Chapter 16 Zhai Mansion
The two ends of the dark gray gate are inlaid with tiger heads cast from the finest bronze, and each tiger head holds a black iron ring in its mouth, and a door god is pasted under the iron ring, and the people painted on the door god are the founding generals of the country, Qin Shubao, and Chi Jingde, the Duke of Hubei. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info in the folk, with these two generals as the door gods of the house can be described as countless. This makes the already dim door even more commonplace. If it weren't for the word "Zhai Mansion" on the plaque, I am afraid that no one would know that this is the residence of Zhai Qianqian, the richest man in the local area. A thick palm gently grasped the iron ring on the door, and tapped the iron ring against the door. After a few knocks, someone inside the door asked in a loud voice, "Who?" At the same time as the question, the footsteps also got closer and closer, and it didn't take long to hear a "squeak" and the person inside opened the door. The first thing that caught my eye was a sleepy-eyed handyman, who looked at it with one eye, and saw that the person who came was dressed in official uniforms, and seemed to be a person in the public gate, so he was immediately taken aback, and hurriedly rubbed his eyes, and looked carefully, only to say that there were only two people who came, and they were indeed people in the public gate. The handyman was startled, and immediately hurried into the mansion to inform the master of the matter. After a while, a middle-aged man wearing a man's hat and a brown round-necked robe hurried over, and when he saw the two men from the public house, he saluted each of them, and then invited them into the house to take a seat.
Passing through the corridor and coming to the main hall, the middle-aged old man invited the two officials to sit down, and ordered his subordinates to prepare tea, and only after the two officials sat down, the middle-aged old man spoke: "The two officials came to the cold house, which really flattered the grass people!" Among the two officials, the first person laughed and said: "Presumably Your Excellency is Master Zhai, right? Master Zhai is really polite!" The middle-aged old man nodded again and again, and said: "What the official said is good, the grass people are the master of this Zhai Mansion, Zhai Qianqian!" The first man nodded and said: "It turns out that Your Excellency is really Master Zhai, you have been looking up for a long time!" Zhai Qianqian responded with a smile: "The official is really lifting the grass people, the grass people are just a businessman in this county, and they have a family fortune, where is there any name, this word Jiu Yang is really annoying Zhai!" The two officials, please forgive the grass people for being presumptuous, the two officials really don't look like locals!" When the two officials heard this, they couldn't help but glance at each other, and the official immediately asked, "Why did Master Zhai say this?" As soon as the words came out, he only heard Zhai Qianqian say unhurriedly: " Recently, the grass people's mansion is very unpeaceful, first the little girl was kidnapped, and then the thieves entered the house many times to steal property, so the grass people also went to the yamen many times to complain, within a month, even went to the yamen five times, the grass people have gone to the yamen five times to complain, why have they never seen the two?" The token was cast of pure gold, and it was impressively engraved with the three big characters of "Six Doors"; in addition, there were also two small characters engraved in the lower right corner of the three big characters, and those two small characters were not difficult to identify, and those who were literate knew that they were read as "total" and "catch" respectively! It turned out that the official errand at the beginning was none other than Nie Sanjiang, the chief arrester of the six doors.
"Arrest?" Zhai Qianqian was terrified when he read these two words. Nie Sanjiang took the opportunity to say: "Master Zhai doesn't know, in the six doors, only the chief catcher can hold the gold medal, and the rest of the head catchers hold silver or bronze medals, Master Zhai will not think that the gold medal of the chief catcher is stolen from the next, right?"
"No, no, no, no, Zhai Qianqian hurriedly said, it's the villain's clumsiness, he failed to recognize the chief arrester, and I hope that the master will forgive the sin!"
When Nie Sanjiang heard this, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "As the so-called ignorant is not guilty, Master Zhai doesn't need to worry about it!" Zhai Qianqian wiped the sweat beads on his face with his sleeve and asked: "Since Your Excellency is the chief catcher of the six gates, presumably this official who came with the chief catcher is also a person from the six doors?" As he spoke, Zhai Qianqian turned his gaze to the official beside Nie Sanjiang. Since the official entered Zhai Mansion to the present, he has never said a word, so Zhai Qianqian can't help but be full of curiosity about this official. Nie Sanjiang glanced at the official, and the official immediately said: "What Master Zhai said is good, there are six doors to catch the head and fall into the dust. Zhai Qianqian nodded, and praised: "It's really extraordinary!" When Pu Luochen heard this, he couldn't help but show embarrassment, and hurriedly said: "Master Zhai has a good reputation, Pu Mou is ashamed!" Zhai Qianqian smiled and said: "I can't imagine that Pu Zhutou is still a humble person, it's really rare, it's rare!" Pu Luochen saw that Zhai Qianqian was on the rise, and he couldn't bear to brush the other party's mind, so he could only nod his head at the moment. After a while, I heard Nie Sanjiang say: "I just heard what Master Zhai said, it seems that the house is not very peaceful, and there are often thieves haunting, I don't know if this matter is true or not?" Zhai Qianqian hurriedly said: "Master Arrest, there is indeed such a thing in the house, if you don't believe it, you can ask Zhai Shuo, Zhai Shuo can prove the truth of this matter!"
"Zhai Shuo?" Nie Sanjiang couldn't help but think of the head of the Zhai family who invited him to eat and drink.
"Yes, yes, it's Zhai Shuo! He is the head of the Caomin Mansion. Zhai Qianqian hurriedly explained.
"Hehehe, Master Zhai is too worried, it's not that I don't believe in Master Zhai, I just ask about the situation. I wonder if Master Zhai can tell me in detail what happened in the mansion?" Nie Sanjiang said with a smile.
Hearing Nie Sanjiang say this, Zhai Qianqian had no choice but to speak in detail at the moment.
It turned out that since Zhai Qianqian issued the heroic post inviting the five major sects, there have been frequent people who have infiltrated Zhai's mansion to steal property. Not long after that, Zhai Qianqian's only beloved daughter was also taken captive, and although she was rescued afterwards, she became crazy because of this. Now that even his daughter has had an accident, Zhai Qianqian was afraid that someone would harm him, so he only thought about how to protect himself wisely, and left the artifact behind. Therefore, these days, Zhai Qianqian has been closed to customers, living in a simple house, and entrusting everything to his most trusted manager, Zhai Shuo, to deal with on his behalf.
After listening to Zhai Qianqian's narration, Nie Sanjiang shook his head and sighed: "It seems that this time Zhai Mansion can be described as bad luck and bad fate!" Zhai Qianqian also nodded and responded: "What Lord Zong said is very true!" Nie Sanjiang said again: "Master Zhai, there is a sentence in my heart that I don't know whether to say or not." Zhai Qianqian replied: "Always arrest the lord and tell me to listen!" Nie Sanjiang immediately said: "Recently, the Zhai Mansion is not very peaceful, and Master Zhai has chosen to close the door and not go out, just to protect Mingzhe, and this move is not impossible, but, according to this seat, Master Zhai's act of protecting himself not only cannot settle down and establish a life, but I am afraid that it will cause greater disasters!" Zhai Qianqian was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "I don't know where the trouble that Lord Zhai said came from?" Nie Sanjiang listened to it and asked rhetorically: " Could it be that Master Zhai has forgotten to invite the five major sects to identify the artifact?" Zhai Qianqian replied: "Zhai has never forgotten, why did Lord Zhai say this?" Nie Sanjiang frowned and said: "Could it be that Master Zhai still doesn't understand the meaning of this seat?" Since the accident in your mansion, you, Lord Zhai, have been in contact with people in the official mansion, and have never cared about the artifact again, so he has caused trouble!" Zhai Qianqian still didn't know why, and asked repeatedly: "Artifact? Could it be that the Lord is referring to the artifact conference?" Nie Sanjiang couldn't help but sigh, frowned, and said, "It seems that your Master Zhai is really a foolish person!"
Nie Sanjiang Zhengse said: "More than two months ago, Master Zhai sent a hero post to the five major gates of the rivers and lakes, inviting the five heads to come to Lingbao County to participate in your artifact conference. Now that a month has passed, Shaolin, Shushan, Shangqing faction, Mingjianmen, Badaomen and other five heads have gathered in Lingbao County, but you, Lord Zhai, have not held this artifact conference for a long time, therefore, I would like to ask, you Lord Zhai will not be deliberately delaying time, right?" As soon as these words came out, Zhai Qianqian's face suddenly changed, and he hurriedly defended: "The grass people have no such intentions, and please always arrest the Lord to be clear!" Seeing this, Nie Sanjiang sighed: " It's a pity, it's a pity, even if this seat believes you, Master Zhai, let me ask, will those people in the rivers and lakes believe you, Master Zhai? Even if this seat knows that you are not deliberately delaying the artifact, but have other difficulties, but will the heads of the five major sects believe you? They will only think that you are deliberately playing with them, and they will be angry with you because of this, so that your Lord Zhai will be in trouble!" Zhai Qianqian heard this, he was frightened, and immediately knelt down in front of Nie Sanjiang, and said in a loud voice: " I implore the Lord Arrest to save the grass people, I implore the Lord Arrest to save the grass people・・・・・・" Nie Sanjiang couldn't help laughing and said: "Master Zhai, why is this so hard? Then he continued: "Master Zhai, don't worry, this seat is here today to help you Master Zhai avoid this disaster!" Hearing Nie Sanjiang say this, Zhai Qianqian finally breathed a sigh of relief, but because this matter was related to his life, he couldn't help but ask: "Could it be that there is a good plan to catch adults?" Nie Sanjiang said confidently: "As long as Master Zhai can do what this seat wants, he will definitely be able to resolve such a disaster!" Zhai Qianqian nodded when he heard this, but he was still a little uneasy in his heart, so he continued to ask: " Then according to the meaning of the Chief Catcher, how should the grass people act to resolve this disaster?" Nie Sanjiang replied: "It's very simple, as long as you, Master Zhai, can hold this artifact conference as scheduled, then this disaster will naturally be dissolved!" Zhai Qianqian "um" and said: "If everything is really as Lord Chief Catcher said, after Zhai finishes this artifact, he will definitely thank Lord Chief Catcher with a lot of money!"
Hearing this, Nie Sanjiang frowned and said: "It seems that Master Zhai still has doubts about the words of this seat, Master Zhai can not believe in this seat, however, there is one thing that must be remembered by Master Zhai, yesterday there was a group of thieves besieging Zhai Mansion and forcing Master Zhai to hand over the artifact, fortunately there is this seat here, so that the gang of thieves was scared away, if Master Zhai delays holding this artifact conference, I am afraid that such things will follow, Master Zhai is a smart person, he will not turn a blind eye to these things, right?" Zhai Qianqian was still a little hesitant, and said: "But recently, there are a lot of affairs in the Caomin Mansion, and the Caomin really have no time to take care of the artifact, so please forgive me!" Nie Sanjiang listened to it, and said coldly: "I'm afraid that your Lord Zhai hasn't dealt with the affairs of this mansion yet, and your Zhai Mansion has been destroyed in the hands of these rivers and lakes!" Zhai Qianqian couldn't help but be taken aback, and was speechless for a while. Immediately, Nie Sanjiang said again: "Nie Mou's words are all here, I hope that Master Zhai can think about this artifact, and Nie Mou will say goodbye!" After speaking, he walked towards the mansion gate with Pu Luochen.
After Nie Sanjiang and the others left, they only heard a "bang", and the door of the main hall suddenly closed by itself. Zhai Qianqian was taken aback, then stepped forward and opened the door. But before he could go far, a bright steel knife was already on his neck. The man with the knife was behind Zhai Qianqian, so Zhai Qianqian couldn't see the person's face at all, and naturally, he didn't dare to turn his head to look.
"A good man, a good man spares his life, a good man spares his life!" Zhai Qianqian said trembling slightly.
"The surname Zhai, you are so uninteresting, so far, you still refuse to hold this artifact conference, do you want me to send you to see the king of Yama early?"
"The hero's subordinates are merciful, it's not that Zhai is unwilling to hold an artifact conference, it's just that there have been a lot of things in Zhai's mansion recently, and Zhai really has no time to take care of this artifact!" Zhai Qianqian hurriedly explained.
"Surnamed Zhai, have you forgotten what Nie Sanjiang just said? If you delay the artifact like this again, I'm afraid that not only will I take your life, but even the people of the five major sects will not let you go, which is more important, don't you still understand?"
"Zhai understands, Zhai understands!" Zhai Qianqian said in a continuous voice.
"Now that you know what to do next, you don't need me to teach you any more, right?" said the man with the knife coldly.
When Zhai Qianqian heard this, he hurriedly nodded yes. After a while, the man with the knife continued to say: "The surname Zhai, you'd better not regret it, otherwise, I will teach you that Zhai's mansion will bleed like a river!"
Zhai Qianqian was taken aback, and kept saying: "Please rest assured, Zhai will never regret it, and will never regret it・・・・・・"
The man with the knife relieved his heart, so he dodged, jumped out of the window, and left Zhai's mansion when there was no one around.
After leaving the mansion, Pu Luochen couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Nie catches the head, shall I leave the Zhai Mansion like this?" Nie Sanjiang frowned and said: "This Zhai Qianqian is timid in doing things, if you want him to hold this artifact conference as soon as possible, I am afraid that it will take a lot of work!" Pu Luochen couldn't help but sigh and said: "The matter has come to this, according to the intention of Nie Zong's headcatcher, what should I do?" Nie Sanjiang listened and did not reply for a while. When the two of them had already left the Zhai Mansion, Nie Sanjiang suddenly asked, "Brother Pu, when you were in the Zhai Mansion today, didn't Brother Pu never notice that there was someone on the roof?" Pu Luochen couldn't help but be stunned, and then shook his head. Nie Sanjiang said: "It's no wonder that when this person is on the roof, it can be said that he is silent, and he will not be noticed, but when he fell into the roof, his footsteps stepped on the tiles, and there was a subtle collision sound, which attracted the attention of this seat." Pu Luochen was taken aback and said: "A master of light skills, when he falls on the roof, even if his footsteps step on the tile and make a sound, this sound is extremely small, ordinary people can't hear it at all, but how did Mr. Nie Sanjiang hear it?" Nie Sanjiang replied: "It's only because the ear power of this seat has always been different from ordinary people, so I will notice that there are people on the roof." When Pu Luochen heard this, he couldn't help but praise: "Oh, it's really amazing! If everyone has the ear power of Nie Zong's head catcher, I'm afraid that the snitches in this world will starve to death on the streets!" Nie Sanjiang laughed and said: "Where is it, Brother Pu is too famous!" As soon as he finished speaking, Nie Sanjiang's expression suddenly changed, and he immediately said: "Someone is coming!" Pu Luochen was slightly startled, and before he could react, he heard someone behind him shouting: "Always catch the adult, always catch the adult・・・・・・" Following the prestige, I saw a family member of Zhai Mansion coming quickly, and when he saw Nie Sanjiang, he immediately stopped, and then gasped for breath, and didn't say a word for a long time. Seeing this, Nie Sanjiang said slowly: "You are running so fast, there must be something urgent, what makes you so anxious?" The family Ding nodded uncontrollably, and then took out a letter from his arms, and immediately said: "My lord entrusted me to give this letter to Lord Chief Arrest in person!" Nie Sanjiang took the letter, glanced at it roughly, and saw the words "Lord Chief Arrest personally opened" on the envelope.
"Okay, you can go back!" Nie Sanjiang took the family away, and then opened the letter and examined it carefully. Seeing Nie Sanjiang's thick eyebrows frowning, Pu Luochen couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Nie, what is written in the letter?" Nie Sanjiang quickly replied: "Zhai Qianqian has agreed to hold an artifact conference, but the place where the artifact conference is held is not in Zhai Mansion. When Pu Luochen heard this, he was secretly happy in his heart, and said: "This surnamed Zhai finally agreed to hold an artifact conference, it seems that Mr. Nie's words are not in vain!" After a while, Pu Luochen continued to ask: "By the way, since the place where this artifact conference is held is not in Zhai Mansion, where is it?" Nie Sanjiang replied slowly: "The letter says that it still needs to be carefully considered!" Pu Luochen frowned and said: "Now that the matter is now, it is still necessary to think carefully, this Zhai Millennium will not be deliberately delaying this artifact conference, right?" Nie Sanjiang shook his head and said, "No, if he had the intention to delay, he wouldn't have sent Jiading to send this letter over!" Pu Luochen said disapprerovingly: "Maybe he sent this letter just to make us feel at ease, not to hold this artifact conference!" Nie Sanjiang nodded and said: "What you said is not unreasonable, but instead of guessing here, it is better to go and watch and see what this Zhai Qianqian thinks!" Pu Luochen sighed and said, "That's it!"