Around Shifang Ancient Town, there are seven mountains, three rivers and two lakes.

In the past, after the demons of the Southern Vermilion Bird Hailin Clan were defeated, the Great King of the Lingxiao Imperial City, the leader of the Immortal Dao Alliance, and the King of the Southern Vermilion Bird, as well as Tianshou City, which was closest to the ancient town of Shifang, unanimously agreed that all the resources in the surrounding mountains, rivers, and lakes would be owned by the town and used for offensive and defensive construction.

Successive mayors have been locals, responsible for the management and distribution of these valuable resources. In the underground of Lizheng Mansion, there is a warehouse covering an area of 100 acres and a total of three floors, and the resources are piled up.

There are more than 20 kinds of ores on the seven mountains, and several of them are rare and are the best materials for forging equipment. The three rivers are also buried with countless kinds of jade and gemstones. The aquatic products in the two lakes have their own characteristics and are rare and excellent ingredients.

With these, the ancient town of Shifang is rich.

And the latest mayor Li Chenggang naturally made a lot of money.

It's like Li Tianyi hired two dark hunters to assassinate Xu Rulin with two million gold beads as soon as he made a move, without even blinking an eyelid.

This has been true for successive mayors, but not insatiable.

In fact, whether it was the Lingxiao Imperial City in the center of the Obsidian Continent, or the Immortal Dao Alliance, which was built in the town, or the Vermilion Bird Dynasty, they all tacitly allowed each town mayor to take advantage of it not too much.

The only condition is that there can be no sloppiness in the offensive and defensive construction of the town every year.

The biggest reason why Li Chenggang was able to take over as mayor was, of course, from Cao Tianshou's strong recommendation. It is precisely because of this relationship that Li Chenggang has always been grateful to Cao Tianshou and obeyed his words.

At the end of each year, Li Chenggang will carefully select a batch of rare resources from the underground warehouse and personally send them to Cao Tianshou's mansion, and they are sent openly, without hiding them.

Obviously, this is also tacitly acquiesced.

Just because Shifang Ancient Town is the offensive and defensive force closest to the Southern Vermilion Bird Sea, even if there are branches of the Immortal Dao Alliance, the Eight Great Sects, and the rest of the large and small sects stationed here, it does not mean that the ruthless characters in these forces will stay here all year round.

For monks, slaying demons and eliminating demons is the best and fastest way to improve their realm cultivation. Therefore, it is destined to wander the entire obsidian continent for a long time, looking for those hidden demon gathering places.

If the Lin Clan demon who was defeated a hundred years ago makes a comeback again, then Tianshou City is the first supporting force. This is also the only reason why Cao Tianshou was able to accept Li Chenggang's huge gift openly.

It can be said that over the years, Li Chenggang has earned a lot of wealth for Cao Tianshou, making Tianshou City, which was originally ranked the lowest among the nine heavenly cities of the Vermilion Bird Dynasty, gradually rank among the best.

In other words, Li Chenggang contributed to the rapid rise of Tianshou City.

In fact, Li Chenggang is not a very greedy person, let alone a very selfish person. In the past few years, he has racked his brains and done his best to build the offensive and defensive construction of Shifang Ancient Town. In addition, he also takes care of the residents in and out of the town, and can basically handle all kinds of official cases impartially.

If you have to find out Li Chenggang's failure, it is his only son Li Tianyi. Li Chenggang's wife died of illness when Li Tianyi was ten years old, leaving the father and son to rely on each other. The Li family's family background is quite solid, and Li Tianyi, the only seedling, is used to being a small pet, and it is inevitable that he will be taken bad.

After Li Chenggang became the mayor of the town, he was even more out of control. If Li Tianyi is just looking for flowers and asking willows, mixing in Wanhualou is nothing more than a matter of gold beads, one is willing to buy, and the other is willing to sell. Others are not used to pointing fingers, and they can only be behind their backs. It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter.

It's just that Li Tianyi still likes to bully the weak and act recklessly. Some timid people dare not speak out in anger, but there are also those who are not afraid of death who make trouble in the Lizheng Mansion, which gives Li Chenggang a headache. Every time, you have to spend money to eliminate disasters and calm people.

There are many bad things, and Li Tianyi's bad reputation has also spread to the Immortal Dao League Branch, and then an elder from the Immortal Dao Alliance resident in the town came to the door in person, taught Li Tianyi a hard lesson in front of Li Chenggang and issued a warning, if he dares to commit it again, he will be severely punished.

After this time, Li Tianyi restrained a lot, and finally understood that his mayor's father was not a piece of heaven in Shifang Ancient Town. The Immortal Dao League really wants to care, just one sentence, Li Chenggang is properly dismissed.

Although he said that he didn't dare to do the bad things of bullying the weak, he would never delay looking for flowers and asking willows. This kind of spending money to have fun, you love it, of course, the Immortal Dao Alliance ignores it. Wanhualou can exist in the town and has its own reason for existence.

It's just that what Li Chenggang never expected was that Li Tianyi might have been planted on the willow of looking for flowers.

Li Chenggang determined that in case Li Tianyi encountered an accident, Cao Wuluo would be the culprit.

Now, all he can do is wait for the truth.

Li Chenggang is just an ordinary man, even if the truth is like this in the end, what can he do?

A person like Cao Tianshou is definitely a terrifying existence that he can't afford to provoke at all, with just a secret order, he can destroy him without knowing it, and the chickens and dogs will not be left.

It is also unrealistic to ask the Immortal Dao League to uphold justice, not that the Immortal Dao League will protect Cao Wuluo, but that if Li Tianyi really does that kind of thing that is inferior to a beast, he will indeed die innocently. Besides, Cao Tianshou is the city lord of Tianshou City, that is, a subordinate of the Southern Vermilion Bird King, and it is even more related to the Lingxiao Imperial City. Therefore, as long as Cao Wuluo does not admit it, or puts all the blame on the missing Li Tianyi and Wu Zhongzhong, then the Immortal Dao League will only choose to turn a blind eye in the end and end it.

The only son of a peasant woman and the only son of the city lord of Tianshou City, it is clear which of the two is more important.

In addition, when Cao Wuluo told what happened, it was Li Tianyi who proposed it, and Wu Zhong did it.

In this regard, Cao Wuluo really has no need to lie. Coupled with his understanding of his son, in order to tie up Cao Wuluo, he can really do such a stupid thing.

Although there is no hope for the Immortal Dao League to uphold justice, it does not mean that Li Chenggang will give up because of this, at least he has to poke this matter to the side of Miaoyin Valley first. Four elite disciples of the inner chamber were folded at once, and one was missing, and these five people were directly or indirectly related to Cao Wuluo. As one of the eight major sects, Miaoyin Valley is really unlikely to stop because of a Tianshou City.

It is true that in the eyes of the monks, Li Chenggang is not much stronger than an ant. However, Li Chenggang is definitely not a fool, it is true that he has no strength, but it is entirely possible to rely on the strength of others.

The point is that he has a lot of things that the monks need.

For example, a large number of gold beads, such as a large number of rare resources.

In the afternoon, Li Chenggang said that he wanted to ask Ren Yunhong, the elder of the Immortal Dao Alliance, and the junior sister who issued the task of the sect to ask if there was any news about Li Tianyi? Cao Wuluo wanted to go to the town for a walk, but was stopped by Xiang Changsheng. Before the matter has taken the initiative, he is not allowed to step out of the Lizheng Mansion for half a step, and he must stay by Xue Jianfeng's side.

Cao Wu was slightly puzzled, so he had to sit in the backyard and listen to Xue Jianfeng explain the combat skills of the soldiers without a word.

In fact, Cao Wuluo can be said to be the nominal disciples of Xue Jianfeng and Xiang Changsheng. Of course, it is only a name, and there is no real master and apprentice. Cao Wuluo's master is the third elder of Tianlongju, Tianyu layman, who lives in a simple place and hardly asks about the world. When he accepted Cao Wuluo, it was not Cao Tianshou's face, but that Cao Wuluo and Tianlongju had a fairly good immortal relationship.

Xue Jianfeng is a soldier, Xiang Changsheng is a legalist, and the immortal methods cultivated by the two are all self-contained, similar to Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and farmers, and they neither belong to the Immortal Dao League nor the Eight Great Sects.

Tianlongju's exclusive immortal weapon is the Zhangba spear, the immortal method is wide open and closed, with big ups and downs, and he is a close-quarters warrior-type monk who is good at charging into battle, so Xiang Changsheng can't guide him on the way to the immortal law, so he can only teach him Wen Taowu strategy. However, the type of monk of Tianlongju has the same effect as the soldier. Therefore, when Xue Jianfeng has nothing to do, he occasionally explains a few words, and as for how much Cao Wuluo can understand, it has nothing to do with him.

After all, Cao Wuluo has a genuine master, and if he manages too much, he will be suspected of overstepping the kitchen, and it is even more cost-effective if he can't commit it.

Li Chenggang just stepped out of Lizheng Mansion with his front foot, and Xiang Changsheng went to Zhennan Street with his back foot. In his opinion, there should be nothing to ask in the coffin shop, but in the nearby teahouse tavern, it is a little possible.

Xiang Changsheng entered a tavern on the street, and the young man in Tsing Yi who greeted the guests saw that the visitor was dressed as a scribe and a lupine scarf, and suddenly felt an elegant atmosphere blowing in his face. With more than ten years of extremely rich experience in welcoming guests, the young man in Tsing Yi concluded that this scribe would not be a stingy master, and if he served well, he might be able to mix a few rewards.

"This gentleman, please inside. The little guy in Tsing Yi observed his words and looks, and even the usual "guest officer" was saved, and respectfully addressed Mr., striving to win a good first impression and pave the way for rewarding money.

"There is Brother Lao, but there is still a quiet seat?" Xiang Changsheng smiled, gentle and elegant.

"Yes, sir. The little girl in Tsing Yi said, "What do you think about the two seats in the back window?" There are bamboo curtains on both sides, and there is a bayberry tree outside the window, which is not only quiet, but also shady. ”

"There it is. ”

The young man in Tsing Yi led the way in front of him, approached the back window, quickened his pace, took off the white rag on his left shoulder, and diligently brushed away the almost dusty dust on the table and chair again and again.

Xiang Changsheng sat down with a smile and asked:

"Little brother, do you have anything to recommend?"

"Mr. Hui, the ancient method of pork chops in the small shop is a must on Zhennan Street, with three or five catties of sorghum wine brewed by the proprietress herself, I am afraid that the gods flying in the sky will have to plant it down when they smell the fragrance. ”

"Yes, but seasonal fruits and vegetables?"

"Mr. Hui, there are home-grown long beans, green cucumbers, and tenchmelons in the field......"

"The best. Xiang Changsheng said, "One for each." ”

"Okay, sir, wait a minute, the little one will go to the kitchen immediately to report the food, and then bring the tea. ”

"No hurry, no hurry. Xiang Changsheng took out a Vermilion Bird Gold Bead, rewarded it to the little girl in Tsing Yi, and said with a smile, "Don't hide it from the little brother, I have just arrived, and I have the heart to do some business, but the eyes inside and outside the town are dark, I don't know if the little brother can take the time to talk to me?"

"Mr. Hui, there are still seven or eight tables of guests, the shopkeeper's ......"

"Brother Lao, please come over with the shopkeeper. ”

The little guy in Tsing Yi hurriedly called the female shopkeeper, explained his intention to Changsheng, put down the ten Vermilion Bird Gold Beads, the proprietress suddenly lit up, patted her chest and let the little guy in Tsing Yi accompany her to her heart's content, and there was no cap on the reward, oh no, it was not time-limited.

The little girl in Tsing Yi was worried and happy, eating, drinking and earning, this damn fear that his ancestral grave was smoking. After living for half a lifetime, I finally met a nobleman, no wonder my left eyelid jumped happily early this morning, and I couldn't stop at all.

Xiang Changsheng invited the little man in Tsing Yi to sit down, the latter was used to inferiority, although Xiang Changsheng whispered softly and smiled, he still only dared to stand on tiptoe and put his little butt next to the edge of the chair, and his hands suddenly went up and down, not sure whether it was better to put it on the edge of the table or hide it under the table?

Xiang Changsheng pretended not to see it, carried the pot and poured a glass of sorghum wine with a very pure color for the little girl in Tsing Yi, then filled it for himself, raised his glass and smiled:

"Little brother, come, come, I'll do it first. ”

The little guy in Tsing Yi was flattered, and quickly raised his wine glass with trembling hands. If you just serve guests, then you will naturally have neat hands and feet, and your mouth will be sharper. When you sit down, the situation is completely different, fortunately it is a July day, if it is winter, you must have been full of swings.

However, the wine thing is indeed a good thing, especially this self-brewed sorghum wine, which is very soft in the mouth and throat and stomach, making people drink glass after glass unconsciously, and forget the stamina.

However, after a cup of tea, the little guy in Tsing Yi was already seven cups of sorghum wine, and after a pillar of incense time, he killed three more cups. Drink slowly from Changsheng and ask about the town's customs at will. The little girl in Tsing Yi gradually started drinking, and at the same time, his face was red and his ears were red, and he was bold, and as soon as the conversation box was opened, he naturally knew everything and said everything.

"Dare to ask sir, what do you want to do in town?"

Xiang Changsheng squinted and smiled:

"Anyone wants coffins. ”