Traveling through various miniature worlds with a small restaurant

Chapter 81 A small bowl of braised pork trotters rice, a taste of chivalrous romance 1

Jiang Xiaobai and his apprentice exchanged a glance, and then Duan He nodded and said, "Don't worry, young lady, we will definitely handle this matter properly."

Lin Xiaoqian smiled and said, "Then thank you both very much."

After the transaction was completed, Jiang Xiaobai and his apprentice left in a hurry.

However, no sooner had they left than a group of men in black quietly surrounded the store.

Lin Xiaoqian and Jiang Shuang were preparing to tidy up and go upstairs to sleep when the system suddenly issued an alarm: "Danger is approaching outside!"

Lin Xiaoqian immediately became alert. After telling Jiang Shuang about the situation, the two of them watched the surveillance footage outside together.

Jiang Shuang whispered, "Could it be someone sent by the emperor?"

Lin Xiaoqian frowned: "That's possible. Let's see how things go."

Then he remarked, "Tonight is really lively."

Some of the men in black outside went up to the roof, some squatted at the door, and some climbed up to the second-floor window.

They took every opportunity to burn incense into Lin Xiaoqian's small shop.

Lin Xiaoqian asked Jiang Shuang, "What do you mean, Sister Shuang?"

Jiang Shuang twitched the corner of her mouth: "Let them in first, then we can ask them what's going on."

Lin Xiaoqian understood what she meant. She tiptoed to the door, unlocked it, and then she and Jiang Shuang lay motionless on the table.

After a while, the shop door was opened.

A man's voice rang out: "Eunuch Cao, both of them have fainted."

Eunuch Cao said in a shrill voice, "Alright, I understand. Have a few people keep watch outside. The rest of you come in with me."

Then they heard footsteps approaching.

"Hmph, I thought you were all that capable, you two brats."

When Eunuch Cao saw the two people slumped over the table, he was filled with rage.

If it weren't for them, how could Qiu'er have died? If they hadn't been connected to the Imperial Guard, how could he have been so humiliated and driven out of the palace?

He couldn't do anything about the Imperial Guard for the time being, but he could still vent his anger on those two wretched girls outside the palace.

"Men, smash this shop to pieces!"

As soon as Eunuch Cao finished speaking, everyone except him suddenly convulsed and collapsed.

"Who is it?" Eunuch Cao was a little flustered, thinking that there was some martial arts master there.

Those who remained outside heard the noise and came in, only to collapse to the ground like the others.

Lin Xiaoqian and Jiang Shuang sat up, and Jiang Shuang even pulled out a pistol and pointed it at Eunuch Cao.

Lin Xiaoqian rested his chin on his hand and waved to Eunuch Cao: "Judging from your tone, Old Deng, you wouldn't happen to be that Eunuch Cao, would you?"

Seeing that the two men were completely unharmed, while all the thugs he had brought had fallen, Cao Gonggong was filled with fear.

He suppressed his fear and shouted, "Witch! What kind of sorcery are you using!"

Lin Xiaoqian shrugged: "It uses high technology, you wouldn't understand even if I explained."

"Young ladies, are you alright?" The old beggar poked his head out from the doorway.

Then, seeing people lying all over the ground, I wasn't surprised at all.

Lin Xiaoqian waved her hand: "Grandpa, it's nothing. Did I disturb your sleep?"

Before the old beggar could speak, Cao Gonggong's shrill voice rang out: "Second Elder Hong, the Beggar Clan? What are you doing here?"

After saying that, as if remembering something, he pointed at Lin Xiaoqian and said to the old beggar, "You're with them? Oh, I see."

Then he sneered, "Isn't the Beggars' Sect known for its toughness? They still submitted to the Imperial Guard and became Su Hezhou's dogs."

The old beggar's face scrunched up like an old chrysanthemum as he cursed at Eunuch Cao: "Cao Qianxiang, what the hell are you spouting? What are you doing here in the middle of the night? Weren't you sent to look after the gardens outside the city?"

It would have been better if this matter hadn't been mentioned, because upon hearing these words, Eunuch Cao's face turned red with anger.

He shouted, "Old beggar Hong, I'll pretend this has nothing to do with you today, and get out of my way! These two vixens killed my son, and I'm going to avenge him!"

He thought to himself that it must have been Old Beggar Hong who helped him, which was why his men all fell down. After all, he had heard that Old Beggar Hong was also a master-level expert.

The old beggar remained expressionless, sitting cross-legged on the ground as if watching a show, and raised his hand, saying, "Please, go ahead."

Seeing the old beggar's attitude, Eunuch Cao was even more furious, but he was also afraid that the old beggar would intervene again to protect the two witches.

He quietly pulled a dagger from his sleeve and suddenly stabbed Jiang Shuang, who was closest to him.

"Bang!" Jiang Shuang shot him in the hand.

"Ah!" The dagger slipped from Eunuch Cao's hand, and blood streamed down his face.

The old beggar's eyes lit up. He had just seen the Qingcheng Sect members at the door holding a dark object and shooting a shot at a tree.

He lay on the tree studying the bullet holes for a long time, and now he finally saw with his own eyes how the weapon was fired.

It looks really good!

Eunuch Cao clutched his hand, his face pale with pain, and roared in shock and anger, "How dare you hurt me!"

Lin Xiaoqian sneered: "Eunuch Cao, you asked for this."

Jiang Shuang also said, "You allowed your godson Wan Chou to commit all sorts of evil deeds outside, robbing others of their things. He deserves to die. You're no better; you should have known this day would come."

Eunuch Cao glared angrily and cursed, "You two vile women! As long as I live, I will not let you go!"

Jiang Shuang frowned, raised her gun, and shot him in the thigh.

Eunuch Cao let out a miserable scream and collapsed to the ground.

The old beggar stood up and said, "Ladies, Cao Qianxiang is nominally in charge of managing the royal gardens, so we mustn't take his life here."

Upon careful consideration, the two realized that it made sense. The emperor was still secretly plotting against them, and the arrival of Eunuch Cao tonight might be another test by the emperor.

If Eunuch Cao were to die in their shop, it would inevitably leave a pretext for gossip, prompting that scoundrel of an emperor to openly deal with them.

It seems we must let Eunuch Cao leave today. As for whether he will survive, that depends on his own fate.

Lin Xiaoqian asked the old beggar to help carry Eunuch Cao out, and as usual, he ransacked Eunuch Cao's men before throwing them all out.

Jiang Shuang even pulled a water pipe from the kitchen and sprayed them awake. A group of people carried the injured Eunuch Cao and fled in panic.

Watching Eunuch Cao's disheveled figure, the old beggar sighed. Who would have thought that just two days ago he was the Grand Eunuch, in charge of all affairs in the palace, and so powerful and influential, but now he had fallen to such a state?

Serving a ruler is like serving a tiger; it's better to stay away from the court and live a carefree life.

He pointed to the pistol in Jiang Shuang's hand and asked curiously, "Ladies, could you tell this old beggar about it?"

Lin Xiaoqian looked at the old beggar with a hint of inquiry on his face: "Are you a member of the Beggars' Sect, old man?"

Cao Qianxiang just said that there's nothing to deny.

Seeing the old beggar nod, Lin Xiaoqian smiled and asked him to sit down: "Come, old man, let's sit down and chat."