A knife in love

Chapter 1293

While Li Qiufeng was thinking, he heard footsteps.After a while, Zhang Shi returned to the house.Li Qiufeng went forward to meet him, but before he could speak, Zhang Shi hurriedly said: "The man surnamed Xiao had already thought of this joint. He confessed to me that the dog officer surnamed Li and the master surnamed Pan were greedy. They are not good people, so they must not tell the truth to these two bastards. He just wants to use Mr. Pan to do things for us, but he will be on guard against this person everywhere. As for Mr. Jiang, he has already said hello, as long as these big families will With all the manpower gathered, Master Jiang will command to search all the piers and water forks near the seaside of Dongliao County, and will never let go of any suspicious things."

After hearing what Zhang Shi had said, Li Qiufeng nodded and said, "In this case, there is nothing to worry about."

Zhang Shi smiled and said: "Xiao is indeed a tough guy. I have done business with him a few times, and this person can be said to be impeccable in his calculations. It is more difficult to take advantage of him. The banquet at noon today It's just like his mother's grand banquet. The surname Xiao wants to combine grace and power, and give Master Pan and the patriarchs of those big families a blow."

The two sat in the room talking, and after touching a stick of incense, shopkeeper Feng ran upstairs again, saying that the patriarchs of several big families had arrived, and Master Pan invited everyone downstairs for dinner.Xiao Jiang called everyone out, and went downstairs with Shopkeeper Feng.

At this time, there were four tables of banquets in the lobby.Most of the tenants who had gambled had disappeared.However, Shou Nanshan, Zhang Yong and others remained in the lobby, sitting at the innermost table at this time.At the same table as him were several salt merchants and medicine merchants, who were whispering together.There were six or seven people sitting at the outermost table, and Master Pan was among them.Seeing Xiao Dong walking down, these people stood up one after another.Master Pan even walked a few steps faster, and when he arrived in front of Xiao Dong, he said with a flattering smile: "Master Xiao has worked hard. The villain prepares a little wine to welcome the master."

While talking, he personally gave Xiao Dong to the table, asked Xiao Dong to take the main seat, and himself accompanied by the Prime Minister.The people at the same table were still standing with their hands down, each with a very respectful expression.Xiao Dong sat down aggressively, glanced around the faces of everyone, and then said to Master Pan: "These few are all gentry from Dongliao County?"

Master Pan hurriedly stood up, and said with a smile on his face: "Yes, these are the patriarchs of several big families in our Dongliao County. I heard that Mr. Xiao has something to do, and the patriarchs hurried away without saying a word. When we arrive in the city, we will respectfully listen to your lord's instructions. As long as your lord gives orders, we will be able to come and go in water, and we will have nothing to say."

After Master Pan finished speaking, he winked at the several patriarchs standing beside him.These patriarchs hastily opened their mouths to express their loyalty, claiming that they would never let the adults down even if they had something to tell them.Only then did Xiao Dong nodded in satisfaction, and waved his right hand lightly, motioning everyone to sit down and talk.Several patriarchs did not dare to sit down, they looked at Master Pan together.Master Pan said with a smile: "Since Mr. Xiao gave you a seat, you are all welcome, just sit down and talk."

Several patriarchs sat down carefully, but they all sat upright, and no one dared to move the chopsticks in front of them.Shopkeeper Feng invited Zhang Shi, Shopkeeper Hu and others to sit at the second table.Li Qiufeng was about to sit down with Zhang Shi, but he heard Shou Nanshan say loudly: "Little brother, come and sit with me. I won a few taels of silver today, and I am very happy. Come and talk to me."

Li Qiufeng confessed his guilt to Zhang Shi, and immediately walked to Shou Nanshan, first bowed his hands to salute, then pointed his eyes at Zhang Yong, and then sat down beside Shou Nanshan.At this time, shopkeeper Feng gave up the tolerance police who came to Dongsheng Inn with Master Pan, and several entourages of the patriarch to the third table.In the blink of an eye, the four tables were full of people, and the lobby seemed a little crowded.

Seeing that there were more people, Shou Nanshan didn't speak as freely as before.He lowered his voice and smiled at Li Qiufeng: "The short fat man who came with you thought I was a big goat, and he made it clear that he wanted to get money from me. I wanted to teach him a lesson, but this old man is not It's a pity that you have good eyesight, and just stopped playing after only one gamble. Little brother, after dinner, tell him for me, let him gamble with me again A few. Playing Pai Gow or throwing dice, he chooses. Bet big or small, take whatever you want, I will never even frown."

Li Qiufeng knew that Shou Nanshan was referring to shopkeeper Hu, so he couldn't help turning his head and glanced at shopkeeper Hu who was sitting at the second table.I saw shopkeeper Hu sitting at the table, groaning silently, with a worried look on his face.So he smiled slightly and said to Shou Nanshan in a low voice: "He is in trouble, I'm afraid he won't be in the mood to gamble with Shou Lao."

Shou Nanshan didn't care, and said with a smile: "The more trouble you have, the more money you have to gamble. When gambling is on the rise, it doesn't matter whether you lose or win, all you focus on is gambling, and the big troubles will be forgotten went."

Li Qiufeng thought that this elder Shou is too gambling, but you are free and easy, without any scruples, but you don't know that other people have a huge boulder on their hearts, so how can you have the heart to gamble?

Seeing that Li Qiufeng was silent, Shou Nanshan was about to continue talking, asking him to persuade Shopkeeper Hu to gamble with him.But shopkeeper Feng said loudly: "Everyone, please sit down, I have a few words to say."

Shou Nanshan saw that everyone stopped talking, and the hall was quiet, and he couldn't say anything, so he leaned back on the chair with an angry expression on his face.Shopkeeper Feng said: "It is an honor for all distinguished guests to stay at our Dongsheng Inn, and I am very grateful. There were even more distinguished guests visiting yesterday, which made the small shop more prosperous. Today, I will prepare some thin wine to welcome the distinguished guests."

After Shopkeeper Feng finished speaking, he raised his glass and drank it down.Everyone also raised their glasses one after another, and there was a sound of "tsk tsk" drinking in the lobby.

Li Qiufeng just touched the glass to his lips, then put down the glass, and said to Shou Nanshan in a low voice: "Shou Lao, shopkeeper Feng also invites you to drink with Mr. Zhang?"

Shou Nanshan drank the wine in his glass, sneered, and said in his mouth: "The bastard surnamed Feng only knows money, how can he be so kind? I was having a good time just now, but he came over to say that it was noon. What kind of nonsense master wants to hold a banquet here to invite distinguished guests to dinner. After everyone heard this, they all dispersed. I killed a few times one after another, and I was lucky, so naturally I refused to let go of the game. The bastard surnamed Feng has no choice , I had no choice but to invite Lao Tzu to stay in the lobby for a drink."

When he said this, he looked at the salt merchants and medicine merchants sitting opposite, and then said: "These guys are lucky, and they want to play a few more games just like me, so naturally they don't want to let go of the game. The bastard invited them together."

While the two were talking, shopkeeper Feng toasted another glass of wine, and then asked everyone to move their chopsticks.Shou Nanshan picked up a Sixi ball and chewed it in his mouth, and said to Li Qiufeng: "The food in this restaurant is better than the food in the palace. Back then, I often sneaked out of the palace to drink and eat meat. It won’t have the weird taste of the palace’s food.”

Li Qiufeng was afraid that Shou Nanshan would slip up and cause trouble.Fortunately, Shou Nanshan's voice was not loud, and he was chewing meatballs. Except for Li Qiufeng and Zhang Yong who were sitting next to him, the businessmen who were sitting a little further away couldn't hear what he was saying clearly.Zhang Yong just ate a few mouthfuls of some light dishes, but he didn't even touch the wine.The businessmen were eating and drinking very happily, talking loudly while eating, it was very lively.

Later, the police officer Tolerance sitting at the third table and several of the patriarch's entourage got so drunk that they even punched each other.Only the people at the first table and the second table respected their identities and had their own concerns, so they seldom made a sound.While talking with Shou Nanshan, Li Qiufeng paid attention to the movements of Xiao Dong and others.It's just that although Xiao Dong talked with Master Pan and several patriarchs occasionally, they only talked about the customs of Dongliao County, and didn't talk about the search for the big boat.

After about a stick of incense, the clerk of the inn brought another hot dish, but it was cooked with herring caught in the sea of ​​Dongliao County.The taste of this dish is extremely delicious, after everyone tasted it, they praised it one after another.Shopkeeper Feng felt complacent, and smiled at Xiao Dong, Master Pan and the others: "To tell you the truth, the cooks in the small shop were hired by villains with a lot of money. Let's say that the cook who made fish was in East China at that time. As an imperial cook in Yiwang Palace, he is very good at cooking. If he hadn’t grown old and missed his homeland, and returned to Dongliao County, he would not be able to hire him with any money. Today, he is asked to cook herring for the adults and masters. It is my great honor to be praised by all of you.”

(End of this chapter)