When the city lord heard about his son's escape from danger, he breathed a long sigh of relief and lowered his head and fell into deep thought.

"You mean that the two immortal masters who protected you were all killed in battle, and all the remaining people on the boat escaped?" He knocked on his handrail, pondering while being orderly, one word of which was slow and one word as if he didn't want to miss any detail.

"Yes," the young city lord lowered his shameful head.

He thought of the beauty who had been unconscious in his arms several times and his loss of composure. He usually felt that he was already a flying eagle with wings spreading. Unexpectedly, when things really came, he was just a chick who still needed to hide tightly under his father's wings and shivered.

The city lord, who knew his son better than his father, quickly saw his son's embarrassment, was not in a hurry to help his son get rid of the sudden twitches caused by rapid breathing.

He waited for a while until the strange atmosphere hidden between father and son reached its peak, he showed his usual, kind, naturally kind smile.

"No need to do this." His gentle words were like a valve that had vented off his breath, which made the boy in front of him relax.

"No one will not go through danger, and no one will not make mistakes. The important thing is how to deal with and remedy afterwards." The city lord felt like a teacher, tempting his students.

You should know that young people always have a rebellious mentality, especially for their parents, they often have such natural psychological advantages. Now is the best time to rebuild this father-son relationship.

"What do you think should be done?" The city lord's face was as kind as ever, but his shiny face revealed his worldly spirit.

Maybe he will only do this when he is in front of his son.

"I think, are those who escaped..." The city lord saw a hint of resentment from his son's face, and he cut off viciously with a knife.

"You think that just as something like this happened, they all died one after another. One of them was the worship of Huamanlou. You must know that Huamanlou's power is no less than us. Will they believe that this series of deaths are accidents?" Seizing the opportunity, the city lord's aura began to rise, and a series of problems came to oppress.

In front of his father, Mr. Zhang felt that everything he did seemed to be wrong, and it seemed that he would not satisfy his father's wishes.

This is also the reason why I feel pain. It seems that everything I think is like a fortress built by sand in front of my father. With a light blow, it will collapse. Only when I escape into that gentle countryside can I feel a trace of dignity and comfort.

He took a deep breath, as if he was a fish that had not breathed for a long time and finally took a breath. His voice became smaller and he murmured, "Wait, can you wait?"

"No!" The city lord's momentum was now showing off, like a waking lion.

He was very satisfied with his momentum. The leader was neither blindly strong nor weak, but rather decisive when it was time to show decisiveness and when it was time to show kindness.

The degree of this is actually very difficult to grasp. Only people like him who have been in the top position for a long time can be in one's heart.

He waved his hand, and a sound that was about to erupt like magma in his voice, "It is because only now they know that it must be what we did, so the more we should do it now."

"Only in this way can we shock those people, make them afraid of us, fear us, and fear us! Only in this way, next time, if you go to the danger again and if the family experiences storms again, they will not turn around and run away like this time."

He slowed down and watched his voice work. As his son's eyes returned to Qingming from confusion, he let out a secret breath.

For his son, I can say that I have spent a lot of effort.

Like now, how to be a leader cannot be learned by saying a few words or reading a few books.

Just like the instinct of hunting, only the little lion is by the old lion, and follows it to bite one wild beast after another, drinking the flesh and blood of the prey one after another, and overcoming one difficulty after another, and finally turning these skills into instincts in the body.

The same is true for managing a city, family, and even country.

These things cannot be obtained through reading or listening to any lessons. Only by experiencing one thing in the sea of ​​swords and blood, in conspiracy, and intrigues, can one finally form one's instinct.

"I heard that a passing cultivator saved you?" After feeling that the weight of his teaching today was enough, the city lord retracted his momentum and calmed down his tone.

"Yes, the child originally thought he would find it back, but he didn't expect there was no news yet."

"The child also arranged for someone to look for him as soon as possible. Apart from seeing many traces of the war, he did not see any corpses or anything else."

"The child is wondering if that person has been poisoned by the demon."

"Hmm" the city lord nodded,

"Don't underestimate the survival ability of these casual cultivators. Since he is willing to save you, he will lead the demon away afterwards. I think his subordinates must have some ability..."

"There is one thing that I don't know whether to talk or not."

"What's up?"

"I heard from Miss Mu that this demon was chasing them from Linhai City."

"And the time when this demon attacks us is exactly this time. In addition, I have described the ability of the casual cultivator, which is very close to the ability of the person Miss Mu knows."

"I was wondering if the demon was not coming for me, but the man led the demon to the ship."

The city lord opened his eyes, as if a lightning flashed through his eyes.

"Then how are you going to deal with this?"

"Does the child want to investigate again..."

"Don't alert the snake." The city lord raised his hand to stop the following words,

"Now the city is short of staff, most of them have been transferred to Eshan to suppress the demons, and the rest have to protect the safety of the city."

"It would be fine if the casual cultivator stopped appearing. After all, even if he was the one who led the demon onto the ship, he would still save you in the end."

"It doesn't matter if you make sure that he is not malicious to you."

When the city lord said this, he threw a blaming look just right, consciously increasing his authority again, staring at his son and lowered his head in shame.

He said cowardly: "The child was also anxious at that time, so he made a little more commitment..."

"This is not important. How could my son's life be bought by five thousand spirit stones and an official position?" The city lord's eyes shot out.

Then he continued to smile and said, "If he reappears, even if you promise to him with great promise, we must let the world know that those who offend us will not have a good end. If those who help us, we will be rewarded."

"As for whether he is really the one who leads the demon onto the ship, after this incident is over, you can investigate it slowly."

"If he led the demon onto the ship, you..." Then he made a neck wiping action.

"Anyway, remember, don't alert the snake. As long as he is in our palms, you won't be afraid that he will fly away." After saying that, the city lord made a hand-pinching action.

It seemed like a small insect flew into his palm and was pinched to death by him.

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Chapter completed!