I stayed at Lao Chen's house for ten days.
When leaving, Zhang Xiu left ten taels of silver to the old Chen family and took Zhang Biao, Sun Shangxiang and fifteen personal guards towards Luoyang.
It was a day's walk from Luoyang City, but they were not in a hurry. They were half walking and half playing. At dusk that day, they had only walked half the distance and arrived at a place called Panjia Town. There is a big town, which is also a small city, but at this time, the gate is closed and there is no trace of people.
Zhang Xiu looked at Panjiazhen with some surprise.
His decree has been issued a long time ago, and the people can freely enter and exit the city and buy and sell goods in the city. Along the way, other cities were pretty good, but this Panjia Town was lifeless.
There were a few strong men walking over from the far wall.
Hu Che'er walked over, blocked their way and asked: "Brother, we lost our way when we passed by here. It's getting dark now, and we wanted to enter Panjia Town to spend the night, but unexpectedly the door was closed? "
The strong man at the head stared at Hu Che'er for a while, then looked at the people behind him, and then said: "You are from out of town, right? Tonight is the Pan family's sixtieth birthday, and no one is allowed in or out."
Hu Cheer sneered: "Our Dajing Kingdom has a decree that states that people can come and go freely in non-border cities. Why can't we get to Panjia Town?"
That started by saying: "I don't know about other places, but Panjia Town belongs to the Pan family. Whether you can come and go freely is not a word of the Pan family."
"Who is the magistrate of Panjia Town?" Hu Che'er asked.
The leader held his head high and said, "We are Mr. Pan."
Hu Che'er's heart sank when he heard this. He didn't have to look back to guess that Zhang Xiu's face was livid behind him, and that a big family became an official in charge of a big family, and Yongcheng became a local emperor.
"very good!"
Zhang Xiu's cold voice revealed strong murderous intent, "Since it is Mr. Pan's birthday, we should celebrate when we are here. Hu Che'er, take out a gold ingot and ask him to send it in. We are passing by here and want to buy one." A place to stay.”
Hu Che'er took out the golden ingot.
The strong man in the lead stared straight at Jin Yuanbao.
Hu Cheer threw the gold ingot to him: "Why don't you send it in quickly?"
The leader hurriedly glanced at Zhang Xiu and then at Hu Che'er. He was a little unsure of where these people were coming from, so he gave an order and hurried into the city.
Zhang Xiu glanced at a guard next to him.
The bodyguard disappeared silently into the darkness, and no one knew where he was going.
Not long after, the strong man returned with a flattering smile on his face and looked at Hu Che'er and Zhang Xiu. "Everyone, my master, please give me a seat." He took out the gold ingot and handed it to them with respectful hands. To Hu Che'er, "My master said that since we are friends from afar, we have an order from the Dajing State, and you can come and go freely."
Hu Che'er was a little surprised and looked at Zhang Xiu in confusion.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Pan was quite cautious. Even if he was covetous of the gold ingot, he would not dare to accept it casually. Instead, he would invite them in to interrogate the details before speaking.
After all, once you enter the city, the Pan family rules.
"It's the dragon's den, let's go in and explore," Zhang Xiu wanted to take a look at this Mr. Pan. According to the Dajing Civil Code, Mr. Pan's crime is not a capital crime, it depends on whether there are other evil deeds.
After entering the city, under the leadership of the strong man, we came to Pan Mansion.
It is indeed magnificent.
In front of the large vermilion gate, there are two majestic lions that guard the house, and "Qi Shi Feng" lanterns are hung on the two corners of the gate. At this time, the main door of Pan's Mansion was open, with red cloth hanging on both sides, making it look festive, and the sound of lively drinking and guessing could be heard faintly inside.
"Everyone, please come in!" The strong man made a gesture of invitation.
At this moment, a dozen people came out of the door, dressed in gorgeous clothes. The leader was an old man in his sixties, with a gray beard, but he walked out in high spirits, with a red face, and came towards Zhang Xiu with fists in his hands: " Ah~ I don’t know how many distinguished guests are here, some are welcome from afar! Some are welcome from afar!”
Zhang Xiu gave up his hand and said, "Coming here in the clouds has disturbed Mr. Pan's birthday."
Having been in a high position for a long time, Zhang Xiu has a scornful aura about him. Every word and every action makes others feel oppressed, and they feel fearful and dare not resist.
Pan Xing has also been in charge of the family for many years, and now he is the county magistrate. His status is different from before, and he is more sensitive to these people with their own aura.
So when he saw Zhang Xiu, he felt a little unsure.
He lowered his attitude: "Where is it! It's a blessing to me, Pan, that you guys can come. Come on, come on! Please come in, it's fate that we meet. It happens to be Pan's birthday, so please come in and have a few drinks together."
Zhang Xiu laughed loudly and said, "It is better to obey orders than to be respectful."
As he spoke, Zhang Xiu's eyes quickly glanced at a man in his thirties with a short build next to Pan Xing. Because this man's white and black eyes stared aggressively at Sun Shangxiang beside him, which was touching Zhang Xiu's back scales.
Zhang Xiu's glance was like an ice knife, and the man's heart suddenly grasped. Just one look made him feel as scared as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
Pan Xing invited him warmly, but he didn't realize that his only son, Pan Jiang, had evil intentions.
After they went in, Pan Jiang came out of the fear just now. He was annoyed that he was too timid just now, "Fuck you, this is Panjia City, the strong dragon can't overpower the local snakes, why do you want to fight against me?" Then a lewd smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, "That lady is really a beauty. I wonder how great it would be if I could hold her down!"
There were many people in Pan's house, all of them were dressed in gorgeous clothes and their faces were red with wine.
"I see some of you who don't look like locals from Luoyang!" Pan Xing toasted Zhang Xiu and others first, and then asked tentatively, "They seem to be... from the capital." His eyes glanced back and forth on their faces, and finally Staring at Zhang Xiu.
Hu Che'er sneered and said, "Master Pan has such great ears, can he hear this?"
Seeing that Zhang Xiu didn't speak, Pan Xing looked at Hu Che'er and said, "Pan is not good at anything else, but he has an absolutely sharp eye, just like you..." Pan Xing pointed at Hu Che'er and said, "In my opinion, You are definitely not a housekeeper, nor a guard, you are more like... a general!"
"Hahaha!"
A trace of surprise flashed across Hu Che'er's eyes, and he laughed and said, "Master Pan is really good at joking. How can a certain rough man become a general!" After saying this, he laughed.
Zhang Xiu's eyes quickly scanned below.
Nothing wrong was found. It seemed that Pan Neng had some ability to become the magistrate of Panjia Town. On the surface, at least he followed the Dajing civil law, but I don't know what was going on behind the scenes.
But in this scene, it’s impossible to find out what’s behind it.
Zhang Xiu stood up and said calmly: "Tonight we are just staying at Guibao. We are tired after traveling a long way, so we won't bother you."
"Okay!" Pan Xing was stunned for a moment, but he was even more confused about the details. He quickly said, "In that case, you guys go to rest first... Butler Wang, take a few guests down to rest."
Butler Wang ran over immediately and took them down.
Across the banquet table, Pan Jiang's eyes were fixed on Sun Shangxiang's body, wishing he could pull it off and stick it to her. When he saw them leaving, he raised a cold smile on his lips and quietly left the banquet.
