199 Shen family helper
When the two approached, Wang Shen finally recognized them, no wonder he felt familiar at first, because he had seen both of them.
The lean and capable man on the left with a pointed head had been seen by Wang Shen when he was drinking tea with Shen He at the Bliss Immortal Inn, and this person had also secretly helped Gan Xin and other Qingyang Palace disciples to lure away the people of the Imperial Ghost Sect outside CD City. Wang Shen didn't feel a little surprised by his appearance, but what surprised Wang Shen was the elegant old man standing on his right.
This person is actually the old fortune teller who has been setting up a stall not far from the gate of the CD Mansion Zhiyin Division!
Seeing this old man who had told his fortune for himself, Wang Shen really felt a little surprised, and he didn't expect that he was also with Shen He all the way.
At the same time, the fortune teller also saw Wang Shen, so he smiled at Wang Shen with the feather fan in his hand, and said, "Wang Shen, little friend, I didn't expect us to meet again." ”
Wang Shen recalled the lot of words that the other party said to him when he went to the other party's fortune-telling booth that day, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "It's really a bit unexpected, I don't know what the seniors call it?"
The fortune teller laughed and said: "The old man's surname is Zhuang Ming, you can be the same as my son-in-law, just call me Lao Zhuang." ”
Son?
Wang Shen looked at Shen He again, and Shen He introduced to Wang Shen: "Zhuang Lao is a guest of my family, this is a stone, you should have seen it." ”
The lean man named Shi smiled and said to Wang Shen, "Brother Wang, it's been a long time." ”
Wang Shen hurriedly replied: "It turned out to be Brother Shi, I haven't seen it for a long time. ”
And at this moment, Wu Jie, the master of the bloody palace who had been watching the two approaching, suddenly opened his mouth and asked in a muffled voice, "Is it Zhuang Lian?"
Zhuang Jian turned his head to look at Wu Jie, and said lightly: "It's the old decay, I don't know why the Wu Hall Master is here tonight?"
Wu Jie glanced at him, but his eyes fell on Shen He, and he looked at him: "Your surname is Shen?"
"Yes, my son-in-law's surname is indeed Shen. ”
Shen He didn't speak, and replied with stones.
Wu Jie asked again: "The dignified son of the Shen family, if he doesn't stay in Jianchang City, why is he here with the Spring and Autumn Mansion?"
Hearing this, Wang Shen's heart suddenly suddenly, could it be that the Jianchang City and Shen family are the Jianchang Shen family, one of the four major families in the rivers and lakes......
Thinking of this, Wang Shen's gaze at Shen He was different, if this Shen He really had such an identity, then whether it was Zhang Zhi's reliance or Wu Jie's jealousy, it would make sense. For the names of the four major families in the rivers and lakes, Wang Shen has heard of it no time again, no matter which one, its rivers and lakes are extremely powerful, and among these four families, Wang Shen is most curious about the Jianchang Shen family.
Because the four families have their own strengths, and the strength of the Jianchang Shen family is one word, money.
Jianchang Shen family since the Han Dynasty is a generation of business family, because the Shen family has been a business wizard for generations, hundreds of years can be said to have accumulated extremely strong wealth, it is said that even two hundred years ago, when the northern and southern dynasties conquered and divided the world, a large part of the huge military resources of the Li dynasty in the Southern Tang Dynasty were provided by the Jianchang Shen family.
Therefore, after the founding of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the contemporary head of the Shen family was given a pair of gold medals to avoid death by Li Yuan, the king of the Tang Dynasty. Everyone else has a piece, but the Shen family gave a pair, why? There are rumors that the Shen family originally only had one piece, but the contemporary head of the Shen family spent a lot of money to buy a piece from the Tang King.
At the beginning of the dynasty, the situation was turbulent, and all kinds of waste were waiting to be revived, which was the time when the court was using money, so Li Yuan, the king of Tang, sold an extra gold medal for avoiding death to the Shen family. Of course, no one knows how this matter is exactly, but it is an indisputable fact that the Shen family has two gold medals for avoiding death, and in the past two hundred years, none of these two gold medals have been used, and they are all placed high on the Shen family ancestral hall. Later generations naturally speculated that buying an extra gold medal for avoiding death was actually just a rhetoric from the Tang King and the Shen family to the outside world, in fact, the court was short of money, and the Shen family knew the overall situation and understood the proportions, and used this reason to buy the gold medal to the court and sent a large amount of money to stabilize the people's livelihood and stabilize the court, which was mainly to protect the reputation of the Tang King and the court.
As a result, in the past two hundred years, the Shen family's business in the Southern Tang Dynasty has been growing smoothly and day by day, and whenever the imperial court is in urgent need of money, the Shen family will generously help the imperial court through the urgent need without waiting for the household department to come to the door or the political envoy of Jianchang City.
Although the Shen family has a family motto since ancient times, all disciples in the clan are not allowed to be officials in the court, but for such a family that does not know how many times it has secretly helped the Li Tang Dynasty solve its financial crisis, who in the court dares not to give face?
As for gaining a foothold in the rivers and lakes to become one of the four major families, for the Shen family, it is actually only a matter of nearly a hundred years. But I don't know when the Shen family suddenly began to recruit masters of the rivers and lakes, and they continued to secretly collect martial arts secrets from all factions in the world, whether it was the most superficial introductory kung fu or the famous classics that were hard to find, the Shen family did not hesitate to buy them with a lot of money.
Over the past few decades, the Shen family has not only become a first-class wealthy family with tens of millions of Tibetan martial arts books, but also a group of powerful celebrities under the door.
For decades, I don't know how many high-rollers in the rivers and lakes want to step into the door of the Shen family and become guests in the Xiaoyao Pavilion, and they can be qualified to see the countless martial arts secrets hidden in the pavilion.
It can be said that the Shen family's power in the rivers and lakes is completely based on money, but even so, no one dares to question the strength of the Shen family as one of the four major families in the rivers and lakes, even the other three rivers and lakes families that have been inherited for hundreds or even thousands of years, are not fully sure that they can compete with the Shen family in the rivers and lakes and win.
Therefore, how could the dignified son of the Shen family not let Zhang Zhi, the old Taoist priest of the Heavenly Master's Mansion, look at him differently? How could he not let Wu Jiao, the master of the six halls of the Bloody Palace, be secretly jealous?
It's just that when Wang Shen guessed Shen He's true identity background, he still couldn't believe it. It's not that he has too many doubts about the fact that the son of the Shen family will go to Xishu to serve as an errand in the Yin Division, but he feels incredible about Shen He's other aspects.
Seeing Shen He's crying face, Wang Shen really couldn't have anything to do with the rich Shen family......
However, it doesn't matter if Wang Shen believes it or not, anyway, Wu Jie already believes it, he looked at Shen He, Zhuang Jian and Shishi, squinted his eyes and asked: "Since the son of the Shen family is here, then the four pillars and octagonal sixteen bells on the Bibo Lake Xiaoyao Pavilion are here for the two of you?"
Zhuang Lian's feather fan shook lightly, and said with a calm smile: "Does the master of the Wu hall think that there are few people here, or do you think that my Zhuang Mou's strength is not enough?"
Wu Jiu snorted coldly and didn't speak, he naturally knew Zhuang Lian's strength, as one of the famous Xiaoyao Pavilion octagonal, Zhuang Lian's cultivation was almost on par with him, and although the other person had an unknown surname, but looking at this young age and Zhou Tian's realm cultivation, he thought that he should be a character in the sixteen bells.
At this time, the old Taoist priest Zhang Zhi came out to see Zhuang Jian come forward, his face was slightly relaxed, and he hurriedly said: "This demon is dealt with by the old Taoist, and I hope that Mr. Zhuang will break the hall of disgust and help me with the help of the Heavenly Master's Mansion!"