In the dimly lit study, the intoxicating aroma clung to his body like water, making Zhou Shi have to struggle to resist the urge to pinch his nose.
Sure enough, the fox demon's illusion will become resistant after being cracked a few times...
"That's it."
Mrs. Hu pushed the desk away, leaned on the recliner, and closed her eyes slightly.
"Jiangdu Prison, haha, you are really throwing yourself into a trap... If you didn't have the clue in my hand, I would have doubted whether you came to set a trap for me."
"Old...ma'am, listen to me." Zhou Shi explained patiently, "I'm not asking you or your niece to put themselves in danger. I just need to set up illusions and provide support. You don't even need to step into prison."<
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"Is there no government spy even half a step away from the prison? The gold-medal detective already knows our identities. When the time comes, you will go in and come out unscathed. When you look back, you will find that the jailer was stunned by illusion. Guess they arrested him?"
Who?"
Based on my understanding of Zhao Xuan, I should have caught them all before I could do anything about it... As emotion was not enough, Zhou Shi turned to reason and said: "Nowadays, Jiangdu is turbulent and undercurrents are surging. Can you, Yichunyuan, stay out of it?" "Didn't you realize that we have been in the undercurrent for a long time? Are there any clues to the corpse hiding case?"
Zhou Shi then revealed the investigation results that Zhao Xuan told him, and told her about the attack on the Qinglong Gang. But Mrs. Hu was obviously not satisfied.
"That's all? That's almost no progress. What do these thugs do for a living?"
Zhou Shi spread his hands and said: "Jiangdu Yamen is already in chaos and has insufficient manpower. Now it is impossible to keep an eye on the Baitiao Gang and the Qinglong Gang at the same time and allocate manpower to the countryside to investigate the case... But
Wu Zhaokun must be connected with the initiator of the Yichunyuan corpse hiding case. As long as I can sneak in and interrogate him carefully, I will definitely get results."
Mrs. Hu lowered her head and said nothing, as if she was weighing the pros and cons.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Zhou Shi added another irritation: "Now that Jiangdu has implemented a strict curfew, I'm afraid Yichunyuan's business will be bad, right?"
This hit the spot that hurt Mrs. Hu. No matter how bad the business was, not being able to open at night would be the same as closing down for Yichun Garden. In addition, the pier was so noisy that several big customers who usually visited it did not dare to come.
Yes, Yichunyuan has almost no income in the past two days.
Zhou Shi did not continue and asked Mr. Hu to think carefully.
After a while, Mrs. Hu said quietly: "I can help you."
"I can't thank you enough."
"But I also have conditions." Mrs. Hu said seriously, "First, I will not enter Jiangdu Prison, and if the situation goes wrong, I will get out immediately."
"No problem." Zhou Shi originally only hoped to get this level of help.
"Second, Luo Ziqing cannot be involved."
"This is also my plan, please don't worry." After all, Luo Ziqing is young and has low cultivation, so it is too dangerous to involve her.
Mrs. Hu took a deep breath and said, "When will we do it?"
"Let me prepare, it may take some time."
When to take action should depend on the result of throwing beans to ask for good luck... I wonder if with the help of Mrs. Hu, I can get the "good" result.
"Notify me the day before you start."
This helper is finally confirmed... Zhou Xing saluted and was about to turn around and leave when he heard Mrs. Hu say:
"There have been quite a few gang members making trouble in the past two days, and they almost start fighting each other. You should be more careful."
Zhou Shi smiled slightly and said, "Thanks for the reminder."
Even if the gangs wanted to cause trouble, Jiangdu City was now full of patrolling government officials, and they did not dare to have large-scale conflicts. It was just a small fight... With this thought, he returned to Fengde Building and happened to bump into Xue An and Xiao.
Four back.
"Xue An, how are you?"
"The fish market is still the same, and the business has not been affected...but there are two more sentries at the intersection, with officers and soldiers stationed there."
When the Qinglong Gang was attacked, the biggest suspect was of course the Baitiao Gang. Thanks to the timely intervention of the Yamen, it did not turn into a conflict between the two factions. Since the fish market can still operate as usual, it means that neither the Qinglong Gang nor the government has evidence to prove that the attackers are the Baitiao Gang.
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"Ignore these for now, go and prepare quickly. New dishes will be served at noon." Zhou Shi ordered.
Fengdelou started distributing leaflets seven days in advance to build momentum for the new dishes. Even if there was a curfew, it could not be changed, so it had to resort to tricks.
Sure enough, Fengde Building was full at noon that day, with the first and second floors packed with seats, and many guests even had to wait for a table at the door.
This situation was beyond Zhou Shi’s expectation. He didn’t expect that Fengdelou’s new menu would be praised by so many people!
Of course, today's star is still the river food made by Xue An himself. According to Zhou Shi's arrangement, only three new dishes are prepared so that Xue An can handle it alone.
"Shopkeeper, this fish is good, I think it's much better than the one from Wangjiang Tower!"
"Haha, Fengde House is now going to be the leader of Jiangdu Restaurant..."
Several regular patrons also came to join in the fun. Of course they were full of praise for Xue An's craftsmanship, but Zhou Shi knew that these compliments were somewhat exaggerated, so he didn't take them to heart.
"We have a seat, please come in!"
"Damn it, I have to wait so long..."
Just when the store was extremely busy, the waiter invited a table of waiting customers to the table that had just been cleared.
"How many of you, what do you want to eat?"
"Here are two plates of golden meat, two plates of braised kidney flowers, and two pounds of wine."
"Our new river food, do you want to..."
"Whatever you want, bring the wine quickly!"
Zhou Shi frowned slightly, being annoyed by the rude customers... But they didn't come here for the new dishes, so why did they have to fight for a seat when there were many people?
"Brother Long, why do we have to come here at this time? This place is as chaotic as a vegetable market, and you can't even hear what you say!"
"What do you know? This is how you can speak with confidence..."
There are three guests at the new table. They are all strong men with dark skin and casual clothes, which is in sharp contrast to the other guests.
One of them was called "Brother Long". Zhou Shi felt familiar when he looked at his back, so he squeezed past the guys walking between the tables and came to the front to take a closer look...
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"Brother Long, how many people came to make trouble that night? You and Brother Hu were both there, how could it be so embarrassing?"
"Huh, if he comes with 300 people, we will sink them into the river! But there are not many of them. They come all the way from outside the pier and burn down the guild hall... Wait until I catch those dogs
Thieves, they will be tied into buoys!"
"What about the Fifth Master? How about the Fifth Master?"
"I was rescued by Ahu, it's okay..."
When he saw "Brother Long"'s face clearly, he realized that he was an acquaintance——
The thug of the Qinglong Gang, Aaron!
When the Qinglong Gang kidnapped Agui and Zhou Shi went to the club to rescue him, two thugs from the Qinglong Gang, Aaron and Ahu, came out to stop him. These two people should be the gang leader Du Laowu's right-hand thugs, but Aaron
His ability was far inferior to that of Ah Hu, and he was defeated by Zhou Shi in the wrestling match.
Needless to say, the people who came with him were all members of the Qinglong Gang... I don't know whether it was because the government was tightening their investigation or they were worried about being attacked again, but they actually came to the noisy Fengde Building to discuss the matter!
"Don't cause trouble with these people..." Zhou Shi was thinking when he heard them say:
"Brother Long, are we going to run around Jiangdu like rats on the street?"
"Bah! If I don't avenge this revenge, I swear I won't be a human being! Fifth Master has already found the masters. When they arrive in Jiangdu, we will overthrow the Baitiao Gang!"
"Okay! But the Yamen..."
"The Yamen is nothing! It is said that the person in charge now is a woman, so she doesn't dare to interfere in our affairs! If she dares to interfere, hehe..."
"Haha, Brother Long is so powerful, drink!"
"Drink!"
Zhou Shi quickly asked Agui to take shelter in the back kitchen, and asked Xiaosi to take charge of the front hall so that Aaron would not meet him. He himself came to the door to greet the guests, and distanced himself from the Qinglong Gang table.
It's not that he's afraid of these gangsters. If they want to fight, even ten Aarons can't defeat Zhou Shi. But this is Fengde Building. If a fight breaks out and the guests are surprised and the sign is damaged, it will be in trouble. p>
The fact that the Qinglong Gang can hide here to discuss matters shows that they don't care about government surveillance as much as they say, and they should know how to do things with their tail between their legs. As long as they don't...
"Hey, the shopkeeper is here to greet the guests in person?"
Zhou Shi suddenly raised his head and saw Li Yingguan, the steward of the Baitiao Gang, smiling and waving to him.