A knife in love

Chapter 1291

Shopkeeper Feng saw Master Pan coming in after Xiao Dong, he hurriedly nodded and bowed to greet him, and was about to bow to salute, but Master Pan gave him a wink, signaling him not to speak.The big boss behind this inn is Master Pan, and shopkeeper Feng has always respected Master Pan as a god.At this moment, seeing Master Pan not allowing him to speak, he hastily closed his mouth.When Xiao Dong turned around and walked upstairs, Master Pan whispered to Shopkeeper Feng: "Hurry up and prepare a good banquet, I will treat Lord Xiao to dinner at noon today."

After Xiao Dong went upstairs, Shopkeeper Hu, Shopkeeper Ji and others also left the table with shame, and walked upstairs one by one in desperation.Shou Nanshan didn't want the game to end, so he tried to persuade him to stay.Shopkeeper Hu and others didn't dare to stay, didn't even dare to say a word, and went upstairs in a hurry.

Shou Nanshan shook his head when he saw shopkeeper Hu and others leaving, and said to everyone: "Since these guys don't gamble, let's start over. This time I am the banker, playing Pai Gow or throwing dice. As long as everyone Dare to place a bet, I am not afraid of those who come, and take all up and down! Come, come, if you want to gamble early, there will be no seat for you if you are late!"

Li Qiufeng was originally standing behind the crowd watching the fun, but when he saw shopkeeper Hu and others walking upstairs in desperation, he was secretly amused.At this moment, Zhang Shi winked at him, raised his right index finger hanging on his waist, and pointed upstairs.Knowing his intention, Li Qiufeng walked upstairs with Zhang Shi.Just as he walked to the stairs, he could only hear the continuous dragging of tables and chairs behind him, mixed with Shou Nanshan's laughing and cursing.Presumably, everyone is fighting for seats, and the gambling will start again.

After Li Qiufeng and Zhang Shi returned to the guest room, they closed the door.Zhang Shi smiled slightly, and said in a low voice: "Lao Hu and Lao Ji had a good relationship a long time ago, and today they are tearing their faces apart. If the surname Xiao hadn't come back, they would have fought with each other. It's a pity that they didn't see it as a good show." .”

Li Qiufeng said: "The two shopkeepers are very rich people, and it's too worthless to be dirty for a few coins."

Zhang Shidao: "Brother Zhu, these shopkeepers are all profiteers who can get a piece of silver out of the water. If you do business with them, even a penny must be settled. Besides, there is no father and son in the casino, and the two have a dirty life. Nothing unusual."

Just as Zhang Shi's voice fell, he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door.Zhang Shi winked at Li Qiufeng, and then said loudly, "Who is it?"

Someone outside the door said: "It's me, Old Song. Master Xiao asked Yuanwai Zhang and Mr. Zhu to go over and talk."

Zhang Shi walked quickly to the door, stretched out his hand to open the door, but saw shopkeeper Song standing at the door.Zhang Shi smiled and said, "Why are you so polite to me, old Song? Just come in and talk."

While Zhang Shi was talking, he wanted to pull shopkeeper Song into the room.Shopkeeper Song waved his hands again and again, and said: "Master Xiao, please go over quickly, we have important matters to discuss."

When he said this, he turned his head and glanced at the guest room where Xiao Dong lived, and saw that there was nothing unusual, so he lowered his voice and said to Zhang Shi: "Master Xiao seems not very happy, everyone should go over quickly , so as not to touch his bad luck, everyone will suffer together."

Zhang Shi nodded, then turned to Li Qiufeng and said, "Brother Zhu, let's go there together."

The three of them went to Room No. [-] Tianzi where Xiao Dong lived, but they saw shopkeepers Hu, Ji, Luo and Bai had already arrived.The four of them stood respectfully with their hands down, not even daring to make a sound.Xiao Dongduan sat in front of the table, his face sinking like water, seeing Zhang Shi, Li Qiufeng and Shopkeeper Song walking in, he just nodded, but didn't speak.Seeing shopkeeper Hu and others standing aside, Zhang Shi couldn't sit down himself, so he had to go to shopkeeper Hu and stand beside him.

After a while, Qin Lao Wu also walked in.Xiao Dong saw that everyone had arrived, so he stood up, walked in front of shopkeepers Hu and Ji, and said coldly: "Old Hu, Lao Ji, we don't need to say anything about how important we are on this trip. ?”

Shopkeeper Hu and Shopkeeper Ji nodded again and again.Shopkeeper Ji hurriedly said: "Master Xiao, Lao Hu and I are good friends, just now we just acted out of passion, and we will never do it again in the future, please rest assured, Master Xiao."

Seeing that Shopkeeper Ji spoke first, shopkeeper Hu felt disdainful, and then said a few lukewarm words to express his apology.Xiao Dong knew that he still had to rely on two people to handle matters during this trip, and he couldn't let them lose face too much, so he took a breath of relief and said to the two: "If you have nothing to do, it's okay to gamble a few times. It's just that we have another If you have something important to do, don't reveal your whereabouts. Everyone, don't be careless."

Everyone nodded in agreement.Only then did Xiao Dong invite everyone to sit down.It's just that there are only four chairs in the room, how can everyone sit down?In the end, Xiao Dong, Zhang Shi, Shopkeeper Hu and Qin Laowu were pushed by the crowd to sit down, while the rest stood aside.

Xiao Dong said to everyone: "I went to the yamen with my master surnamed Jiang, and this bastard in Lizhi County was still sleeping with his concubine in his arms. I dragged him out of the bed, but he was dizzy , talking inconsequentially, and then I don’t know where he went. Although the master surnamed Pan is cunning, he is still sensible. He has already agreed to call the patriarchs of several big families inside and outside the city. Manpower, bring back our big ship."

Shopkeeper Hu and the others breathed a sigh of relief.Qin Lao Wu was still worried, and said in his mouth: "There are more than a dozen boats on the dock, and they disappeared as soon as they said they were gone. Isn't it extremely weird? The Zhuang Ding Nuyuan in these big families is just some ordinary people. They brought our boat back, I don't think they can even think about it. This matter has to fall on the officials in Dongliao County. I always feel that this matter has something to do with the officials. Otherwise, who has such a great ability, can Make a big ship disappear without a trace.?!"

Xiao Dong said in a deep voice: "Although the officials in the Dongliao County Yamen are all stupid, if they dare to openly steal the big ship, they are not so courageous. As long as we have enough people, we can search inside and outside the county. .Even if you can’t find the big ship, you can always find some clues.”

When Xiao Dong said this, he paused for a while, and then continued: "As long as we search around with great fanfare, those traitors who stole the big ship will not dare to act rashly. Otherwise, if we only rely on a few of us, if we want to get the big ship back, It’s harder than reaching the sky.”

Qin Laowu was restless, and was about to say more, but Zhang Shi winked at him, signaling him not to argue with Xiao Dong.Qin Laowu had no choice but to keep silent.Xiao Dong said in his mouth: "But the master surnamed Pan is extremely cunning, his words are clouded, and he is trying to get money inside and outside the words. Hmph, this bastard has lost his mind and went crazy, and even stretched out his hand on us. What a shame! I don’t know whether to live or die. It’s fine if he finds our big boat, but if things go wrong, Xiao will be the first to take him to the knife!”

Just as Xiao Dong finished speaking, he could only hear the screeching of boots, someone had already walked up to the second floor and came straight to Room [-] of Tianzi.Everyone's expressions changed, and no one spoke for a while.After a while, the footsteps stopped outside the door, and then someone said: "Master Xiao, the villain has brought you tea."

Xiao Dong heard the voice of shopkeeper Feng, and he was relieved.Shopkeeper Hu walked quickly to the door and opened the door, but saw Shopkeeper Feng standing outside the door with a smile on his face, holding a tea tray in both hands.There are teapots and teacups on the tea tray, and a burst of tea fragrance wafts into the room, which is really refreshing.

Shopkeeper Feng did not expect that there were so many people in the room.After the door opened, he saw more than a dozen people standing in the room, the smile on his face froze immediately, he stood there in a daze, unable to speak for a moment.Xiao Dong said: "The shopkeeper personally delivered the tea, I really think highly of Xiao."

Shopkeeper Feng reacted very quickly, he had calmed down at this time, and said with a smile on his face, "Master Xiao's words can kill a villain. You are a distinguished guest, even if you go to the magistrate's yamen to do business, the magistrate will lower the price to welcome you, let alone villain?"

He walked into the room while talking, carefully placed the tea tray on the table, and then said with a flattering smile: "When the villain went upstairs, Mr. Pan asked the villain to send a message to Mr. Xiao. He has already sent someone Go and invite the patriarchs of a few big families into the city, and meet Master Xiao at the small shop at noon."

Xiao Dong nodded, and said in his mouth: "Then there is Mr. Lao Pan. When you go down, give Mr. Pan a message, and say that Xiao thanked him."

After Shopkeeper Feng withdrew, he heard footsteps disappearing at the end of the corridor, Xiao Dong chuckled, and said: "Although the surname Pan is cunning, he is still careful in his work. As long as these big households are willing to work hard, things will be much easier to handle." gone."

(End of this chapter)