"Your boss gave it to you?" Zhou Yiming was slightly startled, "I don't know your boss, and he gave us two dishes for no reason. What does he mean? Do you think I, surnamed Zhou, can't afford this meal?"
Zhou Yiming said this on purpose. He is now the number one arrester of the Chengnan Inspection Office. Reputable people in the Chengnan District must know his status, and it is understandable that they will try their best to curry favor with him and make friends with him.
It's just that he can't accept gifts and kindness from others in a daze. As the saying goes, eating someone's short mouth and taking advantage of someone's short hand will make it very difficult for him to deal with someone else's troubles in the future when they ask him for help.
He wanted to use the tone just now to scare the waiter at Zuixianlou into telling him all the details about their boss, so that he would have a clear idea and then decide whether to accept the boss's kindness.
As a waiter at Zuixianlou, the waiter has also seen the world. He was not afraid of what Yi Ming said. Instead, he stood respectfully and stood aside with his hands down, whispering:
"Master, you misunderstood, my boss didn't mean this.
Maybe you don't know my boss, but my boss does know you. You are the one who solved the disappearance case, right?
Our boss has admired the famous name for a long time and wanted to make friends, but he just regretted that he didn't have the chance.
Just now you and a group of brothers came to our Zuixian Restaurant. Our boss recognized you at a glance, so he specially asked our kitchen to serve you and your brothers two signature dishes of our Zuixian Restaurant.
The boss also told me that not only were these two dishes delivered, but our boss also invited us to eat this meal. "
Zhou Yiming did not expect that this waiter had such a good psychological quality. At first glance, he looked like someone who had seen big events. He was worthy of being a waiter from Zuixianlou.
The young man made the ins and outs of delivering food very clear, but he didn't mention a word about the identity of the boss. This level of vigilance was not unusually high.
Zhou Yiming nodded and said with a playful smile: "My background is clear enough. Well, since your boss is interested in making friends with me, you might as well invite him to come up and let us get to know each other."
The waiter showed a professional smile: "Captain Zhou, to be honest, our boss has left after explaining these things. Before leaving, he said to me, if you want to see Captor Zhou, don't worry, we will meet him in the future." timing."
After hearing these words, Zhou Yiming became even more curious about who the boss of Zuixianlou was.
This person is absolutely extraordinary. If he were an ordinary wealthy businessman who had spent so much blood in order to make friends with Yi Ming, he would definitely come up to meet and establish friendship as soon as possible, for fear that the money would be wasted. After all, Yi Ming is busy with official duties and has a busy life. After a while, if you forget about this, your money will be wasted.
Being willing to spend money but not come out to meet and make friendship in the first place is a courage that only rich and noble people have.
Is it the royal family?
This idea popped into Zhou Ming's mind.
No matter who the boss is, this meal must not be in vain, otherwise it will be difficult to return the favor.
The favor I owe someone for a meal is so unworthy that it would be embarrassing to even mention it.
"I accept your boss's wishes, but I will definitely not eat this meal from you for free. If I want to force you to ask for the price, you are afraid that your boss will blame you, so you will definitely not tell me."
Zhou Yiming had already made a plan in his mind. The money must be given. As for how much he would give, it would depend on his ability.
The waiter guessed that Yi Ming was going to pay the bill, and suddenly became nervous. After all, when their boss left just now, Qian Dingzhu Wan told them to serve Yi Ming's table well and never charge money.
If Zhou Yiming's money was collected, the boss would know about it in the future, and he wouldn't be able to do even this small thing, so how could he hang out in Zuixian in the future.
"Captain Zhou, you don't need to waste any more words. We will never accept your money. Go back and greet your brothers. If you have any orders, just call me. I will be here when you call."
After the boy said this, he turned around and wanted to run downstairs.
Zhou Yiming grabbed him and said with an extremely ugly face: "Don't even think about running away. Let me tell you, as the number one police officer in the inspection yamen in the south of the city, I will never do such a thing as taking Nakha."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Yiming took out the money he had just stolen from Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang and counted it carefully.
When the waiter saw this scene, he was so moved that he almost shed tears.
Their Zuixian Tower has received countless high-ranking officials, as well as middle- and lower-level officials. Among these people, whether they are the richest people in the country or the small bosses in the yamen who are short of money, they are all paying the bills. Every time, everyone wants to take advantage.
Although Zuixianlou has a profound background, these people dare not blatantly eat for free, but as long as they have the opportunity, they will either take the opportunity to pay less for food, or take it on credit.
If the boss of Zuixianlou takes a fancy to someone's connections and wants to make friends, and takes the initiative to treat him, the person being treated will only be polite on the surface, and then start to eat all the good food. Click them all.
This is the first time the waiter has seen such an upright customer as Zhou Ming, who insists on paying even if the boss takes the initiative to treat him.
He is worthy of being the great hero who killed Yan Shikuan. He is open-minded and upright. There is no other person with such a good character in Dachu.
Just as the waiter was praising Yi Ming's character in his heart, Yi Ming counted out one tael of silver and threw it to the waiter with a generous look.
“Take it, there’s no need to change it, I have plenty of money.
When I see your boss, tell him that if you want to make friends with me, please use fair and aboveboard means. This kind of little trick that cannot be put on the table may be useful to others, but I, Zhou Ming, hate it the most. "
After saying that, Zhou Yiming turned around and went upstairs, leaving the waiter alone at the corner of the stairs, looking confused.
Is this the legendary hard-to-eat meal?
The waiter looked at Zhou Ming's back and let out an exclamation.
Even if the two signature dishes were not included, the total value of the meal that Zhou Yiming and the others had was more than 500 taels of silver. Counting the two signature dishes that were given to them, it was worth almost 700 to 800 taels of silver.
Zhou Yiming only spent one tael of silver to solve all the problems. Not only could he eat the meal for free, but he also owed the boss no favors. The most unacceptable thing for the waiter was that Yi Ming thought that the one tael of silver was too much. .
The waiter went downstairs while vomiting blood. When he met such a god, he was really helpless and unable to deal with it. Even if he was scolded by the boss later, he accepted it. After all, such a powerful opponent does not come across every day. arrive.
When Zhou Yiming went to chase the waiter, all the government officials were in great spirits and quickly finished the two signature dishes.
Only Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang felt uneasy. They knew that if Yi Ming chased him out, he must have paid for it. If the meal was too expensive and he didn't have enough money, the boy would definitely come back to blackmail them.
The two even exchanged glances with each other and asked each other if they should sneak away before Zhou Ming came back.
After paying the bill, Zhou Yiming was in a good mood. When he came back, he greeted everyone warmly: "Don't save money for me. Eat well and drink well. Just order whatever you want."
Seeing this situation, Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang felt relieved.
Half an hour later, everyone was full and full. The dishes on the table were all in a mess, every dish was eaten clean, and not a drop of wine was left in the jug.
"Did everyone enjoy their meal today?" Zhou Ming asked.
"The food at Zuixianlou is delicious."
"Thank you, Mr. Zhou."
Seeing that everyone was satisfied and eating happily, Zhou Yiming smiled and said: "In that case, let's just eat here today. It's getting late, so let's go."
Zhou Yiming stood up, led everyone downstairs, and left Zuixian Tower.
On the way back, everyone was chatting and laughing, reminiscing about the delicious wine and delicacies just now, and making some jokes about the combination of meat and vegetables. The atmosphere was extremely harmonious.
Even Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang, who usually put on airs, also participated and mingled with everyone.
Master Cao was old, so naturally he couldn't chat with young people, and he was also close to home, so he separated from everyone halfway and went home alone.
As soon as Director Cao left, the eyes of all the government officials changed. Before they went to Zuixian Tower for dinner, they had already discussed a plan. After dinner, they would take Zhou Ming and the other three heads to Hua Man Lou for a relaxing time. Let them, the government servants, pool their money to entertain Zhou Ming in return.
However, they all knew that Chief Cao had some friendship with Yi Ming's father-in-law, so when he was there, no one revealed the plan. As soon as he left, the government officials immediately took action.
Several government officials surrounded Yi Ming and said with a meaningful smile: "Captain Zhou, it's still early, so it's boring to go home so early."
When the other government officials heard this, they all laughed tacitly.
Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang had been officials for many years and were both experienced. From what a few government officials said, it was clear that they were holding back their bad intentions. They must have planned to ask Zhou Yiming to pay and take them to have fun.
The two of them speeded up their pace unconsciously, wanting to leave the crowd as quickly as possible, fearing that Yi Ming would be unable to pay the bill if he left for fun, and would cheat them.
"Inspector Deng, Captain Xia, you two, don't walk so fast, we have something to talk about."
Zhou Yiming looked at the people surrounding him with vigilance: "What on earth do you guys want to do? If you fart, hurry up."
All the yamen officers all laughed: "Everyone, especially Chief Zhou, we all feel embarrassed for eating your meal for free, so we plan to repay you in return."
"That's a long way to go. Even if we don't get the bounty, what does it mean if I treat everyone to a meal?" Zhou Yiming knew that the salaries of these government servants were not high and didn't want them to waste money. "Besides, we just After a big meal, even if you want to treat us to another meal, it will have to wait until later.”
Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang both sighed inwardly. This kid Zhou Yiming also acted foolishly sometimes. People obviously wanted to invite him to have a cool time, but now he didn't understand the meaning.
"Captain Zhou, we are not talking about inviting you to dinner."
Seeing that Zhou Ming still didn't understand what they meant, all the government officials felt a little strange. Could it be that he had never been to a place like Huamanlou?
