"Dingling..."

The black carriage drove smoothly towards the center of the city.

Zhang Chu knelt in the carriage, and the misty sandalwood slowly rose from the exquisite small bronze furnace with beast heads. Zhang Chu was immersed in the faint smoke, closing his eyes and pondering.

The new county soldier, Song Tiannan, led the Beidaying Army to the northern border at dawn.

Zhang Chu could only go to see the county magistrate Nie Ben in person.

He didn't want to see Nie Ben.

Since Nie Ben is an official, he is a thief.

It is also because Nie Ben is a sixth rank and he is an eighth rank.

There are no mice that are willing to meet the cat...

But he had to go.

Other officials in Jintian Prefecture may be handed over to Yang Changan for social engagements.

But when it comes to the level of county magistrate, Yang Chang'an is not qualified.

Yang Changan is not the leader of the Four-Liangang Gang.

He is Zhang Chu.

"Dingling."

The carriage stopped steadily, and the big bear's low voice rang at the window: "Master Chu, I'm here."

Zhang Chu took a deep breath, got up and walked out of the car.

I saw a carriage parked at the entrance of a long street, next to it was a stretched blue brick courtyard wall, and there was a copper-covered vermilion gate dozens of feet in front of it. On the cast iron gilded door plaque hanging on the door, the embossed "Nie Mansion" is carved. Two big characters.

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the county government will be closed. If you want to pay a visit to Nie Ben, you can only come to his official residence.

"Master Chu, please accompany you..."

Big Bear approached Zhang Chu and whispered in a low voice with a slight worry in his eyes.

Zhang Chu shook his head and said, "No need, just wait for me here..."

After saying that, he sorted out his clothes and walked slowly towards the gate of Nie Mansion alone.

The gate of Nie Mansion was wide open, and two rows of guards with halberds stood outside the door.

Seeing Zhang Chu approaching alone, there was no carriage following him, and there was no fish bag in the official uniform on his body, the guard holding the halberd immediately had a big halberd and shouted solemnly: "Stop the person coming!"

Zhang Chu walked to the steps and bowed and said, "Zhang Chu, west of Caomin City, I have important matters to pay my respects to Lord Nie. Please pass on your behalf."

The halberd guard who had just shouted was froze when he heard the four words "Zhang Chu in the west of the city".

Some people who beg for food in Jintian Mansion may not know the name of the county magistrate Di, but absolutely no one does not know the name of Zhang Chu of the Fourth League!

Just as the guard holding the halberd was about to make a polite sentence with Zhang Chu and expose his rude behavior just now, a burly young man wearing a bear fur cloak and a white jade gown walked out of the door with a folding fan.

The burly young man saw Zhang Chu who had come down the steps and asked in surprise: "Zhang Laoer, why are you here?"

Zhang Chu raised his eyes and saw that it was Nie Yutang. He couldn't help but smile and bowed, "Couple Yu, respect Zhengdan."

Since the previous Wu Family Golden Sword incident, Zhang Chu has rarely walked with Nie Yutang and has only seen him a few times at the gatherings organized by Wu Qianyuan.

Nie Yutang also walked out with his hands in a smile: "He Zhengdan, He Zhengdan... Is there anything wrong with me here?"

Zhang Chu smiled and said, "I have something to do, I want to pay homage to Lingzun."

"Then you're still doing something, let's go. My father finished seeing all the county officials who came to He Zhengdan to write New Year's greetings in his study."

Nie Yutang walked down the steps and grabbed Zhang Chu's arm and walked into Nie Mansion.

Zhang Chu asked in confusion: "Don't cousin Yu go out?"

"Hey, what can I do, don't you know yet?"

Nie Yutang waved his hand indifferently, and finally rushed to the halberd guards guarding both sides of the gate and shouted: "Let me give you a highlight in the future. Gang Zhang is my master's friend!"

"Yes, the second son."

The halberd guards nodded quickly and said yes.

Zhang Chu smiled all over his face.

Nie Yutang's face skills are indeed more meticulous than Wu Qianyuan.

...

The Nie Mansion seems to be not big.

But after Zhang Chu walked in, he realized that the inner world was from the universe!

Looking around, the green shade covers the towers, the green ponds shine on the water pavilions, and strange rocks stand in it, which has a very smell of Su-style gardens.

There are at least several football fields.

Compared with Nie Mansion, his family is at most a small farmyard...

Nie Yutang led Zhang Chu, and walked through the pavilions and corridors while laughing, and finally walked to a vermilion attic.

As soon as Zhang Chu looked up, he saw the three big words "Jingsilou" written on the door plaque above with white and black characters. The brushwork was ancient and vigorous. At first glance, there was a kind of lion standing on the vast grassland, whistling long.

The sense of domineeringness.

"Second, please wait for a while, and wait for me to come in and inform you on your behalf."

As soon as Nie Yutang walked outside this attic, he lost his unrestrained attitude when he was outside, and he carefully lowered his voice when he spoke.

"I'm sorry, cousin Yu."

"Hey, I'm so kind."

Nie Yutang waved his hand, and finally took off his flauntful bearskin cloak, put away his folding fan, sorted out his white jade clothes, and stepped forward and knocked on the door with his body tense, "Father, I have something to ask for my opinion."

"Enter!"

A simple and powerful voice came from the upper floor, like a drum beat again.

Nie Yutang pushed open the door, bowed and walked in.

Zhang Chu waited outside the door for about a cup of tea, and Nie Yutang finally came out in despair and made a gesture to him.

Zhang Chu bowed to him gratefully, bowed and walked in.

The layout in the attic is very elegant, with seats, benches and carpets, which seem ordinary, but as long as you study it carefully, all of them are high-quality products that are difficult to buy even if you have money.

Zhang Chu had no intention of observing these things and walked straight to the second floor.

After going up the second floor, Zhang Chu finally saw the true face of the county magistrate who had been known for a long time.

He looked about forty years old, his skin was slightly dark, and his skeleton was extremely large. He had a casserole in one hand and wore a black right-glass without any patterns. It was neat and almost old-fashioned, without any cumbersome sleeves and hem.

There are no decorations symbolizing power and status on the body.

He sat behind a large black case, and picked up his pen and wrote something carefully. Zhang Chu came upstairs, but he didn't even look at Zhang Chu.

But a heavy power like a mountain pressing down on the top of Zhang Chu's breathing stagnated.

"sit."

Nie Ben spit out a word lightly.

Zhang Chu: "Thank you for your seat."

He bowed respectfully to Nie Ben, walked to the chair on the side of the desk and sat down, but he was just right next to the chair and didn't dare to confirm.

He held his breath and waited quietly.

There is only the "rustling" sound of brushes passing through the paper in the attic.

I don’t know how long it took, Nie Ben finally stopped writing, inserted his brush into the mountain, looked up at Zhang Chu, and asked lightly: “What’s the matter when you come to see me?”

Zhang Chu quickly got up, walked quickly to the desk, bowed and said, "The Cao people heard that the northern border was in a hurry, and were worried and unable to sit and stand up."

"Although I am a white-collar, I know that every man is responsible for defending the territory. However, I am not a soldier and dare not take the initiative to go north to cause trouble for the warriors in the northern border. After thinking about it, only my family can be the warriors in the northern border.

Add a meal and a piece of clothing. The grass people are willing to lose their fortunes. They offer 100,000 taels of silver to the Lord to help me fight against the thieves in the country!”

When Nie Ben heard this, his cold and hard face, which was like a sculpture, finally showed a moving look.

People can deceive people.

Words can deceive people.
Chapter completed!