frightfiction #581 - Door-to-door
#581 - Door-to-door
Zhang Chen casually put away the gold and silver, which surprised the two men. Zhang Chen's clothes were ordinary, and he didn't look like a young master from a wealthy family, but he had such boldness. He didn't even count the tens of thousands of taels of silver and directly put them into his sleeves. This kind of boldness is not something ordinary people can have.
The other party's attitude showed that he was not afraid of the medical center deceiving him, and that he was confident in his own strength.
"This young master should be a Jianghu person," the old steward said, watching Zhang Chen's disappearing figure.
"And not just an ordinary Jianghu person, but definitely a top expert in the Jianghu," the young steward also said.
"Let's go, send this ginseng to the master. If we can please the dean of Chongzheng Academy, our pharmacy will go a step further. I heard that Chongzheng Academy has received instructions from the Academy Palace to prepare to open the mysterious inner courtyard. If we can befriend them at this time, we may be able to manipulate things when selecting disciples." The two discussed for a while, carrying the gifts away and disappearing into the house.
After Zhang Chen got the money, he began to spend it lavishly. All kinds of gifts cost thousands of taels of silver. He ordered people to send them to the inn, and also asked people to prepare a carriage. After all the gifts were loaded, Zhang Chen and his family cleaned up and changed into new clothes, but they were still wearing coarse linen clothes, not luxurious silk, so as not to attract too much attention. Then the family prepared to visit the Shen family.
Looking at the demon horse tied behind the carriage, it was now as thin as a bald donkey, looking ugly and ridiculous, and there was no sign of the horse's strength.
"Brother, are you really going to give this horse to your fiancée as a meeting gift?" Zhang Tuowei was a little reluctant: "This is a fifth-order demon horse, and it's about to enter the sixth order. It's simply infinitely potential. How can you bear to give away such a rare thing?"
"After all, she is my fiancée. It's the order of my parents and the words of a matchmaker. When we meet, we must prepare some gifts to show sincerity," Zhang Chen said.
The little girl was unhappy: "But I already have a close relationship with this horse. It's already my horse brother, already my family. How can you give the horse away?"
Zhang Tuowei turned to look at Zhang Fei: "Little brother, do you think that's right?"
"I…" Zhang Fei turned to look at Zhang Chen, then looked at Zhang Tuowei's threatening eyes, and said very uneasily: "I can't say."
He didn't want to offend either his eldest brother or his eldest sister, and he couldn't afford to offend either of them.
Madam Zhang in the carriage was a little worried: "Chen'er, is it really okay for me to go to the Shen family with you? After all, I am an outsider. You might as well leave me outside. I will find a way to survive on my own, so as not to make things difficult for you."
Zhang Chen understood Madam Zhang's worries, so he smiled and comforted Madam Zhang: "Mother, why worry? Just follow us. I will take care of everything."
The family hired a coachman, pulled the gifts through the streets, and soon arrived in front of the Shen family's mansion.
Zhang Chen looked at the mansion in front of him and couldn't help but praise: "As expected of the Jinling Shen family, this mansion is probably not worse than the Prince's mansion."
The Shen family's mansion actually occupied the entire street. In front of the gate were six terrifying and hideous stone sculptures. I don't know what the name of the stone sculptures was, but there was actually a mysterious power flowing on the stone sculptures, which was obviously not an ordinary thing.
The gate was inlaid with eight door studs, and the entire gate was vermilion red and twenty meters wide, with small doors on the left and right sides.
The gate was inlaid with nails, and the nails were arranged according to the stars, with mysterious energy echoing each other. It was obvious at a glance that this was no ordinary family.
There were thirteen steps in front of the gate, which was indeed a Yang number. Zhang Chen was secretly amazed when he saw it: "As expected of the Shen family, which controls 70% of the world's shipping, this kind of grandeur of using mysterious objects to suppress the gate is not something that the northern bumpkins can compare to."
At this time, in front of the gate, there were more than a dozen carriages lined up, and dozens of people in luxurious clothes stood in front of the small door, talking and laughing, looking rich and noble.
In front of the gate, ten warriors were standing guard. Zhang Chen observed the energy around them and sensed their blood. The ten warriors were probably already practicing dark energy.
Zhang Chen directed the carriage to stop in front of the gate, then stepped towards the steps and walked towards the gatekeeper on the side. Before he got close to the gate, he was stopped by the guard: "If you want to come to the Shen mansion to do business, you must first submit a greeting card, then go over there to line up and wait for the master inside to summon you."
The guard pointed to the dozens of people in luxurious clothes talking and laughing on the side, and then looked at Zhang Chen's coarse linen clothes. Seeing that although he was wearing linen clothes, they were clean and without patches, he thought he was also a wealthy household, so he asked: "Which steward in the mansion do you want to see?"
The reason why he directly determined that the other party was visiting the steward in the mansion was because the other party was not wearing silk. Which of those who visited the master was not a powerful person? How could ordinary people have the opportunity to see the nobles?
Before Zhang Chen could speak, the guard stretched out his hand: "If you want us to send a message, you need five taels of silver."
"Five taels of silver? You're robbing money!" Zhang Chen raised his eyebrows when he heard this. What was the concept of five taels of silver? It was enough for an ordinary family to eat and drink for several months.
"This is the rule of our Shen mansion. You can do it or not. If you don't do it, go stand aside and don't bother people." The guard was immediately unhappy when he heard Zhang Chen's words. While scolding, he drove Zhang Chen to the side.
"Humph, I am from the Zhang family in the capital. My father is Zhang Kecheng. The old lady of the Shen family is my maternal grandmother. I came here specifically to visit the old lady of the Shen family. Go and report it quickly. If you delay things, be careful of your skin." Zhang Chen glanced coldly at the guard, causing the blood flow in the guard's body to stop for three breaths, holding his face red. When Zhang Chen released his blood control, he gasped for breath like a fish getting oxygen, looking at Zhang Chen with a face full of horror. He didn't know that Zhang Chen had controlled his blood, he only thought that Zhang Chen's eyes were too terrifying. Just a light glance made his breathing stop.
"You said the old lady is your maternal grandmother?" The guard came back to his senses at this time, looking at Zhang Chen with a surprised expression, looking up and down at Zhang Chen's clothes. No matter how he looked at it, he didn't seem like he could be related to the Shen mansion.
"Nonsense! Go and report quickly, lest you delay things," Zhang Chen scolded.
The guard was able to welcome and send people off in front of the gate, and he was not without eyesight. Seeing Zhang Chen's calm demeanor, he didn't seem like he was here to freeload, so he couldn't help but pay attention to him. So he bowed to Zhang Chen: "Please wait a moment, I will call the steward over."
Just at this moment, a person came from the gate. It was the young man from the Zhang family in the capital, the young man who had been loving with Shen Ling before. The guard quickly shouted when he saw the young man: "Young Master Zhang Gaoqiu, this person claims to be from the Zhang family in the capital and came to our Shen mansion to recognize relatives. Please take a look to see if he is an old acquaintance."
Zhang Chen looked at the white-clothed young master and thought to himself: "So this person is called Zhang Gaoqiu."
Zhang Gaoqiu paused when he heard this, with a curious look on his face: "My relative? A person from the Zhang family in the capital?"
Then he looked Zhang Chen up and down: "Looks unfamiliar."
However, seeing Zhang Chen's coarse linen clothes, he thought he was a distant relative of the Zhang family who had left the fifth service, who had come to the Shen family in the capital to freeload. After all, the Zhang family in the capital was a big family with thousands of people. He was the second son of the direct line, and there were very few people who could enter his eyes.
However, meeting an old acquaintance in a foreign land, in this faraway Jinling, he wouldn't mind helping if he met a relative.
"Which branch of the Zhang family in the capital are you from?" Zhang Gaoqiu asked.
Hearing this, Zhang Chen said: "My father is Zhang Kecheng."
Hearing this, Zhang Gaoqiu's face couldn't help but change, then he looked Zhang Chen up and down again, and said coldly: "Never heard of it! Maybe it's a liar from somewhere, using the name of the Zhang family to eat and drink. You drive him away, lest he ruin the reputation of my Zhang family."
When Zhang Chen heard this, his eyes stared at Zhang Gaoqiu. He didn't believe that the other party hadn't heard of his father's reputation, but the other party pretended not to know, obviously there must be something fishy.
The guard straightened his back again when he heard Zhang Gaoqiu's words, looking at Zhang Chen with teasing eyes: "Boy, do you know who this young master is?"
Zhang Chen shook his head: "I don't know!"
"This is the second son of the direct line of the Zhang family in the capital. Since you said you are from the Zhang family, why don't you know this true dragon?" The guard looked at Zhang Chen with sarcasm: "Boy, you want to come to our Shen mansion to pretend to be a ghost. You have miscalculated! Don't you look at what place this is! Come on, break one of his legs to give him a lesson."
The guard shouted, and two more guards rolled up their sleeves and rushed over, looking at Zhang Chen with grinning faces: "Boy, you want to come to our Zhang family to get something for nothing. You can only say that you have miscalculated! Breaking one of your legs today will be a lesson for you."
Looking at the fierce guards, Zhang Chen turned his head calmly and looked at Zhang Gaoqiu: "Do you really not know me? If this matter is spread back to the Zhang family in the capital, you should know the consequences."
Zhang Gaoqiu turned around somewhat guiltily when he heard this, flicked his sleeves and walked into the gate: "This liar dares to threaten me, he is really arrogant! Leave it to you to deal with, you must vent my anger for me."
Zhang Gaoqiu quickly walked away, not giving Zhang Chen a chance to continue speaking.
He knew that there were still many old guys in the Zhang family in the capital who were still thinking about the first branch. If today's matter was spread to the Zhang family in the capital, he would not have a good time, and there would be all kinds of punishments.
It was best for him to get away first!
Just thinking about Zhang Chen's arrival, a bad feeling rose in his heart: "This guy's arrival will definitely ruin my plan. I still need to think of a way to get him away."
"Why not secretly inform the Jinling government office and ask the Jinling government office to come forward and imprison him." Thinking of this, Zhang Gaoqiu's pace quickened a bit.
Zhang Chen looked at Zhang Gaoqiu who was walking away, a cold light appeared in his eyes, but he didn't say anything, but looked at the guards who were rushing over. Seeing that several guards rushed in front of Zhang Chen, a drop of blood suddenly flew out of Zhang Chen's sleeve, seizing the leading guard, and in an instant had completely controlled his body.