With a million soldiers, the empress begged me not to rebel

Lu Yan ignored her shouting and continued eating.

The boss who was cooking wontons nearby came over and said with a smile, "You two girls must be from out of town. Our Master Lu never shares a table with others when he's out. Why don't you two sit at another table?"

"There are two tables left, please."

The boss spoke cheerfully, but his attitude was somewhat strong.

"you--"

Qiao'er was about to attack when Chen Qingwan, who was sitting down, interrupted her at the right time: "Qiao'er, don't be rude."

The two of them were on a secret tour and did not have any guards with them. They would not cause trouble unless it was absolutely necessary.

Otherwise, they might not be able to return to Beijing smoothly.

Chen Qingwan stood up and planned to sit at the seat next to her, but was surprised to find that the tables that were empty just now were now full of guests, almost all of them.

"Boss, give us a bowl of wontons too!"

"okay!"

The boss returned to the stall with a smile and quickly prepared the wontons.

Unexpectedly, a group of people suddenly came with great momentum, grabbed a stool and smashed the stall.

"What are you doing? Stop, stop it now!" The boss's face suddenly changed, and he hurried forward to stop them, but was pushed away by the group of people.

The boss was pushed and staggered, almost falling heavily to the ground, but was suddenly caught by a bench that appeared out of nowhere, and he fell backwards onto the bench.

The situation was so chaotic that no one could see what was happening.

The tables that were originally full were now empty.

"Stinky old man, your son owes us several hundred taels of silver. This stall is his mortgage as a deposit to our gambling house. What if we smash it?"

"Go back and give us the several hundred taels of silver your son owes us, or we'll kill you too!"

The burly man in the lead smashed all the stalls and then threatened them by stepping on a stool.

At the same time, he took out an IOU from his pocket and threw it in the boss's face.

"what?!"

"Where can I get so much money to pay you back?"

The boss heard what the strong man said and said with despair on his face.

He could only earn a few taels of silver at most from selling wontons all day, so where did he get hundreds of taels of silver?

"Old Lin is so pitiful. How could such a good man have such a son? What a sin!"

"I recognize them. They're from the gambling den in the neighboring county. They're so bold as to come to our Shannan County and cause trouble."

“That’s not the case. Lu Qingtian can’t control the affairs of the neighboring county. Of course they are bold.”

The people were extremely saddened by the incident involving the wonton owner.

After hearing what the boss said, the strong man was about to say something but suddenly noticed that there was another person at the next table who was leisurely eating wontons. He immediately stood up and walked to that person.

"What are you eating? Can't you see that the stall has been destroyed by us?"

"Get out of here now—"

The strong man was halfway through his words when he tried to snatch the bowl from his hand and throw it to the ground.

As a result, he tried to grab the bowl, but failed to get it!

"let go."

Lu Yan raised his eyelids expressionlessly, a cold look flashing in his eyes.

He grabbed the edge of the bowl with one hand to prevent the wontons he had spent a few copper coins to buy from being wasted.

"What did you say? You don't think I dare not hit you, do you?" The strong man suddenly felt angry and embarrassed. He let go of the bowl and wanted to grab Lu Yan's shoulder.

But just when he stretched out his hand halfway, Lu Yan suddenly clamped his fingers with the chopsticks in his hand quickly and accurately, and bent them down with force.

Ten fingers connected to the heart.

The excruciating pain of broken bones made the burly man squeal like a pig.

"what--!"

Lu Yan did not let go of the chopsticks, but slowly picked up the bowl and ate the remaining wontons.

Chen Qingwan was impressed by his calm and composed appearance.

When those people appeared just now, all the people were frightened like frightened birds. However, Lu Yan continued to eat wontons calmly, and his temperament was quite good.

A person with such a character does not fit in with the impeachment memorials at all.

"How ridiculous! We'll beat you to a pulp!"

"Brothers, come on, beat this guy up and bring him back to the master for punishment. Let's see who dares to do this to us again—ah!"

Before the shouter could finish his words, a bowl suddenly hit him on the head.

A stream of blood suddenly slid from the man's forehead, and his eyes rolled back and he fainted.

The other brothers looked at this scene and stopped where they were, feeling timid and not daring to move forward.

"I am the magistrate of Shannan County. Your attack on me is equivalent to attacking an official appointed by the imperial court. You are guilty of the crime and shall be punished by death." Lu Yan let go of the chopsticks in his hand and stood up slowly.

As he spoke, the patrolling officers and soldiers also rushed over.

The moment the officers and soldiers saw Lu Yan's figure, they hurried forward and said with a bow, "I'm sorry that I'm late and frightened you, sir."

"Each of them will be fined ten days' salary."

"As for how to deal with these people, I don't need to teach you, right?"

Lu Yan accepted the inhumane punishment and turned around and left.

In response to this, the officers and soldiers did not complain at all and took the group of troublemakers away.

"Master, this Lu Yan's skills are not simple."

Qiao'er watched the departing figure with a serious expression.

The two moves just now seemed simple and casual, but without any kung fu skills, it would be impossible to be so powerful. No wonder he didn't dodge at all just now.

"What's going on? How can you two call Lu Qingtian by his name? It's simply rude."

The lady closest to the two of them spoke in dissatisfaction.

As soon as she said this, the people around her looked over, their dissatisfaction evident in their expressions.

"I..." Qiao'er was speechless.

She is a female official beside His Majesty, holding a fourth-rank official position, higher than Lu Yan, so why can't he call her by her name?

However, the empress was unwilling to reveal her identity, and she was also unable to explain her own identity. Isn't it difficult to explain herself?

"If you don't respect Lu Qingtian, we don't welcome you two. Please leave our Shannan County!" The old lady snorted coldly, her expression full of resentment.

The others actually agreed with the old lady's words and pretended to kick them both out.

Qiao'er felt very aggrieved, but finally had to bite the bullet and apologize: "I just said something out of turn. I will never call Master Lu by his name like that again."

After hearing Qiao'er's apology, the aunt and others gave up.

They turned around to help the wonton owner pack up his stall, and comforted him that Lu Qingtian would definitely seek justice for him and would never allow those people from the gambling house to continue to come to Shannan County to abuse their power.

Chen Qingwan listened to the people's words of comfort and was immediately curious about why these people were so sure that Lu Yan would make the decision for them.

The people who came to cause trouble just now were from the neighboring county.

No matter how powerful Lu Yan is, he can't extend his reach to the next county, right?