Chapter 472
When Hong Biao rushed to Liangcheng, it was still dark.
When he went to Liangcheng to take office, he naturally could not take away people from Songcheng, so no one accompanied him to Liangcheng. After arriving in Liangcheng, no one could help him. ..
Of course, this is only on the surface.
Liangcheng is a little bigger than Songcheng.
The overall layout of the city is exactly the same as that of Songcheng.
The city lord's palace is still in the core area of the city center, occupying a large area.
Without the management of the city lord, the entire Liangcheng is still in order. Each captain, with his people, is maintaining the stability of Liangcheng and the area under Liangcheng's jurisdiction according to their own responsibilities.
But this is only calm on the surface.
Secretly, the entire Liangcheng was actually in chaos.
People sent by the Territory Lord's Mansion are lurking in the city and have been investigating the accidental and mysterious death of the previous city lord.
There are also many people from Moyun World hiding in the management areas of Liangzhou and Liangcheng.
There are also some wanted "scavengers" and many desperate gangsters gathered here.
As for the captains of the City Lord's Mansion, no one knows whether they did any tricks during this period.
The entrance to the city lord's mansion.
A short man, probably less than 1.3 meters tall, was holding a knife and looking at a burly man coming out of the city lord's mansion.
This burly man had thick eyebrows and big eyes. Although his face was expressionless, his eyes naturally exuded an evil spirit.
The short man glanced at the burly man and said slowly:
"I heard that the new city lord will arrive today."
"what's your plan?"
The burly man glanced at the short man:
"The new city lord has arrived. It was naturally arranged by the domain lord. What does it have to do with you and me?"
"It's not your turn to do something like this. What are my plans?"
The short man smiled disdainfully, "Why are you pretending?"
"In the entire Liangcheng City Lord's Mansion, we are the only two captains who are on the eighth level of the Starlight Realm."
"If the new city lord is from the Star Glory Realm, then forget it."
"But I heard that the person who came is only at the ninth level of the Starry Realm, only a small level higher than us."
The burly man frowned: "Where did you get the gossip?"
The short man chuckled, "Of course I have my own channels for information."
"Do you know the origin of the new city lord?"
The burly man looked directly into the short man's eyes, "Just say what you want to say, don't beat around the bush with me."
The smile on the short man's face disappeared, and a cold light flashed across his face:
"It's a captain under the lord of Songcheng City, Li Mugong, named Hong Biao."
The burly man snorted coldly, "A captain wants to come to our Liang City to be the city lord. It's a dream!"
After saying that, the burly man strode away.
The short man looked at the burly man's retreating back, with a proud smile on his face.
At noon.
Hong Biao arrived at the east gate of Liangcheng.
He was still wearing black armor and said to the two black-armored guards guarding the city:
"I came to Liangcheng to take up my post."
The two team members looked at Hong Biao with doubts in their eyes:
"Take office, what office?"
Hong Biao frowned:
"Didn't you receive the notice? I am the new city lord of Liangcheng."
The two team members looked at each other and laughed at the same time the next moment.
"Dude, stop joking."
"If you have something to do, you can go to the city to do things. We are all our own people and will not stop you."
Hong Biao's frown deepened.
When he came to Liangcheng to take up his post, the news should have been notified to all the captains in Liangcheng in advance.
But now, not only was there no one to greet him, not even the gatekeeper knew the news.
A cold light flashed in Hong Biao's eyes. After showing his identity card, he walked directly into Liangcheng and walked towards the city lord's mansion.
When he reached the door of the City Lord's Mansion, he saw a short man and fifteen other men standing at the door waiting.
The short man clasped his fists at Hong Biao and said with a respectful smile:
"Welcome City Lord."
Hong Biao nodded, glanced at the short man and others, frowned and asked:
"Are you the captain of Liangcheng?"
The short man nodded, "Reporting to the city lord, there are a total of seventeen captains in Liangcheng. Except for Wei Rui, all the other captains are here."
With that said, the short man introduced himself:
"Lord City Lord, my name is Zenda."
Hong Biao said "hmm" and then asked:
"Captain Wei Rui, are you out for something?"
Zenda also frowned, pretending to think, and then said:
"We were informed that the City Lord would arrive today, so we were waiting here early in the morning."
"When Wei Rui went out, I specifically told him about this. I believe he must have something urgent to attend to, otherwise he wouldn't have stopped coming to greet the city lord for no reason."
Hong Biao glanced at Zeng Da, nodded and said:
"When Captain Wei Rui comes back, ask him to come find me."
"Now, let's go in. I need to know some information from the captains."
After saying that, Hong Biao walked into the city lord's palace and walked straight towards the meeting hall.
Hong Biao seemed particularly calm, even though the Zeng Da in front of him was only a small level lower than him.
In the meeting hall.
After Hong Biao and everyone sat down, he asked straight to the point:
"Let's not beat around the bush."
"First tell me the areas you are each responsible for, and then tell me the specific situation of Liangcheng, and then arrange the rest."
The other captains subconsciously looked at Zenda.
Nearly half of the captains were friends with Wei Rui. Although they didn't like Zeng Da's flattery in front of Hong Biao, they didn't speak.
Zeng Da smiled and clasped his fists, "Don't worry, City Lord, all of us are performing our duties, and the entire Liang City is still very stable now."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a commotion outside the city lord's palace.
A squadron leader, with all his squad captains, rushed into the meeting hall covered in blood, and hurriedly shouted to one of the squadron captains:
"Captain, something happened!"
"Today, when we were on routine patrol within a range of 100 to 500 miles south of the city, we encountered an attack. I don't know where people came from. There were more than 20 people, each of whom was a master. My men, More than two hundred people have died."
The captain's expression changed and he subconsciously looked at Hong Biao.
Hong Biao had no expression on his face and slowly asked:
"Is this what you said, that Liangcheng is stable now?"
Zenda and others frowned instantly.
Everyone knows that Liangcheng is now in a turmoil, with various forces hiding in Liangcheng, and people with evil intentions everywhere.
But at least on the surface, no one dares to mess around.
But it was such a coincidence that such a big thing happened on the day Hong Biao took office.
Just as Zeng Da was about to speak, he saw Hong Biao saying with a cold face:
"All captains, recall all your men immediately and join forces to search the entire Liangcheng!"
"Any suspicious person will be arrested and interrogated. No one can be missed."
"What happened this time was probably done by people from Moyun World. If I can't give a satisfactory explanation, I won't have the face to face the trust of the Territory Lord, and Liangcheng will never be able to hold his head high."
Zeng Da took a deep breath, cupped his fists and said
:
"City Lord, the thing happened outside the city. We should search outside the city. If we conduct such a large-scale search inside the city, I'm afraid it will cause chaos."
Hong Biao glanced at Zeng Da coldly, "If you don't want to obey my decision, you can go to the Territory Lord's Mansion and ask the Territory Lord in person to remove me from my position, and then you can become the city lord yourself."
"My subordinates don't dare!" Cold sweat broke out on Zeng Da's forehead, and he hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "My subordinates are going to gather people and start a search immediately."
The other captains also hurriedly responded, feeling more afraid of Hong Biao.
Yes, Hong Biao was only at the ninth level of the Starlight Realm, only a small level higher than Zeng Da and the absent Wei Rui.
But Hong Biao can come to Liangcheng to be the city lord. This is agreed by the domain lord.
No matter what the Territory Lord thinks, they must listen to Hong Biao, otherwise, they will be dissatisfied with the Territory Lord.
After thinking about this, all the captains did not dare to hesitate, and went to gather manpower, and then launched a comprehensive search of Liangcheng.
On the street, people from the City Lord's Mansion ran past, beating gongs and drums and shouting:
"There are bandits attacking the guards of the City Lord's Mansion. Now the entire Liang City is being hunted. The city gates will be closed immediately. No one is allowed to enter or exit. Everyone is to stay where they are and not to move, waiting to be inspected!"
The crowd on the street suddenly fell into panic.
Since the death of the last city lord of Liangcheng, the internal management of Liangcheng has been very relaxed, and everyone feels much more comfortable.
But now, a manhunt was actually launched against the entire Liangcheng.
Many people noticed a strange aura.
At the west city gate.
Xiao Zhan and Deng Xiaozhuang, who had just entered the city, looked back at the closed city gate, then glanced at the talking crowd around them, and they both frowned.
Deng Xiaozhuang's face was filled with nervousness, and he lowered his voice and asked Xiao Zhan:
"Brother, isn't our whereabouts exposed?"
Xiao Zhan shook his head, "For the sake of the two of us, we won't block the entire Liangcheng. Something big must have happened. Don't act rashly. Just wait with peace of mind."
After saying that, Xiao Zhan saw groups of people from the City Lord's Palace pouring into the streets and alleys, investigating everyone.
A man wearing black armor ran up to Xiao Zhan.
Xiao Zhan and Deng Xiaozhuang consciously took out their identity cards.
The man glanced at it, returned the identity plate to Xiao Zhan, and then turned to check the other people next to him.
Deng Xiaozhuang asked curiously:
"Brother from the City Lord's Mansion, what happened?"
The man in black armor had a flash of impatience on his face, "Don't ask if you shouldn't ask. I'm annoyed. Just stand aside."
Yes, since the death of the previous city lord, the management of the city has been relaxed, and their captain has also been very lax in their management.
This man originally did not attend work today and was sleeping in at home.
But with an order from the city lord's palace, he had to get up from the bed and hurried to the street. At this moment, he was holding fire in his heart.
Deng Xiaozhuang didn't get angry when he was yelled at. Instead, he said in an extremely small voice next to Xiao Zhan:
"Brother, it seems something big has happened."
Xiao Zhan said nothing.
When you don't understand the situation, the best choice is to wait and see.
But Xiao Zhan chose to wait and see what happens, but the people in the City Lord's Mansion didn't think so.
On another street.
Several captains gathered around Zenda.
Zeng Da looked gloomy and said coldly:
"You have all seen the temper of the new city lord. These are the so-called three things to do when a new official takes office."
"He is not very strong, and he is afraid that he will not be able to convince the public, so he asked us to search him in the city, so that we do not have the time and energy to embarrass him."
A captain nodded and sighed:
"If we can't catch
When it comes to that group of gangsters, the new city lord will definitely take advantage of the situation and maybe even report to the domain lord's mansion that us captains are incompetent and give us a slap in the face. "
Everyone looked at Zenda:
"Brother Da, what do you think we should do?"
Zeng Da narrowed his eyes, a cold light flashed in his eyes:
"Then give him a satisfactory answer."
"Go and arrest twenty people, write a confession, and force them to sign a bond to admit that they are the gangsters who attacked our members of the City Lord's Mansion."
Several captains present nodded.
Zenda lowered his voice and reminded:
"Do it properly and don't let Hong Biao get a hold of us."
The captains nodded and quickly dispersed.
