1. The person who entrusts (I)

When the white light of the fixed-point teleportation stone disappeared from the field of vision, what appeared in front of Zhang Longqian's eyes was already a completely different scene from just now.

In front of him was a mansion that looked very old, and at first glance it exuded a majestic momentum, like a giant beast in ambush, solemn and inviolable.

In the center of the blue-gray old high wall is a dark red version of the door, on which the dark gold lines seem to extend in a disorderly manner, but faintly form a peculiar pattern, which seems to be the branches and leaves of plants, and seems to be the outline of a bird, which inexplicably makes people feel sacrosanct. On both sides of the gate are two white stone lions more than one person high, carved with exquisite craftsmanship. If you look closely, you will see that it is not carved from ordinary stone, but a strange substance that emits a faint light. Looking at the vivid stone lions, Zhang Longqian actually had an inexplicable pressure, as if the two lions would rise up at any time and pounce on him.

Nestled in the mountains and surrounded by lush greenery, it was early summer, but it was as cool as a spring day, and there was not a single building around it except for the ridiculously large mansion in front of you.

"This is ......"

Although he knew that he was going to meet Zuo Ling's task client, the environment in front of him that seemed to be an ancient house in the mountains still made Zhang Longqian a little puzzled.

Glancing at the solemn and huge mansion, Zuo Ling turned his head to look at the verdant mountains around him, and smiled and spit out two words.

"Sichuan."

Zhang Longqian actually wanted to ask the specific location here, but she didn't expect to get a super large range, and before she could ask what she wanted to know again, she heard Zhou Miao's voice ringing.

"Sichuan? Could it be that ......" turned his head and looked straight at the solemn and solemn huge mansion, and a trace of surprise appeared on Zhou Miao's face, "Zhang family? ”

Zhang Longqian didn't understand what Zhou Miao was talking about at all, but Bai Lu and Nangong Piao immediately realized the meaning of her words, and they both looked at the mansion with wide eyes in disbelief, and even Cang Yan frowned slightly.

Looking at the mansion in front of him, Zuo Ling nodded lightly: "That's right, this is the Zhang family in Shuzhou, the 'Devouring Zhang Family' among the five great families in the Dao Law Realm." ”

Although he still didn't quite understand what this was, Zhang Longqian also had some impressions of the "Five Great Families", so he asked Zuo Ling: "The 'Five Great Families' are the top five families in the Dao Law Realm, including the Zuo family and the Cang family, right?" In other words, this is a big family that can be compared to the two of you? ”

Nodding his head, Zuo Ling shook his head again, and then smiled lightly in Zhang Longqian's puzzled gaze, and looked at the mansion with a look of emotion in his eyes: "Although the Zhang family is also one of the five great families, they are the existence of the apex of the five great families, in terms of power and strength, the Zhang family alone can be on an equal footing with the other four families." If you want to count it seriously, the Zhang family can be regarded as the 'first family in the Taoist realm'. ”

For a moment, I couldn't help but be a little surprised by the strength of this Zhang family, but after all, he had been in the management layer for some time, and Zhang Long subconsciously frowned slightly: "A family that can compete with the other four families...... Isn't there an imbalance of power? ”

I didn't expect Zhang Longqian to make such a statement, Zuo Ling raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, and then smiled: "You don't care about this kind of thing, in short, my client is inside, let's go." ”

As he spoke, Zuo Ling took out a token-like thing and pasted it on the door, and the palm-sized sign immediately dispersed into wisps of green smoke and sneaked into the dark red door, and then the door slowly opened automatically, revealing the buildings inside.

Looking back at a few people, Zuo Ling said "Let's go" and took the lead in stepping in.

Several people glanced at each other, although they were a little apprehensive about the name of this "First Family in the Dao Law Realm", they still followed in, and the dark red door immediately closed slowly and silently behind them.

"Let's wait in the foyer to answer the door."

As he spoke, Zuo Ling led everyone forward.

In front of him is a simple and calm foyer, quiet and far away, no one can be seen, and naturally there is no guard, which is too weak for a "first family", and a trace of doubt appeared on Zhang Longqian's face, Zuo Ling saw it, and immediately guessed what she was thinking, so he explained with a smile: "This is the Zhang family's home, only under the leadership of the Zhang family or by handing over the pass card can you enter, otherwise you will be treated as an intruder by the yin and yang double lions at the door, that is a very terrible doorman!" With them here, there's no need to waste manpower here. ”

Nodding his head to show that he understood, Zhang Longqian looked at the gorgeous but not exaggerated carved beams around him, and while deeply understanding the ancient atmosphere of this mansion, he asked, "Is this house our own family?" So there's still a separation? ”

As if affected by the solemnity of this ancient mansion, her voice was unconsciously lowered.

Nangong Piao, who was standing behind Zhang Long, also responded softly: "There is indeed a separate family, but the Zhang family's family is not just this house. ”

"More than that?"

"Hmm." Nangong Piao nodded, "There are a lot of mountains outside, right?" All the mountains you could see outside just now were the land of the Zhang family. ”

What can be seen?

Thinking about how many mountains he saw at a glance, Zhang Longqian couldn't help but look up at the sky, and swallowed back the word "landlord" in his throat.

However, except for Zhang Longqian, people seem to have known how vast this Zhang family is, so no one else was surprised, just stood quietly in the foyer and waited for the people of this mansion to come, after all, even if they handed over the pass card and walked into the gate, but this is a big family with a long history, and it is not good to walk in like this.

But after waiting for a while, there was still no one in sight, not to mention Zhang Longqian, who didn't know the way, even Zuo Ling, who had been here, couldn't help but feel a little strange: "I didn't come so slowly last time......

At this time, he saw a man hurriedly walking out of the lobby, but he didn't pay attention to anyone here, but buried himself in a large stack of paperwork in his hand and turned aside.

"Please stay!"

Fortunately, Zuo Ling shouted quickly, and the person was halfway around, and when he heard this, he immediately stopped and turned around, only then did he notice six people, so he rushed over with some surprise.

"Zuo Gongzi? What are you doing here? ”

"Excuse me, I made an appointment with Hanyang Zhenren to meet at eight o'clock, isn't he there?"

The man immediately replied, "The head of the house is here, uh......" Glancing at the stack of yellowed books and papers he was holding in his arms, he thought for a moment and said, "I was about to deliver documents for the head of the house, please come with me." ”

"Thank you."

Glancing at the few people who were following Zuo Ling, the man didn't ask much, turned around and walked along the predetermined route before, and several people immediately followed Zuo Ling.