng looked around while walking, showing a surprised expression.After Zhang Shi saw Li Qiufeng's appearance like this, he felt more at ease, thinking that Li Qiufeng had indeed just come to Ningbo City yesterday to sell Shu brocade, and he was not sent by the enemy, so he finally put his heart back into his stomach.

When the two arrived at the pier, they saw a bustling scene in front of them.Some sailboats set sail early in the morning, so the docks have vacated many berths for ships.Li Qiufeng walked through the crowd with Zhang Shi, made an appointment for a cup of tea, and finally arrived in front of the big boat yesterday.However, the hill-like wooden boxes and sacks that had been placed on the shore had disappeared. Presumably, they had been moved to the boat by the boatman.Shopkeeper Hu and five other shopkeepers were standing on the bank, whispering together.

Seeing shopkeeper Hu and others gathered together, Zhang Shi waved his hand to Li Qiufeng first, and said in a low voice, "I'll meet all shopkeepers later, and I'll talk to them. Brother Zhu should talk as little as possible."

Li Qiufeng nodded.Zhang Shi didn't pay any attention to him, and walked quickly towards Shopkeeper Hu and the others, and said with a smile, "Old Hu, why did you come so early?"

Shopkeeper Hu and the others turned their heads to look around, saw Zhang Shi had arrived, and rushed forward to meet him.Shopkeeper Hu exchanged a few words with Zhang Shi, and then said with a smile: "These things are the wealth and life of the few of us. If there is anything wrong, it will be a big problem. So we came here early in the morning to see if there is any problem. There was something wrong. When we arrived just now, we found that things were missing, which scared the rest of us out of our wits. Fortunately, we sent someone nearby to report that late last night, the boat boss took all the things with the boatman. On board. We are relieved now."

Zhang Shi knew that shopkeeper Hu and others were worried about the loss of the goods, so he sent someone to watch on the pier.He just laughed and said: "We have been in business with the boss for six years, and we have never had any trouble. Shopkeeper Hu, don't worry. If there is any loss, I, the middleman, will compensate you. You will never lose everything." That's it."

Shopkeeper Hu heard what Zhang Shi said, his fat face was filled with a smile, and he said in his mouth: "With Zhang Yuanwai as the guarantor, why should we worry about it? As long as this transaction goes through safely, Zhang Yuanwai It is our great benefactor, and it is indispensable to have a heart."

Shopkeeper Hu's voice fell, and the other shopkeepers also echoed.Zhang Shi said with a smile: "We are all good friends, and if you talk about such nonsense, Zhang can't hold back his face."

After he finished speaking, he glanced at the boat, turned to shopkeeper Hu and said, "Has the boss of the boat come out to see everyone?"

Shopkeeper Hu shook his head and said: "I just heard from the boatman that the boss of the boat went to buy things for the sea early in the morning and has not returned yet. But our goods have been placed on the boat. When the boss comes back, we can go to the boat and have a look." .”

Zhang Shi nodded, then turned to Li Qiufeng and said, "Brother Zhu, let me introduce some friends to you."

Shopkeeper Hu and others are well-informed people, and just now they saw Li Qiufeng standing behind Zhang Shi.Because they didn't know Li Qiufeng's origin, they were extremely careful when talking to Zhang Shi, for fear that they might say the wrong thing and ruin everyone's major event.Listening to Zhang Shi's words at this time, everyone's eyes immediately fell on Li Qiufeng.

Zhang Shi introduced shopkeeper Hu and others to Li Qiufeng one by one.It turned out that the six shopkeepers were surnamed Hu, Bai, Song, Yin, Ji, and Luo, and they came from Ningbo, Huzhou, Huizhou, Wuxi and other places, and all of them were rich and wealthy.Li Qiufeng thought to himself, judging by the appearance of these six people, they are all smooth-tempered people, and he must be careful when walking with these people, lest these old foxes see their flaws.

After Zhang Shi introduced the six shopkeepers, he pointed to Li Qiufeng and said to shopkeeper Hu and the others: "This friend is named Zhu, and he is a chivalrous man invited by Zhang to escort us. You all need to get closer to him. "

Shopkeeper Hu and others looked at Li Qiufeng carefully.Seeing that he was only in his 20s, his body was a little thin, and he didn't look tough at all, he was a little surprised.Li Qiufeng hugged a reunion, and said in his mouth: "I am entrusted by Zhang Yuanwai to go to sea with all the shopkeepers. I hope all the shopkeepers will take care of me."

Shopkeeper Hu and others hurriedly returned the gift.The two parties were courteous for a while, but shopkeeper Bai said: "This Zhu Shixiong is so young, he can become a guest of Zhang Yuanwai, and he must have amazing skills. Can you show us your hands and let us have a good time?" Vision?"

Li Qiufeng knew that these people were suspicious of him seeing him young, and wanted to test his martial arts.I thought that if I can't convince these people, I'm afraid they won't want to take me to Fusang.So he smiled, pointed to the high pole for hanging lanterns on the prow of a small boat on the right side of the big ship, and said, "Did all shopkeepers see that lantern?"

Shopkeeper Hu and the others turned their heads and saw that the lantern was about five or six feet away from the crowd, and more than two feet from the deck.Everyone thought to themselves, our eyes are not blind, how could we not see that lantern?So Shopkeeper Hu and the others turned their heads and nodded in unison.

Li Qiufeng took out a copper coin from his pocket with his right hand, put it flat in his palm, and turned it around in front of shopkeeper Hu and others.Shopkeeper Hu and the others looked at each other, wondering what Li Qiufeng's intention was when he took out a copper coin for everyone to watch.Li Qiufeng withdrew his right hand and held the copper coin with his thumb, index finger and middle finger.I didn't see how hard he was, only heard a sharp "chi", and a yellow light flew out from his right hand.In the blink of an eye, the lantern hanging on the high pole suddenly fell off and fell straight into the water.

Shopkeeper Hu and others could see clearly that the yellow light from Li Qiufeng's hand flew straight towards the lantern and cut the rope hanging the lantern, which caused the lantern to fall into the water.The yellow light did not dissipate, and flew a few feet before falling into the river.

Shopkeeper Hu and the others changed their faces drastically, knowing that Li Qiufeng broke the rope with a copper coin, causing the lantern to fall.Although these few people don't understand martial arts, they also know that Li Qiufeng's hidden weapon skill is extremely good.Therefore, after the lantern fell into the water, several shopkeepers couldn't help shouting out.Shopkeeper Song gave Li Qiufeng a thumbs up, and said, "This brother Zhu is so young, he is so amazing. Mr. Song was sailing on Dongting Lake last year. Tang fought a duel with the gang of Pengjiazhai. At that time, Huang Tang fired darts, which opened Song's eyes. But today, seeing brother Zhu's concealed weapon skills is much higher than Huang Tang. Admire, admire."

(End of this chapter)