"How can this be justified! The appointment time was not reached? Is this a deliberate attempt to make us wait for them here?"

Everyone was waiting in the lobby in the courtyard, and a middle-aged man said angrily.

Lu Tianhai said: "Adjutant Chai, don't worry, just wait." ”

The adjutant said: "My lord, they obviously don't give us face!"

Lu Tianhai said: "Maybe something happened on the road and delayed the trip?"

Adjutant Chai said: "If this is the case, it is understandable, but if they don't give us a reasonable explanation, it must be deliberate!"

Lu Tianhai said: "Well, what kind of attitude do they have, this is really important, but we can't mess up with ourselves, let's wait patiently." ”

After about a stick of incense, the other party still hasn't arrived.

Everyone, including Adjutant Chai, looked a little impatient.

Even Lu Tianhai couldn't help frowning slightly, and said in a deep voice: "What do they want to do? Do they want to wear down our patience? Or do they not plan to come at all, and just want to play us once?"

At this time, Lu Ping'an, who was standing next to him, suddenly stepped forward and arched his hand: "City Lord, why don't I go and take a look?"

Lu Tianhai said: "There are already people watching at the door." ”

"I mean, go in the direction of Jiangliao City, if they really don't come, then we don't have to wait any longer, anyway, I'm fast, it won't take long. ”

With Lu Ping'an's strength, if he really wants to run with all his might, it will indeed not take long to get from here to the official mansion of Jiangliao City.

Lu Tianhai thought for a moment and said, "That's fine, then you ......."

Before he could finish speaking, he heard a shout from outside.

"Someone is coming, it should be someone from Jiang Liaocheng!"

Everyone's faces changed slightly when they heard this, and they were a little glad that the other party came, but they were more displeased.

Lu Ping'an said: "It seems that I don't have to go." ”

Lu Tianhai said: "Stand down." ”

Lu Ping'an answered, and then retreated to the side where Lu Tianhai was sitting.

Meng Shaoyuan and Tian He stood in a more outward position, after all, except for Lu Tianhai, the safety of other people should also be taken into account.

Adjutant Chai snorted coldly and said, "I want to see what reason they intend to use to convince us!"

Lu Tianhai stood up and said, "Let's go, go out to meet them." ”

Adjutant Chai said, "Are you going to meet them?"

Lu Tianhai said: "What if they really have some last resort? Before we figure out the facts, we still have to try to be polite." ”

After speaking, Lu Tianhai walked out, and Adjutant Chai sighed helplessly, and could only follow closely like everyone else.

Seeing this, Lu Ping'an couldn't help but feel that Lu Tianhai was quite calm and thoughtful, and these were the qualities necessary for a good city lord.

Then, Lu Tianhai led a group of people and walked outside the gate.

Everyone saw that there were a few carriages, slowly moving towards this side, and the speed was so slow that a normal person could overtake them if he walked a little faster.

Seeing this scene, the anger in the hearts of Adjutant Chai and the others became even stronger again.

But Lu Tianhai's face did not change, he was calm and composed, as if he had not been affected by this incident at all.

After a while, the carriages came slowly to the open space in front of the courtyard.

After some more grinding, the men came out of the carriage.

Lu Tianhai and the others really saw at this time that the other party was indeed from the Jiangliao City Government, but not all of them.

Among them, there was an official from above!

This made Lu Tianhai, Adjutant Chai and others all think to themselves, it seems that the other party really doesn't plan to negotiate well, but it is not to ambush them, but to have another premeditated plan!

Soon, those people walked in front of Lu Tianhai and the others.

Standing at the forefront was a middle-aged man of the same age as Lu Tianhai, just looking on the surface, it gave people a feeling of arrogance.

This person is the city lord of Jiangliao City, Ma Junhua.

"City Lord Lu, I'm really sorry, because something delayed and I came late. ”

Ma Junhua's words sounded like an apology, but in fact, he looked contemptuous, and his face did not show any guilt.

Lu Tianhai said: "What can be more important than the negotiation between us?"

"This matter is really related to our negotiations. ”

As Ma Junhua spoke, he took a step to the side, invited another middle-aged man who was slightly fat out, and introduced: "This is the head of the Northwest Division of the Ministry of Households, presumably you know the city lord Lu, right?"

Lu Tianhai has indeed seen this person, and he also knows that the other party has a certain amount of power to govern matters related to land and minerals.

Obviously, Ma Junhua and this Sun have long colluded, and today they are going to rely on the power of the Northwest Division of the Ministry of Household Affairs to resolve the dispute.

But Lu Tianhai only frowned slightly, without much emotional fluctuations, and arched his hand: "I've seen Master Sun." ”

Director Sun looked arrogant, glanced at Lu Tianhai lightly, and said: "I heard that there is a bit of a conflict between your Wanqiu City and Jiangliao City because of the mineral problem, so the official specially came to administer justice, I don't know what your opinion is?"

"If the Lord in charge really came to administer justice, I naturally wouldn't have any opinion, but if it ......"

Lu Tianhai was halfway through his words, and deliberately didn't say the remaining other half.

Master Sun glared at Lu Tianhai and said, "What do you want to say?"

Lu Tianhai smiled and said, "It's nothing, I believe that Director Sun will definitely handle it fairly and will not take sides." ”

Master Sun snorted lightly and said, "This official has always been fair and strict, does this need to be said?"

Ma Junhua echoed: "That is, with Master Sun, the dispute between our two cities will definitely get a proper result." ”

Lu Tianhai was noncommittal about this, and said, "Since everyone is here, let's go in and talk." ”

Then they went into the courtyard together.

Due to the arrival of Chief Sun, Adjutant Chai and the others, who were originally angry, did not dare to mention the other party's lateness, but were worried about today's negotiations.

Although Ma Junhua and Chief Sun said it nicely, in fact, Adjutant Chai and others knew that the final negotiation result was most likely impossible to be truly fair.

If Ma Junhua's request was not too excessive, he would be able to accept it, but he made a special trip to invite Director Sun, and it is estimated that he is determined to take advantage of it.

At present, the situation is really not optimistic for Lu Tianhai.

And Lu Ping'an, Tian He and the others had long guessed that the people in Jiang Liaocheng were not well-intentioned, but they didn't expect the other party to deal with it in this way.

If the other party wants to use force to threaten or want to directly murder Lu Tianhai and others, then Lu Ping'an and they are not afraid.

But if Ma Junhua takes the path of officialdom power struggle, Lu Ping'an is really not easy to interfere in for a while.

Of course, as long as Lu Ping'an is willing, he can go to Hu Xian, the emperor of Cangwu Kingdom, for help, and he can easily handle this matter.

But as a last resort, he didn't want to trouble Hu Xian, but he still wanted to rely on his own family to solve it as much as possible.

In the blink of an eye, everyone was seated in the lobby.

Director Sun sat at the top, and Lu Tianhai and Ma Junhua sat on the seats on the left and right sides respectively.

And Lu Ping'an was still standing next to Lu Tianhai, but no one paid special attention to his existence, so he felt that he was a very ordinary guard.

Correspondingly, Director Sun and Ma Junhua also brought some escorts.

Lu Ping'an didn't know their specific cultivation realm, but judging from the bloodline level alone, a few of them should be regarded as masters with good strength if they were placed in several cities in the northwest of Cangwu Country.

After a while, Lu Tianhai said: "Lord Ma City, now that Master Sun is here, how can we talk about it?"

Ma Junhua said: "You can talk about it as much as you want, and finally let Master Sun make a judgment." ”

Director Sun nodded and said, "That's right, but you both have to explain the situation separately first, so that the official can better help you mediate the dispute." ”

Ma Junhua said: "What Master Sun said is extremely true, Lord Lucheng, then you come first." ”

Lu Tianhai estimated that Director Sun already knew what was going on, and the two of them sang and harmonized just to go through the motions.

However, Lu Tianhai still did as he was told, and immediately reported the matter about the mineral to Director Sun from beginning to end......