The people of the Hou family politely welcomed Qin Shuai into the main hall, and Hou Xichen arched his hand to Liu Chengli, who was the first to come in: "Lord Liu, you haven't been here for a while, I don't know what you are doing this time?"

In Jianzhou City, the most familiar head catcher of the Hou family is Liu Chengli, and his Qicheng was under the jurisdiction of Liu Chengli before.

Liu Chengli pointed to Qin Shuai behind him and said, "This is my new inspector of Jianzhou City, Lord Qin. ”

Hou Xichen was waiting for the people who were waiting for the family to just want to go and see him, but after seeing Qin Shuai so young, they were all stunned for a moment. Obviously, they didn't expect the new inspector to be so young.

However, Hou Xichen didn't show too much surprise, he just smiled and said: "It turned out to be Lord Qin's face, it was really a sin, Lord Qin was too low-key when he took office, otherwise my Hou family would definitely personally send a congratulatory gift." ”

Of course, Hou Xichen's words were just polite, even if Qin Shuai was low-key, Jianzhou City was so big, could the Hou family not know if the new inspector took office? It's just that they don't have this plan at all.

Qin Shuai waved his hand indifferently and said, "The Lord of the Hou family is polite, the guards of the torture hall in my domain are all formal things, it doesn't matter if there is or not." ”

Hou Xichen smiled and said, "Lord Qin doesn't care, but I can't be indifferent. I will immediately prepare food and wine here, and Lord Qin will also invite you to take a seat. ”

Seeing that Qin Shuai's attitude was quite kind, everyone in the waiting family was also relieved. They are afraid that the new inspector will be like the previous inspector Fang Zhengyuan, who will not eat oil and salt, soft and hard, so they will have a headache.

Qin Shuai shook his head and said, "Don't be in a hurry to eat, in fact, I came this time to help by waiting for help." ”

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere suddenly became a little tense, and the other people in the waiting family were afraid that Qin Shuai would say that he wanted them to help investigate the accidental death of the previous inspector.

Hou Xichen said with an ordinary expression: "Lord Qin has something to say, as long as my Hou family can help, I will never shirk!"

Qin Shuai smiled and said, "It's easy to say, in fact, I came this time to find the head of the Hou family." You also know that the people and caravans of the three major empires, as well as some miscellaneous people, have gathered here, resulting in a mixture of dragons and snakes in the entire domain, and it has also attracted many demonic murderers who want to take advantage of the chaos. It's not easy for my Red Devil Domain Torture Hall to protect the safety of this side, but there have been many sacrifices over the years, such as Fang Zhengyuan, the last inspector, and Wu Siping, the head catcher of the rivers and lakes under my command not long ago, these people died in the line of duty to protect the domain. ”

The other people in the waiting family were a little nervous when they heard Fang Zhengyuan's three words, but Hou Xichen's face remained unchanged, because he knew that the newly appointed inspector in front of him was not here for Fang Zhengyuan's matter, otherwise he would not have added Wu Siping.

What is going on with Wu Siping, people from the outside world can see it very clearly, this unruly head of the rivers and lakes used to be cautious in his work, and he would never take risks easily, but as a result, this new inspector died in the line of duty when he first came to Wu Siping, how can there be such a coincidence in the world?

It's just that this kind of Wu Siping matter is the same as Fang Zhengyuan's case, there is no evidence, only suspicion is useless, the people do not raise officials and do not investigate, anyway, as long as no one investigates, it is absolutely safe.

Therefore, Hou Xichen's attention was focused on the word 'Huayuan' that Qin Shuai said, and he couldn't help asking, "What does Lord Qin mean?"

Qin Shuai said lightly: "It's very simple, the guards of the torture hall in my domain are healthy, but the brothers under my command are reluctant to change the sword even if it is broken, I heard that the Hou family is rich, and even in Qi City, there is such a title as Hou Bancheng, so I am cheeky and want to ask the Hou family master to support some." ”

As soon as the people in the waiting family heard Qin Shuai say this, they were all relieved. It turned out to be an autumn breeze, and since that's the case, it's much easier to say.

In other places, if the local martial arts forces were beaten by the people of the imperial court like this, then they would naturally be very disgusted and resisted. But in the land of the domain, ninety percent of the families based in the domain rely on trading with people from the other three kingdoms. The Torture Hall in the domain controls their lifeblood, so it is necessary to have a good relationship with the Torture Hall, not to mention fighting the autumn wind, the Pure Heart Warm Jade Buddha that the Hou family gave to Wei Jiuduan even cost one-fifth of the entire Hou family's property, which can be regarded as a heavy hemorrhage.

Why did Fang Zhengyuan, the previous inspector, die? Not because he was greedy, but because he was not greedy. Now Qin Shuai took the initiative to reach out to them to ask for something, which is a good thing.

Therefore, Hou Xichen immediately found a subordinate, whispered a few words, turned his head and said to Qin Shuai: "Lord Qin, don't worry, my Hou family has been in the domain for so many years, and I have also been protected by the torture hall in the domain for so many years, so I should make some contributions to the torture hall." ”

After a while, a subordinate came over with a brocade box, and Hou Xichen put the brocade box in front of Qin Shuai, and said with a smile: "Lord Qin, please smile." ”

Qin Shuai opened the brocade box, which contained a row of finger-sized purple gold bars, as well as two bottles of pills.

Hou Xichen stretched out his hand and said: "Two hundred taels of purple gold, two bottles of twenty pills for elixir cultivation, small meaning, not respect." ”

Qin Shuai glanced at the things in the brocade box, picked up a purple gold bar and played with it, looked at Hou Xichen and said lightly: "It's really a little meaning, Master Hou, don't you treat me Qin Shuai as a person asking for food!?"

"Bang!"

Qin Shuai slapped the brocade box to the side, and this sudden outburst immediately startled everyone, even Du Guangzhong and the others didn't expect Qin Shuai to turn his face on the spot with the people waiting for the house.

The faces of the people on the Hou family's side suddenly showed a trace of anger, Qin Shuai's actions were simply slapping them in the face, like Hou Yao, who was so grumpy, was about to have a seizure, but was stopped by Hou Xichen.

The smile on Hou Xichen's face had already retracted, and he looked at Qin Shuai and said coldly, "Lord Qin, what do you mean by this?"

Qin Shuai said coldly: "What do you mean? Two hundred taels of purple gold and two bottles of pills are enough to send a person from the Demon Venerable Realm, but can you send more than 200 Jianghu people in the entire Jianzhou Patrol Envoy to catch heads and catch fast?"

Hou Xichen suppressed the anger in his eyes and said, "Then Lord Qin, how much do you want?"

Qin Shuai said lightly: "It's not much, one-tenth of your family's property." ”

As soon as he heard this, Hou Xichen suddenly laughed angrily and said: "Lord Qin has such a big appetite! Everyone is a lion with a big mouth, your mouth is even more ruthless than the evil dragon, and one mouth will cost one-tenth of my Hou family's property, why?"

Qin Shuai said lightly: "Your Hou family is rich and rich, and you can give one-fifth of your family property at one time to give a birthday gift to the chief executioner, and now my patrol envoy is not worth one-tenth?"

Everyone in the Hou family could see that Qin Shuai was simply making trouble.

took out one-fifth of the property of the entire Hou family to make a congratulatory gift to Wei Jiuduan, that was because the Hou family had the courage to exchange for a shelter. In fact, it is true, although the Hou family is still a big force in Jianzhou City, it is very inconspicuous in the entire western part of the region. But at the beginning, Hou Xichen overrode the public opinion and took out one-fifth of his family property to buy a Pure Heart Warm Jade Buddha and gave it to Wei Jiuduan, their Hou family immediately stood out and became the most brilliant person in the entire birthday banquet, and Wei Jiuduan was indeed very satisfied with the gift given by the Hou family.

When the others saw Wei Jiuduan's attitude, they knew that Wei Jiuduan had written down the favor of the Hou family, so they would not provoke the Hou family when they were idle, which also made the Hou family smooth sailing in the past few years.

Of course, there are exceptions, for example, Fang Zhengyuan didn't care about Wei Jiuduan's attitude, he had to embarrass them, and it was impossible for the Hou family to transfer Fang Zhengyuan to other places.

Although Wei Jiuduan wrote down the favor of the Hou family, it does not mean that what the Hou family says, Wei Jiuduan will do something, because this is just a favor, not a transaction, Wei Jiuduan will give it if he wants to, Wei Jiuduan does not want to give it, and they can't ask for it.

If the Hou family directly sent someone to Wei Jiuduan and asked him to transfer Fang Zhengyuan away, then Wei Jiuduan would definitely beat the Hou family's people out, and thought that the Hou family did not know how to lift. When did a small family dare to meddle in the appointment of the inspector?

So at that time, the Hou family chose to make a dangerous move to get rid of Fang Zhengyuan, as long as they did something hidden and did not leave obvious evidence, when the matter was reported to Wei Jiuduan, Wei Jiuduan would ask people not to check on the Hou family, otherwise an inspector would die, and according to the usual practice, it should be strictly investigated.

After this series of events, the money they gave Wei Jiuduan for his birthday gift had already been earned, and this transaction was quite cost-effective.

And look at the Qin Shuai in front of him, although he is an inspector, he is only a newcomer, and the most important thing is that he is a relation.

What benefits and benefits can a young relational household inspector bring to them? This is something that the Hou family can't imagine, so as soon as Qin Shuai comes up, he wants one-tenth of the Hou family's property, which can only be described in four words, that is, wishful thinking!

At this time, even those waiting elders who had always seemed hesitant wanted to turn their faces, but at this time, Xichen suddenly waved his hand to stop their next words.

Looking at Qin Shuai, the corners of Hou Xichen's mouth showed a smile and said, "Lord Qin, what you want is too precious, and you must report to the ancestor before you can make a decision." Besides, one-tenth of the Hou family's property is not only in Qi City, some are in the outside world, and it takes time to make up, I don't know if Lord Qin can grace three days, after three days, I, Hou Jia, will definitely give you an answer. ”

Qin Shuai glanced at Hou Xichen deeply and said, "Okay, I'll give you three days for the Hou family master, I hope that after three days, you will make a rational choice." ”