In the afternoon, Li Ye came to Yonghe Square. Near the gate of the square, he saw Daye Martial Arts School at a glance.
Daye Martial Arts School was a martial arts school jointly opened by Li Ye and Zhang Ping. Zhang Ping contributed his efforts and Li Ye contributed the money, and they opened this martial arts gym in a 50-50 split.
The martial arts gym is one of the three major gyms in Chang'an, namely the music hall, the martial arts hall and the polo hall. There are dozens of slightly famous martial arts halls in Chang'an.
The prosperity of martial arts schools is related to the recruitment system that started in the mid-Tang Dynasty. Generally, the salary of soldiers in the recruitment system is relatively high. For example, the Longwu Army recruits soldiers. The treatment is very good and the social status is high. Speaking of being a Longwu Army soldier, neighbors will look up to them.
Children from ordinary families in Chang'an, if they are not good at studying and not qualified to play polo, will send their children to a martial arts school to learn martial arts and wait until they are seventeen to take the military recruitment exam.
Among the various martial arts schools in Chang'an, they are generally divided into two categories, one is to recruit apprentices to earn some tuition fees, and the other is to make money by taking jobs from outside.
Daye Martial Arts School is the latter. It accepts disciples for free, but you have to do things with the owner. The owner eats meat, and the disciples can also drink some soup.
There are currently more than thirty disciples in the Daye Martial Arts School. Zhang Ping has recruited three local martial arts masters to teach the disciples how to practice martial arts. Sometimes, Zhang Ping's master Pei Min will come over to give pointers.
Daye Martial Arts Hall covers an area of about five acres, right next to the City God. It was originally a furniture shop. Li Ye spent a thousand guan to buy this land, and Zhang Ping occupied several acres of vegetable land behind the City God's Temple.
Yes, I gave the temple blessings two ounces of money every month, but the temple blessings turned a blind eye.
When Li Ye walked into the martial arts hall, he only heard the shouts of the disciples practicing boxing. The ones Zhang Ping recruited were all around fifteen or sixteen years old, and they were all children of poor families from several nearby villages.
Li Ye was standing in front of the window watching a group of disciples practicing martial arts. At this time, Zhang Ping, a tall and fat man, hurriedly walked over.
"Lao Li, why are you free to come here today?"
Li Ye smiled slightly and said, "I have something to ask you!"
"Let's go to the back and talk!"
Zhang Ping took Li Ye to the open space behind, where Li Ye used to practice martial arts. The land had been leveled, and Zhang Ping built a one-foot-high courtyard wall and set up a tent inside.
"I usually practice martial arts here!"
"Are you practicing with your hammer?"
Li Ye saw a long-handled copper hammer on the ground, weighing about forty pounds.
"I practice hammers, maces, maces, etc., mainly at night. Sometimes the master will come."
Li Ye nodded, went into the tent and sat down. Zhang Ping poured him a bowl of herbal tea and said with a wry smile: "A few days ago, I went to the countryside with Zuo County Lieutenant to prevent two villages from fighting for water. I was so tired that I started fighting with dogs.
Same thing, I only made 30 guan, and last night I helped a wealthy businessman collect a debt, and I made 20 guan by talking a few words. I have a full schedule for tomorrow and the day after, so I’m very busy recently.”
"Has Li Xun been looking for you? The Anranju Restaurant here in the West City was harassed and even threw cow dung into the well. It's very bad!"
Zhang Ping nodded, "He came to see me. In fact, we have almost found out the matter. We caught three scoundrels and beat them up. It was Changfeng Restaurant who paid these three scoundrels to do dirty things. Tomorrow I will
I will bring someone to accompany Uncle Wei to your door to ask for an explanation."
"There must be several Changfeng restaurants in Chang'an! What is its background?"
"Yuwen's restaurant!"
"Yuwen family?"
Li Ye was startled, "What a coincidence, I'm looking for you just to talk about the Yuwen family."
Zhang Ping asked in confusion: "What happened?"
"Have you heard about the Pingkangfang murder case? What happened a few days ago."
Zhang Ping nodded, "I've heard about it. I heard that he is the son of a senior official in Dali Temple."
Li Ye said calmly: "This case is more complicated. Let me put it simply. This case was actually planned by the Yang family. It targeted my grandfather and framed the blame on me. I became a suspect. Now I am fine, but this tone I
Can’t swallow.”
Zhang Ping's eyes widened and he said: "I understand, are you going to deal with the Yang family?"
Li Ye shook his head, "Now that the Yang family has the support of the emperor, although it is easy to deal with them, it will bring disaster to my family. I will not move them for now. My target is the Yuwen family."
Zhang Ping also knows that the background of this kind of matter is huge, and it is not for him, a small person, to intervene. He just needs to do things.
"Tell me! What do you want me to do?"
"I want you to send a disciple to monitor two people for me. One is Yuwen Siwu, and Yuan Xiao from the Yuan family. He used to be Yuwen Siwu's military advisor. I don't know now. I just want to know if they are still fooling around together.
That’s it.”
Zhang Ping nodded, "This is easy, I will arrange it tomorrow!"
"I'll go to Changfeng Restaurant tomorrow to ask for an explanation. I'll just go and leave it alone."
Li Ye was originally not interested in this matter, but the restaurant was owned by the Yuwen family, so he could not stay out of it.
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At noon the next day, Li Ye accompanied Li Wei to the West Changfeng Restaurant. Changfeng Restaurant is one of the top ten restaurants in Chang'an. It also has five or six branches in Chang'an. It is the property of the Yuwen family. Changfeng Restaurant is also located on the Restaurant Street of West City.
We happened to be face to face with An Ranju Wine.
Li Wei whispered to Li Ye: "Changfeng Restaurant has a bad reputation among colleagues in Chang'an. Several of Zhang Ping's apprentices were poached from his family. Although they have learned the dishes, they can't make them like ours."
The business in the West Market is not as good as ours, so they probably got angry and secretly hired scoundrels to harass our restaurant."
"Did Uncle Sixteen already guess it was them?"
Li Wei nodded, "As soon as it happened, I guessed that they did it!"
The two of them walked into the restaurant, and a bartender came forward to greet them and said with a smile: "You two, please go to the second floor. There are seats by the window."
Li Wei said calmly: "I'm looking for your shopkeeper Song, he should be here!"
"What do you want from me?"
Song Guan, the chief shopkeeper, came forward and recognized Li Wei at a glance. He quickly clasped his fists and said with a smile: "It turns out to be Mr. Li, a rare guest! A rare guest!"
Li Wei is currently the chief steward of three restaurants. He also has three shopkeepers who belong to the family representative level and have a higher status than the chief shopkeeper Song Guan.
Song Guan laughed dryly again and said: "Please come and sit inside!"
Li Wei shook his head and said: "Let me explain the matter clearly to you. The three scoundrels you bribed, Luo Xiaomao, Ma Chuchu and Wang Agen, have been caught by us. They confessed that you gave them ten guan of money each and let them use it.
Pig manure and cow manure are destroying our business.
First, I want you to apologize and promise that nothing like this will happen again; second, we were forced to close the store for three days and lost 750 guan in three days, and we also spent 80 guan on cleaning the well.
, you must compensate.”
Song Guan's face sank, "Who said it was us who instigated it? What evidence do you have? You just found three thieves and framed them on us. Do you think the Yuwen family can do whatever they want?"
The other party's attitude was as expected by Li Ye. He came out and said coldly: "We are polite first and then fight. If you insist on toasting and not eating and drinking fine wine, you can do it. Your Yuwen family can do it for the first grade of junior high school, and our Li family can do it."
Fifteen, I give you one last chance, do you accept it?"
"Fuck you!"
A young man walked down from the second floor. He was tall, with a sinewy face and extremely fierce eyes.
It was true that there were enemies on a narrow road, and the visitor was none other than Yu Wen Siwu, whose leg had been broken before.
It can be said that when enemies meet, they are extremely jealous. He stared at Li Ye with a fierce look in his eyes and said: "So what if I did it? Don't think that if you kill Sun Jiliang, I will be afraid of you and wait until you fall into my trap."
With my hands, I will let you know what it means to be unable to live and to die!"
Li Ye looked at Yuwen Siwu for a moment, shook his head, and said to Li Wei: "Uncle Sixteen, let's go!"
Li Wei also knew that it was impossible to reason with Yuwen Siwu.
He nodded and followed Li Ye.
When Song Guan heard that the other party was the main culprit in the Pingkangfang murder incident, he felt a little scared. He whispered: "Third Young Master, it is true that we have gone too far. Otherwise, we should go and talk to them!
"
Yuwen Siwu turned around and grabbed him by the chest, staring at him fiercely and saying, "Don't blame me for not warning you. If you dare to give in without permission, I will definitely break your legs myself!"
Coming out of Changfeng Restaurant, Li Wei whispered: "Xiannephew, I think let's forget it! Anyway, several scoundrels have been caught, and Changfeng Restaurant will not admit it even if they live or die."
Li Ye said calmly: "Uncle Sixteen will not have to worry about this matter. Within ten days, I will ask Changfeng Restaurant to apologize and double the compensation!"
Li Ye had already seen through that this Yuwen Siwu was Yu Wenjing's scumbag.