Chapter Twenty-Nine: Meeting with the City Lord
Half an hour later, Canglong City, in Longmen Town.
This is the center of more than a dozen towns in Canglong City, and it is also the place where the city lord's mansion is located, and in comparison, the economy is the most prosperous and the population is also the largest.
"Brother Ye, you can take a walk around the town first, the city lord and the other mayors are having a meeting, watch the day...... There is still about half an hour. ”
"Okay, I haven't been to Xijiang before, and I just want to see the customs here. Ye Ling said casually.
The two rode camels through the market, and Ye Ling asked Bazir about the location of the best blacksmith shops in the area, as well as some snack restaurants worth visiting.
The giant scorpion had not yet arrived at this time, and Ye Ling only had a scorpion tail gem in his hand.
Ye Ling came to the blacksmith shop recommended by Bazier, and at the price of three hundred gold coins, he ordered a suit of soft armor with the owner of the shop.
That mysterious "Dhara" is good at poisoning, and Ye Ling naturally wants to buy a soft armor that prevents poison.
Although the body protection qi can also resist poisons, he can't even sleep with his qi, right?
When Ye Ling said the words "three hundred gold coins" to the shopkeeper, the boss almost knelt down.
The same thing, if it is placed in the blacksmith shop in Yuyang City, three thousand gold coins, it is a small business that can only be taken when the boss has no business.
One ordinary thing, Ye Ling probably understood why the local officials would be grateful to Ye Ling.
After ordering the armor, there was still some time, and Ye Ling walked towards the City Lord's Mansion unhurriedly.
When passing by a street intersection, Ye Ling saw a long queue at the door of a shop on the side of the road.
Looking up at the plaque of the store, there are three large golden characters on it: "Rejuvenation Hall".
"It turned out to be a pharmacy, and this plaque is really magnificent. ”
Along the way, the most prosperous Longmen Town market in the mouth of Captain Bazil, the signboards of each shop are just broken wooden boards.
Only this rejuvenation hall, it is not an exaggeration to say that this gold-lettered plaque is not inferior to the plaque in front of the Ye Mansion, which is inscribed by the Son of Heaven himself!
If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, Ye Ling couldn't help but stop and check.
Seeing that Ye Ling was interested in the Rejuvenation Hall, Bazier took the initiative to come over and said: "Brother Ye, this is the famous local medicine hall, his family's "Huitian Pill", but it is a universal miracle medicine!
Ye Ling turned around and smiled slightly: "Oh, is it really so amazing, I really want one, but this queue is too long, let's go to the City Lord's Mansion first to get down to business." ”
Bazier waved his hand again and again, "Eh, Brother Ye, where is this, with your prestige in our Cangyun City, you only need to report to your family, and these people will definitely let you buy medicine first!"
As he spoke, he took a deep breath and wanted to shout Ye Ling's name out loud.
Ye Ling was shocked and hurriedly pressed down on this simple uncle.
"Captain Ba, Captain Ba!" he said in a low voice, "This time I came to Cangyun City secretly to investigate the case, and I ask you to keep my identity a secret." ”
Seeing Ye Ling's embarrassed face, he knew that his behavior just now was inappropriate, so he hurriedly apologized and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's because I didn't think about it well." ”
"In this way, I will send someone to line up here in a while, and when you finish talking to the city lord, I will send the things to your residence, by the way, where have you lived recently? Do you want me to find someone to arrange it too? We have the best inn here-"
"No, no, I'll just find an inn to live in, and try not to attract people's eyes. ”
"Yes, yes, yes...... Then come back and tell me. ”
After talking along the way, Ye Ling felt that this Uncle Ba was really simple and cute.
Such an honest and honest person is actually difficult to find a job at the yamen, and it is no wonder that he is in his forties, and he is already just a patrol leader.
The two of them slowly came to the city lord's mansion, and on the street opposite, there happened to be a person walking towards the mansion.
The man's face was full of sadness, his brows and nose were about to be twisted together, and it was obvious that something was going on.
As soon as he saw the man, Bazir jumped off his camel and trotted to meet him, whispering to him.
After a while, Ye Ling saw the man shaking his hand impatiently, and said loudly: "What a young hero, don't see it! There is another town in the east that has a murder case, do you know? I'm dying of sorrow!"
Bazir pursued him and intercepted him.
"Don't bother me, or I'll have to deduct your salary!"
Ye Ling knew that he couldn't embarrass Big Brother Ba, so he also walked up.
"Lord of the Castle. He said respectfully.
The other party looked Ye Ling up and down several times, and said in annoyance: "Oh, Lao Ba is talking about you?"
"Yes, in Xia Ye Ling. ”
Introducing himself in a simple sentence, the city lord's expression was as if he had been struck by lightning, which was exactly the same as Bazil's reaction before!
"Savior...... The savior is here!" The city lord hurriedly saluted: "In the lower Cangyun City Lord Buck, welcome the Ye City Lord here!"
The five words "I'm not the city lord", Ye Ling was already about to vomit.
Before he could explain again, Baklu slapped Bazir hard, "You old man, why didn't you say that someone was the Lord of Ye City earlier?"
Bazier's expression was helpless: "No, you won't give me a chance to say it......"
After such a fight, the Ba City Lord invited Ye Ling into the mansion.
The two of them did not discuss in the main hall, but went directly to the hot springs in the house.
Drenched in scorpion blood, the taste of Ye Ling's body is indeed not very beautiful.
The hot springs in the Western Regions are famous, and today's bath is indeed worthy of its reputation.
The heat was steaming, and Ye Ling felt that the meridians all over his body were activated.
Naturally, the spirit mouse would not give up this opportunity to enjoy, so he hid the luster of his hair and secretly got into the corner of the hot spring pool......
"Ba City Lord, I'll just go straight to the door, are you worried about the poisoning case of Tuodra?" Ye Ling asked bluntly.
The Ba City Lord clapped his hands vigorously and said, "Ouch, Brother Ye is so right, this thing is really driving me crazy!"
Just as he was about to use this sentence to express the boredom in his heart, he changed his words, and suddenly wondered: "Brother Ye and my Cangyun City are thousands of miles away, why did you also come to investigate this matter?"
Ye Ling smiled faintly and told Buck about the dock without hurrying.
When the Ba City Lord heard this, even his eyebrows trembled, and he said in horror: "Brother Ye, you didn't mention this matter to your emperor brother, did you? If he knew about this kind of thing, he would have to tear my whole family apart!"
"Bah, how dare I be the same generation as the emperor! Ye ...... Leaf ......"
"Just call me Brother Ye, it's okay. Ye Ling waved his hand at him, "I haven't told anyone about this matter, I also arranged for my family to deal with that corpse, and in a short time, the imperial court will not know." ”
Immediately, Ye Ling's tone changed and he said seriously: "However, this case can't be hidden for long, you can tell me what you know, and I will help you solve the case." ”