Chapter 178: The City Lord has an invitation
From the man in black to the man in black to the man in black to the man in black to the man in black to the man in black to the man in black to the man in black to the man in black to escape.
The whole process is complicated, but in fact it is just a moment.
Zhu Yubang looked at the messy garden because of the two powerful men fighting each other. After a long time, he came to his senses, bowed to Wudi and said with difficulty:
"Thank you for helping the elder."
Invincible did not agree, looked at the direction where the man in black left with a serious expression, and said to Zhu Yushou:
"Can the head of the family know who this person is and why he was assassinated at you?"
Zhu Yushou found the iron ring from the rockery gravel, and saw that the spirit light was flowing on it. It was obviously a very good spiritual weapon, and he smiled:
"I already know the identity of that person. If I expected it, tonight's incident would not be considered as an assassination, but just a small temptation."
"Test?"
Wudi and Zhu Yubang were slightly stunned when they heard this.
The two of them looked at Zhu Yushou's confident expression and felt much more relaxed.
They are not people who are good at strategy and can't guess the identity of the man in black.
Zhu Yubang smiled and said, "You are not at ease. It seems that Yushou, your days will not be boring. I'll go back first."
After saying that, he bowed to Wudi, then climbed over the wall and left Qiu Mansion.
Zhu Yushou sighed and said to Wudi: "Let's go back too."
In the early days of the year, Zhu Yushou had a few days of peace. Every day, he was practicing, and he was with his parents and enjoying himself.
All the family affairs were on the right track, and the elders in their own clan had no need to ask about the minor matters.
Until the eighth day of the Chinese New Year, a person who was enough to cause a huge change in the situation in Jiangning City came to Jiangning City.
Huo Chi, the new city lord of Jiangning City, finally arrived late in the expectation of countless people.
The foreign affairs elder Zhu Qingzhan looked at Zhu Yushou hesitantly and said:
"Young Master, the city lord is about to enter the city. Should you go to the city gate to greet him?"
Zhu Yushou smiled and said, "So what should Uncle Qingzhan do when I go to the city gate? To show off, or to give me some advice or express my attitude?"
"this……"
Zhu Qingzhan was speechless for a while and put it in the past. The Zhu family was not the only one in Jiangning City.
When the new city lord entered the city, the Zhu family naturally had to flatter the Qiu family in order to have a good relationship with the new city lord and compete with the Qiu family.
If the new city lord, as Cao Zhengchun said, was going to leave after a gilding wave, then for the sake of the stability of Jiangning City, he would naturally take the initiative to establish a good relationship with the Zhu family without any need to flatter him.
If the new city lord is like the original city lord, he will be the only one who will be the only one who will not allow the Zhu family to dominate.
Then it would be useless if Zhu Yushou knelt down and licked someone's toes. It should be suppressed, or should he be suppressed.
So since Zhu Yushou received the news before the New Year, he kept thinking about how to deal with it, and finally chose to use static and wait for the city lord to come to him.
After he has expressed his attitude, he will decide what attitude to deal with it.
Sure enough, on the third day after Huo Chi entered the city, an invitation was delivered to the Zhu family.
In the invitation, he first praised Zhu Yushou's young hero and admired him for a long time;
Then he said that he had just arrived and the affairs of the mansion were complicated, so he was very uneasy to be able to meet him early;
Finally, I explained the meaning of the invitation. The mansion was prepared with a little wine. I hope I would like to invite me to the mansion for a brief discussion.
In short, the tone of this invitation is very humble, which is quite similar to what Cao Zhengchun said, hoping to live in peace and build a circle of prosperity for Dajiang Ningcheng.
But if you don’t mention the name of the guest who was written at the end of this invitation - Yan Ling, the Chief Advisor of the Danling County Police Department.
That would seem more sincere.
"Huo Chi and Yan Leng arrive at the same time. What does this mean? One sings the white face and the other sings the black face?"
Zhu Yushou smiled indifferently and changed into a more formal robe under Long'er's service.
Then she asked her to get the iron ring left by the man in black and the token of the silver-shaped policeman who died in Hattori Hanzo.
He stepped on a luxurious carriage specially prepared for him, symbolizing the position of the head of the Zhu family, and went straight to the city lord's mansion.
Zhu Yushou got off the carriage in the city lord's mansion and, under the guidance of the gatekeeper, just walked into the city lord's mansion.
I saw a middle-aged man in his forties in his purple clothes greeted him enthusiastically and said with a smile:
"It's rude and rude. The head of the Zhu family came here, and the humble house was full of glory. Huo was plagued by civil affairs and never personally invited him to the house. I forgive my guilt and forgive me."
His attitude is as modest as that invitation, and he has no airs of a city lord at all.
As the saying goes, "I don't hit people with a smile, Huo Chi is so polite, and Zhu Yushou naturally doesn't want to lose his etiquette. He clasps his fists and says:
"The City Lord is so polite. He is a little man who is tired by nature. He just came to pay homage to the City Lord today. Don't blame him."
"The Master Zhu is so polite. The wine and food are ready. Please come to the table."
Huo Chi took Zhu Yushou's hand enthusiastically and personally led him into the living room and asked him to sit down.
At this time, in the luxurious living room, there was one person besides the position of the city lord.
This man's hair and beard are all white, and he is in his 80s. However, his face is rosy, his eyes are introverted, and his expression is cold, giving people a sense of stubbornness and extremeness.
Huo Chi returned to the main position and said with a smile: "This person has become the Chief of the Police Department of our Danling County, Senior Yan Ling, and the head of the Zhu family must have heard of it."
Zhu Yushou nodded slightly and said politely: "I have long admired the name of Senior!"
A smile appeared on Yan Leng's cold face and said, "There were some of his past names, but they were just yesterday's yellow flowers. How could they compare to the young hero of the Zhu family? They were so powerful that Jiangning City."
Zhu Yushou dared not.
Seeing that the two of them had a great time talking, Huo Chi nodded with satisfaction, picked up the wine glass and smiled:
"Why are the two of you like those sour Confucian scholars, and they are polite with red tape? The three of us will be together in Jiangning City for a while. Youdao is at home and relying on friends when going out. We need to get closer. For this cup, Huo is here to honor both of you."
After saying that, he drank the wine in the glass in one go.
Zhu Yushou and Yan Leng stood up together, picked up the wine glass and smiled, "What the city lord said is very much."
Huo Chi smiled and signaled the two to sit down.
After Yan Leng sat down, he said with a serious expression:
"Since we are in Jiangning City in the future, and we look up and see each other, I will find something straight. I have something to do. I want to ask the head of the Zhu family."
Here comes.
Zhu Yushou sneered in his heart, saying that there is no good banquet, today's glass of wine in the City Lord's Mansion is indeed not that delicious.
But he said with a smile on his face: "Senior Yan has something to say, but I ask, I will definitely speak everything I know and say everything."
"good!"
Yan Ling nodded and smiled:
"On the third day of July last year, a silver-named policeman Zhang Wei of my Police Department disappeared inexplicably in Guangling City. It is reported that the head of the Zhu family was also in Guangling City that day. I wonder if he had heard of this?"
After saying that, his eyes flashed with cold light, staring at Zhu Yushou, as if he was about to wait for him to lie and reveal his flaws.
Who is Zhu Yushou nodded and said very simply:
"Not only did I hear that, but I also witnessed the death of the silver-shaped policeman at the hands of my elder Zhu Qingfeng, the Zhu family."
"What?"
Zhu Yushou's admission was so straightforward, which was beyond Yan Leng and Huo Chi's expectations.
But Zhu Yushou continued: "That day in Guangling City, I was invited by Miss Ye Lingxin of Xuanyu Pavilion to go to the Ten Mile Pavilion outside Guangling City for a while.
Unexpectedly, when I arrived, I only saw a girl who was ravaged to death in the Shili Pavilion.
Then, a silver-shaped policeman led a large group of troops to surround him, saying that I was raped and wanted to be accused of me.
It happened that the Great Elder was by my side at that time. Seeing that I was suffering such a ruthless injustice, he took anger and killed all the silver-shaped policeman and others."
Zhu Yushou's words were half true and half false, and he slightly modified the truth of the matter and told them in a casual manner, but it was reasonable and seemed to be similar.
Yan Leng sneered and said:
"In this way, did Zhang Wei die at the hands of the head of the government?"
“It’s true.”
Zhu Yushou nodded, took out a silver-shaped police token, placed it on the table, and said:
"If Chief Yan wants to thoroughly investigate the matter, Zhu and the elder are willing to cooperate and accept arrest and inquiries at any time."
When Yan Leng heard this, his brow frowned slightly. He brought up the matter with the original intention just to shock the tiger.
It aroused the other party's guilt and suppressed the opponent's arrogance first, so as to gain some convenience for the murder of the city lord that is really going to be handled.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Yushou was so cunning that he admitted it openly, and he was still in a state of absolute cooperation and acceptance of the inquiry.
This move, which made Yan Leng feel embarrassed.
Zhang Wei was just a small silver-shaped policeman, and he had always been misconduct. The Police Department originally planned to remove him from the list.
What's more, the female corpse who appeared in the Shili Pavilion that day and was humiliated to death was investigated by the Police Department afterwards, and it was also inseparable from Zhang Wei.
Zhang Wei died. It was understandable that he had a thorough investigation for the patrol department's majesty.
But if the head of the Zhu family and the elder were arrested, it would inevitably cause chaos in Jiangning City again, but it would be a bit too far.
Seeing that the atmosphere suddenly became awkward and silent during the meal, Huo Chi quickly looked heavy and said:
"Old Yan, you have been retired from the world for more than ten years. You just took office last month. There are some things you don't know. The atmosphere of this police department is very different from the strict discipline you were in charge when you were in charge. After you regain your control, you have to rectify it."
This sentence soon made the matter clear, expelled the Zhu family, and secretly praised Yan Leng.
This shows that the past bad deeds of the Police Department were all the faults of the former chief inspector of the Police Department. If Yan Leng was in power, this would definitely not be the case.
With Huo Chi's mixed things, Yan Leng took the lead and said:
Chapter completed!