I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 578 Visiting
Zhang Chen casually put away the gold and silver, which surprised the two men. Zhang Chen was dressed ordinary and did not look like a rich man, but he had such courage that he put tens of thousands of taels of silver into his sleeves without even counting it. This kind of courage is not something ordinary people can have.

The other party's attitude shows that he is not afraid of being deceived by the clinic and that he is confident in his own abilities.

"This young man should be a man from the underworld." The old steward said as he watched Zhang Chen's disappearing back.

"And he is not an ordinary person in the martial arts world. He must be a top-notch master in the martial arts world." The young steward also said.

"Let's go and deliver this ginseng to the master. If we can please the dean of Chongzheng Academy, our medicine shop will be able to make further progress. I heard that Chongzheng Academy has received instructions from the Imperial Academy and is preparing to open the mysterious inner courtyard. If we can make friends with them at this time, perhaps we can make some use of it when selecting disciples." The two of them discussed for a while, carried the gifts and walked away, disappearing into the house.

After Zhang Chen got the silver, he started to spend lavishly. He spent thousands of taels of silver on various gifts. He asked someone to send them to the inn and asked someone to prepare a carriage to load all the gifts. Then Zhang Chen and his family washed up and changed into new clothes, but they were still coarse linen clothes instead of luxurious silk to avoid attracting too much attention. Then the family prepared to visit the Shen family.

Looking at the demon horse tied to the back of the carriage, it was as thin as a bald donkey. It looked ugly and ridiculous, with no trace of its majestic nature at all.

"Brother, are you really going to give this horse to your fiancée as a gift?" Zhang Taowei was a little reluctant: "This is a fifth-level demon horse, and it will soon enter the sixth level. It has unlimited potential. Are you willing to give up such a rare thing?"

"After all, she is my fiancée. It's my parents' will and the matchmaker's words that make us get married. I have to prepare some gifts to show my sincerity when we meet." Zhang Chen said.

The little girl was unhappy: "But I have a close relationship with this horse. It is my big brother and my family. How can you give the horse away?"

Zhang Taowei turned his head and looked at Zhang Fei: "Brother, do you think this is true?"

"I..." Zhang Fei turned his head to look at Zhang Chen, then looked at Zhang Taowei's threatening eyes, and said nervously, "I can't say it."

He didn't want to offend either of his elder brother and elder sister, but he couldn't afford to offend either of them.

Zhang in the carriage was a little worried: "Chen'er, it's not a good idea for me to follow you to the Shen family, right? After all, I'm an outsider. You might as well leave me outside. I can find a way to survive by myself, so you won't have to make things difficult for yourself."

Zhang Chen understood Zhang's worries, so he comforted her with a smile: "Mother, why do you have to worry? Just follow me, I will take care of everything."

The family hired a coachman, pulled the gifts through the streets, and soon arrived in front of the Shen family mansion.

Zhang Chen looked at the mansion in front of him and couldn't help but secretly praise: "As expected of the Jinling Shen family, this mansion is probably no worse than the prince's mansion."

The Shen family's mansion actually occupied the entire street. There were six terrifying and ferocious stone statues squatting in front of the gate. No one knew what the names of the stone statues were, but there was a mysterious power flowing in the stone statues, which was obviously not an ordinary thing.

There were eight door knockers inlaid on the gate. The whole gate was vermilion in color, twenty meters wide, with a small door on each side.

The door is inlaid with nails that are arranged like stars, and there is a mysterious aura that resonates with it. It is obvious at first glance that this is not an ordinary family.

There are thirteen steps at the gate, which is indeed a positive number. Zhang Chen was amazed when he saw it, "As expected, the Shen family controls 70% of the world's shipping. The grandeur of using mysterious objects to suppress the gate is something that those bumpkins in the north cannot compare to."

At this time, in front of the main gate, there were more than a dozen carriages lined up, and dozens of people in luxurious clothes were standing in front of the small gate chatting and laughing, they looked either rich or noble.

In front of the gate, there were ten warriors standing guard. Zhang Chen observed their energy and sensed their blood. Those ten warriors might have already cultivated dark power.

Zhang Chen stopped the carriage in front of the gate, then walked up the steps and headed towards the gatehouse. Before he even got close to the gate, he was stopped by the guards: "If you want to come to the Shen Mansion to do business, you must first hand in your visiting card, then line up over there and wait to be summoned by the master inside."

The guard pointed at the dozens of people wearing luxurious clothes chatting and laughing nearby, and then looked at Zhang Chen, who was wearing a coarse linen shirt. He saw that although he was wearing a linen shirt, it was neat and had no patches, so he must be a wealthy man, so he asked, "Which manager in the mansion do you want to see?"

The reason why he directly concluded that the other party was visiting the steward of the palace was because the other party was not wearing silk. Who would not be a noble when visiting the master? How could an ordinary person have the opportunity to meet a noble?
Without waiting for Zhang Chen to speak, the guard held out his hand and said, "If you want us to deliver a message, you need five taels of silver."

"Five taels of silver? You are robbing me!" Zhang Chen raised his eyebrows when he heard this. What does five taels of silver mean? It is enough for an ordinary family to eat and drink for several months.

"This is the rule of our Shen Mansion. It's up to you to do it or not. If you don't want to do it, just stay aside and don't bother us." The guard became unhappy when he heard Zhang Chen's words. He scolded him and drove Zhang Chen aside.

"Hmph, I am from the Zhang family in Kyoto. My father is Zhang Kecheng. The old lady of the Shen family is my grandmother. I have come to pay my respects to the old lady of the Shen family. Please go and tell her quickly. If you delay things, you will be in trouble." Zhang Chen looked at the guard coldly, causing the blood flow in the guard's body to stop for three breaths, making him blush. When Zhang Chen released the control of his blood, he was like a fish that had oxygen, gasping for air and looking at Zhang Chen with horror. He didn't know that Zhang Chen controlled his blood, but thought that Zhang Chen's eyes were too scary. Just a slight glance made his breathing stop. "You said the old lady is your grandmother?" The guard came back to his senses at this time, looking at Zhang Chen with surprise, looking up and down at Zhang Chen's clothes. No matter how he looked at it, it didn't look like he could have a relationship with the Shen family.

"Nonsense! Go and pass the message quickly, so as not to delay the matter." Zhang Chen scolded.

The guard was able to greet and see off guests at the gate, and he was not a person without good eyesight. Seeing Zhang Chen's calm demeanor, he didn't seem like someone who came here to eat and drink for free, so he couldn't help but take him seriously. He bowed to Zhang Chen and said, "Please wait a moment. I will go and call the steward over."

At this moment, a man happened to walk in from the gate. It was the young man from the Zhang family in Kyoto, the young man who had been so affectionate with Shen Ling before. When the guard saw the young man, he hurriedly called out, "Master Zhang Gaoqiu, this man claims to be from the Zhang family in Kyoto and has come to our Shen Mansion to recognize his relatives. Please take a look and see if we are old acquaintances."

Zhang Chen looked at the young man in white and thought to himself, "So this man's name is Zhang Gaoqiu."

Zhang Gaoqiu paused when he heard this, and a look of curiosity appeared on his face: "My relatives? Someone from the Zhang family in Kyoto?"

Then he looked Zhang Chen up and down and said, "He looks unfamiliar."

However, when he saw Zhang Chen in coarse linen clothes, he thought he was a member of the Zhang family's side branch who had met five blessings and came to the Shen family in Kyoto to eat and drink for free. After all, the Zhang family was wealthy and powerful in Kyoto, with thousands of members. He was the second son, and there were very few people who could catch his eye.

However, if he could meet an old friend in a foreign land, thousands of miles away from home in Jinling, if he could meet a relative, he wouldn't mind helping out.

"Which branch of the Zhang family in Kyoto are you from?" Zhang Gaoqiu asked.

Hearing this, Zhang Chen said, "My father is Zhang Kecheng."

Hearing this, Zhang Gaoqiu's face changed, and then he looked Zhang Chen up and down, and said coldly: "I haven't heard of it! Maybe he is a liar from somewhere, using the name of the Zhang family to cheat for food and drink. You should drive him away, otherwise he will ruin the reputation of my Zhang family."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen stared at Zhang Gaoqiu. He didn't believe that the other party had not heard of his father's reputation, but the other party pretended to be ignorant. Obviously, there must be something fishy.

When the guard heard what Zhang Gaoqiu said, he straightened his back again and looked at Zhang Chen with a pair of eyes full of ridicule: "Boy, do you know who this young master is?"

Zhang Chen shook his head: "I don't know!"

"This is the second son of the Zhang family in Kyoto. Since you said you are from the Zhang family, how come you don't recognize this real dragon?" The guard looked at Zhang Chen with ridicule: "Boy, you want to play tricks on us in the Shen Mansion, but you are wrong. Don't you even know where we are? Come on, break one of his legs for me to teach him a lesson."

The guard shouted, and two more guards rolled up their sleeves and rushed over, looking at Zhang Chen with a grim smile on their faces: "Boy, you want to come to our Zhang family to get money? I can only say that you have the wrong idea! I'll break one of your legs today to teach you a lesson."

Looking at the wolf-like guard, Zhang Chen turned his head and looked at Zhang Gaoqiu with a calm expression: "Do you really not know me? If this matter is reported back to the Zhang family in Kyoto, you should know the consequences."

Zhang Gaoqiu turned around feeling somewhat guilty after hearing this, and walked towards the door with a flick of his sleeves: "This liar dares to threaten me, how arrogant! I'll leave it to you to deal with, and you must help me vent my anger."

Zhang Gaoqiu walked away quickly, not giving Zhang Chen a chance to continue speaking.

He knew that there were many old guys in the Zhang family in Kyoto who were still concerned about the eldest branch. If today's incident were to be reported to the Zhang family in Kyoto, he would suffer the consequences and would be punished in various ways.

It would be better for him to get out of here first!

Just thinking about Zhang Chen's arrival, he had a bad feeling in his heart: "This guy's arrival will definitely ruin my plan. I need to find a way to get rid of him."

"It is better to secretly inform the Jinling Yamen and ask them to come and detain him." Thinking of this, Zhang Gaoqiu's pace quickened.

Zhang Chen looked at Zhang Gaoqiu who was going away, with a hint of coldness in his eyes, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he looked at the guards who were rushing towards him. Seeing several guards rushing to Zhang Chen, a drop of blood suddenly flew out from Zhang Chen's sleeve, took over the body of the leading guard, and completely controlled his body in an instant.

(End of this chapter)