Behind Huodu were two Tibetan monks wearing red robes.
The fellow wearing a golden crown and holding a golden pestle was none other than Darba.
Another elderly Tibetan monk, tall and thin like a bamboo pole, with a slightly sunken forehead, was clearly the Golden Wheel Dharma King!
The villain appears, and gold pours in!
Li Huan chuckled, bracing himself for the task, ready to take down the enemy.
Guo Jing stood up and politely clasped his hands in greeting: "Gentlemen, you have come from afar, please take a seat and have a few drinks!"
Lu Guanying quickly instructed his servants to add another table and bring bowls and chopsticks.
Huo Du respectfully invited the Golden Wheel Monk to take a seat first, and then introduced him.
"Master, this is Guo Jing, the great hero who served as the Right Army Marshal of the Mongol Western Expedition!"
The Golden Wheel Monk's eyes flashed with a sharp light as he looked at Guo Jing, then closed them halfway, his face expressionless.
"This heroine is Huang Rong, the leader of the Beggars' Sect..."
Before Huo Du could finish speaking, his eyes widened, his face filled with astonishment.
Because he discovered Li Huan!
"You... what are you doing here..."
Li Huan picked up a serving spoon and tapped it against the food bucket.
"I'll set up my stall and sell boxed lunches wherever there are crowds! That's why I came to Lujiazhuang tonight to join the fun and make some extra money!"
Huo Du steadied himself and said fiercely, "Four years ago, you injured me in Zhongnan Mountain. I swear I will not rest until I avenge this!"
Li Huan chuckled and said, "May I ask, are you going to take revenge yourself, or will you ask your master for help?"
The Golden Wheel Monk remained with his eyes closed, not even glancing at Li Huan.
Huo Du snorted coldly, shook his iron-bone folding fan, and proudly raised his head.
"Four years ago, I underestimated you and lost. After recovering from my injuries, I studied and practiced diligently, and my martial arts skills are now vastly different from before!"
Holy crap, no wonder he's such a pretentious little bastard.
Huang Rong hurriedly asked, "Brother Huan, do you have a grudge against this person?"
Li Huan scorned Huo Du: "He's from Mongolia, his name is Huo Du, and his nickname is Little Turtle!"
Huo Du gritted his teeth in anger: "Don't you dare insult Xiao Wang's reputation!"
Li Huan said, "That little bastard believed the lies of the Red Serpent Fairy Li Mochou and mistakenly thought that the Dragon Maiden of the Ancient Tomb Sect was holding a martial arts contest to find a husband. So he and Darba led a group of people to Zhongnan Mountain in an attempt to see the Dragon Maiden!"
"As a result, I taught that little bastard a good lesson, leaving him seriously injured. He was so scared that he ran away in a panic!"
Li Huan spoke very quickly as he recounted Huo Du's glorious deeds.
Yang Guo laughed and said, "This is absolutely true. I heard my aunt say that if Huo Du didn't leave, she would release a group of jade bees to sting him!"
Huo Du's face turned ashen, but he suppressed his displeasure and changed the subject.
"This is Xiao Wang's esteemed teacher, the Golden Wheel Dharma King, the foremost protector of Mongolia today!"
Huang Rong asked Guo Jing, "Senior brother, do you know anything about the Golden Wheel Monk?"
Guo Jing shook his head: "I've never heard of any Dharma King or Protector of the Nation in Mongolia, and Hua Zheng has never mentioned them either..."
The servants carried boxed lunches, preparing to place them on the Golden Wheel Dharma King's table.
Li Huan stopped them: "Wait! Don't give them boxed lunches!"
The servants were stunned.
Huo Du laughed loudly: "Hahaha, my master and I didn't accept the 'hero's invitation' and came uninvited tonight, so you won't let us drink and eat? The heroes of the Central Plains are indeed generous and magnanimous!"
The little turtle has excellent eloquence and is good at sarcasm and irony.
Li Huan said, "Are you deaf? I just said, we'll set up a stall and sell boxed lunches wherever there are lots of people!"
"Every boxed meal and every bottle of wine in the hall was purchased with money by all the heroes and valiant men!"
"You little bastard, you came empty-handed, without spending a single penny, trying to freeload? Trying to take advantage?"
Huo Du's anger flared up: "Li Huan! If you call me a little bastard again, don't blame my master for crippling your martial arts!"
This guy has become cunning, using the Golden Wheel Monk as a "shield".
Lu Guanying hurriedly said, "Please don't be angry, sir. These boxed meals were indeed purchased by the heroes with their own money! If you don't mind, you can enjoy the food and wine provided by our estate!"
Lu Guanying immediately ordered his servants to bring the dishes from the kitchen.
Unexpectedly, Huo Du shouted, "Little Wang insists on eating boxed lunches! How much? Little Wang will buy ten!"
Li Huan deliberately curled her lip, making a disdainful expression: "The boxed lunches are expensive, you can't afford them!"
"Hahaha..." Huo Du laughed wildly again.
Darba laughed too: "My junior brother is a prince of Mongolia, with immense wealth and countless gold and silver treasures! What kind of food can't he afford?"
Huo Du said smugly, "The more expensive it is, the more Xiao Wang will sell! Ten boxes shouldn't be enough, Xiao Wang will buy twenty boxes! No, he'll buy fifty boxes!"
This guy is addicted to showing off; there's no stopping him.
Li Huan said, "The boxed meals I cook consist of four meat dishes and four vegetable dishes, and each one costs one thousand taels of silver!"
"One thousand taels?" Huo Du was stunned.
“That’s right! One thousand taels!” Li Huan repeated the offer.
Everyone present knew that each boxed meal cost at least twenty taels of silver, and selling it to Huo Du for a thousand taels of silver was tantamount to ripping off customers with a ten-zhang-long broadsword!
Good riddance!
Everyone was excited and looking forward to a good show.
Darba exclaimed in surprise: "A mere box of food, sold at an exorbitant price?"
Li Huan didn't bother to introduce the ingredients and origins of each dish, and stared straight at Huo Du.
"You said the more expensive it is, the more you want to buy it! So how can I not give you face and sell it at an exorbitant price?"
Huo Du understood, raising an eyebrow: "You deliberately raised the price to make things difficult for Xiao Wang in public?"
Li Huan retorted, "Enough with the nonsense, are you going to buy it or not?"
Huo Du's eyes darted around a few times, a cunning glint in them, and he grinned.
"Fifty thousand taels of silver is just a drop in the ocean for Xiao Wang!"
"However, before buying fifty boxed meals, I have to grant Xiao Wang one request!"
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