[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposed-the-old-n":3,"chapter-i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposed-the-old-n-i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposing-the-old--chapter-5":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I, The Tomb-Raiding Storyteller: Exposing the Old Nine Gates from the Start",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2159998,3627,"Chapter 5","i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposing-the-old--chapter-5",5,"\u003Cp>Zhang Lin said he would list the Nine Gates, which surprised Huo Huo Hongxiu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She thought Zhang Lin would find an excuse to shirk, but she didn't expect him to be completely unafraid!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guests below were cheering, and Huo Huo Hongxiu also smiled and nodded to Zhang Lin, then walked into the private box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, the fatty also finished watching the fun and closed the door to return to the east private box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said to Wu Tianzhen: \"Hey! The capital is still extraordinary. You can see such a top-notch babe just by listening to a story in a theater!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Tianzhen's mind was full of his grandfather losing the Warring States silk book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no time to deal with the fatty picking up girls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Tianzhen stared at Zhang Lin below with a heavy heart and said casually: \"Didn't you see the pendant on that girl's neck?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fatty was confused. Pendant? What pendant?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tianzhen said: \"That pendant of hers is full of green water; it's enough to buy a house in the capital.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hiss—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fatty exclaimed, a pendant can buy a house? And in the capital!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is too... too beastly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the huge disparity in wealth could not stop the fatty's youthful heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said indifferently: \"It's better to have money. If she has money, I can marry into her family!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Tianzhen ignored him and said: \"Don't be noisy, Mr. Zhang is about to start talking about the Lower Three Gates!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Before talking about the Lower Three Gates, let me summarize the Nine Gates for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I said before that the Nine Gates came from old Old Changsha, and their names were derived from the Nine Gate Commanders of old Old Changsha!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And each family of the Nine Gates can be summarized in three sentences.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Military men, actors, and cane immortals.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Yama, prodigals, and laughing Buddhas.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Beauties, calculators, and chess players reaching the heavens!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Today, let's talk about the beauty, the calculator, and the chess player reaching the heavens of the Lower Three Gates.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clap clap clap—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Lin's three-sentence summary of the Nine Gates had already made some people applaud excitedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Lady Huo in the private box on the second floor looked calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Huo Huo Hongxiu's face was full of curiosity because she knew that the Huo family belonged to the Lower Three Gates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Old Lady Huo was the only woman in the Lower Three Gates!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So this beauty naturally refers to her!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huo Huo Hongxiu was also hearing for the first time that someone could make the Nine Gates into such a catchy phrase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn't help but look forward to Zhang Lin's subsequent storytelling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially since even Huo Huo Hongxiu didn't actually know about her grandmother's past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, she was even more interested in these old stories!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, Zhang Lin's tone carried a smile as he continued: \"I know that when you hear 'beauty, calculator, chess player reaching the heavens', your first reaction is to know who this beauty is!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, everyone looked at each other and smiled knowingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Old Lady Huo on the second floor had a face so gloomy it could freeze!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Lin was also smiling, but he changed the subject and said: \"Since you all want to know so much, let's talk about this chess player reaching the heavens first!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, everyone was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, Old Lady Huo's expression on the second floor was like ice and snow melting, and she began to smile!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Lin's feint actually suited Old Lady Huo's taste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the Nine Gates, the Upper Three Gates are officials, the Middle Three Gates are thieves, and the Lower Three Gates are merchants.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This chess player reaching the heavens refers to the head of the Xie family in old Old Changsha, Little Xie Jiu!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Some people also call him Ninth Master. This Xie Ninth Master is steady, has the best concentration, and does things without any leaks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Xie family of old Old Changsha has produced many talents, and Xie Ninth Master is also the only intellectual among the heads of the Nine Gates.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is said that Xie Ninth Master studied abroad in the East in his early years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xie Ninth Master's personality, like the Xie family, has no special characteristics.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Therefore, he is also the one with the fewest legendary stories in the Lower Three Gates.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Lower Three Gates are in business, so naturally the Xie family does the antique business.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Xie family's business, whether it's manpower, routines, or channels, is not the most outstanding, but it is the most stable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xie Ninth Master likes to play chess, and he will definitely set a strategy in advance for everything he does, just like playing chess.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chess players have a saying about looking three steps ahead. With Xie Ninth Master, he can see at least ten steps ahead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Therefore, decades ago, in old Old Changsha, where warlords were in chaos, no one wanted to go against Xie Ninth Master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Lin reached this point, picked up his teacup, and took a sip of tea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huo Huo Hongxiu also let out a long sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, she was completely addicted to Zhang Lin's storytelling!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially since the Xie family often interacted with their Huo family, but she didn't know about the Xie family's past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She only heard Old Lady Huo say every time she mentioned Xie Ninth Master: \"Ask him for advice? Forget it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little Xie Jiu, this person, if you ask him to come forward, you have to explain the cause and effect clearly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you don't let him sort out all the possibilities, he won't make a move.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, by the time you find him, the food is already cold.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before, Huo Huo Hongxiu didn't know why Old Lady Huo said that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that she heard Zhang Lin's storytelling, she understood that Xie Ninth Master just had this personality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being steady in his conduct is the only way to ensure that other families have had more or less turmoil over the past hundred years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only their Xie family's business has always been steady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in special times, they could retreat unscathed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In contrast, the Huo family was much more turbulent!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, Zhang Lin continued: \"Although Xie Ninth Master has the fewest legendary stories, it doesn't mean there are none.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Today, I will tell you a strange story about Xie Ninth Master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chess player reaching the heavens, a battle of wits with the Chess Saint of Yangcheng!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…….\u003C\u002Fp>",1098,"2026-06-16T21:03:36.166Z","2026-06-16T22:03:03.495Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","fbb721111ed086fb94312e9f4a3f3702209a52490d540f3770276e6e02586538","i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposing-the-old--chapter-6","i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposing-the-old--chapter-4",577,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposing-the-old--cover.jpg"]