Chapter 52 Dongyang Teahouse
Dongyang Building is a big teahouse in the east city of Qiucheng, the teahouse has three floors, and many of the people who come are literati and ink writers who drink tea and chat here.
Xing Zhuoyuan sat in a nearby snack bar, staring at the teahouse waiting for the others to arrive.
Xing Zhuoyuan called for a meal, he had not eaten lunch after being busy for a long time today, and a bowl of beef noodles filled his stomach.
After eating the noodles, Qin Changzhi and Qin Chang'an also rushed over, and there were seven catchers behind them, all of whom were among the best masters in the Yamen of Qiucheng.
Xing Zhuoyuan asked them to sit down one by one around a table, and the shopkeeper saw so many officials on his shop, so he hurriedly picked up the bowl and poured tea one by one.
Xing Zhuoyuan gave the shopkeeper fifty yuan to break him away, he looked around, then lowered his head and said, "This Dongyang Building is the place where immortal medicine is sold. ”
As soon as everyone heard this, their expressions became serious, and Qin Changan said: "Boss, what do you say, let's just rush in and grab them all, hang them up, and beat them up." ”
Qin Changan's expression was fierce, and he didn't look like he was good at stubble, Xing Zhuo looked at him from afar and ignored his words.
Qin Chang'an is extremely skilled, but he is very reckless in his work, and he is also famous among them.
Xing Zhuoyuan continued: "Later, we will go in together, the seven of you will suppress everyone in place outside and don't let anyone escape, I will go to their underground secret room with Qin Chang'an and Qin Changzhi, which is where they hide and sell medicines." ”
Several people nodded together when they listened, and Xing Zhuoyuan added: "Remember, if anyone doesn't listen, they can be subdued by force, understand!"
A few people replied, "Understood!"
Xing Zhuoyuan picked up the saber on the table and said, "Okay! ”
At this moment, it is the future, and after lunch, many people are drinking tea and chatting in Dongyang Building.
The shopkeeper looked at his teahouse with satisfaction at the counter, which was full of guests with smiles on his face.
Today is also a lot of harvest, but the real income still depends on that little thing, the shopkeeper touched the mustache on the side of his nose and calculated in his heart, he was calculating the income.
Suddenly, there was a loud "bang," and the door of the teahouse was vigorously pushed open, and it was not surprising that the shopkeeper was waiting for the shopkeeper, and there were always some people in the rivers and lakes in this prosperous Qiu City.
He is also a person who has seen all kinds of cows, ghosts, snakes and gods, and walked forward to greet the guests with a friendly smile on his face.
But as soon as he looked at the person, the smile on his face instantly froze, and Xing Zhuoyuan, who was in an official mansion, stepped into the teahouse behind the first seven people.
The shopkeeper greeted him with a smile, and he said with a smile: "Do you have a few officials drinking tea, our store has a good Longjing." ”
Xing Zhuoyuan didn't answer him, and the seven people behind him directly turned around and closed all the doors.
The shopkeeper looked ugly and asked, "What do you mean, sir?"
The actions of several people attracted everyone's attention in the teahouse, and the guests of the teahouse put down their teacups one after another, stopped talking and looked at the door.
Xing Zhuoyuan took two steps forward and said loudly: "Xing Zhuoyuan, the head catcher in Xiaqiu City," he said, putting the sign on his waist in front of him and shaking it.
Then he continued: "Dongyang Teahouse sells unknown drugs that harm people's lives, and I am hereby ordered by the general judgment to be strictly investigated, and I hope that all the people present here will cooperate with the next few people." ”
After Xing Zhuoyuan finished speaking, the teahouse began to talk loudly, and the guests on the three floors heard Xing Zhuoyuan's words clearly.
After listening to Xing Zhuoyuan's words, the shopkeeper's face turned pale instantly, and he wanted to sneak away quietly while no one was paying attention to him.
Just as he was about to take a step, there was a "bang," and a steel knife was placed on his neck.
The cold blade pressed against his neck, making him sweat coldly and dare not move again.
Xing Zhuoyuan drew a knife and put it on the neck of the shopkeeper and said in a deep voice: "Those who refuse to cooperate, don't blame us for being polite." ”
As his words fell, the seven people behind him also pulled out the knife on their waists at the same time, and the blade was shining brightly, and in an instant, no one in the teahouse was silent.
Xing Zhuoyuan said to the shopkeeper: "Go to the underground secret." ”
The shopkeeper smiled awkwardly and said, "What did you say, sir, there is no secret room in the shop." ”
Xing Zhuoyuan said in a deep voice: "Oh, you don't know, I know, go ahead." ”
After speaking, he moved the knife in his hand, and the shopkeeper was scared, so he catered to it and slowly moved forward.
Qin Chang'an and Qin Changzhi followed Xing Zhuoyuan's steps, while the others were guarding the door in the lobby and staring at everyone.
The shopkeeper was completely pretending to be stupid at the moment, and Xing Zhuoyuan didn't care, he clearly knew where the place was.
Xing Zhuoyuan pointed the way, and the four of them walked to the door of a private room, and there was a junior at the door, but they didn't dare to stop it when they saw this posture.
After entering the private room, the shopkeeper was already sweating profusely and flustered, how could Xing Zhuoyuan know about this? He was full of questions.
Qin Changan closed the door of the private room, and Xing Zhuoyuan said, "Second and third, you move the table and lift the carpet below The entrance to the secret room is there. ”
Qin Changan and Qin Changzhi rubbed their hands excitedly and said, "Understood." ”
The two of them moved the table, lifted the carpet, and there was a wooden door under the carpet, and Qin Chang'an and Qin Changzhi grabbed the two door knockers.
"Crunch," the wooden door opened, and inside were the stone steps downward, Xing Zhuoyuan asked the shopkeeper to walk in front, Qin Chang'an and Qin Changzhi walked behind, and the four of them walked down.
There were candles hanging on the walls on both sides of the stone staircase, and after walking for a while, a few people reached the bottom, and when they entered the bottom, Xing Zhuoyuan was shocked by the scene in front of him.
In front of them was the dim firelight, and Xing Zhuoyuan and the others couldn't see the scene in front of them clearly, only to see that it was covered with large pieces of light and translucent white silk cloth.
I vaguely saw several men and women chasing and laughing inside, and many were drinking and talking, and this scene coupled with the dim light made people panic and yearn for it.
Xing Zhuoyuan settled down and let the shopkeeper continue to walk forward, opening the white silk scarf like a curtain of light mist, and several people saw the scene inside.
The man poured the wine jug into his mouth freely, the woman was waiting to eat the fruit on the side, a woman twisted in front of Xing Zhuoyuan, ran past, and a man chased after her and hugged her.
The scenes inside were even more unsightly, but even if Xing Zhuoyuan and a few people broke in, no one paid attention to them, and the men and women inside just had fun, as if they were air.
Qin Changan looked around, he was also amazed at the extravagance of this place, the wine jug used in it was a fine silver carving, and the fruit was also a good product.
A man suddenly pulled out an eyeball-sized black pill from his arms, and as soon as he tilted his head and opened his mouth wide, he was about to throw the pill into his mouth.
Qin Changan happened to notice that his face sank and he walked up to the man in two steps, grabbed his hand and snatched his pill away.
Seeing that his things were taken away, the man pulled Qin Changan hard with both hands and said fiercely: "What are you doing, why are you robbing my medicine?" ”
Qin Changan looked at this man dressed in clothes, very elegant, obviously a rich child, but although his expression was hideous, his eyes were sloppy, and his hands were even weaker.
No matter how he pulled Qin Changan's hand, he didn't move in the slightest, Qin Changan sighed lightly and pushed the man away.
Walked up to Xing Zhuoyuan and took the medicine to him and said, "Boss, see if this is a fairy medicine." ”
Xing Zhuoyuan moved the knife in his hand lightly and asked, "Shopkeeper, is this thing a fairy medicine?" ”
The blade moved around his neck, and the shopkeeper hurriedly denied it and said, "No, my lord, this is just a sugar pill snack." ”
After speaking, the shopkeeper smiled reluctantly, and Xing Zhuoyuan said, "Oh? In that case, this sugar pill will be given to the shopkeeper." ”
Xing Zhuoyuan looked at Qin Changan, Qin Changan walked to the shopkeeper with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and directly broke the shopkeeper's mouth and stuffed the pill into his mouth.
But how could the shopkeeper take this pill, he knew the medicinal properties of the pill best, and he gritted his teeth to prevent the pill from entering.
Qin Changan pinched his mouth, but the shopkeeper just gritted his teeth and refused to let go.
Seeing him like this, Xing Zhuoyuan said: "Chang'an, okay, don't feed him." ”
When Qin Changan heard Xing Zhuoyuan's words, he let go of the shopkeeper and walked to the side with the pill, Xing Zhuoyuan moved the tip of the knife with his right hand.
The tip of the knife grabbed the neck of the shopkeeper, and he said sharply: "You don't dare to eat it yourself and dare to lie to me! Tell me where this medicine came from, who sold it to you, or you made it yourself!"
In the face of Xing Zhuoyuan's threat, the shopkeeper's legs were already weak, and his legs kept trembling.
He said tremblingly: "Don't kill me, don't kill me, I still have a wife and children to raise, tell you what you want to know." ”
Although he said this, Xing Zhuoyuan's years of experience would not be gullible with him, and most of what this person just said was false.
If he hadn't gotten the news from the man in prison, no one would have thought that there would be a secret room under this teahouse.
So he said in a cold voice: "Shopkeeper, it's better for you to tell the truth, otherwise let's find out if it's fake, there are dozens of torture instruments in the prison to serve you in turn." ”
Hearing this, the shopkeeper shuddered all over his body, and he hurriedly said: "It's all true, it's all true, the villain promises." ”
Xing Zhuoyuan said: "Okay, you say it first..." ”
Before he finished speaking, Xing Zhuoyuan's eyes lit up, and he felt an unusual aura.
"Someone's coming!" he said in a deep voice.
Qin Chang'an and Qin Changzhi quickly pulled out their long knives and looked around on alert.
Just in an instant, a black shadow suddenly rushed out from in front of Xing Zhuoyuan, and he slashed at the head, and the target of the knife turned out to be the shopkeeper.
The black shadow was covered in black armor, and a long knife slashed at the head of the shopkeeper at an angle.
The shopkeeper didn't know martial arts, his face turned pale and he didn't move, Xing Zhuoyuan couldn't let the shopkeeper hurt this important person.
He slammed the shopkeeper down with his left hand, the shopkeeper's body lowered, and Xing Zhuoyuan's right hand swung vigorously at the man in black and slashed at him.
The two knives collided and made a sonorous sound, Xing Zhuoyuan bounced the man away with a knife, and the masked man missed a blow and took a step back to put on a posture and prepare to strike again.
Xing Zhuoyuan took a step forward to protect the shopkeeper behind him, and pointed the tip of the knife in his right hand at the masked man.
He said loudly: "The second and third are optimistic about the shopkeeper, don't let him run away!"
"Yes!"
The two of them moved to stand beside the shopkeeper and surrounded him, Xing Zhuoyuan looked at the man in black in front of him and said in a deep voice, "Your Excellency is here to kill the mouth?"
The man in black didn't answer Xing Zhuoyuan's question, only heard him spit out a word "Kill!" and pounced as soon as the words fell.