Castle in the Sky Omen of War (5)
Jiuyuan Yuejiao thought about it and finally chose his goal, a small teahouse. There are all kinds of drinks and teas sold in the teahouse, and it looks like the door is quite big! Yue Zheng pushed open the door and walked in, the interior was extremely gorgeously decorated, with a counter in the shape of a small blue fish, dim lights, various lighting equipment, fresh and fragrant fragrances, and colorful wine glasses!
There were about twenty people sitting in the hall in total, some were rude men, some were young people, and some old people! They were all chatting about some inconsequential topics, and it seemed that the atmosphere was quite harmonious! Yue Tribulation walked to a nearby seat and sat down, this was the front of the entire hall, and there was no one else except Jiuyuan Yue Tribulation!
Moon Tribulation didn't seem to care at all, and sat down directly in this position. Then he ordered a drink from the counter service staff, and then began to taste it little by little! The people around him didn't notice the Nine Yuan Moon Tribulation, because the Moon Tribulation was just a little weird, but it was still a normal person, and who would be idle and have nothing to provoke an ordinary person! But before the Moon Tribulation sat down for a long time, things changed!
I only heard a "crunch" sound, and a middle-aged man pushed the door in! This middle-aged man looked like Zhou Zhouzheng, with a medium build, a square face, eyes that were neither big nor small, shrewd and deep, and his eyebrows looked relatively slender, and on the whole he looked like an ordinary person! He was wearing a mage robe, his aura was lofty, his waist was straight, and he was wearing all kinds of badges on his body.
Strangely enough, as soon as the man walked into the hall, almost all the people who were talking were silent! and everyone seemed to look a little unnatural, frightened, hateful, and all kinds of expressions anyway. This person is none other than the boiling city lord of Xingyuan City who has been rumored in Xingyuan City recently!
I saw the city lord Meng Qi walking along the crowd all the way forward, and when the people around saw Meng Qi coming over, they all dodged and retreated, not daring to confront the other party! Although these people hated this city lord to death, who would tear their faces with the other party in front of the city lord, wouldn't that be looking for their own death? The last place that the city lord Meng Qi came to was the direction where the Nine Yuan Moon Tribulation was located. The city lord naturally didn't have any polite ingredients in it, and directly sat on the seat next to the Nine Yuan Moon Tribulation!
Everyone thought that the Nine Yuan Moon Tribulation would definitely stand up, find another seat and sit down, and avoid the limelight! However, the strange thing was that the Nine Yuan Moon Tribulation was still sitting calmly in the same position as if no one had happened, drinking his own drink leisurely, and looking like he was enjoying it very much! The people around him scolded this fool in their hearts for being two hundred and five! The city lord didn't give him face, could it be that he was impatient?
The city lord first ordered a drink for himself, tasted it slowly, and saw that the Moon Tribulation still had no intention of leaving, Meng Qi couldn't help but be a little surprised, how could this person not seem to be afraid of himself?
He couldn't help but clear his throat and said, "I said, this old man, don't you know me?"
Yue Tribulation slowly raised his eyelids, didn't even turn his eyes, and said casually: "Of course I know, City Lord! There are pictures of you everywhere in the city, how could I not know it!"
This has confused Meng Qi, isn't it! There are still people in Xingyuan City who are not afraid of themselves? It was the calmness of the Moon Tribulation that aroused his curiosity: "Well, I know, right! Then I am very strange, since you obviously know that I am the city lord, why don't you avoid me like everyone else? Could it be that you have some great background?"
"Oh! That's what you're wondering about! I don't have any background. However, even if you are the city lord, only in Xingyuan City, you are the city lord. As for other places, such as teahouses, everyone is just a tea lover, and there is no distinction between high and low. Since everyone's status is the same, why should I be afraid of you?"
Unexpectedly, this city lord Meng Qi was not only angry, but was a little interested in understanding the secret of the Nine Yuan Moon Tribulation: "Well, what you said is very reasonable, since it is in a teahouse, then everyone is a tea friend, and there is no one who is afraid of whom." Let's chat, pass the time, and see if we can have a deep conversation!"
"Heh, I'm very happy!" said Moontribulation, cheerfully.
After the two told each other their names, their chat began!
City Lord Meng Qi was the first to ask: "Brother Moon Tribulation, I don't know what you think about the recent changes in Xingyuan City? Xingyuan City has been very unpeaceful recently, and now it is not only the cult that is causing chaos, but even the contradictions within Xingyuan City. I want to know, what tricks does Brother Moon Tribulation have that can help resolve the current conflict? I've been busy lately!"
Jiu Yuan Yue Tribulation thought for a moment and said, "No! First of all, the reason why the residents of Xingyuan City are angry is because their income has decreased and the degree of hunger has increased significantly. Moreover, the cult has killed many of their relatives, and the City Lord's Mansion has not done anything, so there will be riots!"
"If we want to completely solve the trouble, we can only do it by thoroughly eradicating the evil cult! However, with the current strength of Xingyuan City, we cannot do this at all! We cannot completely eradicate the evil cult, and we must completely eradicate the evil cult in order to solve the problem! This is quite contradictory. Of course, there is a better way, and that is to ask Wang Cheng to send reinforcements. But ah, I don't think the city lord has any other plans, and he won't ask for the help of the royal city at all. So, I don't know, are you still satisfied with my answer?"
"Well, your analysis is very reasonable, it is true!" Meng Qi didn't expect that this Moon Tribulation didn't seem to know anything, and he didn't expect to know so much about his own affairs!
Then Meng Qi asked his second question: "Since there is no way to completely solve the problem, how to ensure the stability of Xingyuan City to the greatest extent?"
Moon Tribulation continued, "I think so, it's better to let Xingyuan City continue to be chaotic than to calm it down. In this case, there are two benefits. One is that the nobles will feel that there is a lot of danger, because the foundation of the City Lord's Mansion is solid and it is not easily shaken! And those nobles have an unstable foundation and can easily be destroyed in the great tide! In this way, they need the assistance of the City Lord's Mansion, so it is estimated that they can be honest!"
"As for the civilian side, although there are many of them, they are basically people who have no fighting power, and they are easy to suppress! As long as they are guaranteed the most basic livelihood, the situation can be controlled! But if it is forcibly suppressed, it will undoubtedly arouse their anger even more. In that case, there will be more bloodshed!"
"Actually, dead people are not necessarily a bad thing. Because the material resources in the city are limited, the smaller the number of people, the greater the chance of survival. Let's say that if a man needs two loaves of bread a day to survive, and now there are two people, it would be better to give both loaves to one person and let one survive!"
After hearing this, Meng Qi was thoughtful, and the words of the Moon Tribulation opened a new door for him! Then the two of them talked about some other topics, and the drinks in their cups were also changed one cup after another, and the people around them were speechless for a while. Originally, I thought that the city lord would definitely teach this person who didn't know the height of the sky and the height of the earth, but the result was completely different from what he thought! As time passed, there were fewer and fewer people around. It was already twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, and the people around him had already left! Only Meng Qi and Jiuyuan Yueqi were still chatting. And the shopkeeper was also trembling, he should have closed the shop, but now there is the city lord and the uncle here to talk very happily, where does he dare to drive the city lord out, isn't that looking for death?
As if he felt that the time was up, the city lord Meng Qi stood up and said to the moon tribulation: "Mr. Moon Tribulation, I have benefited a lot from communicating with you, but the time is not too early, I should go back to the city lord's mansion to work." This token is for you, from today onwards, you are my friend of Monchi, and if you have any trouble in the future, please come to me!"
After Meng Qi finished speaking, he handed Jiuyuan Yueqi a token, and Jiuyuan Yueqi took the token and put it in his pocket. The two of them chatted a few more words before parting, and then the two of them went back to their quarters!
During the period of exchange between Yuejiao and Meng Qi, Caiyu, Shen Qianning, and Xu Xiao also came to the school's office building to prepare for today's award ceremony! Now the school has been closed because of the last incident, and only some teachers were invited to participate in the award ceremony, and it was the city lord who personally participated in the award! However, the strange thing is that the city lord, who was supposed to arrive at the scene early, has not shown up today. In the end, it was a guard from the City Lord's Mansion who informed the principal of the school, telling the principal that the award ceremony had been postponed to tomorrow, and the city lord could not come for the time being!
There was no way, Shen Qianning and the three of them had to go to the school to board and wait for the award ceremony to be officially held tomorrow! The principal arranged two large rooms for them, Shen Qianning and Caiyu lived in one room, and Xu Xiao lived in the other room. At night, Caiyu stares at the distant sky and looks at the dark night sky! The night sky is full of stars, and the moon hangs high in the sky. Saiyu can't help but think of his hometown, and the scene of hiding in his house every night and looking at the night sky!
In the past, she was all by herself, silently staying in her room, looking up at the starry sky alone! She didn't know what the outside world was like, she could only look up at the same starry sky from that small window!
But now it's different, with the help of Brother Yuejiao, she can look up at different starry skies every day, experience different worlds, different people, and different scenery! Experience happiness, pain, success, and failure, and experience the various states of life around her! She doesn't know what the world outside Xingyuan City is like, it must be very exciting! She still has to see, feel, and experience the wonder of these things outside. As long as these things are completed, the gap with the Nine Yuan Moon Tribulation will surely become smaller and smaller, until one day, he will truly be on an equal footing with him!