At this time, the diners in the restaurant were no longer in a hurry to line up for a seat, and they all stretched their necks to look towards Emperor Mingxi and his group.
The passage to the private rooms on the second floor was already packed with diners who came to watch the fun.
Emperor Mingxi and the Empress sat upright in their seats, their faces showing neither joy nor anger, appearing quite calm.
After a while, a burst of messy footsteps was heard.
"Captain Zhang is here! Make way!" someone shouted.
The fat and big-eared shopkeeper also changed his aggressive demeanor and made a gesture of invitation with a friendly face.
A burly captain of the police came in with four detectives.
Captain Zhang is in charge of the public security in this area.
"I heard that someone pretended to be the current emperor and the current queen, swindling people, eating for free, and even injuring people?" Captain Zhang asked in a deep voice.
"Yes, yes, that's right." The shopkeeper responded quickly.
"It was them. The man and woman pretended to be the emperor and empress, and the brat pretended to be Princess Anguo."
Captain Zhang looked at the people in the room and squinted his eyes, shouting, "How dare you, swindling and deceiving people in front of the emperor, even pretending to be the current emperor? I think you are really tired of living."
"Come here, arrest these people and interrogate them thoroughly to find out who these scammers are."
Captain Zhang gave the order, and four young detectives immediately stepped forward, pretending to arrest a few people.
"How can this be!" Debao shouted angrily.
"Open your dog eyes and look. The Emperor and Empress are here. How dare you act rashly?!"
The four young detectives were startled by Debao's confident look and froze for a moment.
The leading constable turned to look at Captain Zhang and said, "Boss, they can't really be the Emperor and Empress, right?"
Captain Zhang waved his hand dismissively and said, "You fool! Don't you think about it? If the Emperor and Empress really came here to assess the people's sentiments, would they only bring these few people? Would they not even be able to afford food?"
"Don't listen to that droopy voice to scare people. Just go ahead and catch him. I'll take care of anything that happens. I've seen plenty of scum like this who cheat people and eat and drink for free."
Captain Zhang patted his chest, looking confident, and casually pulled out a pipe from his waist.
The shopkeeper attentively lit a cigarette for Captain Zhang and said with a smile, "Our shop is very much thanks to Captain Zhang's care."
After receiving the guarantee from their immediate superior, the four young detectives immediately became bolder. They pulled out the iron chains from their arms and went towards Emperor Mingxi and the Empress.
Emperor Mingxi's expression remained calm. After glancing at the few young detectives, he said coldly, "I advise you not to act rashly. One misstep can lead to eternal regret!"
The four young detectives glanced at each other, as if trying to capture affirmative information from their companions' eyes to give themselves courage.
Debao and Sangqi stood in front of the Emperor and Empress with stern expressions, shouting, "Don't come any closer, or we'll be rude!"
"Four against two, we still have knives, you two should retreat quickly!" The leading young constable laughed.
In the midst of the stalemate, there were two "whoosh" sounds and two black shadows jumped in from the window.
"Your Majesty, I am late in rescuing you. Please forgive me!" Two black shadows knelt on one knee and said to Emperor Mingxi.
"Get up, you are not too late." Emperor Mingxi waved his hand.
[Wow, it’s Cheng Feng and Ying Chen! This is great!] Xia Miaoyuan clapped her hands happily when she saw they were old acquaintances.
The four young constables in the room and the people at the door were all severely frightened.
What?! He's so skilled? He could even jump in through a second-floor window?!
"Don't think you can be arrogant just because helpers are here. With Captain Zhang here, none of you can escape!" The shopkeeper pretended to be calm and shouted loudly.
Captain Zhang: I didn’t say anything. I didn’t say anything.
"You bunch of idiots, the current emperor is here, and you dare to offend him like this? Are you tired of living?"
Cheng Feng took out a gold medal from his arms and showed it to the people at the door, shouting sternly while showing it.
"Everyone, look carefully! This is the badge of the Emperor's secret guard!"
Captain Zhang grabbed the gold medal, looked at it carefully, put it in his mouth and bit it. Seeing the teeth marks on the gold medal, he confirmed that it was indeed pure gold, and his heart began to beat fast.
The shopkeeper peeked at the tooth marks on the gold medal and grumbled, "Are these scammers that hardworking these days? Even fake medals are made of real gold."
Xia Miaoyuan sat on the Queen's lap, rolling her eyes fiercely: "These guys are really hopeless. They even took out their secret guard badges, but they still can't recognize the true God."
At this moment, there was a commotion on the street below. The gongs were banging loudly, and a loud male voice was shouting, "Lord Zhao Yin has arrived. Everyone please stay away!"
Xia Miaoyuan slid down from the Queen's lap, ran to the window, stood on a chair and looked out. It turned out that it was the sedan chair of the Jingzhao Yin passing by on the street.
Debao also came over to take a look and said to Emperor Mingxi, "It's the Jingzhao Yin who's passing by."
Emperor Mingxi winked at Cheng Feng and Ying Chen, and they nodded in understanding.
With two "whoosh" sounds, the two of them jumped out of the window again.
"Why did you run away?" The shopkeeper rushed into the room holding the gold medal and shouted at the figures of Cheng Feng and Ying Chen.
Captain Zhang followed closely behind and came to the window to watch.
Cheng Feng and Ying Chen stopped the sedan chair of Jingzhao Yin downstairs.
Jingzhao Yin got down from the sedan chair, and was immediately grabbed by the shoulders by Cheng Feng and Ying Chen on the left and right, and flew towards the second-floor window.
"They have arrested the Jingzhao Yin!" Captain Zhang was horrified.
"Get out of the way!" Cheng Feng shouted loudly, and then Jingzhao Yin was thrown in from the window.
Cheng Feng and Ying Chen followed closely and jumped in.
"Ouch! What are you doing? I almost fell to death!" Jingzhao Yin cried out in pain and rubbed his old waist.
The shopkeeper and Constable Zhang quickly helped the Jingzhao Yin up and asked, "Master Liu, are you okay?"
"You even dare to offend the Jingzhao Yin. You are truly lawless!" The shopkeeper pointed at Cheng Feng and Ying Chen and cursed.
"Lord Liu!" Emperor Mingxi called out coldly.
The Jingzhao Yin finally came back to his senses from the shock and looked towards the position of Emperor Mingxi.
"Ah! Your Majesty! Your humble servant pays homage to Your Majesty and Your Majesty the Empress!" Jingzhao Yin, regardless of his back pain, hurriedly pushed aside the shopkeeper and Constable Zhang, knelt on the ground with a plop, and saluted Emperor Mingxi.
"What...what, you call him the emperor?" The shopkeeper was so shocked that his jaw dropped, and he asked the Jingzhao Yin stutteringly.
Captain Zhang was also terrified and pale: "Master Liu, is he really the emperor?"
The four young constables were so frightened that their legs went weak and kept shaking.
"What are you still standing there for? Why don't you kneel down and pay your respects to the Emperor and the Empress? How come you don't even know this little bit of etiquette?" Jingzhao Yin looked up and glanced at the people in the room and complained.
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