"Official Zhou, you are here. Your seat is reserved for you. Please take a seat."
Although Zhao Pan'er was busy, when she saw Zhou Chen coming in, she immediately went over to greet Zhou Chen enthusiastically.
After Zhou Chen sat down, he asked: "Is it still the same as yesterday?"
"Let's try another one. Take a look."
Zhou Chen casually said that he had drunk almost all the tea here at Zhao's Tea Shop for so long.
"Okay, please wait a moment. I'll be here soon."
Zhou Chen sat quietly near the river, and Qin Yi sat down opposite him.
Zhou Huai is now being trained by Zhang Heng and others, so Qin Yi follows Zhou Chen to serve him.
"relax."
Qin Yi had a resolute face. Although Zhou Chen asked him to relax, he did not dare to really relax. After a while, his eyes would unconsciously scan around the tea shop.
As Zhou Chen's personal guard captain, he has almost developed an instinct to protect Zhou Chen.
After the tea and fruit cakes were served, Zhou Chen drank and ate while reading seriously.
His behavior has become the norm. People who often come to Zhao's tea shop to drink tea are basically aware of this strange person Zhou Chen.
Zhou Chen was immersed in the book, but Qin Yi remained vigilant. Suddenly, his eyes froze.
"Son."
"What's wrong?"
Zhou Chen asked without raising his head.
Qin Yi whispered: "Gu Qianfan, the 'Living Yama' of the Imperial City Division whom I met last time in Tokyo, why is he here?"
Zhou Chen immediately paused, closed the book, and turned his head to look over.
As expected, the person who came was Gu Qianfan, probably because in Qiantang, a place far away from Tokyo, he had no cover at all.
"Don't worry about him and keep drinking your tea."
Zhou Chen smiled slightly, knowing that Gu Qianfan's appearance at Zhao's Tea Shop meant that the plot had officially begun.
It's funny to say that if you want to overthrow the current Saint Queen with a picture of a night banquet, I can only say that the person who planned this is a bit too naive.
How could the emperor not know whether Queen Liu Wan had lost her virginity?
Gu Qianfan followed Lao Jia, a subordinate of the Imperial City Department, into Zhao's tea shop. After finding a seat and sitting down, he began to look at the people and objects in the tea shop.
Lao Jia asked in a low voice: "Commander, do you think this place is not quiet enough? I have heard that you are good at tea. This Zhao's Tea House is the best in Qiantang. The tea is fragrant and the fruits are good. The lady who runs the shop is even more stunning and everything is complete."
After hearing this, Gu Qianfan couldn't help but look at Zhao Pan'er.
Under the watchful eyes of the guests, Zhao Pan'er began to show off her skills and performed her specialty, tea show, which attracted a group of people's exclamations.
When Zhao Pan'er finished, Lao Jia shouted loudly: "Madam shopkeeper, two cups of green phoenix marrow."
"Okay, I'll be here soon."
When Zhao Pan'er brought the green phoenix marrow over, Gu Qianfan took a closer look at it unscrupulously.
After Zhao Pan'er put down the tea and preserves and turned to leave, he spoke with a look of disdain.
"Is this what you call stunning?"
Lao Jia smiled like an aunt: "Ah."
Seeing the disdain on Gu Qianfan's face, he added: "Country women, of course, cannot be compared with the pink beauties in the capital."
Gu Qianfan said: "When you finish this task, I will transfer you back to Tokyo and let you wash your eyes well."
Lao Jia was immediately overjoyed: "Really? Thank you so much for the conductor."
The two people were busy talking to each other, completely unaware that Zhao Pan'er, who was not far away, had turned completely black. She gave them both a hard look and walked towards the kitchen with a plate in hand.
Gu Qianfan didn't talk much about this topic, and instead talked about eucalyptus with Lao Jia.
This time he came all the way from Tokyo to Qiantang in order to investigate the Queen's loss of virginity. The first task was to find the night banquet picture. However, they had already found Wei Ying, the magistrate of Renhe County, who was confessed, but the night banquet picture was not on Wei Ying.
In the end, Wei Ying confessed that the night banquet picture was in the hands of Yang Zhiyuan, the transfer judge on the Liangzhe Road. However, since Yang Zhiyuan was not of low rank, they could not arrest it directly and had to look for it secretly.
It's a pity that the people they sent out didn't find it, and Lao Jia didn't dare to ask for it directly, so he still hasn't got the night banquet map.
Gu Qianfan took a sip of tea and was about to speak when his expression suddenly froze and his eyes fixed on the table by the river.
Gu Qianfan raised his hand: "Don't make any noise, I saw someone I know."
After learning that he had traveled to the world of Menghualu, Zhou Chen had already added three points to each of the remaining eighteen attributes, and after using twelve points, six attributes were left.
Now his fourth dimension is quite high, and he has also mastered the Pure Yang Technique. Although he cannot compare with the world of Langya Bang, he is already at the top in this world.
So much so that his five senses are now extremely sharp. If someone takes a few breaths of him at close range, he can immediately sense it.
Realizing that someone was watching him, Zhou Chen turned his head, picked up the tea cup, gestured slightly to Gu Qianfan who was not far away, and then took a sip.
After Gu Qianfan saw Zhou Chen's appearance, he suddenly looked shocked, but then he remained calm, picked up the wine glass, toasted Zhou Chen, and then looked away.
"Why is he here? Is it because of the night banquet? It shouldn't be."
Of course Gu Qianfan knew Zhou Chen. They were in the same batch of Jinshi at the beginning. Later, after Zhou Chen became famous, he was also very familiar with him. Even though he had not met him a few times, he had a deep impression and could recognize him immediately after meeting him.
But what he was curious about was how Zhou Chen appeared in Qiantang. Although he was very suspicious, he felt that Zhou Chen probably didn't come here for the night banquet.
"Commander, what did you say? Do you know that person, Commander?"
Lao Jia naturally noticed the interaction between Gu Qianfan and Zhou Chen, which made him very curious, because he knew that this was Gu Qianfan's first time in Qiantang, so how could he be an acquaintance?
"Do you want me to go investigate?"
Gu Qianfan glared at him and scolded: "You are looking for death. Go investigate him. Even I can't afford to offend him, so you still want to offend him?"
"hiss."
Lao Jia took a breath. Gu Qianfan was already a great figure in his eyes. If even Gu Qianfan couldn't afford to offend someone, he certainly couldn't afford to offend him.
Gu Qianfan couldn't figure out Zhou Chen's purpose of coming to Qiantang, but he felt wary in his heart.
"Old Jia, without further delay, we need to get the night banquet picture from Yang Zhiyuan as soon as possible, otherwise things may change later."
"Then shall we ask for it by force?"
"us……"
Gu Qianfan was about to speak when suddenly there was a commotion and chaos outside, and then he saw a group of bandits armed with sharp knives rushing into the tea shop, followed by a group of government officials.
Seeing that there was no way out, these bandits who were being chased by the government officials immediately raised their sharp blades and pointed them at the guests in the tea shop, with the blades placed on their necks.
Because Zhou Chen and Qin Yi were close to the inside, no gangsters approached, but Qin Yi stood up immediately and blocked Zhou Chen. He scanned the gangsters with vigilant eyes and put his hands in his clothes.
Be prepared to draw your weapon at any time.
But because there was no order from Zhou Chen, he did not take action immediately.
Gu Qianfan and the other two people over there were also held hostage by sharp knives. Old Jia took Gu Qianfan's signal and did not act rashly.
The worst thing happened to Zhao Pan'er. One moment she was serving tea to the guests. At this moment, she was held hostage by the gangsters, and the blade of the knife was pressed against her neck. She was so frightened that her face turned pale and she dared not move.
The government officials also rushed in, angrily yelled at the bandits, and told them to surrender and release the hostages.
But how could the gangsters listen to them and use hostage threats to suppress them? In the end, these government officials actually put down their weapons and exited the teahouse. They were really very obedient.
Zhou Chen couldn't help but shake his head after watching this, especially when he heard the gangsters negotiating terms with the government officials, asking for five fast horses, which gave him the illusion of watching a modern confrontation between police and gangsters.
Zhao Paner's heart was also pounding. In order to save her life, she lured the gangster with money. The gangster was indeed fooled and followed her to withdraw the money.
But after walking a few steps, she suddenly shouted: "Sanniang, copper basin."
The next moment, a copper basin flew out from the kitchen and hit one of the gangsters on the head. With a bang, he was knocked to the ground.
In an instant, the war started, and Zhao Pan'er took action at the same time, attracting all the bandits. The guests took the opportunity to escape, except Zhou Chen's table and Gu Qianfan's table.
Zhou Chen stopped reading and looked at the chaotic tea shop with interest. Zhao Pan'er, who was moving his hands, looked very graceful.
Originally, he was ready to admire it for a while, but in order to avoid the gangster's attack, Zhao Pan'er ran to Zhou Chen's table in a panic. In order to avoid the blade, he lost his balance and stumbled onto the table.
Zhou Chen, with quick eyesight and quick hands, suddenly stood up and reached out, grabbed Zhao Pan'er, and pulled her towards him. He also took advantage of the situation and grabbed Zhao Pan'er's waist.
"Qin Yi, do it."
After receiving the order, Qin Yi took action boldly and kicked away the bandit who attacked Zhao Pan'er. Then, like a tiger out of its cage, he killed the remaining bandits.
Qin Yi is the captain of Zhou Chen's personal guard. Besides Zhou Chen, he has the highest strength value. Even if the five gangsters are armed with sharp blades, they are still no match for Qin Yi, not to mention the help of the extremely powerful Sun Sanniang.
In just a dozen breaths, all five gangsters were brought down.
The government officials rushed into the tea shop and arrested all five private salt dealers. The tea shop also returned to calm.
Zhao Pan'er stared at this scene with her mouth open. It was the first time Qin Yi came to Zhao's Tea Shop with Zhou Chen, so she didn't know that Qin Yi's martial arts was so high. When she saw it now, she was really surprised.
Then she felt something was wrong. She looked down and saw that Zhou Chen's hand was actually on her waist, and she was leaning in Zhou Chen's arms. This made her tremble all over and quickly left Zhou Chen.
"Guan Zhou, thank you very much just now."
Zhou Chen chuckled and said: "You're welcome, it's just a little effort, but a lot of things were destroyed here, and it seems that you have sorted them out."
Zhao Pan'er said calmly: "It's just something external to the body. If it's damaged, just damage it. As long as the person is fine."
Qin Yi solved the bandits and saw Zhou Chen talking to Zhao Pan'er but did not approach.
He had heard Zhou Huai say it more than once that their Marquis had a special regard for Mrs. Zhao in the tea shop. It could be seen from Zhou Chen's actions just now that Zhou Huai was indeed right.
At this moment, the leader, the suppressed one, suddenly walked towards Qin Yi and asked with a vigilant face: "I see you are a practitioner. Where are you from? Tell me your name."
Qin Yi didn't speak, but looked at Zhou Chen. Zhou Chen didn't want to reveal his identity, so he looked at Gu Qianfan and gestured to him.
Gu Qianfan understood this and told Lao Jia: "Go and deal with the government servants."
Without hesitation, Lao Jia immediately walked towards the yamen servant and dragged the yamen servant directly outside the tea shop to communicate.
Gu Qianfan walked towards Zhou Chen and without saying a word, he bowed first.
"Gu Qianfan, the commander of the Imperial City Department, has met Marquis Zhongyong."
At this time, apart from Zhou Chen, Gu Qianfan and Qin Yi, only Zhao Pan'er and Sun Sanniang were left in the room.
As soon as Gu Qianfan said these words, Zhao Pan'er and Sun Sanniang immediately widened their eyes and looked at Zhou Chen in disbelief.
"Zhong, Zhongyong Hou, Hou Ye?" Sun Sanniang murmured in shock.
Zhou Chen also saw Zhao Paner's shocked expression, smiled slightly, and said to Gu Qianfan: "Gu Qianfan, you are from the Imperial City Department, not my subordinate, so there is no need to be so polite."
Gu Qianfan cupped his hands and said, "This is what I should do. Just what the Marquis has done is enough to earn my respect and admiration."
Zhou Chen knew that he was talking about things on the border battlefield.
"Commander Gu is a very busy man. He came all the way from Tokyo to Qiantang, presumably to attend an event, right?"
"I do have some official business to do. I don't know why the Marquis is here. If necessary, I can help you a little."
Zhou Chen said: "It's nothing, it's just that one of my personal guards went back to his hometown to visit relatives. It just so happened that I also stayed in Tokyo for more than two years and didn't go out. This time I came with him for a walk. I didn't expect to meet Commander Gu. What a fate.
"
"On your side, it's really hard for you to come all the way to Qiantang to do the work."
"Eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor are all what a lower official should do."
Gu Qianfan didn't quite believe that Zhou Chen was just here to visit relatives with his subordinates, but since Zhou Chen didn't want to say anything, he wasn't prepared to ask further questions. After saying a few more words to Zhou Chen, he turned around and left with Lao Jia.
After Gu Qianfan and the others left, Sun Sanniang dared to say anything, but her attitude was completely different from before. She was very respectful and her tone became cautious.
"You, are you Lord Zhongyong?"
Zhou Chen chuckled and said, "Why, don't I look the same?"
Sun Sanniang waved her hands repeatedly: "No, no, you look like you, very much like you. When Pan'er saw you for the first time, he told me that you have extraordinary bearing and must be a noble man. But, I still didn't expect that you actually
It's Mr. Hou, this is too scary."
At this time, Zhao Pan'er saluted Zhou Chen respectfully: "Zhao Pan'er, a country woman, has met Marquis Zhongyong. She didn't know the identity of the Marquis before and neglected the Marquis. If the Marquis wants to blame me, then blame me alone."
, has nothing to do with Sanniang."
Zhou Chen felt doubly amused: "In your eyes, am I the kind of unreasonable person?"