As early as when Su Hao and others were still standing outside hesitating, the shopkeeper of Liuxian Pavilion had already seen them. So many soldiers suddenly poured into the town, and the crowd outside the town was full of troops. How could the shopkeeper
Don't know? Looking at the people downstairs, they are obviously senior officers in the army outside the town. These are rare high-ranking officials.
Therefore, as soon as Su Hao and Xu Guangzu stepped into the Liuxian Pavilion, the shopkeeper came up to them with smiles on their faces and said in his mouth: "Generals, hurry up and invite us, there are private seats upstairs!"
Before Su Hao could say anything, Xiong Minfan stepped forward and stopped the shopkeeper who was about to come in front of Su Hao to salute. The shopkeeper was startled by this big black man and quickly stepped back and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
Sir, forgive me."
"Old Xiong, don't scare the people!" Su Hao shouted.
Xiong Minfan responded, and then said to the shopkeeper: "Our general wants to go upstairs for dinner. Please take me upstairs to have a look first."
How dare the shopkeeper refuse to agree? Wei Wei led Xiong Minfan and two other soldiers upstairs. Su Hao and Xu Guangzu followed them and also walked up the stairs.
Xiong Minfan's caution is justified. Su Hao is a senior military officer. Before going to a strange place, he must have someone take a look at the surrounding environment to eliminate potential safety hazards. However, in this small Liudian Town, Su Hao is not
I thought I would be in some danger. This place is so deep inland that no one, whether it’s an Oara or a Japanese pirate, would come here to hurt a Ming army garrison. As for the bandits, no one would open their eyes when they saw more than 2,000 soldiers outside the town.
Only bandits come to torture us?
The business at Liuxian Pavilion is good, and there are four or five tables of customers upstairs. The shopkeeper hesitated for a moment, wondering if he should drive these customers downstairs, but he hesitated. Driving customers downstairs would damage his credibility.
Yes, Su Hao was just passing by, but these customers were regular customers of the store, and the shopkeeper really didn't want to offend them.
"It's okay, let them eat upstairs." Su Hao saw the shopkeeper's thoughts and waved his hand.
"Are these people regular visitors to the town?" Xiong Minfan asked the shopkeeper in a low voice.
The shopkeeper nodded and said: "Yes, yes, these guests are all wealthy families in the town, with clean family backgrounds. Don't worry, General...well, except for that girl."
Xiong Minfan followed the shopkeeper's gaze to the corner of the hall and saw a thin girl sitting in front of a table there, eating alone. As if she felt someone was observing her, the girl raised her eyes and looked
The shopkeeper glanced at Xiong Minfan, his eyes were calm and without any disturbance.
"You mean, this girl is not from the town?" Xiong Minfan asked.
The shopkeeper said: "Yes, she is passing through. She came to the town just the day before yesterday and stayed at the inn. She has eaten in our hotel these two days and went back to the inn after eating."
"Is she the only one?" Xiong Minfan asked again. It was difficult for creatures like female backpackers to survive in the complex electromagnetic environment of the Ming Dynasty. It was strange for a woman to walk outside alone.
The shopkeeper said: "Her accent sounds like she came from Nanjing. She didn't bring much luggage with her when she stayed in the hotel, so she was quite generous. In my opinion, she must have escaped from her marriage."
"Oh..." Xiong Minfan nodded. The explanation of escaping from marriage is somewhat reasonable. Since it is escaping from marriage, of course it can only be done by one person. People who escape from marriage usually do it because they have another lover. Maybe this girl
He just came here to wait for his lover.
While Xiong Minfan was talking to the shopkeeper, Su Hao and Xu Guangzu had already sat down at a table. Xiong Minfan came forward and told them about the investigation they had just made. Su Hao and Xu Guangzu both looked up at the girl.
, determined that such a frail girl could not be some kind of bandit woman, but more like a young lady who ran away from a wealthy family, as the shopkeeper explained.
"Let her be, don't harass her." Su Hao ordered.
"Understood." Xiong Minfan replied.
The shopkeeper came over politely and enthusiastically recommended the restaurant's signature dishes to Su Hao and Xu Guangzu. Su Hao ordered a few items and asked for a jar of good wine, then called the shopkeeper to prepare it. Xiong Minfan brought three soldiers
Sit at another table to protect Su Hao's safety. As for the other soldiers, they can only stay downstairs to eat.
After a while, the food was served. Su Hao and Xu Guangzu stretched out their chopsticks to taste the food, and found that in such a small town, the chef's skills were really good, and some of the fried dishes were quite authentic. Su Hao gave
Xu Guangzu poured the wine, and he also poured a small glass to accompany him, and the two of them started talking while eating.
The content of the conversation was nothing more than the war at the border and the training of the reconnaissance camp, etc. Xu Guangzu had already learned some skills in firearms training, and based on practice, he also made some suggestions for the design of the flintlock gun. Su Hao smiled.
Tell Xu Guangzu that he is asking Xu Guangqi to design an automatic ammunition supply device. If the design can be successful, it will be the world's first machine gun, and its significance will be epoch-making.
"Is there really such a gun in the world?" Xu Guangzu asked Su Hao with his eyes widened.
"We can create things that don't exist in the world. In principle, automatic ammunition supply is achievable." Su Hao said with a smile.
Xu Guangzu sighed with emotion: "If there is such a sharp weapon, wouldn't it really be possible for one man to stand the test and ten thousand people not to be able to open it?"
"There will be a day." Su Hao said.
The two of them were talking lively when the girl who was eating alone in the corner of the room put down her empty rice bowl, stood up, and walked in the direction of Su Hao. Her previous position was at the edge of the upstairs seating area. If she wanted to go downstairs, she could go downstairs.
She had to pass by Su Hao's table. Xiong Minfan had already seen her and was hesitating whether to stand up. Su Hao gave Xiong Minfan a look, which meant that there was no need and he just wanted to go downstairs.
However, something unexpected happened at this moment. The girl walked slowly and walked past Su Hao. She suddenly pulled out a knife and rushed towards Su Hao. Su Hao was thinking about this.
The girl's life experience, imagining how a weak woman climbed over the wall and traveled thousands of miles to meet her lover, never imagined that Lin Daiyu would suddenly turn into Sun Erniang. Unprepared, the girl had already grabbed Su Hao's back.
clothes, and pushed the tip of the knife to his neck.
"Guan Gu, tell your men not to move!" the girl scolded.
Everyone, including Su Hao, was shocked. Su Hao thought hard but couldn't figure out who this girl was and why she called him a dog officer and held a knife to her. Judging from her accent, this girl
The girl indeed seemed to be from Jiangling. Su Hao thought that he had no enemies in Jiangling.
Xiong Minfan had already drawn the knife in his hand, but when he saw the bright knife pressed against Su Hao's neck, he did not dare to act rashly. The girl pulled Su Hao back two steps so that there was no longer a threat behind him, and then said:
"Guan Guan, come with this girl, and I promise not to hurt your life! If these bastards of yours dare to mess around, I will let you die for me."
Su Hao heard some hesitation from the girl's tone and felt a little calmer. Although he could not guess the girl's identity, he could feel that she should have committed the crime independently and had no accomplices. He came to Liudian Town to drink.
It was an impromptu idea, and this girl had already lived here for two days, so she probably wasn't waiting for him on purpose. In other words, this girl had no grudge against him, Su Hao, and had another purpose in kidnapping him.
In addition, the girl kept calling him Dog Officer, which also proved that the girl did not know him and there was no possibility of vendetta.
After thinking about this, Su Hao was no longer willing to take risks. He made a gesture to Xiong Minfan, asking them to get out of the way and let the girl take him away. Xiong Minfan hesitated for a moment, and had no other choice, so he had to retreat.
After a few steps, I gave way to the stairs.
"Girl, what are you doing? Oops, if you have something to say, please let me go!" The shopkeeper happened to be carrying the dishes upstairs. When he saw this scene, he was so frightened that the whole plate of dishes fell to the ground. It was so big.
An officer was kidnapped in his restaurant. What a big deal this was. If this officer did something bad again, wouldn't the soldiers demolish his restaurant?
"Stop talking nonsense, go and ask everyone downstairs to get out of the way!" the girl shouted to the shopkeeper.
"Girl, I'm begging you. It's not easy for a villain to run a small business. If you hurt this official, the villain's family will be in trouble." The shopkeeper played the sad card.
The girl was slightly startled, and then said: "Don't worry, I will do everything for you, and I will never harm you. Tell this dog officer that as long as he doesn't embarrass me, I will never hurt him. I will not hurt you."
All I want is for him to come with me."
"Go, boss, this girl just asked me to accompany her. She won't hurt me. Let my people downstairs get out of the way... By the way, let the guests go too, it's your loss.
, I will make it up for you." Su Hao said to the shopkeeper calmly.
The commotion upstairs was heard by the soldiers downstairs. Everyone rushed to the stairs with swords in their hands, and then they could only slowly get out of the way because they saw a girl holding a knife on the guard and walking up the stairs.
Come down. What they have to do now is not to stop the girl, but not to scare her. If she stumbles due to fright, the tip of the knife will directly penetrate the heart of the guard.
"Girl, where are we going? Walk, or call a car?"
Standing at the door of Liuxian Pavilion, Su Hao asked the girl with a smile. He felt more and more that this was quite fun, and it should be a near miss. Whether the girl used the method of holding the knife or grabbing people,
She was not skilled at all, and she was obviously an amateur kidnapper. In this case, Su Hao decided to accompany her to see what happened that made a young girl embark on this path of no return.
Hey, why does this look like a headline commonly used by a certain newspaper... Su Hao took a moment to travel back in time.
"Follow me," the girl said, and then shouted to a group of soldiers in front of her: "Don't follow me. If you dare to follow me, I will kill this dog officer."
After that, the girl pulled Su Hao and walked out of the town step by step. Su Hao walked easily. From the corner of his eye, he could clearly see black figures flying towards the outside of the town. They were his soldiers.
Block their way in advance. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!)