Seeing Jiang Segu about to walk into the shop, Wan Tianci grabbed her arm.
"Jiangse Valley, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is a dangerous place to get involved. You're a young lady, so you shouldn't get involved!"
Knowing that the owner of Sancaixuan was an official, yet still daring to assault someone, he was truly fearless.
It's best not to mess with such people if you don't know their background.
Jiang Segu patted his hand, "I know what I'm doing!"
Actually, she wasn't the type of person who liked to meddle in other people's business, but if these people used her past to cheat and bully others, she absolutely couldn't stand by and watch!
Seeing that he couldn't dissuade her, Wan Tianci had no choice but to follow her inside.
The two men, who claimed to be escorting goods, were a formidable pair. One of them had a full beard, and the other had gloomy, droopy eyes. Both were burly and looked like men not to be trifled with.
Upon seeing the young girl in Jiangse Valley, the man with downcast eyes said with a mocking expression, "Young lady, I advise you not to meddle in other people's business, lest you get yourself into trouble!"
Jiang Segu was not afraid at all. He walked up to the maid and said, "Help the lady up and take her to the private room to lie down!"
The maidservant, as if regaining her composure, shouted at the waiters who had been standing to the side, "What are you all standing there for? Come and help the madam!"
The waiters looked at each other, hesitant to move forward.
Just as the maid was about to get angry, Jiang Segu spoke up for the waiters, saying, "Madam's health is precious, so naturally they shouldn't touch her. Are there any other maids accompanying her?"
The maid shook her head.
She and her wife were only here today to deliver silver notes to the shopkeeper; they did not bring many other people with them.
Jiang Segu then knelt down and, together with the maid, helped the unconscious lady up, saying, "Since the lady is unconscious, it would be best to call a doctor to come and take a look!"
Without the maidservant needing to speak, a clever waiter pushed through the crowd to fetch a doctor.
"In addition, since there was trouble in the shop, we naturally had to ask the military police to come and take a look."
The two men showed no fear whatsoever. The bearded man shouted, "Of course we'll have to call someone to come and take a look. It'll be a good opportunity for us to find out where your black-hearted shop hid those ten thousand taels of silver notes!"
The maid opened her mouth to argue, but Jiang Segu said to her, "Let's settle the madam down first!"
At this moment, the lady, who had been unconscious, slowly opened her eyes while holding Jiang Segu's hand. Perhaps she had just woken up, as her face still showed some weakness.
“Xiqiu…”
"Madam, your servant is here!"
"Help me to sit down on a chair for a while."
"Yes!" Xiqiu replied, helping the lady to a chair nearby before saying, "Madam, this young lady..."
The lady waved her hand, "I heard you!" Then she nodded to Jiang Segu and said, "Thank you for your kind help, young lady."
"Madam, you're too kind. I didn't do anything!"
The lady smiled at Jiang Segu again to show her gratitude.
Turning to the two men, he said, "I initially thought you were just following orders from others to cause trouble, and I didn't expect things to escalate like this. But you actually resorted to violence. Since that's the case, Sancaixuan isn't afraid of trouble either, Manager Zhuang..."
Manager Zhuang, who had been hiding behind the waiter, pushed aside the waiter standing in front of him, bowed, and walked up to the madam, trembling as he asked, "Madam, what are your orders?"
After saying that, he burst into a violent cough.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was trying to use this as an excuse to avoid the things his wife was about to tell him.
"I've noticed that Manager Zhuang's health has been getting weaker and weaker over the years. I've discussed it with the master, and we were planning to let you retire and return to your hometown!"
Upon hearing this, Manager Zhuang immediately straightened up, forgetting all about coughing.
"Madam, are you trying to get rid of me? Has Madam forgotten who started Sancaixuan? These past years, since Madam and Master have not been in the capital, they are unaware of the difficulties I have faced here!"
"But I'm sure Madam now knows how difficult it is to make a living running a shop in the capital! Besides, today's incident wasn't caused by me, so on what grounds does Madam have to dismiss me?"
"Manager Zhuang, I'm not firing you. It's just that we've thought about how hard you've worked all these years, leaving your hometown. My husband and I are considering letting you go back and reunite with your family."
“Madam, I started Sancaixuan myself, and I’m still in good health enough to continue running it! I know these waiters well, and if I leave, I’m afraid you won’t be able to find suitable people to manage these unruly monkeys…”
These words carried a threat, leaving the lady momentarily at a loss for words.
Xiqiu stood anxiously to the side, but she didn't know how to stand up for her master, so she could only grit her teeth and glare at Manager Zhuang.
Upon seeing this, Jiang Segu asked, "Does Manager Zhuang mean that Sancaixuan can't operate without you?"
"Young lady, that's not what I meant!"
"That's not what I meant. What do you mean? Manager Zhuang, although I am an outsider, I absolutely cannot stand to see a servant bullying his master!"
I kindly reminded Manager Zhuang, "You really need to wake up. Don't let your years as a manager, where you've gotten used to swaggering around in front of the waiters, make you think you're the boss!"
Xiqiu looked at Jiang Segu with admiration, nodding her head incessantly, and chimed in, "That's right! Manager Zhuang, to put it bluntly, you're just a servant in front of the master and mistress. Servants are useless now..."
Jiang Segu coughed lightly, interrupting Xiqiu's words.
Xiqiu shouldn't say what she's about to say in front of so many people, otherwise the news of the owner of Sancaixuan's inhumanity will soon spread throughout the capital.
Madam Chaojiang Segu nodded gratefully once again.
Just as she was about to speak, the two men said impatiently, "We don't have time to watch you deal with all this mess. Just tell us, when are you going to return our ten thousand taels of silver?"
"I'm really curious, what exactly are you escorting on this mission, that the employer is willing to pay ten thousand taels of silver as commission?"
"You little girl, you'd better not be so curious. After all, excessive curiosity can kill you!"
The man with his downcast eyes spoke in a threatening tone, and his gloomy eyes made one feel truly uneasy.
Wan Tianci tugged at Jiang Segu's sleeve again, signaling her not to take the lead.
It wasn't that he was a coward, it was just that this was the capital. If this were Kaiping, I'd probably kill those two and use their heads as a football for Jiang Segu to kick around.
Jiang Segu ignored him and looked at the man with his eyes downcast, saying, "I've always been curious since I was a child! Besides, my maternal grandparents' family is in business. Your escort business is so profitable. You should talk to me about it so I can go back and talk to my mother and ask her to open an escort agency as well."
By the way, what are your names? Which security escort agency are you working for now? Is it your own agency, or are you working for someone else?
"If it's your own business, that's fine. But if you're following someone else's lead, once my mother opens her own security escort agency, I'll have her hire you for three times your current salary, how about that?"
The onlookers were stunned by these words, and it took the two men a while to react...
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