Chen Xiaomu smiled and said: "Old Master, if you have anything to say, just tell me."
Ye Duzheng said: "Mr. Chen left office in a hurry. I would like to treat Mr. Chen to breakfast and express my feelings!"
Chen Xiaomu thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "It is better to obey my orders than to be respectful. I will disturb the old master for once."
Ye Duzheng quickly made a gesture of invitation. Chen Xiaomu pointed at Lian'er who was standing not far away and said with a smile: "Old Master, I have a few friends waiting here. Do you think...?"
"Haha, let's take one piece then." Ye Duzheng said cheerfully.
Chen Xiaomu waved to Lian'er, who trotted over.
Chen Xiaomu asked: "Lian'er, where are the two sisters who were with you last night?"
When Lian'er heard this, she immediately said aggrievedly: "Last night, the two sisters went to the Yuelai Inn opposite the government office to sleep in a room. Before leaving, they told the younger one that he was a thief, and asked him to stay in the government office. Keep an eye on them until you see the official come out, and then go to the inn with him to look for them."
Chen Xiaomu couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this, and couldn't help but said angrily: "These two ghost women actually tricked a child into freezing here all night. It's really outrageous. Come on, let's go have breakfast!"
Lian'er hesitated and said: "Master, why don't you ask the two sisters to eat together?"
Chen Xiaomu shook his head, "If you didn't shout, who would have let them cause Lian'er to be frozen outside all night."
Lian'er's heart felt hot and her eyes were red. Since she was a child, no one except her godmother had ever cared about her like this. At the same time, she was afraid that the official would get into trouble with the two young ladies, and he would be sandwiched between them from now on. , life must not be easy, he couldn't help but hesitate when thinking of this.
After taking a few steps forward and seeing Lian'er still standing there, Chen Xiaomu urged, "Lian'er, are you leaving?"
Lian'er said: "Master, I'm afraid that my two sisters will be angry!"
Chen Xiaomu smiled and said: "Lian'er, at your young age, you have a lot on your mind. How about this? After we finish eating, we can bring back two portions of rice for them to eat. How about that?"
Lian'er was about to agree, but Ye Duzheng said before him: "Mr. Chen, the fragrance shop we are going to should be opened early. It is just around the corner from the front. Why don't we two go ahead and let Lian'er and the two people in the inn Let’s go together, girl.”
Chen Xiaomu pondered for a moment and nodded, "That's fine." Then he said to Lian'er: "Lian'er, go to the inn and wake up those two slackers. I'll wait for you at the fragrance shop in front."
"Yeah, okay." Lian'er agreed, turned around and ran towards the inn.
Chen Xiaomu followed Ye Duzheng to Xiangxiangfang. The business of this breakfast shop is really good. It has two floors. At this time, all the tables in the lobby downstairs are full of people. Just like that, there are also people outside Groups of people crowded in, and the steaming steamed buns with different fillings were constantly brought out by the waiters from the back kitchen and placed on the table in front of the guests, who spoke with various accents. Calls to the waiter and responses from the waiter came one after another, making it a busy and lively scene.
After entering the door, the first thing that catches the eye is a long wooden counter. At this time, there are several waiters behind the counter, listening to the guests ordering food, collecting copper coins, and handing out bamboo tags with the names of the food. The guests receive the bamboo tags. After playing the cards, find an empty seat and sit down, call the waiter, hand the bamboo cards to the waiter, and then sit and wait for the waiter to bring the ordered food to you.
Although Ye Duzheng was just a master with no official title in the government office, he was a very powerful master in this fragrance shop. No, as soon as he entered the door, a shop assistant behind the counter had sharp eyes. When he looked up, he saw He hurriedly threw down the copper coins in his hand, opened the table, trotted over to meet him, bent his waist, and said with a flattering smile: "Master Ye, you are here. I will inform the boss now. You go to the private room upstairs for a while." Wait."
Ye Duzheng smiled lightly and waved his hand, "Secretary, I am just accompanying Shangguan to have breakfast. There is no need to find my boss to come over. You can just lead us upstairs."
"Shangguan?" The waiter couldn't help being startled when he heard this, and thought to himself: "You are considered an uncle here, then Shangguan is even bigger!" His curiosity suddenly aroused, and he couldn't help but peek behind Ye Duzheng. This look , but he was quite startled. Behind Master Ye stood the judge who was hearing the case in the courtroom two days ago!
At that moment, the waiter hurriedly bowed and saluted, and said in a stuttering voice: "Little, little, I've met Lord Tongpan!"
Chen Xiaomu smiled and nodded in response.
The waiter felt excited and hurriedly led the two of them to the stairs. He nodded and bowed and said: "You two adults, please go to the rich and noble peony room upstairs and sit for a while. The young one will now go and give instructions to the kitchen to make something specially for you two adults." Xiangxiangfang’s best specialty is the exquisite breakfast.”
Chen Xiaomu quickly stopped and said, "Brother, don't make it so troublesome. Master Ye and I are just here to have a quick breakfast. Just bring up two steamed buns from your store."
"Brother...!" Master Tongpan actually called him brother. The clerk was stunned and thought he heard wrongly.
Seeing the waiter looking at him blankly, Chen Xiaomu smiled at him and said: "Brother, please hurry up, we are in a hurry."
This time I heard it clearly, Master Tongpan indeed called me "little brother", and the clerk was suddenly excited. With these two words of "little brother" from Master Tongpan, he had a topic to brag about for a year outside.
"Oh, that's right." Ye Duzheng just took two steps up, then turned to the waiter and said: "Wait a minute, there will be a child named Lian'er who will bring two ladies to dine. You can arrange a private room for them. You must receive them well, and all the debt will be on my head." Ye Duye took out a heavy bunch of copper coins and handed them to the waiter, "This is five hundred coins. If there is more, I will give it to you. If the reward is not enough, I will make up for it later when the bill is settled."
The waiter was so anxious that he shook his hands wildly and said repeatedly: "Master Ye, last time I was scolded by my boss for accepting breakfast money from you. I beg you to be kind this time and don't embarrass me again!"
Ye Duzheng's face tightened, "What do you call this? Giving money for food is a matter of course. Go and find your boss. I'm going to tell him a lesson today!"
"Hey, okay!" The guy bowed and left.
The two came to the second floor, where there was a row of private rooms. Ye Duzheng raised his eyes and saw the most conspicuous private room on the second floor, with the word "Rich Peony" written on the door. He took two steps and stepped forward to open the door and let Chen Xiaomu pass. Entering, the room is not too big. There is a table of eight immortals and four armchairs in the middle.
As soon as Chen Xiaomu sat down on the armchair facing the door, Ye Duzheng locked the door, sat down next to Chen Xiaomu, and whispered: "Mr. Chen, according to the secret report from the old man's informant in the government prison, Wu Guanglu was already there last night Go home!”
"Oh!" Chen Xiaomu was startled when he heard the sound, and Ye Duzheng continued: "It is said that he took the route of Yu Jianying!"
Chen Xiaomu was silent for a moment and asked Ye Duzheng: "Old Master, what is the origin of this Yu Jianying?"
Ye Duzheng lowered his voice even lower, almost touching Chen Xiaomu's ears with his mouth, and continued: "This Yu Jianying was originally a staff general under Lord Taiwei. Later, he was dismissed from his post for embezzling military pay and was investigated. He was originally going to be sentenced to exile. , and was later demoted to the Xinjing government office to serve as Suga Ying with the help of the Taiwei."
Chen Xiaomu asked in confusion: "If you operate this way, what will happen if the master sitting in the hall suddenly goes to bring the prisoner to court?"
Ye Duzheng smiled softly, "Sir, you may not know this when you are new here. Generally, when a prisoner is asked to be brought to court, he will send someone to inform Yu Jianying in advance to make preparations the day before. If something unexpected happens, the prison will There is also a remedy on the side, which is to visit the prison doctors and present the medical certificate to the court master stating that the prisoner is seriously ill and cannot be brought to court for the time being, and request the court master to postpone the hearing of the case."
Chen Xiaomu nodded silently, already having an idea in his mind.
At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Ye Duzheng got up to open the door.
The guy who just came in from the door was followed by a tall, round-faced, big-eyed, dark-skinned young woman in her twenties, wearing a moon-green double-breasted robe. As soon as she entered, the woman stood facing the door first. Ye Duzheng bent her knees slightly, folded her hands on her waist, and whispered: "My niece has met Uncle Ye." Then she walked to the opposite side of the Eight Immortals table and made the same move, "The daughter of the people has met Lord Tongpan."
Ye Duzheng chuckled and followed, "Girl, why didn't your father come?"
The woman said respectfully: "Back to Uncle Ye, dad got up this morning, felt unwell, and went to see the doctor."
"Oh!" Ye Duzheng nodded, "I'll go see Brother Xu Rong when I have time."
Chen Xiaomu laughed and said: "Old Master, why don't they charge you for coming to dinner? It turns out you have a relationship with them."
"There, there." Old Ye Duzheng blushed slightly and continued to explain: "I and Brother Xu Rong are from the same hometown of Cicada City, and they are very close to each other. In their free time, they often get together to drink wine and gossip. The friendship will naturally improve."
At this time, the waiter came forward and clasped his hands and said: "Master Ye, the young master named Lian'er who you asked me to receive has come with the two young ladies. The young master has placed them in the Shuishui Furong Room and is having a meal at the moment. May I ask Ye Master, do you have any other instructions?"
Ye Duzheng nodded, "They are Mr. Chen's close friends. Your store has special and well-reputed meals. Let them try some of everything."
The waiter bowed and said, "Back to Master Ye, I've made all the arrangements!"
"Well, very good." Ye Du nodded in praise. He took out the bunch of copper coins from his body again, put it on the table, and said to the woman: "Qian'er, take the meal money. My uncle is treating Mr. Chen to dinner today. If you don't accept it, Mr. Chen will be a freeloader with your uncle." reputation!"
The woman Yingying bowed and said, "Uncle Ye, daddy told me not to take any money from you. Besides, breakfast only costs a few bucks. Why don't you wait for daddy to come back next time and discuss it with him again?"
While talking, several waiters downstairs brought all the food up on trays and placed them on the Eight Immortals table one by one. In addition to seven or eight cages of various steamed buns and pancakes, there were actually six cold dishes, six hot dishes, and a pot of A table full of wine!
Chen Xiaomu looked at Ye Duzheng dumbfounded, "Old Master, it seems we are just here to have breakfast, right? Why are we serving wine?"
At this time, Ye Duzheng was also murmuring in his heart, thinking, this girl is too polite, setting up such a big table for us so early in the morning, wouldn't this delay things? But it’s hard to refuse the hospitality in front of me, so you can’t just ask them to leave with a straight face. Then this girl Qian’er will lose her face! He had no choice but to smile awkwardly and said: "Mr. Chen, this is the wish of girl Qian'er. We can't let people withdraw, can we?"
