The two of them sat in the patrol station and chatted, and they didn't go to the street, time passed quickly, and it was already noon in a blink of an eye.

Looking at the sky outside, Wu Kuan asked Cheng Jingling, "Shall we go?" ”

"Que He Restaurant?"

Cheng Jingling pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Let's go, take a look at what's going on." ”

"Don't worry, it's definitely not going to be a big deal, it's probably just for us to show up. If it was troublesome, he didn't dare to play such a dumb riddle, so he just said it. Seeing that Cheng Jingling agreed to go, Wu Kuan seemed very happy. first appeased Cheng Jingling, and the last sentence revealed his thoughts: "And this big silver coin is also a deposit, no matter if we go or not, there must be tea fees, and we can make another profit!" ”

The two walked out of the inspection station and entered East 5th Street.

Wu Kuan and Cheng Jingling walked side by side, and the people they met would take the initiative to get out of the way, and the vendor stalls that the two passed by even became much quieter.

Some of the rascals didn't even dare to look at the two of them, and walked away along the wall with their heads down.

Touching the clothes on his body, a smile hung on the corner of Cheng Jingling's mouth.

He loves the feeling!

Que He Restaurant is ideally located not far from the entrance of East 5th Street, and is a full three-storey building that stands out from the crowd of several nearby commercial buildings, most of which are two-storey.

The door of the restaurant is tall and wide, enough for five or six people to enter and exit side by side at the same time. Because it is now a meal, there are more and fewer customers, and the flow of people is continuous, and it can be seen that the business is very good.

As soon as Cheng Jingling and the others entered the door, they saw Luo Xingyi standing at the door.

Luo Xingyi's eyes lit up when he saw the two, and he hurriedly greeted him, and said with a smile: "Lord Cheng, Lord Wu, are you here?" Please, get inside! ”

"Hmm."

Wu Kuan replied without being salty, and walked inside with steps, Luo Xingyi hurriedly walked two steps to the front to lead the way.

The restaurant is almost 200 square meters, the first and second floors are all large and small scattered seats, and the third floor is a private room.

Luo Xingyi took the two of them to a private room by the window on the third floor and sat down, handed over the menu, and asked, "Two adults, please see, what are the suitable dishes?" Today in the next east, please also ask the two adults to eat and drink well. ”

"Shopkeeper Luo is the east? We martial arts practitioners have a lot of appetite. Wu Kuan said jokingly while flipping through the menu.

Luo Xingyi suddenly smiled and said indifferently: "Lord Wu, just order!" The two adults eat a lot, doesn't it mean that the craftsmanship of our restaurant is okay? This is appreciation, it's too late to be happy! The more adults eat, the happier they are! ”

"Hahaha, Shopkeeper Luo is really good at talking." Wu Kuan laughed loudly, and then unceremoniously opened the menu and ordered a few big dishes, both meat and vegetarian, all of which were valuable delicacies from the mountains and seas.

In the end, he asked for a pot of good wine, but was stopped by Cheng Jingling.

"We're still on duty, just have a bite to eat at noon, and don't drink the wine, right? If you want to drink, drink it again in the evening. Cheng Jingling frowned lightly and persuaded.

Wu Kuan saw that Cheng Jingling was a little unhappy, so he hurriedly closed the menu and responded: "Yes, yes, yes, what I said is that if you drink and make a mistake, you will have to patrol in the afternoon." So be it, just bring the food up, and forget about the wine. ”

A total of twelve dishes were ordered, and it was nearly thirty silver dollars, and the cost alone was at least twenty silver dollars. In the end, the pot of wine that Wu Kuanben ordered was even more priced at twelve silver coins per pot. But Luo Xingyi kept standing next to him without changing his face, maintaining a faint smile on his face from beginning to end.

As if inadvertently glanced at Cheng Jingling, Luo Xingyi bowed down and smiled: "If you don't drink, I'll serve a pot of tea to the two adults." Please wait a while, I instructed the back kitchen to cook the dishes in our house first, and never delay the adults' time. ”

After speaking, Luo Xingyi took two steps back and was about to turn around and leave the box.

"Slow!"

Cheng Jingling suddenly stopped him.

Looking at Luo Xingyi, who turned his head and looked puzzled, Cheng Jingling said in a deep voice: "Shopkeeper Luo, you are sending money and inviting you to eat today, what is the matter?" Please make it clear, otherwise I won't be able to eat this meal. ”

"Send money?" Luo Xingyi was stunned for a moment, and then the puzzled look on his face became heavier, and he was stunned: "Master Cheng, when will I send the two adults money?" ”

Seeing this, Cheng Jingling couldn't help frowning, and said impatiently: "Don't fix all these twists and turns, there is no one else in the house now." Hurry up and talk about what's going on, don't say I'll leave now! ”

This time, the embarrassment on Luo Xingyi's face flashed, and he finally stopped pretending to be stupid, and arched his hand towards Cheng Jingling and said: "Master Cheng Gaoyi, a little caution in the morning is not enough to worry about your teeth, adults don't have to take it to heart." I invited the two adults to come over, and I really had something to ask for. I wanted to wait for the two adults to eat and drink enough, but I was afraid that it would spoil the mood of the adults. Please also ......"

"You've been hiding it and not saying it, it will affect my mood even more, hurry up!" Cheng Jingling interrupted Luo Xingyi's kind words, and directly waved his hand to urge.

"Yes." After Luo Xingyi responded, he said in detail: "I moved my family to Juma City last year, and I bought this restaurant, wanting to earn some meager profits to make a living. When it first opened two months ago, business was mediocre, so there were no problems.

But recently, the business has become more and more prosperous, and a group of people have come to the store, claiming to be from the Stove King Gang, and require that any materials such as rice, flour, grain, oil, meat, eggs, and vegetables purchased by our restaurant need to go through their hands, otherwise we will not be able to buy any materials in the restaurant. The materials provided by the Stove King Gang are more than 30% more expensive than the market price, and it is impossible for me to agree to it at first.

But after I turned them down, the next day, all the merchants who supplied our restaurant stopped working with us. I searched around, but I couldn't find any of them willing to supply our restaurant. It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and without materials, the restaurant will definitely not be able to open. So, I agreed to the people of the Stove King Gang and bought the goods from them.

Originally, it was more than 30% higher, and I gritted my teeth and admitted it, but recently, the appetite of the stove king is getting bigger and bigger, and the cost has risen to more than double the market price a few days ago. Moreover, the people of the Stove King Gang often come to our restaurant to eat and drink, and put on a banquet, but they have always been on the list to keep accounts, and now they have owed eighteen gold and martial arts coins for the meal, and they have never been willing to settle the payment...... After noon for a while, the Stove King Gang will come again to 'deliver food and collect money', and it is no surprise that they will have a meal at my place.

Master Cheng! Kure-sama! was tossed down by them, and the restaurant in Xia was losing money almost every day, and it couldn't continue to operate! I was really desperate and had no choice, so I thought of begging the adults who wanted to arrest Wuwei, hoping that the two adults could administer justice for me! I don't want to get rid of the Stove King Gang, I just want to be able to recover the price that was 30% higher than the market price! I don't want the eighteen gold coins owed to the restaurant on credit, just ask them not to come to eat and drink for nothing! ”

After speaking, Luo Xingyi gave a big salute to the two of them and slammed them to the ground.

Stove King Gang...... Cheng Jingling frowned, he hadn't heard of this gang. But as long as it is a gang, it belongs to the forces of the rivers and lakes, and it is under the control of the armed guards, and there is really nothing wrong with Luo Xingyi looking for Cheng Jingling.

Cheng Jingling waited, and seeing that Luo Xingyi didn't mean to continue, he couldn't help but ask suspiciously, "That's it?" Gone? Since it is a gang that is doing evil and bullying and dominating the market, can't you just report it to the official, why hide it like this? ”

Before, Cheng Jingling saw Luo Xingyi rushing to send money and treat him, and thought that he was asking him to do something that violated morality and the law, but he didn't expect that he was just reporting to the official normally.

But after Luo Xingyi heard Cheng Jingling's question, he was even more puzzled than him, raised his head to look at Cheng Jingling, his face full of astonishment and confusion.

At this time, Wu Kuan on the side stopped Cheng Jingling, who was about to continue to say something, waved his hand at Luo Xingyi and said, "Okay, Shopkeeper Luo, we have already made the matter clear, you go out to serve the food first." ”

"Uh...... Be. ”

Looking up at Wu Kuan, and then at Cheng Jingling, Luo Xingyi's lips moved as if he wanted to say something more, but he didn't say it after all, and left the box after saying goodbye.

After only Wu Kuan and Cheng Jingling were left in the room, Cheng Jingling asked, "Monkey, do you know this Stove King Gang?" Why is it so arrogant? ”

"Yes." Wu Kuan nodded and introduced Cheng Jingling: "The Stove King Gang, at first, it seemed to be called the Restaurant Association, but after being controlled by several people in the rivers and lakes, it was renamed the Stove King Gang. Specializing in finding restaurants with little background and reselling materials for profit. Is it arrogant? I think it's okay...... If you encounter someone who is ruthless, this Luo Xingyi's family will be ruined a long time ago, and the restaurant will have to be taken away, how can there be a chance to find us? ”

"Are we in charge of this kind of thing?" Cheng Jingling continued to ask.

Wu Kuan nodded and said, "Of course." ”

"Then he just told us no, why bother so much, send money and treat guests, and keep playing dumb riddles and refusing to say?" Cheng Jingling couldn't figure it out.

Looking at Cheng Jingling, who was full of innocence, Wu Kuan couldn't help but smile: "Just say it? If he had come to me directly, I would have kicked him on the ground first. He said that the Stove King Gang bullied and dominated the market, forced to buy and sell? But in my eyes, this is a normal buying and selling transaction, you and I will. He gives money, people give him food, and I don't care about the price. He thinks that the food he buys is expensive, and some people think that the vegetables he sells are cheap, can I manage them all if they ask me?

As for saying that the Stove King Gang has not settled on credit, that's just what you and I want. If the king of the stove helps him eat and drink for nothing, he will be in charge of me. But didn't they give him an IOU? That's the debt relationship between the boss and the guest, and it's not my responsibility. Besides, which company is not allowed to hang some bad debts outside the business now? So, it's an ambiguous thing. I can manage it, but I can do it anyway. If it doesn't work, I won't bother to help. ”

"This ......"

Listening to Wu Kuan's words, Cheng Jingling felt that he was both enlightened and dizzy.

"Help?" Cheng Jingling asked rhetorically

Isn't this the duty of the anti-military guard, how can it become a help in Wu Kuan's mouth.

"Well," Wu Kuan nodded as a matter of course and said, "Since it's for us to help out of things, we always have to pay some price that satisfies us." How many are the aggrieved in this city? Why do I have to help him? ”

In other words, a businessman like Luo Xingyi, who has no background background, is either blackmailed by the bullies, or he gives confessions to the officials and officials, sticks out his head and shrinks his head, and it is impossible to do business well.

No wonder he was desperate and really had no choice, so he thought of looking for Wu Wei, how ironic? Cheng Jingling sighed in his heart.

In the eyes of these businessmen, corrupt officials and evil officials are probably more terrible than hooligans and bullies.

If it weren't for the growing appetite of the Stove King Gang and the insatiable appetite, Luo Xingyi really couldn't hold it anymore, and he would never have found the anti-martial guard.

Wu Kuan continued: "Jing Ling, you were still a little anxious just now. According to the usual practice, it should be when the food is served, and the remuneration for us should also be served. When something happens, we will stand up for him. Just know each other, you don't have to tell the truth at all, make it so naked and ugly. Of course, it's the first time you've encountered this kind of thing, and if you don't have any experience, you'll be fine next time. ”

Looking at Wu Kuan's smug face, Cheng Jingling could only echo with a "hmm".

At this time, he was extremely glad that his identity was a military guard, a powerful class, not a bullied people.

In this world, there is no background, and the fists are not hard enough, so you can only bow your head and kneel to live, or to live.

didn't let the two of them wait too long, but after a cup of tea, one dish after another was served to the table by Luo Xingyi himself.

"Two adults, please use it slowly."

After pouring the freshly brewed tea for the two, Luo Xingyi bowed and withdrew with a smile.

When there were only two people left in the room, Wu Kuan did not eat directly, but got up and lifted a plate covered with a lid on the table.

"Hehe, see it, this is a hard dish!" Wu Kuan checked it, and there were twenty of them, and he couldn't help but feel happy on his face, and said happily: "Hemorrhage!" It seems that Luo Xingyi is really afraid of being bullied by the Stove King Gang. Jing Ling, come, let's have half of this money. Hehe, in our errand in the anti-military guard, we are living by pointing to these windfalls. Otherwise, if you have to support your family and eat, and you have to practice martial arts, who will live with only the thirty or forty silver moons issued by Weili every month? It's not enough to go to Zhanyue Palace to have a good time! ”

counted out ten coins and accepted them, and then pushed the remaining ten coins to Cheng Jingling, Wu Kuan still muttered happily: "Thanks to Lin Ji, he has something to do with Dali, so he divided the two of us into a group." If you follow the initial arrangement, you are in a group with Dali, how can I eat this piece of fat? Hey! ”

Looking at the dizzying gold martial arts coins on the table, Cheng Jingling hesitated for a while, but still put them away.

In fact, he is not short of money.

He is now cultivating in a gap in time and space, and he has extremely low requirements for the cultivation resources of this world, so he doesn't have to desperately make money in exchange for cultivation resources like other martial artists, in order to cultivate for promotion.

What's more, Gu Jinlai just gave him thirty gold a few days ago, and he didn't need to rely on his identity to loot the people's fat and people's ointment.

But again, when the water is clear, there are no fish.

The white lotus, which is inherited and independent, and is not stained by the mud, is not so easy to be.

Seeing that Cheng Jingling also accepted the money, Wu Kuan's heart was put into his stomach, he took out the silver poison test needle from his arms, carefully checked each dish, and only after confirming that there was no problem did he invite Cheng Jingling to eat.

The refreshments sent by Luo Xingyi in the morning, Wu Kuan also ate them after careful inspection.

Walking on the rivers and lakes, even if you are wearing the tiger skin of the anti-military guard, you must be careful.

The food on the table was eaten by the two of them like a whirlwind, and those who practiced martial arts ate a lot of food, even Wu Kuan, who had a thin monkey-like physique, could eat more than two or three ordinary croppers.

When the two of them finished eating, and there was only a mess of leftovers on the table, the two comfortably leaned back in their chairs and sipped tea.

After a while, there was a commotion downstairs.