Chapter 55: Ximen Qing
As the saying goes, there are three fires when a new official takes office, and after Wen Kaiyuan became the deputy city lord, he didn't just light three fires, which simply burned a sea of fire, and the whole city couldn't stop.
After officially assuming the position of deputy city lord on August 28, Wen Kaiyuan sent people to the city to publicize it, not only announcing the inauguration, but also announcing the crusade against the Liangshan bandits.
Secondly, after Wen Kaiyuan became the deputy city lord, he turned around and turned his face to the three major families.
He investigated all the forces and private armies of the three major families, secretly disseminated the information, and dismantled the three major families, which means that the three major families have money and soldiers, why don't they unite to solve the problem of robbers, but instead watch the people suffer.
For a time, Shili City was full of wind and rain, and the prestige of the three major families plummeted in the hearts of the people.
The point is that Wen Kaiyuan didn't think it was a big deal, and even asked Shili Chunfeng, the city lord, to admit in public what he had announced.
August 29.
A beast cart slowly stopped outside the Ximen family's mansion, and Wen Kaiyuan and Ge Sansan, who was holding a grapefruit, walked out of the beast cart.
"Please report to your family master, and say that the deputy city lord Wen Kaiyuan is coming to visit." Wen Kaiyuan smiled and said to the servant guarding the door.
When the servant heard this, the person who came was actually the deputy city lord who had become famous just after taking office, and hurriedly ran back to report.
After a while, the servant trotted out.
"Deputy City Lord, the head of my family is invited, please follow me."
"Good!" Wen Kaiyuan smiled and nodded, as if he was not surprised by such a result.
The servant led Wen Kaiyuan and the others to the living room of Ximen's house, Wen Kaiyuan waved to the brothers and asked them to wait at the door, while he and Ge entered the living room for three days.
"You are Wen Kaiyuan? What a daring hairy boy! ”
The head of the Ximen family, Ximen Qing was already sitting on the chairman of the family and waiting for Wen Kaiyuan to enter.
Ximen Qing, a middle-aged man with a mediocre appearance, is also a cultivator of the Qi cultivation level.
Wen Kaiyuan smiled, not caring about Ximen Qing's arrogance and prejudice at all.
"There is a way to have friends from afar, the head of the Simon family, don't you invite me to sit down?"
Ximen Qing looked at Wen Kaiyuan, thinking in his heart, it is not a loss to be a person who plays with the three major families in applause, this courage, no one in the younger generation of the Ximen family can match. In fact, compared with Wen Kaiyuan, Ximen Qing was more interested in the grapefruit in Ge Tiantian's arms.
Then Ximen Qing nodded and shouted, "Come on, take a seat for the deputy city lord!" ”
The servant hurriedly lifted a seat and let Wen Kaiyuan take a seat.
"What is the deputy city lord doing to my Ximen family?" Ximen Qing asked bluntly.
"Naturally, I came to thank the head of the Ximen family, yesterday, if it wasn't for the consent of the Ximen family, I Wen Kaiyuan might not be able to sit smoothly in the position of deputy city lord."
Then Wen Kaiyuan clapped his hands, and a subordinate waiting outside the door walked in with a large gift box.
"I heard that the head of the Simon family loves to collect rare and exotic items, so I specially brought this item to the head of the Simon family to express my gratitude."
The subordinate opened the box and saw a blue and white porcelain placed in it.
Ximen Qing's eyes lit up, he had seen this blue and white porcelain in Shili Chunfeng, at that time, he also pulled down his face and let Shili Chunfeng give it to him, but unfortunately, Shili Chunfeng also loved this thing very much, so he naturally refused to give in.
Ximen Qing didn't expect that this Wen Kaiyuan would be able to get something that even he couldn't want, it seems that the relationship between Shili Spring Breeze and Wen Kaiyuan is not simple!
"Since I heard that the deputy city lord is so hearted, I will accept this thing." Ximen Qing was afraid that Wen Kaiyuan would regret it, so he immediately asked the servant to accept the gift box.
Wen Kaiyuan laughed in his heart, I was afraid that you Ximen Qing would not accept it.
"Hey! Don't hide it from the head of the Simon family, Wen Mou's visit this time is to ask for important things. Wen Kaiyuan sighed.
It's coming, it's coming, Wen Kaiyuan has started to perform.
The corners of Ximen Qing's mouth twitched, and he had a bad premonition, but after the gifts were accepted, he couldn't rush to Wen Kaiyuan immediately!
"The head of the Ximen family must have known that I set a goal for myself yesterday, that is, within fifteen days, I Wen Kaiyuan must let the Liangshan bandits disappear, and now one day has passed, and there are fourteen days left."
Ximen Qing moved his lips and didn't speak, but in fact, he was scolding Wen Kaiyuan in his heart, not Wen Kaiyuan himself was hyping up in the city, he was going to die, and he wanted to pull his Ximen family into the water. Moreover, the fifteen-day deadline was set by Wen Kaiyuan himself, what did it matter to him, even if Wen Kaiyuan did not set the deadline, he Ximen Qing would still agree to Wen Kaiyuan as the deputy city lord, and he did not expect Wen Kaiyuan to eradicate the Liangshan bandits, at least let the Liangshan bandits restrain a little.
"Master Ximen, this Liangshan bandit has more than 100 cavalry, 500 infantry, several cultivators, and its leader Liangshan is a Qi Transformation cultivator, although the strength I have is not bad, it is still a little dwarfed in comparison. As the saying goes, if you want to take down the Liangshan bandits, you must overcome them with several times the force. Alas! I have just arrived in Shili City, I am not familiar with the place, and the money is not fully prepared, how easy it is to recruit so many soldiers, can the head of the Ximen family show me the way! ”
Hearing Kaiyuan's nonsense, Ximen Qing didn't know what to say.
"Wen Deputy City Lord, one person does things and one person is responsible, yesterday was your own boast of Haikou, so you have to bear it yourself." Ximen Qing said after combing his thoughts for a while.
"Didn't the lord of Simon covet the riches of the robbers of the good mountains? I think that with their size, they must have more wealth than your three families combined. Wen Kaiyuan threw out the first temptation.
"Birds die for food, and no matter how much wealth you have, you have to have a life flower." Ximen Qing shook his head.
"Na Liangshan is a Qi Transformation cultivator, as far as I know, the Ximen Family Master is also a self-realization type cultivator, doesn't the Ximen Family Master have no idea about the Qi Transformation Rank?" The temptation of wealth does not work, Wen Kaiyuan changed to the temptation of a cultivator.