The two of them helped each other, and after going back and forth, they became much closer, and they returned to the front hall together arm in arm.
When I was about to go upstairs, I suddenly heard a powerful voice.
"Grandma, this place is really crowded. Are the people from Wangchun Tower coming here to eat?"
"Haha, not only are there many people in this place, but the food is also delicious. I'm going to be the host today, so I'll treat my brother to a drink before he's done with it!"
"Hmph! No matter how good it is, it can't be as good as Cuiweilou. What's the feeling of drinking without a woman by your side?"
"Brother, I don't know. The female shopkeeper here is more exciting than the number one in Cuiweilou. She can take your soul away with just one glance! Look, it's that woman!"
Yang Ying didn't want to pay attention to it at first, but when he heard the voice, he turned his head and looked at it, with a look of disgust on his face.
The two people talking were wearing green military uniforms, and they were clearly several Ximen sergeants.
The leader was a horse-faced man. After he saw Yang Ying, he couldn't take his eyes away. His eyes were fixed on her plump breasts.
"Haha, she is really beautiful! Hey, lady! Come over and drink with the military master, and the military master will reward you with money!" the horse-faced man said with a lewd smile.
Another Ximen soldier hurriedly pulled the horse-faced man and said in a low voice: "Brother, the waiters in this restaurant are very tight. It's better not to provoke them, just take a look at them!"
The horse-faced man angrily rebuked: "You kid is really getting better and better as you live. Only others have never dared to provoke our Ximen Army. What do we have to be afraid of!"
"Brother, this is the north of the city, and it's close to the North Gate Thousand Households Office. It's better not to cause trouble!"
The horse-faced man was used to running rampant in the west of the city. He snorted and said: "If we don't mess with his Beimen Army, he won't even think of messing with us! Okay, stop blabbering and go get the female shopkeeper over to accompany me."
, the girl next to you is a little bit worse, please bring her over too!"
Mrs. Xu was so frightened that she turned pale. Yang Ying patted her back and said softly: "Don't be afraid, it's just a few wild dogs." She turned towards the back hall and shouted: "Liu Zhuang, come out to work!" Not long after he finished speaking, a dozen men in their forties came out of the inner hall. They all rolled up their sleeves, approached the horse-faced men, and surrounded them.
The drinkers on the side were not surprised by this, and they all hated Ximen Jun's domineering behavior, and they all applauded.
Yang Ying didn't even bother to look at it, and took Mrs. Xu back to the private room.
After the conversation just now, Mrs. Xu obviously relaxed a lot. She sat with Yang Ying and He Xiaomei. The men next to her talked about military and national affairs, and the three women talked about trivial matters.
After half of the banquet, several people had eaten, drank, and talked happily, so they were ready to leave.
When he left the house, the monkey saw Li Er wearing a big bamboo hat on his head and couldn't help but joke.
"Brother Li, you almost never enter the city when you don't have military orders. Whenever you enter the city, you have to wear a big hat. Are you afraid of being recognized?"
Li Er smiled, lowered the brim of his hat, and said, "I'm used to it."
While they were talking, several people left the restaurant. It was windy outside. He Xiaomei was shivering because she was wearing less clothes. Zhao Desheng quickly took off his coat and put it on her.
Yang Xing ordered his assistant to bring a carriage. Xu and He Xiaomei both got on the carriage, while Li Er and Zhao Desheng each rode a horse.
The monkey bowed his hands towards the two of them and was about to say goodbye to them.
At this moment, dozens of Ximen soldiers came running from a distance, led by the horse-faced man just now. His face was bruised and swollen, it was obvious that he had just been beaten!
Those people came very quickly and surrounded them in a blink of an eye. The horse-faced man stared at Yang Ying and said with a ferocious smile: "You bitch, you dare to go against our Ximen Army. I will demolish your shabby restaurant tonight!" As soon as he finished speaking, a subordinate next to him suddenly came to his ear and whispered: "Brother, that skinny monkey-like person seems to be a member of the Beimen Army!"
The horse-faced man's expression changed slightly and he looked towards the monkey, just in time to see him staring at him coldly.
"You Ximen Army are doing evil in the west of the city. I have no control over it. You dare to come to the north of the city to cause trouble. You really don't know how to live or die!"
Although the horse-faced man was irritable, he also knew that he would suffer a loss if he fought with the Beimen Army here. He tried to maintain his dignity and said, "What does that woman have to do with you?"
As long as the other party reveals the relationship, he will use the slope to give the other party face and take the opportunity to retreat.
The monkey ignored him at all and looked towards the street, only to see a patrol team from the North Gate Army running over in the distance.
"Qian Donkey, how did you patrol and let these wild dogs enter the north of the city?" the monkey yelled angrily.
The patrolling Qianluzi heard from the people that a large number of Ximen troops had entered the north of the city, so he hurried over slowly. Unexpectedly, he was punished as soon as he arrived.
When he got closer and took a look, his heart skipped a beat. Hou Qianhu, Li Qianhu, and Zhao Qianhu were all here, including their family members. No wonder Hou Qianhu lost his temper!
He was full of anger and immediately vented it on Ximen Jun, roaring: "Brothers, beat me hard!"
Unexpectedly, the horse-faced man didn't know that the other party wouldn't even get down the slope, so he said anxiously: "I am a member of the Ximen Army. If you dare to make a move, you are declaring war on our Ximen Army!"
Qian Luzi sneered: "Declare war when we declare war. We in Longtan Village could beat your Qingyi Village to pieces before, but now we can beat your Ximen Army to pieces!"
With a greeting, all the North Gate troops swarmed forward and quickly knocked all the Ximen troops to the ground. The people watching the excitement cheered.
Li Er was afraid of scaring his wife, so he said to Zhao Desheng: "Brother Zhao, let's go back to Zhuangzi quickly. It's almost the second watch."
As soon as he fell, the horse-faced man who was struggling with several Beimen soldiers was shaken and turned to look at him.
Li Er was riding on the horse, and his face could not be covered by his bamboo hat. The moonlight fell and shone on his face, illuminating his resolute face clearly.
The horse-faced man's pupils shrank, his hand movements stopped, and he was immediately defeated by the Beimen Army.
Li Er didn't notice him, and he and Zhao Desheng stood beside the carriage, heading towards the city gate.
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"Bang!" Zhang Mingjian punched the table and said solemnly: "They actually refused again. It's really unreasonable!"
Zhang Yangquan just wrote a reply, saying that he has been very busy recently and declined Kang Lian's invitation.
Kang Lian put down the tea cup and said sadly: "It seems that they are determined to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers. I have a plan that can make their dreams come true!"
Zhang Mingjian asked urgently: "How to do it?"
Kang Lian chuckled and said: "Tomorrow we will go to Qinji Restaurant as usual, and send two people to pretend to be Zhang Yangquan and Qin Lingjun to attend the banquet. They want to put aside their relationship with us, it's not that easy!"
Zhang Mingjian said in confusion: "Is this okay?"
Kang Lian said: "This matter is not for Zhang Yangquan to see, but for Huang Boyan to see. As long as he believes it, Zhang Yangquan will not be able to clean himself up even if he jumps into the Yellow River. He can only come and cooperate with us!"
Zhang Mingjian was silent. Based on past experience, he felt that Zhang Yangquan and Qin Lingjun were not that easy to deal with.
At this moment, Zhang Zhaolong came to the study, with a happy face, and said something in Zhang Mingjian's ear.
Zhang Mingjian stood up suddenly and said in surprise: "Seriously?"
Zhang Zhaolong said happily: "That brother used to be a personal soldier of Zhao Jun. He is very familiar with Sesame Li. He can see clearly. He can't be wrong!"
Kang Lian hurriedly asked: "Zhang Qianhu, what happened?"
Zhang Mingjian laughed and said: "My men found Sesame Li among Zhang Yangquan's Beimen Army!"
Kang Lian lost his voice and said: "Sesame Li? Isn't he dead?"
"Who has seen his body?" Zhang Mingjian put away his smile, snorted, and said: "Zhang Yangquan, Zhang Yangquan! You are really smart. How dare you take in someone like Sesame Li? Are you not afraid of being turned away?"<
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"Are you sure Zhang Qianhu is Zhima Li? Don't mistake him for the wrong person." Kang Lian was still worried.
Zhang Mingjian smiled and said nothing. He had hundreds of men who had returned from the Red Scarf Army. The man who saw Sesame Li happened to be Zhao Junyong's own soldier, so there was no mistaking him.
Seeing that he was confident, Kang Lian rolled his eyes and said: "Then it's best. We can use this matter to threaten Zhang Yangquan and make him have to cooperate with us!"
Zhang Mingjian laughed wildly and said: "Threat? I want to expose this matter!"
Kang Lian was surprised and said: "I'm afraid the General Manager's Mansion won't be able to accommodate him!"
Zhang Mingjian glanced at him sideways and said, "What does Kang Zhangshu think the prince will do?"
Kang Lian pondered for a while and said: "The prince already has an old grudge against Zhang Yangquan, and if something like this happens again, I'm afraid he won't tolerate it anymore!"
"So King Zhennan will use the same method to deal with Daheng Miao, right?"
Kang Lian thought for a moment and said, "It's very possible."
Zhang Mingjian's eyes flashed with inexplicable brilliance, and he grinned: "Zhang Yangquan and Qin Lingjun are not idiots like Miao Daheng, and they will never sit back and wait for death! Then King Zhennan will definitely send Huang Boyan to destroy the Beimen Army, right?"
"This..." Kang Lian frowned and said, "It is possible, but Zhang Yangquan is likely to return to Longtan Village, and then we will have to deal with Huang Boyan alone!"
Zhang Mingjian waved his hands and said: "Absolutely impossible! Zhang Yangquan and Qin Lingjun have been operating in Jiangdu for so long, and they will never give up easily. They will definitely fight Huang Boyan!"
"This is just your guess!"
Zhang Mingjian laughed and said: "This is not a guess, but an understanding of them. It is because of these tricks that I, Zhang Mingjian, am alive today!"