Chapter 53: The Gambling House

Li Xiaoyu charged five hundred taels of silver for this meal, and Shen Xiao paid the money without saying a word, and Li Xiaoyu even excused herself by saying that she had built a Mediterranean-style room in her store, and wanted Gaius to see what was wrong with the design. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info As a result, Gaius went to the Mediterranean room and said that he would stay here for one night anyway.

The first time I saw this room, this Gaius from Rome, I felt very kind, he and that Shen Xiao consumption attitude is quite similar, as long as they are comfortable, then how much it costs, they don't care at all.

The fact that Shen Liuye and the envoy of Fanbang spent a lot of money in Li Xiaoyu's store was passed on again and again, which made the whole market have a strong curiosity about this strangely decorated restaurant, but the price was too high, and they could only watch from the outside, because this store said too much, and it had to be ordered in advance, and it was only open in the afternoon, and only for dinner.

However, all the children of the family who have been to the family will try their best to praise the exquisiteness, deliciousness and unique shape of the ingredients in Li Xiaoyu's store, and the super emotions have moved the gourmets in Beijing to do everything possible to order food in Li Xiaoyu's store, but this is now the order has been lined up until the New Year.

Business is good, Li Xiaoyu doesn't care, but Xiao Qingluo is in a hurry, get up early in the morning, go grocery shopping with Li Xiaoyu, and then take the maid in the store to clean the restaurant spotlessly, quite conscientious.

"Qingluo, you are equivalent to a lobby manager, don't do everything yourself, otherwise, these maids will be bought back for nothing." Li Xiaoyu watched Qingluo carrying a wooden bucket and wiping the table with the group of maids, so he couldn't help but quickly mention her.

"Miss, I'm thinking, wouldn't it be faster for me to help?"

"You stupid girl, if you're too slow, you'll buy a few girls back in a few ****." Li Xiaoyu said with a smile, and his hand touched the cocoon on Qingluo's hand.

As soon as Qingluo heard that Li Xiaoyu was going to recruit people again, she hurriedly waved her hand, "Miss, we're busy, we have to provide food and lodging if you recruit people." And the food in our store is so good, how can anyone eat the same meal as the master! Qingluo put her arm around Li Xiaoyu and said, but Li Xiaoyu nodded Qingluo's little head.

"You little clever ghost, you really should learn like that Ke Ruixiang."

Qingluo looked at Ke Ruixiang, who was sitting on the counter in the store, reading a book, and couldn't help but roll her eyes twice, and said with disdain, "Miss, you still let me learn from him?" If you want me to say that you are kind-hearted, we have such a big store, and you have to feed an idler, that stinky scholar plays music every day, you don't know, we spent a lot of money to buy Yunwu tea a few days ago, this person has drunk a lot! ”

The corners of Li Xiaoyu's mouth hooked a smile, but Qingluo stared at that Ke Ruixiang, hating the root of his teeth, this cloud tea is the first stubble buds produced by the cloud mist mountain tea tree every year, the fragrance is incomparable, condensed, it is the top tea in the south of the Yangtze River, a pound of good cloud tea costs thirteen taels of gold, but Ke Ruixiang makes a pot every morning and evening, and Qingluo, who lives a careful life, mentions that Ke Ruixiang several times, but that guy doesn't seem to understand, he makes tea as usual every morning and evening, she has long wanted to reflect the situation with Li Xiaoyu.

"It's rare that he likes to drink, so let him drink enough." Li Xiaoyu looked at Qingluo, who was pinching her waist and pouting, and smiled helplessly, and Ke Ruixiang seemed to feel Qingluo's gaze, looking at Qingluo, but it was a warm smile.

"Miss, you see he's still smiling!" Qingluo looked at Ke Ruixiang angrily like a fierce kitten.

"Okay, Miss, I'll help you punish him, just punish him when it's okay, teach you to learn articles and write, what do you think?" Li Xiaoyu said and took Qingluo's hand and came to Ke Ruixiang.

Ke Ruixiang saw Li Xiaoyu coming, and hurriedly saluted, "Miss, I have finished everything you told me to do." ”

"You are amazing, every inch of land on these four streets, you want to buy such a big storefront, Qingluo and I went to find the owner of the gambling stall, and we talked a few times without success, what tricks did you use to do it?" Li Xiaoyu wanted to buy the next small building at the gate of the fourth street, and the small building was a gambling stall, so he asked curiously.

The gambling stall is in an excellent location, just on this fourth street, to the east is the road leading to Zhengyangmen, there are seven or eight big families living there at the entrance, the business is not good, every day can be said to be a day into the gold, and the boss has power in both black and white. No one will give face, let alone take down his gambling stalls!

Ke Ruixiang put down the book in his hand quite elegantly, and then smiled, "Just reason with him." ”

"Reasonable?" Qingluo looked at Ke Ruixiang with disdain, and thought to herself, what can this crippled scholar do? As long as he is concerned, he can still reason with Duan Kongsheng, who opened a casino on the street, and the fist with the size of the sandbag greets him in the face, and it is estimated that his body will be broken into several pieces.

"Yes, I told him that this gambling party was brainless to open a gambling party on the street, and told him about Shen Liuye's matter, that Kong Sheng agreed after thinking about it, and he gave me this shop, but it was not cheap, I spent six hundred taels of silver on the seven hundred taels of silver you gave me, and invited some craftsmen to decorate the store according to your design." Ke Ruixiang said, but Qingluo looked at him unconvinced.

"Lao Ke, what is the matter with Shen Liuye? Why did Kong Sheng leave the store as soon as he heard this? Li Xiaoyu asked embarrassedly.

Ke Ruixiang rubbed his nose, "Ten years ago, when Shen Liuye was still the king of Changping, he liked to gamble, eat and drink, and keep up the beasts, and threw sinners and robbers all down to feed the beasts. ”

"Emperor Shen Daoquan heard about this, and sent the imperial historian to take people to check, but found that Shen Daoquan not only went in and out of casinos and brothels but also committed murder on the street, which was really evil, so the emperor ordered that Shen Xiao was arrested, and all the casinos, brothels and restaurants and amusement places frequented by Shen Dao in Changping County were all sentenced to death, and there were more than 20,000 people who died at that time."

After hearing this, Qingluo asked suspiciously, "Why is this?" Why did the prince slaughter the people when he broke the law? ”

"Hmph, at that time, Hu Zhongjie, the secretary of our ministry, was just a small waiter, he said that the prince was kind by nature, and the reason why he became so violent and cruel was completely because the people of Changping County were corrupt, and the people were rampant, and those places for fun should be closed!" After he finished speaking, the emperor killed all the people who were related to Shen Liuye!

Li Xiaoyu understood, "The gambling house is at the intersection of the fourth street, and next to it are all the big clans in the capital, these clan children will spend a lot of money when they arrive at this gambling house, sooner or later something will happen, if something happens to these family children, who will those big families settle the account to?" At that time, I am afraid that I will be like Shen Daoquan again, in order to help my son shirk the responsibility, and put the blame on the innocent people. ”

Qingluo looked at her young lady thoughtfully, but she secretly scolded this Ke Ruixiang not only for eating white food, not doing things, but also for fooling people, her own young lady was not clever, otherwise she couldn't let the princess not do it, so she had to run out. Now that she is being fooled by a crippled scholar again, Qingluo thinks in her heart that she is going to go to the back kitchen with her small wooden barrel.

From afar, I heard Li Xiaoyu say, "Brother Ke, you are erudite and knowledgeable, if you have time, can you guide my little sister Qingluo, and tell her about calligraphy and how to live in the world?" "What does Miss call me?" Younger sister? The bucket in Qingluo's hand fell to the ground suddenly, and then looked at Li Xiaoyu blankly, her face turned red.

Her little face was red, but Ke Ruixiang followed suit, looking at it from Ke Ruixiang's angle, she just saw the green luo smiling at herself, and her red little face looked extremely shy. Although he has already become an adult, due to his poor family, he has just entered the court, and he has not yet married a wife and had children.