Chapter 2734 Sharp Voice
Tao Jianbai wanted to ask more questions, but Brother Chen was no longer bothered to answer his questions. He led a group of people and walked forward quickly. Tao Jianbai had no choice but to follow.
After walking for a while, they arrived at Jing'anfang.
This place is different from the other markets around here. The other markets are mostly residential, but here are mostly restaurants and diners. Even though it is past dinner time, there are still many customers sitting in many restaurants, and some waiters are standing at the door, still enthusiastically soliciting customers.
Brother Chen led them straight to one of the newly opened restaurants - Zuixianju.
Tao Jianbai is no stranger to this place.
He and his Jinyiwei brothers had met here for drinks when they were not on duty. The food and wine in this restaurant were better and more expensive than those in other places, and were definitely not something that this group of ordinary people could afford.
What are they doing here?
Could it be that something happened inside and they needed to come over?
Tao Jianbai took a quick look inside. There were only a few tables of guests drinking in the lobby on the first floor. They were all quiet and it didn't look like anything had happened.
When he was wondering, they had already walked to the door of the restaurant, but did not go in. Brother Chen stood at the door and looked inside, then turned his head and looked at a small tavern opposite. This one looked cheaper, and most of the people sitting inside drinking were ordinary people.
Brother Chen waved his hand and led them into the tavern.
Tao Jianbai felt even more strange. When Brother Chen and the others were chatting with the owner of the tavern and were about to go upstairs, he looked back and saw several familiar figures walking to the door of the tavern.
Upon closer inspection, it was the deputy hall masters who had been following the hall master these days and sitting in the chairs on both sides of the hall whenever the hall master gave a lecture.
Their clothes were more elegant than these people's. As soon as they walked to the door, the waiter came out to greet them attentively.
"Dear guests, what would you like to order?"
A few people looked at each other and said as they walked in, "Bring a pot of wine and some delicious dishes."
“Here I come!”
The waiter originally wanted to ask them to sit by the window, but several people sat at a seat in the corner of the lobby.
This location is right opposite the stairs.
The waiter came with a handkerchief and quickly wiped the table, served them tea, and went to the kitchen to order the dishes.
Several people held teacups in their hands, but none of them drank the tea.
Their eyes drifted towards the second floor intentionally or unintentionally.
Seeing this scene, Tao Jianbai frowned again and subconsciously wanted to look up at the second floor of Zuixianju across the street. However, Brother Chen had already finished greeting the owner of the tavern and waved to them, saying, "Let's go upstairs."
The group followed him up to the second floor of the tavern.
This tavern was very simple, and the second floor was also gray with a few tables. There were not many people there at that time, but as soon as they came in, they filled up the entire second floor.
Tao Jianbai saw Brother Chen walk to the table by the window and sit down, so he immediately followed and sat down next to him.
I saw Brother Chen push open the window, which was facing the second floor of Zuixianju opposite.
The second floor of Zuixianju is different from this tavern. It is full of private rooms, divided into rooms. There are four windows facing the street, three of which are open. You can see that there are people in two private rooms, and one is empty.
There was another room with the windows closed.
I don't know if there is anyone inside.
Brother Chen's eyes seemed to be fixed on this room, and his brows were furrowed.
Tao Jianbai asked carefully, "Brother Chen, what happened here? What are we doing here?"
Brother Chen lowered his voice and said, "Don't ask too many questions."
“…”
"Wait for the hall master's instructions."
"yes."
Tao Jianbai lowered his head and said no more, but looking at the look on Brother Chen's face and the gloomy expressions of the other brothers around him, he vaguely felt that something was wrong.
After a while, he stood up and said to Brother Chen, "Brother Chen, I have a stomachache and want to go to the toilet."
Brother Chen frowned and glared at him: "Why go now when you can't go earlier or later?"
"I... probably had a stomach upset from lunch."
"Go, go, come back quickly, there's something important here."
"Why."
Tao Jianbai agreed, covered his stomach and immediately went downstairs.
He had just walked to the lobby on the first floor and stood behind the door to look across. At this moment, a man who looked like a servant came down from the second floor of Zuixianju.
He had just come down the stairs when a guest happened to come around and the two bumped into each other.
The servant stumbled and immediately cursed, "Who are you? Don't you have eyes to look at when you walk?"
The man who bumped into him immediately said, "I'm sorry, I didn't see it."
"Didn't you see? You didn't even see me, a grown-up like me. What are your eyes for?"
Although this servant was young, his voice was extremely sharp, as if someone was pinching his throat to speak. Although his voice was not loud, it sounded like a gong when he opened his mouth, and everyone in the hall could hear it.
The guest was also annoyed and said, "You are so young, don't you know how to speak? What's wrong with bumping into you? How precious are you?"
"You said how precious I am."
"No matter how valuable you are, you are just a servant!"
"How dare you scold me!"
"What's wrong with scolding you?"
Seeing them about to start arguing, the boss hurriedly came out from behind the counter and said with a smile, "Hey, guys, please don't be so angry."
Both of them snorted heavily.
The boss knew how to behave. He smiled and said, "When you two come to Zuixianju, you will be our honored guests. I will give each table a pot of good wine. Please do me a favor."
The customer was probably an old one. After hearing what the boss said, he stopped talking and returned to his seat.
The servant said angrily, "Who cares about the wine you're sending? Why haven't the dishes our master and mistress ordered been served for so long?"
The boss hurriedly bowed and smiled, saying, "It is the servants' fault for not serving well. Please forgive me, sir. I will go and urge them at once, at once."
After saying that, he turned and went to the kitchen.
The servant snorted again before turning around and walking upstairs.
As soon as he left, the people sitting at the table looked at each other, with a look of understanding in their eyes.
One of them stood up and walked out of Zuixianju.
Tao Jianbai, who was standing behind the door of the tavern, frowned when he saw this scene, especially after hearing the voice of the servant.
He turned around and saw a few little beggars sitting on the ground in the alley outside the back door of the tavern, sharing a dirty steamed bun.
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