Early in the morning, Ye Zhou got up and got dressed. He still didn't know how to wear the clothes here - no matter underwear or outerwear, there were countless strips of cloth, no buttons or buttonholes, and he didn't know how many knots he had to tie to put the clothes on.
Usually Ye Zhou wore his own clothes inside, with only a coat on. He only needed to dress properly when attending court.
At this time, he could only ask Zou Ming for help.
He originally thought that Zou Ming was a "rough guy", but he didn't expect that Zou Ming was much more careful than him.
Ye Zhou was going to meet a "talent" today, so he got up early and asked Zou Ming to help him dress after washing up.
Although it is a bit shameful to ask others to help you put on your clothes, you won’t feel ashamed after doing it many times.
Ye Zhou felt nothing now. He stood in front of Zou Ming with his arms open, allowing Zou Ming to hug his waist from the front and tie the belt for him. Ye Zhou lowered his head slightly out of boredom and found that Zou Ming's ears were a little red. He looked at Zou Ming's earlobes.
Zou Ming's earlobe was very thin and not very big. Ye Zhou became more and more fascinated as he looked at him. When he came back to his senses, he found that he had naturally reached out and pinched Zou Ming's earlobe.
Both of them froze.
Zou Ming slowly raised his head. Ye Zhou laughed awkwardly twice and said unnaturally, "Your earlobes are quite thin."
Zou Ming looked into Ye Zhou's eyes, but Ye Zhou had already looked away.
Zou Ming didn't say anything. He just said "hmm" softly and continued to lower his head to help Ye Zhou dress.
Although the material conditions here are poor, people here dress much more exquisitely than modern people. For modern people, it is considered exquisite if a man can wear a watch and a woman can wear a necklace or bracelet. However, here, both men and women have countless accessories to wear.
Men have all kinds of crowns, including jade crowns, leather crowns, ivory crowns, and cloth crowns. Although there are different crowns for corresponding identities, except for common people, the common people and the powerful have a lot of choices. In addition to crowns, there are also rings and belts, jade sets and jade pendants.
In order to show seriousness, Ye Zhou had to dress neatly when he met Zhao Xue this time.
However, because Ye Zhou doesn't grow his hair, no matter how he dresses, he looks a little strange.
Fortunately, he felt very beautiful. After all, who doesn’t like this kind of “role-playing” feeling?
Ye Zhou has opened his own shop, and he has also fantasized about traveling to a martial arts world and becoming a peerless hero dressed in white.
"After you meet him, will you take him to that house?" Zou Ming tied the jade ornaments on Ye Zhou, then stood up and asked.
Ye Zhou nodded: "Probably. He is very poor now, so we have to find him a place to live. But I definitely can't pay extra money for it. Anyway, the house has already been bought."
He gave the money to buy the house, but it was Chen Hou who paid for the support of the scholars.
After all, these scholars will work for him in the future, and even if they don't work, Lord Chen cannot drive them away.
Even if it means enduring pain, I will keep it for free.
After Ye Zhou got dressed, he went out with Zou Ming only.
The rest of the people have to go to work in the supermarket.
The businessmen and dignitaries who came to Linzi have been hanging out in supermarkets almost every day recently - they have nothing to do and don't want to deal with the aristocratic families of the State of Chen. After all, in their eyes, the aristocratic families of the State of Chen are no different from ordinary people's families in their own country and are not worthy of contact and communication with them.
But they liked Ye Zhou very much and wished they could pester Ye Zhou every day, monopolize Ye Zhou, and let Ye Zhou explain to one or several of them.
Ye Zhou was annoyed by them and decided not to go to the supermarket for a while. After all, Wu Yan and Cao'er were enough for him.
And with Chen Shu and Sarah there, it wouldn't be a big deal even if someone caused trouble for the supermarket.
But he and Zou Ming had just left the house, and before they had even walked far, they heard someone running and shouting not far away: "Something happened! Something happened! The Longsheng Supermarket has been surrounded by soldiers!"
Ye Zhou and Zou Ming stopped almost at the same time.
No matter how stupid the people around were, they knew that Ye Zhou was the owner of the supermarket. After all, there were businessmen coming in and out of the house he rented these days.
The man who was running towards them was a local noble family scion from Linzi. He was still young, less than fourteen years old. Although he was considered an "adult" here, he was still young and had a child's mentality. He often went to the supermarket to shop, and his favorite thing to buy was candy. He had also spoken to Ye Zhou several times because he was particularly close to Ye Zhou.
He even lost his shoes while running, and he didn't even turn back to pick them up. He ran to Ye Zhou wearing only his socks.
"Sir, the Yang family has surrounded the supermarket!" the young man said anxiously, "They say you are from another country and they want to put you in jail."
Ye Zhou didn't take it seriously: "Where is Lord Chen?"
Young Master: "Your Majesty has not discussed government affairs for several days... I heard that he is ill."
Ye Zhou then frowned.
The Marquis of Chen fell ill, so he sent people to capture him. Is there such a coincidence in the world?
He smiled and patted the young man on the shoulder: "Thank you for your hard work."
After saying that, he turned to Zou Ming and said, "Why don't you go and tell Zhao Xue first, and I'll go find him after this matter is dealt with."
Zou Ming said, "I'll go back to the supermarket, you go meet Zhao Xue."
Ye Zhou shook his head: "The matter at the supermarket is more urgent, you have to go, I won't feel at ease if you don't go."
Zou Ming didn't say anything, and Ye Zhou raised his hand.
Zou Ming understood what Ye Zhou meant. Ye Zhou now carries a pistol with him. Here, the pistol is invincible. Even if it has a short range and poor accuracy, as long as it can successfully knock down a person, the deterrent effect it brings to people is huge.
"I'll be there soon." Zou Ming knew that he could not change Ye Zhou's decision.
Ye Zhou has always been like this. He seems to have a mild temper and no opinions, but in fact, he makes every idea. Once he makes a decision, eight horses cannot pull him back.
"Be careful." Zou Ming turned and said to Ye Zhou.
Ye Zhou smiled and said, "I'm not a child, go quickly and come back soon."
Zou Ming and Ye Zhou walked towards their destination almost at the same time.
The young man followed Ye Zhou and said as he walked: "In the past, the Yang family sold all the grain in Linzi. If any merchant wanted to do business in Linzi, he had to become a member of the Yang family."
Ye Zhou raised his eyebrows: "Family?"
Young Master: "Remember me as a family slave."
Ye Zhou smiled and said, "This method is powerful."
It was not easy for merchants to make money. When they came to Linzi, they had to become slaves of the Yang family.
Young Master: "Boss, don't think I'm joking. People say that even if the people of Linzi don't know the king, they will know the Yang family!"
Ye Zhou asked in surprise: "Why don't I remember the Yang family? How many cities does the Yang family have?"
The young master lowered his voice and said, "The Yang family does not own any city, and they do not even have any high-ranking officials, but because they control the livelihoods of the people of Linzi, everyone respects them."
"I heard... they also have private soldiers."
The corner of Ye Zhou's mouth twitched: "Sure."
Raising private soldiers under the nose of the monarch?
No, it shouldn't be. No matter how stupid Lord Chen was, he wouldn't watch someone raising private soldiers in Linzi City.
They should have kept their private soldiers somewhere else, where the Marquis of Chen had no confidants and where they could not be seen.
But it will not be too far from Linzi, so that they can immediately mobilize personnel when needed.
The young man didn't understand what Ye Zhou meant by "yes", he blinked in disbelief: "Boss, do you think they should do this?"
Ye Zhou smiled and said, "Yes, that's what they should do."
The young man was confused.
Ye Zhou continued, "This way, when Lord Chen destroys them, he won't hesitate."
A monarch of a country can tolerate anything except the use of force that threatens his rule.
Many emperors were even wary of the crown prince having military power, let alone ministers.
Without a carriage, it took Ye Zhou more than half an hour to reach the supermarket.
Just as the young man said, the supermarket was already surrounded by soldiers holding long spears.
The merchants inside were stopped by the soldiers when they wanted to get out. They even took out gold and silver, trying to buy a way out, but were rejected by the soldiers.
"It's not that we are unwilling to be lenient." The soldier said to the merchant, "it's that the boss here is collaborating with the enemy and selling out the country. Since we don't know whether you are innocent or not, we naturally can't let you go easily."
That’s what they said, but apart from businessmen, all the dignitaries from other countries were allowed to pass with great respect.
Ye Zhou stood on the outskirts of the crowd. Although the people outside didn't know what had happened, they all protected Ye Zhou because they bought cheap food in the supermarket. Ye Zhou wanted to squeeze to the front, but was pulled by a girl by his sleeve.
"Boss, don't go." The girl also knew that Ye Zhou was the boss. She whispered, "These people are always like this! They just can't stand seeing someone selling us grain at a low price! They don't care about the livelihood of the common people, they only care about how much they can earn."
The common people nearby also huddled together to prevent the soldiers from seeing Ye Zhou.
They lowered their voices and said, "They are all jackals, tigers and leopards, helping the tigers. Boss, don't go. We will protect you and see who dares to catch you!"
Ye Zhou was somewhat touched. He had never even spoken to those who were protecting him.
Just because he is the owner of the supermarket and has sold food to them, they have to protect him.
But he still explained: "Let me pass, they won't do anything to me."
The people were anxious: "If you are caught, they will never let you go. They will definitely fabricate evidence. Even if they don't fabricate evidence, they will torture you!"
No matter how Ye Zhou explained, the people just wouldn't let him go.
He couldn't fight with the people, and he couldn't shout "I am the owner of the supermarket" to the soldiers under the protection of the people.
I could only hide in the crowd and watch the situation in the supermarket, feeling both amused and helpless.
The soldiers surrounded the place until noon, when the person in charge finally arrived.
This man came over in a horse-drawn carriage. The driver waved the whip to drive away the people on the road. The whip hit the people like driving livestock. The carriage was steady, and Ye Zhou could see the man's appearance clearly.
A middle-aged man, well-dressed, wearing a jade crown on his head, not short in stature, and quite like a gentleman.
If you only look at the appearance, you would think he is a good person.
He walked to the entrance of the supermarket, called the leading soldier, and gave him a few instructions.
After he finished speaking, the soldier shouted into the supermarket: "Let your boss come out! Otherwise we will rush in!"
No one answered, so the soldier shouted again: "Don't be so shameless! I, the head of the Yang family, am here in person. As long as you have a repentant heart, I will forgive you for what happened before!"
Finally, two people walked out.
Chen Shu was carrying a gun and Sarah was wearing a cloak that covered her hair and face.
When the two came out, the soldiers laughed in disbelief.
The leading soldier looked at the two of them and said, "A woman and a little kid. What? Are all the men in your supermarket dead? Only ask the women and the kids to come out."
Chen Shu looked at the leading soldier, then at the man standing next to him. She thought for a moment and asked politely, "Excuse me, is the person standing next to you the head of the Yang family?"
Before the soldier could reply, the middle-aged man said, "That's right."
"This shop owner is a traitor and a treacherous man. I am here to arrest him on the orders of the king. If you do not want to be implicated, quickly call him out to be captured. I guarantee with the reputation of the Yang family that your lives will not be in danger."
Chen Shu thought about it and reached behind her.
Everyone held their breath, thinking she was going to take out something extraordinary, but when Chen Shu took out the thing, the people were stunned - she took out a loudspeaker.
Chen Shu held a megaphone and shouted to the onlookers: "Fellow villagers, please go home quickly and stop watching the excitement here."
"You might get hurt by mistake when the fight breaks out later."
Then he shouted to the soldier and the middle-aged man, "Please stop digging your own graves and seeking your own death. Go home and be good citizens. As long as you go back, I guarantee with the reputation of our supermarket that you will not be hurt."
The common people didn't notice anything, but the soldiers and men were almost deafened.
The middle-aged man was furious: "A mere woman, how dare you insult me!"
"Catch her! Life or death!"
The soldiers looked at Chen Shu. Even though Chen Shu was tall, they were not afraid of him. In their opinion, even if a woman was tall, she could not compete with a man in terms of fighting strength. As long as they took action, wouldn't it be easy to capture a woman?
Especially this woman has a child.
I'm afraid he ran away on his own without discussing it with the other guys.
The soldier near the supermarket wanted to take this opportunity to make a contribution. As soon as the middle-aged man finished speaking, he pounced towards Chen Shu.
The people shouted, "Bullying a woman! Is this the Yang family tradition? The Yang family still dares to call themselves a noble family? Shame on you!"
"This girl is protecting her master, this is a noble cause! Not only should your Yang family not touch her, you should also treat her as a guest of honor!"
"He said he was following the king's orders..."
"Is this really the Lord's order?"
Someone shouted, "Your Majesty is confused! Your Majesty is confused! Why, why, why!"
Ye Zhou was about to speak when the girl who had held him back shouted, "They just don't want us to buy low-priced food! Even if the food they have is infested with worms and is about to rot, they won't sell it to us at a low price, and they won't allow anyone else to sell it to us!"
"Our lives are not lives!"
Ye Zhou looked at the girl in shock. She was small in stature, but he did not expect her to add fuel to the fire in such a clear and logical way, hitting the pain points of all the people.
Although it is said that the people should not fight against the officials, the people of Linzi are not ordinary people. Many of them have relatives in aristocratic families. Even if their own families are in decline, they always have a few good relatives. There are even children of common people who are minor officials.
They are completely different from common people and have their own confidence.
But in essence, the Yang family cannot be considered a true aristocratic family.
Without a family history of several hundred years, you would be embarrassed to call yourself a noble family.
The girl continued to shout: "If they lay a hand on this girl, they will be unworthy of being human in this life!"
The people responded one after another.
But the middle-aged man turned a deaf ear to their words. The soldier was a little worried and asked carefully: "Master, now..."
The man sneered, "Let them shout. What else can they do besides shouting? Catch her."
With these words, the first soldier who pounced forward and quickly stabilized himself pounced towards Chen Shu again.
He thought that since Chen Shu was a woman, it would be easy to capture her, and whoever went up first would be able to gain merit.
Then, just as he pounced on him, Chen Shu, who was only wearing pants, kicked him away. She didn't even make any unnecessary movements, she just kicked out and retracted her legs in one go, and no one could see clearly what she did.
I only saw the soldier pounce on him, and the next second he was "flown" down the stairs.
While they were stunned, Chen Shu picked up the loudspeaker and shouted, "I don't want to kill anyone. I advise you to leave now."
But this sentence obviously had no effect, it only made the middle-aged man more angry.
"Go! Take her down!" the man shouted, "If you can't even handle a woman, what use do I have for you!"
The soldiers looked at each other and rushed towards Chen Shu together.
Ye Zhou was still shouting in the crowd: "Make way, make way."
He was ready to fire the blank.
The soldiers rushed forward, but Chen Shu was not in a hurry. She looked down at Sarah.
Sarah raised her head and nodded at Chen Shu.
Neither of them let anyone in the supermarket come out. After all, protecting the supermarket was mainly their job, and as bodyguards, intimidation by force was their main job.
Sarah whispered, "If Ye Zhou can't see it, we'll both be at a loss."
If you want to perform, of course you should perform your best in front of your boss.
Chen Shu smiled and said, "It's okay. There are so many people watching. It won't delay your claiming credit."
The two did not continue talking. Sarah jumped up and landed on the back of the soldier who was rushing forward. She pushed hard with her feet and the soldier fell to the ground. He spit out blood, but Sarah did not stop. She knocked out the soldier behind him with a knife.
Chen Shu was much more violent.
She assumed a fighting stance and hit one man on the temple with one punch. Before the person next to her could get close, she had already rushed over and hit the man on the chin.
Each one was knocked down with one punch.
The soldiers who were originally prepared to capture the enemy alive with bare hands became furious, and the people in the back raised their spears.
Sarah saw them use their weapons, her eyes turned from dark red to bright red, and she asked softly, "Can you kill me?"
Chen Shu dodged the long spear that was probing him and said, "The boss is not here, so it's better not to kill him, otherwise the boss might be worried."
Sarah: "Can I beat them up?"
Chen Shu: "Okay."
The soldiers who were listening to their "chatting" could no longer bear it and shouted: "Do you think we are dead?!"
Sarah and Chen Shu looked at the soldier who was speaking. They looked at each other. Although they didn't say anything, the meaning in their eyes was very clear - we just treat you as dead people.
Ye Zhou was still squeezing through the crowd, shouting, "I'm the boss! I'm here!"
But his voice was drowned out by the crowd, and no one could hear it except a few people around him.
But the girl who held him was kind enough to protect him. When he called her, she immediately said, "Don't go out! You're safe here!"
The people around him also advised Ye Zhou not to go out, and they covered him to escape from here.
Ye Zhou didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He was really about to collapse.
"Let me pass, I can handle it, I won't be caught." Ye Zhou had already taken out his gun, but among the crowd of people who were protecting him, he really couldn't make up his mind to fire a blank shot to scare them.
At the supermarket entrance, while Ye Zhou was still struggling to squeeze forward in the crowd, Chen Shu and Sarah had almost dealt with all the soldiers.
Their attacks became heavier as time went on, and every time they knocked someone down, two men would come out of the supermarket, drag the soldiers into the supermarket, and tie them up in front of everyone.
A fight so funny it makes people want to laugh.
The originally nervous common people soon began to watch the show. They even discussed which of the tied-up soldiers had been beaten the worst. A young man who wanted to watch the fun even shouted, "Girl, you have great kung fu!"
"What a handsome skill!"
When Chen Shu heard the compliments, he would take a break from his busy schedule to cup his fists towards the person who was shouting, “Thank you for the compliment.”
Then he punched the soldier in the nose, and the soldier started bleeding from the nose instantly.
When Zou Ming arrived, he saw Chen Shu stepping on the soldier's back, and Sarah who had tied up the middle-aged man.
Wu Yan and Zhou Wen worked non-stop to tie up the soldiers who had fallen to the ground. Because their movements were not standard and the tying up looked ugly, many people gave them instructions.
"You can't do this! You have to go around that way!"
"What are you tying? It's so ugly!"
Wu Yan and Zhou Wen were under great pressure. They tied up the soldiers despite the criticism from the people, and then quickly hid in the supermarket. The people were really eager to try, and they all wanted to untie the ropes that tied Wu Yan and the others up and tie them up again themselves.
It was at this time that the people finally "let Ye Zhou go".
The girl who was protecting Ye Zhou said to him, "Boss, go back."
Ye Zhou looked at the girl who was full of pride and felt that he had protected her, so he thanked her very seriously: "Thank you, girl."
Then he thanked the people who surrounded him: "Thank you very much."
The people were quite happy: "What are you thanking me for? They say that merchants pursue profits, but you are different. You sold us grain at a low price and saved our family. God will remember such good deeds!"
Ye Zhou felt very ashamed, after all, the price difference of grain was made up by Chen Hou.
He said quickly: "Your Majesty..."
The people interrupted him: "The king is a good king. He has paid the money, but he also wants you to dare to sell the grain!"
"It's not that there are no kind-hearted people, but the Yang family is blocking them, so they dare not sell." The people sighed, "The Yang family has cut off the livelihood of so many people!"
Zou Ming walked to Ye Zhou. He first confirmed that Ye Zhou was not injured, and then stood behind Ye Zhou silently.
The people no longer tried to stop Ye Zhou, they made way for him.
The crowd parted a path like the sea, and everyone looked at Ye Zhou, waiting for him to pass.
The supermarket employees also went out and stood at the door, waiting for Ye Zhou to come back.
Ye Zhou: “…”
It doesn't have to be so formal.
He began to feel ashamed again.
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