Tomb Raider: The man is in the Nine Gates, but the system insists it's the Primordial Era.

Su Mu looked up when he heard the noise coming from inside the carriage.

At the front of the carriage, the guards seemed to have returned from running errands; they were covered in blood and carrying a wooden box.

"We've got the goods, Master."

The guards placed the wooden box on the small table in front of Zhang Qishan's seat.

Zhang Qishan nodded.

Qi Tiezui, curious and itching to open the wooden box, decided to do so.

A unique invitation card, featuring a design incorporating the patterns of a vermilion bird, water ripples, and lotus scrolls, lies quietly inside a wooden box.

This was the New Moon Hotel invitation that Zhang Qishan had intercepted, which should have belonged to Peng Sanbian, the roughneck from the Northwest.

"An invitation?" Qi Tiezui took the invitation in his hand and began to read it.

"Peng Sanbian?" Qi Tiezui asked, full of doubt.

Zhang Qishan's lips curled up: "The rules of the auction are that no one can enter without an invitation. We came in a hurry and did not inform them in advance, so we don't have invitations. A friend of mine also happened to be attending this auction, so he gave me one."

"Send him away?" Qi Tiezui turned his head to look at the personal guard whose clothes were still stained with blood, his lips twitching slightly.

Invitation from the Crescent Hotel.

Upon hearing this news, Su Mu suddenly raised an eyebrow.

Given Zhang Qishan's background—having risen through countless bones to achieve his position—he shouldn't have received much attention from those above.

Military achievements were perhaps just one of the reasons that led to Zhang Qishan's later promotion.

Another crucial point is undoubtedly related to the Crescent Hotel.

What kind of place is Beiping?

Who would be able to hold an underground auction in that place?

Furthermore...

The predecessor of the Crescent Hotel was also recorded in films, books and other materials in Su Mu's previous life memories.

Isn't the Crescent Moon Hotel just the "Pillow Building" from Wang Zanghai's era?

Su Mu did not have much contact with Zhang Qishan.

But in the eyes of Su Mu and the Nine Gates, Zhang Qishan was just a wandering swordsman with a dream of joining the army.

He is thorough in his work and extremely loyal to his friends and family.

This can be seen from the fact that Qi Tiezui was in danger.

At that time, Zhang Qishan was willing to give up his official position and military duties, and secretly ran away from Changsha alone to cut off the heads of the villains who surrounded Qi Tiezui.

Then look at how Zhang Rishan and the other Zhang family guards usually treat Zhang Qishan like a brother or father.

If this person were truly heartless, ungrateful, and treacherous, it would be impossible for him to have so many followers.

Nobody is an idiot.

"Could it be that this trip led him to the Wang family, another family with a century-long history of seclusion, and that's how he was controlled and promoted to a high position?"

Su Mu pondered to himself, the information still not very clear.

"Master, the information we received says that Peng Sanbian is a notorious guest from the Northwest, with a scarred face, a burly build, a large head, and a thick neck. What do you think..."

The guard suddenly brought up another matter.

According to the information they obtained, Peng Sanbian was an extremely ugly, burly man who liked to pick his nose and scratch his feet.

This bears absolutely no resemblance to the currently elegant and charismatic Buddha Zhang Qishan.

Zhang Qishan frowned as well: "We can only take it one step at a time."

He doesn't mind looking ugly, but it would be difficult to look as ugly as the real Peng Sanbian.

After all, the foundation is there.

"You lot... don't look like any of the notorious bandits from the Northwest at all," the guard said with a wry smile, his gaze sweeping over the men.

Zhang Qishan, Er Yuehong, Qi Tiezui, Su Mu.

These men look just like ancient scholars and poets; they don't resemble any of the fierce bandits they are.

……

Beiping Station Exit.

Upon hearing that her fiancé, Peng Sanbian, would use the New Moon Hotel auction as an excuse to announce to everyone that she, Yi Xinyue, was his fiancée, Yi Xinyue hurriedly waited at the platform entrance with her subordinates.

"Miss, won't the master punish us for doing this?"

"If anything happens, I'll take full responsibility! I've heard that Peng Sanbian is hideously ugly and a scoundrel who likes to eat raw beef and mutton. I, Yi Xinyue, would rather die than marry him!"

"You all need to remember this! You people grew up receiving favors from the Yi family. When they get off the bus, you'd better kill them! I'll take responsibility if anything happens!"

"Especially you, Listen to me, don't hold back!"

"Miss, we don't know Peng Sanbian, so how can we tell it's him?"

"His family has already sent people to the station to pick him up. After he gets off the train, he will definitely look for the people from my Crescent Hotel. It won't be hard to tell. Besides, the people in the Northwest dress and behave differently from those in Beijing. They will definitely be able to tell."

"..."

Hiding to one side, Yi Xinyue, who had changed into a black men's suit, was petite, with a fake mustache sticking above her rosy lips that kept trembling as she spoke.

Just as Yi Xinyue was instructing her men to make sure Peng Sanbian was killed.

A strange man's voice came from the platform entrance.

"Is anyone from the Crescent Moon Hotel here? Why hasn't anyone come to pick me up, Mr. Peng?"

"Master, be a little more boisterous, a little more boisterous! No, not like that! Come on, like me, lower your voice, and say, 'Third Master Peng, I'm here! Where are the people from the Crescent Moon Hotel? Hmph!'"

"roll!"

"..."

Zhang Qishan, who didn't particularly like impersonating others or learning from others' habits, lightly kicked Qi Tiezui, who was putting on airs, and continued to scan the crowd.

He had made a series of plans before getting on the bus.

This also delayed the current train of Peng Sanbian's true design.

I reckon that guy won't arrive in Beiping until the next train.

"Miss, is that Peng Sanbian?"

"Something's not right, miss?"

"Why does he look different from what I expected? Also, the people around him seem quite refined and handsome; they don't look like burly men from Northwest China at all!"

"Ahem, what are we doing here?"

"kill!"

"Kill you? Or kill you?"

"Miss, no, that Peng Sanbian..."

"Didn't our family come to pick us up? We can just go home and wait. Why do we need to come in person?"

"Miss, something's wrong!"

"Hehehe."

"..."

Platform entrance.

After being constantly told by Qi Tiezui and his personal guards in the carriage that he didn't look like Peng Sanbian, Zhang Qishan changed into a military green cotton coat, deliberately messed up his hair, and had a cigarette in his mouth.

But even though he tried his best to move Peng Sanbian, his good looks couldn't be overshadowed.

Su Mu heard that many young ladies in Changsha wanted to marry Zhang Qishan and kept crying and making a scene at home.

However, Zhang Qishan had no interest in these things and refused them all.

Zhang Qishan walked in front.

The maid walked in the middle, arm in arm with Er Yuehong.

Qi Tiezui and Su Mu Huoxian'er traveled together.

Many passengers disembarked from the train together.

But no one else was as handsome and beautiful as this group, with their looks being off the charts.

"Are you Master Peng?"

The people from the Crescent Hotel who came to greet Peng Sanbian walked out of the crowd in a daze, looking at the small team in front of them in disbelief.

Any one of these people, if you randomly pick one, would already possess the temperament and appearance of an exceptional individual.

When did handsome guys start flocking together?

How could these people, living in that northwestern place where yellow sand blows everywhere, possibly grow up?

at the same time.

Su Mu's gaze fell on one of the various stalls haphazardly set up in front of the Beiping Station entrance.

Beiping will soon be renamed the capital.

This is the origin of Panjiayuan, the place where Hu Bayi and others opened stalls and shops in the future.

However, ordinary things would not catch Su Mu's eye.

【The Three Cavern Spirit Officials and the Three Holy Gods Strike】

[Introduction: This deity governs the orthodox teachings of the three caves of Dongzhen, Dongxuan, and Dongshen, and commands the true rulers of the three caves of Dongxuan and Lingbao, invoking the presence of three supreme and powerful deities.]

Marshal Nezha, the Great Sage of the Central Altar;

The Monkey King;

Erlang Shen, the Manifested Saint.

[Type: Divine Invocation, Spirit Spell, Invocation of Spirits]

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