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Chapter 8
"How much?"

Zhang Ziqi pointed to his bitter face, and groaned strangely,
"Can you estimate how much money I have?"

Although he was reluctant, Zhang Ziqi still walked up to the doorman,

"Do you know Li Escort of Huichang Escort Bureau?"

"I know."

"Is it in there?"

"Yes." The man replied.

"We only look for people, we don't listen to books, we don't drink tea, we come out after a while, and we don't give money, can we get in?"

"sure."

But before Zhang Ziqi's smile showed, the man said again,

"But our shopkeeper won't allow it."

The guy's words were very serious, with a dumbfounded expression, he didn't seem to be making fun of Zhang Ziqi, Zhang Zaiqi had no choice but to suppress his anger,
"Just looking for people, not listening to books, not drinking tea, and coming out in a while, how much copper?"

"Seven words per person."

"Poke his mother, it's accurate."

Zhang Zaiqi muttered softly, hesitated for a moment, emptied his trouser pocket, took out seven copper coins, handed it to the clerk, and then waved to Wu Qing in disgust,

"go in."

Wu Qing was a little surprised, walked over to him and asked,

"Then you wait for me at the door?"

Zhang Ziqi pouted,

"Storytelling, I'm tired of listening to it."

Wu Qing didn't say much anymore, it could be seen that the cousin of the original owner was very kind to the original owner.

But sorry, I have to go home.

Wu Qing sighed secretly, looked around the teahouse with more than a dozen people, and asked the janitor,

"Which one is Escort Li?"

"The big guy in the second row."

Wu Qing took a look into the teahouse, and there was a majestic figure in the second row of the teahouse, which caught people's attention.

Wu Qing looked down at her thin body again, smacked her mouth, cursed her mother silently, then thanked the waiter, and walked towards Li Escort.

After Wu Qing entered the door, the shopkeeper of the teahouse walked around to the doorkeeper, knocked the guy on the forehead, and cursed,

"You dead woodhead, how dare you talk too much about the guests?"

But he didn't stop Wu Qing.

Did Zhang Ziqi give money?

Before Wu Qing walked to the second row, the majestic figure of Escort Li turned around, stared at the approaching Wu Qing, and asked,

"you are?"

It should be said that he is an old escort who has been escorting for more than 20 years, and he is alert enough.

Wu Qing praised secretly, and said,
"My lord, Wu Qing, if I have something to ask Li Escort, can I have a chance to speak?"

After a moment of silence, Escort Li took a sip of tea,

"It's not about the Li family losing Jiu Shoujian."

The arrogant Li Escort has an extremely loud voice, his words can be clearly heard even in a noisy teahouse.

Wu Qing knew that he was not the only one looking for Jiu Shoujian, so it wasn't surprising, he praised,

"Leader Li sees clearly."

Escort Li didn't echo Wu Qing's smile, he looked Wu Qing up and down, then turned around impatiently, only watching on the stage.

Wu Qing was not annoyed either, she smiled and said,

"This matter is very important to me. I hope Escort Li will be considerate and don't hesitate to clear up doubts."

Escort Li put the teacup on the small table in front of him, and said slowly,
"You are the third person who came to me to ask. The first one is from Li Yushi's residence and has a high reputation. The second one is a friend of mine with a good friendship. You have neither high reputation nor me. Friendship. It’s very important to you? Ask me empty-handed, who are you?”

The locals are not easy to get along with.Sighing inwardly, the smile on Wu Qing's face faded.

Just at this moment, the storyteller on the stage patted Xingmu, which attracted the attention of the whole room, and then said,
"However, the closer you get to the Republic of China, the less you can see the jujube red flag, the stringed bell horse and the thousands of miles of bodyguards. How can the Shi's Escort Bureau be an exception? The same is true for the difficulties. Although Shi Hai is trying his best to maintain the Escort Bureau, how can the current situation be reversed? Alas, the Shi Family Escort..."

When the storyteller sighed, Li Biaotou said suddenly,
"It happened more than ten years ago, Nanyu Sanying, you may not have heard of it, but back then, Duan let go of Shi Hai, and with one hand, he beat the entire Nanyu Dao with invincible hands. In fact, I am familiar with Nanyu Sanying. Shi Hai also walked the darts together, and now he has been sung in the book... Do you know what happened to Shi Hai afterwards?"

It is about the characters in the storybook of the storyteller.Wu Qing just felt inexplicable, and didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Escort Li didn't seem to expect Wu Qing to answer, he continued,
"After the Escort went out of business, he went to the Yujiang government office to ask for an errand, and became an inspector. He worked as a hero for more than ten years, but he finally wore an official uniform, hehe. The officer in charge of recruiting inspectors didn't want to recruit at all. His, but he said he had studied in a private school for two years, so he was hired, and martial arts practiced for more than 20 years is not as good as studying for two years... have you studied?"

"I have studied in volunteer elementary school for several years." Wu Qing replied with a cold face.This is the education of the original owner.

"It's good to have read the book."

Escort Li took a big sip of tea, held the empty teacup and nodded to Mr. Storyteller,
"You see, Shi Hai was educated, and after his family business collapsed, he was able to receive a government job. Unlike me, he can only spend time in teahouses. I can't figure it out. Studying is better than practicing martial arts. Is it useful? I always feel that it shouldn’t be like this. Shi Hai, who was number one in Nanyu with a pair of punches back then, will eventually have to rely on literacy to make a living—shouldn’t it be more useful to have studied?”

He finally stared at Wu Qing,

"Why don't you write a poem for me to listen to, and I'll answer all your questions. Let me see if it's always more useful to read a book."

Wu Qing licked her lips, feeling both funny and absurd,
"Li Escort is joking, how can he write poetry after only studying for a few years?"

Wu Qing pulled an empty chair beside her to sit down,
"It's not that I have studied for a few years, and besides, I'm not like Li Biaotou, who has practiced martial arts for more than 20 years, but in the end he only has a stomach full of self-pity. I'm not full of sorrow and can't write poetry."

"you……"

Whoops!

wow-

The noise at the entrance of the teahouse interrupted the tit-for-tat confrontation between Wu Qing and Li Biaotou.

Everyone in the teahouse turned their heads to look.

At the entrance of the teahouse, there was a group of three strong men with red belts on their arms rushing in. The owner of the teahouse fell into the pile of tables and chairs, screaming in pain, and the doorkeeper was helping him. Followed in the chaos.

A mess.

The three people who broke in looked wild, and they walked awkwardly, for fear that others would not know that they were playing gongs.The three of them walked straight to Wu Qingli's escort.

Wu Qing remembered that Zhang Zaiqi had said that Li Yushi's mansion had entrusted more than one gang to find Jiu Shoujian.The three gong players who broke in were obviously also looking for Li Biaotou to ask Jiu Shoujian.

Sure enough, after the three people who broke through the door approached, the young man in black shirt who was the leader among them bent over to Guard Li and cupped his hands, announcing himself as his family.

"Wang Dayan, who patrols the mountains under the command of the Sixth Master of the Waterworkers' Gang, asks the head of the escort Li. I want to consult the head of the escort for something this time. Can I borrow a step?"

Escort Li, who was already so enraged by Wu Qing's ridicule, slapped the table, and the objects on the table rose an inch high, and the chair under him was brought down directly. He stared,
"What? Look at my Huichang Escort Bureau collapsed, my surname Li is down and out? Why does anyone dare to speak vernacular in front of me?"

Li Biaotou was six and a half feet tall, with a burly figure and a more ferocious face. He stood up like a black bear, looked down at Wang Dayan and the three of them, and suppressed them for a moment.

But then Wang Dayan straightened up, with a smile on his face and said without a smile,
"Head Li, take care... Your Huichang Escort Bureau has collapsed, but our Waterworkers Gang has not collapsed yet. I advise you to be clear-headed."

The voice was not high and the tone was not sharp, but these plain words were like a slap on Li Biaotou's face.

Hearing this threat, Captain Li became even more angry. His eyes went back and forth between Wu Qing and Wang Dayan, but when he thought of the power of the Waterworkers Gang, he managed to hold back his anger, narrowed his eyes and said,

"How about this, the three of you have a fight with the little boy named Wu Qing next to you, and whoever stands at the end, I will 'borrow a step' from him."

(End of this chapter)