The incident in Dongcheng District's death row undoubtedly had a great impact on Qiutan City, and those who were really in power were extremely concerned about this matter, especially Shangguan Mingdao's side.

After Shangguan Mingdao returned to Qiutan City, he ordered to search for Lin Chen's traces in the entire city, this person must know a lot of things, and his survival is a great threat to Shangguan Mingdao.

If they couldn't kill him, the series of unsightly things they had done would inevitably be made public, which was a very huge trouble for Shangguan Mingdao, and Shangguan Mingdao was naturally very aware of this, and he had already put all the focus of his work on finding Lin Chen.

Compared to Lin Chen, the others were obviously not that important.

However, in this matter, Shangguan Mingdao still couldn't come forward in person after all, after all, no matter what, he was still the second city lord of this Qiutan City, if he took the initiative to come forward this time, it would undoubtedly make people associate this matter with him, for Shangguan Mingdao, this was obviously not the situation he wanted to see.

The top priority now is to meet the lord of the city as soon as possible.

His behavior in this incident was more or less strange.

Shangguan Mingdao's face had already become solemn, the carriage and horses had been prepared, and after the gestures were appropriate, he went directly out of the City Lord's Mansion, got in the car and went straight to the City Lord's Mansion where Ouyang Hui was.

Along the way, he heard all sorts of sounds, and no doubt, none of them were what he wanted to hear.

Although his people tried their best to prevent the spread of this news, they still couldn't cover it up after all, and such a big thing, as long as one person knew the truth, then it would inevitably spread ten or ten hundreds, and now he was able to hear the truth about this matter circulating.

Some people have already guessed that this incident is caused by demons.

And the transmission of this news is undoubtedly like dropping a bombshell for Qiutan City, making this originally calm and waveless city really become turbulent.

Listening to all kinds of discussions, Shangguan Mingdao's face on the car was already extremely difficult to see.

Although he has not come forward, coupled with the majesty accumulated before, people have not yet associated this matter with him, but it is definitely a matter of time, after all, this incident happened in Dongcheng District, and everyone in Qiutan City knows that this Dongcheng District is his territory, and such a big thing has happened under his rule, it is basically impossible for him to get rid of suspicion.

And thinking of this, he hated Lin Chen even more.

Subconsciously clenched his fists, Shangguan Mingdao's eyes were cold and slowly spit out two words: "Lin Chen." ”

The moment the voice fell, there was already an endless surge of killing intent in his eyes, and Shangguan Mingdao at this moment was already extremely angry.

In any case, Lin Chen's actions this time had a great impact on him after all.

And if he wants to eliminate this effect, it is no longer something that can be done simply.

The current Shangguan Mingdao can only take one step at a time.

Thinking of this, a haze inexplicably emerged in my heart.

It took a long time to take a deep breath to calm his mood, and his eyes were fixed on the front.

In the City Lord's Mansion in the Central City, Ouyang Hui was sitting in the study to deal with the affairs of the city, and a knock on the door came at this moment.

Raised his eyebrows slightly, glanced at the direction of the door, and said, "Come in." ”

The person who walked in was Xu Yin, the commander of the city guard, and after completing the task assigned by Ouyang Hui, Xu Yin had been ordered to stay in the central city lord's mansion and play the role of the chief steward.

In front of Ouyang Hui, Xu Yin bowed slightly and said, "City Lord, Shangguan Mingdao is here." ”

"Oh?"

Putting down the fold in his hand, Ouyang Hui's gaze fell on Xu Yin's body, and he smiled and said, "Our Shangguan City Lord is a little later than I expected." ”

"I thought he would come to me yesterday without breath."

Ouyang Hui's face was full of smiles, and he was in a very good mood, compared to Shangguan Mingdao, he didn't have any worries at all.

This Qiutan City has been quiet for fifty years, and he has been deceived for a full fifty years, and he has been thinking about whether what he has done right or not every day for fifty years, and now he has finally figured it out and made up his mind.

In Ouyang Hui's opinion, there was nothing more important than solving the potential threat in Qiutan City, and now he was doing his best to deal with this matter, and he was also waiting for Shangguan Mingdao's arrival.

"Go, let the Shangguan City Lord come in, and I'll wait for him in the study."

Xu Yin frowned and said, "City Lord, have you really thought about it this time?" ”

Ouyang Hui was stunned for a moment, looked Xu Yin in front of him up and down, and then said, "That's right, I have already thought about it, or I should have thought it out as early as fifty years ago." ”

"Because the peace obtained by deception is not real peace at all, and what happened in the city during this time, although I have not really investigated, I can say without exaggeration that I know clearly."

"Shangguan Mingdao did what kind of unsightly tricks he did behind my back, and I also knew very well that I had long wanted to meet him."

"However, after all, he has made a lot of contributions to this Qiutan City, and if he can truly realize his mistakes, I don't plan to do anything to him."

"Anyway, let's take it one step at a time."

Xu Yin nodded when he heard this, turned around and left the study.

After a while, there was a knock on the door again, and this time it was the second city lord in this Qiutan City, Shangguan Mingdao, who walked into the room.

Putting down the fold in his hand, a smile appeared on Ouyang Hui's face.

"Mingdao is here, sit down."

There was even a hint of a smile in the calm voice, but when these words fell into Shangguan Mingdao's ears, it was not at all what it used to be.

He and Ouyang Hui had known each other for fifty years, so he naturally knew what kind of character this old city lord had been entrusted by the king, and he also knew very well how terrifying this person's mind was.

Especially in this hill city, basically as long as it is something he wants to know, there is simply nothing that he can't know.

Thinking of this, Shangguan Mingdao's face became gloomy.

He didn't sit down, just closed the door casually, and his cold gaze was fixed on Ouyang Hui in front of him.

"City Lord Ouyang, I came this time because I couldn't figure out something, so I want to ask you."

Ouyang Hui froze when he heard this, looked up at Shangguan Mingdao and said with a smile: "Why are you so angry, you and I are also old friends, we are busy dealing with the things at hand on weekdays and have no time to meet, why are you unwilling to catch up with me just now?" ”

There was a dangerous light surging in Shangguan Mingdao's eyes, and he slowly spoke: "Ouyang City Lord, in the eyes of my Shangguan Mingdao, old things are often linked to sadness, everything I have done, I will not regret it, but when I mention it, I will inevitably feel sad in my heart. ”

"You know, being in our position is sad or bad."

"Because we need to defend the whole city, we have to make ourselves cold-blooded."

"Only in this way can absolute fairness be guaranteed and the interests of the majority of people can be truly safeguarded."

"Most?"

Ouyang Hui raised his eyebrows and glanced at Shangguan Mingdao lightly before he smiled and said, "So in the eyes of the Shangguan City Lord, the interests of a small number of people don't need to be safeguarded?" ”

"Or do you have to defend most of the people you speak, even if they are full of careerists and conspirators, most of them are the kind of people who are already hopeless?"

Shangguan Mingdao's face was cold, and he slowly spoke: "As the city lord, you should treat everyone equally. ”

"We are not saviors, we can't save everyone, we can do our best to protect the lives of most people, we have already fulfilled the duty of a city lord, in the eyes of Ouyang City Lord, isn't it?"

Ouyang Hui stood up from his seat, and he walked slowly in the direction of Shangguan Mingdao.

"Mingdao, I know that you and I have always had different philosophies, and you have always used your methods to protect this Qiutan City, but I have a sentence that I have always wanted to tell you."

"As a city lord, of course, there is nothing wrong with protecting your city, even if you carry all the darkness, it doesn't matter at all, but if you need to sacrifice the lives of a few ordinary people to protect the lives of most careerists and conspirators, I will never agree."

"You also said that as city lords, we should treat everyone equally, and what we need to do is definitely not to align with interests."

"Of course, we should protect our city, but before that, what we need to protect first is the bottom line of a city, which is the duty of being a human being."

"If even these are lost, what is the difference between us and the careerists and conspirators?"

"Or what's the difference between us and those blood-drinking beasts?"

The cold meaning in Shangguan Mingdao's eyes became even thicker, and he stared at Ouyang Hui in front of him and said, "So in the eyes of Ouyang City Lord, there is no difference between me and those beasts?" ”

Ouyang Hui said: "I didn't say that, the reason why I told you this is to let you know what a city lord should do. ”

Hearing this, Shangguan Mingdao's heart had sunk to the bottom.

He should have known a long time ago that it was not fifty years ago, and the city lord in front of him was definitely not the eloquent and ambitious superior at that time.

He's old.

The chill in his eyes was already extremely strong, he stared at Ouyang Hui in front of him, and after a long time, he slowly spoke: "It seems that there is no need to continue the conversation between you and me!" ”

The moment the cold voice fell, Ouyang Hui's face changed slightly, and his eyes narrowed slightly and slowly spoke: "Are you sure?" ”