(There was a little accident in the setting update, and I borrowed the classmate's wireless network to upload it, but the time was a little late.) ）

Council Hall.

The second time I walked into the power center of Zhonghai City, there were no half guards in the hall, the ground was empty, the floor was smooth like a mirror, and it was so silent that even the sound of boots hitting the ground could be heard far away.

Zhang Mu had just experienced a battle, his armor was damaged in several places, the dark green investigation cloak turned into fragments of cloth and hung on his body, and there were many wounds on his face and hands. Qiao Wei'er next to her has no effect at all, the big goblin has a strong regeneration ability, and the general damage can be healed instantly, and there will be no trace left.

There were two people standing in the middle of the hall, and four or five goblin guards were standing nearby.

"Dad, Mom, I'm back." Jovier strode up, "I just got into a fight with a group of natives outside the city, and it was so painful!" ”

"Jojo doesn't matter, right? Are there any injuries? The city lord's wife ran to Qiao Wei'er in a panic, touching her head and her hands, for fear that her daughter would lose a hair, "Abominable native, just rob the tribute ship, now it is becoming more and more arrogant, and you dare to carry out a sneak attack in front of the gate of Zhonghai City!" We should send a request to the governor to completely eradicate the stubborn heresy in Xihai Province! ”

If Qiao Weier didn't think there would be anything wrong in normal times, but she felt that in front of Zhang Mu, she felt that her mother treated herself like a child, which was too faceless, so she immediately dodged a step, and almost said with both hands: "Mom, I am a warrior, and I am not a weak person, how can a few rats hurt me?" Don't make a fuss, okay? ”

The city lord José Bey walked over, and when he saw that Qiao Weier was fine, he finally felt a little relieved, "What's going on, tell me from beginning to end!" ”

Qiao Wei'er told the city lord of the attack: "Those natives seem to have suddenly appeared, and my ship was split in two by a warrior of the middle stage of the Heavenly Spirit, and then the mage of the middle stage of the Heavenly Spirit realm put a large spell, instantly burning a place of several kilometers into a sea of fire. Fortunately, we reacted quickly, and I hit two of them one by one, directly injuring both the mage and the warrior. In the end, he was picked up by this pariah, sneaked up and killed the mage, and then, and then ......"

Zhang Mu saw Qiao Wei'er's eyebrows fluttering and telling what happened, she deliberately exaggerated herself, and she wanted to say that she had blocked the sneak attack of the indigenous powerhouse and protected others with her own strength. Zhang Mu didn't care, he didn't think about competing for merit, he wanted to hide his strength for a while.

In fact, whether it is the city lord, the city lord's wife, or Qiao Weier, I am afraid that they would not have thought that this sneak attack was actually not an accident, and someone hired a murderer. I wouldn't have thought that the hired murderer was in Zhonghai City, and he was the leader of the Dark Horn.

After listening to what had happened, the city lord nodded slightly, and his gaze fell on Zhang Mu, "You killed a native of the Heavenly Spirit Realm?" ”

Zhang Mu hurriedly said: "I just relied on special skills, and at the same time, I succeeded in the case of a sneak attack. Although the native is powerful, he is just a weak mage,"

The city lord nodded and said, "I know that you have a lot of secrets, everyone has some adventures and secrets, if you don't want to reveal them, I won't track them down." According to the regulations of the Green Alliance in Xihai Province, for every one of the natives of the mid-Heavenly Spirit realm who kills, a reward of 1,000 points will be awarded, and civilians will be directly knighted. ”

The Green Alliance has different rules and regulations for different provinces. In the territory of Xihai Province, the indigenous forces are extremely strong, so the killing of indigenous people is encouraged, and there are corresponding kill rewards for indigenous people of different strengths.

A third-class citizen, if he kills a Heavenly Spirit-level native, not only can he get 1,000 points of contribution, but he can also directly be awarded the rank of quasi-iron in one step.

"It's not a one-person effort to kill the Heavenly Spirit Natives, and Qiao Weier also has a credit."

Zhang Mu did not forget Qiao Weier.

It's not that I want to befriend the city lord, it's just that Qiao Wei'er will be attacked by the natives, it is completely Zhang Mu's reason, and now killing a heavenly spirit powerhouse can't take the credit alone.

The city lord appreciated Zhang Mu's approach very much, "Qiao Qiao has no shortage of contribution points, but if you have the heart, you might as well give her some prestige and honor from the reward." ”

Jovile triumphant.

Earn another amount of prestige and honor.

She began to like the feeling of relying on her own skills to earn honor and prestige.

Zhang Mu directly obtained 1,000 contribution points, which can be directly equivalent to 1 million gold coins, but in fact, the value of 1,000 contribution points is far more than 1 million gold coins. Because the contribution points can be exchanged for a lot of things that can't be bought with money.

Although part of the prestige and honorary rewards were given to Qiao Weier, the remaining part could still allow Zhang Mu to obtain the quasi-iron title. From now on, Zhang Mu got rid of his civilian status and became a privileged class in Zhonghai City.

The quasi-iron knighthood has the qualifications to hold a lower-level official position, and has greater authority to redeem huàn in the huàn system, and can redeem some items that cannot be exchanged for huàn. In addition, there are a number of privileges in life, many of the city's official entertainment venues, free for knights, eligible to participate in auctions, and a number of commercial outlets, which vary according to the rank and status.

"Qiaoqiao, you step back first."

Qiao Weier didn't understand what her father meant, but Qiao Weier didn't dare to disobey her father's words, so she had to withdraw from the main hall.

Qiao Saibei glanced at Zhang Mu a few times, because Zhang Mu was wearing a mask, even with the strength of the city lord close to the half-saint, he could only lose a little bit of information, and he could not judge Zhang Mu's true strength. When he found out that Zhang Mu was only level 39, he couldn't help but show a hint of confusion, could this level really kill a Heavenly Spirit powerhouse?

Zhang Mu didn't feel the slightest discomfort, and asked calmly, "Is there anything that the city lord needs to explain in particular?" ”

Seeing that Zhang Mu was neither humble nor arrogant, even if he faced the city lord of Zhonghai City alone, he could still speak in an orderly manner, and he couldn't help but feel a little more satisfied in his heart, and said slowly: "You haven't been in Zhonghai City for a long time, but you have encountered several dangers, do you think there is a connection between them?" ”

The big events that happened in Zhonghai City could not be concealed from the city lord, and at the same time, with the energy of the city lord, it only needed a little investigation, and it was not difficult to find out that it was Zhang Mu who was assassinated a few days ago, and even the explosion of Black Horn Castle was directly related to Zhang Mu.

Zhang Mu's mind turned sharply, and then he smiled and said, "I may not know, but I don't think the city lord doesn't know." ”

The dispute between Josebe and Rerio, Zhang Mu can certainly guess one or two.

However, regarding the dark mercenaries colluding with the natives, Zhang Mu does not plan to sue the city lord for the time being. Although with the energy of the city lord, if he is willing to help, he will definitely be able to uproot the dark horn, and there will be no remnants left.

Zhang Mu would not do this.

He wants to get rid of the Black Horn mercenaries himself.

In the dispute between the city lord and the deputy city lord, the human race is just a chess piece, and any chess piece can be reduced to a chess piece. If the Terrans want to gain a foothold in the Green Alliance, they cannot just rely on others, but need to strive for a high enough status with their own abilities. The matter of the Dark Horn, if it can be handled well, it must be a great achievement, Zhang Mu can directly obtain a lot of honor and prestige, how many levels of knighthood will be promoted?

After Zhang Mu has a high enough power and status, the Huangquan mercenaries will have more survival capital, and when they cooperate with the city lord, they will have more power to speak.

Josebe frowned and said, "You think it's a coincidence?" After a pause, he continued to say to Zhang Mu: "I have long heard of the extremely huge potential of the human race. Lerio co-opted several mercenary groups led by the Heavenly Mercenary Regiment, in an attempt to draw humans into his own faction and give the Terrans more opportunities to make meritorious contributions, thereby squeezing the status of the goblin clan in Zhonghai City. What do you think about this? ”

Zhang Mu said directly: "The potential of the human race is not lost to the top upper clan, but the speed is far more than the upper clan, Lelio wants to squeeze out the goblin clan, this approach is very correct, I think it won't be long before the senior class in the three nine bureaus will be infiltrated by the Terran elite cultivated by Lerio." At that time, the influence of the vice-city lord's root system will become more and more powerful. ”

Josebeth added: "I know that the mercenaries of Huangquan are at odds with the mercenaries of Heaven, and that Lerio is afraid that you will be used by me, so he hired a murderer to assassinate you, this explanation is completely feasible. Of course, the natives outside the city are attacking, I'm afraid it's another matter, and I don't believe that Lerio has the ability to drive the natives. ”

Zhang Mu replied directly: "I fully believe that because of the balance of the human race, only the human race can be used. ”

"If we work together, do you have confidence in the other party, Lelio?"

"Of course."

"What would you do?"

"I have a group of reliable companions, I hope that the city lord can arrange for them to enter the city defense bureau, the vanguard regiment of the best combat legion, in a position that is easy to make meritorious contributions, and then we can do it ourselves."

This one is not very demanding.

Jose Bey also wanted to see Zhang Mu's ability, and agreed to insert Lei Ming, Fat Man, Leng Yun and others into the City Defense Bureau on the spot.

In this way, they will be able to cooperate with Zhang Muxiang.

The Bureau of Investigation can investigate the location of the indigenous tribes, report them to the city lord, and mobilize the city defense army to eliminate them. The merit of the investigation belongs to Zhang Mu, the merit of annihilation thunders, and Huang Quan takes advantage of it, thus forming a chain of accumulating meritorious deeds, so that he can quickly climb to the high-level position of the three ministries and nine bureaus.

"Okay, I'll do what you want."

Lerio never dreamed that it was a misunderstanding at first, because finding someone to assassinate Zhang Mu attracted the attention of the city lord, and as a result, Zhang Mu really became the spokesperson of the city lord.

When Qiao Weier saw Zhang Mu coming out, she immediately went up and patted her, "What did Dad tell you?" ”

"Talk about cooperation."

"You're just a pariah, and you're talking to my dad about cooperation!"

Zhang Mu turned to look at her and said word by word: "Please keep your eyes open and see, I already have a knighthood." ”

Qiao Weier said disdainfully: "A quasi-iron lord, it's still far away." You have to keep an eye on the case of the robbery of the tribute boat, this case is very important in the province, if we can solve the case, then the credit will be great. If the case can be done, there is a great reward! ”

"I have the bottom in my heart"

"My Château de Joviel is almost finished." Qiao Wei'er rolled her eyes and said to Zhang Mu: "Don't live in the suburbs, life is inconvenient, just move to the castle to live!" ”