Chapter 426 Zhong Rui’s Arrangement
Although they only need to exit the north gate of Qingyun City and enter the Qingyun Mountains further north, Yi Xifeng and his party are not in a hurry to go to the Qingyun Sect. They still remember Gao Ning's instructions. After all, they are unfamiliar with the place here, so they must first Let’s find the organization.
But it was also the first time for the four of them to come here. They didn't know the specific location of the salary list organization's stronghold, so they had to take a walk near the main road. Fortunately, Zhao Long is a descendant of the Zhao family after all, and the waistband he carries with him will be recognized by all the bases of the salary list organization. Otherwise, they would be worth asking about in every restaurant and inn, asking about the room prices, and then doing some "alternative" Bargain...
Zhao Long pinched the jade waist tag in his hand and asked the restaurant owner: "Are you having sex?"
The shopkeeper was an old man in his seventies. He squinted his eyes, looked at the waistband in the young man's hand, and murmured: "Sir, our shop is a small business and we only accept cash!"
Zhao Long's face was a little red. Fortunately, he was carrying two swords at his waist and wearing a bamboo hat on his head. He coughed twice and said, "Excuse me."
He quickly turned around and left, but when he reached the door of the restaurant, the shopkeeper stopped him and reminded him: "If the young master is short of money and really needs money, you can try the pawn shop in the south of the city."
He paused, thanked her softly, and left the restaurant.
"What's it like? Isn't it from this place?" Yi Xifeng asked with a smile when he saw Zhao Long walking out quickly. However, Zhao Long, who was wearing a bamboo hat, obviously ignored him. He raised his hand and threw the jade waist badge to Lin Lei, and said calmly: "The next family, it's your turn!"
Lin Lei smiled slightly, touched his straight aquiline nose, and walked to another inn dozens of feet away...
This was already the eighth store they visited. At first, Zhao Long could ask a few of them, but later because of the eyes of the people around him, the four of them began to take turns.
Soon Lin Lei also walked out of the inn. He shrugged at the three people sitting on the carriage and said helplessly: "This hotel is not good for staying, but there is a young man who wants to take three taels of silver."
As he said this, when Lin Lei boarded the carriage, the young man in the inn actually chased him out. Seeing Lin Lei bowing and entering the carriage, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.
Generally speaking, pawning things is a method chosen by some down-and-out people. After all, normal people will always bring enough money with them when they go out. Of course, judging from the way this young man dresses, he does not want to be born in poverty. There is a high probability that something happened.
The young man is a frequent visitor to this inn. The biggest reason why he often drinks in this inn instead of going to other restaurants is that the same reed pot roasted knives are sold in this inn cheaper than in the surrounding restaurants. He is a very economical person. Although he is not short of money, he still goes to this more affordable place to eat and drink.
Today I saw Lin Lei holding a jade waist badge. He fell in love with it at first sight and consciously paid three taels of silver, which was not a small amount. Unexpectedly, this man didn't even return the counter-offer and just walked out. Seeing that what he got was gone like this, the young man was naturally unwilling to accept it, so he chased after him.
"Brother, please stay!" The young man walked to the car and shouted. The driver stopped his horse and whispered something to the four people behind him.
Lin Lei recognized this person, so he came out of the carriage and asked doubtfully: "Sir, do you want me to wait for you?"
"Brother, do you want to sell your waist card? Three taels is a lot, so let's see that you are not money-hungry customers. How about I add another two taels to make up for five taels?"
Lin Lei looked at this young man intently, and saw that he had a rosy nose at a young age. He must have been a stubborn man who got drunk all day long. He was very fond of these young men's waistbands, jade pendants and other literary items. .
"Fifty taels of silver, hahaha, it's a little less!" Lin Lei said with a smile.
The young man shook his head and said: "It's a lot, it's a lot. If you put it in a pawn shop in the south of the city, you probably won't even be able to redeem it."
In fact, he knew in his heart that the real value of this jade waist tag was around 10 taels, but he was not worried at all that the pawnshop would charge it higher, because the people of Qingyun City knew that the pawnshop was quite shady! Except for some out-of-towners with little information, locals never go there to pawn anything.
As the saying goes, the speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional. Zhao Long, who was sitting in the carriage, let out a sigh and murmured: "It's this pawn shop again? Could it be that..."
Linley naturally heard Zhao Long's muttering in the carriage, and asked: "Since you said so, why don't you tell me where the pawn shop is? If it's really not suitable, I will come to you to exchange it!"
When the young man heard this, his heart suddenly became happy, and he nodded quickly and said: "Children are innocent! Let me tell you, follow the road in front and go south, at the third intersection..."
He roughly told the coachman the direction of the carriage, and then said to Lin Lei: "Little brother, go quickly, I'm waiting for your good news at this inn! I can give you five taels! Five taels!"
Upon hearing this, Linley smiled slightly, turned around and got into the carriage.
…
After several twists and turns, they finally arrived at this pawn shop located on the main road in the south of the city, and signed a letter with four big characters: "Rate Cloud Pawn Shop"!
The four of them looked at each other and walked in.
Sure enough, the decoration inside was very exquisite, but there were only a few people. Behind the high counter, there was a middle-aged shopkeeper sitting, looking at the account book in his hand. When Lin Lei and others walked in, he glanced at them and then turned back to the account books.
There were two guys in the lobby who were cleaning the hall. They didn't say hello when people came in, and just muttered to themselves. The four of them couldn't hear clearly what he said, but judging from the words "poor guy" and "little devil" that popped up, they probably didn't mean anything good.
Zhao Long looked at the pawn shop up and down, then walked straight to the tall counter.
"Whatever you are dealing with must be submitted first and then verified!" The shopkeeper shouted in a deep voice, holding the accounts in one hand and holding the account pages in the other.
The young man put the jade waist tag in his hand on the counter. After two breaths, he saw no response from the other party. When he looked up, he was speechless. The middle-aged shopkeeper was still flipping through the accounts page by page without looking at them. To that waist card.
Zhao Long coughed lightly and said, "Excuse me, shopkeeper, let me take a look first!"
The middle-aged shopkeeper frowned slightly, put down the account book, and then looked at the jade waist tag on the counter.
…
Yi Xifeng looked at the exquisite decorations around him. This elegant room was different from the layout in Luoye County and had the local characteristics of Qingchuan County.
Due to the high mountains in Qingchuan County, some mountain moso bamboos are planted in the courtyard. Although it is only early spring, the bamboo shoots of moso bamboo have already emerged from the soil. I think these bamboos will rise from the ground in half a month!
And the four of them guessed correctly that this pawn shop was a stronghold of the Payroll Organization!
The middle-aged man just now almost fell off the high chair behind the counter after seeing this jade waistband. He did not reply to Zhao Long immediately, but asked the waiter to greet the four of them first, take them to this private room, and then ran away holding the jade waist badge.
Zhao Long was naturally not worried that the other party was greedy for his own advantage, because looking at the layout of Yajian, everyone was sure that this was the base of the salary list.
After about a cup of tea, the middle-aged shopkeeper came back again. As soon as he entered the door, he cupped his hands and said to Zhao Long: "Qingchuan County, the salary list organization's stronghold outside the county, the person in charge, Zhao Chao, has met the young master!"
With that said, he handed the jade waist badge back to the other party.
"This stronghold is very easy for us to find!" Yi Xifeng said with a wry smile when he saw this scene.
The middle-aged man asked with some confusion: "This is also what I am confused about. What is the mission of the four of you coming to Qingyun City? If you need to organize a gang leader, just say so!"
When the four of them heard this, they were stunned for a moment and then looked at each other, obviously very surprised by what the other said. Lin Lei on the side asked tentatively: "You don't know why we are here?"
The middle-aged man named Zhao Chao shook his head in confusion. Zhao Long frowned and said, "We came here to complete the salary list task, but you didn't receive any notice?"
Hearing what Zhao Long said, the man was startled at first, and then he cupped his hands and said: "If I really receive the notice, we will send someone to meet you before you enter Qingyun City. How can you be so negligent?"
After hearing this explanation, the four people also discovered the clues and looked at each other. They also realized that it seemed that someone must be playing tricks on this trip.
Yi Xifeng's heart moved, thinking of the previous group list, he asked calmly: "We are all bodyguards. In order to complete the operation, who usually informs you of our whereabouts?"
Zhao Chao thought for a moment and replied: "Guard Tie Yi's whereabouts are naturally arranged by you, Guard Tie Yi. We are just accepting orders."
"But the internal team?"
"Uh, yes, that's right! The internal support team arranges the actions of the guards." The middle-aged shopkeeper nodded.
Yi Xifeng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he thought to himself: It's this Zhong Rui again. It seems that any future arrangements will be made by this person. It’s really haunting!
The attentive Li Xintian also noticed the change in the expression of the fair boy next to him, and asked in a low voice: "Are you okay?"
A shy smile emerged from the corner of Yi Xifeng's mouth, and he said: "It's okay. Now that we have come to Qingchuan County, don't rush to Qingyun Sect first, take a good stroll first!"
The four of them were already young at heart, and they didn't know the mission they had to undertake. Naturally, they all agreed when they heard this.
The fair young man came close to the middle-aged man and whispered: "Since the internal support team is responsible for food, accommodation, etc., do the necessary expenses for going out to perform the mission also need to be paid by the internal support team?"
When Zhao Chao heard this, he thought for a moment and understood the key. He closed his eyes and said with a smile: "That's natural, that's natural!"
Seeing that he received a positive answer, he reached out and patted the old man's shoulder. Under the stunned expression of the other man, he stood up and walked out.
"Let's go and investigate Qingyun City first!" Following the fair boy's words, the four of them headed towards the largest restaurant in the city.
…
Jiuhua Restaurant is the largest restaurant in Qingyun City and one of the best restaurants.
There is a difference between a restaurant, a restaurant, and an inn. The difference between them is somewhat similar to the difference between a modern five-star hotel and an express hotel.
Of course, it is difficult for Qingyun City to have a single largest restaurant, such as Qingbo Chuan, Denghe Pavilion, and Qianshan Mansion. These three restaurants are also as famous as Jiuhua Tower, but they have their own characteristics, and they are all the best in Qingyun City. One of the restaurants. The biggest feature of Jiuhua Building is its size!
Jiuhua Building has nine floors! It's more like a tower than a restaurant. However, this place is located at the foot of Qingyun Mountain, with its own mountain springs flowing down, forming a large lake in the east of Qingyun City, and the Jiuhua Tower is built on the east side of the city adjacent to the lake.
Yi Xifeng and his entourage came to Jiuhua Building with the big shopkeeper of the Salary Cloud Pawn Shop. The five people went directly to the ninth floor and watched the sunlight reflecting off the lake in the distance. They chose a table with a great location.
The waiter was also very enthusiastic, but Yi Xifeng obviously didn't give him a chance to show off his eloquence.
"The roasted knife is a bit spicy, so there's no need to order the Chunfeng River Vinegar Fish. I'm almost tired of it." The fair-skinned young man muttered and looked through the menu.
The waiter asked with some confusion: "Then what does the guest want to write?"
Yi Xifeng smiled slightly and said in a deep voice: "I don't want the ones I just mentioned. I'll serve all the other dishes."
The waiter was stunned for a moment, and then replied excitedly: "Okay, guest, wait a moment! I'll start the dishes for you right now!" After that, he ran downstairs happily.
Lin Lei smiled slightly. He had already guessed what Yi Xifeng wanted to do, and the middle-aged shopkeeper also squinted his eyes, as if he hadn't woken up.
As for Zhao Long and Li Xintian, they are both experienced foodies. One needs to rely on food to strengthen his body due to his martial arts skills, and the other simply loves eating. Therefore, the four people except Yi Xifeng did not raise many objections.
Soon, delicious dishes were served on the table.
The golden venison is made from clean stones from the river bed, and the tender venison legs are red-cooked. Just the aroma will make people want to eat it!
Steamed Hebaxian is not as delicious as steaming it directly compared to ordinary sauce-based or vinegar-based dishes. White fish, silver shrimp, red crab, green spot, purple clam, black ginseng, green lake algae, yellow lotus!
Honey black bear paw, the wild mountain bear in the mountain forest, paired with the white wild honey abundant in the Qingyun Mountain stream, is not only a fusion of black and white, but also the best of mountain treasures!
…
Seeing the delicacies being served one after another, the five of them naturally started working hard. Even the middle-aged shopkeeper, who had been squinting just now, was eating his chopsticks like flying.
Yi Xifeng drank a pot of spring algae wine from here. The green color was similar to the Suxin wine he brewed, but it definitely didn't have as many herbal blessings as Suxin wine. It just tasted more layered.
Ever since Zhang Ming gave him a pot of spirit-restoring wine that day, the wine was originally scheduled to be delivered in three months, but the time was almost up. He secretly wondered whether he would drink it again after returning this time.
In fact, Yi Xifeng still didn't know that the reason why Zhang Ming had the opportunity to follow Li Chengtao and Li Chengqian to fight against Ji Shenfu that day was to give him wine.
A few days after the fair boy left, Lin Hengshan led his team back, and of course the three jars of "spiritual nourishing wine" came back with him!
