This made Li Shimin anxious, and he wanted to trade one for one with me.

Upon hearing this, Li Dejiang asked, "Are you here to ask her for money?"

"Yes." The woman nodded in agreement, then sighed and said:

“I’ve met Ruyan’s younger brother. He’s become just like his father, a gambling addict.”

“If you give this kind of person money once, they will definitely do it again.”

"Ruyan must have realized this, so she hid."

Xu Niang said in a deep voice, "During this period of time, her younger brother has come here to look for me several times, but I have sent people to turn him away each time."

Cheng Chuliang said with dissatisfaction, "The father abandoned his own daughter, and the younger brother still comes to ask his sister for money. Is he even human?"

Cheng Chumo asked, "Why didn't you report it to the authorities?"

Xu Niang shook her head and said, "When Ruyan came to Leyun Tower, it was still the Sui Dynasty. In addition, Ruyan is now a courtesan, and the person looking for her is her own younger brother. The government of our Great Tang will not handle such matters."

"If you get involved with something like this, you can't get rid of it. You should avoid it if you can."

Hearing this, Li Dejiang was a little surprised. "You own such a large Leyun Tower. I don't believe you don't have the ability to help Miss Ruyan completely resolve this matter."

“I think you have a big problem because her brother keeps coming here to see her.”

Cheng Chumo and Cheng Chuliang nodded in agreement. It must be said that Li Dejiang did have some observational skills.

Xu Niang gave a wry smile. "If it were just Ru Yan's younger brother coming alone, that would be fine. The problem is, there are a lot of people coming."

Li Dejiang asked, "Who else is coming?"

Xu Niang said, "As I just said, Ru Yan's younger brother is a gambler who owes a lot of money to gambling dens. Those gambling dens must know that the person who owes them money is the younger brother of the top courtesan of Le Yun Lou, so they instigated Ru Yan's younger brother to come here to ask Ru Yan for the money."

"Those who came with Ruyan's younger brother were naturally from the gambling den."

Xu Niang sighed, "They came in groups of twenty or thirty."

"If it weren't for the large number of staff at my Leyunlou restaurant, I would really have to ask someone for help."

Li Dejiang asked curiously, "Why don't you ask someone for help when you can't handle things that affect your business yourself?"

Xu Niang explained, "You can ask someone for a favor once, or twice. But if they come every day, am I supposed to ask them every single day?"

"So, I was thinking, is there any benefactor who, with just one request, could help Miss Ruyan settle this matter?"

After she finished speaking, she glanced at the three of them cautiously.

The three weren't fools; they instantly understood what he meant. Cheng Chumo chuckled and said, "Now I get it. You want my third brother's help!"

Xu Niang quickly waved her hands and said:

"No, no, Cheng Sanlang is such a person, even if I wanted to, I'm afraid I couldn't persuade him."

"Besides, with Cheng Dalang and Cheng Erlang around, why should I go to the trouble of seeking something far away?"

Cheng Chumo was quite pleased with her words and attitude, and said, "It's not that we can't help you, but we can't help you for nothing. How about we waive this meal?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Niang was overjoyed and immediately said righteously:

"Don't even mention one meal. As long as you, Cheng Dalang, can help me settle this matter, you can eat whatever you want for the next month. I'll cover it all!"

Cheng Chumo nodded in satisfaction. "Then it's settled."

Where is that person?

Just as Xu Niang was about to speak, a waiter from Leyunlou rushed up and said anxiously:

"Xu Niang, that scoundrel Liu Cai is here again with the gambling den's men!"

Xu Niang said angrily, "Speak of the devil, and he appears. I had just mentioned him when he arrived."

After saying that, she looked at Cheng Chumo, Cheng Chuliang, and Li Dejiang with a worried expression.

Cheng Chumo understood immediately, stood up, waved to Cheng Chuliang and Li Dejiang respectively, and said, "Let's go take a look."

Cheng Chuliang and Li Dejiang immediately stood up and followed him downstairs.

At the entrance of Leyun Tower.

A thin, weasel-faced young man stood next to a tall, burly man dressed in plain clothes.

Behind them stood more than thirty middle-aged men with their sleeves rolled up.

At this moment, dozens of employees of Leyunlou gathered together and confronted the other side.

Inside the lobby, many people were seated, none of them showing any panic. Instead, they all watched the two sides standing at the door with great interest.

Just then, the burly man in plain clothes clasped his hands in a fist salute to the crowd and said loudly:

"Gentlemen, we have no past grievances or recent grudges, and we never intended to make enemies with you. As the saying goes, a life for a life, and a debt for a debt. We are here only to owe you money, so please bear with us."

After saying that, he kicked the weasel-faced youth next to him and said, "Liu Cai, hurry up and call for help!"

Liu Cai was almost kicked to the ground. He steadied himself, not daring to utter a single complaint against the burly man in plain clothes beside him, and craned his neck to shout:

"I am the younger brother of the top courtesan here..."

A gruff voice interrupted him, saying, "What are you all shouting about here?"

Everyone's eyes immediately turned to the three young men, whose physiques resembled silverback gorillas, who were walking down the stairs.

The burly man in plain clothes narrowed his eyes. The three young men who stepped down were several sizes larger than him. Seeing the three approaching, he quickly clasped his hands in greeting and said, "Gentlemen..."

Cheng Chumo didn't give him a chance to continue, and asked, "Was it you who was shouting just now?"

Before the other person could respond, a waiter from Leyunlou shouted, "Yes, that's him! He was the one who shouted the loudest!"

Cheng Chumo gave an "oh," then decisively raised his leg and kicked the burly man in plain clothes hard.

boom!

A tremendous force exploded from the burly man in plain clothes.

The burly man in plain clothes staggered backward uncontrollably.

Fortunately, the entrance was full of his men, and he bumped into the crowd; otherwise, he would have been kicked out of Leyun Tower by now.

The burly man in plain clothes steadied himself, a fine layer of sweat appearing on his forehead, demonstrating the immense strength of Cheng Chumo.

"You dare hit me!"

A middle-aged man in the gambling den shouted in surprise and anger.

Cheng Chumo scratched his ear and chuckled, "So what if I hit you? Kill me?"

The people at the gambling den were furious at his arrogance.

The burly man in plain clothes noticed that the three imposing young men before him were dressed in extraordinary attire; those wearing purple robes must come from wealthy and noble families. Instead of being angry, he asked:

"May I ask your name?"

Cheng Chuliang scoffed from the side, "Look at your pretentious, bookish manner, you don't imitate it at all."

Cheng Chumo grinned, then raised his finger, pointed to himself, then to the two people next to him, and said, "I am Cheng Chumo, this is Cheng Chuliang, and he is my third brother."

The three sons of Cheng Yaojin, the Duke of Su... The burly man in plain clothes was startled and his gaze fell on Li Dejiang.

Cheng Chumo called him "Third Brother" just now, that's correct.

This person must be Cheng Jun, the third son of the Cheng family, a renowned Imperial Censor in Chang'an!