A few days later, Shen Erniang went to the Weiyuan Escort Bureau in person to express her gratitude with a basket of hand-made desserts and large and small packages of gifts.
Su Qiqi warmly received Shen Erniang, welcomed her to the main hall, brewed a pot of tribute tea given by the new emperor, and chatted with her about daily life.
The two chatted for a while, and Shen Erniang changed the subject and told Su Qiqi about her other plan - to hire people from the Weiyuan Escort Agency as inn escorts.
Su Qiqi asked her needs in detail and asked the housekeeper to invite Qin Chuan and Yan Ruoyu. After some discussion, everyone decided to let Luo Xiaoshi and Xiaofu sit in Shen Erniang's wine shop on a regular basis, while Yan Ruoyu would go there regularly every month to patrol.
As a result, no one came to make trouble in Shen Erniang's wine shop. Weiyuan Escort also has a long-term customer, and it is a good place to hang out with friends.
In the next few days, everyone continued to search for clues to the theft.
On this day, Su Qiqi, Qin Chuan, and Yan Ruoyu were invited to Shen Erniang's Restaurant. As soon as they sat down and had a few bites of food, an escort from the Weiyuan Escort Bureau hurried in and greeted Su with excitement. Qiqi said: "Young Master, we have a clue!"
Su Qiqi, Qin Chuan, and Yan Ruoyu hurriedly put down their chopsticks and listened to him continue.
The escort took a sip of the tea that the waiter poured for him, and then whispered: "We found out that the several thefts on Yunfu Street some time ago were all done by a thief from outside the Great Wall... He himself admitted it... and is now imprisoned by Master Lin. Already..."
Su Qiqi and others looked in disbelief upon hearing this. Unexpectedly, the person who committed many crimes on Yunfu Street was not a member of the Yeyou League, but a famous thief outside the Great Wall in recent years!
Why did he come to Yunfu Street to commit crimes? Could it be that he was ordered by someone? Is there something fishy with Ye Youmeng? Thinking of this, Su Qiqi continued to ask: "Master Han, can you find out whether he is related to Yeyou Alliance?"
"Well, there are currently no clues to prove that they are connected, but after Mr. Lin and others finish the case, there may be new clues..." Escort Han paused and replied truthfully.
Su Qiqi nodded, exchanged glances with Qin Chuan and Yan Ruoyu, and then asked Escort Han to go back and inform others to continue to trace the clues to the warehouse theft case, and at the same time pay attention to the movements of Yeyou League.
After Escort Han left, Su Qiqi, Qin Chuan and Yan Ruoyu drank for a while, then said hello to Shen Erniang and left in a hurry.
Luo Xiaoshi and Xiaofu sat in an inconspicuous position by the window on the second floor of the wine shop as usual, silently watching the pedestrians coming and going on the street.
The two of them got tired of watching, so they brewed a pot of tea and drank slowly, chatting while drinking.
About an hour later, the street suddenly became noisy.
Luo Xiaoshi and Xiaofu hurriedly looked down. I saw a few sturdy men walking towards the wine shop with their horses.
Seeing this, Luo Xiaoshi felt a little uneasy, so he said to Xiaofu: "Seeing how aggressive these people are, I'm a little worried that they will come to cause trouble. We have to be prepared..."
Xiaofu nodded, took out a few locust stones from his waist and held them in his hand. Then he slowly walked to the seat next to the stairs and watched the customers entering the store.
After a while, those burly men also walked in and sat down in the center of the lobby. One of them shouted: "Waiter, please order some food and drinks!"
The waiter trotted over and asked politely: "Guests, please come this way! What would you like to eat or drink?"
The burly man at the head said: "Two kilograms of three white wines and one kilogram of drunken beef..."
"Three baijiu? Sir, I'm sorry, the store doesn't have this wine... Can you change it to another wine? How about peony wine or bamboo leaf wine?" the waiter said with a cautious smile.
"What? You don't have Sanbaijiu, which is famous in half of Kyushu, and you dare to open a wine shop? Call your shopkeeper over!" one of them shouted.
The waiter turned to look at Shen Erniang. Shen Erniang motioned for him to leave first and walked over with a jar of aged shochu in her arms.
"Are you the shopkeeper?" The man looked at Shen Erniang and said with a frivolous expression, "She's quite handsome! Come, pour some wine for me!"
Shen Erniang glanced at him, thinking that peace is the most important thing in business, and she didn't want to cause trouble easily, so she didn't say anything, silently poured wine for these people, and then walked away. But the burly man at the head blocked her way and said, "It's boring to drink too much. Come on, let me sing a little song to cheer you up!"
Seeing his wretched look, Shen Erniang rolled her eyes and started to leave. The tall man grabbed her sleeves and refused to let her go. Several other people also want to come over and cause trouble. Erniang Shen was so anxious that she yelled angrily: "How outrageous! If you guys keep messing around, please leave here. We won't serve you in the shop!"
When those sturdy men heard this, they laughed instead of being annoyed: "Hahaha! Shopkeeper, are you trying to drive people away? I won't leave, what can you do to us?"
"You, you..." Shen Erniang pointed at them angrily, speechless for a moment. Seeing this, Luo Xiaoshi and Xiaofu flew downstairs and were about to step forward to rescue Shen Erniang. The waiter asked them to wait for a while while he went over to persuade them. If the other party still didn't know what to do, Luo Xiaoshi and Xiaofu would teach them a lesson.
The waiter walked quickly to those people and politely advised them not to embarrass Shen Erniang. Not only did those people refuse to listen, they overturned the table and slapped the waiter. The diners next to him were so frightened that they dropped their bowls and chopsticks and ran away. Only two or three bravely stood in the corner and watched the excitement.
Seeing this, Luo Xiaoshi and Xiaofu couldn't bear it any longer. They quickly ran up to those tough men and shouted, "What are you doing? Do you want to cause trouble?"
Those burly men were stunned for a moment, looked at Luo Xiaoshi and Xiao Fu, who looked young and skinny, and said with a ferocious smile: "Hey! You also hired thugs? But with these two little bean sprouts, Do you want to compete with me?"
Several other accomplices also looked at Luo Xiaoshi and Xiaofu with disdain and laughed with disdain.
Luo Xiaoshi and Xiaofu were so angry that their faces turned red, but they said patiently: "We are not thugs, we are the bodyguards of the Weiyuan Escort Bureau, and also the bodyguards of this restaurant... If you continue to disturb the shopkeeper and affect other diners, you will be punished." Don’t blame us brothers for being rude!”
After saying that, Luo Xiaoshi glanced at the other people steadily and secretly clenched his fists. Xiaofu, who was following him, also held the locust pebbles between his fingers, ready to go.
Only then did those burly men stop laughing, and said with some ill-intentioned provocation: "What? You brat, do you want to use force with us? You don't even look in the mirror. With your body, are you worthy of me to do it myself?" ?”
Seeing the arrogant look on that man's face, Luo Xiaoshi snorted coldly, picked up a pair of chopsticks from the table next to him, gathered his inner strength, and threw them out. The chopsticks flew against the faces of several burly men. It passed by and sank into the wall behind them more than an inch deep.
At this time, the burly men finally showed shock, realizing that Luo Xiaoshi was very skilled, but he had already let out the harsh words, so they had no choice but to bite the bullet and justify themselves: "Forget it, I see that your kung fu is pretty good, sir." I don’t have the same experience as you!” After saying that, he and his accomplices slipped away in confusion.
When Shen Erniang and the waiter saw their arrogant and respectful expressions, they couldn't help but spit, and then gave Luo Xiaoshi and Xiaofu a bowl of beef noodles to express their gratitude.
The few diners who stayed to watch the excitement also continued eating and drinking, and later shared what they saw today as conversation topics with family and friends. Soon, the name of Weiyuan Escort Agency became almost a household name in the border areas.
