Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Forbidden Army Who Stole Alcohol
Xiao Zhong's face was stunned, he knew who it was as soon as he heard the voice, and he looked at the shopkeeper Liu blankly.
"Sister Liu, is something happening to Sister Wu?"
Shopkeeper Liu looked at Wu Qinghui's winery in front of him, covered his mouth and smiled
"She's stolen the wine, and she's getting angry."
Xiao Zhong was stunned, he only helped Sister Wu push a cart full of wine before he left in the morning, and he was stolen when he came back.
When he walked into the winery, he saw Wu Qinghui rolling up his sleeves, holding a kitchen knife in his hand, and the green tendons on his forehead burst out, as if he was going to cut at someone in the next moment.
Xiao Zhong was about to step forward, but was stopped by Su Qinqin on the side.
"Sister Su?"
Su Qinqin shook her head at him
"She's going crazy, don't go up, she'll be fine in a while."
Xiao Zhong asked
"What's going on?"
Su Qinqin sighed and said
"After you left in the morning, two officials came to the winery, saying that they were looking for fugitives, but they searched the winery inside and out, but they didn't find it.
Xiao Zhong frowned
"Missing? Can the wine grow wings and fly on its own? ”
Su Qinqin tapped Xiao Zhong's head dotingly
"Of course they won't fly by themselves, but what is even stranger now is that the two officials said that they were looking for fugitives, but after they left, they didn't go to the nearby store to search for them, and I suspect that the two officials came straight to Qinghui's winery."
Xiao Zhong was even more dazed
"Are the officials here to steal wine, so why are they stealing wine?"
Su Qinqin said with a smile
"I don't know about this, but recently the city is really not quite right, there are many more officials than before, in the past, on the streets, there were three patrols a day in the morning, noon and evening, and in recent days, there are no less than ten officers and soldiers patrolling every day."
Hearing this, Xiao Zhong nodded silently, entering and leaving the city today, he also felt that the city was much stricter than before.
"Let her stay by herself for a while, I guess it will be fine in the afternoon."
With that, Su Qinqin walked towards the door, and when Xiao Zhong saw Su Qinqin leaving, he also left the winery and went to his own shop.
Su Qinqin returned to her store, but an old man happened to walk in.
"Shopkeeper Su?"
The old man said with a smile.
Su Qinqin nodded slightly and said politely
"What do guests need?"
Su Qinqin's shop was a rice paper shop, and the old man looked around and laughed softly
"I have heard for a long time that the rice paper of the shopkeeper Su is a must in the capital, my lord wants a piece of rice paper, and I want to ask the shopkeeper Su if there is one?"
Su Qinqin glanced at the old man in surprise, although the old man was not dressed richly, he was also refreshing and exquisite, and it seemed that he was indeed from a big family.
"One?"
It's just that she doesn't understand why the other party only needs a piece of paper.
The old man smiled and nodded
"The master only asked the shopkeeper Su if he could do it, a piece of paper, twenty zhang square."
Su Qinqin's face was shocked, a piece of paper twenty zhang square, let alone doing it, even if she had never heard of it.
"Guest, are you joking?"
The old man's face was serious, not a joke at all.
"I don't have the time to come and make a joke about the shopkeeper Su, you only say yes or no, if there is, I will come to pick up the paper in half a month."
As he spoke, pop, the old man slapped a piece of gold on the table.
"This is the deposit, the work is done, and the final payment."
Su Qinqin's eyebrows were tightened, and there was a hint of worry in her beautiful eyes, the other party was willing to spend such a large price, naturally it would not be such a simple thing as making a piece of paper.
She was silent for a long time and said
"I need to think about this for a day, and I will give you an answer tomorrow."
The old man showed a slight disappointment on his face, and then he said
"Then I'll come back tomorrow."
After the old man left, Su Qinqin was worried, among the sisters on this street, she was the most astute and knowledgeable.
In the past two days, strange things have happened on the street, until just now, a strange person also came to her shop, and a sense of foreboding arose.
At this time, in Wu Qinghui Winery, an uninvited guest also came.
"Wu Shopkeeper"
A middle-aged man walked in and looked at Wu Qinghui who was angry with a smile, Wu Qinghui's face changed when he saw the man, and he was a little cramped.
"Mr. Zhang"
Wu Qinghui instantly restrained his expression, covered the kitchen knife in his hand behind him, and greeted him with a smile.
The middle-aged man didn't feel embarrassed by Wu Qinghui's actions just now, and just gently took out a large silver ticket from his arms
"I'm here today to pay the deposit."
Wu Qinghui's face was stunned, then he took the silver ticket and said with a smile
"I'm tired of Mr. Zhang's special trip."
Mr. Zhang looked inside the room and said suspiciously
"What's going on?"
Wu Qinghui looked immobile and said
"It's nothing, it's just two little thieves."
Mr. Zhang's face tightened
"Then my wine will be fine."
Wu Qinghui laughed
"The wine that Mr. Zhang ordered must be properly pasted."
Mr. Zhang's face was relieved and he said
"That's good, when the time comes, I will bring someone to fetch the wine as agreed."
With that, he left the winery, and after Wu Qinghui said goodbye to Mr. Zhang, he quickly closed the shop door and ran to Su Qinqin.
"Qinqin!"
Su Qinqin was thinking about what had just happened, and was interrupted by Wu Qinghui's shout.
"What's the matter, I'm in a hurry."
Wu Qinghui grabbed Su Qinqin's arm, as if grasping a life-saving straw, and said
"The person who ordered the wine just came."
Su Qinqin said
"The guy who ordered twelve carts of good wine?"
Wu Qinghui nodded and said
"He came to pay the deposit, but a cart of wine I had just borrowed from the next street was stolen, and there were ten days left for me to get together these twelve truckloads of wine."
Su Qinqin frowned
"If you rush to work in ten days, how much wine can you brew at most."
Wu Qinghui said
"I have a lot of stock in my wine cellar, in fact, there is only this cart of wine, if you hurry up, you can indeed make up enough quantity, but you also know the wine, the wine that came out in ten days and the wine in my cellar naturally can't be compared, otherwise I would have to go around to find someone to borrow it, to make up such a cart of wine."
Su Qinqin asked again
"Then you might find a way to borrow some more."
Wu Qinghui shook his head
"My wine cellar is full of lotus stamens that are more than a year old, and there are only Zhuangyuan Red in the capital, the daughter red of Yingbin Building, the Lansheng Wine of Linyue Pavilion, and Penglai Spring of Leng Xiangyuan can be compared, I have borrowed all these four to make up such a car, and I am afraid that there are not many people's own inventories to borrow again."
Su Qinqin asked
"What if you can't make it up when the time comes?"
Wu Qinghui said
"Naturally, according to the rules of the firm, double the compensation according to the price."
Su Qinqin pondered for a moment, and at this point, things seemed to be developing in a clear direction.
Could it be that this is a scam, trying to cheat Qinghui out of his money?
Su Qinqin thought so.
"Do you remember what the characteristics of those two officials were?"
Su Qinqin asked again.
When Wu Qinghui heard this, he recalled
"Those two officials are dressed in armor and have fierce eyes, and they look a lot more burly than the officers who patrolled in the past."
When Su Qinqin heard this, her eyes tightened
"What kind of armor."
Wu Qinghui thought hard
"It looks quite heavy, and there is a raised pattern in the shape of a beast's face on the left shoulder, which looks a little oozing, but I don't see what kind of beast it is, like a lion, and like a tiger."
When Su Qin heard this, his face turned pale
"Qilin pattern, it's a forbidden army!"
Wu Qinghui is also discolored
"How could the Forbidden Army come to my shop and steal my wine?"
Su Qinqin seemed to have no idea for a moment, if the other party was really a forbidden army, then her previous speculation was completely wrong.
"Who is the Mr. Zhang who ordered the wine?"
Su Qinqin said.
Wu Qinghui shook her head blankly, she was already in a state of confusion at this moment.
Su Qinqin's eyebrows were tightly furrowed
"Why, isn't it usually that your wine is ready and delivered directly to the people's house, and he didn't leave an address?"
Wu Qinghui said
"He said he would bring someone to fetch the wine himself."
Su Qinqin felt more and more strange about things, it seemed that the person had prepared this series of things early in the morning, and he didn't even reveal his address, which was really calculating.
Of course, this is not the most worrying thing for her, the other party is no more, no less, just twelve carts of wine, but Wu Qinghui's inventory is only one cart of wine, no matter how you look at it, it is not a simple coincidence that can be explained.
"Sister Su, Sister Wu."
At this time, Xiao Zhong walked in, seeing him smiling brightly, Su Qinqin and Wu Qinghui were also happy.
Su Qinqin said
"Xiao Zhong, what's the matter?"
Xiao Zhong shook his head
"I'm just here to tell my sisters, I'm going to the City Lord's Mansion, I'm afraid that my sisters will be as worried as yesterday."
Su Qinqin and Wu Qinghui were confused by the matter of wine at the moment, and they didn't have the time to make fun of him as before, and said
"Got it, be careful yourself, pay attention to safety, go early and come back early."
On the other side, in the courtyard of the City Lord's Mansion.
The bored Yan Sihai was making fun of the little peach blossom, and the little peach blossom looked impatient and said
"Manager Yan, if you're bored, just go to the lake to have fun, I'm very busy today."
Chang Sheng walked over, she glanced at Yan Sihai, then looked at Xiao Taohua, and said
"Go ahead."
Yan Sihai saw Chang Sheng's face displeased, and said
"Sheng Wazi, looking at your expression, I am still thinking about the robbery of the human emperor."
Chang Sheng sat aside angrily
"The saint's whereabouts are unknown until now, but you are very idle."
Yan Sihai saw that Chang Sheng's face was not good, and he no longer hung up, and said with a straight face
"Compared with the old man of the human emperor, I am more concerned about the man with a hat I met on the lake that day."
Chang Sheng said
"What's wrong with that guy."
Yan Sihai shook his head hesitantly
"I don't know, I always feel that guy gives me a feeling of familiarity and danger, and although that guy has been covering his face that day, I feel that he has been watching me."
Chang Sheng exclaimed
"It's not your old enemy."
Yan Shikaido
"I don't know about this, but if you meet him, be careful, that guy is not a good stubble."
Chang Sheng waved his hand
"Alas, all I have in my mind now is what those two forbidden soldiers said, how can I think of anything else."
Yan Sihai said
"You mean those men in black suddenly disappeared from the palace?"
Chang Sheng nodded
"You say, is there any way to make people suddenly disappear under their noses?"
Yan Sihai thought about it
"I've only seen one person who can do that."
Chang Sheng asked
"Who?"
Yan Shikaido
"Mobei three years ago, only at that time he could do what you said with an almost shrinking body like an inch, and besides, even your brother couldn't do it."
Chang Sheng lay on the table in disappointment
"You can't say that those people in black are all masters of the God Realm."
At this time, Little Peach suddenly ran back and said mischievously
"City Lord, that kid is here again."
Chang Sheng suddenly raised his head, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth
"Xiao Zhong is here, let him in."