Chapter 2126: City Lord of Hundred Flowers City
Not to mention Xu Zixuan's matter, it is the Hundred Flowers City Lord himself, she has no grievances and no enmity with Xiao Chen, I really can't think of why she wants to fabricate and slander Xiao Chen?
Although she has her own position, but in her family, she doesn't know what kind of ecstasy has been given, and she has persuaded her to deal with Xiao Chen together, which makes her helpless and angry.
She is a woman, a city lord who can sit firmly for decades, and her scheming skills are naturally not comparable to ordinary people, as early as when she realized that this matter was someone who wanted to calculate Xiao Chen, she keenly felt that this matter was not simple.
On the bright side, Xiao Chen is now at a disadvantage, if he is not careful, he will be pulled down from the position of the city lord, and then he will be unlucky, the name of the murderer is confirmed, no matter how much the monarch values Xiao Chen, because of the voice of the people, it is impossible to completely ignore Xiao Chen.
It's just that the Lord of Baihua City feels that Xiao Chen is not such an easy person to be calculated, and now he is quiet, it doesn't mean that he just doesn't know what to do, this matter, it is best not to participate, if she has to participate, she would rather bet Xiao Chen.
Today she finally found an excuse, saying that she was sick, it was inconvenient to meet guests, and she turned away people from all walks of life and those in her family who had other thoughts, and when she felt that she could take a break, the next person hurriedly came to report, saying that Xiao Chen was back.
The last time they met, Xiao Chen had said that there was a way to cure Xu Zixuan's illness, and for the sake of this matter, the Lord of Baihua City felt that it was necessary to remind Xiao Chen, so he stood up again and sent someone to invite Xiao Chen to the mansion for a gathering.
Xiao Chen and his party stopped for repairs in Hundred Flowers City, and when they were about to get on the boat, a subordinate who claimed to be the City Lord's Mansion came.
"City Lord Xiao, our city lord invites you to go to the mansion for a while, I wonder if you have time?"
Yuan Jin shook his fan, raised his eyebrows at Xiao Chen, and said with a smile: "Are you just in trouble or trouble?"
Xiao Chen was also a little puzzled by what the Hundred Flowers City Lord invited him to do in the City Lord's Mansion, but thinking of the previous two meetings, the Hundred Flowers City Lord looked like a very easy person to get along with, not like the kind of person who worked and calculated.
"Wait for me here, and I'll go back. ”
Xiao Chen and a few others, the immortal punishment did not agree, he said: "Now there are bad voices for you everywhere, and it will inevitably be troublesome for you to go alone, so I should follow you." ”
"No, if someone really wants to plot against me, I'll just wait, just if the other party has been hiding and can't come out, I can't help others, if there is really any accident, I will send a signal to tell you. ”
Seeing Xiao Chen's insistence, the immortal punishment did not persuade him anymore, and agreed to let him go to the City Lord's Mansion alone.
At the same time, in the imperial capital, which is thousands of miles away from the Changhe region, although the weather is sunny, there is a hidden trend of mountain rain coming.
"The monarch hasn't expressed his position yet, do you really want to stand on that Xiao Chen's side?"
"What is the origin of Xiao Chen? Isn't he a hairy boy from the heavenly stream? How can He De be able to be the city lord of Wumeng Valley? This decision of the monarch is really child's play!"
"Even if he wins the first place in the Six Nations Festival, it's just that he has some ability in his youth, but he is still too young to take on big responsibilities at all, and he is impulsive in doing things!"
Above the Heavenly Sage's court, before Ouyang Heng arrived, a group of ministers who were waiting below whispered, and what they were discussing was Xiao Chen, who had been in a uproar recently.
"The monarch has arrived!"
The singing harmony sounded, everyone subconsciously closed their mouths, and they were silent one by one, and the hall was instantly quiet, as if it was not them who had just discussed it.
Ouyang Heng walked out of the inner hall, sat on his dragon chair, looked at the quiet people below, and said slowly: "I heard that some people are dissatisfied with my sending Xiao Chen to serve as the city lord of Wumeng Valley? ”
There was silence in the hall, and no one stepped forward.
Ouyang Heng expected this situation and was not too surprised.
"In the past few days, I also have a general understanding of Xiao Chen's affairs, and I have sent someone to Fenghe, I will investigate the situation clearly, and I will also bring Xiao Chen himself to the imperial capital, if you have any dissatisfaction at that time, it is not too late to vent. ”
After talking about Xiao Chen, Ouyang Heng didn't give others a chance to discuss, so he moved on to the next question, obviously he didn't want to talk more about Xiao Chen, everyone who had been in the court for a long time was a human spirit, so he could naturally see Ouyang Heng's attitude, and he also closed his mouth with interest and didn't continue to ask.
The court meeting lasted for more than an hour, and in the past, it was at least a half-day discussion, but Ouyang Heng had no intention of discussing Xiao Chen's matter with everyone, and the time of the court meeting was greatly shortened.
When Ouyang Heng returned to the inner hall after the court meeting was over, a minister came to the inner hall to inform him of some recent situations.
"Monarch, today, the Fang family and several other families in the imperial capital have some changes, do you want to send someone to deal with it now?"
It was the general who came in to report the situation, and he was guarding the safety of the entire imperial capital, and he was naturally extremely sensitive to the wind and grass in the city.
"Don't panic, let's see the situation first. Ouyang Heng said.
Without further ado, the general retreated.
Ouyang Heng stood outside the window, looking at the bright white sun outside, a cold light flashed in his eyes.
One mountain does not tolerate two tigers, if there are two tigers, it must be a fight to divide the superior, in the past, the peace was barely maintained, but this time, it seems that it can't be maintained.
Anyway, since he was able to compete for the throne from so many princes, he was naturally not a kind-hearted person, and he didn't mind expanding the territory of the Heavenly Sage a little more.
When Xiao Chen came to the City Lord's Mansion, the City Lord of Baihua had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw Xiao Chen coming, he didn't need to detour around the corner, and bluntly stated his purpose for finding Xiao Chen.
"City Lord Xiao, I only want to ask you one thing, you said that you can cure my son's illness, is this true or false?" The Hundred Flowers City Lord's face was a little serious, and he stared at Xiao Chen with a pair of eyes, not missing the slightest change in Xiao Chen.
Xiao Chen raised his eyebrows and replied calmly: "Naturally, it's true, I have no grudges with Baihuacheng, there is no need to lie to you with this kind of thing." ”
After receiving Xiao Chen's affirmative answer, and also seeing the confidence and calmness in Xiao Chen's eyes, the impatient heart of the Hundred Flowers City Lord finally settled down a little.
"Okay, just based on the words of City Lord Xiao, there are some things I must remind you of, this matter is a long story, City Lord Xiao still invites you to take a seat. ”
Listening to the tone of the Hundred Flowers City Lord, Xiao Chen had already roughly guessed what was going on, he didn't ask immediately, but sat down on the chair that had been arranged, and put on a look of listening patiently.
"I don't know where City Lord Xiao has gone in the past few days?" asked the City Lord of Hundred Flowers first.
"I didn't go anywhere else, I just went outside with my friends to practice. Xiao Chen replied with a smile.