The four servants bowed their heads one after another, and only then did they take a deep breath until the footsteps in their ears faded away.

The area of Yubaozhuang is not large, but the scenery in the village is beautiful and tight. Zhuangzi is divided into two areas, one south and one north, the south courtyard is a small lake, the lotus flowers in the lake, the ancient trees on the shore are shady, the north courtyard is a large attic, the rockery is surrounded by the attic, the ground spring is quiet, there is a unique flavor.

In a small courtyard in the north courtyard, a middle-aged man with fortune was half-lying on the recliner in front of the house, and two handsome maids were waiting behind him, and another maid in front of him was half-kneeling and rubbing his calves.

The man's face was black and red from the sun, he had a rosacea nose, a mustache at the corner of his mouth, a gold silk hat on his head, an embroidered brocade robe on his body, two purple jade cores the size of a baby's fist in his right hand, and leather boots inlaid with jade patterns and gold on the soles of his feet.

At this moment, a servant outside the courtyard gate hurriedly trotted in, and before the three maids could react, he eagerly approached the chaise longue and whispered to it.

"Sir...... There is a small ......... outside the door Take the ....... you mentioned It's ....... this way."

"What"

Before the whispers in his ears were finished, the man's half-closed eyes opened suddenly, and he glared and asked, "You mean, Qingwu is here, and he has gone to the gate of the courtyard." ”

Seeing the old man's shocked posture, the slave's face couldn't help but feel bitter, and he replied weakly: "Yes...... Right.... He's coming this way......."

"However, didn't the master say before that if you see the Qingwu Golden Order, no matter who it is, you won't dare to stop half a minute......

"Bastards, rubbish, whatever........ Fuck. ”

The man jumped off the recliner one step earlier, and after scolding in a low voice several times in his mouth, he hurriedly hid the purple jade core in his hand into his arms, took off his hat and boots indiscriminately, and threw it into the back room with a wave of his hand.

As he tore off his coat, there was a sound of footsteps outside the courtyard, and a greeting sounded.

"Deacon Niu, I heard you spill anger from afar, is it possible that you are not welcome......."

The person who served here was a disciple of the outer courtyard of the Qingwu Academy a few years ago, named Niu Zheng, because he had no background and his talent was not very high, and at the end of his life, Qingwu arranged him to serve as a deacon here.

Luo Chen thought that he was very close to the greeting, but in Niu Zheng's ears, it was definitely a thunder on a sunny day.

There is no other reason, originally this area is relatively poor, there is no oil and water to talk about, Qingwu arranged him here, which can be regarded as giving him a way out. However, since Niu Zheng came, he has worked hard for several years, and he has also made a lot of personal gains from it, such a disgraceful thing must not be bumped into by Qingwu and others.

But when the four of them were hurriedly pulling on Niu Zheng, Luo Chen had already stepped into the courtyard gate.

"Deacon Niu, which one are you singing? ”

There was a hint of astonishment in Luo Chen's eyes, but he quickly understood it again, and said playfully: "I don't know, Deacon Niu is not wearing a brocade coat and a velvet hat, or it's too hot, so take off one to breathe." ”

It was originally a joke, but the more Niu Zheng's ears listened, the more it tasted wrong.

"Your Excellency is right, it's really hot and panicked this day. He pretended to raise his hand to wipe the sweat on the top of his head, remembered something, and arched his hand: "My lord, can you show me the token, the villain is so relieved." ”

Hearing this, Luo Chen couldn't help but shake his head and laugh, this guy looks like a corrupt official, but he has a delicate heart, no wonder he is mixed with the identity of a nominal deacon.

In this regard, Luo Chen didn't care about anything, took out the token and threw it over, and said, "You have to take a closer look, see if the young master is an orthodox Qingwu disciple." ”

"Inner Courtyard...... It made the adults laugh. ”

Niu Zheng looked secretly startled, quickly scratched his head and laughed a few times, then turned his head and said: "Little Liuzi, don't you hurry up and let the ward cook a little, let me prepare a little thin wine, so that the adults can catch the wind and wash the dust." ”

"My horses don't eat grass, remember a few pounds of blood to eat. ”

Luo Chen didn't do anything to excuse himself, he rushed these days, didn't eat a hot meal seriously, and took advantage of this effort to pack up his clothes so that he could deal with the next trivial matters.

It didn't take long for the dining table in the main hall to be full of dishes, seven meat and eight vegetarian dishes, six cold and twelve hot, and a complete variety of dishes made people stagger. It's just that there are two people sitting on the left and right at the dinner table, and this posture is a little more contrived.

"My lord has worked hard all the way, and I will do this cup first as a respect. ”

Niu Zheng also knew in his heart that no one came over in the courtyard a few years ago, and he had too much fun here, obviously the matter could not be resolved, so he simply blocked the mouth of the visitor first.

Seeing that Luo Chen responded to the first glass of wine, Niu Zheng asked tentatively again, and said, "I don't know what the so-called matter is when the adults come this time." ”

Hearing this, the corners of Luo Chen's mouth couldn't help but hook, this old fox seemed to regard himself as an official who checked the accounts, so why not tease him.

"The main purpose of this visit is to check the accounts, and to visit Deacon Niu by the way. ”

"My lord, the word visit really warms the hearts of the villain, but the villain has gone awry in terms of accounts. ”

"Oh, what's wrong, let's hear about it. ”

"This....... A few days ago, there was a fire in the account room for no reason, which led to ......"

While speaking, Niu Zheng glanced at Xiao Liuzi behind him, and then, Xiao Liuzi also took out a small wooden box in a timely manner, bowed down and handed it over.

When the lid of the box was lifted, a rich aura overflowed. A whole box of neatly stacked middle-grade spirit jade, and on top of it there were five high-grade spirit jade the size of a dragon's eye.

Luo Chen pinched one of the high-grade spirit jades, stared playfully at Niu Zheng's dodging eyes, and asked, "Deacon Niu, what do you mean by doing this?" ”

Niu Zheng's old face was full of pain, and he replied in a closed voice: "This ...... This, a little bit of the villain's heart, please also smile at the adults. ”

"One hundred thousand knot spirit jade, five high-grade spirit jade, your mind is not small. Immediately, Luo Chen waved his hand and calmly put away the wooden box, and said: "Don't worry, after receiving such a heavy gift from you, things will definitely be done beautifully for you." ”

"Thank you, my lord, the villain is very ......."

However, the joy on Niu Zheng's face had not yet dissipated, and he realized that something was wrong, and asked softly: "I don't know, what the adult said." ”

"Haha...... Hah"

After this sentence, Luo Chen's forced smile was finally not suppressed, and the smile was called a comfort. To deal with this kind of human tumor, if you don't start from the place he cares about, you really can't get sick to him three or two times.

After laughing, Luo Chen looked straight and said: "Qingwu's properties in the four cities of Ji, Li, Han and Bian have been looted, do you know this thing." ”

"The villain has heard about it, but this matter doesn't seem to have much to do with Lu Cheng. ”

"That's right, it didn't have much to do with Lu Cheng before, but the night of the demon feeding can't be said for sure. ”

"My lord, it's hard to make the golden hand hit the idea here. ”

"You're not stupid, according to my guess, his next target next time is Lu Cheng. ”

"Guess, there are as many cities in Qingzhou as many as stars, I'm afraid this is out of ........" However, Niu Zheng's dissatisfied muttering was not finished, and he immediately changed his words, and praised with his fingers: "But there is this reason, the adults are wise, and the villains are less than half a point." ”

After listening to this flattery, Luo Chen secretly glanced at the white of his eyes a few times, and complained: You old fox, your cultivation has not risen by half a point, but you have practiced the kung fu of slapping the sycophants with one hand.

But there is an old saying, if you don't stretch out your hand and don't hit a smiling person, Luo Chen is not good at this sentence.

"My lord, I heard that the gold hand is extremely difficult, I don't know how we should deal with it next. Niu Zheng didn't mention the previous accounts and what the matter of Lingyu, it seemed that the two had never talked about matters related to accounts.

When it came to business, Luo Chen didn't talk about any messy things, and said what he thought in his heart with a straight face.

As the night deepened, several maids in the main hall quietly retreated at some point, and the hot dishes on the dining table were cold and hot, hot and cold, and the conversation between the two gradually stopped.

At this moment, after the two finalized the specific matters, Yubaozhuang was also secretly busy.

It is rumored that Lang Li Xing is proficient in various formations, and can come and go freely in the forbidden formation in the treasury. In this regard, Luo Chen did not set up any troublesome things such as trapping formations and prison formations, which directly made people refine several times the hemp boiling and scattering, so that it was more convenient to capture them alive.

As for the formation, it is useless, but the traps and traps used by ordinary people to hunt beasts, animal traps and other things, can be used to deal with night walkers, it can be said that it is a catch.

In the remaining few days, Yubaozhuang was very busy, specially invited local hunters, and got a lot of yin people's gadgets, such as the floor thorns in the corners, the dark crossbow under the window, the guillotine on the top of the door, the hole in the roof, etc., in general, they put everything they could think of on the wall.

Although it is a whimsical mentality to deal with monks with these ordinary things, if it is combined with dozens of strong men and the officials invited by the government, it is enough to make people drink a pot.

After everything was ready, all Luo Chen could do was wait patiently for the fish to take the bait.

To be honest, the matter has come to this point, and Luo Chen's heart is probably also holding a kind of luck in his heart. If you come in the waves, it's okay, you can easily take it down, and it's good to go back to the business. If he didn't come, Luo Chen had other plans in his heart.

Tianji Tower, this place is another way out for him.

Perhaps, in the eyes of ordinary people, there are three gold caves in the Holy Court, the Flower Building, the Guiren's Hall, and the Heavenly Workshop. But in the eyes of the monks, there is another gold cave, which is the Tianji Tower.

About Tianji Tower, there is a saying since ancient times, "If you know everything in ancient and modern times, you don't know everything in the world." ”

The news of the sale of Tianji Building is rarely bad, but its asking price is extremely expensive, a piece of news, let alone ten thousand spirit jade, sometimes as high as hundreds of thousands of spirit jade. Because of this, the vast majority of monks are respectful of this Tianji Tower.

Earlier, Luo Chen was still worried about the matter of the spirit jade, but for no reason, more than 200,000 middle-level spirit jade came, which really made him feel a little excited in his heart.

Not to mention that this goods of 200,000 spirit jade, even if it is more than 200,000 or 300,000, Luo Chen's heart is not burdened.

Who let Niu Zheng be unbridled greedy for ink in the past few years, besides, it is not natural that these money that belong to the academy should be used to do things for the academy.