Chapter 44 Her Backer (Catching Insects)

All the onlookers outside the shop automatically made way for him.

The chief official glanced at him, and his face suddenly changed: "Prince...Prince?"

The people from the Fire Camp were also quite surprised to see Feng Shuo appear here. Even Chef Li and Tou'er Zhao were restrained, not to mention the young firemen, who did not dare to breathe.

Jiang Yanyi's eyes showed some surprise. She thought...after what happened that day, Feng Shuo would not come to support the opening of the shop.

Feng Shuo wore a black dragon robe with dark red and red gold double threads embroidered with rolling cloud patterns on the lapels. A Pisces pendant was adorned on the three-foot-wide waistband, and he looked noble.

He held one hand behind his back and the other hand held a delicate bird cage. The green parrot in the cage folded its wings and puffed out its chest, looking rather arrogant.

When meeting Jiang Yanyi's eyes, Feng Shuo's gaze was calm, while Jiang Yanyi's eyes were complicated, and he soon looked away in discomfort.

Feng Shuo also looked away, and the corners of his mouth shrunk. People who knew him well knew that this was a sign of his displeasure.

His cold eyes swept through the mess in the shop, and finally looked at the chief of the officials standing beside him: "Is this how the Xizhou government office does things?" The

chief of the officials had cold sweat on his forehead. He was in charge of the law and order of the Duhufu Street, so he naturally knew which dignitaries stood behind each shop, and he had never made any mistakes in his work.

This shop was originally Zhao Dabao's rouge shop. Zhao Dabao was able to buy the shop in this area because he gave gifts to Xie Zhizhou. He heard that Jiang Yanyi bought Zhao Dabao's shop, so he mistakenly thought that there was no one behind Jiang Yanyi.

Moreover, this time Jiang Yanyi offended the niece of Governor Xie, and the entire Xizhou Prefecture was under the jurisdiction of Governor Xie. Naturally, the chief of the officials knew the situation and stood on the side of Madam Hu.

Unexpectedly, there were so many nobles around the female manager of Jiang's, and even the King of Liaoning spoke for her.

The chief of the officials smiled and nodded, saying: "I... I just want to ask the manager to go to the government office to ask a few questions. This is not only a street fight, but also hurting people. The government office must record a confession, right..."

"But since she is someone known to the prince, there is no need to record the confession..."

He signaled his officials to carry Madam Hu and prepared to leave in disgrace.

Feng Shuo called him back, "The government has its own rules. If you want to record a confession, do it here."

The chief of the officials was sweating profusely. He said in an official tone that he wanted to record a confession, but the other party sent him back his words unchanged.

"This... this..."

He was really in a dilemma now.

Xing Yao saw that Feng Shuo's brows were more unhappy, and he shouted quickly, "What are you dawdling about? I, the shopkeeper, still have to open the store!"

The chief of the officials had no choice but to bite the bullet and start recording the confession after being yelled at like this.

Jiang Yanyi moved a chair to the door for Feng Shuo to sit on. Xing Yao was going to help, but then he thought that his master might not want to sit on the chair he moved, so he stood aside and did not move.

Jiang Yanyi put the chair in place and said to Feng Shuo, "Grandpa... please sit down."

When in the military camp, everyone in the Huotou Camp called Feng Shuo the general, and Jiang Yanyi got used to calling him that. Now that he is out of the military camp, he can't change his way of addressing him eight out of ten times.

Feng Shuo glanced at her, sat down with his big horse and golden sword, and leaned his left arm on the armrest of the chair idly, occasionally throwing a grain of coix seed to the parrot in the cage.

Although he didn't see how the chief official recorded the confession, and he didn't seem to care much with this attitude, his scalp still tingled when the chief official questioned him, as if there was a big knife hanging around his neck, which would fall down if he was not careful.

When asked about the cause of the fight today, Zhao insisted that it was the Hu family who started the fight first. A dozen of the Hu family's servants were walking around with sticks in their hands, and the passers-by on the street could testify to this.

When asked why the Hu family came to the door to cause trouble, Jiang Yanyi told them about Hu Baiwan's door-smashing a few days ago. People on the entire Duhufu Street could testify that it was indeed Hu Baiwan who was making trouble that day .

The head of the officials knew about Hu Baiwan's beating. He originally thought that it was just that the prince wanted to clean up the Xizhou government office, and Hu Baiwan happened to be a scoundrel on weekdays, so he took Hu Baiwan as a punishment. But

today, it seems that the King of Liaoning is obviously protecting the shopkeepers of this shop.

The chief of the police regretted it so much that his intestines turned green. How could he let himself get into such a mess?

It was not the first time that Madam Hu beat people in the street because of jealousy. Today's incident was started by the Hu family, and the evidence was already there. After

recording Jiang Yanyi's statement, the chief of the police still symbolically asked Madam Hu whether what they said was true.

Madam Hu was supported by two police officers. A piece of broken porcelain was stuck under her feet and on her buttocks. She could neither stand nor sit. She felt uncomfortable after maintaining this posture for a long time.

The two police officers who supported her gritted their teeth, and beads of sweat appeared on their foreheads. Some of them could not bear her weight.

Madam Hu has been a coquettish girl since she was young. She has never been treated like this before. The cuts on her body from the porcelain pieces hurt like hell, but she is not stupid. Seeing Feng Shuo protecting Jiang Yanyi, she knew that if she continued to make trouble today, she would definitely not gain any advantage.

She looked at Jiang Yanyi's beautiful face and really wanted to rush up and scratch her face.

Bitch! Flirting everywhere, maybe the King of Liaonan is also her lover!

Madam Hu bit her teeth and tried to suppress her anger, saying bitterly: "I misunderstood Shopkeeper Jiang and disturbed him from doing business..."

Jiang Yanyi was not afraid of anything else but was afraid that she would come back to ask him for medical expenses. She continued to find fault and said quickly: "You got these injuries because you smashed the dishes in my shop and accidentally stepped on the broken porcelain. It has nothing to do with our shop. I hope the official can be a witness. Our shop has little profit and we are not responsible for hiring a doctor for Madam Hu."

The onlookers also laughed for the first time when they saw someone coming to beat someone up and getting injured.

The children who had been marketed by Jiang Yanyi with the candied haws and mulberries crowded in the front, pointed at Madam Hu and said with a smile: "I saw it, she dropped the plate and accidentally stabbed her foot, then fell on her buttocks and stabbed her buttocks and bled!"

Madam Hu was extremely embarrassed and was about to rush up and hit the boy who was talking: "You are full of dirty words, you are an uneducated thing!"

The two officers were already unable to hold her up, and now she struggled hard, and the two officers had to let go. Madam Hu couldn't stand up at all, and fell to the ground again.

"That fat woman fell again!"

The children standing in front clapped their hands and laughed.

Mrs. Hu had a nosebleed after falling. She felt pain and humiliation. She no longer wanted to stay here. She angrily ordered the servants in the mansion: "Are you all dead? Send me home!"

Jiang Yanyi frowned. Mrs. Hu hadn't said that she wouldn't ask her for medical expenses.

She was about to speak, but Feng Shuo said first: "You are looking for trouble and maliciously smashing things in other people's shops. You can still leave with a clear conscience. What do you think of the laws of Daxuan?"

Looking for trouble and making trouble are minor crimes. On the contrary, Feng Shuo's last sentence made the chief of the officials weak in the knees.

This sentence can be translated as disregarding the law.

If disregarding the law is exaggerated, it can be said that there is a rebellious intention.

The chief of the officials was no longer afraid of offending the prefect Xie. If these words were heard by the prefect Xie, he would no longer recognize his niece.

He quickly clasped his hands and said, "Your Majesty is right. I will take them all to jail!"

The officials rushed forward and tied up all the evil servants of the Hu family. When Mrs. Hu heard that she was going to jail again, she was completely angry because so many things had happened today. She opened her mouth and said, "You dare to let me go to jail. You know my uncle... uh uh..."

The chief of the officials was afraid that she would say something stupid again, so he quickly blocked her mouth and had her taken away.

He then bowed to Jiang Yanyi and said, "Manager Jiang, please make a list of the things that were broken in the store today. I will go to the Hu family later and ask them to compensate you at the original price."

Jiang Yanyi hurriedly thanked him.

The chief of the officials then bowed to Feng Shuo and said, "I will take my leave."

Feng Shuo had a cold face and only nodded dignifiedly.

After the officials left, most of the audience dispersed. However, it was a blessing in disguise. The Hu family's hasty behavior made Jiang Yanyi's hot pot shop even more famous. Today, the

firemen are here to help, so Jiang Yanyi doesn't have to clean up the broken porcelain in the store by herself. Someone has cleaned it up as soon as she turns around.

She didn't dare to approach Feng Shuo, and hid behind the counter under the pretext of writing a list of broken dishes.

If it was a regular customer, Zhao Tou'er would have helped her greet him, but it was Feng Shuo who was sitting in the store, and Zhao Tou'er didn't have the courage to go forward. He could only urge Jiang Yanyi: "The general has helped you out today, why don't you go and ask the general what he wants to eat?"

Jiang Yanyi secretly glanced at Feng Shuo, who was in a state of confusion. The memory of being cornered by him that day came flooding back to her. She was so frightened that she held her hands tightly. Holding the pen, she said, "I... I'll finish writing the list of compensation first."

Zhao Tou'er looked over and found that her writing was in huge hairpin-shaped small characters, which was eye-catching. He pulled the pen from her hand and said, "With your handwriting, it's strange that people can read the list clearly. I'll write it for you. There's also Old Li watching over the kitchen, you go and entertain the guests!"

Jiang Yanyi was ruthlessly driven out of the counter.

She looked at Feng Shuo, and then at Zhao Tou'er. Zhao Tou'er was sitting behind the counter and made a gesture to come forward to her, which seemed to be a bit of a disappointment.

Jiang Yanyi thought that if it weren't for what happened that day, she would not be afraid to receive Feng Shuo now, but with such a relationship involved, she felt extremely embarrassed.

Finally, she walked up to Feng Shuo with her face almost frozen with smiles before she uttered a polite word: "Thank you for today's matter, Your Majesty."

Feng Shuo raised his clear eyes, which were always cold, making people never guess what was hidden behind that layer of coldness.

He raised his hand and handed the bird cage to Jiang Yanyi: "You said before that you would let me come to support the opening of the store and wish you good luck in your business."

The parrot in the cage seemed to have been trained many times for this sentence before. As soon as Feng Shuo finished speaking, it immediately spread its wings, as if it was afraid that it would be used to make soup if it said it too late: "Good luck in your business!"

Its voice was so loud.