Volume 2: Female Corpse in Monk's Clothes Chapter 70: Don’t hit too lightly!
As the saying goes, the kings, dukes, generals and ministers, the marquis of the Great Xuan Kingdom is second only to the prince, but his treatment is basically the same as that of the prince, and his status is extremely noble.
Like most feudal dynasties in ancient times, the Daxuan Dynasty also made the direct relatives with the same surname kings, while those with different surnames were made marquises.
Since he was granted the title of nobility, he must have made great contributions to the country.
For example, Lu Jinlong, Marquis of Changping in Shangyuan City, his ancestor was a prefect of the previous dynasty.
When Emperor Taizu of Daxuan attacked Shangyuan City, he not only took the initiative to surrender, but also helped Emperor Taizu capture more than ten nearby cities of various sizes.
Taizu was grateful for his contribution and conferred him the title of Marquis of Changping, and granted him hereditary title and permanent residence in Shangyuan City.
The Daxuan Dynasty stipulated that kings and princes were not allowed to recruit private soldiers, but they only enjoyed many privileges such as fiefdoms and fiefdoms.
But after all, he was protected by the imperial power and was a noble lord, so the local officials naturally respected him.
"It's been five days already," the waiter continued to tell Xu Zun and the others in the restaurant, "Ms. Lu from the Marquis's Mansion is only 16 years old. No one has found her alive or dead. How can the Marquis not be anxious?"
oh……
After listening, Xu Zun and Zhao Yuhuo Anu looked at each other, and they already knew in their hearts that the urgent case they came to Shangyuan City to deal with was most likely the disappearance of the marquis's daughter.
No wonder even the governor came to Shangyuan City in person and asked the newly appointed chief judge to rush over without stopping.
It turned out that such a case had occurred.
The Marquis’ daughter is missing; this is indeed a top-ranking case!
"That can't be so exaggerated, right?" Zhao Yu frowned. "The young lady of the Marquis's Mansion is a living person. She can't be hidden in the drawer of the medicine store, right?"
"Ah... Sir, don't you understand?" The waiter smiled bitterly and pointed to his pocket with his hand. "These soldiers are not looking for any girls!"
oh……
Xu Zun understood instantly that these soldiers were taking advantage of the situation to make money under the guise of looking for the young lady of the Marquis' Mansion.
They deliberately turned shops and residents' homes upside down and smashed things. In fact, they just wanted to take advantage of the situation and take the valuables for themselves!
At the beginning, when the inner guards searched his own house, they also stole a lot of things, but later Cai Kun asked his men to return them.
"Little Second Brother," Xu Zun thought for a moment and asked, "Do you know how the Marquis's daughter disappeared?"
"This... this I don't know..."
The waiter shook his head and was about to say something, but suddenly he saw a few people coming in from outside the store. He was so scared that he hurriedly lowered his head and ran away.
The next second, four men in soldier's armor swaggered into the restaurant.
Judging from the attire of these four men, they should all be sergeants of higher ranks.
The bearded man who led the group first looked at Xu Zun and the others, a strange look flashed in his eyes, and then he shouted into the restaurant:
"Where are you? Have you prepared the food? Do you want to be cleaned up again?"
"Come...come!" A skinny old man who looked like a boss ran out from behind the counter and said respectfully to the people, "My dear soldiers, I have prepared the best food in our restaurant for you. Please enjoy it!"
As they spoke, the waiters in the restaurant lined up from the kitchen and served these people sumptuous food and wine.
"Hmm..." The bearded man looked quite satisfied and immediately sat down around the table with the other three.
Among them, there was a red-faced soldier facing Xu Zun and others. When he saw Huo Anu, his eyes were immediately attracted and he said:
"Wow, what a beautiful foreign girl! Why didn't I see her before?"
After he said this, several people looked at Huo Anu with obscene looks in their eyes.
Huo Anu immediately clenched the iron umbrella and wanted to say something to them, but Xu Zun quickly held her down.
They have just arrived and have not yet figured out the situation, so they should not cause trouble.
"Brother Xiaoer," Zhao Yu was also a smooth person, and immediately called to the waiter, "Let's order!"
“Here it comes, here it comes…” The waiter who had chatted with them before hurried over and introduced the names of the dishes to them.
As a result, the four captains could not get angry and had to continue eating and drinking.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a little girl came down from upstairs.
The little girl was about sixteen or seventeen years old, with long hair draped over her shoulders and a pipa in her arms. Judging from her clothes, she looked like a performing artist.
Unexpectedly, she was blind!
She groped her way along the stairs, walked down carefully, and asked towards the counter:
"Boss, why hasn't my lunch been delivered yet?"
"Hey, girl..." the boss replied from behind the counter, "I'm sorry, something delayed us just now. We'll make it for you right now!"
What the boss called "something going on" was naturally because of these soldiers who were eating for free.
"Oh..." The little girl walked slowly towards the counter while holding her zither, saying, "In that case, I'll eat downstairs, so you don't have to clean up later..."
The little girl was talking, but when she walked past the captains, the bearded man suddenly got angry and stretched out his leg to trip the girl.
"Oh……"
The little girl couldn't see anything at first, and she tripped and fell to the ground. The pipa made a buzzing sound when it hit the ground!
"Oh my god..." Seeing the little girl fall, the bearded man complained to his red-faced companion, "What a good opportunity, why didn't you hug her ? Look how she fell! Why don't you help her up quickly? Hahaha..."
"oh……"
Seeing the bearded man's evil smile, the red-faced captain finally understood what was going on. He immediately turned around and reached out to grab the girl's sensitive area...
Bang!
At this point, Huo Anu couldn't bear it any longer, and immediately slammed the table, ready to rush out to fight for justice.
"Anu!" Xu Zun held her down again and warned her forcefully, "Don't hit her too lightly!"
"ah?"
Huo Anu thought Xu Zun was trying to stop him and was about to get angry, but he didn't expect Xu Zun to say this.
Immediately afterwards, she saw Xu Zun pick up a chair, rush over, and smash it directly on the head of the red-faced sergeant!
Bang!
With just one move, the chair fell apart, and the red-faced sergeant howled as he was slammed to the ground!
"ah!?"
The other three were startled and hurriedly stood up and drew their swords, but before they could pull out the swords, they suddenly saw a black iron umbrella flying towards them!
Then, shrill howls rang out in the restaurant. Xu Zun, Huo Anu, and Zhao Yu punched and kicked the four captains, smashing them with their iron umbrellas, and made them roll on the ground, wailing...
“Oh my… Tsk tsk…”
Liu Dong smacked his lips as he helped the blind girl up, while Xiwa helped pick up the pipa.
This sudden beating had already scared the shopkeeper and his employees silly. They could never have imagined that someone would dare to hit a soldier.
"Waiter, waiter," Liu Dong urged the waiter as if nothing had happened after settling the blind girl down, "Hurry up, order the dishes! Stop looking, what's so good about it?"
"This..." The waiter trembled all over, at a loss.
"stop!"
At this moment, a group of soldiers suddenly rushed in from outside. They drew their swords and surrounded Xu Zun and others!
"Stop it!" A burly officer rushed in from behind the soldiers and shouted at Xu Zun and the other two, "Stop fighting!"
Seeing that he was surrounded, Xu Zun was fearless. He kicked the bearded man hard in the face and cursed loudly:
"You dare to beat up an official appointed by the imperial court? You must be tired of living! Humph..."
