The Demon Lords

Chapter 1010 - 235: The Adorned Hairpin (Part 2)

They followed Fanli into Snowy Sea Pass for only a few days, and before they even familiarized themselves with the place, they were sent into this unit and muddled their way into Chu.

Then, after everyone else was assigned away, the two of them were unexpectedly singled out to follow Lord Pingye in disguise into the Fan Mansion.

Zheng Fan pointed at He Chunlai, then pointed at Chen Daole,

and said:

"Brainless and Unhappy must be kept under close watch."

A Ming then said:

"What about me?"

Quickly,

A Ming added:

"My lord, you don’t need to answer that."

Zheng Fan smiled and thus did not answer.

The team entered Xiayong County.

There’s an old saying that has long circulated in Xiayong County:

The goddess of Mong Mountain lacks grain at home and begs Fan in Xiayong.

The goddess of Mong Mountain is a deity in the mythological customs of the Mong Mountain area, and begging Fan is also called begging for food, fully illustrating the Fan Family’s wealth in Xiayong.

In fact, throughout Xiayong County, more than seventy percent of the shops are owned by the Fan Mansion, more than sixty percent of the farmers outside the city rent land from the Fan Family, and over ninety percent of the county’s residents, from birth to death, cannot escape relying on the Fan Family’s enterprises.

And this is actually just a small reflection of the Fan Family’s wealth; the real money comes from smuggling.

The Fan Mansion, located in the eastern part of Xiayong County, occupies an extensive area, even having a paifang at the back door used by the transport teams for entry and exit.

Once inside the mansion, Fan Zhengwen did not come over; he needed to do his own things, show the face he should show, with big matters at hand, it was even more necessary to pay attention to the external details.

Zheng Fan and the other three were led by a steward all the way into the rear courtyard.

The front courtyard, central courtyard, and rear courtyard, along the way, Zheng Fan clearly noticed several groups of hidden guards, the defense of the Fan Mansion was exceptionally tight.

But apart from the strictness, once you entered the mansion, you were immediately given a very different feeling.

The servants and maids walking inside, what they wore and held, and the herbs and trees inside, you could not see much apparent luxury but luxury was like it was crushed and blended into the breeze, rushing towards you.

Once inside the rear courtyard, the steward led Zheng Fan and the others into a small courtyard called "Qingfang Room."

The small courtyard is not large but well organized, with small bridges and flowing water, pavilions, and terraces, dense yet not cramped, most importantly, the location of this small courtyard is very convenient.

From a military perspective, in this small courtyard, you have depth in all directions, meaning if someone came to catch you, you could escape in all directions.

"Indeed, it feels different," Zheng Fan said in admiration as he walked into the pavilion.

In fact, the decoration of the Earl’s Mansion is also quite good, but how can I put it, the Fan Mansion represents a different style, and it takes that style to the extreme and gives it an unusual look.

A Ming bluntly said, "The main thing is our Earl’s Mansion has too few people."

Hearing this, Zheng Fan nodded.

Because Zheng Fan himself liked quiet, and secondly for safety reasons, there were very few servants in the Earl’s Mansion. No matter how good a house is, if no one lives in it, it’ll lack vitality and won’t have that feel.

Furthermore, there was an extremely important reason: in Lord Pingye’s Mansion, the non-humans outnumbered the humans!

After leading Zheng Fan and the others in, the steward left, and immediately after, a group of maidservants came in carrying dishes and pastries.

All were extremely exquisite foods, like the decorations here, perhaps the culinary habits of this era were not very familiar to Zheng Fan, he still preferred the dishes made by Siniang, but if you achieve an extreme in refining the ingredients, you can still highlight the quality of the dishes.

However, Zheng Fan was not very hungry, after eating a few snacks, he went inside the room, where there was a bath pool with a crouching tiger spout, Zheng Fan tried to pull the ring, shortly, hot water gushing steam actually spurted out from the tiger’s mouth.

"Tsk tsk tsk."

Lord Zheng found this design truly astonishing.

This certainly wasn’t some sort of water heater but like the bathhouse in "Spirited Away," in the Fan Mansion, there should be a special room with people continually watching the tokens and whichever token moved, they would funnel hot water into that spout.

Solely for people in the mansion to bathe, they specially maintained a large number of people, almost like hiring an entire team just to care for a dog in future generations.

Zheng Fan undressed and got in.

The hot water seemed to have some herbs mixed in, giving off a light fragrance.

A Ming walked in, seeing Zheng Fan soaking in the bath, laughed and said, "Looks quite high-end."

"Hmm, care to join me?"

"No, my lord, I’ll go find the cellar."

Zheng Fan nodded, after A Ming left, continued to soak with his eyes closed for a while, and even dozed off in the bath pool.

When he woke up, he climbed out and lay down on the bed, not sure what material the bedding was made of, but it felt very comfortable, like the smooth skin of a woman.

Lord Zheng instinctively reached around to make sure Fan Zhengwen wasn’t foolish enough to arrange for any bedmates before sleeping.

That sleep was too comfortable, truly too comfortable.

When he woke, it was already late morning.

Even Zheng Fan himself found it odd, as after all, this wasn’t the Earl’s Mansion, usually outside, due to lacking a complete sense of security, he rarely slept so peacefully.