Shopkeeper Feng saw Master Pan walking in behind Xiao Dong, and hurriedly nodded and greeted him, just as he was about to bow down, but Master Pan glanced at him and motioned him not to speak. The big boss behind this inn is Master Pan, and Shopkeeper Feng has always respected Master Pan like a god. At this time, seeing that Master Pan did not allow him to speak, he hurriedly closed his mouth. When Xiao Dong turned around and walked upstairs, Master Pan whispered to Shopkeeper Feng: "Hurry up and prepare a good banquet on the table, I will invite Master Xiao to dinner at noon today." ”

After Xiao Dong went upstairs, Shopkeeper Hu, Shopkeeper Ji and others also left the table with shame and walked upstairs one by one. Shou Nanshan didn't want the gamble to break up, so he kept it. Shopkeeper Hu and the others dared to stay, they didn't even dare to say a word, and went upstairs in a hurry.

Shou Nanshan saw that the shopkeeper Hu and the others were gone, shook his head, and said to everyone: "Since these guys are no longer gambling, let's start again." This time, Lao Tzu is a banker, whether it is playing pai gow or rolling dice. As long as you dare to bet, Lao Tzu is not afraid to come, up and down! Come on, if you want to gamble early, there is no seat for you when it is late!"

Li Qiufeng was originally standing at the back of the crowd to watch the excitement, but when he saw the shopkeeper Hu and the others walking upstairs in a gloomy manner, he was secretly amused. At this moment, Zhang Shi glanced at him, and the index finger of his right hand hanging down his waist cocked, pointing upstairs. Li Qiufeng knew his intentions, so he walked upstairs with Zhang Shi. As soon as I walked to the staircase, I could only hear the sound of tables and chairs dragging behind me, mixed with the laughter and scolding of Shou Nanshan. I think everyone is vying for seats, and they have to gamble again.

After Li Qiufeng and Zhang Shi returned to the guest room, they closed the door. Zhang Shi smiled slightly and said in a low voice: "Lao Hu and Lao Ji have already had a primer, and today is tearing the skin." If it weren't for the return of the surnamed Xiao, they would have to fight. It's a shame that I didn't see it as a good show. ”

Li Qiufeng said: "The two shopkeepers are both extremely rich people, and they are filthy for a few dollars of silver, which is too worthless." ”

Zhang Shi said: "Brother Zhu, these shopkeepers are all profiteers who can pull a piece of broken silver out of the water. Doing business with them means that even a penny must be implemented. Moreover, there is no father and son in the casino, and it is not uncommon for the two to have a dirty relationship. ”

Zhang Shi's voice fell, and he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door. Zhang Shi glanced at Li Qiufeng, and then said loudly: "Who?"

Someone outside the door said, "It's me, Old Song." Lord Xiao asked Zhang Yuanwai and Zhu Gongzi to go over and talk. ”

Zhang Shi walked quickly to the door, stretched out his hand to open the door, but saw the shopkeeper Song standing at the door. Zhang Shi smiled: "What are you old Song still polite to me? ”

Zhang Shi was about to pull Shopkeeper Song into the room as he spoke. Shopkeeper Song waved his hand again and again, and said, "Lord Xiao, please come over quickly, there is something important to discuss." ”

When he said this, he turned his head and glanced at the guest room where Xiao Dong lived, and saw that there was nothing unusual, so he lowered his voice and said to Zhang Shi: "Lord Xiao doesn't seem to be very happy, it's better for everyone to go over quickly, so as not to touch his bad head, and everyone will be unlucky together." ”

Zhang Shi nodded, turned his head to Li Qiufeng and said, "Brother Zhu, let's go over together." ”

The three of them went to the Tianzi No. 3 room where Xiao Dong lived, but saw that Shopkeeper Hu, Shopkeeper Ji, Shopkeeper Luo, and Shopkeeper Bai had already arrived. The four of them stood respectfully with their hands down, not even daring to make a sound. Xiao Dongduan sat at the table, his face sinking like water, and when he saw Zhang Shi, Li Qiufeng and Shopkeeper Song walking in, he just nodded, but did not speak. Zhang Shi saw that Shopkeeper Hu and others were standing on the side, and it was difficult for him to sit down, so he had to walk to Shopkeeper Hu and stand up.

A moment later, Qin Lao Wu also walked in. Xiao Dong saw that everyone had arrived, so he stood up, walked to Shopkeeper Hu and Shopkeeper Ji, and said coldly: "Old Hu, Old Ji, how much do we have to do with this trip, don't you need Xiao to say more?"

Shopkeeper Hu and Shopkeeper Ji nodded again and again. Shopkeeper Ji hurriedly said: "Lord Xiao, Lao Hu and I are good friends, just a momentary rash, I will never do it again in the future, please rest assured that Lord Xiao is." ”

When Shopkeeper Hu saw Shopkeeper Ji speak first, he was disdainful, and then said a few lukewarm words to apologize. Xiao Dong knew that he would have to rely on the two of them to do things on this trip, and he couldn't let the two of them lose face too much, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said to the two: "If you have nothing to do, it will naturally be okay to gamble a few handfuls." It's just that we have other important things to do right now, so we can't show our tracks. Don't be careless. ”

Everyone nodded yes. Xiao Dong then invited everyone to sit down. It's just that there are only four chairs in the room, where can everyone sit down? In the end, Xiao Dong, Zhang Shi, Hu Shopkeeper, and Qin Lao Wu were pushed by everyone to sit down, and the rest of the people stood aside.

Xiao Dong said to everyone: "I went to the yamen with the master surnamed Jiang, and this bastard of Li Zhixian was still sleeping with his concubine in his arms. I dragged him out of the bed, and he was dazed and stumbling, and I don't know where he was going. Although the master surnamed Pan is cunning, he is quite sensible. He has already promised to gather the patriarchs of several large families inside and outside the city to the city, and assign men to retrieve our big ship. ”

Shopkeeper Hu and the others breathed a sigh of relief. Qin Lao Wu was still not at ease, and said: "There are more than a dozen boats on the dock, and if they are gone, they will be gone, isn't it extremely strange? The Zhuang Ding Nursing Homes in these big families are just some ordinary people, and it is up to them to find our boats back, I don't think I can even think about it." This matter has to fall on these officials in Dongliao County, and I always feel that this matter is related to the officials. Otherwise, who has such a great ability to turn a big ship into nothing. ？！”

Xiao Dong said in a deep voice: "Although these officials of the Yamen of Dongliao County are all stupid, they dare to openly steal the big ship, but they don't have such courage. As long as we have enough manpower, we can carefully search inside and outside the county. Even if you can't find the big ship, you can always find some clues. ”

Xiao Dong said this, paused slightly, and then said: "As long as we search around with great fanfare." The traitors who stole the ships did not dare to act rashly. Otherwise, relying on a few of us alone, it will be more difficult to get the big ship back than to ascend to the sky. ”

Qin Lao Wu was anxious, and was about to say more, when Zhang Shi glanced at him and signaled him not to argue with Xiao Dong. Qin Lao Wu had no choice but to keep his mouth shut. Xiao Dong said: "But the master surnamed Pan is extremely cunning, and he is talking about clouds and mountains and fog, and he is thinking about making money in and out of his words. Hmph, this bastard has lost his mind and gone crazy, and he actually put his hand on us, I really don't know whether to live or die. It's fine if he gets our big ship back, but if things don't go well, Xiao will be the first to cut him!"

Xiao Dong's voice fell, only the sound of boots was heard, someone had already walked up to the second floor, and he went straight to the third room of Tianzi. Everyone's faces changed, and no one spoke for a while. After a while, the footsteps stopped outside the door, and then someone said, "Lord Xiao, the villain has brought you tea." ”

Xiao Dong heard that it was the voice of Shopkeeper Feng, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. Shopkeeper Hu walked quickly to the door and opened the door, but saw Shopkeeper Feng smiling with a smile on his face, standing outside the door with a tea tray in both hands. There are teapots and teacups on the tea tray, and the smell of tea wafts into the house, which is really refreshing.

Shopkeeper Feng didn't expect there to be so many people in the room. When the door opened, he saw more than a dozen people standing in the room, and the smile on his face froze immediately, and he stood there stunned, unable to speak for a while. Xiao Dong said: "The shopkeeper personally delivered tea, but he really looked up to Xiao. “

Shopkeeper Feng reacted very quickly, calmed down at this time, and said with a smiling face: "Lord Xiao's words can kill the villain." You are a distinguished guest, even if you go to the county yamen to do business, the county lord will reduce the price to welcome you, let alone a villain?"

As he spoke, he walked into the room, carefully placed the tea tray on the table, and then said with a smirk: "When the villain went upstairs, Master Pan asked the villain to bring a message to Lord Xiao. He had sent someone to invite several patriarchs of large families into the city and meet with Lord Xiao at the small shop at noon. ”

Xiao Dong nodded, and said, "Then there is Master Lao Pan." When you go down, bring a message to Master Pan, and say that Xiao Mou thanked him. ”

After Shopkeeper Feng withdrew, he heard the footsteps disappear at the end of the corridor, Xiao Dong smiled and said, "Although the surname Pan is cunning, he is quite attentive. As long as these big players are willing to contribute, things will be much easier. ”