Cross the alley and come to another street. Compared with the main street here, this street is narrower and quieter, and the night is darker. There are only sporadic stalls with lanterns on one street.
The boss was sitting and dozing behind the fire when he heard footsteps and stood up rubbing his eyes.
"What would you like to eat?" he asked, looking at the four men who had already sat down at the table.
"Guozi, cut a plate of meat and bring a jug of wine." One of the men said loudly, stroking the thick beard on his chin.
The boss responded and went to work, took out the stewed meat from the pot, cut it quickly, made wine, put a plate of stuffed fruit, and sent it over.
The bearded man sitting in it and ordering food under the lamp was full of smiles and rubbed his hands eagerly.
"It's been a long time since I've eaten stuffed fruit from this restaurant." He said, and then extended his hand to the people on the table with a smile, "Quick, everyone, try it, although you are from Kyoto, I'm afraid you don't know the stuffed fruit from this restaurant." The fruit is the best."
The boss smiled in surprise and joy when he heard the words.
"The guest officer is really flattering." He said.
Originally, I wanted to babble a few more words, but the other three people on the table looked a little impatient.
"Go." One of them waved his hand and said.
The boss hurriedly backed away.
The bearded man who praised the deliciousness of the fruit was different from the three of them. He was already eating with chopsticks in a happy mood while pouring wine.
"Eat, eat, drink. Drink." He greeted enthusiastically, "I will pay today."
He pays, that is really a rare thing.
But the three people on the table didn't feel very excited, nor did they feel joy, each of them frowned with a bit of gloom.
"I said, do you have a letter from above?" A short and fat man in his forties whispered.
The bearded man who was chewing the stewed meat smoothed down the meat with a bowl of wine.
"You look down on people with your words." He said, "What kind of character is our leader? Once a word is made, it is hard to follow. Today it is said to chop eighty sticks of firewood. Tomorrow there will never be one less."
The boss squatting by the fire sighed in his heart. Was it chopping firewood
But now chopping wood has become a business that needs to be discussed
It was obviously a big business, at least for the three people sitting at the table, their expressions were very serious.
"We've paid all the money. You can be sure about the goods we want." Another man said, "Don't be in arrears for too long."
"I said no." The bearded man clicked his tongue and said, "Who is our leader? How could he do such a dishonorable thing."
"Who is your leader? You admire him so much?" Another man couldn't help asking curiously.
The bearded man had a face full of admiration.
"He is the most powerful person in the world." He said solemnly.
"I don't care whether he is the first or the second most powerful. As long as he gives me what I want as scheduled." The short and fat man said with a sad face.
"Liu Si, look at your guts, do a business, be generous." The bearded man held his chopsticks and patted him on the shoulder and said.
The man called Liu Si hadn't had time to speak yet. I saw the hand on my shoulder suddenly raised in one direction.
The two chopsticks flew into the night like sharp arrows.
It sounded like hitting a wall next to the street.
"Come out." The bearded man said, and he turned around.
He didn't get up, he just sat there with a big horse. looking in one direction.
"It's ugly to be sneaky, but it's not so clever to hide." He continued.
The other three men sitting at the table stood up nervously.
who
Miss Jun, who was standing behind a door, also tensed up. Looking at the two chopsticks not far away through the dim night.
The chopsticks were broken and scattered.
It can be seen how powerful the throwing is. If it is a human being, it is estimated that it has penetrated the flesh.
She held her breath and remained motionless. Just when she was suffocating, a small voice finally sounded in her ears, and five or six people suddenly appeared in the night on the street.
Miss Jun breathed out in her heart, but she still held her breath and remained motionless.
"who?"
Seeing these people surrounding them, the three men standing behind the bearded man asked in horror.
"Who else is he? He showed his weapon as soon as we met, which shows that he is not a good person." The bearded man said.
There was a crackling sound over there, but it turned out that the owner of the stall ran away.
At the same time, the lights of the other two stalls on the street were also turned off, and in a blink of an eye there were only these two confronting people left on the street.
"See, this is the quality of people in the capital." The bearded man's voice was somewhat admirable, "Jianghu affairs are handled by Jianghu, and they will scream in fright if they don't encounter some troubles. After all, big cities are used to big cities. scene."
At this time, do you still have the mood to comment on others
The three men standing behind him looked complicated and didn't seem to know how to respond.
"Friends, what are you trying to do?" The short and fat man shouted tremblingly, "Is there any misunderstanding?"
There was no answer, the bearded man clicked his tongue again.
"Are you blind, what can you think of? Cut your meat with a knife and serve you wine?" He said, staring at the three people again, "Tell you to be careful, have you been discovered when you enter the city? Attract your enemy to follow?"
yes, is it
"Doing this kind of business is shady, but it is tempting. I told you a long time ago. Several companies are vying to do it. Which one of you is not a ruthless character? Solving problems is simple and rude. Kill you, business It belongs to them." The bearded man said.
yes, yes.
The three of them looked restless and even more frightened.
"Well, what do we do then?" asked one.
"Fortunately, I am a man of good manners and loyalty." The bearded man said, "Since we have already done business, we are naturally in the same group."
As he spoke, he lifted his clothes and pulled out a knife from his back, and he also stood up.
"I've come to chop them up."
The three breathed a sigh of relief, but before they could speak, the bearded man turned his head again.
"However, you have to pay some money," he said.
Miss Jun, who was standing in the corner, rolled her eyes in the night.
Ha ha.
she said in her heart.
just know.
She knew, but the three of them obviously hadn't reacted yet.
"Why, why?" the chunky man blurted out.
Isn't it about rules and loyalty... Do rules and loyalty also cost money
"You also know our rules." The bearded man said solemnly, "We charge money for chopping everything else except firewood. I have to be worthy of my knife and the rules of our leader."
That's it.
"You can think about it again..." the bearded man said, putting away the knife, it looked like he was going to insert it back again.
Even if they yelled to attract Xuncheng, there was no guarantee that Xuncheng would be able to rescue them from the knife in time.
Even if you run, you can't run at all.
The three men felt their scalps tingling as they watched the approaching night, the noiseless and ghostly comer, especially the gleaming weapons in their hands.
This is not the time to think and consider.
"Okay, okay, give me the money." They said hurriedly.
"Then according to the rules, and these people..." the bearded man said, looking at the approaching men as if looking at a piece of goods, "The skills are good, and the weapons are not bad. Five hundred taels each of you."
After he finished speaking, he turned to look at the three men.
"Cash or bill?"
Brother!
I beg you!
"Pay now!" The three men were about to cry, and they said in unison, trembling, they took out the bank notes from their sleeves, "Pay now."
The bearded man took the banknote and squeezed it, as if he wanted to look at the lamp.
"Brother!" The three men shouted in unison, and they also hid back.
Those five or six people were already approaching, and all the weapons in their hands were slashing at them.
The bearded man didn't dodge short, he stuffed the banknote into his arms, and he stepped forward to meet him, slashing straight with the knife in his hand.
There was a crackling sound, and the weapons collided with flames.