Royal Gold Magistrate

Hearing Fang Zheng’s urging, Xie Xian suddenly looked troubled.

He walked up to him and whispered, “Master, what about the people you brought?”

Fang Zheng suddenly realized.

He had forgotten, the theme rooms were all arranged, one carrot for one hole.

Today he had brought the Crown Prince and a group of reporters, there was no place to arrange them.

So he stood up and cupped his hands to Xie Xian, saying, “It was this official’s oversight. Fenghua Tower invites its guests in advance.”

“Today, this official brought so many friends uninvited, causing some disturbance. I hope Manager Xie can forgive us.”

Seeing Fang Zheng’s agreeable manner, many people completely relaxed.

It seemed this new official was alright, not as inflexible and incorruptible as imagined!

Easy to talk to, and seemed to know how to have fun!

“Zhang Biao, take the others and leave!”

Hearing this, Zhang Biao immediately stood up to lead the reporters away, and the reporters also stood up one after another.

Only Li Yuanzhao remained seated, looking at Fang Zheng in confusion.

Wasn’t he said to be taking them out for a good time? Driving people away right after the meal?

Fang Zheng glanced at Li Yuanzhao calmly.

There would be plenty of time to play in the future, next time for sure!

In that instant, the two communicated with just a glance.

Li Yuanzhao silently stood up and left with Zhang Biao.

Fang Zheng looked at Li Yuanzhao’s retreating figure and shook his head helplessly.

Did this anime kid really want to play in a theme room?

At this age, he doesn’t know what it means to be exhausted, he could play himself to death! Better not let him touch it if possible.

This kid doesn’t even have a son or anything, if his body gets messed up, how would I explain it to the Emperor?

Seeing everyone had left, Fang Zheng faced Xie Xian and said, “Alright, now that all irrelevant people have left, Manager Xie can make the arrangements.”

Xie Xian immediately said loudly, “Everyone! Tonight, Master Wu has prepared a special surprise for everyone! It’s different for each person!”

“When you enter the rooms later, no matter what you encounter, please don’t make any noise, to avoid disturbing others!”

Hearing this, everyone’s eyes turned green!

We’re all experienced men here, if you say it like that, I’m not sleepy at all!

Make noise? At our age, what haven’t we seen? I’d like to see how you can make me cry out!

Xie Xian raised both hands and said, “Everyone, stay in your seats and don’t move. Someone will take you to your individual rooms. Have a good time, everyone!”

As he finished speaking, he lowered both hands, and more than ten maids came running from the side, each holding a black cloth.

They went to each person, blindfolded them with the black cloth, then took their hands and led them straight upstairs.

The heads of the Sun and Wang families were panicking terribly. Seeing the maids about to blindfold them, they quickly tried to block with their hands.

However, the maids’ movements were too quick. The head of the Wang family, Wang Qixun, had already been blindfolded and led away by the hand.

Luckily, the head of the Sun family, Sun Jiacheng, was a bit quicker and grabbed the black cloth, looking at Fang Zheng with pleading eyes.

Seeing this, Xie Xian quickly waved his hand to stop the action.

All the other people had been blindfolded and taken to their rooms. Now only Xie Xian, Fang Zheng, Sun Jiacheng, and a few maids remained in the hall.

Fang Zheng walked towards Sun Jiacheng, looking him in the eyes, and said calmly, “What’s wrong… Head of the Sun family, don’t want to go upstairs? If you don’t want to go, you can leave.”

Sun Jiacheng said tremblingly, “I want to, I want to! Lord Fang, there… there won’t be any danger, right?”

“Heh, if I wanted to harm you, would I need to play so many tricks? Go up with peace of mind, don’t worry!”

With that, he waved his hand, and a maid came forward to blindfold Sun Jiacheng and take him upstairs.

Seeing everyone had gone upstairs, Fang Zheng asked Xie Xian, “How is it, everything arranged in the rooms?”

Xie Xian smiled and said, “Don’t worry, Master. The staff has been trained well, and the tea has been drugged.”

“What drug? It won’t have any side effects that might make people sick?”

Side effects? Xie Xian pondered this word for a moment, then quickly understood.

“There definitely won’t be any problems! That drug is used for breeding donkeys in our county, it works really well! We’ve been using it for years, absolutely no side effects.”

“And we’ve already diluted it with water. We’ve tested the dosage on our own people!”

“That’s good then…”

……………

Sun Jiacheng’s eyes were blindfolded.

Although what Fang Zheng said was reasonable – he wouldn’t need to go to such trouble to kill him – he still felt panicked. Fortunately, the maid’s soft little hand kept holding his, which reduced his panic somewhat.

Sun Jiacheng silently counted the steps in his heart, remembering the direction.

After walking for a short while, probably only going up one floor, they stopped.

He heard the maid’s gentle voice by his ear: “In a moment, I’ll help you remove the blindfold. Please don’t cry out in surprise after entering the room.”

After saying this, she gently pushed Sun Jiacheng forward. He nearly tripped over the threshold as he took a step forward, but the maid supported him.

Sun Jiacheng’s heart started racing again.

Then he felt someone untying the knot at the back of his head. The moment it was untied, Sun Jiacheng immediately turned around.

But what he faced were two large doors.

The doors slammed shut with a “bang”, and the sound of locking came from outside.

Sun Jiacheng swallowed hard and slowly turned his head.

This turn of the head was no small matter! Seeing the scene before him instantly made his soul want to flee!

In the dim room, only a few candles were lit, and the lampshades were even covered with green paper!

This made the light in the room particularly eerie!

And before him was actually a funeral hall!

Incense, candles, and paper money were scattered all over the ground. A coffin was placed squarely in the center of the room, with a small woman kneeling in front of it.

At the far end of the room was a large [condolence] character, with white floral curtains and all the trappings.

But what terrified him most was the picture frame hanging prominently under that [condolence] character!

The frame contained a lifelike painting of the upper half of a person, but that person had no facial features!

A faceless person!

Sun Jiacheng was so shocked by this scene that he could hardly breathe.

His pupils contracted, his lips trembling uncontrollably…

“What… what is this? Someone! Someone!! I want to get out!!”

“Ghost! There’s a ghost!! Ah!!”

Sun Jiacheng screamed and immediately turned to frantically pound on the door.

When his fists couldn’t open it, he started using both hands and feet. The door resounded with loud banging.

Damn it! Idiot!

The woman in front of the coffin frowned, then put on a professional expression and slowly turned her head towards Sun Jiacheng.

She said resentfully, “Sir! Please stop knocking…”

Hearing this, Sun Jiacheng stiffly turned to look at the woman. He saw that she had a pretty face, but wore an expression on the verge of tears.

“This humble one… is not a ghost.”

“May I ask if you’ve come to pay respects to my late husband? If so, please drink a cup of tea, offer three sticks of incense to my late husband, and then you can leave. This humble one thanks you on behalf of my late husband.”

Drink tea, offer incense, and then can leave!?

Sun Jiacheng’s throat bobbed up and down, and he stiffly walked over, kneeling at a position slightly farther from the woman.

He asked in a trembling voice, “Yes… I’m here to offer incense. After that, I can leave?”

“Mm-hmm,” the woman responded softly.

Then she picked up the teapot and poured a cup of hot tea…