Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2312 It Turns Out to be Hidden Here 8.0

"It's not surprising that they have spies. Jinyulou is the largest entertainment venue in Linhuang Prefecture, where all kinds of people gather. If they don't send people to keep an eye on it, if something happens, it will be a big trouble. Isn't the Forget Worry Powder incident a good example? I remember that the Liao Kingdom banned things like Forget Worry Powder, right?"

"But this thing is the best painkiller. Many famous doctors use it. It can't be banned." Qi Zhifeng sighed and said, "Among the people cured by the Third Master, many have used this. According to him, the thing is a good thing. As for it going bad, it's not the thing that has gone bad, but the people who use it. We can't let an object bear the blame for a person's crime, right?"

"Master uncle is right. Things don't have their own thoughts, but people do. If you use it in a good way, it's a good medicine to cure diseases, but if you use it in a bad way, it's a demon that drives people crazy. The difference in this thought all depends on the person who uses it." Jin Miaomiao nodded gently, "Have you found out? Where did the Forget Worry Powder come from?"

"I don't know. I didn't care about it at the time. All I needed to know was that they didn't go out to have fun behind my back. As for how to understand the case, that had nothing to do with me."

Jin Miaomiao felt that what he said was right and nodded in agreement. She glanced at the steamed fish on the table that had hardly been touched and sighed softly. She knew that Qi Zhifeng didn't like fish and shrimp, but she didn't expect that Ning Cheng, a native of Jiangnan, didn't like it either.

"Little Orange, why don't you eat fish?"

Meilin also noticed it. She stretched out her chopsticks to pick up some fish belly for Ning Cheng, but was stopped by Ning Cheng.

"Sister Xiaolin, I don't want to eat it anymore. I've been eating it for so many years. Let me change my taste!" He looked at Qi Zhifeng, "Brother Qi actually doesn't like fish. Is it because it doesn't suit your taste?"

"Yeah, I tried it once or twice, but I couldn't stand the smell of the fish, so I didn't want to try it again."

"Since you all don't like it, I'll move it away."

After saying that, Merlin stood up, brought the plate of steamed fish that had not been touched at all to the table next door, and placed it in front of Shen Cha.

Shen Cha was asking about the two people's situation when he suddenly saw a whole plate of fish in front of him. He looked at Merlin who was carrying the fish in confusion.

"what happened?"

"No one in our area likes to eat this, so we sent it to you, Boss, to avoid waste."

"Okay!" Shen Cha looked at the children's table next to him and saw a few people smiling embarrassedly. Then he looked at the results on their table and chuckled, "Sure enough, they are all children."

"Children all like to eat meat." Xiao Fengqi sat next to her and followed her gaze. "These are all Xiao Qi's favorites. He has been clamoring to eat these for a long time. We have been very busy these days and have not been able to take care of him."

"Eat more if you like. Living here, other things may not be well catered for, but there will be absolutely no problem with food." Shen Cha patted Merlin, "Tell brother Xiao Qi that in the future, just tell him in advance what you want to eat, and just ask Mr. Mo to prepare it." "Yes!"

Xiao Fengqi watched Merlin return to the table next to him, and saw Qi Zhifeng cheered after listening to Merlin's retelling, then shook his head helplessly.

"How bad is this!"

"There's nothing wrong with that." Shen Haolin looked at Xiao Fengqi, "No matter what, the most important thing is that we treat you well."

"Thank you, Duke and General." Xiao Fengqi clasped his fists towards the two men. "I remember that this little guy also saw them when he was a child, also in the Jinyu Tower." He looked at Shen Cha, "The one we passed by last time."

"I know." Shen Cha nodded, looked at Shen Haolin and Xue Ruitian, and seeing their puzzled looks, he explained, "It's the largest entertainment place in Linhuang Prefecture. I heard that there is everything in it. I originally wanted to go and see it. Brother Xiaojing was already prepared, but something unexpected happened. Yeluertu was seriously ill, so we went to the palace to visit him, so we couldn't go."

"Yes!" Jin Jing took a sip of tea and said lazily, "We can't just go to visit the patient and then go out to eat, drink and have fun. That's too rude. But..." He looked at Xiao Fengqi, "This Jinyulou has been open for so many years, and the boss behind it is the elder of the Xiao family. You actually knew nothing about it? Master Xiao, this is really your oversight!"

"It was indeed my oversight, but," Xiao Fengqi spread his hands, "Although I am the next head of the family, I do not hold real power. They respect me on the surface, but everyone present knows how they exclude me behind the scenes. If I had a solution, why would I risk everything?"

"That's true." Jin Jing nodded, "You never doubted who the boss behind Jinyulou was before?"

"You have seen the style of the Jinyu Building. It is quite exotic, isn't it?"

"Hmm!" Shen Cha nodded gently and said, "Now that Master Xiao said that, it seems to be true. I vaguely remember that when we passed by that day, we saw that the people welcoming guests at the door were Hu people, who looked quite special. Moreover, Master Nan also said that there were Hu girls dancing inside."

"Indeed." Xiao Fengqi nodded. "The original owner of Jinyulou was not a member of the Xiao family, but a merchant from the Western Regions. Therefore, the style of the entire Jinyulou is Western. People like novel things. It is because of the uniqueness of Jinyulou that it was able to gain a foothold in Linhuang Prefecture in a very short period of time, and it became bigger and bigger until the scale you see later. We originally thought that the owner of Jinyulou has always been that merchant from the Western Regions, or his descendants, but we didn't expect that a long time ago, even before the expansion, it changed hands several times and fell into the hands of the Xiao family."

"How many times has it changed hands?" Shen Cha looked at the fish in front of him, stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a piece of fish belly meat, and put it in Shen Haolin's bowl. "According to what Mr. Xiao said just now, Jinyulou has always been a sure win, why did it change hands?"

"I don't know." Xiao Fengqi shook his head gently. "When the Jinyu Building was just built, I was still very young and had no impression of it. When I grew up, the Jinyu Building had already become the largest place of enjoyment in Linhuang Prefecture. However, after thoroughly settling the Xiao family's accounts this time, I found that although the clan elder was the boss behind the Jinyu Building, he was only the one who contributed the most money."

"The one who contributed the most money." Shen Cha thought for a moment, "That is to say, in addition to the Xiao family, there are other people who invested in Jinyulou, right?" She looked at Xiao Fengqi, and then exchanged a glance with Shen Haolin, "Could it be that they are also among them?"