Lu Li frowned, "Isn't the literary selection competition at noon? There's no need to be in such a hurry, right?"
Tian Wanxi said angrily: "The competition is at noon, but you need to register in advance! Let me tell you, I went to see it just now, and there are a lot of people going today. You'd better go there quickly, don't get into trouble if anything happens."
"Okay, wait for me for a while."
Lu Li glanced at Tian Wanxi strangely, then turned around and went back to his room to tidy up. After a while, he and Tian Wanxi walked out of the inn and rushed towards the city lord's mansion.
While walking, Lu Li suddenly asked, "By the way, is there any news about the Tong Bao I asked you to help me find last time?"
Tian Wanxi shook her head, "We don't have this person in the Tian family. I've sent people out to investigate, but no news has come back yet."
"All right."
Lu Li sighed helplessly and became silent.
Although this was just an adventure mission, and there would be no impact even if it failed, the reward was the 'Speed Travel' talent, and Lu Li really didn't want to give up.
I don’t know if Tong Bao is in Andu City.
The city lord's palace in this world is similar to the government office of the secular dynasty in the outside world. It is responsible for the security and law of the city, and the most powerful among them is the city lord.
There are usually secretaries below the city lord, who are like think tanks. They help the city lord make plans and have some special powers.
Those who are of the same rank as the guest of honor are the commanders.
There are three commanders in Andu City.
The commander-in-chief Ying Xun is responsible for the internal security of the city lord's palace, including the prison.
The second commander, Wu Changzheng, was responsible for public security in the city and tax collection for shops.
The third commander, Lu Qingchu, was responsible for city defense dispatch and city gate guarding.
The three commanders perform their respective duties, and below are the deputy commanders, captains, and squad captains... In short, the power of the city lord's palace is quite impressive, and it has absolute control over a city.
The lord of Andu City is named Pang Zheng.
This person is very powerful and loves to dance and write. Therefore, the number of guests in the audience exceeds the normal limit, reaching as many as three.
However, half a year ago, one of the three chief secretaries suddenly died of illness, leaving another one vacant.
Therefore, Pang Zheng carefully prepared this 'Literary Selection Competition' in order to select a new guest to accompany him for entertainment.
At this time, it was still early.
But there were already two long queues lined up in front of the gate of the City Lord's Mansion. There were tables on each side of the gate, with soldiers sitting behind the tables, constantly busy.
The two teams also wriggled forward slowly like earthworms.
Lu Li and Tian Wanxi lined up on the right. Lu Li suddenly turned around and asked, "Didn't you say that the City Lord's Mansion knows everything about your family? Why are you lining up?"
Tian Wanxi said: "I'm not going in, I'm just monitoring you."
Surveillance?
Lu Li's face trembled, "Okay, you are quite unpleasant to talk to."
"Hmph! I paid you. If you run away secretly, even if my Tian family is powerful, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort to catch you."
Tian Wanxi said, looking at the Tian family guards not far away, "You see clearly, those are all my people. If you dare to play tricks, don't blame me for being unkind!"
Lu Li was immediately annoyed and said, "Not only are your words unpleasant, your behavior is even more irritating!"
He didn't expect that Tian Wanxi would even bring his guards. He thought to himself that the basic trust between people was gone.
"Whatever you say."
Tian Wanxi crossed her arms with an indifferent expression.
Lu Li suddenly turned around, raised his eyelids and said, "I said, you are not really a woman, are you?"
Tian Wanxi frowned, "Stop talking nonsense! Yes or no, it doesn't matter to you!"
"All right."
Lu Li touched his chin and smiled coquettishly, "By the way, are you sure that the literary selection competition is really just a test of couplets? If it tests the human geography of this place, I'm really not sure?"
Tian Wanxi once said before that Lu Li had the confidence to sign up for the couplets in all the previous essay competitions because his father, who was a teacher, always asked him to work hard on this when he was a child.
But if he were to test the humanistic knowledge of this world, then he would really have no hope at all. As an outsider with no background, how can he compare with these local people.
Tian Wanxi said: "Don't worry, I've already inquired about it, and it won't be wrong."
After hearing this, Lu Li said nothing more and could only pray that what Tian Wanxi said was right.
After all, in addition to helping Tian Wanxi get rid of Ying Xun, he also came with the mission of saving Sun Buer. If he couldn't enter the city lord's mansion this time, it would not be so easy to find other opportunities.
The team moved very slowly.
After moving for more than half an hour, it was finally Lu Li's turn.
At this time, Tian Wanxi had already left the team and stood in the distance with several Tian family guards, staring at Lu Li from afar.
Lu Li stood in front of the table. After the soldier looked up, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Tsk, tsk, you're a jerk! With so many people registered, you are the most like that poor and rotten scholar! Tell me your name!"
Lu Li's face twitched when he heard this, "Ji Changping."
"Ji Changping? What a good name, you can tell he is knowledgeable at first sight, haha...!"
The soldier was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he laughed and registered. After a while, he handed over a bamboo stick with a number and name engraved on it, "Okay, I wish you good luck!"
"Thank you."
Lu Li clasped his fists slightly and stepped into the gate of the City Lord's Mansion unhurriedly.
"This guy is really impressive. He won't really become a guest, will he? That's it, what did I just say..." Seeing Lu Li's indifferent expression, the registered soldier couldn't help but feel excited.
If Lu Li becomes the guest of honour, he will be the person above him and have the power to directly command the people below. If he is given small shoes to wear...
Thinking of this, the man suddenly changed his attitude and became friendly to the people registering behind him, "The next gentleman please!"
The city lord's palace and the government office where the case was taken into custody were not the same place.
The City Lord's Mansion is the City Lord's private territory.
However, the government office and the city lord's residence are not far apart. There is a high wall between them, which is the layout of the front office and the back office. Lu Li's current location is Qianfu Square.
The square of the City Lord's Mansion is not small, and is surrounded by exquisite gardens. At the end of the square is a magnificent hall with three gilded characters "Zhenhong Hall" on it.
At this time, long strip-shaped tables had been placed on the square in front of Zhenhong Hall, and there were exactly thirty of them.
Hundreds of people gathered in the square, pointing in the direction of Zhenhong Hall, but no one came forward to take a seat.
Lu Li roughly listened to everyone's discussion, and it seemed that they had to go through a preliminary round, and only thirty people would be qualified to sit in those positions for the finals.
However, the content of the primary election is unknown.
Lu Li waited for a long time, but no one in charge came out, so he walked to the flower bed on the side and sat down directly.
At the beginning, it even caused some people who thought they were noble to raise their heads.
But after waiting for two hours, when everyone was standing with their feet shaking, no one cared about their dignity anymore, and they all rushed to sit on the flower bed.
Someone saw Lu Li's "empty" look and wanted to force Lu Li to give up his position. Without saying a word, Lu Li raised his leg and kicked him several feet away! Suddenly, no one dared to mess with him anymore.
Finally, at sunrise, the gate of Zhenhong Hall opened.
An old man in white clothes and white beard walked out from inside. He held a scroll in his hand and stood at the top of the steps in front of the palace. He loosened his palm slightly and unfolded the scroll downward, revealing several large characters with flying dragons and phoenixes:
"The independent stone bridge, the shadows of people do not follow the flowing water."
The old man looked at the people in the audience and chuckled calmly: "Everyone! This is the first question in the preliminary election. After burning a stick of incense, I will come down for a spot check. Those who fail will be eliminated."
