Chapter 27 The Change of the City Lord's Mansion (1)
In the early morning, a large stage was set up in the square in front of the City Lord's Mansion. Before the election for City Lord started, everyone in the city gathered in front of the stage, because today is a big day in Lingyun City, and the new City Lord will be elected in front of everyone. .
After a while, a large number of voting family heads came and took their seats on the stage. Qiu Xinyang, Long Shiqian and Xiao Zongchengdu came in a large number of guards and walked to the stage. The three of them thought about the old man they had not seen for many years. Like friends, they exchanged greetings with each other. Finally, surrounded by three people, the weak old city lord and the cold-faced Nie Yunqing came to the stage. Nie Yunqing waved his sleeves, and a voice that penetrated the clouds and cracked the rocks echoed in everyone's ears:
"The voting begins!"
Xie Lingjun, who was among the crowd in the audience, rubbed his ears and couldn't help but curse in his heart: Is it necessary to do this every time?
With the nods of several people on the stage, the heads of the voting families ran to the big box in front of the stage and threw all their votes in. After a while, all one hundred people had voted, and a man who looked like a subordinate appeared The old city lord, Nie Yunqing and Long Shiqian agreed to open the box and vote:
"Abstain!"
"Long family!"
"Black Dragon Gang!"
"Black Dragon Gang!"
"..."
"Total! Abstentions: forty-six votes; Long Family: twenty-four votes; Black Dragon Gang: thirty votes. The result of Lingyun City City Lord election is: Black Dragon Gang Xiao Sect becomes Xiao Gang Leader!"
Under the witness of everyone in Lingyun City, Xiao Zongcheng Shi Shiran stood up. All the supporters of the Black Dragon Gang in the audience cheered. Xiao Zongcheng looked around, bowed his hands towards the old city lord and Nie Yunqing, then walked to Long Shiqian, smiled slightly, Long Master He didn't even get angry, he stood up and congratulated Xiao Zong on his success:
"Congratulations to Gang Leader Xiao for getting your wish!"
"Wherever, grant, grant, grant! It's all thanks to the love of the people of Lingyun City! Haha!"
Xiao Zongcheng and Long Shiqian complimented each other, but there was an inexplicable uneasiness in their hearts. Xiao Zongcheng was sure that the person who came last night was Master Long. The Long family had no confidence in winning the position of city lord after last night's defeat. , but until now, Long Shiqian has not made any move, which makes Xiao Zongcheng feel inexplicably worried.
"In this case, Mr. Long will offer a gift to congratulate Gang Leader Xiao on being elected as the city leader!"
"What's the meaning?"
Sure enough, it's not that simple. When things go wrong, there must be monsters. Xiao Zongcheng's face showed an as expected look. He turned around and sat on his seat to look at Long Shiqian leisurely. Long Shiqian saw this and smiled knowingly. , took out a token from his arms, handed it to Nie Yunqing, bowed and said:
"Deacon, the Long family committed another assassination last night. This was found from the assassin..."
"What!"
As soon as Xiao Zongcheng saw the token, he immediately understood what had happened. He closed his eyes and tried hard to restrain his anger. The armrests of the chair were almost crushed by him. Long Shiqian smiled knowingly when he saw it. Staring at the panicked Xiao Zongcheng:
"Gang Leader Xiao, ah, what's wrong with City Master Xiao?"
"No, the Long family was assassinated, so they didn't suffer any harm!"
"Thank you City Master Xiao for your concern. Both assassins were captured alive, but we found out that they are members of the Black Dragon Gang and bear the tokens of the Beizhou Sect Qinglian Sect..."
"What do you mean, Master Long?"
"Bring someone up!"
The Lingyun City people in the audience were in an uproar and talking a lot. On the stage, Xiao Zongcheng raised an eyebrow and asked, but Long Shiqian ignored him completely. After hearing Long Shiqian's order, Long Li immediately suppressed the half-dead Wu Peng and Shi Ding and came to the stage. Come, Master Long glanced at Wu Peng and Shi Ding, and locked his eyes on Xiao Zongcheng's face, "City Lord Xiao, do you have any explanation for this?"
"Hmph! Is it possible that the head of the Long family still wants to frame me, the Black Dragon Gang, for having connections with foreign countries? Who knows if this is just a one-sided statement from your Long family? People are in your hands, and even if they are beaten into submission, the Long family can't do anything, even if they are really from the North.
People from the continent, okay! Then even if I, Xiao Zongcheng, don’t know people well and have no eyesight, I can kill them now!"
Xiao Zongcheng said that these two losers really deserved to die. His heart was full of mixed feelings and his spiritual energy was surging all over his body, as if he wanted to step forward and kill the two of them with his own hands. Wu Peng and Shi Ding were dying when they saw Xiao Zongcheng like this.
Wu Peng and Shi Ding suddenly became peaceful and quiet, completely calmed down. Xiao Zongcheng transformed a sharp blade in his hand and pointed it directly at Wu Peng's chest. The wound originally made by Xie Lingjun began to bleed again. Wu Peng remained silent.
, a relaxed smile appeared on his face.
"Why?" Xiao Zongcheng increased his strength and looked at Wu Peng's face fiercely.
"Haha..." Wu Pengjing laughed out loud, looked into Xiao Zongcheng's eyes, shook his head, and glanced to the side. Suddenly, Wu Peng's face turned ferocious because he saw a familiar face in the audience.
Xiao Zongcheng also noticed the changes in Wu Peng. As Wu Peng realized it, he looked over and saw Xie Lingjun in the crowd. Zongcheng knew this person. He was standing next to Long Keer in the first competition.
He suddenly understood in his heart, nodded towards Wu Peng, and swung his sword to kill Wu Peng. Upon seeing this, Long Shiqian immediately took Xiao Zongcheng's sword-wielding hand, stood in front of Xiao Zongcheng, and smiled contemptuously.
"Is City Lord Xiao going to kill someone and silence him now?"
"What do you mean? I can't prove my innocence yet?"
Xiao Zongcheng's eyes were wide with anger. He really looked like someone who was stopped by Long Shiqian from killing Wu Peng and others to prove his innocence. Maybe it was Xiao Zongcheng's righteous appearance of killing relatives that moved the people present. Suddenly, a voice came from behind Xiao Zongcheng.
"Yes, there is no real evidence, just the words of your Long family, and a token of unknown origin to frame the new city lord. If everyone in the future is like your Long family, and seeks the position of city lord by framed opponents, then this city lord
What’s the point of the election contest! I, the Deng family, are the first to be dissatisfied!”
Deng Shichang emerged from behind Xiao Zongcheng and stood on the stage to talk. His words seemed to define the nature of slandering the Black Dragon Gang. Xiao Zongcheng nodded without missing a beat, stopped, and Wu Peng and
Shi Ding also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Deng Shichang had saved Xiao Zongcheng from his current predicament. When everyone in the audience heard this, they couldn't help but frown and look at Master Long.
On the stage, Long Shiqian looked calm and did not even look at Deng Shichang. Long Li, who was on the side, felt a fire in his heart when he saw Deng Shichang. Long Kejie died because of Deng Sen's betrayal.
"Hmph!" In the eyes of Long Shiqian, Deng Shichang was like a clown trying to please others. He turned towards Deacon Nie, bowed to the ground, stood up, took out a memory scroll, and said: "Deacon Nie,
I have a memory scroll here, please check it."
"Oh? You can still have such a thing?"
Nie Yunqing didn't know why. Memory scrolls were rare in a small place like Lingyun City. Qiu Xinyang was calm and composed. Nie Yunqing took the memory scroll from Long Shiqian and checked it.