Chapter 65: Hypocrisy and False Righteousness
As soon as the boy in brocade and the tall and thin man heard that they were fine, they suddenly sat on the ground with their legs limp and sighed involuntarily, "It's so dangerous!" ”
Now it no longer matters to them whether Yuelai Restaurant compensates or not, the important thing is that they have just learned that they were once only one chopstick away from death!
Wen Ziqi looked at the two sitting on the ground, then walked over and squatted in front of them and said meaningfully: "Compared with life, is money still worth mentioning?" The two of you must have felt a little bit just now! ”
The tall and thin man raised his head and looked at Wen Ziqi when he heard this, and after a long time, he sighed, shook his head and said, "In the moment between life and death, everything turned pale!" All kinds of money, fame and fortune are fleeting! ”
After saying that, he stood up and patted the dust on his body, picked up the fat man who was slumped in the corner and said, "Is there any point in making trouble again, brother?" ”
The fat man also smiled and said: "Today's incident can be regarded as making me understand one thing, and any compliment is not as satisfying as a sentence of "you are okay"!" With that, he walked through the corner door with a tall and thin man and slowly left.
Wen Ziqi saw that the thin and tall man did not forget to take care of his friend before leaving. I can't help but feel sour, sometimes friendship is not only about siblings, but it may also be such a simple support!
The boy in brocade who sat on the ground watched the two leave, smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "A few taels of broken silver, it's not worth it!" ”
After saying that, he laughed and stood up, stumbled to the two who were still stunned, stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around their shoulders and said: "Brothers, I am arrogant and domineering on weekdays, and I can be regarded as reborn today, in order to celebrate our great calamity, how about we not get drunk tonight!" With that, he pushed the two of them to leave the courtyard with a smile.
Seeing that everyone was leaving, Wen Ziqi greeted the official who had just come over and said, "Little brother, things in the courtyard are almost over, and you are needed to appear outside the courtyard!" ”
The official said respectfully: "Our group of people are all rough people, and we only know how to shout at the top of our voices, so what should I do, Brother Wen, you say!" ”
Wen Ziqi thought for a while and said: "Now the main troublemakers have dispersed, and the rest of the people outside are some ruffians and hooligans who are stealing and playing tricks. What is needed is the way you handle things! It couldn't be better that you guys came forward. ”
The official nodded and said, "It's good, but that's how we did it just now, but it didn't work at all!" ”
Wen Ziqi smiled and said: "It's different from just now, the group of people just now had these people fanning the flames behind their backs, and now these people have dispersed, you can rest assured to go!" ”
After hearing this, the officials nodded, then turned around and waved at the officials not far away and said, "Come on, everyone go out with me!" ”
When the shopkeeper saw that the officials had gone out to drive away the troublemakers, he came over to Wen Ziqi with joy and said, "Brother Wen, it's really an eye-opener to see here!" ”
Wen Ziqi smiled and said: "The matter of the shopkeeper has basically been solved so far, but in my humble opinion, the shopkeeper still needs to prepare a generous gift to visit one by one!" ”
The shopkeeper was slightly stunned, then nodded and said, "Everything is arranged by Brother Wen!" ”
Wen Ziqi saw that the shopkeeper was a little unhappy and said: "Shopkeeper Nian, although a few diners have gone back now, these people have indeed used wine and food here!" It's not so much that they escaped from death with the favor of the sky, but that you are the shopkeeper of the year and you are in a desperate situation. ”
The shopkeeper looked at Wen Ziqi puzzled, although he disagreed with what Wen Ziqi was just saying, but when he saw what he had just done, he had no choice but to press the objection in his heart, and said with a smile: "Okay, everything will be done according to what Brother Wen said!" ”
Wen Ziqi heard that there was displeasure in hearing the words of the shopkeeper of the year, so he snorted coldly and said: "Shopkeeper of the year, do you mean that you think I am doing this too much?" ”
The shopkeeper didn't respond positively to Wen Ziqi's question, but just said with a smile on his face: "I didn't mean that, I just think that Brother Wen is too partial to these people!" ”
Wen Ziqi heard what the shopkeeper said, and suddenly became angry, and said with a blue face: "Favoritism? It's a shame that you can come up with these two words! What if these people eat your lo-mei poison and die? Do you still say favoritism? The reason why you are still dissatisfied here is because of luck! But don't forget the shopkeeper, there were seven people who came to eat here yesterday! ”
Just as Wen Ziqi was speaking, there was a noisy sound in his ears, and when he listened to it, he found that someone seemed to be shouting: "We are here to find someone, what are you pushing us for!" ”
Wen Ziqi listened carefully, his voice seemed to be Ling Haoran's, and he muttered in a low voice: "Why did he come here!" So he left the shopkeeper and walked out of the side door alone.
When he went out to take a look, he saw several officials surrounding the two of them, Wen Ziqi hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Why did you two run here!"
The two people who were surrounded by the officials were Ling Haoran and Pei Yuanting, and at this time, they stared at Wen Ziqi in surprise and said, "How did you get out of it?" ”
As soon as the officials saw that they knew each other, they retreated to the side, and the official headed by them stepped forward and said to Wen Ziqi: "Brother Wen, the others have dispersed, just these two are dead or alive, they don't want to say that they are here to find someone, the brothers can't dissuade them, they just want to take them to the government prison to collect their bones." I never thought that Brother Wen knew them, and he almost washed the Dragon King Temple in a big flood! ”
Pei Yuanting saw that the servant who had just been vicious to him was so polite when facing Wen Ziqi, so he asked suspiciously: "What did you do, how could they be so polite!" ”
Wen Ziqi smiled and said, "It's okay to talk about it later!" After that, he turned to the official and said, "The matter here is over, and I will go back with him now!" ”
As soon as the official wanted to reach out to stop Wen Ziqi, he saw the shopkeeper running out of the corner door in a hurry, shouting as he ran: "Brother Wen stays!" ”
When the shopkeeper came closer, Wen Ziqi said with displeasure: "The matter has been resolved, does the shopkeeper have any other instructions?" ”
The shopkeeper rubbed his hands together and said with a smile on his face: "Brother Wen, look at what you said, where do I dare to give you any orders, haven't I had time to thank you yet?" ”
Wen Ziqi looked up and down, and said with a smile: "Nian shopkeeper, don't say thank you, Wen still has important things to do, so it's inconvenient to stay here!" With that, he stretched out his hand and pushed Pei Yuanting and Ling Haoran.
The two of them nodded in understanding, and Pei Yuanting pretended to be angry and said, "I can't look for you all morning, and the hall master also asked the three of us to hurry up and go to Xinshi Village!" You see, it's almost noon, and if you don't go, I'm afraid you won't be able to come back before dark. With that, he took Wen Ziqi's hand and walked out.
The shopkeeper could naturally hear that this was a prevarication, but now that Huang Zhutou is not here, how should he deal with this matter, whether to find a way to leave him behind, or let him leave.
Seeing that the three of them were about to disappear around the corner, he shouted: "Brother Wen, wait a minute, Nian has one more thing to ask for!" With that, he hurried after him.
Wen Ziqi heard the shouts behind him, so he stopped and waited in place, turned around and looked coldly at the shopkeeper who came over.
Before the New Year's shopkeeper came to the near future, he said loudly: "Year shopkeeper, is there anything else?" ”
The shopkeeper said with a smile on his face: "This little brother also said just now, it looks like it's noon, why don't you stay at my Yuelai restaurant for a quick meal?" After that, he looked at Pei Yuanting.
Pei Yuanting smiled, and secretly said in his heart: "This year's shopkeeper is really a good person, he just saw me scolding him carefully, and now he wants to keep him, but he came to ask me what I mean." This is obviously thinking that the careful eye will follow my arrangement. But looking at the look of the cautious eyes, it seems that I hate this person very much. That being the case, that's all there is to it. ”
Thinking of this, he snorted and said with a smile: "I don't know what Your Excellency is called?" ”
Seeing that things seemed to have taken a turn for the better, the shopkeeper hurriedly smiled and said: "What Your Excellency is not Your Excellency, the surname of the contemptible person is Nian, the word is rich, and the bluff is just a few years old, and the little brother can call me an old man." “
Pei Yuanting let out an "oh", stepped forward and grabbed the hands of the shopkeeper and said, "Disrespectful and disrespectful, it turns out to be Brother Jincai!" ”
Ling Haoran, who was standing next to Wen Ziqi, saw Pei Yuanting's pretentious appearance, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
The corners of the shopkeeper's mouth trembled when he heard a young child call himself "Brother Jincai", but he still smiled and said: "What do you think, little brother, just drink two cups here at noon?" ”
Pei Yuanting's eyebrows furrowed, and after pondering for a while, he said slowly: "Brother Jincai, I can't be the master of this matter, I ask my senior brother." ”
"Senior brother?" The shopkeeper looked at Pei Yuanting suspiciously, and then looked at Wen Ziqi and Ling Haoran next to him. In terms of appearance alone, Pei Yuanting is obviously greater than Wen Ling and the others. But this person is not a senior brother, could it be said that the one who is standing behind Wen Ziqi who has been smiling is the person in charge of these three.
Thinking of this, he smiled and said to Pei Yuanting: "I don't know which one is Your Excellency's senior brother!" ”
Pei Yuanting pointed at Ling Haoran with his hand and said, "This is my senior brother!" ”
When the shopkeeper saw that this was the case, he hugged his fist and said, "Hello senior brother, Nian is polite!" ”
Ling Haoran saw Pei Yuanting talking nonsense like this, he was slightly stunned at first, and then understood why he was like this. Then he sighed and said, "Shopkeeper Nian, it's not that Ling doesn't agree to you, it's just that the matter is too important, so it can't be delayed!" ”
The shopkeeper said with a worried face: "It's noon now, even if the matter is urgent and important, you have to eat something, don't you?" Otherwise, this stomach is empty and hungry, and the body will not gain more than it gains! ”