The sun pierced the dark clouds, and the pillars of light shone on Beiwanggu, the largest trading port city on the southern continent.

"It's finally raining." Song Liuyun stood on the terrace, whispered, turned around and walked into the conference hall.

The people in the council hall were still arguing, and they didn't notice that Song Liuyun was back in their seats, and Song Liuyun felt a splitting headache as he listened to their arguments.

Among them, the loudest voice is naturally none other than Hong Fushan, who is the head of the Qigong Pavilion, his voice is like a Hong Zhong, with a strong and tall body, his face is like a tiger, and the white hair between his temples not only does not make people feel that he is a hero, but is more majestic.

Ordinary people have to respect him for three points when they meet him, not to mention that Hong Fushan is furious now, and ordinary people have already been scared to pee their pants and crawl away when they meet him.

But facing Hong Fushan today is Gu Yuyin, the head of Yinhui Pavilion, this person is very different from Hong Fushan in appearance, Gu Yuyin is tall and thin, his eyes are as sharp as an eagle vulture, and he still has a small beard under the pointed chin of his long face.

"The expansion of the East Port is on hold, where are the merchant ships going to stop?" Hong Fushan roared angrily.

"West Harbor." Gu Yuyin responded calmly, "The west port, which cost 238,400 taels of silver, has doubled in size compared to the original, which is enough to temporarily cope with the current flow of merchant ships and people. ”

"What about the Spring Festival in half a year?" Hong Fushan decided to fight to the end, "The ceremonial ships of the four districts of the East Gate must land in the East Port, and now that the East Port is broken, what do you want the envoys of the four districts of the East Gate to think of our Beiwanggu?" ”

Since the Song family and the Long family eradicated Mo Jingping, the then head of the Demon Eradication Pavilion, and his henchmen two years ago, the entire Beiwanggu is in ruins, and now the four-year appointment of the messengers of the four districts of the East Gate is coming, but the East Gate Hall is dilapidated and unified.

Gu Yuyin wanted to continue to fight back, but was intercepted by Song Liuyun.

"It's really endless, I thought it was already negotiated at the last meeting?" Song Liuyun said impatiently.

"That's right, Lord Castle." Gu Yuyin said respectfully, "It's just that the output of the floating stone mine has not been able to increase recently, so I want to expand the mine, otherwise I can't meet the needs of the fourth district of the East Gate during the Spring Festival." ”

"Mine expansion? How much does it cost? Song Liuyun asked.

"The preliminary calculation is about sixty-three thousand taels of silver." Gu Yuyin replied.

"It doesn't delay the construction of the East Port, does it?" Song Liuyun thought for a moment and asked.

As soon as Hong Fushan heard this, he immediately straightened up.

"The Long family also proposed to expand the attached port, so Yinhui Pavilion can't take into account such a large expenditure as the East Port..."Gu Yuyin said.

"The Long family's annexed port?" Song Liuyun's face sank, Hong Fushan also smiled contemptuously, and shook his head, "May I ask if the Yinhui Pavilion is the Yinhui Pavilion of the Beiwang Valley, or the Yinhui Pavilion of the Long Family?" ”

"The east port is the main port, is it possible to make way for the attached port?" Hong Fushan added another fire.

"Of course, it is the Yinhui Pavilion in Beiwanggu, but the expansion of the attached port of the Long family is not expensive, and it will not delay the expansion of the mine." Gu Yuyin is obviously only sensitive to money accounts, and ignores all kinds of pros and cons.

"Needless to say." Song Liuyun said, "Yinhui Pavilion allocated funds to expand the mine, and the East Port first repaired the East Gate Hall to welcome the ceremonial ships in the fourth district of the East Gate, and the rest of the hall was temporarily shelved. And so it will be settled, and if I hear you arguing about it, I will remove you. ”

After Song Liuyun finished speaking, he immediately stood up and never stayed for long, because he knew that the two of them would have to quarrel next, if not for anything else, just to make a quick mouth.

After Song Liuyun walked out of the council hall, he walked through the Hundred Gardens, which were taken care of by his wife Miao Qing and were full of flowers and trees brought from all over the mainland. In the sunlight, the strange flowers transported from somewhere can even emit a golden light. At the end of the garden, there is a gazebo for people to enjoy the flowers and the moon at their leisure. The four pillars of the pavilion are surrounded by ivy, surrounded by flowing water, a small bridge as the only passage to the pavilion, and there is a rockery next to the pavilion, which irrigates the garden along the channel, which is scattered and elegant.

But at this time, Song Liuyun was not in the mood to enjoy the flowers and birds, he had been troubled by various arguments from several managers in the past few days, and now he just wanted to go back to the room to rest, that was the only place where he could enjoy peace.

Song Liuyun returned to the bedroom, sat on the chair and thought that he was no longer young and strong, and he had to know how he fought against the Demon Exterminator Pavilion five years ago, day and night, doing everything possible to recapture the Song family's Beiwang Valley. Nowadays, it is difficult to cope with all kinds of trivial things.

Song Liuyun picked up a secret letter on the table, and the golden paraffin wax was printed with Miao Qing's totem - three roses, two small ones accompanied by one large one.

The secret letter reads: "I have settled in the Long family, and I hope that you will arrive as soon as possible." Qing"

After Song Liuyun saw it, his mood seemed to be better, and his brows finally relaxed, which seemed to be the first reassuring thing he encountered today.

But immediately there was a knock on the door, and it was Mu Fuzi, the head of the Demon Removal Pavilion, who was only over twenty years old, and was sent to take over the position of the head of the Demon Elimination Pavilion in Beiwanggu.

After a period of contact, Song Liuyun had to admit that Mu Fuzi had a maturity and wisdom that did not belong to his age under this young and handsome appearance, so he gradually became acquainted.

Kifuko is also good at medicine, so he also took on the position of a doctor in the castle.

"Remember, don't work." After taking the pulse, Mu Fuzi said, "The kitchen is already making Ning Shen soup." ”

Song Liuyun closed his eyes and snorted twice in response.

"Then the subordinate will go back to the Demon Extermination Pavilion first." The wooden float put the cushion away and was about to leave, when there was another knock on the door.

It was a guard who entered, "Lord of the City, there has been an accident at the Linfeng Gate. ”

Linfeng Gate is located on the south side of the North Lookout Valley at the seafront. There is a high wall built on the south side of the North Lookout Valley, there are four gates under the high wall respectively, and the east and west ports each occupy two, which are used to enter and exit the North Lookout Valley respectively, and the four city gates are the floating gate and the Liuyun gate of the east port, and the Linfeng gate and the Yushui gate of the west port.

Song Liuyun and Mu Fuzi rode horses respectively and rushed to Linfeng Gate. Since the city gates of the West Port have been repaired and expanded by the Qigong Pavilion, each gate has been expanded from the original two gates to five gates, but because the East Port is out of use, the West Port is still overcrowded.

When Song Liuyun and Mu Fuzi arrived, because of the accident, they were even more impassable, so the two of them had to dismount and run outside the city wall, but fortunately, there were many guards along the way to maintain order, and the scene was not too chaotic.

Song Liuyun was desperate to know what was going on, so he stepped up, not paying any attention to the wooden float behind him, and after squeezing through the crowd, he saw a group of guards surrounding a luxurious carriage. The soldiers of the carriage also surrounded the carriage with great vigilance.

The carriage of the carriage was very spacious, with a gorgeous appearance and exquisite relief carvings, and it was dragged by four horses, and it was escorted by eight family soldiers, which showed that it was not small.

But when Song Liuyun arrived, Song Zhuying, the leader of the guards, drew his sword with the other party's soldiers, and the scene was deadlocked. The people around also stopped to watch.

Song Zhuying is Song Liuyun's only daughter, twenty-two years old. Influenced by her father since she was a child, she was particularly interested in fighting, and her mother persuaded her many times, but both soft and hard could not prevent her from sneaking out to practice martial arts. So when she was ten years old, Song Liuyun invited her master to ask him to practice martial arts, and practiced martial arts with her in her free time.

Now Song Zhuying has already been skilled, becoming the leader of the guards, and wearing armor is more majestic than many male soldiers.

"Song leads, put the sword away." Song Liuyun came all the way and spoke a little hurriedly.

"Lord of the City..."Song Zhuying put away his sword.

Song Liuyun walked through the guards and walked to the carriage, and the exquisite carriage set off Song Liuyun petitely.

"Put away your swords too." Song Liuyun said to the soldiers.

The soldiers looked at each other, then put away their swords.

"Who's coming?" Song Liuyun steadied his breath and solemnly asked questions to the people in the carriage.

"Put your name first!" One of the family soldiers was aggressive.

Song Zhuying wanted to take the sword again, but Song Liuyun seemed to have expected it, and immediately raised his hand to signal Song Zhuying behind him not to be impulsive.

"I am the lord of the North Lookout Valley." Song Liuyun responded.

A woman's laughter was heard from inside the carriage.

"It turned out to be the Lord of Song City." The woman giggled, "I am Mrs. Leng of Huayang City, and I am the honored guest of the Long family. ”

Song Liuyun turned his head to look at Song Zhuying, "Why did Mrs. Leng have an argument with our city guards at Linfeng Gate today?" ”

"Then I'm going to ask your guards, Mrs. Ben just wants to enter the city, but this group of stone heads won't let you live or die." Mrs. Leng still didn't get out of the car, and she didn't even open the curtain on the carriage, but her tone was a little complaining.

Song Zhuying handed a Guan Wen to Song Liuyun before leaving.

"Lord of the City, we just follow the rules." Song Zhuying said.

Song Liuyun flipped through the text, it turned out that Guan Wen could only enter the city after three days, and now Mrs. Leng wanted to break into the city by force.

"Mrs. Leng, Beiwanggu has the rules of Beiwanggu, please be tolerant and respectful." Song Liuyun put away Guan Wendao.

"Mrs. Ben doesn't care about any rules and regulations, your Song City Lord just said a word, let Mrs. Ben enter the city today." Madame Leng scolded angrily.

"I can't." Song Liuyun said straightforwardly, and the guards behind him, including Song Zhuying, all laughed secretly.

"Is it difficult for the City Lord of Song to ask Mrs. Ben to commit to the dilapidated inn in the port?" Madame Leng said angrily.

"The inn in the West Harbor has long been repaired by the Qigong Pavilion, but if the lady is still depressed, she can go back to the ship first and stay for another three days." Song Liuyun responded, "But rules are rules, even the envoys of the four districts of the East Gate must follow the rules of Beiwanggu." Could it be that Madame's self-proclaimed status has crossed the fourth district of the East Gate? "City Lord Song is neither humble nor arrogant, and now Mrs. Leng is speechless.

"Since Mrs. Leng is a distinguished guest of the Long family, the Long family will naturally not be in a hurry for these three days." I don't know when the wooden float came behind Song Zhuying.

Mrs. Leng was silent for a while, "Go back to the ship." Cai said coldly.

Song Zhuying also waved his hand to let the other guards return to their posts, and the surrounding crowd also moved, and they entered the city.

"City Lord, since no one was injured, my subordinates will return to the Demon Extermination Pavilion first." The wooden float said respectfully, and then retreated.

Song Liuyun glanced at Song Zhuying, then walked back into the city wall, and Song Zhuying followed.

The two of them came to an elevator next to the wind gate, and the guards pulled the rope to carry them to the top of the high wall.

There are also guards standing guard on the high wall, but there are not as many as the city gates, there are many projectors on the high wall, and there are few people who can speak.

"Dad, you can say something." Song Zhuying couldn't stand the silence along the way.

"You actually drew your sword in front of so many people." Song Liuyun taught.

"I want to establish the majesty of our guards in the North Lookout Valley." Song Zhuying argued.

"Merchant ships are like a flock of migratory birds, if they know this place is in danger, they won't return here next year." Song Liuyun said.

"My daughter knows it's wrong." Song Zhuying reluctantly admitted her mistake.

"Let's go back and stand guard." Song Liuyun said, "Remember to come back for dinner tonight, your mother went to Long's house as a guest." ”

"Got it, Dad." Song Zhuying responded a little awkwardly.

At this moment, another guard came to deliver the letter, and Song Zhuying immediately changed from standing lazily just now to holding her chest and abdomen.

"Then the city lord, my subordinates have gone back to stand guard." Song Zhuying said, but saw the guard who delivered the letter snickering, so he knocked on the guard's head and pulled him away.

Song Liuyun looked at the paraffin wax of the letter, and couldn't help but tremble in his heart, the paraffin wax was printed with the totem of the scorching sun surrounded by four high walls, which was a letter from the fourth district of the East Gate.

Song Liuyun took a look at it, and even broke out in a cold sweat, and the letter wrote: "I will visit in two months. East Gate 4th District".

The dark clouds were densely woven in the sky at some point, and a thunderclap was heard in the distance in the north, not big but heavy, which shook Song Liuyun's low heart.

"Is there something big going on in the north?" Song Liuyun said secretly.