On the twenty-tenth day of February, in front of the City Lord's Mansion.

"Congratulations to Brother Cao for passing the cultivation assessment!"

"Congratulations to Brother Mo for being promoted to a mid-level warrior!"

“......”

The relatives and friends who accompanied Cao Mo to see the list congratulated him one after another.

"Tongxi, Tongxi!" Cao Mo returned the salute in high spirits, while staring at the list, wanting to see which classmates had passed the assessment.

Suddenly, he rubbed his eyes vigorously and stared at a name on the list for a long time, and his face gradually became like dead ashes.

"Haha, cousin, you are three months older than me, but you entered Beiyuan three years later than me, you must hurry up your cultivation in the future, otherwise you will be further and further away from me!"

In the crowd, a tall and muscular young man laughed at Shen Yun beside him.

Shen Yun smiled and said, "Then let's compete to see who becomes a high-level warrior first!"

The sturdy man is known as Dong Cheng, the eldest son of Dong Xuan, the head of the Dong family and Shen Yun's uncle.

He is not only Shen Yun's uncle and brother, but also the son surnamed Dong who has the closest relationship with Shen Yun in the clan.

Dong Cheng glanced at Cao Mo who was standing in front of the list, and said loudly: "Cousin, since the old age of Ah Huang, who we fed together when we were young, died, I will think of it whenever I hear the dog bark, hey, I really want to hear Ah Huang's bark again!"

Shen Yun showed a look of remembrance on his face, and said, "Cousin, I suddenly have a feeling that I will be able to see Ah Huang soon, and I will hear that familiar voice again!"

"That's great, where is Ah Huang?" Dong Cheng looked around, and finally fixed his gaze on Cao Mo, who was looking back at him.

Shen Yun walked up to Cao Mo, squinted his eyes and asked, "Young Master Cao, when will you make an appointment?!"

Knock! Knock!

At this moment, three cannons rang out from the City Lord's Mansion, and the chief steward Lu Liang walked out of the slowly opening main gate, and said loudly: "The auspicious time has come, and the advanced monk has entered the mansion!"

Shen Yun looked at Cao Mo, who was silent, smiled slightly, and said, "Then let's wait until it comes out!"

In the auditorium of the City Lord's Mansion, the heads of the major noble clans in the city sat on the viewing platform, calling the names of their own high-ranking disciples while waving to them frequently.

City Lord Lu Heng stepped onto the podium, and after saying a few words of inspiring words, he began to award new student badges.

After the badges were awarded, everyone left the auditorium and entered the banquet hall, where they took their seats according to the name cards on the tables.

Not long after, the banquet began, first Lu Heng congratulated the heads of the clans and the students of the advanced ranks one by one, and then the heads of the clans led the children of their clans to return the salute to Lu Heng.

In Shen Yun's opinion, the most interesting thing is the mutual congratulations between various families, and the acting skills made him, a semi-professional who had received special acting training, a little ashamed.

The wine is big, and the sun and the moon are long in the pot.

The banquet lasted from noon to evening, and just as it was coming to an end, something unexpected happened.

"Head of the house, please be the master for the child!"

Cao Mo suddenly left his seat and knelt in front of Cao Ang, the head of the Cao family.

Everyone present was stunned, not knowing what he wanted.

"The head of the family, a few days ago, Shen Yun, a child of the Dong family, invited me to the restaurant for a drink, and took advantage of my drunkenness to lure me to sign a gambling ......contract!"

Cao Mo choked up and told Cao Ang the lies he had carefully weaved.

After hearing Cao Mo's cry, everyone was in an uproar, and even the city lord Lu Heng frowned.

He apologized to the white-haired old man sitting in the guest seat and said, "Master Xun, let you see you laugh!"

The old man known as Master Xun smiled slightly and said, "Look at it, this is the beginning!"

Lu Heng heard that there was something in the other party's words, and his brows couldn't help but lock tighter.

"Get up!" Cao Ang raised his hand to Cao Mo with a straight face, and asked, "What are you betting on?"

"Bet on whether Shen Yun can pass this cultivation assessment, whoever loses will learn to bark three times in front of the City Lord's Mansion!" Cao Mo replied.

Syllable!

Cao Ang got up and said angrily: "It's really unreasonable!"

Dong Xuan, the head of the Dong family, had already called Shen Yun to his side at this time, and before he could speak, he asked, "How can you do such a thing?!"

Shen Yun was stunned, Dong Xuan and Dong Yuemei are half-brothers and sisters, no matter how they say it, they are their own uncles, even if they don't have this relationship, but before they figure things out, they must first protect their own people.

Seeing that Dong Xuan didn't want to be reasonable at all, Shen Yun simply didn't argue, bowed his head and said nothing.

"Master Dong, you and I have been friends for generations, in your opinion, how should this matter be handled?" Cao Ang said to Dong Xuan.

Dong Sui immediately bowed his hand to Cao Ang and said, "Master Cao, please wait, I am asking Bu Xiaozi about this matter!"

When everyone heard Dong Xuan's words, they were all stunned, and said in their hearts that they had put a bad hat on their family before they could figure it out, what kind of medicine was sold in this gourd?

"Shen Yun, as the head of the family, I order you to kneel down in front of the head of the Cao family and explain the truth of the matter clearly!" Dong Xuan said expressionlessly.

Shen Yun looked up at Dong Xuan, smiled indifferently, and said without being humble or arrogant: "It's okay to tell the truth, but it's impossible to kneel!"

After hearing Shen Yun's words, everyone began to discuss in low voices.

"This kid has drunk too much, and he dares to disobey the orders of the head of the family!"

"If you talk about things, why do you have to kneel?!"

“......”

Dong Sui suppressed the anger in his heart and sneered: "Okay, okay, I just became a middle-level warrior and I started to disobey the head of the family, I will ask you again, go, or not!"

"No!" Shen Yun replied categorically.

"I'll kill you, the unscrupulous descendant of the Dong family!" Dong Xuan's face turned dark, and he immediately raised his arm.

"Wait!" Master Xun stood up from the guest seat, walked in front of Shen Yun, and said with a smile, "Little friend, do you still know the old man?"

Xun Shi's famous work Xun Kuang, a native of Linyang City, once served as the literary master of the city lord Lu Heng, and is now a master of the city lord's mansion of Chenning Mansion.

When I returned to my hometown this time, I heard that I was going to do a private matter, and I came at the right time.

The younger generation present didn't know much about him, but none of the heads of the Shi clans disrespected him.

Shen Yun stared at Xun Kuang for a moment, then bowed down and said, "You should be the white-eyebrow elder, I said that there was something wrong with you that day, it turned out to be disguised!"

Xun Kuang put his hand into his arms, took out a golden ticket and handed it to Shen Yun, and said, "This is 5,000 gold pen fee, just because I was too emotional that day, I didn't even notice when you left, it's really rude!"

Shen Yun waved his hand and said with a smile: "Didn't I say it at the time, I read you to write, and the pen polishing fee should naturally belong to you, do you say this is the reason!"

Xun Kuang forcibly stuffed the golden ticket into Shen Yun's hand, and said in a low voice: "Don't be in vain!"

Lu Heng, who was sitting on the chairman, saw such a scene, and said to Dong Xuan and Cao Ang with a smile: "Some small things, let's discuss them later!"

"Obey!" Dong Xuan and Cao Ang replied in unison.

Shen Yun thought to himself: "I'm afraid that no one will deal with it impartially, this old gentleman seems to be the city lord's honored guest, why don't I let him help me." ”

After making up his mind, Shen Yun asked Xun Kuang respectfully, "How do you call your seniors?"

"Xun Kuang!"

"It turned out to be Xun Lao, I want to take the liberty of asking, what do you think about this matter?"

Xun Kuang said: "Although I am now a criminal master, but I used to be in charge of civil affairs, according to the law, Cao Mo countersued you for gambling without appraising, which is really suspected of ruining people's reputation!"

When Shen Yun heard this, his heart immediately blossomed, and he secretly praised himself: "Jiang is still old and spicy!"

Cao Mo defended loudly: "I just complained to the head of the family, and I didn't file a lawsuit with the city lord's mansion!"

When Cao Ang heard this, he immediately walked up to Cao Mo, raised his palm, and shook him with a big mouth.

Half of Cao Mo's face immediately swollen up, and when viewed from the side, it looked like a pig's head with a slap print.

"In those years, the two saints ruled the river, refining the nine tripods to set Yizhou, the four tripods were in the south of the Yangtze River, the four tripods were in the north of the river, and the last tripod sank in the heart of the river.

Since then, the boundary of Lingxi has been smooth, and the country and the people are safe.

Subsequently, under the impetus of the two sages, various local separatist forces formed a bloody alliance on the Dingshan Mountain in the middle of the Yangtze River, and established the Tang Empire in the Jiangnan region, and the Ele Empire in the Jiangbei region.

Our Tang Empire dominates the entire territory of Jiangnan and has nine kingdoms under its jurisdiction, including the Tang Kingdom.

Under the kingdom, there are three administrative districts: county, prefecture, and county, and each region is dominated by local autonomy.

I, Cao Ang, am both the head of the Cao family and the deputy city lord of Linyang City, and if you complain to me in this city lord's mansion, that is an accusation.

I don't even understand this, you are simply not worthy of being a descendant of my Cao family!"

The more Cao Ang spoke, the more angry he became, and he wanted to fight again, but was stopped by the clansmen.

Lu Heng smiled coldly and asked Shen Yun, "What about the gambling contract?"

Shen Yun immediately took out the gambling contract from his arms, walked to the chairman, and handed it to Lu Heng with both hands.

"What about yours?" Lu Heng asked Cao Mo again.

Cao Mo put his hand into his arms and found that it was empty, so he suddenly broke into a cold sweat, was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "It seems to be...... Lost!"

"There is no evidence, this is slander!" Lu Heng shouted angrily, "Come on, drag it down, seal the spiritual power, and hit the thirty boards!"

Two tall and burly guards picked up Cao Mo, who was already panicked, and walked towards the outside of the banquet hall.

After a short time, the two guards dragged Cao Mo back and returned and threw him on the ground in front of Lu Heng's seat.

"Shen Yun, I order you to tell the whole story of the matter in detail, if there is half a truth, I will not spare it!" Lu Heng said in a majestic voice.

Shen Yun pondered for a moment, and then said everything he could say, and the banquet hall was in an uproar.

Lu Heng intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Xun Kuang, who had returned to the guest seat, and saw that he clenched his fists vigorously, and immediately made up his mind in his heart.

"When the two of you sign the gambling contract, can someone else be present?" Lu Heng asked Shen Yun.

Shen Yun said: "The students who are in the same house as the two of us are all present and know everything about this matter, but there may not be a few people who dare to testify!"

Lu Heng glanced at everyone present and asked, "Where are the students present that day?"

As soon as the words fell, more than a dozen students quickly stood up.

Lu Heng nodded and said, "If you think what Shen Yun said is true, you can sit down now!"

Soon, all the students who stood up were seated again.

Lu Heng looked at Cao Mo who was lying on the ground with a cold face, and asked, "So far, what else do you have to say!"

Cao Mo's eyes were red and he pointed at Shen Yun who was standing next to him, and roared: "It is impossible for him to pass the cultivation assessment, unless he has learned the demon law, yes, he is a demon, he is a demon!"

Shen Yun sneered: "Everyone has been classmates for several years, if I am a demon, what are you?!"

Lu Heng saw that Cao Mo was already a little frustrated, so he didn't ask any more questions, called several masters to his side, and discussed in a low voice.

A quarter of an hour later, Lu Heng dismissed them, apparently having reached a consensus.