This reaction was really strange. Lin Qingyuan was stunned. He looked at the happy faces around him and was a little confused: "If a fight is about to break out, shouldn't we be running away?"
What he enjoyed most was watching diners lose their shoes while running away during the vandalism.
Something is wrong here!
Lin Qingyuan was a notorious playboy in Pingyang Prefecture, who had done his fair share of things like smashing shops and causing trouble, and had encountered all sorts of situations.
When provoked, some shop owners knelt down and begged for mercy, while others, like Tianxianglou, resisted. He would smash up the shop and then take them to the government office for a beating, eventually settling the matter by paying some compensation.
The surrounding diners must have fled in the same panic, fearing they would be caught in the crossfire.
But at this moment, they just sat there without moving, looking like they were waiting to watch the show.
Lin Qingyuan had been in the city for many years and wasn't stupid. He quickly looked around.
At this moment, the ordinary-looking waiters and handymen—the ones wiping tables by the wall, carrying bowls and plates in the dining room, and running around pouring tea with copper kettles—all looked at him with eyes that were...icy cold and unsettling!
His heart skipped a beat: Could this be a shady business?
impossible!
This is in a busy downtown area, and there are so many customers in the store, it can't be a shady business.
But why didn't Huang Changsheng tell him that Tianxiang Tower had so many guards!
That old bastard is trying to scam me!
He wants to fight Tianxianglou himself, preferably get killed so Tianxianglou can close down and he can then reap the benefits.
If it were an ordinary hothead, they probably would have started a fight already.
Knowing that he had been used as a pawn by Huang Changsheng, Lin Qingyuan suppressed his anger. In a few breaths, his expression returned to calm, and he sat there motionless.
Seeing that he wasn't making a move, the people around him grew anxious and urged, "What are you doing, young master? Are you going to fight or not? I'm about to finish my kebabs."
"What are you fighting for? I'm here to drink and eat skewers!"
Lin Qingyuan casually took a sip of wine, chuckled, and then opened his folding fan with a whoosh, leisurely fanning himself, though the movements were rather fast.
"Tch!" The people around him scoffed and resumed eating and drinking.
Zhou Xiang hadn't expected Lin Qingyuan to suddenly back down, but since the other party wasn't causing trouble, he was equally unwilling to make a scene.
He immediately cupped his hands in apology to Lin Qingyuan: "Young master, please forgive my rudeness earlier. Our shop will offer you a pot of wine as an apology!"
"Okay!" Lin Qingyuan nodded with a forced smile.
After Zhou Xiang left, he put away his folding fan, lowered his eyes, and gave a cold glance at Xiao Cui, who was staring at him expectantly, as well as the other three maids who were still in shock. He said indifferently, "My money doesn't grow on trees. This is a famous restaurant in Qili County. You can finish what you're eating before you leave."
Yesterday, Xiao Cui ordered a lot of food, ordering hundreds of skewers of each item.
Each skewer here is a generous portion, and the four of them would be stuffed to the point of bursting if they tried to finish it all.
"Young master, we can't eat!" a maid in a red dress said softly.
"Yes, you guys helped solve it!"
Lin Qingyuan was very polite at this moment, gesturing to the two burly guards beside him and the two servants.
"Yes, young master!"
Upon hearing this good news, the guards and servants were overjoyed. Having sat for so long, they were already incredibly hungry for food.
The group devoured the food on the table, leaving nothing behind. Even the sheep's roe that Xiao Cui had secretly placed aside was snatched up and eaten by the two guards.
This is a really good thing; it's hard to buy even with money.
The group left just as they had come, without a sound!
Tianxianglou is still bustling with activity and thriving.
Everything was over, but Song Liyun didn't show up. She and Lin Tao were still in the county government office.
Two hours ago, Jiang Feng sent someone to summon him, saying there was something he needed to discuss.
What I saw was a group of girls in coarse cloth and tattered clothes.
"Brother Lin, what should we do?" Song Liyun asked.
Lin Tao was also scratching his head.
There are ten women here, all around twenty years old, the youngest being fifteen. They are displaced women bought from outside the city by the Pingyang government.
Jiang Feng knew that Luo Baihu would not give him money if he asked for it without any proof, so he asked the government office for some women to give to the Broken Gold Guard.
The garrison soldiers were all bachelors, and for the sake of these women, Commander Luo had no choice but to agree.
What's troubling Lin Tao now is that if he takes these women back to the garrison, the twenty brothers from Tianxiang Tower will definitely skin him alive.
But if he brought these women to Tianxiang Tower, the brothers in the garrison would skin him alive.
He only has one life, and there's never enough to go around.
“Miss Song, you should make the arrangements. The centurion will listen to your words.”
Lin Tao thought that since Song Liyun was a woman and a military household member, it would be more appropriate for her to handle the matter.
Upon hearing this, Song Liyun shook her head: "No, no, I say let the centurion do it himself!"
Song Liyun could make decisions on other matters, but now that there were living, breathing people involved, she dared not step forward.
Everyone knows that these women were sent to the garrison soldiers for marriage.
There are hundreds of bachelors over there, but only ten women here. They come in all shapes and sizes, some tall, some short, some fat, some thin, some beautiful, some ugly. There are too many men and not enough women, so it's not suitable for any of them.
In the end, the two decided to send him back to Suijin Town and quietly settle him outside until Luo Baihu came up with a solution.
So the two hired two carriages and swayed back to Suijin Town, thus missing the chance to meet Young Master Lin of Tianxiang Tower.
As soon as the ten women were settled in the Broken Gold Guild Hall, Lin Tao hurriedly ran to find the centurion, as he needed to hand over this hot potato as soon as possible.
The two of them wanted to keep it a secret, but how could they possibly hide the fact that a group of girls had come to town?
By evening, the news had spread throughout the garrison, and the soldiers were all excitedly shouting.
Lin Tao was glad he ran fast and told Luo Baihu that he would return to Tianxianglou.
Luo Baihu was in a terrible situation; he was cornered in the garrison office by several officers who demanded his wife.
These are all people who have made contributions; there aren't enough for everyone to have one.
Enraged, Luo Baihu rushed to the county government office that very night: "That brat Jiang Feng wants to send people away, but he doesn't know how to send more than he wants. Isn't he just deliberately making trouble for himself?"
After a private conversation with Jiang Feng, Luo, the centurion, not only failed to rob the place but also had to pay out five hundred taels of silver.
However, he received some information.
Now that the Crown Prince is overseeing the country, a new emperor brings a new court, and the government has already begun to purge the court and the people. Soon, a large number of officials' wives and daughters will be sent to the border.
They will all be sent to Yunzhou, and he will try to pick out the best ones.
In addition, the Di cavalry, under harassment and encirclement from all sides, have retreated back to Pingliang Fort.
The Zhenbei Army reclaimed the power of the Xuanwei Army in Qing'an Prefecture, and the war was about to end. Meanwhile, the Third Prince was secretly summoned to the capital by the Crown Prince.
Having received this information, Luo Baihu no longer felt bad about spending five hundred taels of silver and contentedly dealt with the ten women there.
Distribution is based on merit, so there's no need to worry about those bastards in the garrison not obeying orders.
Song Liyun dropped her baggage, stayed at home for one night, and then resumed her busy work at Tianxiang Tower.
Lin Qingyuan failed to cause trouble on his first visit to Tianxiang Tower, but then went again with his maids and servants.
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