Chapter 398 Mu Hong, Did I, Gongsun Sheng, Give You Face? [Seeking Monthly Votes]

"My son, what happened outside?"

The knock on the door woke up the old mother who was sleeping in the back room. She fumbled to get up. Ruan Xiaoqi said quickly:

"Mom, please continue to rest. Maybe someone wants to buy roast chicken. Let me go and tell them."

Since settling in this small village called Shitang, Ruan Xiaoqi has been running his roast chicken shop conscientiously.

The chickens are killed in the early morning, fried and then braised, then simmered for an hour, and then put on sale.

Roast chicken is very popular and is usually sold out by the afternoon. Then Xiaoqi will drive a small donkey to a nearby village to collect chickens. The lean chickens will be raised for two days, and the fat ones will be slaughtered the next morning.

Xiao Er and Xiao Wu were fishing nearby. Occasionally, the brothers would come over with fresh fish, and the family would happily have a meal.

The three brothers seemed to have completely forgotten about outsmarting the birth date and Liangshanbo. They were just ordinary people who just wanted to live a small life.

Ruan's mother was very happy with the changes in the three brothers, and urged Xiao Wu and Xiao Qi not to gamble, save money, and ask the matchmaker to find a wife and raise two children in the future.

Xiao Wu is not very interested in finding a wife, but Xiao Qi feels that if he has a woman to help look after the store, he can go further to collect chickens, make more roast chickens, and earn more money.

Xiaoqi has secretly saved dozens of taels of silver, and plans to let her mother arrange the marriage if she has enough 100 taels.

It's ridiculous to think about it. I had a hundred thousand birthday plans in front of me, but I never thought about starting a family and starting a business. All I could think about was killing corrupt officials and doing great things.

But now, he is running for a little bit of silver.

Fortunately, the gentleman in the real world didn't care and gave me the roast chicken recipe, otherwise the roast chicken restaurant wouldn't be able to open.

The weather was already very cold at the end of October, so Xiao Qi got dressed and put on an old felt hat.

As he walked toward the door, he was thinking about changing to a larger yard so that his mother could have a separate room, so that she would not have to disturb her rest.

The knocking on the door became more and more urgent. Xiaoqi pulled the door latch and was about to see what was going on. The door was pushed open from the outside. Several Liangshan minions came in with weapons and raised their scabbards. He hit me right in the face:

"It took a long time to open the door, are you deaf? If you do it next time, I will kill all your family members without leaving a trace!"

When Xiao Qi went to touch the knife, the door of the back room opened, and Ruan's mother hurriedly came out holding an oil lamp:

"Who are you? Don't hurt my son!"

Seeing her mother come out, Ruan Xiaoqi gave up the idea of ​​killing:

"Mom, go in and rest. I'm here."

When a few minions saw an old man, they became even more aggressive and put on a face that was sure to convince Xiao Qi:

"I thought you were the only one in the house. Since there are two of us, we have to pay double the head fee. Grandpa, I am in a good mood today, so I will give you five taels of silver."

For five taels of silver, how much roast chicken should be sold?

Xiao Qi originally planned to argue a few words, but after thinking about it, he opened the bedside cabinet, took out an ingot of five taels of silver, and threw it to the leader:

"Take the money and go, don't bother me again!"

A flash of greed flashed in the little boss's eyes. He glanced hard at the bedside cabinet, put the money in his arms, and walked away swaggeringly.

Ruan's mother said worriedly:

"What should we do if they come down to rob the mountain every three days?"

Ruan Xiaoqi also didn’t expect the people in Liangshan to go so far:

"Don't worry, mother. I'll discuss it with my second and fifth brothers tomorrow. If it doesn't work, we'll open a store somewhere else, away from Liangshan."

After the commotion just now, his last thoughts about Liangshan were turned into ashes.

Outside, a few successful minions beat the surrounding residents for money. After they had almost got it, they left the village and joined the large army outside.

At the head of the village, Jinmaohu Yanshun was a little surprised that these little minions could come back alive:

"That person didn't do anything?"

"No, he was so cowardly that he didn't even fight back when we beat him, and even gave him two taels of silver to buy his life."

Well, more than half of the five taels of silver given by Xiao Qi were stolen by a few people.

Yan Shun turned his face and looked at Mu Hong next to him:

"Leader Mu, what should we do now?"

Mu Hong thought for a while and said:

"Let's go back to the military advisor to revive him first... I didn't expect that the majestic King of Hell would turn out to be a coward."

Today Wu Yong found Mu Hong and Yan Shun, said a bunch of things about brothers wanting to live and die together, and then asked them to find some new brothers to harass Ruan Xiaoqi.

If this Living King of Hell takes action, he will take the opportunity to kill all the people in Shitang Village and then falsely claim that it was San Ruan who killed them.

The three brothers were desperate and would naturally go back to Liangshan.

Mu Hong and Yan Shun, with their respective henchmen, were ready to massacre the village. Unexpectedly, Ruan Xiaoqi did not fight back at all, which made the two of them feel as if they had punched cotton.

Xiao Qi actually didn't resist, so he had to think of another way.

In short, we must make Sanruan earn money and let their brothers continue to work for Liangshan... They are all brothers who kowtow together to worship the boss. You can just break up the gang if you say you want to pull the incense. How can there be such a cheap thing?

Since the last time they were defeated by Qilin Village and were surrounded and killed by the army, the leaders of Liangshan have increasingly felt that they are short of manpower, so San Ruan, who left, and the frustrated Lin Chong, Chao Gai and others became the targets of competition.

The core of San Ruan is Ruan Xiaoqi. As long as he gets him to the mountain, Xiaoer and Xiaowu will also return to the village.

The reason why they harassed Xiao Qi at night was because everyone in Liangshan knew that he was filial. Unexpectedly, several minions were jealous of money and failed to force out Xiao Qi's anger.

After Mu Hong and others returned to the stronghold, they explained the situation to military advisor Wu Yong.

Zhi Duo Xing did not expect Xiao Qi to be able to keep his composure. He stroked his beard and said:

"Send someone to his roast chicken shop tomorrow to ask for protection money and provoke him again... By the way, there is a plaque in his shop that says "Business is booming". Xiao Qi treasures it. Remember to burn it tomorrow."

If you want someone to obey you, then destroy his most precious thing. This is Wu Yong's trick that never fails.

When Mu Hong heard this, he bowed and said:

"I will personally take people to his shop tomorrow morning."

Bullying small vendors is Mu Hong's strong point. He used to do this in Jieyang Town. Xue Yong, a sick tiger, was selling plasters with tricks. He was almost sunk to the bottom of the river because he did not give money to Mu Hong and his brothers.

And Song Jiang, who helped Xue Yong, was almost killed by the two brothers.

This kind of bully doesn't need to act when bullying a shop owner. Just be yourself.

At five o'clock in the morning, Ruan Xiao Qi got up early.

He dressed neatly and walked through the yard to the roast chicken shop on the street.

After opening the door, he first lit the oil lamp in the shop, then lit three incense sticks, and respectfully bowed to the plaque of [Business is booming]. While the neighbors were still asleep, he went to fetch two buckets of water and started to boil water.

When the water boiled and the sky was getting light, Xiao Qi blew out the oil lamp, took a sharp knife and came to the yard, picked up more than 40 fat chickens and slaughtered them one by one.

In the past, he was worried that he could not sell them all, so he cooked more than 20 chickens each time.

But he paid five taels of silver last night, and there was a gathering in the town today, so Xiao Qi planned to slaughter a few more chickens. When the time came, he would let his mother look after the shop, and he would carry the roast chickens to the town to go to the market to earn back the lost silver as soon as possible.

Five taels of silver, one step further away from his wife.

Xiao Qi was busy, shaking his head and smiling bitterly.

When he used to make a living by fishing, he had no goal and did not feel how difficult life was.

But now that he has a goal to strive for and a legitimate business, he feels that everything is so difficult, as if there is an invisible net holding him tightly, preventing him from making progress.

"Pengju said that crossing the class is the most difficult. When I get married in the future, will it be considered crossing the class?"

Xiaoqi cut the chicken neck with a knife, pinched the chicken head with his thumb and index finger, and let all the blood flow into the basin.

After steaming it in water, it will become chicken blood tofu, which costs one penny per piece. Several poor families in the village like to buy it very much. When they cut some into the dishes when cooking, they can also be considered as meat.

After bleeding, they start to pluck the feathers.

The plucked chicken feathers must also be saved. There are people in the town who collect them. It is said that they can be made into chicken feather dusters after washing them, and the rich families in the city will use them to sweep dust.

Xiaoqi does not understand these things, but just thinks that sweeping dust should not be done with a broom?

People in the city are just delicate, and they have to use chicken feathers to sweep dust.

After removing the feathers, Xiao Qi cleaned all the chickens, made sure there were no feathers, then grabbed a sharp knife, cut from the chicken's belly, and gutted the chicken.

Then he cut a few times at the chicken's neck, cut off the trachea and esophagus, and took out the internal organs intact.

He wanted all the chicken intestines, livers, hearts, and gizzards. Mr. Sun in the village liked to eat them, and he would give a few more coins every time he bought them. He was very particular.

As for the golden membrane inside the gizzard, it had to be carefully kept. The pharmacy in the town specialized in purchasing it, and the price was not low. It was called Lao Shizi Chicken Inner Gold, which was said to be able to cure stomach problems.

After all the chickens were cleaned up, he cleaned them, and then hung them up to drain the water.

At this time, Ruan's mother had already prepared breakfast:

"My son, go eat, I'll do the rest."

Ruan's mother carried a small stool, sat down, and began to turn over the chicken intestines, clean the internal organs, and spread the plucked chicken feathers on the bamboo curtain to dry.

Li Laosi, who collects chicken feathers in the town, is very picky. If the chicken feathers are a little wet, he will deduct money or even refuse to accept them.

Xiaoqi came to the kitchen and saw today's breakfast.

A bowl of grain porridge, two white flour buns, a small plate of pickles... In the past, every morning, there were two Hu cakes covered with sesame seeds. After spending five taels of silver last night, my mother also reduced the living expenses.

This is also good. While increasing income, we must also save money... Xiaoqi took a sip of the porridge and grabbed the buns to eat.

After breakfast, he took the chicken that had been drained of water, broke the chicken legs and stuffed them into the chicken's stomach, and the chicken wings passed through the chicken's neck and stretched out of the mouth.

After making the chicken into a classic ingot shape, he began to apply maltose, so that the color would be better when fried.

Ruan's mother cleaned all the internal organs, and even deliberately poked the chicken intestines open and cleaned them repeatedly, and then rolled them up and tied them into bundles, so that they would not be easily overcooked when stewed, and it would be convenient to select when selling.

In this way, the mother and son were busy until the sun rose, and then they stewed the roast chicken.

But it can't be sold yet. It needs to be soaked for a while to make the roast chicken more flavorful.

"My son will go to the town to attend the market later. If there are customers who come to buy, mother will weigh and collect the money."

"My son, go now. I'm at home."

Soon, Mr. Sun from the village came over with a cane and bought a pound of chicken liver, two sets of chicken intestines, and three pounds of chicken gizzards. When paying, he deliberately gave five more copper coins.

Ruan's mother took advantage of this gap to make multi-grain cakes for Xiaoqi to eat on the way, and also fed the chickens in the yard with grain.

After the roast chicken was soaked, Xiaoqi put it in a pottery bucket, covered it with a lid, and put it on the donkey's back. He held the cake in one hand and ate it in big mouthfuls, and led the donkey to the town to sell the roast chicken with the other hand.

After he left, Ruan's mother came to the roast chicken shop on the street, picked up the banner, and prepared to do business.

Not long after the banner of Ruan's roast chicken was hung up, Mu Hong led Yan Shun and strolled over accompanied by several minions.

The two of them wanted to come early in the morning, but they drank too late last night, so they opened their eyes and arrived at this moment. They didn't even bother to wash their faces, so they hurried over by boat, intending to quickly complete the task assigned by the military advisor.

Neither Mu Hong nor Yan Shun had a favorable impression of the Ruan brothers. It could even be said that they, the latecomers, had no favorable impression of the elders of Liangshan.

Both of them are Song Jiangshou's younger brothers, and they have a natural conflict with Chao Gai, who is not enterprising.

Now that I have the opportunity to deal with the veterans, I will naturally use any means.

When they walked into the roast chicken restaurant and saw Ruan's mother alone, they knew they were late.

But now that we have come, we have to find faults when we should. After all, the major tasks assigned by the military advisor must be completed quickly.

"Hello, gentlemen, what would you like to order? Our roast chicken is well-known, and it is all freshly made today."

Mu Hong looked around and saw the plaque "Business is booming" hanging on the wall, and there was an incense burner underneath. It seemed that the military advisor was right, Ruan Xiaoqi really cared about it.

He pointed at the plaque and started to find fault:

“Is this plaque for sale?”

"This is a gift from a noble man and cannot be sold."

"Noble person? How expensive a person is? You actually regard this broken character as a treasure. I think you, an old woman, want to raise the price by sitting on the ground, right?"

Seeing that these people did not look like good people, Ruan's mother said coldly:

"If you don't want to sell, you won't sell. Why are you just sitting there raising the price? Sir, if you don't want to buy anything, please leave. Don't delay our business."

As soon as she said this, Mu Hong quit:

"Old man, are you chasing people away? I'm leaving my words here today. Either you sell me this plaque or I burn it. Otherwise, I won't let you open a store!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Mu Hong saw a figure flash, and there was a Taoist priest under the plaque.

He was wearing a Taoist robe, holding a fly whisk, and carrying a sword behind his back. He was Gongsun Sheng of Ruyunlong, who was once the third master of Liangshan, and later took refuge in Qilin Village.

Yanshun was shocked:

"Gong... Taoist Master Gongsun? Why are you here?"

Gongsun Sheng didn't even look at them, he waved his hand as if to ward off flies:

"You go, don't delay other people's business."

After saying this, he said hello to Ruan’s mother:

"Pindao is the sworn brother of Xiaoer, Xiaowu, and Xiaoqi. His name is Gongsun Sheng. This scares you, old man."

"Meet the Taoist Priest, thank you for your help."

Ruan's mother bowed and hurriedly went to boil water and make tea.

Although she didn't understand what was going on, she also knew that those unscrupulous people were here to cause trouble for her son, and that Taoist Gongsun was here to stand up for herself.

Seeing that Mu Hong refused to leave, Gongsun Sheng said:

"For the sake of our acquaintance in the past, let's go. Let's deal with the funeral affairs when it's time to settle them... Ever since you disrespected this painting, the heavens, the underworld, Taoism, Buddhism...all the forces are rushing to get it. It’s your life.”

Just kidding, this is the word for the proposition given by Mr. Third Master. Who is Third Master? That was Empress Nuwa's personal disciple.

You little bully dared to humiliate this painting for no reason and even threatened to destroy it.

With this level of seeking death, the King of Hell would have to have you tattooed on his body.

Mu Hong didn't believe it:

"Gongsun Sheng, you have surrendered to the enemy, and now you are still deceiving the public and destroying the military advisor's plan. If you fall into the hands of Liangshan in the future, you will suffer the consequences!"

He has long been dissatisfied with this third in command.

He keeps saying that he is powerful, but he has not taken action since he went to Liangshan. When Brother Song was in danger in Jiangzhou, he even took refuge in Qilin Village. This kind of seller seeking glory does not deserve to have such a high position in Liangshan!

Gongsun Sheng ignored him and said:

"Your people took away five taels of hard-earned money from Xiao Qi last night. They will be back before dark."

He didn't say anything threatening, but the meaning was clear.

If you don't come back, no one will survive. Even if you are hiding in Liangshan and can't come out, I will fly over to seek justice.

Gongsun Sheng had already arrived in Handan City and hung up in a Taoist temple as a wandering Taoist priest. He began to read people's faces and treat the poor in order to obtain information.

In addition to him, Cao Zheng and his wife also bought a restaurant in Handan City.

In ancient times, there were relatively few social places. It was easy to get in touch with high-level figures in restaurants and restaurants, which naturally made it easier to obtain information.

The high-strength liquor sold in the restaurant is very popular, but there is still one main dish missing.

Gongsun Sheng thought of Ruan Xiaoqi. Now that Qilin Village is short of manpower, he could ask San Ruan to join him and take the opportunity to make a contribution.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he had this idea, Master Luo Zhenren hurriedly sent a message asking him to come to Shitang Village to save people.

Gongsun Sheng rushed over without stopping, just in time to meet Mu Hong who was about to light the plaque indicating that business was booming.

Yanshun wanted to lighten the atmosphere:

"To report to the three leaders, we are just following orders..."

Gongsun Sheng smiled:

"I am no longer the three leaders of Liangshan. It has nothing to do with me whose orders you take. But if you insult this word, the poor Taoist cannot sit idly by."

There are thousands of roads, but you choose the one that is most desperate for death. It makes people unable to sympathize with you!

Mu Hong looked unhappy. A few minions failed to get things done last night, and they couldn't get it done in person today. This was such a slap in the face.

In a rage, he picked up the braised meat on the counter and threw the soup and meat at the plaque on the wall.

Don’t you think of it as a treasure? Then I will destroy it!

Oh my god... Gongsun Sheng swung his whisk, and all the braised soup and braised meat that had flown into the air fell back into the basin like a camera replay.

After confirming that there was no problem with the plaque on the wall, Gongsun Sheng grabbed the whisk and slapped Mu Hong in the face:

"I've said it several times, this calligraphy is very important, am I giving you face?"

The moment the soft whisk hit his face, it suddenly felt like a steel whip, and Mu Hong's face was covered with blood, and several teeth fell out of his mouth.

Then Gongsun Sheng came out from the counter, changed his usual elegant and easy-going personality, raised his leg and kicked Mu Hong to the street, swung the whisk in his hand, and slapped Mu Hong's head again and again like a spinning top.

Angry Taoist, hitting people online!