Zuixianlou welcomed the first table of guests today, shopkeeper Xiao and old liar.

The chef was so happy that he hurriedly cooked a few exquisite side dishes. The shopkeeper's food he cooked was a glory and a test. The chef was very attentive. The business was not good, and so many people were quit by Zuixianlou. What if the shopkeeper was not satisfied with the food and quit him too?

Before the food was served, Xiao Fan and the old Taoist priest started drinking.

Xiao Fan now thinks it is really a pleasant thing to be a shopkeeper. It is simply a profession tailored for him, a son-in-law who eats nothing. He doesn’t have to pay for drinking and eating, so where can I find such a beautiful thing?

The old Taoist priest smiled so hard that his face was full of pleats, looking happier than Xiao Fan. His dark dirty face was radiant, and his eyes were rolling, and he was not sure what he was thinking.

Xiao Fan had no friends in this era. Although the old Taoist priest had only dealt with him once and had a very unreliable personality, Xiao Fan still regarded the old Taoist priest as his friend in his heart.

Xiao Fan lived a lonely life in this era. He needed friends, even if this friend was a liar.

The wine is a hot Shaoxing rice wine, crystal clear and shiny with amber shimmering light. The two of them picked up the wine glass and touched it gently. With a "Zi Liu'er", after a glass of wine, they were warm and comfortable.

Taixu rubbed his hands and looked at the kitchen, looking anxious and waiting for the food. I don’t know how many times I’ve been hungry.

As if he suddenly remembered something, Taixu turned around and asked, "By the way, aren't you the son-in-law of the Chen family? Why have you become the shopkeeper of Zuixianlou again?"

Xiao Fan smiled bitterly, looked at the empty restaurant lobby, and said in a depressed voice: "... part-time job."

Taixu rubbed his hands and said dryly, "One of your heart cannot be used, otherwise you can concentrate on being your son-in-law, how about I help you with this restaurant?"

Xiao Fan glared at him, okay, this is planning to eat for a long time. After all, he is a friend. Both of them have the same interests and hobbies.

After drinking a sip of wine, Xiao Fan told the story of solving the Chen family's crisis.

Taixu's eyes were straightened when he heard this, and after a while, he murmured: "I really don't know if you should say that you are lucky or have great ability..."

Xiao Fan said seriously: "Of course he is very capable. I believe you can see that I am a person with many shining points..."

Taixu sneered: "Why are you better than me? I haven't seen other abilities, but you ran very fast after robbing money and couldn't catch up with the dog. This is barely a skill."

Xiao Fan said modestly: "You can't say that, you can't catch up with the dog, but you won't catch up with the Taoist priest?"

I opened my mouth too bluntly, so I walked myself in.

After drinking a sip of wine in a depressed manner, Taixu narrowed his eyes and looked at Xiao Fan and said, "Do you know why I caught up with you later?"

Xiao Fan knew very well: "I owe you a meal, but you are afraid that I will run away and refuse to admit it."

Taixu's black old face showed an embarrassing look: "It's not entirely the reason... I saw you running fast, so I could say it was lightning. I found that you have the potential to practice martial arts..."

Xiao Fan secretly became alert, and this old liar was planning to lie to me again.

"If you run fast, you will have the potential to practice martial arts?"

Taixu squinted his eyes and smiled. No matter how he looked at his smile, he had a sense of malicious intention.

"Brother Xiao, do you want to learn kung fu? Do you want to hit ten? Do you want to fly over the eaves and walk on the walls, and do you want to help the weak?"

Xiao Fan's eyes lit up and he immediately said without hesitation: "I don't want to!"

He had made up his mind that no matter what the old liar said, he would just refuse. Anyway, this old liar must have no good intentions and wanted to take advantage of him, so he could not let him succeed.

Taixu never abandoned him and advised patiently: "I can teach you, my kung fu is not a prank. In today's world, there are only a few people who can be enemies with me..."

Xiao Fan held the wine glass and glanced at him sideways, blowing, you continue blowing, the more you blow, the more you become, you are almost begging for food, and your tone is still so dull, and the old liar is too shameless...

Taixu was still tirelessly advising: "I can teach you light skills. You just robbed money so quickly. I couldn't help but feel cherishing talent. I think you are a talent..."

Xiao Fan frowned, it was so awkward to hear...

However, when the old Taoist priest ran faster than the three of them when he ran away, it was indeed a bit weird...

"Look, if you know light skills, you don't have to run so hard. If you move your body skills a few times, you can completely get rid of those two unlucky guys. Why are they chased by them and ran five streets? I believe you have seen my light skills, and I caught up with you without much effort. I am a person in my 130s and running faster than you, a young man. Don't you yearn for it? In the future, you will become more and more adept at stealing money and have a smooth flow..."

Xiao Fan: “…………”

The evil old Taoist priest...

"...I cannot learn the light skills of ordinary people. This is the unique Taoist sect's 'Tiyunzong'. When my master chose his disciples, he had a strict selection process. He could learn it with extraordinary qualifications. Do you know how to choose? When the master released a group of wild dogs and bit us, he asked us to run desperately. Whoever was bitten by a dog would lose the election. Whoever ran faster than a dog and was unharmed, who could learn light skills..."

Xiao Fan couldn't help asking, "The Taoist priest was chased by a dog back then, right?"

Thinking about the scene of the little Taoist priests everywhere in the mountains being chased and bitten by a group of wild dogs...tsk tsk.

Taixu was silent for a while before whispering: "Since then, I have begun to love eating dog meat hotpot...Amitabha Buddha..."

Xiao Fan glanced at him sympathetically and didn't say anything.

The atmosphere fell into a downturn.

The two of them drank several glasses of wine in silence, and Taixu asked again: "After saying so much, are you going to learn kung fu from me?"

Xiao Fan shook his head quickly: "I don't like being chased by dogs..."

"There is no need to select now, I can teach you immediately."

"No, I live a good life now and don't need to learn kung fu." Xiao Fan refused firmly.

He wanted to learn kung fu, but in fact he was very interested in the ancient Chinese martial arts. When he was studying in his previous life, he even lost his studies. How could he not be interested?

He just didn't believe in Taixu's character, and he didn't believe it even if he beat him to death. This old liar knew what martial arts he had, and most of the time he wanted to cheat him of his tuition.

Seeing Xiao Fan refuse, Taixu couldn't help but sigh, and his expression became so cold.

At this time, the chef's dishes were ready and served. A few exquisite side dishes looked pleasing to the eye and made people feel appetite-promoting.

The chef looked at Xiao Fan from the side and smiled with a pleasing smile.

Xiao Fan looked at Taixu with a lonely face and ordered the chef, "Go and make another dish."

"What kind of dish, please give me your order."

“…Dog meat hotpot.”

"Shopkeeper, wait, it's all right away." The chef was overwhelmed.

Taixu glanced at Xiao Fan gratefully.

Since Xiao Fan refused to learn martial arts, Taixu didn't have much advice, and just kept consuming food and drinking.

Xiao Fan took the dish and tasted it, spread his eyebrows lightly, and nodded.

This dish tastes pretty good. In the past life, it is worthy of the standard of a five-star hotel chef.

He looked up at Taixu and Xiao Fan asked, "Master, how do you think the taste is?"

Taixu nodded and praised: "Not bad, very good!"

Xiao Fan's eyes lit up and he hurriedly said, "How to be a good method, Taoist priest will tell you in detail."

Taixu stroked Xianfeng Daogu’s beard, thought for a while, pointed to the dish that was eaten clean in front of him, and made an example: “I used to eat a dish that required three chopsticks, but today I only took two chopsticks and it was clean…”

Xiao Fan sincerely praised: "The Taoist priest's metaphor is very appropriate..."

Then Xiao Fan frowned again, called his former shopkeeper Lao Cai, and asked, "The dishes in our restaurant tasted good, why didn't there be any customers? The business is so light, it makes no sense! Do you know the reason?"

Lao Cai sighed bitterly, but didn't say anything for a while. Finally, he recited a poem with great resentment: "There is no secret sorrow and secret hatred..."

Xiao Fan and Taixu immediately stopped drinking and looked in awe.

Xiao Fan's eyes were straight: "Old Cai is very literary... But, what does it mean?"

Old Cai sighed and pointed at the outsider and said, "Shopkeeper, please look outside. We have opened a Jinyu Building opposite to our Zuixian Building. Have you seen it?"

Xiao Fan nodded: "See it."

As its name suggests, the Golden Jade Tower is built in a magnificent and luxurious manner, and it is difficult not to see it.

Lao Cai glanced at Jin Yulou opposite him with resentment and said a more literary saying: "It is all because of this scene that our Zuixianlou has become. I am the eight generations of ancestors!"

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Some people in the book review said that the plot progressed slowly, and this... is indeed unfair. The book is called "The Kings and Princes of Ming Dynasty". As the name suggests, the protagonist will become a king in the future. However, now there are only more than 20 chapters. You can't expect the protagonist to be a king as soon as he appears, right? Everything has a process, be patient and take it slowly. Each chapter in the previous chapter is closely related to the plot, and you can't skip it or save it. I will grasp the sense of rhythm well.

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