This is the first update for Qidian.com Taiwan station with gold votes. Thanks to the readers of Taiwan station for their love, I can finally squeeze out a chapter to update for you. It is said that there is a bonus. By the way, when will the bonus be given...
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"My lord, my lord, what should I do?"
the shopkeeper shouted eagerly.
"My boss and those people have been taken to the Yamen."
He looked at the man in front of him, his expression still calm, as if he didn't hear what he just said.
"Master Liu..." The shopkeeper couldn't help but take a step forward.
Liu Xiaoli immediately looked over, his eyes slightly focused.
The shopkeeper hurriedly lowered his head and did not dare to move.
"You mean someone from Taipingju beat Dou Qi?" Liu Xiaoli asked.
"Yes, yes, a group of people came here just now. They smashed up our Shenxian Residence in broad daylight on the street. They also beat the owner. The government has already experienced injuries and his arm is broken." The shopkeeper said anxiously.
"What did they say?" Liu Xiaoli said slowly.
"Let's just say, what happens when you meet a gangster in Taiping Residence..." the shopkeeper said hurriedly.
Liu Xiaoli raised his hand to interrupt him.
"I didn't ask you to tell me," he said, looking at the entourage standing aside, "Has Huang Si, who went to the Yamen, come back?"
The attendant went outside to ask, and soon a man was brought in.
"Dou Qi was injured. The doctor saw that his arm was useless," the man said.
As soon as he said this, the shopkeeper let out a wail.
"My lord, my master's arm!" he shouted.
"What's wrong with his arm?" Liu Xiaoli interrupted him with a snort, "He's not a cook, and he doesn't rely on his arms and hands to eat. Why cry? He has a life, but he has lost nothing!"
Ah, is that so? The shopkeeper didn't dare to howl any more, lowering his head and crying sadly.
"They made a fuss in the court, insisting that Dou Qi was responsible for the previous troubles caused by the gangsters in Taiping Residence and Li Dashao's severed hand, so they wanted to take revenge." The entourage continued, "The Jingzhao Mansion asked if there was any evidence.
The Taipingju people couldn't produce any personal or physical evidence, but they insisted that it was Dou Qi who did it, and he was ordered to jail by the governor. Sir, this shows that this is revenge for personal vendetta."
"My lord, my lord, it's just right, it's just right, I'm in jail and I'll avenge them to death!" the shopkeeper shouted hurriedly.
Liu Xiaoli frowned.
Indeed, if you cause such a thing at this time, you will undoubtedly get yourself killed.
To seek revenge without any basis and to beat someone up in public, isn't this like handing a knife to someone else?
Without his intervention, the Jingzhao Mansion can directly send them to prison. If they go to prison, wouldn't they be at the mercy of others?
Isn't this too stupid?
"It's not that simple," he said.
He is a cautious person, and he also knows that everyone in the world has a dark side, so when he encounters things and people, he will first speculate in the worst direction and speculate on the worst side of people's hearts.
In fact, this is exactly what happens in the world.
Those who are respectful and friendly to him on the surface can secretly plot against others and use themselves as scapegoats.
Of course, those who only saw him as respectful and friendly on the surface also became his scapegoat and stepping stone.
There are no good people or friends in this world, only use.
These Taiping people openly came to beat Dou Qi. Was it just revenge they said they wanted, or was there some other conspiracy?
Is it a conspiracy by the Zhou family against him?
Just as I was thinking about it, another boy came running outside the door.
"My lord, my lord, someone from Mr. Chen's family is here to see you," he said, holding up a name card.
Look, it moves quickly enough.
Liu Xiaoli looked solemn, but he felt relieved immediately.
Sooner or later, the matter of dealing with Mr. Zhou will be found out. Although he is very cautious, if he is serious, he will find out sooner or later. Besides, he did not intend to hide it forever. Originally, he just wanted to kill the chicken to show the monkey.
Killing, the monkey was frightened, but it didn't know who the owner was, wouldn't it be a waste of effort?
He straightened things out again in his mind, and was convinced that the reasons for the disposal were reasonable and justified even when he met the emperor. Although Mr. Chen had a much higher status than him, what was there to be afraid of?
As long as they are involved in this officialdom, no one will be clean.
The Chen family often did things to seize people's property in their ancestral home, not to mention Tong Neihan, who had countless misdeeds.
If they thought that they, an honest man, could just suppress them a little bit, that would be a good thing.
Liu Xiaoli's usual smile reappeared on his face.
"Please," he said.
The carriage stopped in front of the Immortal Residence.
Shenxianju has closed down and only two doors are open at this time.
"You know what to say and what not to say, right?" Qin Shisan grabbed Liu Lang and asked.
Saturday Lang turned back and glared at him.
"You should take care of the lives of those people." He said, "Thank you for daring to do this. The jail in Jingzhao Mansion is full of shady secrets, and life and death can only last in the blink of an eye."
"Don't worry, that's not the life of these brothers, that's my life." Qin Shisanlang said.
Liu Lang glanced at him without saying anything, turned around and got out of the car.
On the other side, Cheng Jiaoniang had already been helped out of the car by her maid.
The two looked at each other and walked in the door without saying anything.
There were two or three waiters and an old shopkeeper outside the door who were arranging the tables. They stopped when they saw them coming in.
"This place is closed today." The old man said with a smile.
Liu Lang glanced at the old man. He had a kind face and a soft-spoken voice. He was wearing clothes similar to those of the guys.
"We're not here to eat," he said.
"Oh." The old man looked at them with a smile, "Mr. Zhou, I have the guts to say this. This is unfounded. There is really no good in continuing the quarrel. Although the colleagues are enemies, but in such a quarrel, both sides will suffer, and others will be happy.
That’s all.”
Zhou Lang snorted, but before he could speak, Cheng Jiaoniang, who was behind him, took a step forward.
"Yes." She said, giving a brief salute, "Thank you, Mr. Liu, for the compliment."
Master Liu?
Liu Lang looked at the old man with some slight surprise.
Liu Xiaoli lives in a simple way, as if he didn't exist in the capital for so many years, and there is a difference between civil and military affairs, but he, a young junior, has never noticed it.
It turns out that he looks so inconspicuous, no wonder he has to be inconspicuous...
It is true to say that a biting dog will not bark, and a barking dog will not bark.
The old man also looked at Cheng Jiaoniang with a smile. This woman was in her prime, with a thin body and a very frail appearance. However, she was described as having a gentle manner and a pretty face. However, her eyebrows looked a little strange. At first glance, she looked a little weird, but at a second glance, she felt a little chilly.
This is that Jiangzhou fool...
He does not believe in ghosts and gods, but he firmly believes that things in the world are impermanent and one must be careful not to be careless in everything.
This fool was really stupid once, but now he is really good, which shows that there must be adventure.
He smiled and nodded.
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, but I don't dare, I don't dare." He said, putting down the rag in his hand and turning inward, "Come and sit here."
In another place, Mr. Chen was thoughtful.
"What happened again?" he asked, "Why are you suddenly involved with someone named Liu?"
Chen Shao sighed.
"Guide Lang was demoted, the Taipingju cook was assassinated by gangsters, and Shenxianju was smashed during the day," he said.
This is all a mess...
Old Mrs. Chen reached out and pressed his forehead.
"To put it bluntly, it happened last time." He said, "This Principal Liu is getting more and more greedy now."
"Father is saying that the mastermind of that incident was Liu?" Chen Shao asked.
"It wasn't necessarily the case last time, but it's definitely the case this time." Old Mrs. Chen said, smiling, "School Liu has been doing things smoothly for too long, and he is becoming more and more courageous."
"Then how will Madam Cheng be treated?" Chen Shao asked after a moment of silence, "Should we kill her too?"
He laughed when he said this.
That was the president of the Secret Pavilion, a scholar-bureaucrat, even if the emperor wanted to kill him, he couldn't kill him.
Old Mrs. Chen did not smile, but stretched out his hand to twist his beard.
"Ms. Cheng..." he said slowly, "it's really not easy. She always encounters troubles of one kind or another. You see, she just wants to open a restaurant, and it turns out to be so difficult."
"The world is inherently difficult, and there is no such thing as smooth sailing." Chen Shao said with a smile.
"So, people inevitably encounter problems and have to face them." Old Mrs. Chen said.
"Father is saying that she is really going to attack Xiaoli Liu this time?" Chen Shao said in surprise, "What is she going to do?"
That’s an official! A Beijing official! An old Beijing official for decades!
"I don't know what she is going to do." Mr. Chen shook his head with a smile, "This woman seems to behave in a regular manner but is actually unruly. You can't be sure or guess. But one thing, I can be sure, Mr. Liu
I’m afraid my tooth will break this time.”
"Then what should we do?" Chen Shao said, "She only asked me to pull the strings and act as an intermediary to ask Liu Xiaoli to meet. She didn't say anything else."
"No, that lady behaves in a measured way. She will definitely say it when she needs to say it. When she doesn't say it, don't say it, in case it messes up her arrangements." Old Mrs. Chen said.
Chen Shao nodded.
"But we may be overthinking it." He thought of something and said, "Maybe she wants to reconcile with Principal Liu. This is also self-protection."
Yeah?
Old Mrs. Chen twisted his beard and said nothing.
If it were anyone else, it would indeed be time to find a middleman and lobbyist to reconcile the matter now, but other people's self-protection would either retreat or cut off their wrists. This woman's self-protection is amazing. Looking at the last gangster incident, her
If he doesn't hide, avoid, or give in, if he threatens her, she will dare to kill him directly.
Will she let go of the person who has bitten her now?
In the side room, Liu Xiaoli sat down and waited for Cheng Jiaoniang and Zhou Zuorang to salute before speaking with a smile.
"I've heard about Mrs. Cheng for a long time, but I've never had the opportunity to meet her. Thanks to Mr. Chen for introducing her, I'm really honored," he said.
Zhou Lang snorted in his heart and looked at Cheng Jiaoniang.
"What a good thing you did! Why don't you tell me now!" he shouted.
This shocked Xiaoli Liu.
"Master Liu, that's it." Cheng Jiaoniang saluted Principal Liu again, "Taipingju belongs to me, and my uncle and his family don't even know it."
What?
Liu Xiaoli frowned.
"Master Liu." Cheng Jiaoniang leaned over and said in a hoarse voice, "I didn't expect that things would get to this point. I picked up those soldiers on the way and used them as thugs with kindness and bribes. Because Li
Dashao suspected that Dou Dong’s family was behind the plot. I just wanted to scare Dou Dong’s family, but I didn’t expect those people to be too cruel..."
Liu Xiaoli laughed twice, twisted his beard and said nothing.
Are you here to bow your head and admit your mistakes and want to reconcile? If you have the guts to do this kind of thing, why don't you have the guts to continue the quarrel?
"Master Liu, my uncle is coming back soon. If he knows that I am the cause of these troubles, then I will be driven back to Jiangzhou." Cheng Jiaoniang raised her head as she spoke, "Master Liu, it was so difficult for me to do this.
Once I have established a foothold in the capital, I don’t want everything to disappear like this.”
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There will be another update tonight, so I’ll ask for character votes again.
The last day was so crazy, haha. Calculated, the average daily average this month will reach 6,000. This is not enough to repay everyone’s love. Thank you everyone for your love. (To be continued)
