Lord of Puro

Chapter 489: The Right Temperature
When Xiao Yeci saw Li Banfeng, he would usually call out, "My benefactor."

Sometimes he would call him Seventh Master, but basically he would never call him Seventh Brother, because Lu Chunying always called Li Banfeng Seventh Brother.

He kept calling me "Seventh Brother" today, it's obvious that something has gone wrong.

Li Banfeng took the opportunity to ask, "Why do you have to treat me to a meal?"

"That's me," Xiao Yeci's cheeks flushed, "I want to be with Brother Qi..."

"Don't be nervous, sit down and talk slowly." Li Banfeng turned on the record player and played a soothing violin piece.

Xiao Yeci calmed down and said word by word: "Seventh Brother, I have been thinking about you these past two days. You are there when I open my eyes and you are there when I close my eyes..."

Is this something Xiao Yeci could say?
"Do you miss me that much?" Li Qi smiled, and the violin music on the record player was a little out of tune.

This is the record player that Ling Miaosheng gave to Li Banfeng. It was originally a hand-cranked record player, but his wife transformed it into a clockwork record player, which is less troublesome to use.

The record player was out of tune, proving that Xiao Yeci had a hook.

Xiao Yeci lowered her head and said, "As a woman, I am shameless for saying such things.

Brother Qi, I know you won't marry me, but can you treat me differently to other women? "

Li Qi was very curious: "Why is it different?"

Xiao Yeci stammered, "Even if you just let me be your lover, I'll be very happy. I'll give you whatever you want."

Xiao Yeci repeatedly hinted that this was not something she should say, but she said it anyway.

She was held hostage.

What bargaining chips can be used to hold Xiao Yeci hostage?
It should be only Lu Chunying.

What happened to Lu Chunying? Was she kidnapped?
Isn’t it too difficult?

Lu Chunying is the head of the Lu family. With her current strength, how can she kidnap someone just like that?
Li Banfeng sighed and said, "Ye Ci, we are all family, it's too formal for you to say that. It's just a meal, I'll ask the kitchen to prepare it immediately, and we'll eat in Xiaoyaowu. Let's drink some wine while we eat, and when you're drunk enough, we can do our business."

Xiao Yeci was so embarrassed that he trembled all over: "Seventh Brother, can we not be in Xiaoyaowu..."

Li Banfeng was startled: "What's wrong with Xiaoyaowu?"

Xiao Yeci lowered his head and said, "There are so many people here who know me. I am really embarrassed."

The fact that he was not in Xiaoyaowu proved that the other party had designated a location and set an ambush.

"Then pick a place."

"I want to go to the Conqueror Restaurant. The sunset there is so beautiful and the braised pork is so delicious."

Conqueror Restaurant, a new restaurant opened by foreigners, sells Western watercress.

Are there any slices of braised pork in the watercress?

She said the sunset was beautiful and the braised pork was delicious.

This should be referring to Duan Shaoxia.

Duan Shaoxia held Lu Chunying hostage?
Does she have this ability?
This matter is definitely related to Duan Shaoxia, but it is hard to say what Duan Shaoxia's position is.

"Okay, let's go to the Conqueror Restaurant. Wait for me to change clothes and get ready." Li Banfeng left the room and took the record from the record player.

Back at Suishenju, Li Banfeng handed the record to his wife, who quickly listened to it and told him a key piece of information:

"Ye Ci, as long as you ask Li Qi to come out, I will immediately ask them to send Chunying back. From now on, Chunying will be your daughter and has nothing to do with me.
Please don't do anything stupid, and don't say anything stupid. If I hear you and Li Qi say anything stupid, Chunying will be dead."

Just as Li Banfeng expected, Lu Chunying was kidnapped.

Lu Chunying had been through bloody storms with Li Banfeng, but was kidnapped by this woman.

The other party is quite powerful, so Li Banfeng needs to make more preparations.

The lady said, "My dear husband, this hook is of average quality, and you can catch it by pulling the thread."

Li Banfeng was stunned: "Can the string earrings have this ability?"

"She is new to this as well, so you can let her try. Send her to Xiaonu."

Li Banfeng took out the earrings and gave them to his wife. His wife described the characteristics of the hook in detail: "You can tell the direction of the hook from the sound of the hook. If you listen carefully twice, you should be able to tell the general direction."

While his wife was instructing how to plant the cabbage, Li Banfeng took out the cabbage seeds. After the cabbages were planted, Li Banfeng left Suishenju and found Ma Wu, asking him to gather people immediately.

……

Twenty minutes later, Li Banfeng returned to the box.

Xiao Yeci looked at Li Banfeng and said, "Seventh Brother, do you really want to go?"

Li Banfeng nodded with a deep smile on his face.

Xiao Yeci was very nervous. After hesitating for a while, he took Li Banfeng out.

Walking to the side of the road, Xiao Yeci called a rickshaw and took the two of them to the Conqueror Restaurant.

After entering the private room, Xiao Yeci handed the menu to Li Banfeng.

Li Banfeng sat calmly with a deep smile on his face.

Seeing that Li Banfeng had been silent, Xiao Yeci whispered, "Then I'll order the dishes."

After ordering the dishes, a waiter came to get the menu. Although he was wearing men's clothes, Xiao Yeci knew it was Duan Shaoxia.

Duan Shaoxia first glanced at Xiao Yeci, then looked at Li Banfeng, and left the private room.

"The food is about to be served!" Xiao Yeci glanced at Li Banfeng.

Li Banfeng's smile remained deep.

Arriving at the restaurant lobby, Duan Shaoxia said to the cook, "The dishes are ready."

The cook nodded, walked through the kitchen, went to the backyard of the restaurant, entered the house and said, "Bishop Mosonov, the dishes are ready."

A middle-aged man with blond hair and blue eyes turned around and said, "Our battle is about to begin. Remember, we only need people who can speak. The rest is not important. If Li Qi can speak but not walk, things will be more favorable for us. Let's go, my warriors. The holy light blesses you."

He had a total of fifty-six people under his command, all foreigners. Each person had different divisions of labor and tasks. Fifty of them went to the box to capture Li Qi. Among the remaining six people, five were responsible for protecting the bishop, and one used a hook to continue to monitor Xiao Yeci and Duan Shaoxia.

Daboyens was not assigned any task, and Xiao Manli felt just as embarrassed as him.

Mosonov did not speak to the two. Daboyens felt that it was not appropriate for him to stay here, so he took the initiative to ask: "I will go outside the restaurant to patrol so that no irrelevant people will disturb our operation."

Mosonov nodded. "Very good. Report to me as soon as you have any news. Manli, you and Dabo go together."

Daboyens and Xiao Manli left the restaurant together and walked down the street. Daboyens lowered his voice and asked, "Did you tell Bishop Mosonov the news?"

Xiao Manli did not deny it: "He happened to bring people to Green Water City. After I heard the news, I immediately came to find him. As a member of the Light Chasing Group, this is my duty."

Daboyans said: "Now I understand why your reputation is so bad. You don't understand the concept of credit at all. Cooperating with you is the stupidest decision I have ever made!"

Xiao Manli argued: "Our opponent is a powerful person from Pro Province. It is impossible for the two of us to complete this task alone."

Daboyens sneered: "Why can't you be honest? You are worried that I will take the red lotus for myself, and you are worried that you will not get any benefits!"

Xiao Manli did not feel ashamed: "Shouldn't I be worried? Shouldn't I get the reward that belongs to me?"

Daboyens shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Miss Xiao, you can't get anything now. The things have fallen into the hands of those foreign devils. It has nothing to do with us anymore."

"You call them foreign devils?" Xiao Manli said in astonishment. "Spider Bin, you are really a pragmatic person. Why did you join the Light Chasing Group?"

"What do you think? What are you doing this for? For faith? For their culture? Isn't it all for profit? Because of your stupid actions, we have gained nothing now!"

Xiao Manli also felt a little regretful: "He is the bishop. Since he made a promise, he must fulfill part of it. I think we can at least earn some pills."

Daboyne was not optimistic about this: "The promise was not given to us, but to his men. That bastard Mosonov didn't treat us as human beings. He won't give us anything..."

Daboynes stopped talking halfway because the little spider he left outside sensed something.

"Since we got nothing, I don't think we need to take too much responsibility." Daboyens quickly turned to the alley next to him, and Xiao Manli quickly followed.

"What happened?"

Daboynes did not answer, but only prayed for Mosonov: "May the divine light protect him."

……

On the street leading to the Conqueror Restaurant, He Yuxiu walked over with dozens of people.

On the other side of the street, Chu Huaiyuan also came over with dozens of people.

Everyone in the He family wore white short coats, and everyone in the Chu family wore gray dresses.

Ma Wu arrived earlier than them, and his men were all wearing black Zhongshan suits.

The owner of the Conqueror Restaurant stood at the door and wanted to come up to inquire about the situation. Before he could say anything, He Yuxiu grabbed his hair, broke his neck, and threw him on the side of the road.

……

In the box, Li Qi looked at Xiao Yeci with a smile. Xiao Yeci was uneasy and rubbed his hands from time to time and said, "Brother Qi, if you don't like it here, let's leave."

Li Qi didn't say anything, and Xiao Yeci became more worried.

She was not sure whether Li Qi understood what she meant, nor was she sure whether Li Qi had made the corresponding preparations.

puff~
Li Qi's body suddenly began to sink and sank into the wooden floor.

Xiao Yeci was startled and shouted, "My benefactor, hurry up!"

There was a quagmire on the ground. No one knew how deep it was or where it led to. Li Qi remained sitting as his body quickly sank.

This is the action taken by Ni Xiu.

Xiao Yeci rushed forward and tried to grab Li Qi, but a foreigner came through the wall of the private room and captured Xiao Yeci by brute force.

More than a dozen foreigners rushed in from the door and chopped off Li Qi's hands and feet at an extremely fast speed. This was the order of the bishop. They only needed people who could talk, and nothing else mattered.

A dozen foreigners came again, carrying a metal cabinet, and stuffed Li Qi into the cabinet.

Xiao Yeci was trembling all over and tears were streaming down his face.

Duan Shaoxia once told her that Li Qi could understand the current situation and must have a way to deal with it, but she never dreamed that this would be the result.

She struggled to get up and tried to fight back, but was pinned to the ground by the two foreigners.

In the backyard of the restaurant, Bishop Mosonov was making tea with several of his subordinates. While arranging the tea sets, he sighed: "Provincial culture is disgusting, but their drinks are really amazing.

Especially tea, this ancient oriental beverage, it can show a charm in details, such as the temperature of water. Green tea like this is not suitable to be brewed with boiling water, otherwise it will seriously affect the taste of the tea. The Prosperous people call this problem "overcooking".
But if the water temperature is lower than 85 degrees, the aroma of the tea leaves will not be fully developed, so the best temperature is between 85 and 90 degrees. "

One of the subordinates asked, "Bishop, do you need a thermometer to measure the water temperature?"

Mosonov smiled and shook his head: "Of course not, what we need is judgment, judgment based on some common sense.

Just like the sound of water, it is very loud, but does it mean that the water temperature is high? Common sense tells us that the sound of water and the temperature of water are two different things. In the same way, many people have told you that the Pro State is very powerful, but reputation and strength are also two different things. As far as an individual is concerned, they may have excellent combat capabilities, but in the face of careful tactics and teamwork, they are vulnerable.
For example, the once famous Li Qi and his mob, no matter how famous they were, their real strength was no better than that of the street thugs.
The entire state of Provo is in such a state. Leaving such a good land to this group of rabble is tantamount to blasphemy. When the time comes, this land will eventually belong to us.

Now the time is almost right, just like this kettle of water, which has boiled to the perfect temperature. Please pass me the kettle."

Li Banfeng handed the kettle to Mosonov.

Mosonov was stunned for a moment, did not take the kettle, and looked at Li Banfeng beside him.

Li Banfeng held the kettle and asked, "Do you want this water?"

"You, who are you..."

"I've brought everything, just keep it." Li Banfeng poured a pot of boiling water on Mosonov's head.

Mosonov let out a heart-wrenching scream. He turned around and looked at his six subordinates, only to find that they were standing there with their heads at their feet.

Didn’t they say that Li Qi had his hands and feet chopped off and was stuffed into a cabinet?
The foreigners who rushed into the room all thought so. One of them used a spell to seal the iron cabinet and told the people outside the room: "Hand this man over to the bishop immediately. Be on high alert. He may still escape."

He Yuxiu asked outside the door: "Where is your bishop? How can I send him there if you don't tell me?"

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The foreigner was stunned for a moment, and then saw He Yuxiu throw in a blond head: "I just asked him, and he said he didn't know. Do you know?"

A group of foreigners were still in a daze. He Yuxiu picked up a plate and chopped off half of the foreigner's head.

A foreigner rushed towards He Yuxiu and suddenly collapsed to the ground. He was hit by Ma Wu's technique and his blood vessels burst.

Chu Er was besieged by two foreigners. She took a knife and cut her own face, and the two foreigners each had a cut on their faces.

The wound on Chu Er's face was less than an inch long, while the wounds on the two foreigners' faces were nearly half a foot long, stretching from the cheek to the back of the head.

A foreigner next to him was so frightened that his feet were a little unsteady. Tan Fucheng pulled a chair over and said, "Don't be afraid. Sit down for a while. Do you know where our lady is?"

The foreigner said nothing, so Tan Fucheng put his finger on his eye sockets and said, "You won't say anything? Then I'll have to ask you for something good."

Lu Yuanxin pulled a centipede out of the back of a foreigner's head, and then helped Xiao Yeci up from the ground.

Xiao Yeci rushed to the metal cabinet crying, opened the door, and saw Li Qi whose hands and feet had been chopped off.

"My benefactor, my benefactor!" Xiao Yeci wished he could bang his head against the cabinet and die.

He Yuxiu looked at it for a moment, pushed Xiao Yeci away and said, "Stop howling, this is a cabbage."

This is a cabbage man made by Li Banfeng, and it has been carved by his wife. If it were an ordinary day, He Yuxiu would not be able to tell the difference.

But now he was chopped to pieces, and He Yuxiu saw the flaw from the wound.

Chu Er wiped the blood off his face and asked, "Where on earth is Brother Seven?"

Li Banfeng relied on the string earrings to chase the hook and chased it to the backyard of the restaurant.

The shrill shouts from the backyard alarmed everyone. Li Banfeng grabbed Mosonov's hair, pressed his right face against the wall, and rushed forward.

The rough wall soon rubbed off Mosonov's face, exposing his bones. Mosonov's voice became louder and louder. Li Banfeng reminded him: "The volume of your voice will have a certain impact on my mood. The louder you shout, the more you will suffer."

Mosonov didn't dare to shout anymore. Li Banfeng asked, "Where is Lu Chunying?"

Mosonov said: "I won't tell you unless you let me go."

"It's a little difficult to let you go. I can turn you over!" Li Banfeng pressed Mosonov's left cheek against the wall and continued to rub it.

……

At the Customs Office, Liao Zihui was about to leave work when he suddenly received an urgent report from Xia Shumin: "General Envoy, something serious has happened. Mosonov and his entourage from the Rafsha Kingdom clashed with Li Qi and others at the Conqueror Restaurant, and someone has already died in the conflict."

Liao Zihui was stunned and asked, "How could this happen?"

Xia Shumin said: "The cause of the incident needs further investigation. If Li Qi is not stopped as soon as possible, Mosonov and his party may all die, which may lead to serious disputes."

Liao Zihui sighed and said, "This matter must be taken seriously. Gather all the deputy general envoys and the backbone forces of each department, and hold an emergency meeting immediately to study the disposal plan."

Ah? Meeting?
Xia Shumin suspected that he had heard it wrong.

Secretary Ling Sujun asked, "Many vice presidents are on business trips. Should we consult them through the emergency communication equipment?"

Liao Zihui smacked his lips and said, "Relying on the communication equipment, some details are still unclear. Notify all the personnel on business trips to return to the Customs Office as soon as possible."

What? Are you still waiting for the business trip to come back?
Xia Shumin totally couldn't understand Liao Zihui's actions.

"General, the conflict in the restaurant is still going on. Should we take some emergency measures?"

Liao Zihui nodded and said, "We should take some emergency measures. You should draft a report immediately. The wording must be rigorous. At the same time, you must follow up on the latest developments of the conflict and report the news to your superiors as soon as possible."

Xia Shumin was speechless and went to write a report.

Liao Zihui opened the second drawer of his desk and pulled out a document.

"The Light Chasing Society has set its sights on Puro Province. I was just thinking about how to deal with you, but you came to your own deaths.

You can find anyone else, but you found Li Qi, which makes things easier for you."

……

Mosonov's face was worn away until only bones were left. He agreed to tell the whereabouts of Lu Chunying, but on the condition that he must lead the way himself and only Li Qi could go with him.

There was something fishy going on here. He Yuxiu kept shaking her head, signaling Li Qi not to go. Xiao Yeci wanted to go alone, but was stopped by Duan Shaoxia.

Duan Shaoxia came to Mosonov and gently touched his cheek, which was only bone left: "You said you would help me find my child."

As they looked at each other, there was a trace of blood in Mosonov's eyes.

He grabbed Duan Shaoxia's hand and said, "My beautiful lady, as long as I am alive, I will fulfill my promise. Can you let me live?"

"I must keep you alive. I will protect you with my life. Tell me where Lu Chunying is, and I will use her to exchange for your life."

Mosonov was a little hesitant. If he was in normal condition, he might be able to withstand Duan Shaoxia's techniques.

Now he is not normal, he only has one breath left.

The two looked at each other for two full minutes. Duan Shaoxia leaned over and heard Mosonov's whisper.

Duan Shaoxia stood up and said, "Lu Chunying is in a house on Anxuan Road."

Li Banfeng couldn't quite figure out Duan Shaoxia's position, and Duan Shaoxia didn't explain either.

Tan Fucheng and Lu Yuanxin brought some people and went to the address given by Duan Shaoxia to pick up Lu Chunying.

Lu Chunying was not afraid, but rather blamed herself: "Seventh Brother, I was careless and was caught by these foreign devils."

This time it was indeed Lu Chunying who was careless. Upon learning that Xiao Yeci was threatened by Xiao Manli, Lu Chunying originally planned to get rid of Xiao Manli. However, Duan Shaoxia's men suddenly came to her door and caught Lu Chunying off guard.

Lu Chunying was anxious to calm things down, so she took two of her subordinates with her and followed the group to see Duan Shaoxia. However, she didn't expect that the two subordinates were members of the Light Chasing Group. They led Lu Chunying into an ambush and captured her and her subordinates alive.

Lu Chunying never came back, which made Xiao Yeci very anxious. She ran to the Lu family mansion to find Duan Shaoxia, but she didn't know that Duan Shaoxia was already under the surveillance of the Light Chasing Group and could not protect herself.

Fortunately, Mrs. Duan was knowledgeable and secretly told Xiao Yeci to agree to Xiao Manli's conditions and ask Li Qi to come out.

Xiao Yeci refused, she didn't want to harm Li Qi.

Duan Shaoxia was very confident. She believed that Li Qi had a way to deal with it.

Xiao Yeci thought that even if he wanted to find Li Qi, he had to explain everything first. But when he arrived at Xiaoyaowu, Xiao Yeci knew that he was under a hook and dared not say anything openly. He could only use hints to let Li Qi know the general situation of the matter.

Duan Shaoxia's judgment was correct. Li Qi did have a way to deal with it. More than fifty members of the Light Chasing Society were wiped out by him.

But where did Xiao Manli go?
While everyone was cleaning up the scene, Li Banfeng and He Yuxiu found a quiet place and asked Xiao Yeci: "What is your relationship with Xiao Manli?"

Xiao Yeci said: "She is my sister."

Having said that, Xiao Yeci didn't want to say any more.

He Yuxiu said: "Sister, go ahead and tell me, there are no outsiders here."

Xiao Yeci lowered his head and said, "I don't care. I'm just afraid that someone will not recognize Nannan's identity again."

He Yuxiu smiled and said, "Sister, your identity is not something you recognize, it is something you earn yourself. If anyone dares to say anything bad about Chunying, we'll tear his mouth off and see who dares to show his teeth in the future."

This is a hard truth, Xiao Yeci naturally understood it, and spoke with some confidence: "I am from Ye Songqiao, and in Ye Songqiao, our Xiao family is also very well-off.

Xiao Manli is the eldest daughter of our generation. She was betrothed to the Yang family a long time ago and was just waiting for the right time to get married.
That year she fell seriously ill and stayed in bed for nearly a year. When she recovered, a child was born in the family.

He Yuxiu laughed: "You scholars are really good at talking in circles. It's obvious that she gave birth to a child, but you still say she's sick. This child must be Chunying, right?"

Xiao Yeci nodded and said, "This child is Chunying's. At that time, there were rumors that the eldest son of the Lu family, Lu Dongliang, slept with my sister. My mother was afraid that the Yang family would regret the engagement, so she wanted to throw the child away."

He Yuxiu shook her head and said, "I'm afraid I wouldn't dare to do that. This is Lu Dongliang's child. If Lu Dongliang doesn't care, this matter will be over. If he cares, your Xiao family will be finished. He is cruel and ruthless. Do you dare to bet on this?"

Xiao Yeci shook his head and said, "I dare not gamble. My father thought about it for two days and put the child in my room to take care of him first. I was only eleven years old at that time, not the first wife's child, and my mother died early. I agreed to do whatever my father asked me to do. Who could have thought that they..."

He Yuxiu had guessed the result: "They blamed you for this child."

Xiao Yeci sighed and said, "At first they were trying to hide it, but two years later they forced me to acknowledge the child. Two years later, my father said I had ruined the family tradition and kicked me and the child out."

He Yuxiu sighed, "Your father saw through the situation. He was sure that Lu Dongliang would not pursue the matter any further, so he simply let it go."

Xiao Yeci said: "Fortunately, I can read and write for others, and I was able to raise Chunying, but I'm really not..."

Lu Chunying said, "You are my biological mother. Sister Xiu is right. If anyone dares to say anything bad, I will tear his mouth. Tear his mouth twice and he will be quiet."

Xiao Yeci lowered his head, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said: "But Manli..."

Li Banfeng sighed, "Don't worry about it. I think Ms. Xiao Manli is a reasonable person. I'll find a chance to talk to her and give her some advice. She should listen."

He Yuxiu asked: "The key is where is she?"

Zuo Wugang walked in and said, "Seventh Master, those foreign devils are locked in the kitchen. What do you think we should do with them?"

Li Banfeng thought for a moment and said, "You guys go back to Xiaoyaowu and wait for me. I'll chat with them for a while."

After everyone left the Conqueror Restaurant, Li Banfeng sent all the foreigners into Suishenju.

"I have something to discuss with you. Let's talk about the Light Chasing Group first."

A group of foreigners bowed their heads in silence. Mosonov said with all his strength: "We are Rafsha people. Before you hurt me, you should consider the consequences.

If you release us now and go to the Green Water City Defense Office to confess your crimes, there is still room for recovery."

Hong Ying stood up and said, "What nonsense is this birdman talking about?"

The record player sang: "You think we are not hospitable enough. Old teapot, is the tea ready?"

The teapot smiled and said, "The water has just boiled, just right to warm you up."

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