In the evening, there was an endless stream of cars and horses in front of the city lord's mansion, and many pedestrians stopped to watch for a while before leaving

For the locals of Tianji City, this is nothing new.

Once a year, the Tianji Monument selects people.

Ye Xiaoxiao stood outside the mansion vividly, forming a beautiful landscape, she was waiting for Qin Lan, waiting for her brown sugar glutinous cake.

After a while, Qin Lan walked over with a carton of glutinous rice in his hand, handed it to Ye Xiaoxiao, and said, "I see that you are still not in good spirits recently, it is said that eating something sweet will make your mood better, this glutinous rice is a specialty here, try it."

Ye Xiaoxiao took Qin Lan's kindness, but only symbolically ate two bites, at this time she was really not in the mood, since the last time Qin Lan said that there was no way to solve her grandfather's poison, a thin layer of sorrow and sadness began to appear in Ye Xiaoxiao's beautiful eyes.

"What a coincidence, Miss Ye is also here."

An inappropriate voice remembered, Ye Xiaoxiao thought for a long time before remembering the owner of the voice, with a polite smile on his face, and said, "It turned out to be Shi Gongzi"

Shi Lei looked at the City Lord's Mansion, and then at Ye Xiaoxiao who was standing outside, a smile appeared on his handsome face, and said, "If Miss Ye is interested, you can take Miss Ye in to have a look." ”

Ye Xiaoxiao shook his head and said, "Thank you Shi Gongzi for your kindness, but I have been living in the City Lord's Mansion these days, and I already know a lot about this place." ”

Shi Lei's expression froze, and he couldn't believe his ears for a while.

He knew that after entering the city, Du Juan made things difficult for Ye Xiaoxiao in every way, and he had a wishful thinking of sending charcoal to Ye Xiaoxiao in the snow, but he was still a step late that day and did not meet Ye Xiaoxiao.

So Shi Lei thought that Ye Xiaoxiao was in a small shop in Tianji City, and he had been sending people under him to look for it in the past few days, but there had been no news.

Looking at Ye Xiaoxiao's slender body, looking at the big characters of the towering City Lord's Mansion behind him, Shi Lei suddenly felt a dry mouth.

When did this Ye Xiaoxiao get in touch with the City Lord's Mansion?!

Qin Lan calculated the time in her heart and said to Ye Xiaoxiao: "It's almost, let's go back." ”

At this time, Shi Lei noticed Qin Lan beside Ye Xiaoxiao, smirked, and said, "Brother Qin, haven't you lived in the City Lord's Mansion with Miss Ye's light for many days?" ”

Shi Lei's words were sarcastic, watching Qin Lan and Ye Xiaoxiao get closer, the jealousy in his heart couldn't help but bubble out.

What he didn't know was that to be precise, Ye Xiaoxiao borrowed Qin Lan's light and lived in the City Lord's Mansion, until now Shi Lei could treat Qin Lan as an ordinary little follower, if it weren't for Ye Xiaoxiao's intercession, he would still be blocked outside the city gate by him Shi Lei.

Qin Lan didn't bother to pay attention to this rich boy, and took the lead in entering the City Lord's Mansion.

Shi Lei followed Ye Xiaoxiao into the mansion together, and talked non-stop around Ye Xiaoxiao, like a big hornet eager to collect honey.

Soon after the three of them left, a carriage full of jewels and extraordinary momentum stopped in front of the gate, and on the carriage, the logo of the Du family was made of gild, which attracted people's attention.

The veiled cuckoo took the lead and walked a little longer than usual.

Her eyes flashed with a gloomy light, she touched the saber at her waist, and a grim smile on her lips.

Ye Xiaoxiao, I've been waiting for this day for a long time, don't think that I can't do anything about you if you nest in the City Lord's Mansion, I'll let you pay for your blood debt today!

Ye Xiaoxiao didn't know that the danger was quietly approaching at this time, she was now looking at Qin Lan like asking for help, she just wanted to close her ears, Qin Lan looked at Shi Lei who was chattering next to Ye Xiaoxiao, with a playful smile on her face, and chose to watch from the sidelines.

"Miss Ye, have you heard about something?"

Halfway through, Shi Lei lowered his body and said mysteriously

"Recently, the Li family has risen rapidly to crush the Du family, and it is said that there are masters to guide them!"

Ye Xiaoxiao's face became a little strange, and he glanced at Qin Lan intentionally or unintentionally, and said, "I have also heard a little about this matter. ”

Shi Lei sneered and said slowly: "I think it's the smoke bomb released by the Li family, and if there are a few more new dishes, it will be said that there are any high-ranking people who are clearly made by their head chef." ”

In order to elevate his words, Shi Lei inadvertently sounded a wake-up call for Qin Lan, and Qin Lan secretly said in his heart: It seems that we should pay attention to the safety of the big mouth.

Several parties gathered, gradually occupying the city lord's mansion, above the lobby, Huang Litian sat in the middle, and the three major families sat on the left and right and lined up one by one.

At this time, the sharp-eyed person found that there was a vacant chair on Huang Litian's right side, and no one sat on it, so he couldn't help but ask with a smile: "Huang City Lord, which VIP is this chair?"

Huang Litian smiled mysteriously and replied: "It's not a secret, this is the kindness of my family, and I specially invited me to participate in the Tianji Monument election." ”

There was an uproar in the mansion, and they all guessed which figure made the city lord pay so much attention.

Later, Du Juan found Shi Lei in the crowd, tidied up her appearance, her face had returned to normal at this time, and she was just about to step forward to talk, but the corner of her eye caught a glimpse of Ye Xiaoxiao and Qin Lan who were next to her, looking at Shi Lei's eagerness for Ye Xiaoxiao, her originally delicate face instantly became distorted, and the resentment in her eyes bubbled out uncontrollably.

Du Juan's hand subconsciously touched the short sword on his waist, and slowly approached Ye Xiaoxiao from behind.

The short sword is quenched with poison, as long as it is pierced, Ye Xiaoxiao will definitely die.

The cuckoo's heart beat faster, and the short sword in his hand became tighter and tighter.

It's coming, it's coming

The cuckoo calculated the distance in his heart, and the resentment on his face gradually turned into the pleasure of revenge

Three steps

Two steps

The cuckoo's hand was about to pull out the short sword, but at this last step, a hand suddenly pressed down the hand she was about to draw the sword from the side, and then, Qin Lan's cold voice whispered in her ears:

"What do you want to do?"

In a trance, Du Juan felt as if her body had fallen into an extremely cold hell, Qin Lan's killing intent pierced every pore of her body like a thin needle, and this lock on the qi machine had silently told Du Juan

If you move again, you will die!

It was only Shi Lei who noticed the cuckoo behind him, looking at the cuckoo's strange posture, he couldn't help but smile and asked, "Cuckoo, what are you doing behind me?" ”

Qin Lan put away her murderous aura, her eyes were still staring at Du Juan, and when Du Juan heard Shi Lei's words, she seemed to have returned to the world in an instant, and when she came back to her senses, cold sweat had soaked her entire back.

"Smack" slapped Qin Lan's hand away, Du Juan pretended to be calm, and said with disgust on his face: "Take your dirty hands away!" A prisoner would dare touch me! ”

Shi Lei saw the opportunity, saw the stitches, and said with a serious face: "Miss Ye, Brother Qin is following you, no matter what Du Juan says, she is also the daughter of the Du family, and there should be a number of courtesies!" ”

Ye Xiaoxiao glanced at Qin Lan helplessly, Qin Lan had a straight face, and motioned for her to deal with her own troubles.

Glancing at Qin Lan fiercely, Ye Xiaoxiao replied with a good word, and then stopped taking the initiative to speak.

Du Juan's malice is just a small episode tonight, the atmosphere in the venue is still warm, Huang Litian saw that the time was almost up, and coughed lightly twice in the middle of the hall, and the people of the three major families understood and sent someone to organize the younger generation of their own families to sit down in the hall.

Huang Litian looked around and didn't find Qin Lan's figure, so he got up and said loudly: "All the major families have been seated, Huang invites Qin Gongzi to take a seat!" ”

Qin Lan said to Ye Xiaoxiao next to him: "The city lord is invited, let's go over."

Ye Xiaoxiao snorted, the cuckoo next to him couldn't stand it anymore, the corners of his lips hooked up a sneer, and said in a weird manner: "No one will really put gold on their faces, right?" It just so happens that the surname Qin is really the son of Qin? It's a laugh that makes people laugh out of their teeth."

After speaking, the cuckoo also exaggerated and laughed twice, attracting the attention of the people around him.

Shi Lei also said pretending to be on the side: "Brother Qin, before the matter is clear, don't act rashly, in case there is any misunderstanding, you will be embarrassed in the end."

In the face of Shi Lei and Du Juan's cynicism, Qin Lan's face did not change, and under the eyes of everyone, he walked out of the crowd and slowly walked into the lobby.

At that moment, Ye Xiaoxiao, who was standing next to Qin Lan, seemed to hear the sound of the eyes of a group of people behind him falling to the ground and shattering, and after a moment of silence, there was a more intense sound.

"Is there any mistake that a prisoner can still be a guest of the city lord?"

"Don't be funny, just come to a random person surnamed Qin and go up, don't be ashamed"

"Where's the doorman? Where's the doorman? How can such a suspicious person be put in!? ”

The young people below were excited, saliva was flying, and someone noticed Ye Xiaoxiao and said loudly:

"The girl next to you, if you are kidnapped by him, you will blink, don't worry, so many of us will definitely rescue you!"

Some people seemed to suddenly realize and said, "It must be like this!" In order to appease this gangster first, the city lord resorted to such a delaying tactic, in order to save the girl next to him! ”

Ye Xiaoxiao listened to the random speculation flying all over the sky, her face was flushed, and she was ashamed, if there was a crack in the ground at this time, she really wanted to get into it at once.

Shi Lei at the bottom snorted coldly and gloated: "Some people want to find death themselves, and others can't save them."

The eyes of the three heads of the three families sitting in the lobby were also suspicious, and they kept looking at Huang Litian, only Li Han recognized Qin Lan, his expression was overjoyed, and he said in his heart:

It turned out that Gongzi Qin was from the City Lord's Mansion, no wonder he couldn't find it no matter how he looked outside!

Under the suspicious and mocking gaze of everyone, Qin Lan walked up to the lobby and sat on Huang Litian's right, Ye Xiaoxiao sat next to him, and the air in the venue condensed again.

Huang Litian clapped his hands and smiled: "Since everyone has arrived, and everyone has almost greeted each other, then this meeting on the candidates for the Tianji Monument, we can start."

When Shi Lei and Du Juan heard this, they both petrified on the spot, and for a long time Shi Lei's mouth flashed a wry smile, accepting this fact that he couldn't think of, and muttered: "It turned out that it wasn't Ye Xiaoxiao who took Qin Lan to live in the City Lord's Mansion, it was Qin Lan who took Ye Xiaoxiao to ......."

The cuckoo felt that the whole world was collapsing, and couldn't help but scream: "This is impossible! You must be mistaken! He's a prisoner! He doesn't deserve to sit with us. ”

Qin Lan looked at the ugly cuckoo below, as if she was looking at a poor worm, shook her head, and said to Huang Litian next to her: "The people of the Du family are too noisy, it affects my mood."

Then, Qin Lan's tone was stunned, as if he was talking about a trivial matter, and wrote lightly:

"Why don't you get them out?"