The old lady of the Zhang family really didn't expect that a promising junior would come to refute her face as soon as she returned home. The atmosphere suddenly became gloomy.
This solemn atmosphere made the security personnel on pins and needles. They really didn't expect that the young master Zhang they offended would actually stand up to people like them. This also made the old lady unhappy. They had mixed feelings in their hearts at this time, and they thought about stepping forward to persuade him, but they really didn't have any position, let alone the courage, so they had to lower their heads and remain silent in the distance.
"My child, this is your first time coming home. Do you really want to discuss these things in front of your house?"
"I know how difficult it is to make a living outside, so I just want to beg for them, that's all."
Hearing this, the old lady sighed, changed her smile, and said to Zhang Yuanmei next to her.
"Sister, fine them one month's salary and bonus, and keep them employed."
After saying that, he pulled Zhang Qilu and walked into the courtyard.
Only when you enter the courtyard do you know how much background the Shanghai Zhang family has.
The courtyards in Shanghai and Hai are somewhat different from Jiangnan gardens, northern gardens, and Lingnan gardens. Most of the buildings in Shanghai were built in the past hundred years, and most of them are buildings that combine Eastern and Western styles.
The main house in the middle is a Nordic Roba Castle-style building covering an area of more than 5,000 square meters.
The main house is three stories high, with a steep and undulating roof made of Chinese-style glazed tiles. The whole building has strange changes in concavity and convexity. From the appearance, it seems to be irregular, but if you look closely, there is a kind of incongruous beauty. The doors and windows are arched, the frames protrude from the wall, and the windows are mostly made of colored glass. The two tall main towers of the main house are like scabbards, with a strong Gothic style. There are also some small spiers on the building with beautiful shapes to echo the main tower. The entire building's facade is ocher red, made of refractory bricks, with some colored ceramic tiles embedded in the middle. From a distance, it looks like a building in a fairy tale world.
There are about a dozen small courtyards surrounding the main house, and each courtyard has two to three small bungalows similar in style to the main house.
The garden, which combines Eastern and Western styles, is also very distinctive. The garden floor is covered with colorful tiles. The courtyard is planted with precious flowers and trees such as cypress, cedar, and camphor. In the middle is a lawn with a bronze statue. This statue should be the image of an ancestor of the Zhang family.
The garden also has a greenhouse for flower viewing, a dog house, and a stable, all of which show the luxury and sophistication of a large family.
Li Xiaoxiao explained everything carefully to everyone along the way. Everyone finally arrived at the gate of the main house.
The gate is in the style of a traditional Chinese wealthy mansion. Next to the gate is a pair of suan ni that are guarding the door. Zhang Qilu took a moment to look at it. Good guy, the material of this pair of adult-sized suan ni is actually some kind of jade, emerald, and jet black. , natural, soft and restrained, with a hint of precious light.
Entering the house, the interior decoration is even more dazzling. The interior decoration is very particular. There are wainscotings with exquisite carvings throughout the aisles and corridors. The indoor dome is made of colored glass. Under the illumination of the headlights outside the roof, it shows colorful and soft colors. Zhang Qilu can imagine what it would be like if he were there. On a bright sunny day, this dome is so beautiful under the sunlight.
Everyone came to the restaurant. There were five tables for ten people in Nuo Da's restaurant. There are eight cold dishes and eight hot dishes. The ingredients are not expensive, but the dishes are rich in color, aroma and taste.
Zhang Qilu was led to the main table, and Li Xiaoxiao, Mu Zishan and others were invited to another table.
Zhang Qilu noticed that due to their arrival, six Zhang family members silently exited the restaurant. There was no communication between them, everything seemed to be an agreed upon rule.
The whole dining process was very depressing, with almost no one talking. Halfway through the meal, the old lady stood up and was about to leave. Zhang Yuanmei helped the old lady walk out of the restaurant.
"Follow us on the wrong road."
Zhang Qilu followed him all the way to the old lady's room on the third floor. As soon as he entered the room, Zhang Qilu smelled a very high-quality fragrance. He took a brief sniff and smelled several other extremely high-quality fragrances. Precious spices. After just a few sniffs, Zhang Qilu felt a sense of relief all over his body. His body and mind, which had been tense these days, relaxed in vain.
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Zhang Qilu followed his mother and the old lady to a small secret room. They sat down and after making tea, the old lady finally asked
"Qi Lu, tell me what you want from me."
"Grandma, it's okay. It's just that there have been a lot of troubles in Shanghai and the sea recently, and all forces have gathered together. I was a little worried, so I came over to take a look. But seeing that your family has such a foundation, I felt relieved. It seems like I'm worrying too much, kid. .”
Hearing this, the old lady finally showed a smile.
"What, your family is our family."
"Yes, our family is full of experts, and they are not comparable to that of Xiang's family."
At this moment, Zhang Qilu felt some of the veins of this eccentric old lady. This old lady was obviously a docile donkey.
"It's okay, Qi Lu, we are our own family. If you need anything, just tell me to the old lady. In addition to self-protection, our Zhang family still has some spare capacity. If you need money, you still need people, just tell me."
"Actually, what I originally thought was that the Zhang family and the Xiang family are close to each other, so they can help each other more or less. I didn't want to go to the Xiang family. Something happened to their family..."
Then Zhang Qilu told the old lady what he had encountered at Xiang's house.
After listening to what Zhang Qilu said, the old lady groaned and said
"You are worried that the Xiang family will turn against them. We need to be on guard against them, right?"
"That's not the case. Judging from what Scientology has done this time and the resources they mobilized to Shanghai, they have a big plan this time and their intentions must be strong. It seems that they are really going to take action against China this time... ..”
The old lady interrupted Zhang Qilu at this time.
"Having said all that, it seems that you came to the Zhang family this time to remind me to sit in the right place, right? Don't worry. Although we have had some business dealings with the West before, it was all for making money. We I still know very clearly where my roots lie.”
"Grandma, that's not what I meant. I just hope that people in these places can support each other and take care of each other when things happen. Qin Dao's residence is not far from the Zhang family..."
"Okay, okay, Zhang Qilu, we can keep our own door. We don't need you to remind us. If there's nothing wrong, just invite me. I'm tired, old lady."
At this time, Zhang Qilu deeply understood why Zhang Nian'er was unwilling to stay at home. This old lady was too sensitive and had a fickle personality. She would not tolerate anyone disobeying her. It seemed that the previous concessions were already very rare.
When Zhang Qilu and his party arrived, the Zhang family all came out to greet them. When they left, they were obviously much more miserable. Even his mother, Zhang Yuanmei, didn't come out to see them off.
"Little nephew, my sister asked me to tell you that the old lady listened to some of what you said and told you not to worry. She also said..."
"What else did she say?"
"I didn't say anything. She said the old lady was hard-spoken and soft-hearted, so I told you not to mind. And don't go home if you have nothing to do in the future. Not many people here want to see you."
"That's it? No more?"
"And she also said that the more prosperous you are outside, the more comfortable she will be in the Zhang family."
Hearing this, Zhang Qilu secretly smiled bitterly, and his concern for the world's sophistication faded a little.
As they talked, several people arrived at the door of the house. The security personnel who had stopped them earlier were now very attentive and flattering. Not only did they help them drive the car to the gate, they even washed Zhang Qilu's car clean.
At this moment, Li Xiaoxiao, A Lu and Yang Qianji's cell phones rang at the same time.
...
The person who received the call before Li Xiaoxiao was Ah Fu next to Qin Dao.
At this moment, Qin Dao had finished the dinner, settled the guests, and with his most elite subordinates, a convoy of more than a dozen cars was heading to the south of Shanghai.
"Have you contacted Alu?"
"Contact, Master Qilu, Miss Xiaoxiao, and Master Mu are together. They are on their way to that place now."
"What did they say?"
"They are worried that they are trying to distract the tiger from the mountain, and they are not prepared to call more people over."
"It should be so. Tell me what is going on now."
"A lot of people have died these days."
"I know that. Close to four thousand people died."
"The bodies are gone."
"How is this possible? It was stolen."
"It would be better if they were stolen. If that's the case, they may not ask us for help. There must be nothing fishy about those corpses."
"What?" At this moment Qin Dao finally knew the seriousness of the matter.
"The Civil Special Committee hid the corpses of thousands of practitioners in several secret cold storages in Shanghai. Not only were those places secret, but they also had ambushes around them in order to ambush anyone who might covet these corpses."
"Everyone in the ambush is dead."
"Yes, die silently."
"That's not right. It will take some time to transport thousands of corpses." Gan Baihua, who was driving the car, couldn't help but ask.
"Ten minutes, ten minutes after losing contact, the nearest security officer rushed there, but all the bodies had disappeared." Kanshu La
"disappear?"
"Yes, their exact words were to disappear."
"Is this Xiangxi's method of driving away corpses?"
"Probably not. Refining corpses is not that simple. The time is too short and there are so many corpses."
"Corpse Gu."
"I don't know, but there is an expert on the Special Committee, and they seem to have ruled out this possibility."
"Is this true in several places?"
"The place we are going to now still stores the corpses of more than five hundred practitioners."
"Hundred flowers, bloom to the front, speed up."
"Yes, boss."
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"Xiaoxiao, did you tell the old lady that you came with us?"
"What are you talking about? I'm not going to take away the rags from their Zhang family. Why should I care about them?"
"You know, what are we going to do?"
"What can we do? It's just fighting."
The most helpless thing about Zhang Qilu in this world is this aunt in appearance, his actual sister. He doesn't say anything anymore and can only let her follow.
At this time, Li Xiaoxiao finally hung up the phone. Seeing the solemn look on her face, Zhang Qilu asked
"What's wrong? Xiaoxiao, what's going on? Isn't it just that the body is missing? I reminded the Special Committee of the People, but I didn't expect that they still didn't take it seriously."
"Brother Qi, they take this very seriously. Things are a bit strange. Those corpses seem to have left on their own."
"What! What do you mean?"
"I think it may be that the things we encountered in the Universe Kingdom appeared in Shanghai."
"You mean, Chaos Worm."
