() Three bowls of wontons, a total of sixty coins; tea, five coins; one night's stay at Qingfeng Inn, thirty coins.

The total of the above is ninety-five articles.

This was Bai Peng's total expenditure on the first night after arriving in the capital city of Huzhou. This was undoubtedly high consumption. In the past, one hundred pennies was enough for the mother and son to live for half a month. It was so easy to get money, so it was natural to spend it without thinking.

When he stretched himself out of the door of Qingfeng Inn, the sky was already bright, and Bai Peng was in a good mood. For the first time in two days, he ate and drank enough and had a good sleep. Before leaving, he was praised "handsome guy" by the landlady several times, and was replaced by

Everyone will be in a happy mood.

Bai Peng went to the pawn shop next door and bought a few worn-out shorts and a pair of fast boots. He also went to the weapon shop and bought a blue steel sword. He changed out of the dirty and oversized scribe's robe and dressed himself up as a complete

A wealthy martial artist, he had spent almost all his money and planned to find a job.

When I first entered the city, I had an idea. Since I saved the life of the middle-aged man from the Bloody Hand Gang, I would try my luck with the Bloody Hand Gang and maybe get an official position. Who would have thought that the Bloody Hand Gang would collide with Brother Black and others?

At the gunpoint of his bad mood, he forcefully robbed them of a lot of money. Although he didn't beat them too hard, the Bloody Hand Gang still didn't want to go. After all, they were in the wrong.

***

Longchang Escort Bureau was once a large escort bureau. At its peak, there were eleven escort chiefs, more than thirty escort masters, and more than a hundred agents and assistants. Nowadays, the gate is desolate and the prosperity is no longer there.

When Bai Peng walked in, there was an Eight Immortals table next to the counter in the hall, and the four remaining bodyguards were sitting silently opposite the chief bodyguard and the shopkeeper.

The chief bodyguard had just reported the amount of severance pay and was waiting for everyone to reply when he saw Bai Peng enter the door in high spirits. He immediately stood up subconsciously, and the four bodyguards also stood up.

The shopkeeper reacted faster and trotted over to greet us: "Sir, do you have business to take care of our Longchang Escort Agency? We in Longchang have an excellent reputation and never fail!"

Bai Peng was a little embarrassed: "I...I'm...not here to do business. I just want to join your escort agency, act as escorts, and make my way into the world."

"Oh..." The shopkeeper didn't say anything, and his disappointment was clearly visible.

Bai Peng was surprised by the shopkeeper's reaction. He looked at the others, four men and one woman, all young. They were all smiling, but there was bitterness in their smiles.

The young man with a fair and elegant face inside waved his hand: "Come on, little brother, please sit down."

Bai Peng was not polite and walked to the Eight Immortals table and sat down. A servant came over and poured a bowl of tea. It was boiling hot and the aroma was overflowing.

The young man asked: "Little brother, how old are you this year? What is your name?"

"White Peng, the Peng of the Great Peng, will soon be seventeen years old."

"Okay, okay, you have great ambitions and you are young and promising! When I founded the Longchang Escort Bureau, I was only nineteen years old."

"Ah!" Bai Peng stood up in surprise, "You are Mr. Chen's bodyguard who is highly skilled in martial arts and nicknamed 'Ghost Sees Sorrow'! You are so young!"

Mr. Chen made a seated gesture with a smile, and continued: "But I don't know why my little brother wants to join our Longchang Escort Agency? Now in Huzhou City, the largest Escort Agency is Hongwei. To be honest, our Longchang is about to close down.

Already."

At this time, a strong man next to him interrupted: "Brother, we must not close our doors in Longchang!"

Bai Peng looked solemn: "Boss Mr. Chen, I originally wanted to go to Hongwei, but today when I was having breakfast, I heard people talking about good people not being rewarded. Mr. Chen, the head of Longchang Escort Bureau, is a kind person and often opens a porridge shed to help the poor.

, but now the business is in the cold, and Hongwei colludes with the government and the Bloody Hand Gang to bully people and seize people's real estate. Now the business is getting bigger and bigger. Mr. Chen, Mr. Bai Peng, after I left home, I also felt deeply that good people are not rewarded. After hearing this

I am not angry in my heart, and I hate bandits the most in my life, so I am determined to fight alongside you!"

In fact, Bai Peng has another plan in his mind. The Hongwei Escort Bureau has strong soldiers and masters. If he goes there on his own, he is afraid that he will not be able to stand out. "I would rather be the head of a chicken than the queen of an ox." The twenty-eight thieves formed an alliance yesterday to deal with it.

Hongwei Escort Agency, Hongwei's life will definitely be sad in the future. Longchang Escort Agency has a great chance to turn around, so why not come to Longchang to help Longchang, who is in trouble, right now.

Mr. Chen, the head escort, kept smiling. After listening to Bai Peng's words, he shed some tears. He pounded his fist on the table: "Since little brother thinks so highly of Chen, our dismissal proposal just now is invalid! Hold on!"

I have to hold on!"

A skinny man said "Hey" and clapped his palms on the table: "Brother, that's right! We have been born and died together for almost ten years. How can you spend ten taels of silver to get rid of this kind of love?"

Mr. Chen, the bodyguard, smiled bitterly: "I also want to send more, but I only have fifty-two taels in my account."

"Are you out of money in your account? Is there little business on weekdays?" A voice came from the door.

Everyone was shocked again. The escort agency was always crowded on weekdays, so why were there so many people visiting today?

A middle-aged man wearing silk and satin with an aristocratic face, holding a folding fan in his hand, had just walked into the door and was looking around at the furnishings of the escort agency. Behind him, four porters looked like they were picking up a large box.

Come on, it looks very heavy at first glance.

This time, business really came to my door! The shopkeeper was overjoyed and couldn't speak at all: "This guest! You...you...you..."

The middle-aged nobleman smiled and waved his hand: "My surname is Lai, Lai Shengchuan. I am really here to deliver business to you. Please treat me to tea first. I'm dying of thirst."

Bai Peng, who was on the side near the gate, quickly sat down on the bench where the thin man was and made room for the noble man. All the escort chiefs smiled in unison and said in unison: "Please sit down, please sit down, please have tea."

Lai Shengchuan sat down, blew some tea, took a sip of tea, looked around at all the escorts, and smiled: "Your escort agency also has a female escort? Her beauty is unparalleled, her beauty is peerless!"

Mr. Chen's bodyguard explained: "This is my roommate Chen Simei. Her parents died young and she had no other place to live. She has been following her around the world, so she had no choice but to become this bodyguard, haha."

Chen Simei can be regarded as a beauty in the world. After all, real beauties rarely hang out in the world. She is in her twenties, has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a slender figure. She is half a head taller than Bai Peng.

"Peerless elegance" doesn't come close to it. However, Chen Simei's face suddenly shone with such a compliment from the noble lady, which added a lot of charm.

Lai Shengchuan put down his tea bowl, stood up and gave his fist: "This is Mr. Chen's bodyguard? Chen Boqian, the great hero Chen! Lai has admired him for a long time in Beijing!"

Chen Boqian, Chief Bodyguard Chen, quickly stood up and returned the salute: "The word hero is really ridiculous. Chen is just making a living in a small town in the south of the Yangtze River. How can his reputation spread to the capital?"

Lai Shengchuan sat down again, held up the tea bowl and blew it lightly without raising his head: "Mr. Chen's escort chief, nicknamed 'Ghost Viewer'. This is the reputation you gained from defeating the famous 'Ghost King' when you were escorting. Lai has admired him for a long time."

Yes, that’s not the case.”

Everyone was silent, waiting for the noble man's next words.

"Lai's master has an old relationship with Mr. Chen, but he knows that Mr. Chen avenged his parents when he was sixteen and killed the deputy leader of the Cao Gang. At the age of seventeen, Xiao Ju became a bandit with hundreds of men under his command.

The remaining gang members were hunted down to death. At the age of nineteen, he washed his hands in the golden basin and came to Huzhou to found Longchang. Within five years, it was already the largest escort agency in Huzhou. If such a person is not a great hero, who else can be?"

Chen Boqian and the others, together with Bai Peng, were all dumbfounded. Everyone else was an old brother who had been with Chen through life and death. They knew the secret past of the head escort, but they didn't understand how this stranger knew so clearly, who was his master?

Bai Peng was shocked that Mr. Chen had such a glorious deed, and thought to himself: "This is the real hero!" He looked at Mr. Chen with a look of admiration.

Chen Boqian suddenly said: "Mr. Lai is so charming, he respects his master in the capital, and he knows Chen's unbearable past. If my guess is correct..."

Lai Shengchuan smiled and raised his hand to stop Chen Boqian from continuing and said: "There is no need to guess, just know it well. My master is very wealthy and powerful, but he does not have much foundation in Jiangnan. In the future, the escort business in Jiangsu and Zhejiang will be handed over to Mr. Chen, the escort chief."

Got it!"

With that said, Lai Shengchuan stood up and left his seat, walked to the box, took out a key and unlocked it, only to see that the box was full of silver brilliance.

"This is ten thousand taels of silver," Lai Shengchuan said, and then looked around at the several escort heads. "The manpower of your escort agency is really poor right now."

Everyone was excited and secretly calculated that if the escort was ten thousand taels of silver, the income of the escort agency would be at least 500 taels. It was like a pie falling from the sky! Chen Boqian gritted his teeth and said: "Don't worry, we have a small manpower, and we will work hard."

, even if I risk my life, I will keep these silver coins safe all the way!"

Lai Shengchuan smiled and shook his head repeatedly, and everyone's hearts sank.

But I heard Lai Shengchuan say: "These silver coins have already arrived at the place where they should be. Why do you still need to escort me?"

Everyone was stunned.

Lai Shengchuan continued to smile and said: "These ten thousand taels are all given to you. Recruit troops and strengthen the escort agency again..."

Everyone was stunned. This was no longer "pie in the sky." What on earth did it fall? The room was silent, and only the excited gasps of shopkeeper Xu could be heard over the counter.

Chen Boqian pondered: "The customer first pays money to help the escort bureau grow, and then asks the escort bureau to help with bodyguards? Such a beautiful thing is unheard of. Mr. Lai directly stated the terms, is it a stock purchase or an acquisition?"

Lai Shengchuan took a slow sip of tea and said with a smile: "An old friend is helping me, so why should the chief escort be wary? If you don't buy shares or recruit people, the escort agency will still be yours. Just say hello if necessary."

Chen Boqian, neither humble nor arrogant, looked directly at Lai Shengchuan: "Chen runs an escort agency, not a gang. He has always been kind and law-abiding. Apart from escorting escorts to deliver goods, I'm afraid I can't help you with anything else. In a word: We only do business and don't listen to orders. If there is any problem,

OK, please take back this box of silver."

Lai Shengchuan's smile completely disappeared and he closed his eyes, seeming to be meditating and suppressing his anger.

Bai Peng was completely impressed by Mr. Chen's sense of justice. When he saw Mr. Chen's statement, he couldn't help but stood up: "Mr. Lai, our Mr. Chen said that we only do business and don't listen to orders! You

Take the money away! If you don't want to give up, I will take over as the acting chief escort!"
Chapter completed!