Chapter 209: Back to the city hibernating

"That's not right! When I visited the City Lord's Mansion that night and night, I heard the Seventh Prince Chen Xi say with my own ears that this Yuanfeng City was the place where his teacher asked him to fight. Since the world is in chaos now, and all the princes are trying to find ways to compete for the throne, why didn't Chen Xi take the opportunity to occupy Yuanfeng City as his own territory?"

Hearing Lin Huang's major events about the entire Yuanfeng City along the way, Lin Ye faintly felt that something was wrong in his heart, "Could it be that something happened to the Seventh Prince Chen Xi?

As for why Yuanfeng City would be a "battleground", Lin Ye didn't know the answer before, but now he actually understood it faintly in his heart.

He looked at the little guy walking in front of him, with his head held high, when he first encountered it, he was still an ordinary earth dog, how could he imagine that it was actually a beast god who could assist people to seize the world?

"It is rumored that the beast god has many forms. One of them is called the unicorn, the unicorn is a rui beast, according to legend, if the unicorn appears, if it is not the appearance of the eternal king, it is the world will immediately change hands. ”

Lin Ye looked at the little guy's current appearance, after eating the ancient beast talisman, two horns were faintly growing on his head, and the more he looked at it, the more he looked like a legendary unicorn.

"Little one, you're getting more and more domineering now. I guess I won't let people see you in the future, otherwise, in such a troubled world now. Once your appearance spreads, someone will inevitably recognize you as a unicorn beast. It is estimated that it will lead to a bloody storm, and those princes will come to fight for you one by one. ”

Night gradually fell, and Lin Ye and the others took advantage of the night to enter Yuanfeng City. However, when he was at the city gate, as soon as Lin Ye returned to the city, although he was not troubled by the guards at the gate, he found that some guards immediately ran to the city lord's mansion to report.

On the day when Yang Weicheng's token was broken, the prefect Zhong Xiaotian had already used his wrists to drive out all the clansmen in Yang's mansion and occupied the city lord's mansion by himself.

It's just a pity that the city lord's token is not in the mansion, Zhong Xiaotian sent people to search the entire city lord's mansion, but he still didn't find the city lord's token. And without the City Lord's Token, it will be impossible to open the treasure house of the City Lord's Mansion and take out a lot of equipment and treasures in Yuanfeng City. Second, it is even more impossible to activate the city protection array, once a demon beast or enemy army attacks, it is impossible to resist at all.

Therefore, what Zhong Xiaotian is most anxious about now is to find the City Lord Token. After all, now in Yuanfeng City, his innate martial arts cultivation is enough to deter all the juniors. And after Lu Zihong also died, he had even more power, only Lin Ye's right military lieutenant battalion was not in his hands, otherwise, all the troops in Yuanfeng City would be led by him.

In the City Lord's Mansion, Zhong Xiaotian was still worried about how to find Yang Weicheng's piece of City Lord Token, and he knew through his visit that Yang Weicheng also entered the Black Mist Forest that day. However, he sent troops to search the Black Fog Forest, and he couldn't find Yang Weicheng's body at all.

"Could it be that Yang Weicheng is a trick to hide his eyes? On the surface, he entered the Black Mist Forest, but in fact, he ran out of the Black Mist Forest a long time ago and went to other places? Yes, although the Black Mist Forest is dangerous, it is nothing to such an innate martial artist as him! If he has the heart to escape, even the Beast King can't help his ......."

Zhong Xiaotian was guessing other possibilities, "Did Yang Weicheng get the news in advance and go to other cities and princes?" However, this doesn't make sense, those treasures in the city lord's mansion, as well as his clansmen's relatives, are still there, it is impossible for him to go alone like this......

Thinking of many possibilities, but none of them could be explained, Zhong Xiaotian considered whether to go to the higher-level city lord and let him go up layer by layer to create a new city lord token?

"No! If you do this, although Yuanfeng City is a third-level small city, its location is not of strategic significance, and it will not be affected by the competition for favor. However, once I report this news, there will inevitably be a new city lord from above. And I can no longer control the overall situation of a city, now is a godsend, many princes compete for the throne, it may be the beginning of a troubled era. I must seize this opportunity, if I can grasp the power of this Yuanfeng City, and then develop it, maybe I can be included in the command of a certain prince, and it is not impossible to soar in the future. ”

As a prefect in such a third-level small city, there is basically no real power, and the power of a city is in the hands of the city lord, and the prefect only has the power to enforce the law, in fact, it is to manage those ordinary people and clans. Although in the eyes of the common people, the power of the prefect of the Prayer Mansion is monstrous, but only Zhong Xiaotian himself knows that if he wants to continue to climb up to get more development opportunities, he must have a city to rely on.

Therefore, he can't report the news of the death of the city lord Yang Weicheng no matter what, but if he doesn't report it, he will be investigated and punished, and he will also be guilty of dereliction of duty. This is a game, he is gambling, betting that now that the court is in chaos, no one cares about this issue, and even some other cities have begun to compete for many princes.

"Those princes can order their subordinates to fight for important cities, why can't I occupy Yuanfeng City? Moreover, Yang Weicheng's accidental death this time is an absolute God-given opportunity for me. It's just a city lord token, and the treasures in those treasure houses, I won't move for the time being. Wait until I have a reliable craftsman, and then slowly open it. The protective array on the city tower doesn't need to be ...... for the time being."

Without the City Lord Token, it is difficult to exercise some of the rights of the City Lord, but this is not certain, as long as there are craftsmen or Taoist priests who know the formation, with the help of some other means, it is also possible to break the treasure house of the City Lord's Mansion and change the protective array on the city gate.

However, this can't be done overnight, but Zhong Xiaotian has no other way.

And at this time, the guards at the gate of the city came urgently to report: "Report to the prefect, the right military lieutenant Lin Ye has returned to the city safely." ”

"Oh, what? Lin Ye is back, and he is blessed with a great life. Even City Lord Yang and Lu Wuwei died in the Black Mist Forest, and he actually came back alive?"

Lin Ye is still alive, in fact, Zhong Xiaotian has always known that after all, among the patriarch tokens of the Prayer Mansion, the patriarch tokens of the Lin clan have not been broken, which means that Lin Ye is still alive.

Zhong Xiaotian had been waiting to see when Lin Ye's patriarch token would be broken, because he expected that with Lin Ye's cultivation, there would be a drastic change in the Black Mist Forest, and he should not live long. But a day or two has passed, three days and four days have passed, and Lin Ye's token has still not been broken.

Therefore, Zhong Xiaotian ordered his people to guard at the gate of the city, and once they found that Lin Ye was back, they would report immediately.

"Yes, Lord Prefect, not only Lin Ye is back, but also Lin Shan in his clan, as well as his mastiff. The soldier on guard replied truthfully, "It seems that the forest desolation of their clan found them." ”

"He has a big fate, but Lin Ye is not to worry about. He is only a warrior cultivator, and he is cultivating the "Bull Demon Powerful Fist", so it is impossible for him to enter the martial artist, let alone the innate martial artist. It's not a threat to me, but I can't take it lightly, you immediately send someone to keep an eye on the Lin Mansion, and if you have any unusual behavior, come and report it at any time......"

Zhong Xiaotian didn't take Lin Ye in his eyes, but Lin Ye was now a military lieutenant appointed by the previous city lord after all, and he couldn't do it right now and deprive him of his military lieutenant position.

At this time, as soon as Lin Ye returned to the Lin Mansion, he immediately ordered to go down, so that all the clansmen could cultivate in the mansion with peace of mind, and try to go out as much as possible, and also gave some low-level demon pills to Lin Shan, let him exchange them for gold and silver, and then began to quietly hoard food and some leather armor equipment.

"It's a good prefect of Zhong, and there are still some means. He even sent someone to keep an eye on my Lin Mansion......"

Through the discovery of the fairy paper crane, Lin Ye knew that Zhong Xiaotian also sent someone to keep an eye on the Lin Mansion. However, the current Lin Mansion is not as big as the previous Lin Clan Ancestral Hall, but the former Dong Mansion, which can be said to be one of the most spacious mansions in the entire Yuanfeng City except for the City Lord's Mansion.

"Lin Ye, you're finally back, where have you been in the past few days? If you don't come back, my aunt and I may be gone. Quick, my aunt called you over. ”

After returning to the mansion, the little fox Tu Shanyun pulled Lin Ye with a look of longing.

"Where are you leaving?" Lin Ye asked after a pause.

"I don't know, my aunt seems to have sensed something a few days ago, so she wanted to take me out of Yuanfeng City. But then I found out that you hadn't come back yet, and I had a few words to say to you, so I waited for you for a few days. However, in the past two days, my aunt said that she couldn't wait any longer, and if it was too late, something big might happen. So...... If you don't come back today, you may never see us again. ”

The little fox Tu Shanyun pulled Lin Ye to her aunt Liang Ru's room, and said very reluctantly along the way.

"Are you really leaving? Isn't it good to stay in my Lin Mansion? Why do you want to go? Do you want to go back to your Nine Yin Land?" Lin Ye frowned and said suspiciously, "Is it because of our poor hospitality here?"

"No, no, no...... Lin Ye, these people in your clan are very funny, and Aunt Seven is very good to me, she makes so many delicious foods for me to eat every day, they all call me Miss......! My aunt said that we had to go, and that there was something important waiting for us to do! My aunt promised me to take me to a more prosperous and fun place!"

While showing his longing for a more prosperous place, the little fox blinked and looked at Lin Ye again, feeling very reluctant.

"That'...... I'll tell your aunt what's going on, is there anything I have to do?"

Although Lin Ye and Tu Shanyun have not known Liang Ru for a long time, he still likes the silly and cute appearance of the little fox, and Liang Ru's profound knowledge is also very helpful to him. In particular, today Lin Ye has comprehended some of the essence of Buddhism, and has a deeper understanding of the Buddhist concept of cutting off desires, and he just wants to communicate with Liang Ru more.

If Liang Ru left, it would undoubtedly be a huge loss for Lin Ye. Therefore, Lin Ye had to find a way to leave Liang Ru behind no matter what.

"Auntie, Lin Ye is back. ”

Tu Shanyun brought Lin Ye to Liang Ru's wing, knocked on the door, and shouted.

"Yunyun, you go back to your room first, I have something to say to Lin Ye. ”

Liang Ru opened the door of the wing room, saw Lin Ye nodded, and then opened Tu Shanyun.

"Miss Liang, I heard Yunyun say, you seem to be planning to leave Yuanfeng City, why do you want to leave all of a sudden?" After Lin Ye entered the wing, he smelled a faint and very good smell of sandalwood, it was Liang Ru who was burning an incense enshrined in front of the Buddha.

"I have something to do. Liang Ru replied lightly.

"What's the matter, you have to leave?" Lin Ye asked.

"If you don't do something important, you can't do it!"

Liang Ru looked at Lin Ye, and his eyes suddenly aimed at the jade pendant on Lin Ye's waist, which was the jade pendant that he picked up from Lin Liangzhu's corpse today.

"Lin Ye, what is this jade pendant, why haven't I seen you wear it before?" Liang Ru stared at this jade pendant for a while and asked in surprise.

"This is the identity jade pendant left to me by my mother, saying that with this jade pendant, one day, I will find my biological father. This piece of jade pendant was snatched by my unscrupulous patriarch for nearly ten years, and I only found it today. ”

Lin Ye said simply, but he thought that Liang Ru was deliberately trying to divert the topic, so he asked again: "Miss Liang, haven't you lived in that Nine Yin Land for so many years? Could it be that there are any important things in the mortal world? If you can, you might as well tell me about it and see if I can share your worries." ”

"You can share my worries, but you can't tell you right now. Liang Ru smiled slightly and said like a dumb riddle.

"That'...... Do you still want to go?" Lin Ye asked again.

"I have to go!" Liang Ru nodded.

"Since you insist on leaving, I can't keep it. Yunyun said, you have something to say to me so you have been dragging it out, what are you talking about? This can always be said, right?" Lin Ye knew that he couldn't change Liang Ru's mind, so he also gave up on retaining.

"Now I don't have to say anything!"

Liang Ru said, but his gaze swept slightly over the jade pendant on Lin Ye's waist.

"Now you don't need to say, why?Miss Liang, are you kidding me?" Lin Ye asked helplessly.

"Don't worry, Lin Ye, we'll meet again soon. It's not early, you should go back to bed early......!

Liang Ru had already given an eviction order, and Lin Ye had no choice but to leave Liang Ru's room in a huff. (To be continued.) )