In the evening, the servants of the lord's mansion came to tell them that the dinner was ready, and invited them to it.

Everyone from the mercenary group walked through the guest room together and came to the front yard of the City Lord's Mansion, Xia Linfeng was in the hall, and when he saw Lu Shan and Ye Fei coming over, he personally came out to invite them.

Everyone in the mercenary group sat down in the courtyard outside the hall, while Lu Shan and Ye Fei were invited to the hall by Xia Linfeng.

Ye Fei saw that it was only Xia Linfeng himself, and asked suspiciously: "Third Young Master, oh, no, Lord City Lord, I don't know how Ling Zun is now?"

Xia Linfeng shook his head helplessly and said, "It's not good, come, let's sit down first and talk while drinking." Xia Linfeng said, with a sad look on his face.

Lu Shan and Ye Fei both heard that Xia Linfeng still had something to say, so they had to nod and sit on the chair next to the table, waiting for him to continue.

After the three of them sat down, after three rounds of drinking, Xia Linfeng put down his wine glass, sighed, and said: "My father's condition is not very good now, he is already old, but he is still working hard for His Majesty's affairs, and he is no longer healed from his injuries in the Warcraft Forest, plus this time something like this happened, he ...... , alas"

After listening to what Xia Linfeng said, Lu Shan and Ye Fei knew that Xia Yong's current condition must be very bad, and they didn't know how to persuade him, so they had to not speak.

The three of them didn't speak, the room fell silent, and after a while, Xia Linfeng took the lead and said: "Anyway, from the beginning to the present, Brother Lu and Brother Ye have helped me a lot, and I will toast the two of you here to express my gratitude." The three of them had a drink together.

Ye Fei said at this time: "Since the city lord looks up to us. Then we won't be hypocritical anymore, I have a few questions I want to ask the city lord, I wonder if the city lord can tell the truth?"

Xia Linfeng could roughly think of what Ye Fei wanted to ask, and thought that it was finally here, but there was nothing else that could not be said now, so he said, "Brother Ye, please speak." ”

Ye Fei thought about it for a moment and said, "Did the City Lord have any communication with the royal family of the Haoyue Empire before this election?"

Lu Shan didn't know what Ye Fei meant by saying these words, and he didn't know how he could think of where the royal family was?

Xia Linfeng thought differently from Lu Shan, when he heard Ye Fei say these words, he knew what Ye Fei should have thought of, originally few people knew about this matter. But now Ye Fei can think of this. It could be seen that his mind and intelligence were not hidden, so he didn't want to hide anything, so he said, "Yes, what Brother Ye said is good. Before this election. I'm in contact with the royal family. They also participated in this election, but I don't know how Brother Ye came up with this?"

Ye Fei smiled and said: "Actually, this is also my blind guess, but I didn't expect it to really make me guess." In the martial arts arena, when I heard the Twelve Demons of the Aquila mention the wandering swordsman Hou Tianlong, it seemed that he had already joined the royal family, but I didn't expect him to come here today, and in your manor, the gray-clothed people we saw, if my guess is correct, should also be members of the royal family. ”

Ye Fei said his thoughts one by one, and after Xia Linfeng listened to Ye Fei's introduction, he was not surprised at all, but showed an expression of appreciation.

"I didn't expect that with these inconspicuous little things, Brother Ye could think of this, it's really not simple, I have to say admiration to Brother Ye. Xia Linfeng said what was in his heart.

Ye Fei just smiled and didn't speak, Lu Shan also looked at Ye Fei, he was also very impressed by Ye Fei for thinking so much, Xia Linfeng continued: " When I first learned about the thoughts of the eldest brother and the second brother, I got in touch with the royal family, and told them about the pros and cons of the matter, and finally they supported me and sent their men to help me, and finally in order to prevent accidents, they also sent Hou Tianlong over, so I have so much confidence to face this qiē, because I know that they don't want to hand over this position of city lord to someone who is not under their control. ”

Ye Fei suddenly said at this time: "You said so much, they are all helping you, didn't you promise them something? I'm afraid it's not." ”

Xia Linfeng smiled and said: "Of course, there is no cheap thing in the world that you can take advantage of, and I also promised them that in the future, the annual tax will be increased by five percent for ten years, you don't underestimate this five percent, that is millions of income, and it is within ten years, it is not a small amount." ”

It is indeed not a small amount, a few million a year, and tens of millions in ten years, which is worth a year's income of the Star Country, and the Star Country is only tens of millions a year.

Xia Linfeng seemed to have a lot to say, the three of them chatted in the room for a long time, and laughter came out from time to time, and it could be heard that the three of them were still chatting very happily.

At the end of the day, Lu Shan said to Xia Linfeng: "City Lord, now that the matter has been resolved, we have nothing to do here, we will go back tomorrow, thank you City Lord for your hospitality in the past few days." ”

Xia Linfeng said: "I originally wanted you to stay for a few days, I can do my best to be a landlord, but I didn't expect you to leave now, I don't know when you can meet next time, if you want to come to Jiuyue City to develop, just say, I will definitely welcome it." ”

Lu Shan said politely: "Thank you, Lord City Lord, but our home is in the Star Country, we don't want to be too far from home, I'm really sorry, Lord City Lord won't have to send it tomorrow, we will automatically leave early in the morning." ”

When Xia Linfeng heard Lu Shan say this, Ye Fei didn't object, so he had to say: "Okay, I hope there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future." At this time, a person came in from outside, Xia Linfeng whispered a few words in his ear, and the person promised to run outside.

After a while, the man came back again, handed Xia Linfeng an item, and left again, Xia Linfeng turned his head to Lu Shan and Ye Fei and said: "Thank you two for helping me for so long, we will definitely meet again in the future, at this time, I have a little heart, don't refuse, otherwise you won't treat me as a friend." As he spoke, he placed a ring in front of the two of them.

Originally, after listening to his words, neither Lu Shan nor Ye Fei would have asked for that thing, but Xia Linfeng said it to death, and if he didn't agree again, he really couldn't say it anymore, so he had to take the ring over.

Then everyone went to rest after eating, and the next morning, the wolf mercenary group set off in full gear and embarked on the road back to the mercenary group.

Xia Linfeng didn't come to see them off, but when Ye Fei and the others walked out of the city gate and walked into the distance, above the city gate tower, Xia Linfeng stood there looking at the direction Ye Fei and them left, and muttered to himself: "Ye Fei, we will meet again!" (To be continued......)