Chapter Twenty-Nine: Ten Years of Lonely Lights
Zhang Yang's room is still the one that lived during the day, because of today's events, coupled with the heavy rain, so the Zuiyue Building closed early, and the whole inn fell into darkness, and only the sound of raindrops falling outside the window could be heard.
Under him was a wooden bed, and the pillow was sewn with fabric, not porcelain, otherwise Zhang Yang would have to fall into the pillow the next morning, and after analyzing the current situation in his heart, Zhang Yang gradually fell asleep in the lullaby like rain. In the dream, Zhang Yang dreamed that he had learned peerless martial arts, stepping on the god hunting with his left foot and An Shigeng with his right foot, invincible in the world......
"Wow, why are you just getting up now, come and have breakfast." Chasing for life greeted Zhang Yang.
"Early." Tie Shou was a person who was not good at talking in private, and he also greeted Zhang Yang.
Early the next morning, after being woken up by Xiao Er's knock on the door and washing, Zhang Yang found that the two of them had already gotten up and were eating breakfast in the hall. It's almost the same as a modern breakfast, porridge + steamed buns + pickles, and hard-boiled eggs, a simple but very practical classic combination.
After breakfast, the heavy rain outside still did not stop, but this rain has been falling from last night until now, it looks like this will not stop for a while and a half, the original hot weather, under this continuous rain, has become a little colder.
"I'll go to the shopkeeper to get a few umbrellas, and then go to the Shenhou Mansion to meet Mr. and them."
After a few commands, Tie Shou went to the shopkeeper of Zuiyue Mansion and brought a few umbrellas, which are almost common in inns. In addition to umbrellas, there are also robes, but they are all worn when they go out. Yes, it didn't work.
Chasing life, Zhang Yang followed behind Tie Shou. Walking along the bluestone paved street to the Shenhou Mansion, Zhang Yang was surprised to find along the way. Most of the rainwater on the street flows into the culverts on both sides of the street, and the road is not muddy at all, covered with bluestone slabs. It is foreseeable that Kaifeng Mansion is the capital and has a complete and complete underground drainage system.
A good drainage system is very important for a large city, and even now, this project is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and needs to be designed in advance. carefully calculated, but the Great Song Dynasty had already completed this great project, so that Zhang Yang also had a better understanding of the real Great Song Dynasty in history.
It's a pity that it is now the late Northern Song Dynasty, the era where Huizong is located, the most prosperous time has gone, whether it is Bao Longtu Bao Heitan who is sitting in Kaifeng Mansion, or several great talents in the Tang and Song dynasties, Wang Anshi, Fan Zhongyan and other big people. All of them have passed away, which has to be said to be a pity.
Stepping on the bluestone and bypassing the flying tower, the three of them finally arrived at their destination along a long official road. Looking up, at the end of the street was a gate facing the street, and there were no pedestrians on either side of the road at the moment. On the contrary, you can see some traces left by the stalls.
"That's the Shenhou Mansion, and Mr. doesn't like the strictness of the six doors. That's why I chose the place here. As he walked, Tie Shou told Zhang Yang and Chase about the affairs of the Shenhou Mansion.
And along the way. Zhang Yang also has a general understanding of the Shenhou Mansion, and at the moment, apart from the three of them, there are only Zhuge Zhengme, Ruthless and Ding Dong, the four errand runners.
Unlike most of the mansions of the officials, the Shenhou Mansion has no subordinates, whether it is cooking, laundry, or cleaning the mansion, they all do it themselves. This has to be said to be an unconventional behavior in a feudal society, and Zhang Yang will not think that Zhuge Zheng can't afford to hire a short-term worker with that little silver.
Chasing life also has a pretty good impression of the Shenhou Mansion, at least compared to the six doors, there is no need to worry that there will be so many rules.
When he approached the gate, Zhang Yangcai was stunned to find that there were two groups of firewood piled up outside the gate, and there was an old table outside the door.
Tie Shou noticed the expression of Zhang Yang and chasing his life, and after coughing dryly, he said: "That, Mr. usually treats people here for free treatment, and many people are also used to coming here to trade. With us present, there are very few thieves in this area, so the people are also very relieved. ”
As soon as the three of them walked outside the gate, the sharp-eyed jingle ran over and took everyone in, at about ten o'clock in the morning at the end of the month, because of the rain, there were fewer people on most of the streets, and Zhuge Zheng I did not look at the file, but waited for the two in the lobby.
Seeing the three of them coming in, Zhuge Zheng and I took the initiative to stand up and bowed: "Brother Chasing Life, Brother Zhang, welcome to the Shenhou Mansion!" ”
In addition to the characteristics of opening the door, the Shenhou Mansion is not much different from the mansions of ordinary officials, in addition to the front yard, the Shenhou Mansion also has a backyard, an open playground for practicing martial arts. There are three large buildings in the main body, the lobby and the study are connected together, and there are corridors leading to the other bedrooms in the backyard, storage rooms, kitchens, latrines and other places.
"Shenhou Mansion, this is a plaque given by the official family, it looks a bit big, but in fact, it's just like that, it's far worse than the six doors. Since the two brothers have joined the Shenhou Mansion, this waist card must be carried. ”
Zhuge Zheng introduced it familiarly, and then took out two metal plates from the cabinet, the silver-gray metal surface was carved with intricate patterns, and in the middle were the three ancient characters of the Shenhou Mansion, which were worn with a rope. Zhang Yang checked it, and the weight was about two hundred grams, which was not too heavy.
"In the future, if you go out to handle a case, you can directly show the Shenhou Mansion waist card, but it is generally only used when arresting people. I use it a lot on weekdays, but it is easy to expose my identity. ”
Ding Dong and Ling'er brought a cup of hot tea to the three of them, and Zhang Yang and chasing his life were officially a member of the Shenhou Mansion at this moment.
The waist card is a symbol of status in ancient times, such as the royal gold medal held by Zhuge Zheng, which directly represents the emperor. Although the God Catcher also has a gold medal, it is different from Zhuge Zheng's own, except that he is given the right to arrest others, and Zhuge Zheng's part of me represents more of an identity.
Zhang Yang's palm flickered, the waist card disappeared, with yesterday's experience Zhuge Zheng and I were no longer surprised, knowing that Zhang Yang put away the waist card.
As the steward of the Shenhou Mansion, and also the top boss of Zhang Yang and Chase, Zhuge Zheng briefly talked about the rules of the Shenhou Mansion, and then took the two of them out of the lobby, and after passing through an inner room, they came to the center of the building, a rather wide hall.
"This is ......," Chase looked at the big pillar in the hall and was stunned.
"Oh, and I want to introduce you, this is my study, and it's also a place where I can relentlessly consult materials. The bookshelves next to it are all files for handling cases, and the ruthless legs and feet are inconvenient, so the iron hand built such a steel organ to facilitate the ruthless handling of cases. ”
As the two approached, Zhang Yang and Chasing Fate realized that the big iron pillar was actually equivalent to a bearing, standing straight on the ground, surrounded by a group of huge steel gears, and a mechanical arm, with a seat at the end. At the moment, Ruthless is sitting on this chair and looking at something. Seeing the arrival of the two, he nodded slightly.
"Heartless girl early."
"Miss Sheng is early."
Chasing fate and Zhang Yang's ruthless name are different, but no one cares about this, their eyes are completely attracted by the huge steel mechanism and the towering bookshelf next to it.
Zhang Yang sighed again about the black technology, you must know that in the plot, even the wheelchair pushed by mental power appeared, and it was naturally not surprising that such a big guy appeared at this moment, Zhang Yang asked about the power of this mechanical device, and the result also made Zhang Yang full of cold sweat, it was ruthlessly used to use his mental power to directly promote, and it can also be rotated manually.
"I'm going, this guy is definitely a mechanical graduate, how many levels of mechanics do you have to do this?"
After leading everyone to visit the Shenhou Mansion, Zhuge Zheng and I returned to the lobby to look at the materials, leaving Zhang Yang and chasing his life in the open study of Nuoda.
"Zhang Yang, this room is yours, the one next to it is a chasing life, here is the ruthless room, and opposite is my studio. Usually, if there is anything, just come to me directly, and ask the big wolf that they can do it, they live in the backyard. ”
Like chasing life, Zhang Yang also received his own room, which was next to chasing life, which was a fairly neat wing room, with tables, chairs, beds, and quilts all very complete, and a small bookshelf next to it. These things seem to have been built by Iron Hand himself.
"The big guy is so good." Chasing Life turned around in a daze, and then a little bored, ran to Zhang Yang's room and sighed.
"yes, I didn't expect that."
Zhang Yang sighed, and randomly left the room with Chase, ready to ask Ruthless if there was any case that needed help.
"The main case of the Shenhou Mansion now is to investigate the theft of the copper coin mold, but yesterday Jia San has already caught it, and the copper mold has also been handed over to the six doors, presumably this case can be closed first. The rest of the gentlemen have not yet been ordered. ”
Ruthless seems to be quiet, with a hint of indifference that rejects people thousands of miles away, but in fact it is not as cold as everyone thinks. In fact, it was very easy to speak, so he immediately took out a few files and handed them to Zhang Yang and Chase with mental power.
After opening the file, Zhang Yang found that most of the records on it were human lives, many of which had been circled with cinnabar, indicating that they had been arrested or died, and Jia San was at the bottom. Zhang Yang counted it carefully and found that there was also the name of Lord Xu who was in charge of managing the treasury.
"Do you suspect this Lord Xu?"
"It's just speculation, there was news before that the copper mold was lost from Lord Xu, no matter what, Lord Xu can't have nothing to do with it." (To be continued......)