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Chapter 279: Bureau of Works, Zhang Shouzhi!

After traversing numerous alleys, at a locationGen's carriage cae, and after bidding Wang Gen farewell, he sent the carriage aith his eyes

"Gongzi, where do we go now?" asked Old Eagle, Solitary Wolf, and Steel Are and stood on the street

"We'll be looking for soold token fro in his pal, receiving Zhangchou Jianqiong's token, and uncovering the fact that Zhang Wentuo was in the capital as well, it was ti a dark and daion of the capital, and short, dilapidated houses slowly caht

This was the poor district

Where there is the wealthy, there is also the poor The capital was no different

As they proceeded further down the alley, the houses grew zi intend to do here?"

Old Eagle, Solitary Wolf, and Steel Ar more andof the capital, they had never been here before

They couldn't i of Duke Jiu, the scion of a clan of ion

"This should be it,” Wang Chongby the standards of the poor district, this residence could be considered as grand and ae-filled steps, and the vine crawling up the walls showed that this wasn't the ho forward, Wang Chong knocked on the door ring on the large doors A moment later, the doors opened, and a head peeked out

"Who are you looking for?"

The man had sleepy eyes He seemed to be a servant of the residence

"We're here to look for Master Zhang," Wang Chong asked politely with a s the resplendent clothes that Wang Chong and the others earing, he quickly opened the doors

The rooloomy and dark, illuminated only by a simple and dily in his fifties was lying on a ba bluish-purple smoke across the room

"Most people won't co to the on his pipe leisurely

"Old mister, we're here to request your help for a construction," Wang Chong replied

"H's words, the elder was taken aback for a rave demeanor finally appeared on his face But soon, he sneered while knocking the ashes from the pipe and rejected coldly, "I don't froive up the idea Ever since leaving the Bureau of Works, I've never built a residence for anyone"

This man was actually frole, Steel Arms, and Solitary Wolf, were shocked The stipends for the officials of the Bureau of Works were high Even the most ordinary of officials in it would be able to live luxuriously

No one would expect an official of the Bureau of Works to be living in such a dilapidated residence in the poor district

It seeht

They were present at the banquet as well, albeit not given a seat They knew that Wang Chong intended to purchase the Lion Rock Hill to construct a base

It seee his help to construct the base

But hoould gongzi know that there's an official from the Bureau of Works here?

The trio was perplexed

"Hehe Elder Zhang, what I want to build is not a residence What I want is a fortress," Wang Chong gazed at the elder before hi knehy this elder was living here was simple—he hadaround the town as a profligate scion

The ate scion was to possess keen eyes to deter before him

"Fortress?"

While the elder was uninterested in the quartet before hi's words But soon, his face darkened, and rage filled his features

"Gongzi, are you taking me for a fool? I don't care which clan you are from, but you better scram from my residence this very instant" The elder pointed to the door with his srily