Fan Jun, with a knife hanging on his left waist and a pair of crutches hanging on his right waist, walked side by side with Qu Yan. Behind them were Lao Xu, Aunt Zhang and a group of old friends from the Bawang Inn. Walking quickly on the purple-red city center avenue.
Fan Jun did not bring his token of the chief of the police with him. The chief of the police who was originally in the patrol room, under the secret instructions of Yue Lintang, received a sum of money to retire and return to his hometown.
The patrol room was leaderless and in chaos. After Qu Wenying and a group of fellow detectives persuaded him in every possible way, Fan Jun had no choice but to take over the title of patrol leader.
"Fan Jun, you want us to help catch the thief. Where is the thief? After walking for a long time, I'm starving to death." Shui Bantian shouted loudly. He, Lao Xu and others ate meat and drank alcohol every day in the dungeon of the patrol room. It was a comfortable day for many days.
"Senior Shui, don't worry, big fish and meat will be delivered to your mouth soon, and there will be fine wine for you to drink. I'm afraid you will get drunk and forget to catch the thief." Qu Yan smiled. say.
At this time, her attire was much simpler than usual. She was dressed up with her hair tied up, no makeup, and a long sword hanging from her waist, walking side by side with Fan Jun.
"It's a joke, how did Shui Bantian miss his business due to drinking?" Shui Bantian protested loudly.
"Grandpa Shui, that's because you look like you're drunk even if you don't drink. You still look the same after drinking, so it doesn't make any difference whether you drink or not." Monkey Fist Chen Kuai answered.
The street ahead was bustling with people, and people took off the scarves from the bead lamps. Colorful lights shot out from the gorgeous wooden stands of the bead lamps, making the whole street not dim with the arrival of evening. Silence only shines brighter.
This is the famous restaurant street in Laihu City. It is usually bustling with people, but tonight it is even more lively and noisy, just like a grand festival.
The last time this happened was on the last night of operation of "Yunlailou Restaurant". The whole street was overwhelmed by men who came to remember the gentle taste of the Yunlailou girl. Even other restaurants came to congratulate them. The new opening of "Yunlailou Canteen".
The lively scene this night seemed to be even better than when the "Yun Lai Lou Restaurant" closed down.
This night is the opening day of the "Eight Immortals Building". A brand new tall and gorgeous restaurant stands in the center of this street, which is five stories high. There are countless large and small bead lanterns hung on the wall, and there are explosive sounds. Cheers, firecrackers, laughter.
Outside the Eight Immortals Tower, in addition to the men who kept crowding in to join in the fun, there were also groups of officers and soldiers on patrol, as well as rough men with knives.
"Wow - no wonder I didn't see any officers and soldiers when I came to the lake when the bandits were rampant. It turns out that they are all nesting here!" Shui Bantian pointed at a whole group of patrol officers and soldiers with knives hanging on their waists and shouted in front of him. .
Lao Xu pulled Shui Bantian's collar and asked him not to say anything. The group of people advanced inch by inch towards the Eight Immortals Tower at this crowded street. Qu Yan exchanged glances with several women in the distance who were also dressed in plain clothes and equipped with swords. They all They are the men and horses of Yue Lin Tang.
"Stop squeezing, what's there to see?" The rough guys with knives showed the "Chuang" mark on the knives on their waists and pushed out the men who wanted to squeeze into the Eight Immortals Tower.
The men's mouths were dry and their bodies were burning because of the flirtatious looks of the girls in the open windows of the Eight Immortals Tower. But when they saw Chuang Zi with the knife, the burning in their stomachs had to be extinguished. Reluctantly retreated.
The officers and soldiers and the Chuangtianmen gang formed a human wall, leaving a large open area around the Eight Immortals Tower.
Fan Jun and his party passed through the most crowded area and entered this open area. However, they were not blocked by the Chuangtianmen gang. Instead, they went to the Eight Immortals Tower under the leadership of several men with knives.
"Suddenly I don't want to drink good wine!" Shui Bantian lost his temper when he saw the Chuangtianmen gang members being rude and arrogant, and asked Lao Xu and his friends from the Bawang Inn to carry them into the Eight Immortals Tower.
The hall in the Eight Immortals Tower is extremely luxurious, with white jade tables placed one after another. Rich merchants and landlords in luxurious clothes and their servants shuttled through it. Under the leadership of a group of girls, they took their seats.
Fan Jun and others were led to the seats at the edge of the corridor on the second floor, where they could see the entire lobby on the first floor. Although the brothers from the Bawang Inn were used to the scene, most of the restaurants they hung out in were cheap and simple. I rarely go to a gorgeous restaurant where rich people gather to enjoy themselves.
Chen Kuai and Zhang Sanlong leaned on the railing of the corridor and looked up. On the third floor in front of them, two large colored balls were hung, one green and one blue. The words "spring" and "plum" were written on the balls.
Looking to the third floor on the left, there is a big colorful ball hanging with the words "Xia" and "Lan" written on it, one red and one purple.
There are also colored balls hanging on the right, one yellow and one green, with the words "Autumn" and "Bamboo" written on them.
"We also have a ball at our end, what's written on it?" Chen Kuai and Zhang Sanlong leaned back, trying to see clearly what was written on the white and orange balls in their direction.
But from their angles, they couldn't see the words on the colored balls, so they chattered and discussed: "The three sides are 'Bamboo, Autumn, Orchid, Summer, Meichun', what words should we write on these two?"
Chen Kuai turned back to Taoist Wang, who was the most knowledgeable among them, and asked: "Can you tell me what words are written on these two of us?"
Brother Hu drank a glass of aperitif brought by the waitress in one gulp, smiled at Chen Kuai and shouted: "You have writing on those two? Who wrote on them?"
Chen Kuai's face turned red and he shouted: "I'm talking about colored balls!"
Shui ate the peanuts in a long time until the table was full of crumbs, and screamed: "Little monkey, our two are both eggs, how come yours are colored balls?"
"You guys! Don't say such obscene and crazy things in front of Miss Qu." Aunt Zhang slammed the table, and everyone became quiet.
"The other two colored balls are written with 'Winter' and 'Chrysanthemum'." Wen Xiang's soft voice sounded. One was about forty years old, a woman with a plump figure and enchanting dress, and another with a ponytail. Xiao Hu, a middle-aged man who looked like he was in a state of indulgence, walked quickly one behind the other.
The Fengyun woman's face was full of smiles. She took Qu Yan's hand and said, "Miss Qu from Yue Lin Hall, you are finally here. Now we can feel relieved!"
The middle-aged man proudly introduced: "Actually, this second floor is where the VIPs sit, but for the sake of safety at the opening dinner tonight, the big businessmen will gather downstairs to participate in the opening banquet, while the small businessmen will be on the second floor. Eat, drink and have fun. There are officers and soldiers outside the Eight Immortals Tower, and there are brothers who break into the Tianmen above the second floor to guard. Not even a fly can fly in. "
"Yes, it's amazing -" Shui half-day interjected with a hum. Lao Xu looked around and saw the men sitting on the second floor. Although they all looked wealthy, they were slightly inferior to the wealthy businessmen in the lobby on the first floor.
However, in the hundreds of tables on the second floor, in addition to the young rich, there are also many men with swords occupying many seats. At a few tables in the distance, there are members of the Yuelintang women's gang wearing plain clothes and armed with swords.
The investor behind the Eight Immortals Tower is a rich man who has always had a good relationship with Chuangtianmen. The rich man bought several old restaurants, spent a lot of money to renovate and build them, and hired famous prostitutes from all over the world, in order to make the Eight Immortals The restaurant can replace the former Yunlai Restaurant and become the number one restaurant in Laihu City and even Haitang Country.
The opening banquet was naturally held with great splendor, but Feixue Villa had been making waves for days, and rumors had been released early on that the Eight Immortals Tower would be closed on the day it opened.
The wealthy locals and several small shareholders who invested behind the scenes were so worried that they could neither sleep nor eat well.
The rich man who invested behind the scenes had no choice but to secretly offer a large sum of money as a gift and invite a large number of Chuangtian gang members to attend the banquet. He hoped to use the power of Chuangtianmen to prevent Feixue Villa from coming to cause trouble.
A few days ago in Yunlai Tower, Lou Mu from Feixue Villa greatly offended Qu Yan, which made the rich man get back several times the gift money he spent.
The entire Yue Lin Hall was dispatched, and most of the officers and soldiers from Laihu City and several other Chuang Tianmen Hall were mobilized. A large number of people came to help, which made the rich man and a few small shareholders feel reassured. , happily preparing for the opening.
"Xu Sanniang, Mr. Zhou, this time our Yuelintang and other gang members have thousands of people guarding the Eight Immortals Tower like a copper wall. Even the restaurants and teahouses next door are filled with people from us who have broken into the Tianmen. Stationed and inspected.
"The surrounding avenues are guarded by officers and soldiers from Laihu City. Even the four walls of the Eight Immortals Tower are equipped with mechanisms. As soon as there is any commotion, four large iron wire nets will be immediately covered, blocking all the windows and stationed next door. The brothers in the restaurant were pointing their bows and arrows at the windows.
"If those unscrupulous thieves really come to cause trouble, even if they can fly, we won't let them carry around without food."
Qu Yan raised a toast to the people at the table and said proudly: "Don't worry, everyone, there is another group of Chuang Tianmen brothers guarding the kitchen of the Eight Immortals Building. There are also Chuang Tianmen brothers guarding the waiters when serving dishes. There are no such snitches." There are ways to tamper with the dishes."
After she finished speaking, she drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.
