In the City Lord's Mansion, the traces of fireworks have been cleaned up. The night passed without incident, people's hearts gradually stabilized, and everything finally started to move again.
Bai Rong got up very early today and sat in the study for most of an hour. He wrote down all the recent events in detail in a letter. There were two letters, and he sent them to Baidi City and Baidi City respectively. Suzaku City.
Xing Zuo was also in the study. His eye injury had not healed, and he was wearing a thick black cloth belt. He waited until there were only two people left in the study before he said, "Your Majesty will probably arrange for someone else to come."
Bai Rong frowned when he heard this and sighed: "Both Bian Xia and Zheng Deduo are dead. The people your Majesty sends this time may not be as simple as helping me stabilize my position."
Xing Zuo nodded and said: "You have to understand that we are an interest group centered around His Majesty. We can usually have some voices of our own, but as long as His Majesty speaks, there can only be one voice."
Bai Rong felt a little regretful and said: "After all, I didn't seize this opportunity. After His Majesty's people come, I, the city lord, will no doubt be a puppet."
Xing Zuo didn't know how to comfort him at all, so he asked, "Does Zheng Deduo have any clues?"
Bai Rong replied: "Today, I asked people to swim up and down the Huanhua River and found a courtyard in the upper reaches."
"However, there are no traces of anyone staying. Fortunately, someone found blood stains on the thorns and vines outside. It should be their meeting point outside the city."
Xing Zuo frowned and asked, "Whose yard belongs to it?"
Bai Rong's eyelids moved slightly and he said bluntly: "It's from Yuejiu."
Xing Zuo was somewhat familiar with this name. He thought for a moment and said, "It seems to have something to do with Lu Fei and the others."
Bai Rong smiled bitterly and said: "Because of the cook's matter, I have been in contact with Lu Fei recently. I have heard before that they are cleaning up someone internally. I didn't expect it to be Yue Jiu, and Yue Jiu is already dead."
"Dead?" Xing Zuo frowned, "What a coincidence?"
Bai Rong asked: "I'm a little surprised too, but we have always had a cooperative relationship with Quan Mansion, so this month nine we are going to investigate privately?"
Xing Zuo shook his head and said cryptically: "Tian Shou's side has a deeper connection with Quan Mansion. They have been quite uneasy in Hidden Valley recently. This period is not suitable for further investigation."
Bai Rong was a little depressed, "I can't investigate that sword cultivator, and I can't investigate the clues I finally found about the helper. I'm afraid I won't be able to avenge this revenge."
Xing Zuo was silent for a moment and said coldly: "The situation is like this. There is no point in complaining. You can only start with these big families in the city. They will definitely not be monolithic. They suppress one group of people and win over another group. I don't need to do this." Teach it.”
"Yeah." Bai Rong nodded and said, "So I'm going to go to Liu's house soon."
"Liu family?"
Bai Rong replied: "Some of my subordinates came to report before, saying that the Liu family was a little busy today, and their head would announce the candidate for the next head of the family."
In order to secure his position as city lord, Bai Rong naturally knew some information about the big families in advance. Xing Zuo didn't know as much as Bai Rong did, so he asked doubtfully: "Their family leader is about to die?"
Xing Zuo was also a little surprised, "I have learned before that Liu Chaoge is quite capable and has led the Liu family to become one of the top three families in Jinguan City. Recently, he has also established a relationship with the royal housekeeper. He is only about forty years old. It’s the right year to do it.”
"But that's not why I went here this time."
Xing Zuo heard the seriousness in Bai Rong's tone and asked, "What's going on? The helper is from the Liu family?"
Bai Rong shook his head and replied with slightly squinted eyes: "Zheng Deduo once specifically mentioned that when I use means to stabilize the situation, I should not offend the Liu family."
"Offended?" Xing Zuo murmured, chewing the word carefully, and said seriously: "If Zheng Deduo is speaking on behalf of the royal family, then the Liu family's backers...may be terrifying. You must not test it easily now,"
"Hey -" Bai Rong sighed and muttered: "I thought my brother's Suzaku City was a mess, but I didn't expect that this Jinguan City is even worse."
Xing Zuo sighed and said, "My lord, it's not easy for me to be in Suzaku City. Murong Xing's planning should have started. My lord may not be coerced into doing something."
"So, early tomorrow morning, I have to rush back immediately."
"Your eyes haven't healed yet, why are you so anxious?"
Xing Zuo heard the confusion in Bai Rong's voice, and suggested: "Jinguan City has been in a state of flux recently, with hidden dragons and crouching tigers. You'd better not move lightly."
"Aren't you even investigating these families?"
"Since a member of the Liu family can ask Zheng Deduo to remind you like this, then you should wait for the people sent by His Majesty to come and just listen to them."
Bai Rong was silent, and Xing Zuo said with a smile: "In this world, living has infinite possibilities. Only by living well now can you help me in the future."
Bai Rong said sincerely: "Brother Xing will give you more advice."
Xing Zuo accepted it calmly and said, "Your brother and I are close friends, so of course I don't have bad intentions."
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From Mu Qing's point of view, the daylight outside the yard went a little too fast today. He and Liu Weirui had just begun to try to get along with each other for real. After cuddling together for a while, Liu Weirui was called outside by her father.
No matter what, in Liu Chaoge's heart, there is only one most important thing today, and that is his daughter's birthday.
So when he heard that a servant came to report that his daughter was staying with that brat, he felt a little heartbroken. He felt that Mu Qing had robbed him of the time he had with his daughter, and even shared with those outsiders that the family was alone and amiable. He didn't care anymore and sent someone to call Liu Weirui out.
Although there are so many tribesmen and outsiders who hate flattery, he is with his daughter at least, right?
After the banquet started, Mu Qing and Yue Jiu naturally stayed in the inner courtyard and did not come out. Originally, the Zhang Zizhen brothers wanted to go outside to join in the fun, but they could only return in frustration.
Because Xiaochan stopped them and said that someone was coming to the City Lord's Mansion today, so they naturally had no choice but to sit at a table with Mu Qing.
Yue Jiu and Mu Qing had a drink, and they really didn't know each other before. Yue Jiu said with a joking smile: "Looking at the unhappy look on your face, I guess it's the head of the Liu family who doesn't want Miss Liu to be with you. "
"Hmph!" Mu Qing said seriously: "Uncle Liu didn't refuse explicitly. I heard Wei Rui say that it's just because of my current background in Hidden Valley that I don't think much of our future."
Yue Jiu nodded, "That's really good."
Zhang Zishan took Mu Qing to have a drink, and sighed: "You are really lucky. As long as the lady follows Madam back to the Lin family in Xishan, she will not be the eldest lady of the Liu family in Jinguan City, but the eldest lady of the Xishan realm." .”
Mu Qing felt a little worried when he heard this, and asked seriously: "Brother Zhang, if Wei Rui really goes, will it happen that she won't be as comfortable in Jinguan City?"
Zhang Zizhen was the first to speak: "Madam is a very powerful figure in the entire Xishan Realm. The young lady and Madam have a close blood relationship. With her taking care of you, nothing will happen to you. Don't worry."
Mu Qing thought of Liu Weirui saying that she also wanted to start practicing. He shook his head and asked, "I know that a family like the Lin family in Xishan wants to be respected by others or have the right to speak. I'm afraid it's not enough to rely on family ties alone. It's definitely still Wei Rui went to your place to rely on her own cultivation strength..."
The Zhang Zizhen brothers understood most of what Mu Qing meant.
Zhang Zishan quickly shook his head and said: "Don't worry, little brother Mu Qing, the head of the house and his wife have a very good relationship. Apart from the former eldest lady, who is Miss Liu's mother, there are no other heirs. After the lady passed away, her status will be very special. I think she will have a very special status." No one dares to disrespect Miss. As for the realm of cultivation, I really can’t say, but the Lin family in Xishan has more treasures than you can imagine. It must not be difficult for Miss to reach the realm we are now."
Mu Qing was a little relieved and raised a glass to invite him. After drinking three glasses, he got rid of it and said, "Wei Rui has gone back. Everything will definitely not go smoothly. I hope the two eldest brothers can help me a lot."
Zhang Zizhen shook his head quickly and said with a smile: "You are worrying too much. Madam chose us two brothers. We already understand Madam's arrangement, and we will definitely be loyal to her when the time comes."
Seeing that Mu Qing's mood had improved, Yue Jiu couldn't help but ask, "Is this morning going well for you?"
After Yue Jiu mentioned it, Mu Qing remembered a very important thing. Seeing Mu Qing suddenly become serious, Yue Jiu frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"
Mu Qing said with an unhappy look on his face: "You have three drinks first. This is what you owe me."
Yue Jiu did not doubt that he was there. He drank three glasses of wine and looked at Mu Qing. Mu Qing smiled bitterly and said, "Why do I feel like I haven't thought through some things? The problem is serious."
"From Lu Fei's words, it is also confirmed that you are dead. It seems that Senior Hu's excellent handling of the aftermath did not make Hidden Valley suspicious."
Yue Jiu breathed a sigh of relief and asked doubtfully: "This is a good thing, what's wrong with you?"
Mu Qing said helplessly: "It's a good thing for you, but not for me."
"According to our previous plan with Senior Hu, he should have intercepted and killed you who was poisoned and escaped. As a result, the people inside Hidden Valley didn't know what was going on. They directly confirmed that I killed you and asked me to directly replace you in the assassin ranking. position on the list.”
Yue Jiu was silent for a moment and said, "Senior Hu would not do this."
Mu Qing shook his head and sighed: "The problem is not here, but that it has been a long time since you faked your death in Xingchui Forest. At that time, I felt that there was something in Lu Fei's words, but now I understand that this matter will definitely turn out very quickly. The speed is transmitted back to Ten Thousand Flowers Valley."
Yue Jiu also figured out the key, became anxious, narrowed her eyelids, and asked, "Doesn't that mean Ah Chu knows that I'm dead?"
Mu Qing said with an indifferent expression: "Senior sister may be so sad for you that she sheds two tears. But more importantly, senior sister will think that it was really me who killed you."
Yue Jiu's eyes narrowed slightly and she said coldly: "They want to cause internal conflicts in the Ten Thousand Flowers Valley. They may have already instigated antagonism in the Valley."
Mu Qing said seriously: "After all, I sent you a message for my senior sister but I have never met you. If it weren't for the extreme coincidence at that time, you would have been killed by me."
Mu Qing hadn't said yet that he had taken on a mission in the bookstore, and he vaguely realized that these conspiracies seemed to be pointing to the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers, so Yue Jiu could only do it in a hurry.
Yue Jiu finished the glass of wine in silence, but smiled freely, looked at Mu Qing and said, "I know what A Chu's temperament is. She is calm and smart, and those people will never take advantage of her."
Mu Qing also understood, but was still a little worried, saying, "I'm afraid that the relationship between my sister and senior sister will be affected because of what happened between you and me."
Yue Jiu was silent, Mu Qing stared at Yue Jiu up and down for a few times, only to look at Yue Jiu a little bit hairy, and asked: "What are your plans?"
Mu Qing said: "If I stupidly go back to Ten Thousand Flowers Valley empty-handed, I don't know how much my senior sister will hate me."
"The shadow of the famous tree, the Nine Swords of the Falling Moon. Is your sword called "Yuehua"?"
"Huh? You mean that?"
"Since Senior Hu can use your sword to prove that you are indeed dead, then you still have something. Well, if senior sister sees it, she will understand that you are actually still alive."
Yue Jiu breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a little happy in her heart, and said in an unprecedented way, "Then I'll write a letter to A Chu. She will understand everything when she sees the letter."
Mu Qing rolled his eyes and said helplessly: "What? I have really become the messenger for you two?"
