As the saying goes, the princes and generals of the Daxuan Kingdom are second only to the princes, but their treatment is basically the same as that of the princes, and their status is extremely noble.
Like most feudal dynasties in ancient times, in the Daxuan Dynasty, direct relatives with the same surname were granted the title of king, while those with different surnames were granted the title of marquis.
Since you are granted a title, you must have made great contributions to the country.
For example, Lu Jinming, the Marquis of Changping in Shangyuan City, had an ancestor who was the prefect of the previous dynasty.
When Emperor Daxuan Taizu attacked Shangyuan City, he not only offered to surrender, but also helped Emperor Taizu capture more than ten nearby cities, large and small.
Feeling his contribution, Taizu granted him the title of Marquis of Changping, and granted him a hereditary title and permanent residence in Shangyuan City.
The Daxuan Dynasty stipulated that princes were not allowed to recruit private soldiers, but they only enjoyed many privileges such as fiefdom and food.
But after all, he has the protection of the imperial power and is a noble and powerful person, so the local officials naturally respect him.
"It's been five days," the waiter continued to tell Xu Zun and others in the restaurant, "Miss Lu from the Hou Mansion is only 16 years old. She is alive and dead, but her body is not seen. Lord Hou, can he not be anxious?"
oh……
After listening, Xu Zun and Zhao Yuhuo Anu looked at each other and understood in their hearts that the urgent case they came to Shangyuan City to handle this time was probably the disappearance of the Marquis' daughter.
No wonder, even the governor came to Shangyuan City in person and asked himself, the newly appointed executioner, to rush over without stopping.
It turns out that such a case occurred.
The disappearance of Mr. Hou’s daughter is indeed a top-notch case!
"Then it can't be such an exaggeration, right?" Zhao Yu frowned, "Miss Houfu is a living person, she can't be hidden in a medicine shop drawer, right?"
"Oh... uncle, don't you understand this?" The waiter smiled bitterly and gestured to his pocket with his hand, "These soldiers are not looking for any young ladies!"
oh……
Xu Zun instantly realized that the commotion that had been going on for a long time was because these soldiers were taking advantage of the opportunity to make money in the name of looking for the lady of the Hou Mansion.
They deliberately turned the shops and residents' homes upside down and smashed things. In fact, they wanted to take advantage of the situation and steal valuable things for themselves!
At first, when the internal guards searched his house, they also took away a lot of things, but Cai Kun later asked his men to return them.
"Little brother," Xu Zun thought for a while and asked, "do you know how the Marquis's daughter disappeared?"
"This...I don't know this..."
The waiter shook his head and was about to say something when he suddenly saw several people coming in from outside the store. He was so frightened that he hurriedly ran away with his head lowered.
The next second, four men wearing sergeant armor were seen walking into the restaurant in a swaggering manner.
Judging from the clothes of these four people, they should all be higher-ranking commanders.
The leading man with a beard looked at Xu Zun and the others first, with a strange look in his eyes, and then shouted into the restaurant:
"Where are the people? Have you finished the meals I asked you to prepare? Do you still want to be cleaned up again?"
"Here...here!" A thin old man who looked like a boss ran out from behind the counter and said respectfully to several people, "Masters, I have prepared the best food in our store for you. Please use it slowly.
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As he said this, the waiters in the store lined up from the back kitchen and served these people sumptuous food and wine.
"Hmm..." Beard looked quite satisfied, and immediately sat down around the table with the other three people.
Among them, there was a red-faced soldier commander who was facing Xu Zun and others. When he saw Huo Anu, his eyes were immediately attracted and he said:
"Wow, what a beautiful foreign girl! Why haven't I seen her before?"
When he said this, several people all looked at Huo Anu, with lewd looks in their eyes.
Huo Anu immediately clenched the iron umbrella and wanted to say something to them, but Xu Zun quickly held her down.
They have just arrived and have not yet understood the situation, so they should not cause trouble.
"Second Brother," Zhao Yu, who is also a smooth person, immediately greeted the waiter, "Let's order!"
"Here we come, here we come..." The waiter who had chatted with them before hurried over and introduced the names of the dishes to them.
As a result, the four captains could not help but continue to eat and drink.
Who knows, at this moment, a little girl came down from upstairs.
The little girl looked about sixteen or seventeen years old, with long hair shawl, holding a pipa in her arms, and she looked like a performer.
Unexpectedly, her eyes are actually blind!
She groped the stairs, walked downstairs carefully, and asked in the direction of the counter:
"Boss, may I ask why my lunch hasn't been delivered yet?"
"Hey, girl..." the boss replied from inside the counter, "I'm sorry, I was delayed by something just now, we will do it for you now!"
The boss' so-called "something happened" was naturally because of these freeloading soldiers.
"Oh..." The little girl hugged Qin and slowly walked towards the counter, saying, "In that case, I'll eat from below, so as not to bother you to clean up later..."
The little girl was talking. Unexpectedly, when she passed by the captains, her beard suddenly grew ugly, and she even stretched out her leg and tripped the girl.
"Oh……"
The little girl couldn't see anything, so she tripped and fell to the ground. The pipa made a buzzing sound when it hit the ground!
"Oh my god..." Seeing the little girl fall, the bearded man complained to his red-faced companion, "What a great opportunity, why don't you hug her? Look at her fall! Why don't you hurry up and help her?
?Hahaha……"
"oh……"
Seeing the bearded man grinning evilly, the red-faced soldier realized it. He immediately turned around and reached out to grab the little girl's sensitive parts...
Snapped!
At this moment, Huo Anu couldn't stand it any longer. He immediately slapped the table and rushed out to fight the injustice.
"Anu!" Xu Zun held her down again and warned her forcefully, "Don't hit her too lightly!"
"ah?"
Huo Anu thought Xu Zun was trying to stop him and was about to have a fit, but he didn't expect Xu Zun to say such a thing.
Immediately afterwards, she saw Xu Zun pick up the chair, rush over with a quick stride, and hit the red-faced soldier commander directly on the head!
Bang!
With just one click, the chair fell apart. The red-faced soldier howled miserably and was slapped to the ground!
"ah!?"
The other three people were shocked and hurriedly stood up to draw their knives. But before they could pull out the knives, they suddenly saw a black iron umbrella coming towards them!
Afterwards, screams and screams rang out in the restaurant. Xu Zun, Huo Anu and Zhao Yu punched and kicked each other, and smashed their iron umbrellas wildly, making the four captains roll on the ground, whining and wailing...
"Oh, oh, oh... tsk tsk..."
Liu Dong smacked his lips and helped the blind girl up, while Xiwa helped pick up the pipa.
This sudden attack had already frightened the shopkeeper and the clerks. They never imagined that anyone would dare to hit the soldiers?
"Waiter, waiter," Liu Dong, after settling the blind girl, urged the waiter as if nothing was wrong, "Hurry up, take your order! Stop looking, what's there to see?"
"This..." The waiter was trembling all over and at a loss.
"stop!"
At this moment, a group of soldiers rushed in from outside. The soldiers showed their swords and surrounded Xu Zun and others!
"Stop it!" behind the soldiers, a burly officer rushed in and shouted to Xu Zun and the others, "Stop fighting!"
Seeing that he was surrounded, Xu Zun felt confident and kicked the bearded man in the face, and cursed loudly:
"You dare to beat the imperial official, you are so tired of living! Humph..."
