Chongzhen Undergraduates

The advantage of being a transparent person is that a meal of wine and meat was in vain. After realizing that neither Zhu Youjian nor Liu Zeqing intended to turn their faces, Li Ming relaxed his mind and ate and drank a lot.

Before leaving, Liu Zeqing also gave the two of them two beauties and sent them to the gate of the backyard.Zhu Youjian unceremoniously pulled the two little girls over, put his arms around the waist and kissed them casually, looking quite generous.

"Zefeng, do you think this person is from the north?" Liu Zeqing turned around and called his younger brother to his side. Although he was satisfied with Zhu Youjian's performance, he still needed another person to confirm.

"Brother, as far as the salt merchant's attitude towards the customer is concerned, it seems too respectful. It means that this customer is not an ordinary person."

"You're so right. This person is not nervous at all when he sees me. In the past few years, few people have treated me like this. This person probably has a high status in the north. I'm afraid the lowest is Baylor or something. Just why didn't you have a braid?"

"Maybe he is a Han Chinese. Have you forgotten Li Yongfang?"

"I guess it's not a real Baylor, but at least a high-ranking official."

"Then, according to what Big Brother means, shouldn't we show it?"

"Didn't he ask for 10 taels? Let's give him 1 taels of silver."

"Brother, is this 1 taels?" Liu Zefeng felt a pain in his heart when he heard 1 taels.

"Don't be afraid, I don't want to part with children, and I can't catch wolves. 1 taels shows our sincerity. Think about your and my brother's lives, it's worth it!"

Liu Zeqing also felt distressed, giving so much money to others would not feel sorry for anyone, not to mention Liu Zeqing would have to rob for many days to grab 10 taels of silver.

Zhu Youjian and Li Ming returned to the inn safe and sound, and let out a long sigh of relief.Before the two sat down, another team of soldiers and horses came outside the door.

Li Ming was so frightened that he hurriedly hid behind Zhu Youjian, Zhu Youjian thought: It's broken, could it be that Liu Zeqing saw the flaw?

Chen Zilong also came out of the room suspiciously. Those who stayed in the inn hadn't eaten yet.

In a hurry, everyone was ready to resist, and Ji Biao even drew his sword halfway.Chen Zilong blocked Ji Biao with his body, trying to drag Zhu Youjian back.

"You two honored guests, this is a small gesture from my commander-in-chief, I hope you will accept it." The leader of the soldiers who came cupped his fists and saluted the room respectfully.

What's happening here?People in the room looked at each other.I saw this group of soldiers and horses filing in, carrying six large boxes into the inn.

Before Zhu Youjian could figure out what these people were carrying.The leading soldier put the box into the house and left without saying a word.

Chen Zilong walked into the house and kicked open the lid of a box, revealing a pile of shiny silver.Li Ming covered his mouth in surprise, it was the first time he heard the story of Liu Zeqing giving money to others.

"Commander, we haven't eaten yet, you can figure it out." Chen Zilong walked to Zhu Youjian's side, and he let out a weird laugh when he leaned close to his ear.

Zhu Youjian rolled up his sleeves and waved his hand: "The best restaurant in Huai'an City, I've reserved a table."

The crowd burst into laughter.

Chapter 74: Stand Up to Save

Zhu Youjian led a group of people to eat and drink, and when they returned to the inn, they found that there were still four little girls who hadn't got their dinner yet.

Chen Zilong also discovered this, and stopped Zhu Youjian who wanted to wake up the little girl.Chen Zilong shook his head at Zhu Youjian, and shouted loudly: "Who told you to sleep? Didn't you see that the master is still here? There is no rule, why don't you hurry up?"

The four little girls woke up in fright, knelt down and kowtowed.Zhu Youjian couldn't bear it, but there was nothing he could do. After all, these four people were sent by Liu Zeqing, and no one could say whether they meant to monitor them.

Out of good intentions, Zhu Youjian finally asked the waiter in the shop to serve a bowl of Yangchun noodles to each of the four girls.Don’t hear the nice name of Yangchun Noodles and think it’s an excellent delicacy. The so-called Yangchun Noodles are actually boiled noodles without any oil.

The four little girls ate it hungrily. It seemed that they had been hungry for several days, and they ate a bowl of noodles for at most 1 minute.Ji Biao was a few years older than them. He watched the girls finish eating before leaving.As he was leaving, he touched his eyes secretly.

"How about it, does it look like a spy?" Zhu Youjian asked Ji Biao.

"It's not like, eating noodles is too fast, even faster than me." Ji Biao obviously sympathized with these four girls. They are all young people, and their acceptance is higher.

"Don't be careless, we are still in Liu Zeqing's territory." Chen Zilong suggested: "Even if they are not spies, there is no guarantee that there are Liu Zeqing's people in this inn."

Zhu Youjian nodded, thinking that what Chen Zilong said made sense.However, when I thought about going to bed tonight, I was in a dilemma. For these four little girls, should I or should I not?

"If the commander is in trouble, how about calling a troupe to sing tonight, and let's sit and drink and chat?" Seeing Zhu Youjian's embarrassed look, Chen Zilong thought that Zhu Youjian didn't like these girls.

"No matter how hard you try, you can't hide it. Just say they are too ugly, and I don't like them."

As Zhu Youjian said, he opened the door of the inn and yelled at the lobby downstairs: "Shop boy, are all the beautiful women in Huai'an city dead? There are only some firewood sticks, what a disappointment."

When Chen Zilong heard Zhu Youjian describe the little girl as a firewood stick, he laughed out loud, and said to himself: The emperor's words are vulgar, but the description is very accurate.

In fact, Zhu Youjian and the others thought too much, these four girls were not spies at all.It's true that Liu Zeqing is a warlord, but Liu Zeqing belongs to the lowest rank among the warlords, and he can't afford large-scale spies.

It's not that he doesn't have money, but that he doesn't have the structure.It was only in the last few years that Liu Zeqing made his fortune. Until Li Zicheng attacked Kaifeng, he was still a low-level general.The real heavy soldiers in hand were picked up after the capital was besieged.

At this moment, the four girls are still recalling the bowl of Yangchun noodles just now, which they think is the most delicious noodle in their life.When a person is most hungry, anything he eats is the best delicacy in the world.

Before they finished recalling, they heard a roar from the inn upstairs, and the word firewood stick was deeply imprinted in the minds of the four of them.The little girls looked at each other's breasts with shame and anger on their faces.

Chen Zilong's guess was correct. Although these four girls were not spies planted by Liu Zeqing, the guards at the entrance of the inn were not decorations either.

The whereabouts of Zhu Youjian and his party, as well as what Zhu Youjian said in front of everyone, soon spread to the Marshal's Mansion.

"Marshal, it seems that this guest is not very satisfied with the woman we sent you?" Li Huajing, as Liu Zeqing's closest confidant, is naturally in charge of such matters.

"Hmph! People who are untouched from the wilderness, how can they know that Jiangnan lady is good. It is these petite and exquisite women who are elegant and interesting."

While talking, Liu Zeqing looked at the little girls in front of him, even this little girl was younger than the one in the daytime.From Liu Zeqing's words, Li Huajing already knew that the guest during the day was definitely a post-jin man.

Five days later, the Salt Merchant Conference in Huai'an City was held as scheduled, and Zhu Youjian and Li Ming, as salt merchants from the north, were also going to enter the venue.It's just that Li Ming knew a lot of people, but Zhu Youjian didn't know anyone, which inevitably seemed awkward.

The venue was held at Yixuan Building, the largest restaurant in Huai'an. The host of the meeting was Liu Zeqing's nephew Liu Zhiqian. He also chose the venue himself, because the name of this restaurant sounds very elegant.

Chen Zilong was from Jiangnan, so Zhu Youjian naturally didn't dare to bring him to the public, so he only brought Ji Biao to the meeting this time.

As Liu Zeqing's distinguished guest, Zhu Youjian was arranged to sit in a better but unobtrusive seat. It could be seen that Liu Zeqing had put a lot of thought into it.

"Everyone, the Marshal's Mansion has the final say on the sale and purchase of Huaiyan. Regarding the matter of Yan Yin, my Marshal's Mansion will not recognize it, and no one will be allowed to use it in the future." Liu Zhiqian announced arrogantly and domineeringly. The Huaiyan business now belongs to his Liu family.

There was an uproar in the meeting hall.Liu Zhiqian didn't care. The reactions of these people had been expected. It would be strange if there was no sound at all.

"My lord, this Yanyin is a regulation of the imperial court. I'm afraid it's inappropriate to abolish it hastily." An old man with a strong Anhui accent stood up and questioned Liu Zhigan's words.

"Who said that? Don't tell me what I said in the Marshal's Mansion doesn't count?" The screen in the middle compartment of the restaurant was moved away, and Liu Zeqing's thick middle-aged voice came from inside.

Everyone looked around, and saw Liu Zeqing sitting on the people in the compartment, with four soldiers standing next to each other.When Liu Zeqing was working on the case, two apes were crawling. The apes seemed to be very obedient, and they were enjoying Liu Zeqing's touch.

"Great King, Second King, go and get me two oranges." Liu Zeqing called out, and the two apes immediately jumped out of the cubicle with a groan, jumping around in the crowd of merchants.

For a while, the whole restaurant screamed again and again, all kinds of dishes on the table flew around, and everyone hurriedly avoided.The two apes kept jumping up and down on the table, and finally picked the two biggest oranges and ran back to Liu Zeqing.

"Haha, my king and the second king are still obedient." Liu Zeqing was very satisfied with the performance of the ape he raised, with a smug expression on his face.

"Since this old gentleman has opinions, I, Liu Zeqing, am not a person who cannot tolerate others, right?" Liu Zeqing looked at the old man who had just spoken.

"Go, take my gold cup and toast the old man." After Liu Zeqing finished speaking, the guard beside him took a cup made of gold and poured a glass full of wine.