Facing the outrageously thick-skinned Li Qi, Zuo Boqing had no choice but to take some two-headed abalone and send Li Qi away. He did not dare to lead Li Qi to the warehouse, otherwise the bandit would have to come three times a day.
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But Li Qi took this matter for granted. Isn't that what civil servants in later generations do? If you have an excuse to take something from the public property, you will take it even if you have no excuse. This is common sense, even if Li Qi
He has never been a civil servant, but he knows many civil servants. He learned these things from them, and his skills are not yet at the first level.
However, the unprecedented size of the Jin Dynasty's envoy also made Li Qi very worried. This was a hungry wolf that had just emerged from the mountains. If it was not taken care of, the consequences would be immeasurable. It is a pity that his status is now low, and in the DPRK,
The ministers all praised the Kingdom of Jin. Those who did not agree with the alliance with the Kingdom of Jin had already left. Zhongshi Dao was one of them.
In fact, what worries Li Qi the most now is the idiot Song Yuchen. He really doesn't know why Song Huizong sent this idiot to receive those Jin people. He has no city government to speak of. If you praise him a few words, the idiot will immediately go to your heart and soul.
, it is estimated that it won’t take long for Heshi Liebohe to know everything he wants to know, large and small, inside and outside Bianjing.
There were internal and external troubles. Li Qi was now a big boy, so he simply didn't think about it and settled down to make some braised abalone to replenish his health.
Today is the day when Fan Zheng is buried. His body has been tormented by those bald heads for several days, and now it is finally free. Li Qi originally thought that this ritual had taken too long, and Fan Shaobai had put the cart before the horse. But according to Mrs. Qin.
Fan Shaobai was very business-minded. Generally, he would stay in the homes of wealthy people for two or three months. Even if the court issued a ban and the burial must be within three months, there were still people who did not follow the law and postponed the burial for various reasons. In this regard,
, Li Qi really didn’t understand.
The sky was still bright and snowflakes were flying. Li Qi led Ma Qiao and walked quickly towards Fan Tower. Ma Qiao yawned and said with a resentful look on his face: "I said, Deputy Commander. You and Mr. Fan had a good relationship, so you went to the funeral."
That's natural, but why did you drag me along?"
"You eat my food and use my food. Is this enough of a reason?"
Li Qi replied lightly, then cursed angrily: "Who the hell is this stupid pig who arranged to be buried at this time? His brain must be frozen. Damn it! I'm so cold."
In fact, there was no way he wanted to go to the funeral. He hated this complicated funeral, and it was so cold. But Mrs. Qin was a very, very old-fashioned woman. She just recited the curse in front of him all night last night, saying what she said
It was the woman who was not allowed to go. Otherwise, she would have gone. She also said that when her husband passed away that day, Fan Lou also sent someone to come. He also said that Uncle Wu was old and was afraid of him falling in such an icy and snowy environment.
Li Qi was so dizzy by Mrs. Qin's reading, and he was sleepy and tired, so he agreed in a daze. As a result, before dawn this morning, Mrs. Qin came to wake him up in person and stuffed two
I gave him a hot steamed bun and kicked him out.
Li Qi was cursing all the way to Fan's house, but Ma Qiao didn't dare to say anything when he saw him acting like this.
But when they arrived at Fan's house, Li Qi was shocked by what they saw. There was a sea of people in front of Fan's house, and most of them were not funeral guests, but ordinary people nearby. Standing on tiptoe outside the door.
When you look inside with your toes, it's like watching a play.
Fuck! Could it be that the ancient people had such a lack of entertainment items? Didn’t this force me to build an amusement park?
Li Qi wiped the cold sweat from his head and walked over. Before he reached the door, he was suddenly tapped on his left shoulder, and then a laugh came from behind: "Master Li, you are here."
Li Qi turned around and saw that the person coming was none other than Cai Minde. He smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't expect that Yuanwai is also here."
Cai Minde sighed: "Old Man Fan and I finally got to know each other. Now that he is leaving, I should come and see him off."
Hypocrisy. Li Qi chuckled and said, "I didn't expect that members of the Communist Party of China would place so much emphasis on love and justice."
"Where, where." Cai Minde waved his hand and suddenly whispered: "You should know the news about Pan Yuwai leaving the capital, right?"
Li Qi nodded.
"What do you think?"
"The member wants to ask me if I know who bought Pan House?"
"That's right. Cai has been thinking about it for the past two days, but still can't think of it."
Li Qi rolled his eyes and said: "Executive member, I have only been in the capital for a year. You can't even imagine it, let alone me. But in my opinion, bad people come and good people don't come. Originally, this restaurant changed owners.
This is something that happens all the time, but since the other party wants to make it so mysterious, there must be a conspiracy."
Cai Minde nodded and said, "Cai thinks so too."
Li Qi said with a smile: "But we don't need to worry. You, member, have never seen anything. Do you have to be afraid of these hidden rats?"
Cai Minde laughed and said: "That is, that is."
"Brother Li, Brother Li."
Li Qi suddenly heard Hong Tianjiu's voice and went out to see Hong Tianjiu and Zhou Hua. Xu Fei rushed over excitedly. Then he said to Cai Minde, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." After saying that, he greeted him.
He walked over and asked Hong Tianjiu and others, "Huh? Why didn't Gao Yanei come?"
Hong Tianjiu chuckled and said, "Brother really wants to come, but the lieutenant doesn't allow him to come."
Brother Qiu is still wise! Li Qi sighed, waved his hand and said: "Let's go in."
When they came inside, they saw that they were all men, even the guests. Fan Shaobai and several men of the same size as him knelt in front of the mourning hall and cried bitterly. Since Fan Zheng had only one son, Fan Shaobai could only send his cousins to him.
Call Dingding. A group of bald heads were chanting Buddhist sutras. In addition, there were some weirdly dressed guys jumping around and shouting some bird songs. Anyway, Li Qi couldn't understand a word of it.
Li Qi had a headache when he saw this scene. He hid in a corner and dozed off. But before he could nap for a while, he was woken up by Ma Qiao. It turned out that it was the time for the funeral. Li Qi didn't understand the rules, and
Maqiao was not a local, so the two of them had no choice but to follow Brother Jiu and the others.
In fact, this funeral in the Northern Song Dynasty was not much different from some rural funerals in later generations. A bald head led the way, followed by more than 20 servants. They held tomb tables, wooden carriages, small figures, bronze utensils and some Fan Zhengshen.
Some of the costumes used before were the coffin, then Fan Shaobai and other immediate relatives, and finally the guests.
The group of people headed out of the city in a mighty manner.
Li Qi put his arms around Hong Tianjiu's neck and asked, "Xiaojiu, where should Mr. Fan's cemetery be chosen?"
"On Dongfeng Hill in the eastern suburbs."
"How long will it take?"
"I'm afraid it will take an hour."
Li Qi thought that one hour was not very far, but he never thought that Hong Tianjiu said that one hour was the normal distance. Originally, he walked a short distance from Fan's house to Wangchun Gate and then went to the eastern suburbs, but that
The bullshit funeral master said that Fan Zheng was short of water and had to walk along the river. As a result, a large group of people walked south along Maxing Street to Bianhe Street, and then walked out of the city from Lijingmen along the Bianhe River, and
On the way, we stopped from time to time to engage in some "entertainment" activities. I guess that's what the people came here for.
The journey that originally took one meal lasted for nearly an hour, and we had just left the city gate. After leaving the city gate, we walked for more than an hour before we arrived at Dongfeng Hill, which Hong Tianjiu had mentioned.
The hilltop was completely white. Not even a blade of grass could be seen, and the cold wind blew so hard that everyone was shivering.
According to Hong Tianjiu, Dongfeng Gang is also a treasured Feng Shui land, and generally only wealthy families are qualified to be buried here.
After the guests were sent here, they could go back. Just as Li Qi and others were preparing to go down the mountain, a group of uninvited guests suddenly came towards them, and the originally noisy scene suddenly became silent. A smile appeared at the corner of Li Qi's mouth. You
Ya is finally willing to come out. It seems that the funeral was not in vain.
The person coming was none other than Zhang Chun'er, who had been missing for a long time. Standing next to her was Pan Lou's chef Guda, and behind her were four stern-looking men.
Cai Minde glanced at Guda, said oh, and said in surprise: "Could it be ---?"
There were many tycoons in the restaurant industry among these guests. When they saw Zhang Chun'er coming, they all whispered to each other, but no one wanted to leave, and they all acted like they were watching a good show.
When Fan Shaobai saw Zhang Chun'er, it was like meeting enemies. He was extremely jealous. He tortured himself for several days. His face was already blue, and now his eyes were red. He looked very ferocious. He said angrily: "Come here, kill this woman."
Hold it for me."
Several idle men immediately rushed towards Zhang Chun'er.
When Ma Qiao saw it, he raised his hand to stop him, but he was still a step too late. Before those idle men could rush to Zhang Chun'er, they were all knocked to the ground by the two men behind Zhang Chun'er.
After a few "bang bang bang" sounds, the idle men were seen lying in the snow moaning in pain.
Ma Qiao praised: "Master."
Li Qi asked: "Taller than you?"
"That's definitely impossible. However, if the four of them come together, they can probably tie with me." Ma Qiao rubbed his chin and analyzed seriously.
Li Qi was stunned for a moment and shook his head silently.
As soon as Zhang Chun'er raised his hand, the two men immediately retreated to the back and said to Fan Shaobai: "Young Master, the master was very kind to me during his lifetime. I came here today just to pay homage to him. I have no other intention."
When Fan Shaobai saw such a master beside Zhang Chun'er, he couldn't help but froze for a moment, and then snorted coldly: "Don't be so pretentious here. If you hadn't repaid kindness with hatred, how could my father--hum."
Zhang Chun'er sighed softly and said: "Young Master, that is definitely not my intention, and I don't want to see it happen. There is a saying that people go to higher places, and water flows to lower places. Now that I have found something more suitable for me,
place, then of course I have to plan for myself, is it wrong for me to do this? You said that I repay kindness with hatred, so let me ask you, should I work for your Fan family for the rest of my life? "
Everyone nodded when they heard this. After all, everyone understands the principle that people will be punished for their own sake.
Fan Shaobai sneered and said: "If you are determined to leave, I will naturally not stop you. You can tell me directly, but you know that my father is seriously ill, why did you secretly send that letter to him? You are obviously
It was intentional.”
Zhang Chun'er's eyes turned red, tears came out of her eyes, and she said excitedly: "I swear I never thought about it this way. I just felt that it was the master who recruited me to join Fanlou. Now that I am leaving, I should say goodbye to him in person, but I
I was afraid that I would be speechless when I saw the master, so I chose to send the letter. Maybe I didn’t think well, but do you think you can hide it from the master? I have always been responsible for the master’s meals. If someone suddenly changes
Man, he will definitely become suspicious, and he will know it in less than two days."
She burst into tears. Although she did not make everyone feel pitiful because of her plain appearance, she felt sincere and sincere.
Fan Shaobai was snatched away by him and couldn't find a reason to refute for a while. Seeing how powerful the men behind her were, her chest was filled with anger. She clenched her fists tightly and gritted her teeth with hatred. She said angrily: "You think I
Do you believe me? Just wait, I, Fan Shaobai, will never let it go, so get out of here right now."
Guda suddenly stood up and said: "Young Master Fan, our host has sincerely come here to pay homage to Master Fan. As a son of man, you not only don't treat me with courtesy, but instead make evil remarks at every turn. How is that possible?"
Proprietor?
Everyone was stunned.
Cai Minde suddenly smiled and said: "Master Gu, when did Madam Zhang become your proprietor?"
Guda cupped his hands towards Cai Minde and said: "You may not know it outside the staff, but Madam Zhang has bought Pan Tower some time ago. Oh, it has been renamed Jin Tower. It was supposed to open yesterday, but Madam Zhang missed Master Fan.
Because of my kindness, I postponed it until seven days later. Then I will definitely come and have a drink. The invitation will be sent another day."
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the audience was shocked.
Fan Shaobai was even more shocked. He never expected that Zhang Chuner would buy Pan House. This was simply impossible.
Cai Minde was also shocked, but he said cheerfully: "Then I really have to congratulate Mrs. Zhang. Cai will definitely go to congratulate her then."
The rest of the people also congratulated one after another. They still couldn't understand the situation, so of course they had to please this newly wealthy woman. After a good funeral, the arrival of this spring girl made it feel a little festive.
"Jinlou? Well, this name is really nice. I wonder if that talented person named it?"
A discordant voice sounded.
This name is so common. Is it something that everyone wants to get, even if there are talented people? Everyone turned around to look for the name, and saw Li Qi squatting on the uphill slope, putting one hand on Hong Tianjiu's shoulder, looking at Zhang Chun'er with a smile.
Zhang Chun'er glanced at Li Qi, with a flash of resentment in his eyes, which was fleeting. Guda cupped his hands and smiled and said, "Of course Mrs. Zhang took it. Master Li will definitely come when the time comes."
"Of course, how could I, Li Qi, miss such a lively event?" Li Qi said with a smile.
Zhang Chun'er said coldly: "Master Gu, today is the day when Master Fan is buried. What do you mean by this?"
Guda immediately sang "Nai" and stepped aside.
Zhang Chun'er suddenly fell to his knees with a plop and said: "Since the young master does not want me to worship the master, Chun'er has no choice but to kowtow to the master twelve times here to repay the kindness that the master has given to Chun'er in the past twelve years.
"As she said this, she didn't wait for Fan Shaobai's reply. She started banging, bang bang bang, louder than the last. When the others saw the blood stains on the snow, they all shook their heads and sighed. Only Li Qi and Cai Minde had a hint of concern at the corners of their mouths.
Ruowu's smile.
After kowtowing twelve times, Zhang Chun'er stood up. A large piece of skin was broken in the middle of his forehead, and blood flowed down between his eyebrows. Guda quickly handed over a handkerchief. Zhang Chun'er raised his hand and said, "No need."
Okay." Then she bowed her hands to everyone again, "Goodbye." After saying that, she turned and left.
Fan Shaobai looked at Zhang Chun'er's back, his eyes filled with anger, but he could do nothing about her. He pressed his hand on the coffin and said, "Dad, Shaobai swears that this woman must pay for her life."