Jincheng is prosperous as in the past.

When Chen Tianci came to this originally prosperous city again, what he saw was a depression.

The once thriving streets are now deserted.

Pedestrians on the road are in a hurry.

From time to time, heavily armed soldiers would pass by.

The picture in front of him suddenly reminded Chen Tianci of the scene of martial law in Purple City.

At that time, Zijin City was facing internal and external troubles, and the whole city fell into a turbulent situation.

Today's Jincheng is almost the same as the Zijin City at that time.

In the distance, Lu Mengqi, under the protection of the escort soldiers, walked quickly towards Chen Tianci, who was standing on the dock.

The soldiers protecting her were all heavily armed, as if they were facing a great enemy.

"I've been waiting." Lu Mengqi took a few steps and came to Chen Tianci.

Chen Tianci shook his head. He took a closer look at Lu Mengqi and found that her face was full of tiredness, and she looked as if she hadn't slept well for several days and nights.

"What are you?" Chen Tianci frowned slightly and asked.

Lu Mengqi smiled faintly and said, "In the past two days, there have been many cases of disappearance. Now the whole of Jincheng is under martial law. I'm in charge of Jincheng now. ”

Chen Tianci then understood.

With such an important responsibility on Lu Mengqi, you can imagine how much pressure she has in her heart.

"Good work." Chen Tianci said, "I'm here this time to see if I can help." ”

Lu Mengqi smiled slightly, and asked instead of answering, "You are active." You're everywhere. You've got everything done with your own side? ”

Chen Tianci shook his head. "How can you handle it. Now it's just stable. ”

He naturally knew what Lu Mengqi was referring to. In the past, when the United City-State was attacked by pirates and repeatedly fell into the cut off of trade routes, Lu Mengqi sent people to help many times.

What the other party is talking about now is naturally referring to the pirate attack and harassment incident.

Although the United City-State has now reversed its unfavorable situation against piracy, it has not yet completely eliminated the problem of piracy. There are still a number of rampant pirates operating in the vicinity of the United City-States.

It's just that today's United City-State, after being rectified once, has increased by leaps and bounds in its overall combat effectiveness, which is enough to suppress the pirates who came to provoke, and launched a counterattack against the pirates.

But there is still a long way to go.

"In that case, you're going to be delayed by coming to me." Lu Mengqi said with a smile.

"Delay or not, I'm going to come here." Chen Tianci's face turned straight and continued, "Speaking of which, the matter over there may still have some connection with you. ”

"Oh?" Lu Mengqi raised her eyebrows and motioned for Chen Tianci to continue.

Chen Tianci shook his head and looked left and right.

Lu Mengqi suddenly understood.

"Look at me." She apologized, "You have come from afar, and I have patronized and talked to you here." Let's go, go to me, Yuxin is coming back today. Everyone is getting together. ”

As she spoke, she motioned for Chen Tianci to go with her.

Chen Tianci smiled slightly, and followed Lu Mengqi out of the dock.

A quarter of an hour later, Chen Tianci came to Lu Mengqi's mansion.

This is an independent small courtyard located in the northwest of Jincheng. There is no high wall outside the courtyard, and the gate is completely open. Chen Tianci can see the situation inside the building clearly when he stands outside.

He was puzzled.

After entering the living room and sitting down the guests, Chen Tianci asked the questions in his heart.

"You've got a nice yard. But why are there no walls? Even the gates are not closed. He asked.

Lu Mengqi smiled faintly, first retreated, and then whispered to Chen Tianci: "Now, I am in charge of the defense of Jincheng City, and I have heavy troops under my hands. But you know, I'm not a native of Jincheng, and I've always been an outsider to them. If I build a high wall and close the door, and the people outside don't know what I'm doing inside, there will be a lot of suspicion. There is a lot of suspicion, and it is inevitable that there will be unfavorable remarks. In the long run, it will be very bad for me. ”

Chen Tianci was slightly stunned, and then understood a little. Lu Mengqi is in Jincheng, and her life may not be as satisfactory as she appears.

"So, the city lord of Jincheng is not very relieved of you?" Chen Tianci asked.

"Rest assured or not assured, this is his business, I can't speculate. I'm just in the bud to nip unknown dangers, just in case. Lu Mengqi said calmly.

This woman is not only very powerful, but also very wise, Chen Tianci feels like this.

But since the other party said so, there must be some reason. It is even very likely that someone has already spread unfavorable remarks about her, so she will be asked to deal with it in this way to dispel some people's suspicions.

"In that case, why don't you leave Jincheng with me?" Chen Tianci said bluntly, "Although my united city-state is still small in scale, it is completely easy to give you a city to govern, so why bother to succumb here." ”

Lu Mengqi raised her eyebrows, took a closer look at Chen Tianci, and then smiled faintly.

"If you had said such a thing earlier, why would I have been in exile for so many years?" She said.

Chen Tianci felt a little guilty in his heart. Back then, it was true that he couldn't think about it for a while, which caused the two to part ways. But now, he's figured it out.

The matter of Huaishui City has nothing to do with Lu Mengqi, everything is a conspiracy of the Ferris Sect.

"It's not too late, isn't it?" Chen Tianci said without giving up.

Lu Mengqi shook her head.

"Back then, I was in exile and traveled in many ways to save Yuxin. Later, thanks to your help, I arrived in Jincheng. Originally, I only hoped that Yuxin's stubborn illness would be cured, but I never thought that the city lord of Jincheng learned about my situation and gave me a job, excluding public opinion, and let me live in Jincheng. Only then did I end my life of no fixed place and settle down with Yuxin. Although I have your help, Jincheng has a great favor for me. I can't do something ungrateful. She said.

Chen Tianci's eyes darkened. He already understood what Lu Mengqi meant.

He sighed slightly, regretting his irrationality back then.

But the matter has come to this point, and we can only face it calmly.

The two avoided this topic and did not continue, and Chen Tianci turned to talk about the Wang family.

"What's the news from the Wang family lately?" He asked.

"Not yet." Lu Mengqi shook his head, "I have already sent someone to investigate." But after the Wang family left Jincheng, they were nowhere to be found, and now there is no way to find it, I am afraid that my people will not find any useful news. ”

"The Wang family has always been secretly connected with the pirate group, I'm afraid you don't know about this yet." Chen Tianci broke the news.

When Lu Mengqi heard this, her eyebrows suddenly raised.

"Really?" She asked.

"Seriously." Chen Tianci nodded.

He immediately told Lu Mengqi the information and news he had at hand.

After hearing this, Lu Mengqi fell into deep thought. Her hand unconsciously tapped lightly on the tabletop, making a slight noise. As she thought deeper, the voice slowly thinned.

Suddenly, her hand paused, looked at Chen Tianci, and said, "I think I may know where they are hiding." ”