Chapter 8 The Yamen Comes

Tongyue Restaurant.

Not long after Li Yi came back, he was pulled aside by Zhao Shi.

"What's the matter, is Xu Sanniang's figure okay?"

Li Yi thought about it for a moment and summed it up in two words, "Well, it's very moist." ”

Zhao Shi heard the words and approached Li Yi and said: "That Xu Sanniang has a good appearance and a good figure, but it's a pity that her husband died early, and she has no children around, and the only thing she guards is the two shops on the street, as well as the mansion outside the city." If such a widow marries and returns home......"

The more Li Yi listened, the more wrong he became.

Sure enough, the next moment, Zhao Shi led the topic to him.

"You are handsome and diligent, maybe you can get into Sanniang's eyes. At that time, won't you have to have both your family and your business, and you won't have to work day and night anymore..."

The corners of Li Yi's mouth twitched slightly.

Isn't this just eating soft rice, a rich woman?

Besides, who says you don't have to work day and night?

In his opinion, this is just another way of doing things.

"Thank you Brother Zhao for your kindness, but I still like to support myself."

......

At noon, after careful consideration, Li Yi found Jia Youyou.

"You want to deliver food to someone at night?"

Jia Youyou looked at the young man in front of him in amazement.

Li Yi nodded: "Now there is no restaurant in the city that delivers food at night, if we do it, it will be the only one..."

"There are so many households on Liuding Street, and business won't be too bad at night."

Although Jia Youyou was a little moved, he still had some worries in his heart: "You have the waist card given by the yamen, and it's okay to deliver food at night, but the cook in the restaurant..."

Li Yi coughed lightly and said, "There are three cooks in our restaurant, but after my observation, one of them will always be idle when cooking......

At the counter, Jia Youyou fell into thought.

......

On the second day, Li Yi wrote a notice about night food delivery and posted it at the door of the restaurant.

At the same time, he began to push the news of night delivery to guests dining in the lobby.

When it was evening, the restaurant received two night delivery orders.

Li Yi was not disappointed.

Although the list is not large, it at least proves the feasibility of this method.

If the two orders are at the wrong time, the delivery time will be arranged according to the order of order, which has been informed to the customer in advance.

One of the two orders is at one hour in the morning, and the other is at the second hour.

Pinching the time, Li Yi went out to play the watch, and returned to the restaurant on time to beat the second drum.

In the lobby, the cook who heard the sound of the change handed over the freshly prepared meal to Li Yi.

After going back and forth like this, at two o'clock, Li Yi came to the butcher's house in the west of the street.

In the courtyard, the sturdy and open-clothed Zhang butcher took a sip of pear blossom stuff and let out a pleasant sigh.

On the stone strips that are usually used to kill pigs, at this time, there are four or five plates of signature dishes of Tongyue Restaurant, which are steaming.

Zhang Butcher reached out to pick up the food chopstick, and was about to pick up the vegetables, but suddenly stopped moving.

"What are you doing here?" Butcher Zhang looked at the food delivery guy who was still standing aside and frowned.

Li Yi stepped forward and smiled meekly.

"Guest officer, it's not easy to run errands, you see ......"

Zhang Butcher raised his eyebrows, and before he could speak, he saw Xiao Er in front of him take out a small pottery bowl from his arms.

And it's a missing gap.

“......”

After a while, Li Yi left the courtyard satisfied.

At this time, in his mind, the progress of the junior profession and the beggar profession has increased to varying degrees.

[Occupation: Primary 2]

[Progress: 49/100]

......

[Occupation: Beggar]

[Level: 1]

[Progress: 14/300]

...

Outside the street, Sun Cheng led Li Yi, who had finished delivering the meal, to a pawnshop.

"This is Yongsheng pawnshop, a few days ago it is said that we lost some treasure horses, and the yamen specially told us to pay more attention."

After listening to what Sun Cheng said, Li Yi added: "It's a sunshine treasure horse, a jade horse carved from red jade, I heard people talk about it in the restaurant, saying that under the sun, the jade horse will be as handsome as a fire." ”

"You're well-informed."

Then, the two went to the silver shop and some wealthy houses to inspect the vicinity.

These are all places that are easy for the little ones to covet.

Fortunately, the night was uneventful.

......

Following.

After entertaining all the guests, Li Yi, who had been idle for a while, lay on the table and took a nap.

The shopkeeper Jia Youyou went out in the morning, and only Zhao Shi was staring at the movement in the lobby at this time.

Not long after, three catchers suddenly came in outside the restaurant.

Zhao Shi stepped forward quickly and beckoned, "A few poor masters, please!" ”

Wang Jianchun, who had a calm face, was wearing a dark brown trapping suit, with a sheathed trapping knife next to the leather belt around his waist, and his whole body exuded an aura of being unapproachable.

Looking at Zhao Shi, Wang Jianchun quickly glanced at the lobby and asked, "Shopkeeper Jia is here?" ”

Zhao Shi bowed his body and replied with a smile: "My shopkeeper just went out, and he may not be able to come back for a while." ”

Wang Jianchun nodded, and asked instead, "Where is the husband Li Yi?" ”

......

On a table in the middle of the lobby, Li Yi looked at the middle-aged head catcher in front of him with a blank face.

Wang Jianchun put the trapping knife on the table, and his face was extremely cold.

"Li Yi, before September 2, he bought a tooth brand road guide at Chengnan Yaxing, and he did not have any identity certificate before."

"On September 3, I came to Tongyue Restaurant to serve as the second junior in the running hall, and on September 13, I applied for a husband, and I have been doing it today, am I right?"

Li Yi opened his mouth, but before he could answer, Wang Jianchun spoke again: "I heard from the household servant that on the day of the enlistment, you even threatened to say that you were willing to do it if you didn't want a penny, yes or no?" ”

At this time, Li Yi's sleepiness had already dissipated, and in the face of Wang Jianchun's questioning, he was really confused.

Aside from the fact that there is something wrong with his identity, what else is wrong?

It can't be illegal to work two jobs here, right?

Wang Jianchun looked at Li Yi directly and said, "Last night, Xu Ji Yinpu on Liuding Street lost more than 3,600 taels of silver, do you know?" ”

Li Yi blinked when he heard this, "Is there such a thing?" ”

Wang Jianchun's eyes narrowed slightly, "Nearly four thousand taels of silver were stolen, how could you not notice anything unusual when you patrolled the streets last night?" ”

Li Yi took a deep breath and said, "Lord Head Catcher, I didn't patrol the night alone yesterday, and my husband Sun Cheng was with me, and I really didn't find anything abnormal that night." ”

"If you don't believe it, you can ask Sun Cheng to ask."

Wang Jianchun retracted his majestic gaze and said lightly: "Sun Cheng has already gone to the Yamen, this case is very important, don't say that you are the shopkeeper of your family, and you will go to the Yamen to cooperate with the investigation later." ”

"Shopkeeper Jia? What did he do? ”

Wang Jianchun glanced at Li Yi and said, "Yesterday evening, Shopkeeper Jia took out all the silver deposits in the silver shop, and just last night, the silver shop was burglarized. ”

Li Yi was stunned when he heard this.

On the side, Zhao Shi's eyes suddenly lit up.

"The shopkeeper is back!"