Late Tang

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In the afternoon, Wangxianlou had just passed the peak period of business, and the waiter had been busy for a noon, and the handyman had just sent off the last customer, and was about to start cleaning the restaurant, but suddenly saw a large number of sergeants rushing over .In the lead, there were more than a dozen horses, and the sturdy men sitting on them could tell at a glance that they were all officers.

Judging by the number of people, there are actually hundreds of them.The costumes of these people are not the common Zhizhou soldiers and officers in the city, nor are they the servants.These people are all wearing brand new fiery red war robes, with horizontal knives on their waists, Hu Lu.He holds a spear in his hand and a longbow on his back.It was not uncommon to hold a knife and a spear, but what surprised people was that these people were very neat and well-defined. Hundreds of people were running forward without any confusion.

Even the dozen or so riders in the front also maintained a small frontal formation, not only the men on the horses were sturdy, but the horses they stepped off were also majestic.

Under the leadership of a dozen or so riders, this team that suddenly appeared was running forward in a neat order. Except for the rhythmic footsteps, there was no other noise.In the middle of the team, there are a few strong sergeants holding up a few flags flying high.

The welcome waiter at the gate of Wangxian Tower felt his mouth dry for a while, and swallowed his saliva involuntarily.Seeing the team of people getting closer and closer, they seemed to have spotted Wangxianlou and rushed straight.Unable to calm down anymore, he turned around and stumbled towards the restaurant.

While running, he shouted in panic: "My boss, my boss, it's not good, it's not good!"

Xia Yan, the old owner of Wangxianlou, was sitting in the lobby on the first floor, drinking the freshly fried tea soup, and checking the account book of the restaurant. The general screaming, can't help but annoyed: "What's the matter, you are yelling, there is no half-rule."

Panting heavily, the man said in surprise, "The big thing is wrong. A large team is rushing to our restaurant in a murderous spirit. It looks like there are no fewer than 200 people."

"What?" Xia Yan exclaimed, he was able to open a five-story restaurant fifteen feet high in Penglai City, so he was not an ordinary family.On weekdays, he would pay filial piety in every government office in the prefecture and county, and even in several major military camps nearby. Why did someone suddenly come to make trouble?

"Is it possible that someone in the restaurant offended some general and captain, and now they are looking for a place?" Xia Yan's first thought was that some officer might have been angered in Wangxianlou, and now he is here to find a place.

"Boss, we at Wangxianlou have always kept in mind the boss's command to make money with harmony, so there is no way to deceive customers."

"Then can you see clearly which barracks soldiers are here?"

The man said: "These soldiers are all fully armed, all wearing brand new fiery red war robes, and there are more than a dozen cavalry knights in the lead. Those people don't look like soldiers from the battalions outside the city. It looks like the newly recruited united soldiers from the south of the city. But when they ran over, they were extremely neat, even the Zhizhou soldiers in the city could not compare."

Now Xia Yan couldn't help being stunned. Could it be that it wasn't the soldiers stationed nearby, but the personal soldiers of some important person?

Just as he was thinking, another buddy ran in hastily.

"Boss, a large number of soldiers have come outside, saying that they want to arrange a banquet on the second floor of Wangxian Tower for us."

Xia Yan was a little surprised, he grabbed the guy and asked, "Are they really just here for dinner and drink?"

"That's what he said. I know that person. I saw him in a restaurant a few days ago."

"Have you seen it? Then think about when it happened." At this time, Xia Yan didn't know whether the soldiers outside really came to eat or what, and his heart was agitated.

"Oh, I remembered. It was the last time the Wendeng Allied Forces entered the city and held a banquet that night. I served food to the Wangxian Pavilion on the fifth floor that day, and I met that person next to the governor. Yes, that's right, it was the one who killed him alone in Chishan. Li Sanlang, the united soldier of Wendeng who was accepted as a student by the governor the day he first entered the city, was the one who said he wanted to occupy the second floor."

"It's him?" Xia Yan also suddenly thought of this lucky guy, there are not many people who can be accepted as protégés by the governor in public.Now that he knew that it was the governor's disciple who came, Xia Yan felt relieved.What he was afraid of was that some arrogant and unreasonable Qiu Ba would come and make trouble.

"Come on, hurry up and meet me."

Xia Yan greeted all the waiters, handymen, and clerks in the restaurant and rushed to the door of the restaurant. Sure enough, he saw at a glance that Li Sanlang, who still had some impressions, was riding a tall black horse. Behind him, there was Fifteen or six knights, and hundreds of infantry.Xia Yan is also a business savvy, as soon as he met, he immediately sent all kinds of flattering words to him.In a few words, he got the words out of the mouth of the fluttering Wang Zhong and the others, knowing that today Li Jing and the others were promoted, and Zuo Yidu performed and was rewarded by the superior. There is a banquet on the second floor of the building.

After figuring out what happened before and after, Xia Yan smiled at Li Jing and the others very familiarly: "Aren't the officers saying this to slap the old man in the face, and the old man has been running restaurants in Penglai City for decades. Wangxian Tower is also passed down from generation to generation. Usually, the old man respects heroes and soldiers like you the most. Since you have chosen us to celebrate in Wangxian Tower today, how can I accept money from you in Wangxian Tower? Let this Wangxian Tower be filled with the honor and happiness of the officers, and give this old man a chance to thank you and other warriors. This banquet, I invite you."

Wangxianlou's ability to become the number one restaurant in Penglai is not only because of its own good performance, it is also inseparable from Xia Yan's habit of making friends with powerful people.This Li Jing was originally a protégé of the governor, and now he has been promoted to the seventh rank. With such an achievement at such an age, Xia Yan is very optimistic about Li Jing.If you don't make friends with such a character early, it will be too late to make friends with Li Jing when he is prosperous.

Li Jing didn't know the meaning of these bridal sedan chairs to carry people, but he had just been promoted now, so he didn't want to make it too ostentatious.Smiling at Xia Yan, he took out an ingot of 50 taels of reward silver from his waist and put it in his hand, "Dong Xia's family agreed with the brothers, but how can Dong Xia's family not accept money when they open their doors for business. If you don't accept this money, then we brothers will have to go to another restaurant."

Xia Yan held the big silver collar, not knowing how to react.This is not a small sum of money for a banquet of hundreds of people.He originally wanted to put the money on himself to hook up with this new celebrity in Penglai City, but he didn't expect that although the other party was young, he was impeccable and would not even take advantage of it.

Smiling a few times, Xia Yan said: "Li Sanlang is a hero who kills bandits, this kills bandits is also for the sake of the people, I'm just showing my heart."

"If Dong Xia's family really thinks of our brothers, they might as well serve us some more good wine and some more special dishes from your restaurant. But it must be agreed in advance, I have already paid for the banquet Now, you got too much food and drink, I won't give you any more money." Li Jing said a few more words to Xia Yan, which not only shortened the relationship between them, but also kept a little distance on purpose. Didn't let the restaurant owner stick too close.

A man had already stepped forward to take the horses of Li Jing and the dozen or so officers to the stables, so that they could take care of them.

"Everyone go to the second floor and find your own seat. It is agreed today that you will not return if you are not drunk, but one thing is that you must return to the camp before the city gate is closed at dark. For the rest, everyone is happy!" Li Jing said to the group The Zuo Yidu brothers who came to drink with swords, guns, bows and arrows shouted.It is Li Jing's meaning to carry swords and soldiers. Although he has half a day off, Li Jing thinks that soldiers must never leave their bodies with swords and guns, even if they are on vacation to eat wine and banquets.

Everyone entered the restaurant one after another, and began to go up to the second floor, each according to familiarity with the table and partner.Li Jing was about to go upstairs with Wang Zhong, Lin Wei, Lin Wu, Zhang Hong and others, but suddenly several riders came rushing towards them with loud hooves on the street.

From a distance, Li Jing saw that the leader was Feng Liang who had gone back to Feng Mansion to find his uncle.But what surprised Li Jing was that Feng Liang was obviously not here for the banquet, because Feng Liang was charging towards Li Jing with a rein in one hand and a lance in the other.While galloping the horse, he shouted at Li Jing on the horse: "Little thief from the Li family, let's go and eat your grandfather first!"