My concubine is pregnant, I tear up the marriage certificate and marry another powerful official

Pei Xia pouted and reluctantly took out a stack of banknotes, and the waiter stared at her in amazement.

It turns out that he is not a poor guy!

"Here!" Pei Xia threw the banknote on the counter, and the waiter quickly picked it up with a smile.

Su He raised the remaining stack of banknotes in his hand and waved them, "I can give you all of these."

The waiter's eyes lit up and he was about to take it, but Su He took it back.

"What are the conditions? I don't believe you will give it to me for free."

Pei Xia rolled his eyes at him and said, "You have a brain."

"you!"

Su He raised her eyes and asked, "Who sets the prices of dishes in the restaurant?"

A serving of stir-fried beef costs nine taels of silver.

A portion of crystal pork elbow costs twelve taels of silver.

A serving of Dongpo pork also costs nine taels of silver.

Only a bowl of bland egg drop soup was cheap, but it cost two taels of silver.

Su He remembered that when her mother handed over several shops to her, the prices were very affordable, the performance was always good, and there had never been any problems.

It has increased so much now?

"Of course the price is set by our boss!" The waiter rubbed his hands, wanting the stack of banknotes.

"What's the boss' name?"

"Our boss's surname is Lu... What's his name? Why should I tell you? What exactly are you here for?" The waiter became alert.

Pei Xia slapped the counter, glanced around, and said faintly: "Surname Lu? Does he have the deed to this restaurant?"

"Why would we interfere in the boss's business? I think you guys are here to cause trouble, right?"

The waiter looked at Su He suspiciously, and then glanced at the burly man behind him. Taking advantage of the fact that there were few people in the restaurant at the moment, he could knock the two men unconscious and take the banknotes, and then sell them to the next door for a large sum of money!

Pei Xia noticed the waiter's unfriendly look and immediately protected Su He. The next second, the stick fell on her head and she fainted on the spot.

"Pei Xia!"

Su He hugged her as she collapsed and asked, "Did Lu Yanxiu arrange for you to do this?"

Who else could be the boss with the surname Lu besides him?

It's broad daylight now, aren't you afraid of being discovered?

The waiter leaned against the counter, pouted his lips and did not answer, and asked the big men to knock Su He unconscious and carry him away quickly to prevent other customers from noticing anything.

"Who dares to touch her?"

A cold voice sounded from outside.

The two teams filed in from outside. Lu Huaihe walked in slowly in his official uniform, his eyes stern, and he personally walked up to Su He and helped her up.

Su He was slightly stunned. Seeing his indifferent expression, she hesitated and asked, "Why are you here..."

"Take care of some business. They didn't bully you, did they?"

Su He hugged Pei Xia, "She was injured and fainted."

Lu Huaihe's cold eyes stayed on the waiter for a moment.

"Come, ask the doctor to take a look."

"Yes!"

When the waiter saw that this nobleman was wearing the official uniform of the Dali Temple and was coming aggressively, he immediately lost his momentum and hurriedly explained: "My lord, I have not broken any law!"

"Is it?"

Qingyun threw the missing person notice in his hand in front of him. On it was a portrait of a girl who had been missing for five days.

Hearing what he said, a flash of inspiration flashed through Su He's mind.

I immediately understood that the Boss Lu the waiter was talking about was not Lu Yanxiu at all, because he disdained to put his name on the shop in Suhe.

Earlier, Liu had proposed to hand over the shop in the mansion to Lu Zhili to manage. Unfortunately, the profit of the shop in Lu's mansion was very low and he could not even pay the workers, so he had to sell it at a low price.

According to Liu's style of doing things, now that their own shop is gone, they must find a way elsewhere. The name behind the Zhaixing Restaurant is Lu Zhili!

In his previous life, Lu Zhili was often away from home because he was studying at the Imperial College. Every time he returned home, he only asked Su He for money, saying that he was just socializing, and no one in the mansion was suspicious.

At that time, Su He listened to what Lu Yanxiu said and often sent people to visit the Imperial College. Only once did she go there in person when she had time, but she found that Lu Zhili was trading something with his classmates.

Su He once asked him privately what was going on.

Lu Zhili replied, "My classmates knew that Zhaixing Restaurant was your territory, and they wanted to get some advantage when we got together to play, so I had to do them a favor privately... Sister-in-law, you won't be angry, right?"

Su He smiled and said, "Nothing, just win over your classmates so that they can help you in the future."

Now that I think about it, why would a legitimate transaction have to be done in secret? There must be something fishy going on!

"Someone disappeared in your restaurant. This is the third incident this month. Do you still want to make excuses?"

Qingyun asked sternly.

This is the third girl who has disappeared in the capital. She is also the youngest one and has not yet reached the age of marriage.

The waiter flatly denied it: "There are so many people coming and going in the restaurant, we can't assign a follower to guard everyone, right? Besides, the girl is not very old, she might have just been having fun, and it's not certain that she ran away by herself..."

Qingyun had never seen such a shameless person.

"When the Dali Temple investigates a case, there will definitely be a lot of witnesses and evidence." Lu Huaihe said calmly.

"Come here, handcuff him and take him away."

At a command, the waiter and several burly men were led out of the restaurant with their hands tied behind their backs. The already scarce customers fled even faster, and the meal was not even paid.

Lu Huaihe glanced at Su He and saw that she was kneeling on the ground with Pei Xia in her arms, being examined by a doctor.

"He will wake up soon, don't worry too much Miss."

Su He said: "Thank you, sir."

Poor old doctor invited by the subordinate, he left with a hunched back and his legs and feet were not very agile.

The subordinate scratched his head helplessly: "He is the only one who runs a clinic on this street."

"How come you are here?" Lu Huaihe raised his eyebrows and asked Su He slowly.

"There's something wrong with the shop's accounts. Let me take a look."

Lu Huaihe tilted his head slightly, leaned against the table and chair, and became interested when he saw Su He answering seriously, "Is this restaurant yours?"

"Correct."

"Your shop is in trouble."

Su He had already heard from their conversation that there were three cases of missing girls in Beijing recently, causing panic among the people. Since Lu Huaihe and his team had found out about this, it must be related to Lu Zhili.

Su He said: "It should be investigated and sealed, Lord Lu just needs to follow the rules."

"A few days ago, a young girl escaped by chance and claimed that she was knocked unconscious and locked up in the Zhaixing Restaurant. After investigation, the hidden profits behind this restaurant soon surfaced." Lu Huaihe stared into her eyes while speaking, and when he saw that there was no sign of concealment on her face, he was sure that she didn't know about this.

"Kidnap young girls and bring them to secret trading places for the amusement of noble sons."

Su He took a breath.

"Is it Lu Zhili?"

"Did you guess it?"

Su He couldn't help but feel that the boy was really scary.

Of course he was scary.

In his previous life, Lu Zhili could disregard his own safety and make up such a lie in front of the emperor to frame the Su family, which indirectly led to the tragic deaths of all the members of the Su family.

It was not until Lu Zhili became the new Minister of Rites that Su He realized his ill intentions.