Chapter 180: Serving People Well
Chapter 180: Serving People Well
"You are so arrogant." Zhuiying frowned and was about to reveal his identity.
But then a cold voice came from the carriage: "Give him three pieces of gold."
Zhuiying was puzzled, but he did not hesitate and took out three gold ingots from the brocade bag on his waist.
In just a moment, Zhang Nian's eyes widened.
He thought the other party's carriage was not expensive, the man in front of him was not dressed as a guard of a noble family, and he heard that the other party was from the country, so he wanted to try his luck. If the other party could not take out the three gold ingots, he would raise the price and ask for four silver ingots.
If the other party can't take it out, just beat him away.
After all, he had done this kind of thing many times. The other parties were all well-known figures. They were afraid of losing face and never made a fuss in front of Shangjingxuan.
So in this month, he made a lot of money.
But I never expected that the other party would be so generous and give me three gold ingots as soon as I asked.
Zhang Nian immediately nodded and bowed happily to the carriage: "Your Excellency is really a straightforward person. I believe that you will definitely meet a great nobleman when you enter Shangjingxuan."
After saying that, he turned around impatiently, rubbed his hands and looked at Zhuiying with a smile, which naturally meant that he was asking him to give money.
Zhuiying looked at Zhang Nian with a sharp light flashing in his eyes, and threw the three gold ingots into his arms.
Zhang Nian cried out twice and hurriedly caught the gold ingot. Although his movements were not elegant, he managed to catch it.
He was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. He put the gold to his mouth and started biting it.
Zhuiying lost his patience and reminded him in a bad tone: "You have taken the money, and it is time to do something. Tell me how to send us in."
"Don't worry, don't worry. My dear, please be patient. I will arrange it right away." As he said this, Zhang Nian went up to the well while wiping the gold ingot.
Zhui Ying sent someone to follow him. After walking a distance, Zhang Nian realized something was wrong. He turned around and saw the person following him. He immediately looked at Zhui Ying in confusion: "What do you mean, sir?"
"It's nothing. You just take the money and leave. What if he runs away? Find someone to follow you so you can rest assured."
Zhang Nian turned around to look at the gate of Shangjingxuan, and immediately retreated back to Zhuiying's side: "It is very difficult for me to do this, Your Excellency."
Zhui Ying said disdainfully: "You took the money, but you didn't allow me to send someone to follow you. What? Are you a liar?"
"That's impossible." Zhang Nian was afraid that Zhui Ying would regret and take the gold back, so he pulled the servant over and pointed at him, "If you don't believe me, I'll ask him to serve you here. This pavilion needs to be taken care of, and it's not convenient to have outsiders following us."
He smiled awkwardly, obviously not the first time he had done such a thing.
Zhui Ying was hesitant, so Zhang Nian took advantage of the situation and pushed the servant forward: "Time is precious, my lord, please be patient, I will be back soon."
This was indeed not the first time that Zhang Nian had done such a thing, so after receiving the money, he wanted to follow the old method and give some money to the guy guarding the back door, asking him to be lenient and let the person in.
But the strange thing is that the back door guy who is usually very easy to talk to remained indifferent today even though he talked his mouth off.
No matter what, he just refused to let anyone into the cabinet.
Zhang Nian received the money, three gold ingots in total, so he was reluctant to give it up.
He gritted his teeth, took out a silver ingot, but before he could put it into the servant's hand, the servant pushed it back.
"I told you it's not possible, and if you keep insisting, I'll call for help."
The boy was extremely impatient and raised his fist.
Zhang Nian was not afraid of him, but he was afraid that he would call for help. After all, the thugs in the pavilion were not vegetarians.
Those people are mad dogs.
Seeing that this approach was a dead end, he had no choice but to leave in disappointment and think of another way.
But he usually used this method to let people in, and today it didn't work, and he really had no better solution for the moment.
When he reached the gate, he saw several other servants guarding the gate with him, and immediately had an idea.
He called those people over, thinking that they all had a good relationship with each other and would share the benefits, so everyone turned a blind eye.
But inexplicably, everyone ignored his calls, and Zhang Nian was really panicked.
He doesn't have any extraordinary ability, and neither the front door nor the back door works. He can't ask the nobleman to climb through the window.
But he would need a window to climb through, and if the guests in the pavilion saw him climbing through the window, it would become a big deal, and he would also be unable to hide the fact that he took money to let people into the pavilion, which would be not appropriate.
After thinking it over, Zhang Nian took out the gold.
When he was hesitating about what to do, someone hugged his shoulders from behind.
"Oh, Zhang Nian, you've made a fortune. Where did the gold ingot come from? Let's go and have some fun."
Zhang Nian was frightened by him and the gold slipped out of his hand. He quickly went to pick it up, then nervously put it in his arms: "I'm busy in the pavilion today, so I can't leave. Let's do it another day, another day."
"What are you afraid of? I'm just too busy to take care of you and me. Your servant is guarding outside for you. What are you afraid of? I've set up a bet. The winner can get a beauty. Don't you want to... um..."
The man smiled lewdly, and Zhang Nian was also attracted when he heard that there was a beautiful woman.
"What kind of beauty?" he asked.
The visitor chuckled and leaned close to his ear and said, "She is the top performer in the Tongque Tower. I heard that her figure and skills are amazing."
Zhang Nian was already tempted. He gritted his teeth, touched the gold ingot in his sleeve, and decided to take a gamble. He bet that the person outside would be like those people in the past, who would not dare to speak out for the sake of face.
He left with the man arm in arm, and a man saw them leave and walked through the crowd out of the attic.
"My lord, the man has taken the bait."
Zhui Ying said with a sullen face: "Tell the brothers to take good care of the people."
"Yes."
After everyone left, Zhuiying looked at the carriage and said, "Master, everything has been arranged."
As soon as he finished speaking, a pretty figure came out from the pavilion.
As soon as she appeared, she immediately attracted a crowd of onlookers and admiration.
All the servants in Shangjingxuan knelt down to greet him. Even the rich young man or powerful person who was blocked at the door and could not go into the pavilion was stunned by the appearance of the visitor.
The beautiful woman quickly walked to the front of the carriage, bowed gracefully, and said respectfully, "Zhi Miao greets His Highness. May His Highness be well."
When everyone heard the word "Your Highness", they all pricked their heads up, but after waiting for a long time, no one got out of the carriage.
Zhi Miao only hummed, then ordered someone to drive the carriage to the back door, and then walked quickly into the pavilion, leaving only a gust of fragrant wind lingering.
The servants at the door looked at each other in confusion, no wonder they ignored Zhang Nian when someone came just now.
It turned out that Zhang Nian offended someone he shouldn't have offended.
I'm afraid it's going to be a bad situation.
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