PS: Some book friends pointed out a mistake, about the "Hongzhi period" mentioned at the beginning of this volume, it should be "Wanli period"

All the way to the dust, this day to Fuzhou City, only to see the city full of greenery, walking on the street is very comfortable. And the degree of prosperity is no less than that of Wuchang, and the southern accent of the hawkers along the street is particularly good, as if entering a costume drama.

At that moment, I was reined in, and I walked around the street, and suddenly smelled a rich fragrance in my nose. When I turned around, I saw a restaurant on the side, and the fresh fragrance came from it.

This restaurant is called Min Guilou, the scale is not small, but the decoration is extremely exquisite. The guy spoke the local dialect, smiled and greeted him, and after asking Liu Meng if he was only single, he led him to the window position on the second floor.

At this time, it was lunchtime, but the attendance rate of this restaurant was not high, Liu Meng argued carefully, and saw that the aroma of fresh soup came from an urn on a table, so he also pointed to ask the man to serve one.

The guy smiled all over his face and said, "The guest officer has a good eye, but this soup dish is my family's signature dish, but it is really not easy to make, so the price is slightly more expensive." The implication is that although this soup is beautiful, it is expensive, and if it is a little shallow in the pocket, it is better not to order it.

Liu Meng is the master who is short of silver, and immediately took out five taels of silver and said, "Is this enough?" The man nodded, but said nothing. Liu Meng knew that it must not be enough, and took out another ingot and put it on the table, and the guy estimated it, but still remained silent.

At this time, there was a sneer from the table next to him, "Where did the hillbilly come from, he saw it like that, and he didn't even know the rules of the twenty taels of silver in Minguilou." As soon as he finished speaking, several people at the table laughed loudly.

Twenty taels of silver? Liu Meng frowned and thought for a while, the monthly salary he gave to Chef Sun was already the highest in Wuchang Mansion, and it was only fifteen taels and one month. This restaurant costs twenty taels from the bottom, is it a black shop or is it really capable?

At this time, looking at the guy again, the ridicule that he had ignored flashed in his eyes. On the face, he is still respectful. And the guests at the few tables upstairs also turned their heads to watch, each laughing in a low voice about Liu Meng's ignorance.

Shaking his head, although Liu Meng is young, his state of mind is not old, where would he be angry with such a villain. He immediately took out a silver ticket, put it on the table, and asked in a deep voice, "Is this enough?" ”

A silver ticket with a denomination of five hundred taels is certainly enough. The guy took it in his hand, turned over and over to verify the authenticity, and smiled after confirming. "What else do you want to use?" Although it is pointed, as long as Fuzhou City has it, my family has it all. ”

Liu Meng hummed in a low voice, thinking to himself how I knew what was delicious here, and said, "Except for that soup, I can serve it with a few good dishes with wine at random, and then a pot of good wine, and I don't need anything else." ”

The guy said yes and put away the bill. shouted: "The distinguished guests are five hundred and twenty-one seats, ready!" "Turn around and go singing. The few people at the table next to him were surprised, whispering around them, and glancing at them with a fierce look from time to time. Apparently not with a good idea.

Speaks with a foreign accent, dresses luxuriously and generously, is born white and delicate, and is alone. It gives people the feeling that a rich boy came out to play alone. This kind of fat sheep is the easiest to slaughter, isn't it a great sin to let it go?

Liu Meng didn't care. Picking up the teacup, I took a sip of it, but I felt that the fragrance was attractive, and then I realized that it was actually a fine jasmine slice.

This restaurant is kind of interesting.

The bottom of the dish is twenty taels of silver, and the tea on the table is high-quality jasmine slices, which seems to be a first-class luxury place in Fuzhou City. I stumbled into it by mistake, so I really had to taste it.

After waiting for a while, the two guys brought a black wine jar, and after opening it, the meat was fragrant, fresh and beautiful, Liu Meng sniffed deeply, and immediately moved his index finger. After scooping a bowl, I saw that there were many flavors such as chicken, duck, mutton, beef, and dog meat, and there were fish lips, shark fins, sea cucumbers, fresh shellfish, abalone, etc. couldn't help but move, and said secretly: I said what kind of soup is so delicious, it turns out to be the famous dish of the Fujian family "Buddha jumping over the wall"!

Liu Meng hasn't tasted such a famous dish for a long time. Immediately, like the wind and clouds, with a pot of champion red, a small altar full of Buddha jumped over the wall to eat and drink, and scraped it clean.

At the end, he called out to the guy who was hiding aside and pointing at him, and said, "This Buddha did a really good job jumping over the wall, can you invite this master to come out and see it?" As he spoke, he casually threw over the two ingots of silver that had been placed on the table earlier.

The man was so happy that his mouth cracked, and he said yes, turned and trotted all the way, and in a moment a chef was brought out.

Thirty-five or sixteen years old, thin and tall, with slender and powerful hands, expressionless face, looking at Liu Meng coldly, like a killer more like a chef.

The guy introduced on the side: "This is my master of the stove stone, he has a throat injury and can't answer, please forgive me." ”

Liu Meng nodded, subconsciously touched the tip of his nose, pointed to the chair next to the table and said, "Please take a seat." The chef surnamed Shi hesitated, and slowly sat down on half of the chair, but his eyes stared at Liu Meng for a moment, as if if if he was careless, the other party would burst out and draw his sword to attack.

Glancing at the other party's steady plate and calm right hand, Liu Meng smiled slightly, and said casually: "Your sword skills should be good, and you have worked hard for more than ten years, right?" ”

As soon as these words were spoken, the chef surnamed Shi's eyes changed sharply, and his figure suddenly jumped up, and he was about to attack. But Liu Meng's right hand was lightly raised, and a pair of chopsticks were pointing at his throat, allowing him to flash several times, always keeping a distance of half a foot.

The other party is too much higher than himself. The chef surnamed Shi was pale, beads of sweat rolled out of his forehead, his expression changed several times, and he sat down again. He dipped his fingers in the tea and wrote a few words on the table.

"I don't know anything, if I want to kill, I will kill."

Liu Meng was stunned, he just wanted to see if it was possible to poach this chef and how it was involved in the grievances of the rivers and lakes. Shaking his head and smiling bitterly, he said, "Master Shi, right?" I don't know you, and I don't know what you mean. Is there a misunderstanding? ”

The chef surnamed Shi was also stunned when he heard the other party say this, and when he heard the other party's foreign accent, his face suddenly turned red, and he spoke hoarsely, and stretched out his finger on the table and wrote: "How offensive, please forgive me." ”

At this moment, a few people at the table next to him got up and came around, and the first strong man with a big waist and a round waist laughed and said: "Stone mule, you still think that you can't come out of the hole, what, have you thought about it?" Hand over the deed as soon as possible, otherwise the blame will not talk about the same help! ”

The chef surnamed Shi stood up abruptly again, glared angrily at the few people who were coming around, clasped his hands tightly, and looked like he was going to fight hard.

The strong man smiled strangely: "You know that you are powerful in martial arts, come on!" Hit me! As long as you dare to touch half of your hair, your flower-like mother-in-law will be offended. After speaking, he snorted a few times, making a coveted appearance of a hungry ghost.

Another big man took out a dagger from his arms, threw it on the table, and shouted: "Shi Fengnan, you are also a Dharma protector, show some courage, don't lose the face of our Qinglong Gang!" ”

This chef's name is Shi Fengnan, and he is the protector of the Qinglong Gang, and his mother-in-law is taken hostage by the gang and forced to hand over the deed. And these were his brothers, who were now persecuting him.

According to the clamor of these people, Liu Meng generally understood the reason. The thought in his heart moved, and he thought: This Shi Fengnan's cooking skills are good, if he settles this matter for him, can he make him grateful to Dade and promise to follow him?

Raising his eyes and sweeping around, the few Qinglong Gang members around him were nothing more than some brute force, even Shi Fengnan could beat them all over the ground to find teeth. But he didn't hold back and didn't dare to do it, and it seemed that he cared very much about his mother-in-law.

The strong man who took the lead persuaded softly: "I said that Uncle Shi, the old house in Xiangyang Lane is not your family's property, you will dedicate the title deed to the helper, and the helper will be happy with his old man, maybe he will spare you for this great crime of disobedience, we are still good brothers in harmony, you take care of yourself and live a happy life with your mother-in-law, what a good thing?" ”

Swallowing his saliva dryly, the strong man picked up the teapot casually, grunted and poured gas, and then persuaded: "Look at the present, except for this Minguilou, you can't go anywhere, for other people's industries, is it worth it?" Why bother?! ”

Xiangyang Lane, an old house?

Liu Meng's heart was excited, didn't he come to Fuzhou just to ward off evil swords in the old mansion of the Lin family in Xiangyang Lane! Could it be that something happened in the middle?

Immediately clapped his hands, and said to Shi Fengnan: "This Master Shi, I admire your cooking skills very much, and I want to invite you to work in the mansion, I wonder if Master Shi is interested?" ”

Seeing Shi Fengnan looking at him suspiciously, Liu Meng smiled and said, "The treatment of the Mansion is okay, with your craftsmanship, how about twenty taels of silver per month?" If you have a family member to bring with you, and then send a set of elegant houses for you to settle down, so that no messy people will disturb you, how about this condition? ”

This is very clear. As long as Shi Fengnan agrees to go to the other party's house to do things, the salary of twenty taels of silver per month will be secondary, and his family will also ensure the safety of the other party, which just exempts Shi Fengnan from his current predicament.

The strong man of the Green Dragon Gang pondered and understood what this rich man meant, and couldn't help but be furious, and scolded: "Where did the little cub come from, he dares to meddle with the affairs of the Green Dragon Gang!" ”

Liu Meng didn't exist as a member of the Qinglong Gang with teeth and claws, and looked at Shi Fengnan with a smile, waiting for him to make a decision.

After hesitating, Shi Fengnan's throat moved, he nodded resolutely suddenly, clasped his hands into fists, and gave a deep salute to Liu Meng.

Good! Liu Meng laughed, the chopsticks in his hand were already quickly clicked, only to hear a few sneering sounds, and everyone in the Qinglong Gang around was knocked down. Annoyed that the strong man was disrespectful, and then the chopsticks flicked, and the strong man's face was pierced with a pop, and the chopsticks were more than strong, and they were inserted into the floor and nailed the strong man to the ground.

Ignoring the frightened eyes of the diners and men in the restaurant, Liu Meng slowly got up and motioned to Shi Fengnan: "Let's go, take me to meet the leader of the Blue Dragon Gang." ”

Shi Fengnan nodded heavily, stretched out his fingers and wrote on the table: "Shi Qinglong lives outside the city, and there are many masters around him. Liu Meng smiled indifferently: "You can rest assured, by the way, where is your mother-in-law imprisoned?" ”

With an excited face, Shi Fengnan made a few sounds, looking very anxious, and wrote on the table: "My mother-in-law was locked up in the old house of the Lin family in Xiangyang Lane, and they want me to hand over the title deed before noon tomorrow, otherwise I will sell my mother-in-law to the kiln." ”…… (To be continued......)