"You don't pay for meals, and you still beat people! I'll fight with you!" The waiter rubbed his red and swollen cheeks and bumped into the young man's lower back. {《》}
Hearing a thud, he hit his head hard, and the young man who was already unsteady fell forward, knocking over a table along the way.
"Oh, this kid still dares to fight back!"
The young man's companions gave up. One of them grabbed the waiter by his clothes, swung him hard and threw him to the ground. Then, everyone gathered around him and kicked him until he was holding his head.
Weird scream.
Just when they were about to start fighting, several more waiters rushed out from the back of the tavern. They stepped forward to start a fight and shouted: "Stop fighting, stop fighting!"
"Hey, we're here to help. Brothers, give me a fight!" These young men started to get drunk and got into another scuffle with the guys who had just come out.
Neither of the two parties knew martial arts, so when they fought, they fought like gangsters. They tore each other, struggled, and rolled all over the floor. There was a lot of clanking in the restaurant, and tables were overturned all over the floor.
The shopkeeper also wanted to start a fight, but instead of separating everyone, he was punched several times, his face was bruised and red, and his clothes were torn in several rips.
Just as the fight was raging in the restaurant and crowds of people were standing outside the restaurant, the government officials responsible for public security in the capital arrived.
The leader was a tall and sturdy man. He separated from the crowd outside, squeezed to the door of the restaurant, looked inside, and then shouted: "Stop! Stop it all!"
Seeing the Yamen servants coming, everyone in the restaurant stopped and stood in two groups. Looking at them now, they all looked like they had big painted faces, and their clothes were torn to pieces, and they were in such an embarrassing state.
The burly government servant walked into the restaurant, his eyes were like lightning, scanning everyone one by one, and then asked angrily: "What's going on? Why are you fighting here?"
"My lord, it's them who don't pay for meals and even beat people..."
"Replying to the official, this is a shady shop. I only ate a few plates of side dishes and a few pots of wine, but I asked for twelve taels of silver. Official, twelve taels of silver. That's enough for the whole family."
She’s just over half a year old…”
"You only brought a hundred or so copper coins and you want to go into a restaurant to eat? You are sincerely looking for trouble!"
"Fart! If you are not a black shop, the money I brought is enough..."
Being so noisy by them, the burly government servant yelled: "Shut up!" As he spoke, he pointed at the young men dressed as farmers and shouted: "Take them all away!
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"Master, we are right. If you don't arrest illegal shops, how can you arrest ordinary people like us!"
"Stop talking nonsense!" the burly government servant scolded angrily, then looked at the shop assistants and asked: "Who is the shopkeeper here?"
"It's a villain." The shopkeeper squeezed out from the waiters and said with a smile on his face: "Master, it is indeed not our fault this time. I hope you will understand everything clearly."
"The official is handling the case, do you still want to talk too much?" The burly government servant glared at him and said, "Shopkeeper, you can also come with us. Once you enter the gate of the Lieutenant's Mansion, you will know what is right and what is wrong."
"Master, I... I still have to open a shop, but now... I really can't leave..." the shopkeeper said with an apologetic smile.
"It won't take you much time, take it away!" As he spoke, he shook his head to the officials on the left and right, then turned and walked out.
"Master? Master—" The shopkeeper still wanted to speak, but two government servants came to him and held his arms, one on the left and the other on the right.
Lieutenant's Mansion.
The shopkeeper was taken into the Lieutenant's Mansion by the government officials, but when he looked for the young men who were taken there with him, they were nowhere to be seen.
He was secretly surprised. Logically speaking, this was just a trivial case, and both parties only needed to testify in court. Why was he alone now, but the young men who made the trouble were nowhere to be seen?
When he was secretly guessing, there were footsteps. He turned around and saw two people walking in from the outside. He knew both of them. Because of this, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.
The two people who walked in were none other than Cheng Jin and Ai Wei.
"Haha, Sir, do you think I should call you the shopkeeper, or should I call you Third Master?" Ai Wei was the first to speak, but his words were like a sharp sword piercing the shopkeeper's heart.
Damn it! His identity was exposed! The shopkeeper reacted immediately. Without even thinking, he reached back and took out a pill from his belt and was about to put it in his mouth.
He was fast, but there were people who were faster. Cheng Jin, who was still far away from him, appeared in front of him in an instant, grabbed his wrist, took the pills from his hand, put it under his nose and smelled it.
, sneered and said: "Shopkeeper, is it too late for you to think of taking the Spirit Gathering Pill now?"
The shopkeeper's face suddenly changed, he screamed strangely, and raised his fist to hit Cheng Jin's throat. Before his fist even touched Cheng Jin, there was a click in his ear, and the latter had crushed his wrist to pieces.
For a moment, the shopkeeper's body shook violently as if he had been struck by lightning. Then he softened and fell to the ground, screaming in pain. Cheng Jin didn't even look at him, turned his head and shouted: "Take it away!"
Following his words, an undercover agent flashed in front of him and struck down with a palm knife, and the shopkeeper's screams suddenly stopped.
Then, the secret agent took out a long black cloth bag, put the unconscious shopkeeper into it, tied the mouth of the bag, slung it on his shoulders, turned around and walked out.
Cheng Jin watched his men leave and said to Ai Wei, "Master Ai, thank you for your help this time!"
"What Xiaguan used was nothing more than a trivial trick. Even if Xiaguan didn't help, if General Cheng wanted to capture him, he would be able to capture him easily."
Aiwei did not take any credit and said modestly. After a pause, he said with concern: "Although we have captured him, I'm afraid it's not easy to open his mouth!"
"As long as he is in the hands of our secret assassin, even if he has an iron mouth and copper teeth, we can still make him speak." Cheng Jin smiled and asked, "How about it? Are you interested in taking a look, Mr. Ai?"
Iwei really didn't want to go to the Dark Mansion anymore, but the opportunity was too rare. He had to take charge of the Lieutenant's Mansion, and he often had to use torture and confession. There were not many opportunities to learn from Dark Arrow's experience. He thought for a moment and smiled: "
I would like to thank General Cheng."
"You and I both work for the king, so there is no need to be polite to each other." Cheng Jin is very indifferent to people he doesn't know well, but once he gets acquainted, he is still very easy-going. Therefore, Cheng Jin, who is cold and ruthless in the eyes of others, in Tang Yin's eyes
But he is too soft-hearted.
I don't know how long he was unconscious, but the shopkeeper finally woke up. He slowly opened his eyes and found that he was tied to a chair, his wrists were tied to the handle, and his feet were tied to the legs of the chair.
He looked down at his wrist, which was red and swollen, and almost twice as thick as before. When he saw the broken wrist, a heartbreaking pain immediately came over him, and he couldn't help but let out a low groan.
"Are you awake?" A young man wearing black brocade clothes and a blood-red cloak was sitting opposite him, looking at him with a smile.
The shopkeeper was startled and looked up quickly. After looking at each other for a moment, he looked around again.
This is a stone room with various instruments of torture placed around it. The torches on the walls emit a faint light, and the air is filled with the smell of blood.
"What...what is this place? Who are you...?" I don't know whether it was because the stone room was too cold or because everything around it was too scary. The shopkeeper shivered and looked at the young man opposite with a pale face.
The young man stood up straight, first carefully adjusted his clothes, then straightened the cloak on his back and the saber under his ribs, and then said slowly: "This is a secret house, and as for me, I'm just an unknown pawn in a secret arrow."
, you can call me Gao Mucheng. By the way, so far, I am the only light spiritual cultivator in Dark Arrow." When he spoke, he could not hide the proud look on his face.
Dark Mansion? It’s over, and I’ve actually arrived at the land of Dark Arrow!
The shopkeeper's heart felt cold, but there was still a panicked expression on his face, and he stammered: "Master, this...is there a misunderstanding? I am just the shopkeeper of Sanyuan Restaurant, and he abides by the law.
Never commit any crime..."
"Shh!" Gao Mucheng walked up to the shopkeeper, raised his index finger and made a silent gesture to him, and then smiled softly: "You don't have to say anything, let's do something very novel and interesting.
Bar!"
He was smiling, but when his smile fell into the shopkeeper's eyes, a chill arose in his bones.
Gao Mucheng unhurriedly took a small knife from the side, wiped the blade clean carefully with his sleeve, and then, without warning, made a small cut on the back of the shopkeeper's hand.
The small hole was not big, but the shopkeeper still trembled, with a look of fear on his face, and asked in a trembling voice: "You... what on earth are you going to do to me..."
"Shh! Don't talk! It's very interesting." Gao Mucheng threw away the knife, picked up a handkerchief, and carefully wiped off the blood that flowed from the back of the shopkeeper's hand.
Then, he took out a small brocade box from his arms, opened it, and carefully pinched a green bean inside. He moved slowly and cautiously, as if he was afraid of getting the bean pregnant.
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While putting away the brocade box, he asked with a smile: "Shopkeeper, have you ever heard of the Blood Spirit Vine? It's a plant that uses flesh as soil, blood as fertilizer, and spiritual energy to promote growth. Isn't it magical?"
As he spoke, he slowly shook the green beans in his hand in front of the shopkeeper's eyes and said, "Don't underestimate this little bean. It is the seed of the Blood Spirit Vine. It is priceless and hard to find."
The shopkeeper's face turned from white to green, then from green to gray, and he screamed: "What are you going to do to me? What on earth are you going to do?"
"Don't argue, don't argue, save some energy, otherwise, you will be so painful that you can't scream later, which will be meaningless, and it will also waste such a precious seed." As he spoke, Gao Mucheng held the seed in his hand.
Aomame slowly placed it towards the gap on the back of his hand.