Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 204 Xu Mansion
Soon after the guards at the gate of Xu's residence reported, the head of the Xu family came out to greet them in person, followed by two guards.

"Cheng Qinwei, you are here!"

As soon as the Xu family's head stepped out of the door, he immediately came forward with a smile and said eagerly, "I didn't know that Cheng Qinwei was here. I'm sorry for not welcoming you."

At this moment, Jiang Xuan, who was standing next to Senior Brother Cheng, had never seen such a scene.

Jiang Xuan knew how President Xu behaved.

But I didn't expect that President Xu had such a side to him, and I didn't expect that he would be so enthusiastic just facing a personal guard.

This action really makes it hard to believe that the person in front of him is the president of Yingzhou Chamber of Commerce, Xu Jingduo.

When Jiang Xuan was in Qizhou City, he had met the personal guards, and not just one.

Although the guards were indeed a little unapproachable, they looked rather serious and even had a certain stiffness that made them inflexible.

However, Jiang Xuan would not easily doubt the city lord's personal guards, especially after seeing the desolation of the guards on Micui Peak during the Wuzhou martial arts performance.

Jiang Xuan knew that the loneliness came from the loss of their deputy chief of the imperial guards. This was perhaps a pain that could never be mentioned again in that team.

Logically speaking, the city lord's personal guards only had to answer to the city lord and obey his orders, but even so, they still struggled and fought for the people...

Therefore, Jiang Xuan knew that even if the guards were inflexible and serious, they would never harm the people. Even the deputy chief of the guards, who had obeyed orders all his life, would disobey orders and risk his life to protect the people.

At least from Jiang Xuan's current understanding and experience, he admires this group very much.

"The position of personal guard is indeed quite special, but is the status of personal guards so high? Or is giving face to personal guards equivalent to giving face to the city lord? Or is it..."

Jiang Xuan was thinking this when the two people next to him interrupted his thoughts.

"Cheng Qinwei, I wonder who this young man is?"

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Xu Jingduo finally asked the question that had been on his mind since he saw the strange face.

After hearing this, Cheng Qinwei became very enthusiastic and introduced himself to Xu Jingduo.

But all this made Jiang Xuan feel a little excited.

That kind of excitement is the excitement of getting together with people you have known since childhood, and because of your disguise, it is difficult for them to recognize you.

Perhaps, there is also a sense of anticipation and nervousness.

Looking at the middle-aged man wearing an elegant yet unpretentious brocade robe, the kind expression on his face, and the familiar scar at the end of his eyebrow.

Jiang Xuan was really looking forward to what President Xu, Xu Jingduo, who was standing in front of him, would say to him as his personal guard.

"Oh, let me formally introduce you. President Xu, this is the new guard from the Yingzhou City Lord's Mansion."

Hearing this, Xu Jingduo still had a smile on his face, but he was secretly shocked in his heart.

"The new guard?" Xu Jingduo blurted out, took a look, and then asked Cheng Qinwei. However, his face showed a hint of unconcealed doubt.

"Yes, this is my junior fellow apprentice, Ling Honghe." Cheng Qinwei felt a bit proud while speaking.

After Cheng Qinwei finished speaking, Xu Jingduo and Ling Honghe greeted each other.

"Ling's personal guard."

"President Xu."

At this point, Xu Jingduo could only suppress his doubts and said to the two people in front of him, "Let's not stand outside the door anymore. Let's go inside and talk."

Jiang Xuan and Senior Brother Cheng entered the Xu Mansion under the guidance of Xu Jingduo and the two guards behind him.

There is a bluestone carved screen wall at the gate of Xu Mansion. The patterns painted on it are mostly the landscape of Yingzhou that has changed over the years. They are not common calligraphy and painting patterns, but more like a subtle reflection of the Xu family's experience of generations of business.

Jiang Xuan had no recollection of ever visiting the Xu family's house. Perhaps he had been there as a child, but now he had no recollection of it.

The current Xu family's mansion, when viewed from outside, although the entire building is not huge, it is also very imposing.

However, what Jiang Xuan really didn't expect was that after entering the mansion, he could walk directly to the guest reception hall in just a few steps, and there was no artistic conception along the way.

Moreover, in Jiang Xuan's opinion, the decoration design of the mansion can really be regarded as ordinary among the more prestigious merchants in Yingzhou Chamber of Commerce, and cannot be compared with the Xing family at all.

Then, Jiang Xuan discovered something strange.

Once inside the mansion, the entire Xu family was even smaller than it appeared from the outside.

The entire vestibule even seemed a bit narrow and crowded.

All these things made Jiang Xuan feel confused.

Inside the mansion, the reception hall.

Xu Jingduo did not sit in the main seat, but sat opposite Jiang Xuan and Cheng Qinwei, on both sides of the aisle.

Jiang Xuan was clear about this.

In Jiang Xuan's memory, Xu Jingduo has always been kind and friendly in his dealings with others, and he doesn't put on airs. Therefore, the Xu family has a very good reputation among the people of Yingzhou City.

In addition, the Xu family itself is a local family in Yingzhou.

The Xu family is not like the Xing family.

Although the head of the Xing family is also a native of Yingzhou, the Xing family relied on the help of his father-in-law to inherit the Shen family, one of the two major families "Yaocheng Jiushen" before the establishment of the Yingzhou Chamber of Commerce, and relied on the Shen family's reputation to expand the business.

The Xu family is even less like the Jiang family.

Because Jiang Yuan, the head of the Jiang family, is the only outsider among these three major families.

In this way, the Jiang family can be regarded as a legend in Yingzhou's business, but because of this, the Jiang family is not very powerful in Yingzhou.

After all, they are all large families, and although their attitudes towards the people vary, they are all relative.

Generally speaking, these three families have not done anything outrageous that would make the people of Yingzhou hate them, so the people would naturally prefer the Xu family, which has been steadily building its business since its ancestors, or even the Xing family.

However, their attitude towards the Jiang family, an outsider, was much colder than that of the other two families.

With the arrival of their master and guests, the maids were very attentive and carefully served tea of ​​appropriate temperature to the three of them.

"I was just outside the door and didn't have time to ask in detail."

Xu Jingduo spoke first, then glanced at the two of them.

He added, "The City Lord's Mansion is controlling the news so strictly that our Chamber of Commerce hasn't received any news at all."

After he finished speaking, although Xu Jingduo asked this question that was difficult for the two Yingzhou guards to answer, the expression on his face was somewhat self-deprecating.

Xu Jingduo didn't make his words very clear. Cheng Qinwei reacted for a moment and understood what Xu Jingduo meant.

Cheng Qinwei's smile deepened, and he said hurriedly: "President Xu has misunderstood. My junior brother's ability to become a Qinwei was not an open selection."

Seeing Xu Jingduo's brows tightened even more, Cheng Qinwei shook his head leisurely and then smiled lightly.

He added, "But President Xu, the situation is not what you suspect. My junior brother became our City Lord Li's personal guard in a fair and honest way. He won it on his own."

Hearing this, Xu Jingduo's expression relaxed a little, but he was very interested in what Cheng Qinwei said.

(End of this chapter)