Chapter 576: Dream Record, Zhao Paner

"Dear guests, your snacks are here!" Zhao Pan'er came to Lin Hao's table carrying a tray.

Originally, Zhao Pan'er wanted to ask Sun Sanniang to deliver it for her, but then she changed her mind and thought that considering Sanniang's bad temper, it would be better for her to do it herself!

It is obvious from the guest's dress, appearance, and temperament that he is not an ordinary person. It is better not to offend him if possible.

Just like Sanniang said, just look at it, it's not like you're losing a piece of meat anyway, and this person is actually not annoying.

Zhao Pan'er put down the fruit and snacks and was about to leave, but at this time Lin Hao said:

"Wait a minute!"

Zhao Pan'er paused and asked doubtfully:
"I wonder if this guest has any other instructions?"

"No, I don't have any instructions, but I have something to say to you privately. Is it convenient for you?"

As Lin Hao spoke, he picked up the teacup and took a sip of the Green Phoenix Marrow, waiting for Zhao Pan'er to return.

Feeling that this tea is indeed good, Lin Hao also praised:
"The girl's craftsmanship is really amazing, and it's not inferior to those tea shops in the capital!"

Zhao Paner frowned:
"Thank you for your compliment, sir. However, I have other guests to attend to. I'll excuse myself now!"

Seeing that Zhao Pan'er didn't give the Marquis face, Lin Zhi immediately slammed the table and stood up:

"How dare you! Do you know our Marquis~, ahem, what is the identity of our Young Master?"

He would not miss such an opportunity to flatter someone, but this time his flattery hit the horse's leg.

Lin Hao took the fan and patted Lin Zhi gently:
"Do you want to talk too much?"

"Oh~!" Lin Zhi immediately lowered his head and admitted his mistake. Anyway, his mission had been completed.

At this time, two more people walked into the teahouse from outside the door.

"Sir, please come in!"

"This is the most famous teahouse in Qiantang. The lady who runs the shop is not only an expert in tea making, but also the most beautiful in Qiantang."

One of them was a middle-aged man with a full beard, who was introducing Zhao's Teahouse to another young man.

These two people were from the Imperial City Bureau, and the young man among them was Gu Qianfan, the deputy commander of the Imperial City Bureau, nicknamed the Living Yama.

The bearded man was Lao Jia, a captain of the Imperial City Division in Qiantang.

"Please take a seat, my two guests!"

Seeing another guest coming, Zhao Paner hurried forward to greet them:
"I wonder what you two ordered?"

Zhao Pan'er left Lin Hao's table to greet the new guests, and Lin Zhi said at this time:
"My Lord~!"

"Call me young master!" Lin Hao said as he knocked over with another fan.

"Uh, sir, that young man looks familiar to me. He seems to be Deputy Commander Gu from the Imperial City Division!"

Then Lin Zhi turned his head and glanced at the bearded man, then whispered:
"But I don't know that bearded man. Seeing how respectful he is to Commander Gu, I think he must be from the local Imperial City Division!"

Seeing that Lin Hao did not speak, Lin Zhi continued:

"Hou~, Sir, could it be that Commander Gu came here with the same purpose as you?"

Hearing this, Lin Hao couldn't help but look at Lin Zhigao a little more. He didn't expect that this kid was so smart and guessed it almost right in one go!
"You have a pretty sharp brain!" Lin Hao gave Lin Zhi an approving look, and then said:
"His purpose in coming to Qiantang is the same as mine, he came here for Ye Xiatu!"

"Ah?" Lin Zhi was startled when he heard this:

"Sir, are you still in the mood to drink tea here?"

"Let's hurry up and look for that Night Banquet Map. It will be terrible if the Imperial City Bureau gets there first!"

Lin Hao smiled faintly and said: "Don't worry, rest, rest!"

On the other side, the bearded old Jia was also reporting the situation to Gu Qianfan:

"Sir, I have already found out that the Night Banquet Picture is in the hands of Yang Zhiyuan, the transport judge of Liangzhe Road!"

"Since you know it's in Yang Zhiyuan's hands, why haven't you gotten it yet?"

"This is about the secrets of the palace, and Yang Zhiyuan is a high-ranking official, and he is also a stubborn person. I am afraid that going directly to his house to ask for it will be counterproductive!"

"So I plan to find an opportunity to sneak into Yang Dun and steal the painting!"

"Why should the Imperial City Department be so cautious in doing things?" Gu Qianfan said unhappily:
"Tell the Qi brothers to come with me to visit Lord Yang tonight."

"Yes~!" Lao Jia hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed.

Just then, a noisy sound was heard.

Then, six or seven desperate criminals armed with weapons ran into the teahouse in a panic as they were chased by the police.

"Don't move, everyone, don't move!"

When these desperate criminals saw so many people in the teahouse, they immediately began to take hostages and confronted the officers.

"Put down the knife!" the officer pressed on.

"Surround this place and don't let these salt dealers get away!"

However, at this time, Zhao Paner was coming out of the kitchen with two cups of tea and some cakes, preparing to serve tea to Gu Qianfan's table.

As luck would have it, a salt merchant walked towards Zhao Paner waving a big knife.

"Ah~!" Zhao Pan'er stepped back repeatedly.

When Zhao Pan'er saw the ferocious bandit walking towards her with weapons in hand, she was a little scared but remained calm.

But at this time, the knife of the leader of the private salt dealers was already in front of Zhao Pan'er.

At this time, the guests present were either being kidnapped or fleeing in a panic. How could they have the time to save Zhao Pan'er?

It's good to be a hero saving a beautiful girl, but you have to be alive to enjoy it!

Of course, not everyone was just busy escaping. Lin Hao was still drinking tea as if nothing had happened.

Gu Qianfan was also in the same situation not far away. Lao Jia wanted to help, but was stopped by Gu Qianfan. He didn't want to cause any trouble.
But Lin Hao didn't have so many concerns, and he didn't take action because he was waiting for the opportunity.

When it comes to the hero saving the beauty, no one is more familiar with the routine than him, and one has to act at the critical moment to achieve the best effect.

So Lin Hao did not rush to take action. He waited until the salt merchant's knife was placed on Zhao Pan'er's neck. Before Zhao Pan'er could fight back, Lin Hao took action.

Lin Hao grabbed Zhao Paner's slender waist with lightning speed, and then made a gorgeous 180-degree turn.

At the same time, he flipped his hand and snatched the big knife from the salt merchant's hand, not only saving Zhao Pan'er from danger, but also slashing the salt merchant's neck with the back of the knife.

The salt merchant opened his eyes wide, covered his neck, and slowly fell to the ground, unconscious.

It’s not that Lin Hao can’t kill people, but killing someone will inevitably cause trouble. The key is that this teahouse will be dirty.

"Master~!" Lao Jia on the other side muttered to himself.

Gu Ganfan, who witnessed this scene, had his eyes flickering slightly. He asked himself that if he were to take action, he could also rescue the shopkeeper's wife, but he would definitely not be able to be as calm and composed as the other party.

If the back of the knife had not been used, this smuggler of salt would have been beheaded.

Such a clean and neat technique is not like that of an ordinary person. If he did not have a hundred or eighty heads to chop off, he would not be able to do it so smoothly.

It's just that this person seems to be familiar, but no one on the platform can make him feel familiar. Then he immediately knew that this person must be from the capital.

At this moment, Lin Hao smiled at the beauty in his arms:
"Are you okay?"

"Boom boom boom~!" At this moment, Zhao Pan'er felt her heartbeat inexplicably accelerated, and a blush appeared on her face.

But she quickly realized that she was in the arms of a strange man and began to struggle.

I have to say that although the hero saving the beauty is old-fashioned, the effect is really extraordinary.

Even though Zhao Pan'er already had someone in her heart, this scene still made her heart flutter.

"Thank you very much for saving my life." Zhao Pan'er blushed and bowed to Lin Hao to express her gratitude.

"It's just a small favor. You're welcome!" Lin Hao gently let go of Zhao Pan'er, then unconsciously put his hand to his nose and smelled it.

Lin Hao's actions immediately made Zhao Pan'er blush.

"Pan'er, Pan'er, are you okay?" At this time, Sun Sanniang ran over at an inopportune time and grabbed Zhao Pan'er's hand and checked it up and down.

"I'm fine, just~!" Zhao Pan'er looked around with a bitter face.

Lin Hao's sudden action caught the salt dealer off guard, and with Lin Zhi's help, the officers had already controlled all the salt dealers.

However, Zhao Paner’s teahouse was in a mess and it was likely that it would not be able to operate for a while.

"Girl, do you have time to talk to me alone now?"

"Ah, this~!" In fact, Zhao Pan'er wanted to refuse in her heart.

Her intuition told her that the man in front of her was too dangerous. She had seen people like him when she was demoted to a musician, but Lin Hao was more free and confident than those people.

It was not appropriate to approach such a person, but after all, he had just saved her life, so she couldn't refuse. She thought, forget it, just listen to what he wanted to say.

If it's an expression of admiration or something, it's better for you to reject it as soon as possible so that the other person will give up.

Thinking of this, Zhao Paner nodded and said:
"Master, please come this way!"

"Wait~!" However, someone suddenly shouted.

An untimely voice appeared, and then Gu Qianfan and Lao Jia came over.

"Sir, I have something to ask you, please cooperate!" The tone sounded quite commanding.

"What if I don't cooperate?" Lin Hao said with a smile.

"How dare you!" Old Jia scolded.

After asking Gu Qianfan with his eyes, he immediately took out the token of the Imperial City Bureau, waved it in front of Lin Hao and said:
"The Imperial City Division is investigating the case, please cooperate!"

In fact, Lao Jia felt a little strange. Commander Gu clearly did not want to reveal his identity before, and he was not allowed to take action even when the salt merchants were causing trouble.

But why did you suddenly change your mind after such a short while?

In fact, not only Lao Jia was puzzled, even Gu Qianfan himself didn't know why. He really didn't want to expose his whereabouts.

Originally, he saw that Lin Hao was very skilled and was thinking of questioning Lin Hao in private later, but he saw Lin Hao whispering with the shopkeeper's wife here.

He felt uncomfortable, as if something important was about to leave him, and for some unknown reason he interrupted their conversation.

"Imperial City Division?"

However, what Gu Qianfan didn't notice was that after hearing them introduce themselves, Zhao Pan'er's expression changed slightly, and a cold light flashed in her eyes.

What Zhao Pan'er hated the most were the people from the Imperial City Division, because her family was ransacked by the Fucheng Division back then.

"How bold!" Lin Hao didn't even need to say a word. As Lin Hao's follower, how could Lin Zhi miss the opportunity to show off at this moment.

So he immediately jumped out and shouted loudly
"The Imperial City Division wants to interrogate my Lord. Open your eyes and watch carefully!"

As he spoke, Lin Zhi also took out a token and waved it in front of Gu Qianfan and the others.

When they saw the token, Gu Qianfan and Lao Jia's expressions suddenly changed. If it was an ordinary marquis, they really wouldn't take it seriously.

But Lin Hao is a powerful marquis who leads the army. Although they are not subordinate to each other, the Imperial City Bureau tends to have police functions, while Lin Hao belongs to the military.

Then the two of them bowed respectfully and said:

"Gu Qianfan, the deputy commander of the Imperial City Division, greets Marquis Jing'an!"

"Forget it!" Lin Hao waved his hand like he was shooing away a fly:

"The living devil of the Imperial City Department has actually come to Qiantang. I guess he has some important mission. Go and handle your case quickly!"

"Thank you for your consideration, Lord Marquis!" Then Gu Qianfan hurried away with Lao Jia.

Only then did Gu Qianfan remember Jing'an Hou. Although he had never met him face to face, he had seen him from afar several times.

But, a dignified marquis actually came to Qiantang. Gu Qianfan would not believe it even if he was beaten to death.

His intuition told him that the other party was most likely coming for Yeyantu, but he didn't know whether he was an enemy or a friend, so he had to act quickly.

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Zhao's Tea Shop.

"Thank you for your kindness, benefactor. I have no way to repay you, so I can only thank you with a cup of tea!"

As she spoke, Zhao Pan'er cleaned up a clean area and brewed another cup of tea for Lin Hao, saying crisply:

"This is Qiantang Lingyin Buddhist Tea, please taste it!"

She didn't want to owe Lin Hao a favor, so she even took out the Lingyin Buddhist tea that was hidden in the bottom of the box.

She just wanted to repay the favor so that if Lin Hao made any excessive demands later, she would have room to refuse.

Lin Hao took it without hesitation and took a sip. It was mellow, sweet and refreshing at first, making his mouth water with an endless aftertaste.

But Lin Hao has drunk a lot of good tea, and this so-called Lingyin Buddhist tea is only okay in his opinion.

But it did not affect Lin Hao's praise:
“Good tea!”

"As long as my benefactor likes it." Zhao Pan'er breathed a sigh of relief. The other party was a person who knew tea. If an amateur drank it, it would be a waste of her top-quality tea.

Then Zhao Paner started to talk about business:

"By the way, my benefactor said he wanted to talk to me alone about something. What is it?"

"Don't call me benefactor. I'm not used to it." Lin Hao waved his hand and said:
"My name is Lin Hao, you can call me by my name or call me Brother Lin!"

Zhao Paner curled the corner of her mouth:

"I heard the two officials from the Imperial City Department call you Marquis Jing'an just now, so I will call you Marquis!"

Zhao Paner said that we are not that familiar with each other, so forget about calling him "big brother" and it is better for everyone to keep a distance.

"Haha, whatever you want!" After all, they just met, and Lin Hao didn't expect Zhao Pan'er to throw herself into his arms just because she saved his life.

Then Lin Hao got straight to the point:

"I came to see Madam Zhao because I want the painting in your hand!"

"Painting? What painting?" Zhao Pan'er was stunned and almost didn't react.

Based on the way Lin Hao looked at her before, she thought Lin Hao was attracted to her. She was thinking about how to reject him, but he asked her for a painting.

Wait, she's such a beauty standing in front of you, and you tell me you want to paint her, are you blind?

Women are like this. If you have any intentions towards her, she will think you are a pervert. If you are not pretending, she will call you blind.

"Night Banquet Picture!" Lin Hao's voice floated over.

"Night Banquet Picture?" Zhao Pan'er's heart tightened.

Then, Zhao Pan'er blinked her big watery eyes, pretending to be in deep thought for a long time before saying:

"I remember now. Pan'er did have a painting of a night banquet in his hand before, but I gave that painting away!"

"You gave it to Yang Zhiyuan, right!" Lin Hao said with a smile.

Zhao Pan'er was stunned for a moment, then pretended to be dumb and said:
"Since the Marquis knows~!"

But Lin Hao interrupted her directly and said:

"Think about it again. Are you sure the painting you gave to Yang Zhiyuan is real?"

"Ah~!" Zhao Pan'er looked surprised, trying to get away with it.

Zhao Pan'er knew very well that the painting of the night banquet she gave to Yang Zhiyuan was definitely a fake, and she had copied it herself.

But she didn't know why Lin Hao was looking for the Night Banquet Painting, and the painting was indeed not in her hands now, but was given to her fiancé Ouyang Xu.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Zhao Paner chose to play dumb in order to avoid unnecessary trouble.

"I am just a tea seller, I don't understand these famous paintings and calligraphy, and I don't know whether they are real or not!
Anyway, I accidentally got a painting of a night banquet, and in order to express my gratitude to Lord Yang, Empress Zuo gave it to him directly!"

Looking at Zhao Pan'er's sincere and innocent eyes, if Lin Hao had not known in advance that the real painting was given to Ouyang Xu by Zhao Pan'er, he might have really believed her lies.

Tsk tsk, it turns out that what Zhang Wuji’s mother said was right, the more beautiful a woman is, the more likely she is to lie.

"You~, think about it again!" Lin Hao said with a smile.

"My lord, everything Xiao Anzi said is true~!" Zhao Pan'er still looked confident, and there was no sign of lying at all.

"In that case, I can only stay at Madam Zhao's house temporarily. I'll leave when you remember me!"

Little did she know that Zhao Paner's pretending to be stupid played into Lin Hao's hands. Lin Hao didn't care about the night banquet at all.

His real purpose was just to have a reason to stay here.

Zhao Paner was dumbfounded and said quickly:

"No, it's not good for a man and a woman to be alone, right?"

Lin Hao widened his eyes and said in disbelief:
"I'm your savior, and now you're going to destroy my bridge?"

"No, you, how could you do this~!" Lin Hao's tone and expression, as if he was talking about a heartless man, made Zhao Pan'er so angry that she wanted to slam the table:
"o(*≧▽≦)ツ┏━┓"

But Zhao Pan'er was not someone who easily compromised. She ignored Lin Hao and walked out directly, saying as she walked:
"That's perfect, I'll have someone to help me watch the shop at night!"

Zhao Pan'er deliberately took two steps outside again. Seeing that Lin Hao did not respond, she turned back and asked:

"You really won't leave!"

Lin Hao rolled his eyes at her, then pulled over a chair and lay down comfortably!

(End of this chapter)