Volume 1: Storm in the Western Region Chapter 66: Decision
Perhaps Ximen Da Zhuang's voice combined with his figure was too intimidating, or perhaps the reputation of the "Ximen" family was underestimated by Shen Liushu. Anyway, these guards did not dare to take action in the end. Obediently stood with Zhao Rang and Ximen Dazhuang.
Ximen Dazhuang breathed out two puffs of breath from his nostrils and said:
"You know what I mean!"
Then he turned his head and looked at Zhao Rang and asked:
"Brother Rang, what should they do?"
Zhao Rang remembered that there seemed to be Shen Liushu's young lady in the house he hadn't entered. But it didn't matter now. Even if the young lady wanted to kill him, it didn't matter. Soldiers would stop him, and water and soil would swallow him up. Everyone has his own way. It's useless to worry about it in advance. It can only add trouble to yourself.
"Use your jade card to take over this place. As for him, let him and his wife enter the bridal chamber and never come out!"
Chen Liushu lowered his head. Zhao Rang couldn't see his face, but the semicolon's boss must not look good!
However, when the guards took him to the room, his expression was unusually calm. I don't know whether he accepted his fate or was really wronged. He felt that he had to find out the truth and kill Tologai's big shopkeeper. Come and do it.
As everyone knows, even if it is true that he was not the cause of trouble, he can no longer be allowed to stay here. What ruined his future was his previous words that wanted to call on the guards to take action against Zhao Rang and Ximen Dazhuang.
If after this, he is still allowed to continue to be the shopkeeper of Chagan Toluogai Semicolon, it will make everyone think that his background is too strong and his hands and eyes are so powerful that even the eldest young master of the Ximen family cannot suppress him, so this semicolon It can only be named Shen!
This is an extremely unfavorable thing for Tongbao Bank. It can even be described as terrifying. They, the semicolon shopkeepers, look respectable and are local overlords. But looking down from a higher place, they are actually the same as La La. A grinding donkey is no different.
So whenever there are people like Shen Liushu who have high self-esteem, Zhao Rang wants to ask them to look in the mirror and have some self-knowledge! At least straighten their waists first? Walk on two legs like a real person!
"Brother Jean...what did you say?"
Zhao Rang was thinking about various possibilities and next plans in his mind, but was upset by Ximen Dazhuang's sudden words...
I had no choice but to calmly explain to him:
"That's what I mean. Before the matter is clarified, you have the final say here!"
Ximen Dazhuang can still understand such plain talk.
Although he was born in the Ximen family, he had never handled the family business in so many years. When he took over a branch of Tongbao Bank, which was considered to be an average-to-upper-class business, he was immediately excited!
Before becoming a man, every boy has a dream of being a hero. Either he can go to the end of the world with a sword, or he can become a general and become a lord. Zhao Rang has never had such a specific conversation with Ximen Dazhuang, but judging from his reaction just now, he probably has the same idea. Money cannot be separated from relationships.
A surname is the imprint of blood on a person. His surname is Ximen. It can be said that the blood in his bones is full of silver water, which is normal.
Zhao Rang deliberately did not explain the details in order to let Ximen Dazhuang practice on his own and see if he had the ability to grasp the entire semicolon.
However, Zhao Rang still found a helper for him.
This helper was none other than the guy who first entertained the four of them.
"Mr. Zhao, what are your orders?"
Seeing Zhao Rang waving to him, he hurriedly walked over, still looking calm and neither humble nor overbearing.
Zhao Rang looked at him, blinked, and suddenly asked:
"I know Shen Liushu trusts you very much, so you should be familiar with things here."
After hearing this, the waiter's mouth moved slightly, then he bent down and cupped his hands, saluted, and said very solemnly:
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhao, I will do my best to help Mr. Ximen master the Chagan Tologai semicolon!"
Every semicolon shopkeeper will specially train such a confidant. They may be just ordinary clerks or waiters, but they have a transcendent status in the semicolon and are called "deputy shopkeepers" internally.
Doing this will make things easier for the semicolon shopkeeper. After all, if there are more people hiding their heads and more hands, some things will go much more smoothly. Secondly, of course, it will give yourself a scapegoat. Whenever you encounter some trouble, you can always use this as a scapegoat. Throw people out.
No matter which one happens in the end, this is a position where risks and opportunities coexist. Therefore, many people still flock to it even if they see the opposite.
The deputy shopkeeper of Chagan Tologai quickly stabilized the situation.
After sending Shen Liushu into the bridal chamber first, he dispersed the guards to patrol and guard everywhere. In addition, he also arranged for capable men to go outside to deal with the guests in the open space of the market. They had a somewhat commanding and forbidding demeanor.
After doing all this, Ximen Dazhuang felt that he was indeed a talent and couldn't help but nod his head.
"Young Master Ximen, Young Master Zhao, we can handle other matters on our own, but after all, someone's name was revealed tonight. According to the normal procedures, we have to report it to the official!"
The deputy shopkeeper said, specifically putting Ximen Dazhuang's name in front. Because Zhao Rang's jade plaque does not have the same effect, even if he actually has the final say, he still has to say so on the surface.
Zhao Rang pondered:
"Report to the official?"
The deputy shopkeeper replied:
"Exactly."
Zhao Rang asked:
"If you report to the official here, which official will take care of it?"
The deputy shopkeeper thought that Zhao Rang's question had some hidden meaning, but after thinking about it carefully, he couldn't think of a reason, so he could only answer truthfully:
"Mr. Zhao, the person reporting here is from the Western Regions."
"Which country?"
Chagan Toluogai is located at the hub of Lan Mo Kingdom to the other three of the Upper Four Kingdoms. Zhao Rang is worried that these people from the Western Regions will create another overt and covert weirdo like the "Business Alliance".
The deputy shopkeeper replied:
"It's usually Lan Mo Country!"
Chagan Tologai can be said to be the first-hand transaction in the Western Regions. Whether it is goods that will be shipped to the royal city or to the merchant alliance in the future, more than 60% of them come here.
So whoever is in charge here must be a big fat bastard!
Not to mention anything else, as long as they are more sensible and tactful, the filial piety given by these shop owners every year can reach the level of "I wouldn't change it even if I gave it to a marquis!"
The branches here at Tongbao Bank receive a special amount of money from the main bank every year, which is euphemistically called "mediation fee." And this extremely special money, Shen Liushu has always let this "deputy shopkeeper" He is most familiar with the ways of managing.
If the forces in Lan Mo Kingdom were involved here again, Zhao Rang was a little unsure for a moment and subconsciously looked at Ye Sanniang.
Unexpectedly, Ye Sanniang was chatting and laughing with Yuan Kexin on the sidelines. They were talking lively, but the co-author didn't take it seriously at all.
Maybe she felt Zhao Rang's gaze, so Ye Sanniang raised her voice and said to Yuan Kexin:
"Good sister, let's go back to the house and talk! The night wind blows here at night, and it will make your face dry and cracked the next day!"
When Yuan Kexin heard this, she immediately covered her face with her hands and ran towards the previous house without hesitation.
Zhao Rang shook his head helplessly, but in an instant he felt that it would be better to leave. It would be easier if he left! Otherwise, there would always be two pairs of eyes watching his words and deeds, and it would be inconvenient for him to perform well.
The deputy shopkeeper has already said that he must report to the officials! It will still be a long-term difficulty to deal with the officials of Lan Mo Kingdom.
"Okay, you go ahead. How long will it take for them to come?"
Zhao Rang asked.
The deputy shopkeeper shook his head and replied:
"He is also here for the wedding banquet tonight, so he is in the open space outside!"
When Zhao Rang heard that this person was so close, he immediately cheered up and prepared to greet him at the door in person.
When the deputy shopkeeper saw this, his expression was a little tangled. After a long battle between heaven and man in his heart, he finally spoke to Zhao Rang:
"Young master Zhao, you don't need to make any preparations. That one...that one likes people to call him the detective, so we can just listen to the detective solve the case!"
Zhao Rang's heart skipped a beat... He thought that the Western Regions are really hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and there are actually detectives with such methods! He felt even more nervous immediately, and secretly warned himself that he would have to be more careful with his wording in the future!
"I understand, go and invite this detective!"
The deputy shopkeeper then asked:
"The younger one will take him to the Zhong family class first?"
Zhao Rang nodded.
Normal people will choose to avoid the important and take the easy.
But the head of the corpse in the branch of Tongbao Bank was chopped off by Zhao Rang.
The side of the Zhong family class was washed away with blood, and the traces were messy and extremely difficult to judge. Zhao Rang led the detective to the other side first in order to delay as much time as possible and consume energy.
The deputy shopkeeper bowed and bowed, then went out to do some work. The courtyard suddenly became quiet again, with only the crackling sound of the torches in the hands of the two guards.
Ximen Dazhuang came over and asked:
"Brother Rang, what are you here for? I heard you say you were looking for someone earlier. Who is so important that you deserve to come all the way here!"
Zhao Rang replied without thinking:
"a friend."
Ximen Dazhuang curled his lips and said with a slightly sour taste:
"This friend is so awesome!"
Zhao Rang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Old Rules punched him in the belly and said:
"Don't be confused here, we are good brothers!"
Ximen Dazhuang asked with squinting eyes:
“Brothers are taller than friends?”
Zhao Rang nodded and said:
"Nonsense! Especially good brothers, they are much taller than brothers!"
Ximen Dazhuang grinned and suddenly said with a sad look on his face:
"Then what if he also becomes a good brother?"
Before Zhao Rang could say anything, Ximen Dazhuang made his own decision.
But before they could say anything, they both turned around at the same time and looked towards the corridor where the deputy shopkeeper had just left.
It took just a cup of tea, but he was back.
Zhao Rang saw that there was another person behind him, but they were about the same size and had the same height. In addition, they had just fought and destroyed many lanterns in the corridor. The light was extremely dim at the moment, making it difficult to see the face of the person behind him.
, but it should undoubtedly be the detective from Lan Mo Country!