According to the memory in my mind, I know that Black Heart Bear likes to wear a clean and plain long gown on weekdays, because the upper body of the long gown is relatively long, which makes the person look very stable and has a more or less elegant air, which is more conducive to holding down the scene.

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Liu Dapao did not intend to change his dressing style, so he specially chose a dark blue satin gown, and rushed to the third son's house for the banquet with only his butler Dali and two bodyguards.

This time, Na Xi'er didn't ask to follow him. Perhaps he was still a little instinctively afraid of the second child.

The third child was already waiting at the door early. He was wearing a long gray gown, which was longer than Liu Dapao's thigh-to-thigh upper body and went directly to his feet. And because it was gray, at first glance it looked like ordinary linen.

It looks like it's made of special materials, and you have to look carefully to see that it's actually Lingluo.

In addition, he is also skinny and skinny, and his overall temperament is more like that of a teacher and a cultured person. But in fact, he learned literacy after he was developed, and even now he still doesn't recognize it, and the bit of ink in his belly is not even

It takes a lot of effort to write a limerick.

After a while, the second brother Guojiang Long also arrived with a crowd of people shouting at him. Among the three brothers, he had the biggest pomp, with ten bodyguards alone, and his dress was also the most in line with their professional characteristics among the three brothers.

Wearing a short coat, nine-quarter trousers, tight cuffs and a close-fitting cut, you can vaguely see his strong and muscular body through the green embroidered silk material.

Moreover, he arrived before anyone arrived. Before he even stepped through the door, his thunderous voice could be heard by half the street:

"Eldest brother, third brother, hahahahaha, the three of us haven't gotten together for a long time. Listen to me. After we finish drinking, we will go on a boat cruise on Slender West Lake to play with girls. All arrangements have been made. A group of new people have arrived from Vietnam.

Good stuff, let’s try it together, hahahahaha.”

Du Mengdong, the third child, smiled and joked: "Please forgive me if I return a batch. The women from Yue are too brave and unrestrained. I really can't stand it."

Liu Dapao also smiled and said: "I'm waiting for you. Sit down quickly. I'm still a girl. I'll let you go out sideways in a while. Even if you have the intention, you don't have the strength."

"It's impossible." Guojianglong slapped his lower back fiercely while chatting and laughing: "It's just a matter of this guy, even if the bones in his body are soft, he still has to stand upright for me."

"Hahahahaha" x3

The three brothers just chatted and messed around, and they were enjoying themselves for a while.

The new cook hired by the third child is indeed quite good. I thought that even stir-frying has not become popular these days, and the food made by the best cook will not be that good. Unexpectedly, the dishes are actually quite surprising.

The taste is no worse than the ordinary home-cooked restaurants of later generations.

On the contrary, the wine is a bit ordinary, it is ancient, the disinfection process is not up to standard, and it is low-alcohol wine, and it feels weird to drink it.

Of course, on today’s occasion, no one came here just for the wine and food. After three rounds of wine and five dishes, he saw Jiang Long holding a crab that was bigger than his face. He didn’t use any tools, he held it in his hand and smacked it with his mouth.

Gabadi bit open the shell and chewed it in big mouths while saying vaguely:

"Brother, I heard that you tried your best to find a dog this morning? What kind of dog? Did you find it?"

Liu Dapao also took a crab and used tools to disassemble it bit by bit. He ate it with a spoon and said, "I found it. It's a pet dog raised by the old lady of the Murong family. I also received a

What’s wrong with the invitation for the old lady’s eightieth birthday? If not, why don’t you take the invitation and go for me?”

"Hey, how can I get it? I'm good at fighting and killing, but I can't do this kind of thing. With Murong Fu's high family status, it wouldn't be embarrassing for me to go in."

"But I was not idle this morning. I was just about to tell you about this matter. I accidentally killed a person at noon today. I don't know if any family members will come to the Yamen tomorrow. Can you please

Please bear with me for a while."

"Human life?"

Liu Dapao raised half of the glass of wine he was about to drink and put it on the table again. He stopped eating the crab and couldn't help but frowned: "Who is it? Why are you causing trouble again?"

Life?"

The second child looked like he didn't care and still gnawed on his crab and said: "Isn't this all to help you collect the debt? Shopkeeper Meng, who is doing business in Nancheng, owes more than 2,000 yuan but refuses to pay back.

, and he is obviously rich, it is impossible not to fight this kind of person."

"Then it doesn't have to be so serious as killing people. On the first day I asked you to collect the bill for me, you killed someone? Have you ever heard of the saying that human life is at stake? Even local officials kill people.

For prisoners, the procedure is to send the death penalty list to the officials for execution!"

Crossing the River Dragon said impatiently: "Oh, I accidentally beat him to death. Who knew that a big man like him would beat him so hard?"

"Where was it killed? Did any witnesses see it?"

"In his shop."

"He...his shop? His shop is on the street, right?"

"Um."

Liu Dapao placed his chopsticks heavily on the table and made a crisp sound: "In broad daylight, the world is bright?"

Seeing that Liu Dapao was obviously angry, the dragon crossing the river still acted like it was no big deal. Just as he finished eating one crab, he reached out and grabbed another crab.

Without turning his head to look at Liu Dapao, he opened the lid of the crab and took a big gulp of the crab paste. Then he suddenly took out a foot-long stick from his lower back and cut it hard with a bang.

The crab is cut in two with one knife.

Then he continued to feast and said: "Isn't this all to help the court collect money from the father-in-law? The court will never let me pay with my life, right brother."

When Liu Dapao saw this, he narrowed his eyes slightly and was about to slap the table, but saw the youngest Du Mengdong stood up quickly: "Brother!"

Holding the wine flask in his hand, he first poured a glass of wine for Liu Dapao and said: "Brother, second brother, today is the grand day for the opening of the brothers' new store, why are you so angry? Brother, second brother didn't mean it.

All this is done to help the Yamen, and no one wants to cause death."

Then he poured a glass of wine for Guojiang Long and said: "Second brother, we three brothers are not working for the imperial court. In the final analysis, we are just working for the magistrate's office in Yangzhou. There are also punishments for the magistrate.

The envoys, the envoys on inspection, the envoys of Jiangnan East Road above them, and the governors of Liangjiang above them, they are the ones who truly represent the imperial court."

"Shopkeeper Meng is a businessman after all. This businessman usually has many friends, no better than those mud-legged people who can't even read. Now that people have died, if everything can be calmed down within our Yangzhou city,

Of course it’s easy to say anything.”

"But I'm just worried that this matter will make a big deal, or that Shopkeeper Meng's family will have the ability to make the matter bigger and bring it to the execution platform or to the inspector. If that's the case, the matter will be a big deal.

It can be solved in the end, but it will definitely be very troublesome, and the eldest brother will definitely have to be involved in it, which will cost a lot of favors."

After Guojiang Long heard this, he looked directly into Liu Dapao's eyes and said calmly:

"If you make a favor, you have to use it. If you don't use it, then what's the point of making it? Those of us do these unseemly things. The job of being a money catcher doesn't make any money. Isn't that why we are doing this? Is it useful when something like this happens?"

Liu Dapao smiled when he heard this, and looked at Dragon Crossing the River's eyes that looked directly at him with no fear, and he became more and more sure that Ya must have done it on purpose.

Beating shopkeeper Meng to death and causing trouble for himself was revenge for suppressing his dental business.

At the same time, it is also a subtle reminder to Liu Dapao: We are brothers who are essentially using each other. If you need my troops to fight for you, you have to use your connections to help me smooth things over.

And this matter, no matter what the intention is, it is actually working for him, Liu Dapao, the money hunter.

Turning the table over and having a falling out? That doesn’t really seem like a big deal.

If they really fall out, both sides will suffer. He has a hundred ways to kill the dragon crossing the river, but he will be a little overwhelmed if the dragon crosses the river in a hurry and jumps over the wall, injuring the enemy by one thousand and damaging himself by eight hundred.

After calming down his mind a little, Liu Dapao said: "The people will not hold the officials accountable. The key to this matter is whether the family of Shopkeeper Meng's widow will pursue the case. After all, the trouble was caused to collect money from the father-in-law. As long as If we don’t poke it up, the Yangzhou government office can turn a blind eye.”

"Second son, you go and talk to the Meng family tomorrow and tell them that the debt will be wiped out after death. The life of a man named Meng should be regarded as repaying the debt of two thousand guan. Apologize to them and give them this debt." Turn the page and reveal the story."

"Two thousand guan, brother, won't you accept it?"

"Two thousand strings, you can take out the second one."

"I...I'm going to do it? Why?"

"That's how it's settled. The money will be deducted from your dividends at the end of the month."

Dragon Crossing the River's eyes widened: "You...Okay, okay, okay, okay, you are my eldest brother. You have the final say in matters within the family."

As he said that, he took another crab from the table, chopped it hard on the table with a machete, chopped it into pieces, then slammed the table and shouted:

"Why are these crabs so hard? Lao San, where did you find the cook? How do you want me to eat the steamed crabs that are so hard! If you give them to dogs, they won't eat them!"

As he said this, he pulled the crab pieces to the ground.

"I'm not going to eat anymore, let's go."

Then he turned around and left.

"Second brother." Liu Dapao suddenly stopped him.

"Brother, do you have any other instructions?"

"Originally, I wanted the third child to transfer the business of the boat shop to you. The same is true for today's meal. Since you don't plan to eat this meal, I think let's forget about this business."

With that said, Liu Dapao picked up his chopsticks again and started eating on the table.

Upon hearing this, Dragon Crossing the River suddenly turned around and looked at Du Mengdong again.

Du Mengdong was quite embarrassed when he saw this. When he saw this, he simply stood up and cupped his fists at Dragon Crossing the River: "Brother does mean this. How about, second brother, why don't you come back and sit down and have some more?"

Dragon Crossing the River's face turned red when he saw this.

The most important thing when hanging out is face. If he goes back and sits down now, his face will be lost. And if he bowed to the black-hearted bear for a boat trip today, the next half of the meal will definitely not be too delicious. , to avoid having to stay down and be a petty person to say all the good things.

Then wouldn't his previous performance become a joke? How can he speak harsh words to this black-hearted bear again in the future?

In fact, if it were Liu Dapao who still had the mentality of urban management, or Du Mengdong who worked his way up from the bottom, they would not fail to understand the principle of a man who can bend and stretch.

Compared to the boat shop, what does face mean? A person who is dignified in front of others must lose face behind others. There are no outsiders here, so what does it mean?

However, Guojianglong is different. He was born as a general. Although he was already a defeated general whose country was destroyed and his family was destroyed, he has never been defeated. In his opinion, now he has become a gangster and condescends to only be the second in command.

The tiger has fallen to the ground.

After much deliberation, I still couldn't let go of his face, so I snorted heavily, said no, turned around and left.

But when he walked to the door, he suddenly said: "Brother, tomorrow I was going to Wangjia Village in Gaoyou County to collect a bill of three thousand guan. Since the eldest brother thinks that my method of collecting the bill is too radical, in order not to make it self-defeating again."

If you make it difficult for me, I will leave it to you to collect the debt yourself."

After saying that, he really left.
Chapter completed!