Chapter 33: Infiltrating the City Lord's Mansion
The weather in Sunset City today is exceptionally clear, with clear skies and cloudless skies.
Today is the 60th birthday banquet of the city lord of Sunset City, many officials wearing official uniforms and some local gentry Fuji, set up a lot of porridge in the city, Bo Shi to help the people, and the whole city celebrates the birthday banquet of the city lord.
Before noon, the city lord's mansion had already been stepped on the threshold, and there was an endless stream of people coming, but all the wealthy gentry Fuji who had a little family background brought gifts to attend the birthday banquet.
As for the arrival of the monks, whether they were famous or first-order casual cultivators, they were all greeted by the steward of the City Lord's Mansion in person, which made many low-level monks who were mixed in flattered by them.
Zhongli was about to sneak into the City Lord's Mansion to attend the birthday banquet, and in order to avoid being discovered by someone with a heart, he separated from Chongming Bird and entered the City Lord's Mansion separately.
The Chongming Bird could fly in directly from the air, Zhongli Ke made a difficulty, standing outside the gate of the City Lord's Mansion and watching many monks come with congratulatory gifts, but he was empty-handed, which was too eye-catching.
Zhongli has no experience, and it is the first time to participate in someone else's birthday banquet, and it is definitely too late to prepare gifts now, and it is not appropriate for a monk to send some ordinary things, but he can't directly send a spirit stone.
Just when Zhongli was in a dilemma, he suddenly saw an acquaintance coming, it was Wei Hong, a disciple of the Stargazing Gate who had been knocked out by Zhongli with a punch at the city gate that day.
Zhongli's eyes lit up, and he strolled towards Wei Hong, and when he walked in front of him, he stopped him with one hand.
Wei Hong saw that the person in front of him stopped him, he didn't know what he meant, he frowned and asked, "Your Excellency is a person, what are you doing stopping me?"
Only then did Zhongli remember that he had used the disguise technique, and this Wei Hong definitely didn't know him, so he coughed lightly and said lightly: "You are Wei Hong, a disciple of the Stargazing Gate, do you remember what happened outside the city gate that day?"
Wei Hong's face changed, thinking that his disgrace was spread by the two people who guarded the city, and he gritted his teeth with hatred in his heart, and said, "Your Excellency wants to make fun of our stargazing gate!"
Wei Hong didn't know what the person meant, but he was not a stupid person, and directly picked out the name of the stargazing sect to suppress the other party, after all, the stargazing gate is in the land of Fengzhou, except for the four major sects, it can be regarded as a great first-class sect.
Zhongli waved his hand again and again, and said with a smile: "Brother Wei misunderstood, it's just that the disciple of the Heavenly Fire Sect who injured you that day is the target of my arrest, so it's just like you to inquire about it." ”
When Wei Hong heard this, he was relieved, it turned out that he didn't make fun of himself, but he didn't know what the purpose of this middle-aged man with a Chinese face was, so he said cautiously: "Oh? I don't know where Your Excellency came from, I haven't seen him since that day." ”
Zhongli looked at Wei Hong's cautious appearance, and couldn't help but feel irritated in his heart, this Wei Hong was arrogant and domineering that day, why did he want to fool him so difficult today, and became cautious.
"I'm here to be in my own Biyun Sect, and there is news that that kid will come to the Sunset City Lord's birthday banquet today, and I'm here to arrest him. ”
After Zhongli finished speaking, he pressed Wei Hong's shoulder with one hand and squeezed it hard.
Wei Hong felt the pain in his shoulder, his face changed, he had such a strong strength, the master of the Lingwu Realm may not have such strength, could it be that he couldn't cultivate his body, he came from the Biyun Sect?
Wei Hong was a lot more polite at the moment, and quickly changed his tone: "Since the seniors know that the kid will come, they will be arrested directly, so why bother the juniors." After speaking, he showed a wry smile.
The sound of the two talking was very small, making the passers-by who kept walking by mistakenly think that the two knew each other, and Zhongli wanted this effect.
The two had fought before, and Zhong Li knew that Wei Hong was only a second-order mortal martial realm, but he didn't dare to use spiritual power to suppress, it would expose the realm, and he could only use his physical body to exert pressure.
Otherwise, Wei Hong knew Zhongli's realm, and the person who was talking about arresting him in front of him could have similar strength, which would definitely arouse suspicion.
Zhongli saw Wei Hong's softness, patted him lightly on the shoulder, pretended to be an elder, and said with a proud face: "How can things be so simple as you imagined. ”
"I can't reveal my identity, otherwise that kid will run away when he sees the Biyun Sect coming, I want to use the identity of the Stargazing Gate to sneak into this City Lord's Mansion, I don't know if you are willing to cooperate?"
After Wei Hong listened, his head was like a chicken pecking rice, and he kept notching, he was injured by Zhongli that day, and he regarded it as a great shame, and now someone is helping him to avenge him, how can he not be happy.
It's just to bring this middle-aged man into the City Lord's Mansion, and there is no disadvantage to himself, and he said at the moment: "Of course I do, I don't know what the seniors call it?"
Zhong Li couldn't help but be anxious when he saw Wei Hong ask his name: "Didn't I let that kid know if my name was exposed, so let's do it, um... You can just call me Uncle Lei. ”
Zhongli couldn't think of a name for a while, so he remembered the spiritual skill Thunder Trace Step he learned last night, so he named it after the spiritual skill.
Wei Hong said with a wry smile: "Seniors must also be registered when they enter this city lord's mansion, and they can't register the three words of Uncle Lei." ”
When the middle-aged man Zhongli turned into heard this, his eyes were bigger than a cow, and he thought to himself why it was so troublesome, but fortunately he found this Wei Hong first to understand some of the situation, otherwise he wouldn't be in a hurry at that time.
Zhongli remembered that most of the birthday gifts given by the monks he had just seen were some elixirs, so he said, "My name is Lei Ling!"
Wei Hong was dumbfounded after hearing this, the name of this senior is too domineering, is it the thunder spirit in the law of thunder and lightning? No wonder it is a powerful monk, in the eyes of Wei Hong of the Stargazing Gate, the Lingwu realm and above are quite powerful powerful seniors.
Zhongli, who was walking towards the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, saw Wei Hong still standing in a daze, and couldn't help shouting back: "What are you stunned about, don't you hurry up and keep up!"
"Ahh Yes, yes, Uncle Lei is waiting for me. After Wei Hong finished speaking, he hurriedly trotted up, and I have to say that the two of them entered the play quite quickly.
Zhongli and Wei Hong walked towards the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, the housekeeper of the City Lord's Mansion was surnamed Qian, a lean old man, with white hair and old age eroded by the wind, when he saw the two of them coming, he greeted them with a smile: "I don't know who the two are?"
Zhongli didn't reply, he tilted his head towards Wei Hong, pretending to be a master of the world, and let Wei Hong answer, but he really had little experience in dealing with people, and he was afraid that he would lose his words and expose his identity.
Wei Hong is a human being, and when he saw this situation, he suddenly walked from behind Zhongli to the front: "I am Wei Hong of the Stargazing Gate, and this is my uncle Lei Ling." After speaking, he took out a wooden square box from his bosom and handed it to the old man.
"This is our congratulatory gift, the cicada spirit leaf, has the effect of prolonging life and rejuvenating people, if you can add a few flavors of elixir to refine the three-pattern clear elixir, the effect is better. ”
Steward Qian's thin cheeks were full of smiles, and he said again and again: "It turns out that the two are masters of the Stargazing Gate, please come inside, and bring two distinguished guests into the banquet." ”
After Steward Qian finished speaking, a maid immediately came, led the way for the two, and walked to the depths of the City Lord's Mansion.
At this time, the city lord's mansion was crowded with people, and the seats were full, and finally the maid took the two of them to find two vacant seats in a corner.
After taking a seat, Wei Hong saw that there was no acquaintance on the table, and the location was extremely remote, and said dissatisfiedly: "The city lord of this Sunset City is also too big, and he actually arranged for us to sit here, which is really wronged by the seniors." ”
Wei Hong looked at Zhongli and said, It means that if you know that you are from the Biyun Sect, how dare you arrange for us to sit in this remote corner, and also want to use Zhongli's background to get a better position.
Zhongli didn't understand what he meant, he naturally wanted to go and sit in the middle, all the monks gathered here, even if Cao Chun mixed in, he would sit on the mortal seat, and there was no chance to contact the mortals here.
Although he thought so, Zhongli was not really a member of the Biyun Sect, so he naturally didn't dare to take the initiative to show it, in case it was exposed, wouldn't he be exposed, so he could only say: "It's okay, we didn't come here this time to fight for that face." ”
When Wei Hong heard Zhongli say this, he didn't want to say anything, he just complained, and he knew the purpose of the person in front of him, and he definitely couldn't reveal his identity, so he timidly shut up.
"I'm going around to find the whereabouts of the disciples of the Heavenly Fire Sect, you can stay here. After Zhongli finished speaking, he got up and walked out, without waiting for Wei Hong to reply.
Wei Hong was also happy to see Zhongli leave, he came from a small sect, but he was not so concerned about cultivation, and he was more concerned with people, and the matter was immediately chatted with the people sitting next to him.
Cao Chun's name seems to be a taboo in Sunset City, Zhongli inquired yesterday, but when others heard the word Cao Chun, they hurried away as if they had met a plague god, so Zhongli had no clue.
At this time, entering the City Lord's Mansion, Zhongli and Chongming Bird were also separated, everything could only be relied on himself, he walked aimlessly, and slowly walked towards the seat of the mortal guests.
At this moment, there was a bang, the sound of drums, followed by the crackling of firecrackers, and the feast began.