The He Family Fort with the Sword Chapter 142 - Something Odd
"Even if you are escorting, you won't need so much..." Xiong Feng saw so much gold and was about to tell the girl that he wouldn't need so much silver. But when he looked up, there was no girl anywhere in this scene, only
A square wooden box lay quietly in the field.
It's really strange. The girl took advantage of her bowing her head and left quietly. Xiong Feng walked into the wooden box and looked around it carefully. The wooden box was very ordinary, except that there were crosses on it.
There are two seals attached, with a line of small words written in cinnabar.
"The ancestor of the He family personally initiated it."
Xiong Feng secretly wondered, this wooden box does not seem to be a valuable thing, but this woman has given so many escorts. If something goes wrong, there must be a monster. Xiong Feng does not want to take over the job, but the woman has left the escort agency and follows the escort business.
According to the rules, if the employer puts down the escort and goods, and the escort agency does not refuse, it is regarded as accepting the job.
Xiong Feng's right eye twitched for no reason, and he hurriedly chased out of the escort agency. He looked around and saw that there were only hurried passers-by outside the door, and the girl was nowhere to be seen.
Just when Xiong Feng was feeling uneasy, Chen Dongzhi held up his chubby belly, holding the wine jar in one hand, his face flushed, and came to look for the master to go back and drink.
"I said, Mr. Master, what's the matter? In a few days it will be the Yuan's Day Festival. It's such a happy day. With a sad face on your face, come on, let's get drunk and relieve all your worries."
Chen Dongzhi searched around until he found Xiong Feng, who was frowning and thinking, outside the main entrance of Fuyuan Escort Bureau. Without any explanation, he pulled Xiong Feng's arm and went back to drink.
"Old Chen, this..." Xiong Feng couldn't make up his mind, so he showed the deerskin pouch in his hand to Old Chen, wanting to hear his opinion.
"Oh my god, there is so much gold. I mean, boss, did you just go behind our backs and rob the bank?" Lao Chen stared at the gold in the deerskin bag with his small eyes. He stared at Xiong Feng.
A joke.
Xiong Feng glanced at Lao Chen and said with a smile: "If you have the courage to rob a bank store, we might as well fall into the trap and save you from having to work so hard as an escort. Lao Chen, have you seen the wooden box? This is what the guest gave us."
The escort’s profit.”
When Lao Chen heard this, he immediately became interested. He temporarily put down the wine jar in his arms and approached the wooden box. He reached out to pick up the wooden box and smelled it. A strong smell of medicine rushed into the old man's body from the wooden box.
Chen's nasal cavity.
"Ahem, Huo, what does this smell like? It's so choking." As he spoke, Chen Dongzhi glanced at the two seals on the wooden box that read "personally signed by the ancestors of the He family." He suddenly wondered: "I said, the head of the family,
Whose house was this sent to?"
Xiong Feng nodded slightly and replied: "That's right. This matter is too strange. It's in Zangbeicheng. Why doesn't he hire some coolies to deliver it, but he comes to the escort agency to escort the escort?"
"What's this? I smelled a strong smell of medicine just now. I guess it's some kind of rare medicinal material. Didn't the head of the house hear about it? It's the birthday of the ancestor of the He family before the Yuan Day Festival. It must be a birthday gift from a close friend.
, and I was worried that the coolies would damage it with their careless hands, so I found our escort agency. This kind of errand couldn't be easier, and it doesn't require the boss to take action. I will take my two brothers to run it. Let's set off now. I guess it will be done in the evening.
I can make it back in time."
Lao Chen patted his chest and said with a smile, this door-to-door business couldn't be better, and there is no need to leave Zang Bei, just deliver it to He's house, and after one visit, he will get a bag of gold, and he will be ready in time before the festival
, give everyone another sum of money to celebrate the festival.
Thinking of this, Old Chen picked up the wooden box with a smile, bowed his hand to Xiong Feng and was about to say goodbye, but his boss stopped him and said: "Old Chen, I don't think this matter is that simple. You should be more cautious, otherwise,
We'd better put this wooden box and this bag of gold into the warehouse first, and take good care of it. When the owner of this box comes to visit again, I'll return the silver and the goods together."
"Master, don't let the gold that comes to your door go to waste. Besides, you can just use it as some holiday expenses for your brothers." Chen Dongzhi didn't think so much, thinking that this job was not that difficult.
He immediately raised his voice and shouted to everyone who was drinking heavily in the main hall: "Lao Zhan, Xiao Tan, come to work and come with us."
"Okay." As soon as Chen Dongzhi finished speaking, two people came out of the hall. They were the young escort and the older escort who had been talking in a low voice when Gu Xiao came.
The two of them left the main hall and listened to Lao Chen's general description of the errand. Lao Zhan patted Xiao Tan on the shoulder and said to Xiong Feng: "Master, let me tell you, Lao Chen is right about this errand."
Is there any danger? Just take care of yourself. Xiao Tan has just entered the industry. Lao Chen and I will take Xiao Tan with us this time and let him practice his skills. Just agree to it."
Although Xiong Feng is the chief escort of the Fuyuan Escort Agency, he usually treats his escorts as his family and brothers, respects their opinions, and wants to take the order when he sees them.
I can't stand in the way of my business too much.
After thinking for a while, he said in a deep voice: "Since you all said so, we will take over the business. You go, remember what I said. When asked by the He family, you only said that you pick up escorts and deliver goods, and you don't know anything else.
, no matter which house keeps you, don’t wait too long, just put it down and leave.”
Seeing that the boss had made up his mind, Lao Chen and the others immediately laughed and said, "Just be rest assured, boss, the three of us will set off right now and we can be back in the evening."
Lao Zhan on the side also echoed: "Yes, as the head of the family, there are Lao Chen and me, so you can go and accompany our little benefactor. We will come back as soon as we go."
Xiao Tan joined the escort agency, and this was his first time as an escort. He eagerly said goodbye to Xiong Feng: "Don't worry, boss, we are following Chen Da and Zhan Da, and we are in Zangbei City. There won't be any danger. We are here."
Let’s go.”
After the three of them finished speaking, they went to lead the horses, picked up escort flags and other items, bowed their hands to Xiong Feng, who had worried eyes, then got on their horses, whipped their whips, and the three of them headed towards He's house in the city.
Staring at the backs of the three people gradually disappearing, Xiong Feng finally remembered that his little benefactor was still in the hall, and no longer thought about Lao Chen and the others, Xiong Feng turned around and returned to the main hall of the escort agency.
When Gu Xiao saw Xiong Feng coming back, he stood up to greet him. However, he saw that Xiong Feng seemed to have something on his mind, so he hurriedly asked in a low voice: "Brother Xiong, what's going on?"
Xiong Feng didn't want his benefactor to worry about the escort agency, so he squeezed out a smile and said, "Nothing, I just took over the business and asked Lao Chen and the others to handle it. Come on, let's continue drinking."
Gu Xiao saw Xiong Feng's expression and knew that this matter was not as simple as he said, but since he didn't want to talk about other people's family affairs, he couldn't ask more questions.
While everyone was changing glasses, everyone was already 70-80% drunk. Xiong Feng knew that Gu Xiao was going to the He Family Arena to register, so he blocked most of the wine for Gu Xiao, and drunkenly ordered his servants to serve Gu.
Xiao and Miss Jiang prepare the room.
Seeing that Brother Xiong was drunk, Gu Xiao immediately informed everyone in the escort agency that he was going to He's house. He asked everyone in the escort agency to wait until Brother Xiong sobered up and told him not to worry. Then he asked everyone in the escort agency where the He family was, and together with Jiang Ningxue
Farewell to everyone in Fuyuan Escort Bureau for now, look towards the direction of He's house.
The He family's mansion is located in the south of Zangbei City. Since the He family took over the Feng family's position in Zangbei City, after years of management, it has grown bigger and bigger. It does not live in the Fengjiabao outside the city like the previous Feng family.
Instead, he chose a place in the south of Zangbei City at the same time, and gradually included many houses in the surrounding area into the He family.
Up to now, half of the southern part of Zangbei City has been owned by the He family, and the He family's mansion is even more magnificent. There are no less than a hundred guest rooms, not to mention the courtyard pavilions, long corridors and gates, which are probably even for an official residence.
Not so grand.
On weekdays, there are many nursing homes in front of the He family's mansion on both sides of the long street. No one disturbs them, making the street where the He family is located very quiet.
However, today there was a huge crowd in front of the He family, just because it was the annual He family competition again. Although the competition was located in Hejiabao outside Zangbei City, the registration office was in front of the He family mansion in Zangbei City.
Individuals from all walks of life and people watching the excitement have already blocked the door of He's house. A wooden pole several feet high stands in front of the door. A basket made of gold wire is hung on the top of the pole. The onlookers squint and look at it.
, there are already many iron plaques in this golden silk basket.
Gu Xiao was a little curious. When he entered Zangbeicheng, he saw so many Jianghu people. Although there were many iron plaques in the gold silk basket, compared to the Jianghu people seen in the city, they were not even ten or twelve.
Could it be that this tall pole, which is several feet tall, has troubled so many people? Gu Xiao honestly thought, and then looked at the He family mansion.
In front of the He family's mansion, three or five wooden tables were lined up horizontally. Behind the wooden tables were the stewards of the He family's various courtyards, writing and waiting for the Jianghu guests who came to sign up.
The servants of the He family all held simple knives in their hands, standing on both sides. Behind them, there were more than ten people in brocade clothes standing. These people had different expressions. They were sitting on the Taishi chair. Only one thing was the same.
It was the proud look in their eyes.
Thinking of Jiang Ningxue's mention of the hidden weapon master who was defeated by the black silk coils, Gu Xiao hurriedly looked for the figure of the man with a broken arm among the people in brocade clothes. After looking around for a few times, he didn't find the man with a broken arm, so he had to give up.
"Did you see that? Those few people wearing brocade clothes are the top three masters in previous years. I heard that they are all eating the He family's offerings now, so they won't have to worry about it for the rest of their lives."
"Isn't that right? I heard that the He family gives them as much as one hundred taels of silver per month."
"Alas, alas, I have a relative who works as a cook in the He family's mansion. I heard that not only money, the He family also gave these Jianghu guests a courtyard and servants.
It’s very generous of me to be served by my maid.”
"Stop talking, look, someone else is signing up."
Gu Xiao and Jiang Ningxue were crowded in the crowd, listening to the discussions of the people around them. When they heard onlookers say that someone had signed up, they looked along the direction of these people.
I saw a man wearing a bamboo hat on his head and a long knife across his waist, walking out of the crowd and coming to the steward of the He family, clasping his fists and saluting.
"We are here to sign up."
One of the stewards stood up and saluted with a smile, then took out an iron plate from the gold basket behind him, then wrote and said with a smile: "Strong men, please leave your name."
"Thank you, Third Brother, from the south." The man in the bamboo hat cupped his fists and saluted.
Hearing this, the deacon nodded slightly, and then he took a pen covered in vermilion and solemnly wrote the name of Xie Laosan in the middle of the iron plate. Then he respectfully handed the iron plate to the man in the bamboo hat with both hands, and said: "A strong man, no matter what method, as long as
If you put this card into the golden wire basket on the top of the high pole in front of the door, you have signed up. Otherwise, the strong man will be asked to try again next year."
The man in the bamboo hat looked back. Although the high pole was several feet long, it was not difficult for any beginner martial artist. He immediately snorted coldly, held the iron plate in his hand, and then exerted force with both feet, pointing towards the high pole.
The golden basket at the top jumped away.
The man in the bamboo hat is indeed qualified to snort. Although he has a strong body and looks a bit strong and clumsy, his leap is deft. In the blink of an eye, the man in the bamboo hat is about to touch the golden silk basket with his hand.
Just as the people watching were about to open their mouths to cheer, they saw someone among the group of people in brocade clothes in front of He's house sneer lightly, and then a stone whizzed away.
The man in the bamboo hat only said that he was about to succeed, but he heard something like a hidden weapon coming from behind. Seeing that he was about to put the iron plate into the basket, he did not want to fail, so he still tried his best to stretch the iron plate towards the golden basket.
He was hit, and with the other hand he drew the sword backhand, listening to the sound in his ears to identify the position, trying to block the sneak attack with the hidden weapon with a single sword in his hand.