Chapter 33: Interrogation (2)
Walking down the street with a food box in his hand, Wang Ling walked in the direction of the Shen family, and before he came, he had already inquired about the Shen family's residence.
This is a section of the road, he walked a little heavy, pedestrians passed by in twos and threes, he still remembers a month ago when he first came to Qingzhou, there was a lively scene inside and outside the city, the faces of the aborigines here, there was no look affected by the war, more than half a month ago, there were still laughing and worshipping ancestors, burning incense and worshiping Buddha.
And now, one by one the unfamiliar faces passing by, looking at their faces crawling with anxiety oppressed by life, the whole street, except for a group of ignorant and ignorant children playing, only Wang Ling walked slowly, almost everyone seemed in a hurry.
What makes the originally peaceful people of Qingzhou like this? Is it the chaos that follows the influx of displaced people? Is it anxiety after the price of rice skyrocketed?
No, in Wang Ling's view, the bane of all this is the indifference of the ruler to the bottom, the wounds of war can be soothed, the anxiety of life can be calmed, and only the cold-blooded ruthlessness of despising life can be cured.
With a lot of thoughts, he suddenly felt heavy in his heart, and his two hands couldn't help but clench a little tightly, especially the left hand holding the food box, the wooden grip was pinched by him and made a few subtle gurgling sounds.
"If you don't make it clear today, don't even think about walking out of my store!"
"Don't drag me! It's obvious that your thing is fake, and you don't let people say it? ”
"You fart, I'm obviously a good blood crystal, why do you say it's fake?!"
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There were suddenly a few quarrels in front of him, Wang Ling hesitated slightly, and immediately walked over quickly.
struggled to break through the crowd of onlookers, and finally squeezed to the first class seat in the front row, and saw an old man and a young man pulling and pulling.
The old man with white hair and white beard held a crystal stone like blood in his left hand, and dragged the cuffs of a young man in his right hand.
The young man seems to be in his early twenties, with a blue dress, a folding fan in his hand, a smooth and fair face, a cynical handsomeness, dark and deep eyes, a hint of rebelliousness, thick eyebrows, a tall nose, and a beautiful lip shape, all of which are showing nobility and elegance.
"Hey, dude, what's going on?" Wang Ling asked the melon-eating crowd standing beside him.
The man looked at him when he heard the sound, and when he saw that he looked harmless to humans and animals, he said: "That young man had a meal in the Drunken Immortal Residence, and after eating, he said that the silver was stolen by the thieves, and he threw down a red broken stone and wanted to eat the overlord meal, oh, it is the piece in the hand of the shopkeeper Zhao." ”
"It's just a meal, why fight in the street? Leave the chores to pay for a meal, won't the money be over? Wang Ling looked at the pair of old and young people pulling and pulling, and he couldn't see it, just as he was talking to this passerby, the two of them were already hugging each other and rolling on the ground.
Wang Ling raised his head and said in his heart, this restaurant called Drunken Immortal House is built to be magnificent, extraordinary, nine-story buildings are really rare, presumably in this Qingzhou City is also a unique existence, such a tall building should be very eye-catching, why didn't I pay attention to it before?
Hearing this, the old brother who had just been questioned by Wang Ling glanced at Wang Ling with disdain and said, "Do you know what he eats?" That's the Eight Immortals Banquet, the eight meat and eight vegetables are all the top dishes in my Northwest, just that one without a trace of snow, it must be cooked with the bear's paw of the most difficult to catch the red bear, this dish is said to cost eight hundred taels of gold, we are flat-headed people, it is difficult to smell and smell it, this table of eight immortal banquets, no ten thousand taels of gold can not come down! ”
As this man spoke, a trace of longing rose on his face, and the king Ling's heart was beating when he heard it, and he said in his heart, I am a good girl! What kind of banquet can eat 10,000 taels of gold?! He was so shocked that his jaw was uncontrollable, and he almost fell to the ground, and hurriedly dragged his chin back to its place with his hands.
Today is considered to have seen the world, he is so big, he has only heard of the most luxurious banquet of the Manchu and Han Dynasty, but it is also hundreds of dishes, this so-called Eight Immortals Banquet only has sixteen dishes, and it can be sold at such an expensive price, it is really terrifying!
"This Eight Immortals Banquet is so expensive, it shouldn't be something that anyone can eat, right? How can anyone eat without paying? Wang Ling said strangely.
The passer-by brother thought for a moment when he heard this, his brows furrowed, as if he was asked this question, the drunken immortal residence is on the ninth floor to entertain different guests, the first to the fifth floor is civilians, the sixth and seventh floors are mostly dignitaries, and only a very few people in the powerful can go up on the eighth and ninth floors, even if it is Cao Yong, the prefect of Qingzhou, the number of times he has entertained here for more than ten years is only a handful, and he can only go up to the seventh floor, and the level of the eight immortal banquet can only be enjoyed by guests on the eighth and ninth floors. I won't roll on the ground with a shopkeeper.
"You don't know, I was eating wine in the building just now, after the young man came, it seemed that he took out an object and showed it to the shopkeeper, I was far away, and he turned his back to me, so I didn't see what the object looked like, but the shopkeeper's expression after looking at the object, I could see it clearly, after he finished reading the young man's things, he hurriedly led him upstairs, after a long time, the young man's footsteps rushed down very quickly, and the shopkeeper Zhao pulled his sleeve all the way and followed him without letting go, tsk, Thanks to a few more drinks, I wouldn't have seen this excitement. Another person on the side suddenly interjected.
Wang Ling smacked his tongue, whether it was the things stated in the mouths of these two people, or the old and young people who hugged each other and scuffled together, they all refreshed his cognition, and it was the first time he saw the master who ate such a terrible meal at the overlord's meal.
If this were for him, it would be worth it to give people a beating, Wang Ling suddenly thought like this.
Anyway, it's all like this, why doesn't anyone come out to pull the fight?
He was wondering, a few guys who ran the hall rushed out of the gate of the Drunken Immortal Residence with a few other strong men who seemed to be watching the scene, it turned out that they were late, presumably it was a sudden incident, and they had just summoned people to help.
At this time, the shopkeeper Zhao and the young man in Chinese clothes were pulled away by the guys, and the two of them were covered with dust, and the clothes of the young man looked particularly not cheap, which made people really feel sorry for the clothes.
"Tie him up for me, I have to break his hands and feet today, throw him into the pit, and wait for the owner to come back and dispose of it!" Seeing that a helper finally arrived, Shopkeeper Zhao launched a ruthless statement.
Shopkeeper Zhao only felt that today was a slap in the eye, when this person came, he took the token of the Chen family of Jingzhao Mansion, seeing that he was dressed luxuriously and talked extraordinary, he thought he was a big customer, but he didn't expect it to be a thief who cheated and cheated to eat and drink! This table of eight immortal banquets makes people cheap in vain, if the owner is to blame, even if he has ten lives, it is not enough to compensate, how can he not be angry, in order to give the owner an explanation, even if he gives up his old face, he must keep the other party in front of the door.
The strong man who was in charge of watching the scene on the left and right detained the young man in the Chinese costume and prepared to take him back to the Drunken Immortal Residence, what was waiting for him would be, and everyone present could guess it.
The young man in the costume struggled desperately, his hands were grabbed by the two strong men, but his legs were not to be outdone and kicked at the shopkeeper Zhao, but the distance between the two was not something that his two legs could make up, and the young man in the Chinese costume shouted: "Phew! You illiterate dog, this son has already given you food money, why do you catch this son! ”
Hearing this, Shopkeeper Zhao angrily pushed away the two guys who were supporting him, he raised the red stone in his hand, and said angrily: "Where are you here to be a drunken immortal residence?" A broken stone also wants to come and eat white food! As he spoke, he threw the stone in his hand to the ground heavily, and then said to the two strong men who had captured the young man in Chinese clothes: "Bring him in for me now, I will break his hands and feet with my own hands!! ”
The young man in Huafu looked at the stone that fell to the ground, and felt a pain in his flesh, and immediately shouted: "This is blood crystal jade, one gram can be mortgaged for 100 gold!" You illiterate dog minion, you're really angry with my son! Good! If you really dare to break my hands and feet today, believe it or not, someone will come and demolish your bullshit drunken immortal residence tomorrow! ”
When the shopkeeper Zhao saw that he still dared to speak wildly, he was immediately angry, and rushed up to give a big slap to the young man in Huafu and break his mouth.
Seeing that the shopkeeper Zhao who couldn't kick just now was sent to the door, the whole person suddenly kicked out of the air and stepped on the chest of the shopkeeper Zhao!
Ooh! That's a really strong kick! Wang Ling looked at the shopkeeper Zhao who flew out upside down and exclaimed.
Although he himself felt that it was wrong to eat white food, but this shopkeeper Zhao kept saying that he was going to break people's hands and feet, and his arrogance was inevitably too arrogant, Wang Ling was very displeased, and now he saw that he had suffered a loss, and he suddenly felt dark.
His back slammed on the ground, after all, the shopkeeper Zhao was old, and he suddenly felt the blood in his chest surging, and the severe pain was unbearable, he lay on the ground, pointed at the man in fancy clothes, and said in a vicious tone: "Hit me, break his two legs for me now, I see how long he can be arrogant!" ”
The guys and thugs of the Drunken Immortal Residence, seeing that the shopkeeper Zhao had spoken, didn't care if there would be trouble in committing murder on the street, after all, the proprietor behind this restaurant had a deep background, and they didn't care about those, a group of people pressed the Chinese costume boy to the ground, and the two strong men each walked over with a thick wooden stick.
The prince in a gorgeous costume struggled desperately, trying to get rid of the shackles, but to no avail, the crowd of onlookers talked about it, but they didn't expect this drunken immortal house to dare to commit murder on the street, many people pointed fingers at this, but no one dared to stand up to stop it, and some soft-hearted women even covered their eyes, not daring to look at the cruel picture next.
Two strong men carried wooden sticks, each came to one of the legs of the young man in the costume and stood still, holding the wooden stick high.
At this moment, a person suddenly appeared in the crowd, kicked the two strong men to the ground.