Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Owner
As the royal capital of several generations, the life of the people of Jinling City is very rich. When night falls, the streets are lit up and bustling with lights. Of course, the most lively place is still on the bank of the Qinhuai River and in front of the Confucius Temple. The Qinhuai River is bustling because both sides of the river are lined with brothels of green houses, while the Confucius Temple is lined with shops and liquor shops.
Among the many restaurants, there is a newly established one, but the business is indeed very hot, this is the "Happy Building".
The biggest difference between this Kuaiyi Building and other wine shops is "expensive", so to speak, the annual income of a medium-sized family may not be enough to have a meal in this Kuaiyi Building, but people are so cheap, the more expensive they are, the more people sharpen their heads and squeeze in, so the business of this Kuaiyi Building is not only a lot, but it is unusually prosperous. Of course, although the price is expensive, the food and service provided by Kuaiyi House are absolutely genuine, and there are other services that are provided.
Zhu Yi, who was dressed in new clothes, had been going back and forth in front of the door of Kuaiyi Building several times, but he still hadn't made up his mind whether to go in or not.
Although he is the deputy commander of Yu Linwei, Zhu Yi can never afford to consume this happy building, because Zhu Yi has no other income except for the imperial court, and the rank of the deputy commander of Yu Linwei is only three grades, and the monthly salary is only twenty-eight taels.
If this bit of silver is put to ordinary people, it is naturally not a decimal, but for this happy building? Zhu Yi still shook his head secretly, he is also a human being, and he also has vanity, he has heard of this happy building more than once or twice, and has passed by many times, but he also knows that the price of any pot of wine here is dozens of taels, so although he has been thinking about it, he has never entered it.
But today, after Zhu Yi got off duty from Yulinwei, he returned home and saw a young man who claimed to be from Kuaiyilou, and came to ask Zhu Yi to come over to talk about it on the order of their host.
To be honest, when Zhu Yi first heard about it, he didn't believe it at all, because his world and the owner of Kuaiyi Building had no intersection at all, and he couldn't think of why people would invite him. But at the same time, he couldn't think of anyone who would be so boring and deliberately tease him? Therefore, although he hesitated for a long time, Zhu Yi still came, but when he arrived at the door, he hesitated again.
After wandering outside the Kuaiyi Building for a long time, Zhu Yi finally gritted his teeth and made up his mind. He strode into the hall of the Kuaiyi Building, and saw the guests and men coming and going in the hall, all dressed in new brocade clothes, extremely luxurious, and compared with them, the new clothes he had spent ten taels of silver on his body looked extremely shabby.
Ashamed of himself, Zhu Yi wanted to turn around and exit the door, but Xiao Er, who ran the hall, did not judge people by his appearance, ran over quickly, and said with a smile: "Guest officer, alone?" Is it a private room upstairs, or is it just in this hall? ”
Zhu Yi's tanned face was tanned by the sun, and suddenly turned purple, and he squirmed his lips and said, "I'm looking for someone!" ”
"Looking for someone?" Xiao Er was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile, "I don't know who the guest officer is looking for and where he is sitting?" The little one will take you there! ”
Zhu Yi had gradually adapted to the atmosphere in this room, and seeing that Xiao Er had been very polite, his self-confidence suddenly skyrocketed, and he pretended to be calm and said, "I'm looking for your owner!" ”
"Looking for our owner?" The second child was really happy this time, "Our host has never come to this building, and the guest officer is afraid that he has found the wrong place!" "That Xiao Er originally saw that Zhu Yi was dressed like a particularly rich person, and he had already despised it a little in his heart, but because the rules in the store were extremely strict, he had to treat each other with a smile all the time, and now listening to Zhu Yi's tone, it seemed that he was looking for trouble, so his tone unconsciously brought a little smell of gunpowder.
At this moment, a person who looked like a bookkeeper stepped forward, waved away the little two, walked straight to Zhu Yi, and asked in a low voice, "Dare to ask the guest officer's surname?" ”
"Don't be surnamed Zhu!" Zhu Yi's face turned a little purple, and the self-esteem that had just accumulated was once again seriously tested because of this small episode.
"But Lord Zhu Yi, Lord Zhu?" The bookkeeper confirmed it again.
"Uh, that's down there!" Zhu Yi hurriedly replied, since this bookkeeper knows his name, it seems that he was invited today.
Sure enough, the bookkeeper had already turned sideways, and said with a solemn hand: "My lord, please here, our host has been waiting for you for a long time!" ”
"That'...... Please lead the way! Zhu Yi said blankly. Although he was sure that the invitation was not someone else's prank, the doubts in his heart were even greater.
The bookkeeper didn't say anything more, turned his head and strode through the noisy hall with Zhu Yi, and didn't go upstairs, but walked straight to the backyard.
Zhu Yi quietly followed behind the bookkeeper, and while walking, he paid attention to the backyard of the Happy Building.
The backyard is divided into three entrances, each with its own unique characteristics. The bookkeeper took Zhu Yi without stopping, and went straight to the third courtyard.
This is a very elegant small courtyard, a stone table in the courtyard, next to the table sits a handsome young man, beside him stands a young man with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, a sword hanging from his waist, and a middle-aged man who looks like a private school gentleman in his thirties.
The bookkeeper stopped and said to Zhu Yi: "This is our owner and shopkeeper." Master Zhu, please! After speaking, he bowed to the direction of the stone table and withdrew.
Zhu Yi looked at the three people in front of him, he didn't know any of them, but he could also see that the young man sitting there must be the master, so he walked over with a puzzled face, hugged his fists and said: "Under Zhu Yi, I don't know if the son is coming down, do you have any advice?" ”
The young man just smiled faintly, but did not speak, and the middle-aged man who looked like Mr. Private School next to him spoke: "Lord Zhu, this is the Holy Lord today, why don't you hurry up and see you?" ”
"Your Majesty?" Zhu Yi raised his head in horror and stared straight at Li Guanqi with an expression of disbelief.
Li Guanqi smiled lightly and said, "What? Don't I look like it? ”
Zhu Yi hurriedly said: "That's not what I mean, it's just that although I am the deputy commander of Yu Linwei, I haven't had the opportunity to see today's face, and these two are also very angry, so I don't dare to admit it!" ”
He Ziming took a step forward, raised his left hand, and turned the sword in his hand sideways. Seeing this, Zhu Yi hurriedly took a step back, and said on guard: "What are you going to do?" ”
He Ziming said with a smile: "Master Zhu doesn't have to be nervous. He just wants you to see this sword! ”
Zhu Yi did not relax his guard, frowned and said, "What's wrong with this sword?" ”
He Ziming slowly drew out his sword and rushed the spine of the sword towards Zhu Yi, and the dragon that was about to break through the air on it came to life......