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The three bodyguards returned to Yuan Shikai and said, "Everything in the room is normal. The man in the well hasn't arrived yet. We've all looked closely at the floor above and below. There are no signs of danger. "

Yuan Shikai grunted as if he wanted to say something, then mumbled a few words before swallowing it back down. Eunuch Liu saw that he wanted to say something but stopped and said: "Master, the wind is blowing so we are far from the building. Why don't we go inside and wait?" "He should be arriving soon."

Yuan Shikai nodded and said, "Looking at this depressed city, it is really disheartening. I was just about to go in, too. I was in a hurry and forgot to have a cup of tea. Now I'm thirsty. "

Eunuch Liu quickly said, "But I thought of that. I brought tea and went in to drink it. "

Yuan Shikai said, "Thank you for your consideration. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to drink the rest of the tea." With that, he walked towards the Supreme White House.

Eunuch Liu turned back to his six bodyguards and warned them, "Don't go too far away, just wait at the front door. Don't look like there are no signs of danger, just in case. If anything happens to you, be careful of your heads. "

The six of them said in unison, "We just went in to take a look, and it is quiet here. Nothing will happen. Rest assured Mister. "

Both of them opened their arms, showing their guns as they said, "Look, we've brought enough fellows. We can guarantee that they'll be safe."

Another person said, "Mr. Liu, you don't understand us. We all have experience in going out and working. Our brothers have followed the old master for many years. There was never any mistake. "

When Eunuch Liu heard this, he felt relieved. He took from one of the bodyguards a package wrapped in green satin, in which was a small square box. From the outside, the shape of the box could be seen. Inside was the priceless treasure that Yuan Shikai had prepared to give to Jingfu. Eunuch Liu picked up his bag and chased after Yuan Shikai.

At this moment, Ruo Feng was watching the scene from upstairs. He knew that Eunuch Liu was carrying the treasure. He had gathered enough strength to take it. Seeing his six bodyguards not following him, Ruo Feng was secretly delighted. He muttered to himself, "Heaven is on my side!" He no longer hid under the table. Instead, he moved to the side of the staircase and waited for the two to arrive.

Yuan Shikai arrived at the entrance of the Taibai Restaurant first and walked up the steps. When he saw that Eunuch Liu was not following behind him, he stopped and turned his head to wait. Eunuch Liu hurriedly approached him. He then picked up the pearl curtain and slowly walked inside.

Upon seeing the two, the guard hurriedly greeted them with a smile, "Gentlemen, please enter!" Yuan Shikai had always been a powerful official, so he would not entertain such scenes. He turned his head and ignored her.

Eunuch Liu said to the waiter, "We sent someone to reserve it first. It's upstairs." The waiter said with a smile, "Please forgive me for being muddle-headed. It turns out that esteemed guest has arrived. "My apologies, my apologies!"

Then he shouted upstairs, "The guests from upstairs have arrived! "Please come upstairs!" He was informing Rufeng of his intention. When he heard Chu Feng's words, he smiled and made his preparations.

After the shop assistant finished shouting, he did not follow behind them. He turned around and said to the customers who were eating: "Everyone, please enjoy yourself. There's something you need to say." He hurried into the kitchen and hurried the order upstairs.

Several customers then started to discuss, "The two of you who just came in were really impressive. "How can the one in front not care about others?"

"Ahem, I think the two of them are just stinky businessmen. What's so great about it? Isn't it the same as our small business, where we spend all our time thinking about the price and worry about buying and selling? "

When one of the Tianjin people heard his words, he looked around and said in a low voice, "My two brothers, you are saying that you are in the wrong. These two people just now don't compare to us. He had money and power. The one in front, I don't know; the one in the back, Liu, I know. Do you know about his business? He was the Head Supervisor of Yuan Da's presidential palace. How could he not know how old he was and how old he was? He went to our Boss Pinggang in Tianjin. I met him before, so I know him. He's much better than us. Didn't you see? I might not know the one in front, but he's even more pretentious than me. "

At this time, Yuan Shikai and Liu Gonggong were stopping to survey the surroundings downstairs. After inspecting their surroundings, they walked towards the stairs. When they reached the stairs, they looked at the tall, steep wooden steps and slowly climbed them.

At this point, Ru Feng peeked his head out and saw Yuan Shikai in front, followed closely by Eunuch Liu with a bag in his hand. Rufeng took the opportunity to walk out and pretend to go downstairs. At this time, Yuan Shikai only had one more level left before he was done. He raised his head and looked up.

Suddenly, he saw a fat monk walking towards him. His heart tightened as he stopped in his tracks. He saw clearly that the monk did not seem to be looking at him and was about to go downstairs. Relieved, he gripped his cane and stepped onto it.

Rufeng purposely avoided his attention, allowing Yuan Shikai and Eunuch Liu pass by in an instant. He reached out and grabbed the package from Eunuch Liu's hands, then used his foot to tap the back of Eunuch Liu's knee and wrapped it around Ruo Feng's hand. His movements were so fast that they seemed as if they were made of lightning or stone.

Eunuch Liu felt that he had lost his balance. Before he could react, he fell and rolled onto the stairs. Yuan Shikai heard a voice behind him and turned around to see Eunuch Liu rolling down the stairs. The monk was gone.

Yuan Shikai thought that Liu Gonggong had stumbled and turned around to take a look. Eunuch Liu rolled on the ground and stopped. He had already realized what was happening. Ignoring the pain of falling, he hurriedly got up and said, "Not good, the thing was taken by that monk."

Yuan Shikai was shocked when he heard it, and quickly shouted, "Someone come quickly! Monk stole our things! "

Eunuch Liu also used his hand to cover the wound on his head, shouting at the top of his lungs: "Someone come! Somebody come quickly!" "Catch the monk, the monk stole the thing." The two of them shouted as they ran out the door.

The customers downstairs were still talking non-stop. Hearing the shouts, they all put down their chopsticks and went out to take a look. He saw Yuan Shikai and Liu Gonggong shouting in panic, but no one was there to steal anything. Someone came forward and asked, "What's your name? Where is the thief? " Eunuch Liu was flustered and hurriedly said: "He stole the thing and ran out." Everyone looked around to find the intruders.

When Yuan Shikai and Liu Gonggong saw the monk who stole the items, they immediately ran off without a trace. There were no bodyguards at the entrance at all. The two of them shouted angrily, "Where is he! Where did everyone die to!? " Those customers didn't know that they had bodyguards outside, so after hearing this, they thought it was a gang of thieves. They all said, "Strange, so many people are fighting over things, why is it that none of them are here?"

Thus, they started to suspect the passersby. Someone pointed at the pedestrians and asked, "Is it them?" Eunuch Liu said anxiously, "There are no thieves, just a monk."

Someone said, "You were talking about a lot of people just now, why is there one? You are mad. There is no sign of the monk. This is strange. " The crowd then looked at the two of them and laughed.

Yuan Shikai and Liu Gonggong did not have time to go into details and were only anxious to find the bodyguards. The two of them looked at the banana stand in the distance and saw a group of people surrounding them. Upon closer inspection, they determined that it was their bodyguard. Seeing that they were all eating bananas there, the two of them felt like they were going crazy. The two of them did not care about shouting and quickly went to the back of the bodyguards. Eunuch Liu looked at one of them and viciously slapped him.

The bodyguard was happily munching on a banana when he suddenly felt pain on his face. He quickly turned around and stared blankly. He covered his face with his hands. Just as he was about to erupt, he didn't dare to speak.

The crowd was stunned as well. Yuan Shikai and Eunuch Liu were panting heavily as they stood behind him with furious eyes, not knowing what had just happened. Eunuch Liu was so frightened that his face turned pale. Yuan Shikai was so angry that his face turned ashen. All the bodyguards were stunned, all of them threw the bananas in their hands, looked at each other, no one dared to ask what had happened.

Yuan Shikai flew into a rage at them and scolded: "You peddlers' servants! They were all hiding here to eat, and now they were happy. I'm so pissed off! "See how I'll teach you guys a lesson!" He raised his cane and hit them one by one. The bodyguards were so scared that they stood straight, not daring to dodge at all.

Eunuch Liu tried to persuade him in a hurry: "Please calm your anger, Master. It is more important for them to catch up with the thieves." He then turned to the bodyguards and said, "Just now in the house, a fat monk stole our bag of stuff. Did you see where he ran off to? Quickly chase after him! "

When the bodyguards heard this, they realized what had happened and panicked, ready to chase in all directions. The old man who sold bananas said, "Just now, a few old men were eating bananas here. I saw a fat monk carrying a bag of stuff hurriedly coming out of the building and running towards that direction." Yuan Shikai quickly said, "Thank you, Sir." It's that monk. " Eunuch Liu hurriedly said to his bodyguards, "What are you waiting for? Hurry up and chase him!" The bodyguards all rushed in the direction the old man pointed.

Yuan Shikai and Liu Gonggong stood in front of the banana stand, anxious and angry, like ants in a hot pan. The two of them were still hoping that the bodyguards would catch the monk and take the treasure back.

As for these six bodyguards: they were all from Cangzhou. Their seniors were at the escort office together. Ever since they inherited the parent management escort office, business has been declining. In addition, the six of them squandered so much money that they were no longer able to hold on.

On an occasional occasion, at the recommendation of others, six people were invited by Duan Qirui to escort the opium from Tianjin to Jinan. At that time, the ground of Shandong area was not peaceful, green forest was everywhere, bandits lurked everywhere. They shipped the opium for Duan Qirui a few times, but there was no loss of it and it was handed over to Jinan without incident. Seeing how profitable it was, Duan Qirui left them in the mansion to listen.

In their free time, the six of them would look after the house for the Duan Residence, and in their free time, they would do some private matters for Duan Qirui. Opium, arms, and silver dollars, all six of them. The six of them were proud for a moment.

As it should have been, a young lady from the Duan Clan came to live in Shanghai and was one of Duan Qirui's nieces and daughters. The young lady stayed in Tianjin for a few days, missing her parents, and crying to go home. Unable to stay any longer, Duan Qirui ordered the six men to escort him back to Shanghai. Passing through Xuzhou, he was bullied by a gang of local thugs. The young lady was taken out of the sedan chair to be flirted with.

The six people were furious and moved forward to argue. Both sides spoke stiffly and started fighting. The six people were beaten to the point where they were bleeding from head to toe and were even dragged into the yamen. When the bailiff heard that they were from Duan Qili's house, he immediately let them go. They went to Shanghai to pay their respects, took a few days to recuperate, and then returned to Tianjin not daring to tell Duan Qili the truth, using some peaceful words to deceive Duan Qili.

That young lady was originally weak and weak. However, she was also scared and humiliated on the way back, so she was unable to recover from her illness when she reached home. Her father, a learned old man, was furious at his daughter's disgrace and came to Tianjin to find Duan Qili for questioning. Knowing the truth, Duan Qirui was furious. While apologizing to his relatives, he also asked the other six. In the middle of the night, Duan Qili drove six people out of the mansion. The six of them kneeled on the ground and begged, and when they mentioned the past, Duan Qirui's heart softened. Soon after, Duan Qirui sent six people to Yuan Shikai to find a better host for them.

Yuan Shikai came from a martial arts background and was skilled in all kinds of martial arts. He wholeheartedly set up a private party to recruit talented people for himself. After examining the six of them one by one and performing martial arts, he discovered that not only were their martial arts skills good, they were also young and orderly. Yuan Shikai happily kept the six people by his side to listen. The six of them were brilliant once more. The six of them often did some personal work for Yuan Shikai, and worked very hard. Yuan Shikai was very useful to them, and he valued them a lot.