Both sides of the central axis avenue were crowded with people, and the people poked their heads out, all with curiosity.

At this time, in Anjing City, everyone defaulted to the fact that the merchant army was the Wei Legion. And the people in the city have never seen a foreign army, let alone the Wei army, so naturally they all want to come to see it.

Qin Lin stood in front of the inn, and saw from a distance that the Sakura brothers and sisters were sitting in the carriage very majestic.

Smiling, he stepped forward and said, "The two of you have been running all the way and have worked hard. ”

"Hmph. "Sakura Mirror doesn't have a good face.

Sakura jumped off the horse and came to Qin Lin: "You can really toss, why do you want to run to Anjing City?"

"Let's go eat first, while eating. ”

Qin Lin greeted them.

There was already a banquet in the inn, and Qin Lin chartered the entire inn, but it was still not enough for more than two hundred people to sit in, so tables and chairs were added to the open space in the backyard of the inn.

"Where's Chunfen?"

As soon as she sat down at the dining table, Sakura Xin asked anxiously.

She looked at Lin Chuyu, Aji, and Ado sitting in front of her, all of whom were unfamiliar faces.

Qin Lin said: "She will be back soon." ”

"Where to go?"

"Working on the construction site. "Qin Lin.

Sakura Xin showed a displeased expression: "You are abusing your sister, how can you let Chunfen go to work on the construction site?"

"Chunfen is careful, and I have left the matter of building the mansion to her. ”

"You're lazy. Sakura gave him a blank look.

The group should eat and drink, but no one noticed that Jiang Qi was still standing outside the inn.

Qin Lin had actually noticed him a long time ago, but he had never met Jiang Qi before, including the night when Qin Lin went to Jiang's Mansion to go to the Hongmen banquet, it was only Jiang Donglin who entertained him, and Jiang Qi never appeared.

However, Jiang Qi secretly observed Qin Lin that night, and Qin Lin immediately sent Qi Li and Lin Chuyu to secretly observe Jiang Qi.

Both sides knew each other's appearances, but they were the result of secret observations, so Qin Lin simply didn't know Jiang Qi and let him stand outside the inn.

The general on the side really couldn't stand it anymore, stepped forward, and shouted: "City Lord Da Ran." ”

This sound attracted everyone's attention.

Qin Lin looked at Jiang Qi and sarcastically said in his heart: "Finally, I can't hold it back." ”

Then he got up, came to Jiang Qi, and pretended to be ignorant and asked, "Are you the Jiang City Lord?"

Jiang Qi was embarrassed and nodded: "Hey, you guys are lively here, and the city lord is embarrassed to disturb you." ”

"Jiang City Lord, where do you have to say, you are the master of Anjing City, no matter how lively we are, we can't dominate the guests." ”

Qin Lin beckoned Jiang Qi into the banquet and shared the table with him.

Jiang Qi felt a little embarrassed.

Qin Lin raised his wine glass and said, "It is really Qin's honor for City Lord Jiang to come, and Qin Mou respects City Lord Jiang with a glass." ”

Finish, drink.

Jiang Qi also replied: "Gongzi Qin is too polite, you are here to open up trade routes and prosper my Jingcheng, this city lord represents the people of the whole city, thank you Gongzi Qin." ”

"City Lord Jiang's words, Qin didn't dare to bear it. Qin Lin smiled faintly, and then changed his words and said: "At present, Anjing City is not peaceful, the Jiang and Liu clans are facing each other, and people are panicking, and I hope that Jiang City Lord can calm down this matter as soon as possible." ”

"Hey, Gongzi Qin didn't mention this matter, I was a little relieved, Gongzi Qin's mention of this, my heart hurts. ”

Jiang Qi showed a pained expression.

He came to curry favor with Qin Lin this time, on the one hand, he listened to the general's opinion and wanted to get along with Qin Lin. On the other hand, it was he who saw the strength of the Shang Wu team and wanted to ask Qin Lin to help him.

Each of the merchant warriors has a martial arts realm.

This was when Jiang Qi had just sensed the strong martial aura at the gate outside the city, and he couldn't believe it, but he had to believe it.

He arched his hand and got straight to the point: "Gongzi Qin, my Jiang family and the Liu family have been fighting each other for hundreds of years, and now my son Donglin is under house arrest by Liu Rui in the Liu Mansion and does not know life and death, how can you let me settle this matter." ”

"What does City Lord Jiang mean is that as long as Gongzi Jiang is in the hands of the Liu family, you won't be able to deal with the Liu family?" Qin Lin said lightly.

Jiang Qi sighed: "As parents, they don't want their children to make mistakes. ”

Hearing this, Qin Lin suddenly slapped the table.

Smack-

Several people at the same table were shocked, and the others also leaned in and looked at Qin Lin.

Jiang Qi also looked at Qin Lin with a panicked face, not knowing why Qin Lin suddenly lost his temper and slapped the table.

"Young Master Qin, who are you?" Jiang Qi asked.

Qin Lin squinted at him: "City Lord Jiang, you are the lord of a city, you should think about the people of the whole city." ”

"This?" Jiang Qi didn't understand the meaning of Qin Lin's words, could it be that he wanted to ignore Jiang Donglin's life and death!

Qin Lin stood up, beckoned, and motioned for Jiang Qi to get up as well.

"City Lord Jiang, for the sake of the caravan's trade routes, it is necessary for me to invite you to my house to talk, and I hope you will appreciate your face. ”

With that, Qin Lin walked to the stairs first, towards the second floor.

Jiang Qi froze in place and did not move.

Qin Lin stood in the corridor on the second floor and beckoned to him: "City Lord Jiang, please come up." ”

Jiang Qi looked around.

A strong martial aura permeated every corner of the inn.

Jiang Qi had no choice, so he could only bite the bullet and follow Qin Lin's footsteps and step up to the second floor.

"What's going on?" Sakura Mirror had been silent, eating the dishes on the table.

As a result, Qin Lin slapped the table, interrupting his elegance in tasting food.

Now watching Qin Lin take Jiang Qi to the second floor, he threw his chopsticks on the table, and said unhappily: "We ran all the way, just had a meal here, just slapped the table, do you think you are amazing?"

"Brother, stop arguing, can't you see that Qin Lin is pressing?"

Sakura Xin was smart, knowing that Qin Lin was deliberately posturing in front of Jiang Qi, the purpose was to suppress the momentum of Jiang Qi, the city lord, and make Jiang Qi look humble.

Sakura glanced at her sister: "He wants to press, but he slaps the table in front of me, does this take me seriously?"

"Brother, you and Qin Lin are brothers, what are you doing so much?" Sakura Xin really felt that her brother was serious.

However, Sakura Mirror disagreed: "I'm not here to send someone under the fence, if he wants to play prestige, he will stay away from me and play again, slap the table with me, and resolutely refuse to proofread"

Finished, Sakura stood up and prepared to leave.

At this moment, a person came in at the door of the inn.

Seeing Chunfen hurriedly come in, she smiled happily when she saw the canteen surrounded by soldiers in armor.

"You're finally here. "Chunfen.

Raise your head, just in front of the cherry blossom mirror.

"Brother Sakura. She beckoned.

Sakura Mirror was stunned.

I haven't seen her for many years, and Sakura Mirror's impression of Chunfen is still stuck in the time when she was the girl.

And the Chunfen in front of her has grown into a slim and slim woman, and the eighteen changes of the female university.

"You, are you Chunfen?" Sakura Mirror gradually revealed a surprised expression.

Chunfen stepped forward and nodded: "Brother Sakura, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

"Chunfen. Sakura Xin also stood up and hugged Chunfen tightly with her hands outstretched.

"Sister Xin, it's been a long time. Chunfen smiled.

When she was in Scorching Sun Mountain City before, Chunfen was just a character who had just escaped from the identity of "maid", so at that time, she called Sakura Xin Sister Xin. At this time, she still hasn't changed her mind.

"Chunfen, just call me Xin, stop calling me sister, I'm a bandit now, haha......" Sakura Xin said self-deprecatingly.

Chunfen nodded, "Okay, I'll call you Sister Bandit in the future, haha......"

Old friends meet and are happy.

Originally, Sakura Mirror was about to leave in a huff, but because of Chunfen, he still sat back at the table.

Second floor.

Qin Lin leaned back on the Taishi chair and motioned for Jiang Qi to sit down.

Obviously, Qin Lin had already put on a shelf. He didn't have the slightest respect for Jiang Qi, but sat down on his own before motioning for Jiang Qi to sit in the Taishi chair on the side.

Jiang Qi is no other, like an obedient old man.

"Gongzi Qin, do you have anything to say to me alone?" Jiang Qi asked.

Qin Lin squinted at him and asked unceremoniously: "City Lord Jiang, do you still want to be the city lord?"

At this question, Jiang Qi tensed his expression, changed his face like turning a book, and said in a low tone: "What does Gongzi Qin mean by this?"

Qin Lin smiled lightly: "What I mean is, if you want to do it, you will continue to do it, and if you don't want to do it, then change people to do it." ”

"Replacement?" Jiang Qi stared at Qin Lin: "Could it be that Qin Gongzi is going to do it?"

"I have no interest in it, or if I want to be in power, I may not be able to be the lord of another city, even the lord of this state. Qin Lin was arrogant.

Jiang Qi was faintly weak, he felt that his power was too much worse than Qin Lin.

Qin Lin continued to ask: "Has City Lord Jiang thought about it, do you want to continue to be the City Lord?"

"If I want, can I continue to do it?" Jiang Qi lost his momentum.

"Of course, it's just that you have to listen to me. "Qin Lin.

"Listen to you, then I'm still the city lord?" Jiang Qi frowned.

Qin Lin chuckled: "City Lord Jiang, since I stepped into Anjing City, it doesn't matter whether you are the city lord or not, the important thing is my interests, but all the factors that will affect my interests, I will wipe them out, if you want to continue to be the city lord, it must be in my interests." ”

"You, you ......" Jiang Qi didn't know what to do for a while.

Under normal circumstances, at this time, he should put on the prestige of the city lord and yell at Qin Lin "presumptuous". But the current situation does not allow him to have the slightest prestige as a city lord.

Qin Lin continued: "The tense situation between your Jiang and Liu clans is very not in my interests, I ask you to stop immediately, otherwise, I will ask the Shang Wu team to intervene." ”

"Qin Gongzi, it's not like I can stop now. Jiang Qi said.

"Why?"

"You should know that Liu Rui imprisoned Wu'er, and he won't let people go, how can I stop?" Jiang Qi knew that it was no longer meaningful to be stubborn in front of Qin Lin, so he brought out a pleading tone.

Qin Lin squinted at him: "What does your son's life and death have to do with me, my interests cannot be affected by his imprisonment by Liu Rui." ”

"Qin Lin!" Jiang Qi said angrily.

Qin Lin looked at him indifferently: "It seems that City Lord Jiang is not going to continue to be this City Lord?"

"I want to save Wu'er's life, it doesn't matter if the rest is true, Qin Gongzi, you can protect your interests, but please let the merchant team rescue Wu'er first!"

Jiang Qi can be regarded as a condition.

Qin Lin looked at him: "Okay, the merchant team can rescue your son at any time, but what about after the rescue?"

"After being rescued, the conflict between the Jiang and Liu clans will naturally stop, so that the interests of Gongzi Qin will not be affected. "Jiang Qi.

Qin Lin smiled: "City Lord Jiang, I am a businessman, and I can't do a loss-making business. ”

"How much money do you want to save my son, make a price!"

"One hundred thousand gold!" Qin Lin said.

"How much?" Jiang Qi's eyes widened.

Here is a peaceful city, a barren land.

If it is a big clan at the state capital level, 100,000 gold is not a big number, tighten your belt, and you can squeeze out so much money.

But for the Jiang family, they smashed the pot and sold iron, and they went bankrupt, and they may not be able to make up 100,000 yuan.

"Jiang City Lord's ears are not mistaken, 100,000 gold, as long as you can afford 100,000 gold, I will help you rescue Jiang Donglin. Qin Lin said lightly.

Jiang Qi stood up, the expression on his face extremely complicated.

He could hear that Qin Lin was making it difficult for him, and deliberately set a condition that he couldn't afford.

"Young Master Qin, you have gone too far. He said.

"Then please ask City Lord Jiang to go back and think about it first, if you think this deal can be done, come to me at any time, if you feel that you can't do this deal, it is useless to talk too much. "Qin Lin.

Jiang Qi turned around, didn't do more, and left angrily.

In front of Qin Lin, he, the city lord, had already lost face, whether it was pleading in a soft way or glaring at Qin Lin in a hard way, it was all invalid.

In the cafeteria, everyone was still eating and talking happily.

Lin Chuyu saw the expression on Jiang Qi's face when he left, and guessed that Qin Lin had already started the plan for the second phase.

She got up and walked to the second floor and came to Qin Lin's room.

I just saw Qin Lin laughing alone in the room.

"Are you crazy?" she said.

Qin Lin sat on the Taishi chair and patted his legs: "Chu Yu, you didn't see Jiang Qi's reaction just now, you will be the same as your grandson for a while, and you will pretend to be tough for a while, it's too funny, the lord of a dignified city is mixed with him like this, it is better to abdicate obediently." ”

Lin Chuyu looked at him, and said in a strange manner: "Jiang Qi is just the lord of the city, and his power is not as good as the He family in Xiangcheng, what can you be proud of if you bully him like this." ”

"I've already set conditions for him anyway, presumably he will go back now, either to make up money, or to make up people. "Qin Lin.

Lin Chuyu shrugged.

She had already talked to Qin Lin about the second phase of the plan before.

Simply put, it was to force the Jiang clan to send troops, and it was to send troops to attack the Liu clan, and then, Qin Lin sent a merchant army to intervene and mediate.

By doing so, we can win the hearts and minds of the people of Anjing City.

In other words, the last thing the people of the entire Anjing City want to see is a conflict between the Jiang and Liu clans. The relatives of the common people were all outer disciples of the two clans, and the conflict broke out, and the dead and wounded were all the children of the common people, and the relatives of the two clans would only hide in the rear.

Therefore, whoever can stop the conflict is the benefactor in the hearts of the people.

Qin Lin deliberately made a bid in front of Jiang Qi, just to make Jiang Qi unable to pay, forcing Jiang Qi to take hard measures against the Liu family and try to save Jiang Donglin

And right now, the Liu family also hates the Jiang family to the bone, and it is impossible to let Jiang Donglin go easily.

Even if Liu Rui is rational and knows that it is not the time to tear his face with Jiang, but at the same time, he also knows that once he loses Jiang Donglin, a prisoner, the Liu family will be finished.

In this case, one side wants to save Jiang Donglin, and the other party refuses to let Jiang Donglin go, and this conflict will inevitably escalate into killing.

Qin Lin said: "Chu Yu, keep an eye on the Jiang clan's movements, as long as they launch an attack on the Liu Mansion, we must immediately intervene and intervene to reduce the casualties of innocent disciples as much as possible." ”

"I don't need you, I know what to do. Lin Chu said.

Qin Lin chuckled, then walked out of the room, came to the corridor, and looked down at the picture of everyone eating and drinking in the cafeteria.

"Sakura Mirror, how about coming to my room?" he said to the Sakura Mirror downstairs.

Sakura Mirror raised her eyes slightly, and said disdainfully: "I have nothing to talk to you." ”

"Hard temper, come up quickly, the two of us will drink one-on-one to see who drinks more. ”

Qin Lin must ease the relationship with Sakura Mirror, although the two people do not have an essential hatred, but the imbalance in Sakura Mirror's heart must always be sorted out.

Qin Lin beckoned: "If you take the initiative to admit defeat now, I won't laugh at you." ”

"you, who's afraid of whom!"

Sakura Kagami stood up, kicked his footsteps, and had already leaped up the corridor on the second floor.