To put it bluntly, it's half true and half false.
With the ready-made punishment of punishment right in front of him, Rong Feijuan had no chance of letting it go in vain.
Furthermore, City Lord Qiu was really an honest man. Growing up, Rong Fei couldn't bear to see honest people being bullied the most, so he couldn't help but want to help him.
Even so, Qiu Moyan's face was still full of doubts and disbelief, staring blankly at Liu Chen, waiting for his personal answer.
Liu Chen couldn't help but sigh when he saw this.
As Rong Fei said, once suspicion arises, the crime will be established.
Even if there is no conclusive evidence at this moment, even with Liu Chen's understanding of Qiu Moyan, he only needs to defend that everything is just a coincidence and his own unintentional mistake, and Qiu Moyan will most likely believe it and stop pursuing it.
But the thorn in my heart has been deeply buried, and it cannot be removed until the day I die.
In this case, it is better to talk about it, so as not to make myself uncomfortable.
"Mo Yan, I...I'm sorry for you."
The change of title represents a change in the identity of the two people.
At this moment, Liu Chen was no longer the housekeeper of the City Lord's Mansion, but just an old friend of Qiu Moyan for decades.
"Why... why?"
Because Rong Fei intentionally lengthened the process of revealing the answer and gave Qiu Moyan enough time to buffer and accept the reality, there was no scene of him becoming so angry that he vomited blood and fainted.
Qiu Moyan just grabbed Liu Chen's forearm and asked in a changed tone, almost whispering.
"Even if Qingfeng City is annexed by other major cities, because of the oracle from the temple, the Qiu family can be safe and continue to enjoy wealth and glory. But what will the four major families do without the temple as a backing? Baiyun City was destroyed After the annexation, has Mo Yan forgotten the miserable end that the three aristocratic families under the city lord ended up with? Naturally, the four major aristocratic families are not willing to sit back and wait for death."
"So, you were instigated by the four families of Song, Qiliang, and Chen? What benefits did they promise you? You were actually asked to do this cruel thing in vain of the fifty-plus years of friendship between you and me."
"Hehehe..."
Facing Qiu Moyan's question, Liu Chen gave out a wry smile.
"Why do you only have one heir?"
Qiu Moyan's body shook violently when he heard this, his face full of disbelief.
Of course, the master Liu Chen was talking about at this moment did not refer to Qiu Moyan, but to Qiu Moyan's father, the previous lord of Qingfeng City.
Judging from this, the emotional tactic had been used on Qiu Moyan's father decades ago.
And Qiu Moyan's birth, just like Qiu Yuee'e, was just an accident.
"Wanting to obtain the position of city lord requires the approval of the temple, which cuts off the possibility of seizing power by force. After Qingfeng City lost nine cities at once in the competition a hundred years ago, the four major families of Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen had actually started planning . If Qingfeng City continues to be in charge of the Qiu family, it will definitely end up being annexed and ruined. As long as the descendants of the Qiu family are cut off, the four major families can naturally gain the recognition of the temple and restore Qingfeng City to its former glory."
Liu Chen explained.
"As for the benefits...hehe, the head of the Chen family promised to set aside a medium-sized city for my son to take charge of."
"How can a small medium-sized city compare with the high authority of the main city administrator?"
Qiu Moyan didn't understand, very much.
In the main city of Qingfeng City, Liu Chen can be said to be one person below ten thousand people. Even the chiefs of the small and medium-sized cities under his jurisdiction must be respectful, nod and bow when they see him.
"No matter how powerful you are, you are still a slave of the Qiu family. No matter how small your master is, you can still live an upright life. I have been a slave for more than fifty years, but I can no longer watch my children and grandchildren being slaves forever. Mo Yan. , you can’t understand this feeling.”
"you…"
Qiu Moyan suddenly became excited, stood up, grabbed Liu Chen's collar and shouted.
"Liu Chen, have I ever treated you badly over the years? Have I ever really treated you like a slave?"
"Mo Yan, you are you and cannot be generalized. Besides, it is still unclear whether Qingfeng City can survive until that day under your rule. I have been appointed in this life, but I always have to plan a way out for future generations. "
Liu Chen did not resist, but defended in a hoarse voice.
"I, the Qiu family, can't do it, but Song, Qi, Liang and Chen can do it! Can't you see the virtues of the children of these four families?"
"The fall of Qingfeng City at the hands of your Qiu family has become a fact. Whether the four major families can regain their prestige is yet to be seen. To compare the two, we have to give it a try."
Qiu Moyan's momentum suddenly froze when he heard this. After being stunned for a long time, he slumped back on his chair and smiled bitterly.
"Hahaha, in the final analysis, it is my incompetence. That's all, the cause of the past life and the result of the future life. You... let's go."
Liu Chen seemed to have expected that even if there was a showdown, Qiu Moyan would not do anything to him.
He stood up, straightened his messed up clothes, saluted Qiu Moyan solemnly, and turned around to leave silently.
"The city lord is benevolent and righteous!"
After the door of the study room was closed from the outside, Rong Fei, who had watched the show for a long time, couldn't help but give Qiu Moyan a thumbs up and smiled.
Qiu Moyan raised his head when he heard the words, with a look of despair on his face. After moving his lips a few times, he said in a hoarse voice.
"Liu Chen is right. The decline of Qingfeng City is all because of my incompetence, the Qiu family. I can't blame him... They have other ideas."
A good-natured person like Qiu Moyan cannot become a qualified superior. From this point of view, the previous city lord and the previous city lord will probably not be much better.
Although it was his own fault that he ended up in this situation, Rongfei just liked the human flavor of Qiu Moyan, so he comforted him.
"Being kind and benevolent is not a fault, but it becomes an original sin in the eyes of some people with dark minds, and becomes an excuse for their betrayal and usurpation."
"But…"
"Nothing is wrong. In this competition, I will definitely win back all the losses that Qingfeng City has lost in the past. City Lord, your top priority is to regain your glory and spread the branches for the Qiu family."
"But…"
"It's nothing. The city lord is less than sixty and is still very young. It won't be a problem to work hard to have seven or eight children. Let Miss Yue'e take charge of the affairs in the city for the time being. You just need to concentrate on your work..."
With Xing Ming's Qi in hand, Rong Fei lost interest in talking nonsense and interrupted Qiu Moyan's words.
According to Qiu Moyan, the ancestors of the Qiu family followed the so-called gods and settled in the world of Datong more than a thousand years ago.
Rong Fei guessed that this god was that god, the thirteen gods who appeared out of thin air five thousand years ago.
Based on this speculation, the time flow rate in this Datong world should be one-fifth that of the outside world.
But the ratio of night to day here is different from the outside world.
Rong Fei estimated based on his heart rate that one day here is about the same as five days outside, but the night is only as long as two nights outside.
But people here still divide a day into twelve hours, and I don't know how they calculate it.
Anyway, Rong Fei is still a little uncomfortable with it. To put it bluntly, he is jet lag.
Just when Rong Fei was suffering from jet lag, two days passed in a daze, and the day of the competition finally came.
