The shopkeeper's face remained unchanged, he glanced at the moldy cloth in Xu Zizhen's hand, and said with a smile: "Sir, if you want to start a small business, I will naturally welcome you, but if you want to extort money from a small business,
, I’m afraid I came to the wrong place.”
There was a faint threat in his words, how could Xu Zizhen not hear it, now that he had made it clear that he did not accept his debt, and even accused him of blackmail.
Xu Zizhen glanced around, and saw that several of the waiters in the store had rolled up their sleeves and gathered around them, with menacing and unkind expressions on their faces. He smiled and said, "What, according to you, I brought this moldy cloth into the store myself?
It’s a good thing I haven’t carried the cloth to the car yet, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to tell clearly.”
The shopkeeper shook his head: "Who said that? Everyone in the small room saw it. You brought this roll of moldy cloth from the car."
The guys next to me said in unison: "That's right, we all saw it."
Xu Zizhen was so angry that he laughed: "Okay, since you don't admit it, then I will invite the neighbors to come and have a look." As he spoke, he strode to the door of the store and shouted loudly, "Everyone, come and have a look.
Taiji Cloth Shop uses moldy cloth to fill satin, it’s a black shop, a black shop!”
The passers-by outside the door were immediately attracted by the shout and turned their heads to look over. Many heads were also poked out from several nearby hotels and restaurants. Taiji Boutique instantly became the focus of everyone's attention.
But surprisingly, no one came outside the store. Everyone stood at a distance and watched the excitement, and everyone looked at Xu Zizhen with obvious ridicule in their eyes.
Xu Zizhen was obviously a little annoyed: "What's going on, no one dares to come out and say something fair?"
At this time, a man walked out of a restaurant across the street from Buzhuang. He stood at the door of his store and shouted to Xu Zizhen: "Boy, be careful if your tongue is blown by the wind when you talk nonsense!"
A middle-aged woman also walked out of a noodle shop next to her. She pointed at Xu Zizhen with her arms akimbo and cursed: "Where did you come from? How dare you come here to blackmail the shopkeeper Tai?"
Immediately afterwards, people came out of several stores. They stood in front of their own stores and cursed at Xu Zizhen. They all said the same set of words, saying that he had wronged the shopkeeper Tai for making trouble over nothing.
Xu Zizhen looked at everyone with his eyes wide open, his face looking angry and surprised. At this time, the shopkeeper of Taiji Clothing Store slowly walked up to him, smiled and said in a low voice: "Foreigners, most of this Xiliang Street
It's all the property of my Tai family, and I'm telling you clearly that I've changed things, so what can you do to me?"
"You...!" Xu Zizhen seemed extremely angry, pointing at Shopkeeper Tai and said, "Are you bullying me, a foreigner, just because you have more people?"
Shopkeeper Tai smiled and nodded: "Exactly!"
Xu Zizhen stared at him for a long time, then suddenly laughed out loud, turned to Shui Liuli and said, "Madam, this fat man can bully others if they have more."
Shui Liuli also covered her red lips and smiled sweetly: "I heard it too." Her smile was so charming that her eyes were flowing between her eyes, and several of the waiters were so fascinated by him that they almost couldn't stand.
Shopkeeper Tai was a little confused by the laughter of the two of them. He couldn't help but glance at them doubtfully. He was about to say something more when he saw Xu Zizhen suddenly pursed his lips and whistled, and a sharp and loud whistle came from far away from the door.
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Everyone looked at each other, wondering what kind of medicine this pretty boy was selling in his gourd, but then their expressions suddenly changed, and they saw two groups of people rushing in from both ends of Xiliang Street.
Running over, a man with a tall horse and a strong look on his face, and his steps were uniform, and each of them was holding a long, narrow and bright Tang knife in his hand.
Xiliang Street is not too short. There are about thirty or forty shops in total from east to west. This group of people blocked the streets from both ends and immediately blocked the entire street. The roof of Taiji Clothing Store
Suddenly someone shouted: "Surround me all, no one is allowed to escape!"
"yes!"
This group of tough men agreed in unison, and then suddenly dispersed. Each group of ten people rushed to the door of each store, pointing their bright knives at everyone in the store. In the blink of an eye, the door of each store was full of people.
They were surrounded, but there were still about twenty people left in this group of men, and they all rushed to the front of Taiji Buzhuang.
Shopkeeper Tai and everyone on the street were all dumbfounded. No one knew who these people were and what was happening now. Even if some people wanted to ask what happened, they were frightened by the hundreds of Tang knives that flashed so hard that their eyes hurt.
He shrank back, not daring to make a sound.
Suddenly a person jumped from the roof and landed steadily in front of the Buzhuang door. It was Bu Fen. He strode into the door, clasped his fists at Xu Zizhen and said: "Master Dutong, the Shenji camp has been in place!
"
Shopkeeper Tai was immediately horrified. His feet went limp and he almost fell to the ground. He looked at Xu Zizhen in disbelief and said with a smile: "Du... Sir Du Tong?"
Xu Zizhen walked up to him with a smile and his hands behind his back: "Shopkeeper Tai, I seem to have more people than you now, right? Are you going to continue to bully me?"
After all, Shopkeeper Tai was just a businessman with some strength. He had never seen such a scene before. He was so frightened that his face turned pale and his whole body was shaking like chaff. He forced out a smile and said: "Master Dutong said... I'm just kidding, little man.
How dare you bully your old man?"
Xu Zizhen said in surprise: "Oh? You didn't bully me?" He pointed to the roll of moldy cloth in front of him, "Then what does this mean? Are you kidding me?"
Shopkeeper Tai could not speak, he was just trembling and lowered his head, not even daring to look at him.
Xu Zizhen snorted, and his tone suddenly became serious: "I defended Jincheng Pass with my life, and killed the Xixia army twice. Now I'm getting married, so I came to you to buy some cloth. Instead of saying thank you to me, you took it instead."
Is this moldy cloth here to fool me?"
As soon as he said these words, there was an uproar in the crowd, and the noodle shop owner's wife immediately cried out: "You...are you the God of War at Jinchengguan?"
Xu Zizhen turned around and glanced at her, and sneered: "Why, you recognize me now? Didn't you just say something nice to this bastard?"
The landlady was immediately speechless and quickly lowered her head, not daring to look at him again.
Xu Zizhen ignored her and turned back to Shopkeeper Tai: "When I get married, why don't you wrap a roll of linen for me? Are you expecting me to die soon? Shopkeeper Tai, are you going to take my place in the city and fight to the death with the Xixia soldiers?"
Shopkeeper Tai could no longer hold on, and fell to his knees with his feet weak. There was a clear cry in his voice, and he begged: "Master Dutong, please forgive me. I am blind, I didn't know it was you..."
Xu Zizhen waved his hand: "Stop talking nonsense, I'll give you two options now, either leave your business and follow me as a soldier. Next time the Xixia people come to kill you, you can be the first one for me!"
How could Shopkeeper Tai dare to agree? He hurriedly said: "I will choose the second way!"
Xu Zizhen looked at him sideways: "Oh? Are you sure?"
Shopkeeper Tai lay on the ground and said repeatedly: "Yes, yes! As long as Master Dutong can spare the life of a little dog, I will follow Master Du! But I don't know what the second one is...?"
Xu Zizhen said leisurely: "The second way, it's simple, that's what you said, with one penalty and ten, spit out all the money you spent to cheat me!"