Zhang Feili said impatiently: "Old man, did you hear me clearly this time?"
The old man nodded hurriedly and bowed: "You two gentlemen, I heard you clearly this time!"
"Okay!" Zhang Feili tilted his head and said to Niu Xiaobao beside him: "Let's go in and search, you search downstairs, I'll search upstairs!"
The old man was startled and hurriedly stretched out his hands to stop him and said: "You two gentlemen, you can't do this. There are still guests eating inside. If you two go in and search, you won't be able to eat any more of this meal. Besides, the restaurant All the live ducks in the house are placed at the door! How can I bring live ducks in the living room? Not to mention anything else, can people still eat with the smell of shit from the live ducks? "
Zhang Fei smashed the water and fire stick in his hand to the ground, glared and said angrily: "Old man! You dare to stop the official from carrying out official duties. It seems that you are not so courageous. You will come back to the court with us later. I will I have to report this to Lord Tong and I will send you to jail for a few days!"
Hearing this, the old man quickly retracted his hands and said tremblingly: "Master, even if you borrow the courage of the little old man, you don't dare to stop you from carrying out your official duties! The little old man is just in charge of the store when the owner is not in the store. That’s all!”
Zhang Feili said coldly: "Don't say the shopkeeper is not here, even if he is in the shop we will still check. Get out of the way!" As he said that, he and Niu Xiaobao were carrying water and fire sticks to enter the shop. "
The old man had an idea and quickly stepped forward to hold Zhang Fei's hand and whispered: "Master Cha, can you lend me a step to talk?"
Zhang Feizu rolled his eyes and immediately knew something in his mind. He turned to Niu Xiaobao and said, "You wait here for now. I'll be back soon."
After saying that, he followed the old man around to a wing room behind the duck restaurant. The room was not big and the furnishings were simple. Apart from a bed, chairs, cabinets, and a table, there was no other furniture. The old man used clothes. He brushed his sleeves on the chair and said with a smile on his face: "Master, please sit down."
Zhang Fei ignored him, put the water and fire stick under his arm, stood in the middle of the ear chamber, clasped his hands on his chest, tilted his head, and said coldly: "If anything happens, tell me quickly! I have to go back to the government office to go to Tong Tong." I sentence you to return to life."
The old man quickly took out a key from his body, bent down, opened the only cupboard door in the room, reached out and took out a bunch of copper coins from the cupboard, held it to Zhang Feili with both hands, and said flatteringly: "Master, little old man, please give me a bunch of coins." Please accept the tea fee for both of you!"
Zhang Fei took it over his leg, weighed it in his hand, and said with disgust on his face: "Old man, isn't your duck restaurant doing a good job? How come you are so poor?"
The old man smiled carefully and said: "Master, I'm just the accountant invited by the shopkeeper. If there is no money on the counter, the shopkeeper won't dare to touch it! How about waiting until the shopkeeper comes back to express his gratitude to you two?" "
"Forget it." Zhang Fei stopped as soon as he felt good, put the copper coins in his hand into his arms, and his expression softened a lot. He said to the old man: "If you have anything to do, tell me!"
The old man said with a smile on his face: "I just want to ask the two policemen not to search the restaurant at will, because there are still many guests eating in the restaurant, including some regular customers. If there is really going to be a scene, , I’m afraid it will have an impact on future business!”
Zhang Feili thought for a while and said to the old man: "Okay, if you don't want to check, don't check. It's just that my brother and I were sent out in a hurry by Lord Tongpan. We didn't even have time to eat lunch. You took your restaurant's signature dish? "Three sets of ducks" give me and my brother a meal. As for me, I can walk around upstairs and downstairs empty-handed to deal with the problem. I guarantee that it won't affect your store's business! What do you think?"
The old man sighed secretly and forced a smile: "Master Cha, you and your brother go to the living room and find a place to sit down first, and I will go to the kitchen to make arrangements!"
Zhang Fei leg made an agreement with the old man and returned to the door of the duck restaurant with the water and fire stick. Niu Xiaobao hurriedly came up to him and asked quietly: "How is it?"
"Not at all." Zhang Feiguan shook his head and explained: "The money in this store is all managed by the shopkeeper. Without the shopkeeper, the old man would not dare to use it privately!"
"Damn it!" Niu Xiaobao scolded when he heard the sound: "It seems that if I don't go in and make some noise, these bastards won't be willing to take out the money!" After saying that, he picked up the water and fire sticks and rushed into the restaurant.
Zhang Feili quickly stretched out his hand to pull him back, and persuaded: "Forget it, forget it, the shopkeeper is not here, it is excusable! No, the old man told me, in order to express his apology, he specially arranged The restaurant's signature dish "Three Sets of Duck" was served in the kitchen, so that we both had enough to eat and drink before going back to the government office for business.
"Well, that's pretty much it." Niu Xiaobaoqi hummed and slammed the water and fire stick in his hand onto the ground!
"Let's go in and sit down! It's very cold outside." Zhang Fei shrank his neck and dragged Niu Xiaobao. The two of them held the water and fire sticks under their armpits and entered the duck restaurant.
The first floor of the Duck Restaurant is a large living room with more than 20 tables. Although some areas are separated by a kitchen, it still looks very spacious. At this time, there are still several tables with people drinking and eating.
The two of them had just chosen a quiet table and sat down. The waiter with a rag on his shoulders came over quickly with a pot of tea. He first took off the rag from his shoulders, wiped the table, and poured the empty glasses in front of them. Tea, then nodded and bowed and said: "Two gentlemen, please drink a cup of hot tea to warm your body first. If you want to eat something, tell the young one, and the young one will go to the kitchen immediately and let the cook cook it for you."
Zhang Feizu rolled his eyelids and said proudly: "Didn't the old accountant in your restaurant tell you? He treated us brothers to three sets of ducks."
The waiter was stunned at first when he heard about it, but then he immediately realized it and said with a smile: "It turns out to be a guest from Hu's tent. I'm going to go to the kitchen to see if the two masters' three sets of duck are ready."
"Hey, waiter, wait a moment." Niu Xiaobao saw that the waiter was about to leave, so he hurriedly opened his mouth to stop him.
The waiter turned around and said with a smile: "Master, do you have any other orders?"
Niu Xiaobao wrapped his clothes around his body and hissed: "Waiter, is it so cold in your store? Is there a warmer place?"
The waiter hesitated and said: "Sir, unfortunately one of the two heaters in the living room has broken down in the past two days and has not been repaired. If you want to keep warm, you can only go to the small private room upstairs. There is a heater in each private room there, but It’s more expensive!”
Niu Xiaobao slapped the table and said angrily: "What doesn't cost anything? Hurry up and arrange a room for us, and let your old accounting clerk calculate the cost!"
"This...!" The clerk couldn't make up his mind for a moment and stood there in confusion.
Seeing this, Zhang Feili made peace and said to the waiter: "Waiter, just take us up. I'll just go to Hu's accountant to settle the bill later!"
When he heard that someone was taking the job, the waiter no longer hesitated and hurried upstairs to arrange a private room for them.
Before finishing the cup of hot tea, the waiter came down from upstairs and said with a bow: "Two gentlemen, the younger one has arranged a private room of the same size upstairs, because the heater inside has just been opened by the younger one. It's still a little cold in the private room right now, why don't you two wait until it warms up before going in?"
Zhang Fei leg waved his hand and said: "You go to the kitchen and help us order the dishes. We have business to do and we can't delay. We can go up there ourselves later!"
''Yes, little one, let's go! "The waiter agreed, then walked away with a haha.
Zhang Feijiao looked at Niu Xiaobao and said with a smile: "Brother, I haven't been to the private room upstairs in this duck restaurant yet, why don't we go up there and take a walk now!"
Niu Xiaobao smiled and echoed: "Boss Zhang, what a coincidence, I haven't been upstairs here either. Come on! Let's go up and have a look."
In this Lao Yang Duck Restaurant, even though the living room on the first floor is not very well-furnished, the private rooms on the second floor are so luxurious. Even the stairs leading to the second floor are made of mahogany. When the two of them went up to the second floor, they immediately felt... Once warm, there is an indescribable feeling of comfort.
On the second floor, there is an aisle facing the stairwell. After walking into the aisle, you can see private rooms lined up on both sides of the aisle with a small wooden sign hanging above the door frame. Zhang Fei legs and approaches the wooden sign hanging on the door of the first private room in the aisle. At first glance, it turned out that the word "rich" was written on it, and he immediately understood that this was a private room with the word "rich". As expected, the wooden sign at the door of the second private room had the word "gui" written on it, which meant that this room was "expensive". The two of them walked along the aisle looking at the house number to find out what was next: Cai, Jin, Ji. They saw that the aisle was coming to an end, but they didn't see the He-hao private room that the waiter mentioned.
Probably because of the cold weather, all the private room doors here are closed, but the sound insulation of these doors is not good. People outside can hear the guests inside just by leaning slightly towards the door. The sound of speaking.
The two of them were anxiously looking for each other in the aisle when suddenly Zhang Fei Leg was attracted by the sound of voices coming from a private room with a lucky number. He quickly turned around and rushed to Niu Xiaobao who was following him. He stretched out his fingers and made a forbidden word on his lips. gesture, then stood on tiptoes, tiptoed to the door, gently pressed his ear to the wooden door, and listened quietly to the people in the private room.
Only one person inside sighed: "Second brother, if you leave, we brothers may never see each other again!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the man who was called Second Brother replied: "Hey, I didn't want to leave at first, but when my son came back and passed by Qi State, he heard from people over there that Qi State was celebrating the birthday of their empress dowager. After the celebration, After the civil and military conference, it is necessary to use troops against the Zheng State. If you want to destroy the Zheng State with the size of the Qi State, you will not have to use your strength! At that time, do you think that under the overwhelming force, there will be no eggs left intact? , so I advise all the brothers here to leave as soon as possible, and don’t delay the opportunity any longer. If you don’t leave, I’m afraid it will be too late to regret it later!”
At this time, another voice picked up the second brother's words and said with a smile: "Second brother, what you said is too sensational. Think about it a few days ago, the people of the Chu State occupied the capital of our Zheng State, and they didn't return in defeat in the end. Besides, your business has been so big that your son has moved to the Qin State where he is not familiar with. It just so happens that the new emperor has ascended the throne, and the taxes of all merchants in Zheng have been halved. Think about it, your son has only spent this year. How much money will the imperial court save in taxation? Leaving Zheng now is really killing two birds with one stone!"
The second brother heard this, slapped the chopsticks in his hand on the table, and coldly snorted: "Third brother, it's okay if you don't mention this, but I will be angry if you mention it!"
The third brother said in surprise: "Oh! Second brother, why is this?"
The second brother drank a glass of wine and said with emotion: "Third brother, think about it from ancient times to the present, including today's countries, which country has a woman as the emperor? And you see that country not only makes farmers All kinds of taxes are exempted, and then the taxes on merchants are also exempted in half!"
The voice that just started was obviously unhappy and said: "Second brother, what are your intentions? Aren't these good things for us Zheng people?"
"A good thing?" The second brother sneered: "I don't think so. When a woman becomes an emperor, she has long hair and short knowledge. The tax reduction and exemption measures taken by the court now are just because the new emperor has just ascended the throne, and there is a war between Chu and Zheng. At the end of the day, people in the country are panicking. This is a strategy that the imperial court has come up with to appease people! At present, it seems that the people of Zheng have gained some benefits, but I am afraid they will have to pay them back twice as much in the future!"
"Can't you?" At this time, another slightly older voice joined in and asked doubtfully: "Second brother, if the court really wants to double the current tax exemptions and add them back in the future, it won't be afraid of public resentment! The country is in danger. ! How can the imperial court be so confused?"
The second brother was dissatisfied and said: "Brother, don't think about it. Zheng is just a small and inconspicuous country among today's countries. It has no other sources of income. It still has to support so many officials and troops. The income of the imperial court has been reduced." , but various expenses have not been reduced. The taxes on farmers used to be the majority of the court's revenue, but now they are gone. If the taxes on merchants are reduced by half, it is estimated that the court's revenue will only be 20% of the original, which is not bad. The court does not It will make money, but you said you won’t get it back from us in the future!”
After the second brother finished speaking, no one in the room said anything anymore, but the second brother seemed to still have something to say, and continued to say angrily: "We brothers also saw it at the door just now, and the new Jingfu general judge sent by the Queen sent two servants here. , actually wanted to take back the live duck in the duck restaurant for interrogation, think about how insane this general judge must be! To be able to do such a bastard thing, the so-called upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, the queen must be no better. Go then, I think Zheng’s court is coming to an end soon!”
When Zhang Feizu outside the door heard this, he was overjoyed. He knew that just the last few words of the man in the house were enough to punish him for the serious crime of confiscating his home and exterminating his family. He didn't expect that he came to catch the duck and broke up a rebel group. The case was even bigger than the rebellion case of Wang Lianshan that Li Jiange solved. Thinking that he was about to be promoted and make a fortune, he kicked open the wooden door with an excited "bang" and pointed at the private room with the water and fire stick in his hand. Several people who were drinking inside shouted loudly: "You have committed a crime! Come with me and two!"
Several old men in the private room who were leisurely drinking wine at the table were stunned when faced with the two businessmen who seemed to fall from the sky, and their faces instantly turned pale!
