"ah……"

With a buzzing sound, everyone in the hall was stunned. They gasped, rubbed their eyes and picked their ears, thinking that the scene just now was an illusion.

But no matter how they rubbed their eyes, they could still see that the young master maintained his funny posture of deep bow and high clasped hands.

Zhao Hao also seemed stunned and stood there speechless for a long time.

In fact, he just wanted Xu Bangning to worship him for a while longer.

"Mr. Zhao, I was wrong..." Xu Bangning had never done such a shameful thing in public before. He blushed and looked at the floor tiles, shouting, "I was not strict with my subordinates and disturbed Weijixian's business. My father has already scolded me severely. I hope Mr. Zhao and the elders in my family will forgive me."

Seeing that Zhao Hao still didn't respond, Xu Bangning stood up, waved his hand outside, and said in a muffled voice: "Why don't you bring it in!"

Immediately, several guards came in carrying two door panels and dropped them heavily on the ground.

"Ouch, ouch..." The two guys with bruised faces and noses that looked like they were no longer human let out miserable cries of pain.

Everyone then vaguely realized that one of them was the manager of the Xu Mansion who had taken the lead in collecting debts yesterday.

I just don’t know who the other person is?

"Not to mention this murderer, the other one is the housekeeper of my other courtyard. It is this father and son who went behind my back and ruined the reputation of the Xu family!" Xu Bangning gritted his teeth, not knowing whether he hated Zhao Hao or the two servants. "I have broken their legs and expelled them from the Xu Mansion. They will be at the mercy of Master Zhao!"

Zhao Hao nodded slightly, neither saying yes nor no.

Seeing that he remained silent and seemed unsatisfied, Xu Bangning waved his hand again, and a servant presented a plate of yellow gold ingots with three pieces of paper placed on the gold ingots.

"This is Manager Fang's IOU, as well as his land and house deeds at Qinhuai River Restaurant. I'm returning them all now." Xu Bangning pointed to the tray and said, "In addition, there are two hundred taels of gold, which I personally give to Mr. Zhao to make up for the losses of the past few days."

Zhao Hao nodded more vigorously this time, and Gao Wu took the tray.

"Wow……"

The diners in the hall exclaimed in low voices again. It was always others who showed filial piety to the Xu family, but they had never seen the Xu family bleed.

Today really opened my eyes.

"Mr. Zhao, can we just stop here?" Xu Bangning felt uneasy listening to all the chatter. He didn't want to stay here for a moment.

"Okay." Zhao Hao finally uttered a word.

"Thank you." Xu Bangning bowed and turned away as if he had been pardoned.

"Wait a minute." Zhao Hao suddenly called him.

"What else?" Xu Bangning frowned, about to explode.

"Take the men away and don't affect our business." Zhao Hao glanced at the two people on the door panel.

“Take it away, take it away.” Xu Bangning waved his hand unhappily and took out the delicious dish first.

After Xu Bangning and his group left, the diners could no longer hold back and burst into loud applause.

"Well, Master Zhao is mighty!"

"Master Zhao is really a man of hidden talents. He can actually make a young master lose face!"

"Yes, Mr. Zhao, tell me how you did it!"

"Donor Zhao, I will definitely compose a poem for this situation!" These words were naturally said by Xuelang, who was used to taking advantage of every opportunity.

"Don't make trouble," Zhao Hao glared at him and said, "Everyone's food is cold."

"Yes, yes, yes, Mr. Zhao must write a poem, otherwise we won't agree!" The diners followed the monk and started to make a noise, shouting together: "Write a poem, a poem!"

Hearing this, Ma Xianglan covered her mouth and laughed, but still looked at Zhao Hao with expectation.

Mr. Zhao couldn't refuse, so he sighed and said, "Well, if that's the case, then I'll lend you a flower to offer to you..."

"I know. I heard it from you, young master." Everyone had known about his strange habit for a long time, and no one took it seriously because of the laughter.

Zhao Hao coughed lightly, and everyone in the room could hear a pin drop. Then they heard him chanting in a clear voice:

"Hold fast to the green mountain and never let go, for the roots are in the broken rocks.

"No matter how many blows you make, you will still be strong, no matter which direction the wind blows!"

"Good, good poem!" Everyone couldn't help but applaud in unison. Although this poem is not as stunning as "The most unretainable thing in the world", and does not have the depth of "A scholar is useless", it has its own fearless and rugged character, and the youthful vigor.

"Today I know that Mr. Zhao is still popular among young people!"

Xuelang sighed, picked up his pen and immediately wrote the poem "Bamboo and Rock" on the white wall at the entrance of the stairs.

Of course, according to Zhao Hao's habit, he didn't leave a signature...

"Change the table of hot dishes for everyone." Zhao Hao instructed Manager Fang, who immediately went into the kitchen with a smile on his face to make arrangements.

In the kitchen, the chefs wielded their spatulas very quickly, the kitchen assistants slashed with their knives, and even the waiters' speed of serving the guests was three times faster than usual.

The fear and worry in everyone's heart disappeared, and endless enthusiasm was generated!

~~

The Xu family's convoy was waiting on the main street of Caijia Lane.

With a gloomy face, Xu Bangning got into a luxurious carriage decorated with gold and silver patterns and sat down on the couch.

Liu Yingfang, the rear guard commander of the government army, handed Xu Bangning a glass of chilled wine and asked with a puzzled look on his face:

"how so?"

"Alas..." Xu Bangning sighed in frustration. Unable to reveal the real reason, he could only make up an excuse: "His elders begged the old man, what can I do?"

"Okay, if you don't move, I'll take care of him myself!" Liu Yingfang didn't want to let this cash cow go so easily.

"I warn you, you must not harass Wei Ji Xian!" Xu Bangning looked gloomy, glared at Liu Yingfang and said, "Otherwise, they will blame me!"

"Okay..." Liu Yingfang had no choice but to agree, but still unwillingly asked, "Are we just going to let him go like this?"

"Now is a critical moment, we can't let anything go wrong." Xu Bangning said quietly, "Once I've finished my business, I'll naturally deal with that kid bit by bit..."

After saying this, he raised his head, drank the scarlet wine, and threw the glass out of the window.

~~

On the second floor of Weijixian, Zhao Hao and others watched the Xu family’s convoy go away.

"Is this the end of the matter?" Wu Kangyuan was a little bit unbelievable. He hadn't even used his moves yet, so how come it was over?

But then there was a slight "pa" sound, and everyone saw something thrown out of the luxurious carriage.

"It seems not." Wang Wuyang pointed at the street and said, "The young master threw a jade wine glass out. How much resentment must he have."

"Aren't you allowing people to vent?" Zhao Hao sat back at the table without caring.

"When did you, a young master, become so humble?" Hua Shuyang said with some empathy, "I guess he can't swallow this."

"He has to swallow it even if he doesn't want to." Zhao Hao smiled faintly. He knew that Xu Pengju had planned everything, but in the end he lost everything, and as a result, his eldest son, who was unpopular, became the Duke of Wei.

Xu Bangning is destined to be a loser, what is there to be afraid of?

Of course, he couldn't explain these reasons out loud, so in the eyes of everyone, he seemed unfathomable.

But now no one would think that he was being mysterious.

~~

In the afternoon, the last table of diners left and Zhao Hao went downstairs to go home.

In the lobby, Ma Xianglan also left the piano platform and prepared to return to her residence for a rest.

No one can stand the fatigue of running back and forth between the south and north of the city all day. Last month, she rented a small courtyard in Caijia Lane to live in. In this way, she can walk to and from get off work every day, and go home to take a nap after work at noon. It is indeed much more comfortable than before.

The two of them left the restaurant together, and Zhao Hao spoke for the first time.

"I'm sorry to have scared you today."

Ma Xianglan shook her head slightly and said softly:

"Young Master is sure to win, Xianglan is just worrying about nothing."

"Hehe..." Zhao Hao wanted to brag about himself, but suddenly he thought of Xuelang and Wu Kangyuan's teasing and suddenly he didn't know how to continue the conversation.

"But it's worth it to see another side of you."

Ma Xianglan bowed at him and held up an oil-paper umbrella to block out the scorching sun after noon and to hide the shy expression on her face.

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