The man who claimed to be the steward of the Duke's Mansion looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the person who spoke was a young man in white clothes, about fourteen or fifteen years old.

"The adults are talking, don't interrupt me, kid." The manager felt relieved and his face turned fierce.

But Manager Fang, Yu Jiachang and others stood up to greet him and said, "Boss."

"What?" The manager's jaw almost dropped to the ground in shock. He pointed at Zhao Hao and asked, "This kid who hasn't even fully grown his hair yet, is he your boss?"

"Watch your mouth!" Wu Yu was furious when he heard that. The wooden stick in his hand shot out like lightning, almost brushing the manager's mouth before he stopped steadily.

"Ah..." The manager was startled and sat down on the chair.

Zhao Hao sat down in the seat vacated by Manager Fang, while the latter and Yu Jiachang stood behind him.

"This Wei Ji Xian is my family's property. Whether it is sold or not is not up to the shopkeeper. It's up to me." Zhao Hao stared at the embarrassed manager and started to curse, "You are a slave who relies on the power of others. How dare you come to my shop and bark? Did you ask your master for permission?!"

The manager had never expected that this innocent-looking young man with red lips and white teeth could be so brazen. He had been bullying the good and bullying the good in Nanjing for many years under the banner of Duke Wei's Mansion, but he had never encountered such a person who didn't know how to live or die.

"Shut up, you little brat!" The steward slammed the table and pointed at Zhao Hao, saying, "What kind of person is my master? How could he care about such a trivial matter? We, the servants, can handle it!"

"That's not what Duke Wei meant." Zhao Hao raised his lips and sneered, "You are clearly destroying Duke Wei's reputation!"

"Today, I, on behalf of Duke Wei, will teach you a lesson for these evil slaves who have ruined their master's reputation!" Zhao Hao slammed the table and said, "Kick these slave dogs out!"

"Yes!" Wu Yu had been holding back his anger for a long time. Hearing Zhao Hao's order, he used his stick to beat and knocked the weapons out of the slaves' hands. Several other men from Caijia Lane also drew their sticks and beat the manager and his men, forcing them to flee from the store.

At the entrance of the store, Gao Wu was struggling with several slaves who were blocking the door. When he saw that the door was opened, he was no longer polite. He pressed one of the slaves' heads with one hand and put his arms together. The two slaves hit their heads and fainted. The remaining two drew their weapons and wanted to chop him, but were suddenly kicked from behind and fell backwards.

The person who took action was actually the scholar's guest Wu Kangyuan.

General Gao Wu threw the two men out, and the four of them collided in mid-air, and then fell to the ground in a mess.

At this time, several strong servants in the store escorted the manager out and were about to say a few harsh words when they saw many strong men with weapons pouring out from all directions of Caijia Lane.

As the saying goes, a good man never suffers a loss in front of him.

For fear of being caught, they hurriedly helped their fallen companion to their feet, got on the carriage in a panic, and headed south.

"Just wait, if you provoke the Duke's Mansion, your death will not be far away!"

The carriage escaped across the big stone bridge, but the harsh words that were supposed to come still floated out of the carriage.

Seeing the arrogant Xu family members suffer a setback, many guests who were eager to see the world in chaos started to cheer and applaud.

There are also those who are mature and prudent, secretly worried that Wei Ji Xian has offended someone they cannot afford to offend, and will it be able to continue operating in the future?

How can they live if they can’t eat delicious food?

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Inside the store, Zhao Hao instructed everyone to quickly rearrange the messed up tables and chairs, clean up the broken cups and plates, and then replace the tableware with new ones.

The guests are still waiting outside.

Even Ma Xianglan rolled up her sleeves and helped to clean up.

"Don't do that." Zhao Hao hurriedly grabbed Ma Xianglan's sleeve.

Ma Xianglan was delighted, thinking that Zhao Hao cared about her.

"How can you play the piano when you pricked your hand?" The boy sighed and said, "Everyone's mood has been affected today, and we still need you to play the piano to calm them down."

"Uh, oh..." A look of disappointment flashed across Ma Xianglan's pretty face, and then she returned to the piano platform as if nothing had happened.

After a while, soothing and soft piano music sounded inside and outside the Weijixian restaurant.

Amid the sound of piano, Zhao Hao walked to the door of the store, bowed and smiled to the diners who had been waiting outside for a long time, "Sorry, sorry, thank you all for your patience. As a small token of my apology, I'll treat you to dinner today."

"Haha, even though the boss is young, he is a very generous person. No wonder the business is so good."

When the diners heard this, their annoyance and dissatisfaction immediately disappeared. In fact, who cares about the price when they come to Wei Ji Xian to eat? What they care about is the attitude of the store.

When the diners filed in, Zhao Hao bowed deeply to Wu Kangyuan and said, "Thank you, Brother Wu, for your help. I wonder if this will cause you any trouble?"

"What's this little thing?" Wu Kangyuan smiled and returned the greeting, saying calmly, "They're looking for trouble with me? I'll also look for trouble with the Xu family!"

"Master Wu, please don't mess around." Li Jiutian appeared at this time, first nodded and bowed to Zhao Hao, and then advised Wu Kangyuan: "A strong dragon should not suppress a local snake. Besides, the Xu family is more than a local snake. It's almost a local tiger."

"I've long been fed up with the Xu family's behavior. This time they even dared to target Wei Ji Xian. This is intolerable!" Wu Kangyuan said in a very arrogant tone, "I have to touch his tiger's butt."

"What does Brother Wu plan to do?" Zhao Hao couldn't help but become curious. He had come into contact with Wu Kangyuan several times recently. Although Wu Kangyuan seemed to have the temperament of a bohemian young man, he was always tight-lipped and had never even revealed his family background.

When a person like this says something like this, it's probably not just bragging.

“Haha.” Wu Kangyuan kept the secret, patted Zhao Hao’s arm and said, “Mr. Zhao, just keep your heart at ease. Even if the Xu family shuts down Wei Ji Xian, it won’t take long for me to make them come to our door and apologize. They won’t dare to cross the line again.”

"Thank you very much for your concern, Brother Wu." Although Zhao Hao also had his own way, when he heard Wu Kangyuan's words, he realized that this person must have someone in the court.

The words Wu Kangyuan said on the day Wei Ji Xian opened suddenly emerged in his mind:

"Wu Kangyuan from Xianju has learned a lot... I will return to the ancient temple of Jingxingyan tomorrow and study hard like my uncle facing the wall..."

My uncle, whose surname is Wu, studied hard facing the wall at Xianju and Jingxingyan.

Putting a few key words in his mind, Zhao Hao couldn't help but guess: "Could it be one of the 'Three Sons of Wuwu', the famous Wu Shilai?"

Because Wu Shilai was from Xianju, it was said that after he failed the imperial examination when he was young, he returned home to study in seclusion, working hard for three years. Finally, he made a stunning achievement and passed the imperial examination!

In the 37th year of the Jiajing reign, at the instigation of Xu Jie, he and two other people impeached Yan Song. He was tortured in the imperial prison and then exiled to Guangxi.

Because that year was the Wuwu year, the three were also called the "Wuwu Three Sons", and were as famous as Zhao Jin, one of the "Four Remonstrants of Yuezhong".

Naturally, his name was on the list of reinstatements in the first year of Longqing, and his ranking was before Zhao Jin.

Zhao Hao's mind raced as he recalled that when they first met Wu Kangyuan, he did not hide his family background, but instead acted proud of being his uncle.

Why, now that the two of them are familiar with each other, does he never mention his uncle?

If his uncle was Wu Shilai, it would be easy to understand.

Before, he was proud of his uncle, and of course he also felt aggrieved, so he would talk about his uncle all the time. But when his uncle was reinstated and was about to be put to great use... Wu Shilai had fought and sacrificed for Lord Xu. Now Lord Xu is no longer constrained by Gao Gong, and his words are final. Naturally, it is time to reward him... Wu Kangyuan dared not speak nonsense in the name of his uncle.

ps.** is here again. In the next chapter, I will show you what a real young master is like. It is definitely incomparable to Zhao Hao, a fake young master. Please recommend, collect and comment on the chapter~~~