Chapter 70: The Banquet of the Manhan Tower
Originally, Li Guolou said that he would take Chen Xiangfang out to play during the day today, but because he went out of the city on an errand, this matter was invalidated. In the evening, twenty-eight tables of wine banquets were set up in Manhan Building, such a grand event, Chen Xiangfang said that he would come, Li Guolou didn't think much about it at the time, so he agreed to Chen Xiangfang to take Zheng Lingling to dinner. So as soon as Li Guolou entered the city, the carriage went straight to Manhan Tower.
It was drizzling in the sky, the ground was slippery, the carriage couldn't go fast, Li Guolou was secretly anxious, he couldn't be a godfather, so he couldn't let Nabazi, Wang Wu and others entertain guests, it was really unreasonable. I took out my pocket watch to see if it was still too late, there were four ducks in two bamboo cages in the car, and there were no screams along the way. Li Guolou did not pretend to be a good person when he returned to the city this time, and he did not bring anyone on the way.
The carriage turned and stepped on the site of the Dongdan archway, and the signboard of the Manhan Tower could also be seen in the drizzle. Li Guolou opened the oilcloth umbrella and jumped down from the carriage, and a large group of friends swarmed up.
Li Guolou watched them brave the rain to help him carry his luggage, and was a little moved, and hurriedly said: "Master Wu, Captain Yao, hurry up and go in and talk, how can you be embarrassed to let you help me carry my luggage." β
Wu Defu laughed and said, "Little Lizi, I mentioned my own duck, and I didn't help you much." β
Yao Cuo was greatly dissatisfied, turned his head and said: "Little Lizi, you are so eccentric, Master Wu has four ducks, I don't have anything, I am your top boss, be careful to put on small shoes for you." β
Wu Defu said: "Captain Yao, this is called the right not to expire and be invalid, this is what I exchanged for a sign and a blank card ticket, what do you exchange it for." β
Yao was angry and said with annoyance: "Hey, the official level crushes people to death, if I have a blank card ticket in my hand, I will eat ducks every day." β
Li Guolou was made to laugh out loud by them, and a group of people walked into the Manhan Tower with a smile.
There was a Taishi chair in the middle of the restaurant, and Li Guolou sat down to accept Ma Chenggong (Niu Niu) and Ma Yuemei (Niu Niu) kneeling and bowing, and drank two cups of tea. In the applause and applause, the Tan family class started singing again, and the gongs and drums rang out in unison, so that the Manhan Tower was immersed in a joyful atmosphere.
Everyone was already impatient, the banquet started immediately, Li Guolou toasted each table of guests in turn, and exchanged a few words with the guests.
In the midst of everyone's coaxing, Li Guolou hugged Zheng Lingling, and followed Niuniu and Niuniu to the second floor. The private room upstairs was also full of people, all of whom were people with heads and faces, Huang Qiying and several apprentices, as well as Yan Beihao, the head of the Beihai Martial Arts Pavilion, and others, as well as the heads of other martial arts halls in Jingshili and the dart master of the dart bureau, Li Guolou greeted each other in the private room and toasted a round.
Then Li Guolou ran to a table in his yard neighbor, and returned Niuniu and Niuniu to their parents Ma Yaozu and Qian Shuiping. Seeing that Qian Shuiping's younger brother Ghost Face King Qian Guanzi was also among them, Li Guolou didn't even greet Qian Guanzi, pretended not to see it, and left the private room, Zheng Lingling beside him did not leave for a moment, and followed Li Guolou to run east and west.
There are also two private rooms next to it, one is where Nabazi, Wang Wu, Chen Xiangfang and others are seated, all of whom are good friends of Li Guolou, and the other is where his colleagues are seated.
Li Guolou can finally be freed because he can return Zheng Lingling to her mother, Chen Xiangfang. Na Bazi had no virtue, and began to make fun of Li Guolou and Chen Xiangfang again, and shook out the fact that they secretly held hands at the last banquet.
Li Guolou was extremely dissatisfied and said, "Nabazi, don't talk nonsense when the child is on the side." β
Nabazi replied: "What does it matter, the matter of the two of you has been decided, we are just waiting to drink the wedding wine." Otherwise, wait for the opening of the Baozhi room, and the two happy events will be done together. β
Everyone was making a commotion, and Li Guolou must express his position. Looking at Chen Xiangfang's shy and expectant look, Li Guolou gritted his teeth and said, "It's almost time, I will definitely invite you then." β
Wang Wu also wanted to make Li Guolou ugly, and he must ask Li Guolou to have a glass of wine, but Chen Xiangfang stopped him, and the female general went out to drink with a table of people.
Li Guolou was annoyed by his incompetence, he didn't dare to rush up to help, so he could only bow his head and say, "Lingling, your mother will not be able to do it later, quickly call Chen Rou to help, do you know?" β
Zheng Lingling said coquettishly: "Knowing Xiaolou, don't get drunk, those provocative words said by rough men, you have to hold back, don't be impulsive." β
Li Guolou was taught a lesson by the child, which made him red-faced and escaped from the private room, he couldn't stay here, they were all shameless people, and if he stayed any longer, he would have to drink a glass of wine with Chen Xiangfang.
Li Guolou finally sat down, looked at his colleagues around him, and sighed: "Hey, inviting guests to dinner is more difficult than interrogating prisoners, and it really costs money to find guilt." β
Wu Defu greeted his buddies, served hot tea for Li Guolou, and did not give Li Guolou a drink.
This made Li Guolou very dissatisfied, and said: "Master Wu, what are you doing, I have already opened two cups of abstinence tonight, and it is necessary to continue drinking." β
Wu Defu sighed: "Originally, it didn't matter if you were drunk, but now there are a lot of things in the yamen, tomorrow the big guy Du will come to visit Master Bao, how can you, the middleman, not appear, today is a good thing, I have already drunk two cups, and it's okay." β
Li Guolou had no choice but to drink hot tea, and the sound of the Tan family's class singing came in outside, but no one ran out to watch.
Li Guolou rolled his eyes at Yao and said, "Captain Yao, I'm right, Tan Jiaban is at this level." After watching it once, the brothers were not interested, only you said that this troupe is good, why don't you go out and 'appreciate' it? β
Yao Cuo smiled and said, "It's really boring for Tan Jiaban to listen to it, and it's all fake tricks to call back and forth." Or is the little minister the first to do it, next time we get together, we will invite Hua Dan to sing, do you think it's okay? β
Lu Haikong, Xing Yunfeng, Ai Hai, Ma Dequan and others shouted together: "Okay! It's still the eldest brother who speaks our hearts. β
Xingyunfeng came the latest, and saw that Jin Erzi didn't come to drink, so he asked, "Little Lizi, where is Jin Erzi?" Did this kid get into the woman's bed again? β
Li Guolou sighed: "It's still prescient to do it, this kind of thing is not daring to say anything about people like me who haven't grown their hair yet." β
Everyone showed their imaginary eyes, and they were all sighing, and Xingyunfeng sighed: "HeyΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β· This kid has peach blossom luck, we are big and rough, we can't compare with him, thin people have good muscles and bones. β
Li Guolou wanted to speak and stopped, not daring to say what he overheard, and couldn't help but show a smug smile on his face.
Wu Defu is the best at looking at people's faces, and said: "Hey, I said Xiao Lizi, why don't you say a word about that case, could it be that the second son of Jin is still investigating the disappearance case in Huangcun?" β
Li Guolou sold Guan Zi and said, "Master Wu is high, so to speak." β
Xing Yunfeng said in a long voice: "Little Lizi, it's not that Daddy said you, there are dozens of cases like this with a beginning and no end, Daddy has dozens of cases here, how can he solve the case." Did you let Jin Erzi steal enough food there, a little bit of a feeling of being happy! β
Li Guolou raised his voice and said: "Okay dad, this is called taking care of both public and private interests." β
Yao Cuo was extremely dissatisfied, and shouted: "Xiao Lizi, I can already see that you deliberately said half a sentence, and you are still desperately holding back laughter." Let's be honest, what are you going to do with Jin Erzi staying in Huangcun? β
Li Guolou pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Captain Yao, it's time to rest and eat, it's okay to say that business is not big." β
Wu Defu couldn't hold back any longer, shook his hand and knocked a pair of chopsticks on the top of Li Guolou's head, and said angrily: "Okay, you grandson monkey, it's only been two days to your tail, sell the guanzi one after another, play Hot Wheels." We are all masters of handling cases, like you, when we meet the line daddy, we will let you eat the dog and ignore the buns. β
Ma Dequan sighed: "Little Lizi, that's really a dog's ignorance, let you ignore the dog once." β
Li Guolou saw that he was angry, and hurriedly said: "Okay, I'll confess honestly, and confess my guilt to Master Wu again." β
Yao Cuo saw Li Guolou standing up and patting his chest, kneeling down and beating a thousand again, he couldn't help but be anxious, and asked, "Little Lizi, what's going on, hurry up." β
Li Guolou stood and said, "Master Wu, the case was solved by me, and that little girl was also found by me. However, the prisoner was kicked to death by Jin Erzi, and my grandmother also wanted to kick Jin Erzi to death, this bastard, this kid did everything for our Tianzi Brigade to cause trouble. β
Wu Defu looked at Yao Cuo, they were still talking cool things just now, making fun of Li Guolou for being young and ignorant, and running to Huangcun for nothing, the benefit was only four ducks.
Li Guolou's nine subordinates cheered loudly together, clapped their hands and said that they wanted to drink with Li Guolou, how could this kind of thing not be celebrated by drinking. Now that the chief is not allowed to drink, no one will listen, and the cup in front of Li Guolou is full of wine, so he just has to toast together.
Yao mistakenly said: "Xiao Lizi sat down and spoke, was the criminal really kicked to death by Jin Erzi?" β
Li Guolou sat down again, nodded and said, "Captain Yao, I'm not drunk yet, how dare I lie, I was really kicked in the crotch by Jin Erzi and kicked to death." I'm going to make this kid suffer a little, and when I come back, I'll let him go on a night patrol." β
Wu Defu glared at Yao Cuo and said, "It's all used to you, you see that it's getting worse and worse every time, let's kill people this time." How do you write a report with this pen? It's obvious that you're earning face, and you're going to be poked in the back by others, so don't do it if you don't have anything serious in your hands. You know? β
Yao Cuo's expression was full of flavors, he was both happy and hated for the dead criminal, although this kind of thing can not be written in the report, saying that the criminal escaped, and then was killed on the spot. But Master Bao will always know the truth of the matter, and he has left a bad impression on the chief, so he won't want to be promoted in the future. He is the one who bears the responsibility for this matter, he first receives the merit and then is punished, and he will carry the good things and bad things.
Yao Cuo said angrily: "The stinky boy is just a lot of things, and I will clean him up when I come back." The atmosphere of our team should be rectified, and we must not do any more nonsense, otherwise we will cause great disasters in the future. β
Wu Defu nodded and said: "What Captain Yao said makes sense, there must be rules for everything, otherwise why do you want the chief to try the case, you can all kill people at will, don't you become a person from Dongchang." I'm staying in the yamen and wiping your butts every day, but it's too late. β
Although the two commanders said very seriously, these subordinates didn't care, they didn't kill anyone, and there was a difference between beating a prisoner and killing a prisoner. Everyone still drank with Li Guolou to celebrate, leaving the two chiefs aside, and no one listened to the words of Wu Defu and Yao Cuo.