Chapter 158

Chapter 158: Baijie

Early the next morning, Xia Houdi and his group visited the City Lord's Mansion in a mighty manner. A large part of the reason she came to Lingzhou was in response to Xue Mu's letter. She didn't talk about two serious things, and she experienced life and death together, and also experienced ambiguity that she couldn't talk about.

Looking for Xue Mu again at this time, the mind is really complicated. Xia Houdi even had the thought of turning around and leaving, not knowing what to say when he saw Xue Mu.

The one who received them was Qin Fairy Meng Lan, who said apologetically, "My young master last night...uh, anyway, I just woke up and was taking a shower. Please wait a moment for some tea, and your young master will come out soon."

Xia Houdi's face remained unchanged: "Isn't it because you have been tossing around for half the night?"

The so-called Fairy Qin was Xue Mu's concubine in her eyes. In fact, Meng Lan came forward to receive instead of Zhuo Qingqing and others. It was for this reason that Xue Mu was not married yet, and Meng Lan was half a hostess to a certain extent, who could represent Xue Mu to receive court guests.

But no matter how concubine he is, Xia Houdi's words are too rude. A group of people are looking at each other, and they don't know what to say.

Meng Lan didn't think it was disobedient, and served tea with a smile: "The chief arrester is joking, Meng Lan has her own mistress."

The implication is that if you want to be jealous, you shouldn't come at me. I'm just a concubine. You are the mistress, and your opponent is someone else.

Xia Houdi understood, and snorted coldly: "The monster of the Demon Sect, you talk about ungodly things, you are not ashamed but proud!"

Is it wrong this time? Didn't you never believe that they were siblings before? Meng Lan didn't say anything, but still smiled: "The chief arrester please use tea."

Xia Houdi punched the cotton, but it was useless, so he could only drink tea angrily.

Over there, Xuanzhe was sending a voice transmission to An Sifang: "You asked me, what attitude should the Lingzhou branch treat Xue Mu, and now I can answer you..."

An Si was expressionless: "There is no need for senior brother to answer, the younger brother already understands."

It turns out that these two guys are still brothers, they are not even called subordinates in private, they are real hardcore direct descendants.

Xuan Zhe sighed: "Actually, before Xue Mu took office, I gave you a reminder."

An Sifang thought for a while: "No, you just said that Xue Mu's gold medal was invited by the head catcher himself."

"That's right, have you ever seen the head catcher ask for gold medals for other people?"

An Sifang was speechless, you were not sure if you were yourself at the beginning, but it is really a fool to post the horse at this time. He thought for a while, then asked in a low voice: "But His Majesty's attitude is opposite, how should we deal with it?"

Xuanzhe drank tea calmly: "Why did we break away from the natural gate and join the six gates?"

"Because it is majestic and dignified, it disdains deceit and ruthlessness. Although the six gates have many problems, they are always aimed at eliminating Xiaoxiao. They have the atmosphere of mountains and rivers, and the power of beasts. They are compatible with us."

"That's it. We cultivate all our lives to be loyal to a certain position? Isn't it for our own sake?" Xuanzhe put down his teacup: "Since we are all on the peak, whose orders are reasonable and whose orders are upright, then Listen to who. What does political struggle have to do with us, even if it goes against the emperor's will, what can he do to me?"

An Sifang blinked his eyes, thinking to himself that it would be beneficial to be straight-minded. Thinking about it this way, there is really nothing to worry about. Even if the father and daughter disagree, it has nothing to do with them.

Xuan Zhe sighed again: "Xue Mu has saved you and me this time. If you really have a tendency, you should act accordingly."

An Sifang nodded and said nothing more.

Xue Mu turned out from the back hall at this time, and smiled all the way: "Sorry, I'm sorry, I kept you waiting for a long time."

Xia Houdi, who was still stinking just now, turned his head slightly at this moment, curled his lips and said: "I'm still injured, I don't know how to take it easy, and I will mess around!"

Xue Mu instantly remembered yesterday's charming, and his eyes subconsciously fell on her long legs.

Xia Houdi put his left leg on his right leg, and then changed it again, his right leg on his left leg, and then felt his face was hot, and got up angrily: "Where are you looking!"

The audience was silent.

Xue Mu was also very embarrassed, his eyeballs fluttered for a while, and he saluted in circles: "Hello, Marquis Xuan, hello, Master Li, hello, Chief An... Uh, this is..."

Xia Houdi said in a bad mood: "This is Tian Long, the treasurer of Dazhou Yinzhuang."

Xue Mu's eyes lit up, and he turned his head and ordered: "Someone call Pu Xiang here, and we can discuss things."

Pu Xiang is now in charge of some financial matters in the city lord's mansion, which is very close to the city lord's mansion, and he rushed in in less than a moment: "What orders does the manager have? Uh..."

But he saw Xia Houdi standing in the middle at a glance, the red clothes were like a raging fire, the cloak was like the setting sun, his long legs were full of toned arcs, his phoenix eyes were majestic and heroic, and the fat man's small eyes lit up instantly.

Xia Houdi was so angry that he would not give this guy any face, so he just found a punching bag and kicked him out with a kick. Seeing a meat bomb fly out of the door, it bounced on the ground a few times with "bang bang", then got up embarrassingly, and came back to salute with lowered eyebrows: "Pu Xiang has seen Chief Xiahou."

Xue Mu narrowed his eyes, and a cold light flashed in his eyes. Originally, it was not a big deal to see a beautiful woman lose his mind for a while, but this fat man's criminal record is not very proper, which makes people worry. The Xingyue Sect is full of beauties, it seems that they must find a time to tidy up this fat man, otherwise troubles will arise sooner or later.

There was some murderous intent in his heart, but now that everyone was watching, he didn't say much, he just said lightly: "You have been thinking about the matter of Yinzhuang for a long time, if you have any ideas, please communicate with Shopkeeper Tian."

Tian Long is an old shopkeeper, with trembling white hair and white beard, he did not participate in yesterday's operation, and lived in the six gates when he arrived in Lingzhou. At this moment, he got up and saluted: "What City Lord Xue meant, the chief catcher had already communicated with me on the way here. To tell you the truth, the court has discussed this idea before, and the final conclusion is that the strength of a family is the world's silver village. The security issue cannot be solved at all, not even by the imperial court. Either the eight major sects, three sects and four sects have to be involved, and all will work together, which cannot be realized at the moment."

Xue Mu nodded, Ji Qingyuan was actually not easy, the force value of each sect was too high, he was able to control the entire capital by relying on the Inviolable Formation, and there were too many external matters that he could not control. In terms of ruling thinking, it is natural to want to increase the control of the imperial court. It was the correct idea to support the evil gate to check and balance the right way. It's just that for some unknown reason, he suddenly wanted to kill Xue Qingqiu again, it was simply inexplicable.

Pu Xiang said: "Why go to the sky in one step, let's do a good job in Lingzhou and the capital first. Lingzhou has our Xingyue Sect, and the imperial court's control in the capital is unparalleled. At least the safety of these two places is not a problem. Regarding the anti-counterfeiting of certificates, I also have these days. For ideas, Shopkeeper Tian may wish to refer to one or two in detail."

Seeing that Pu Xiang and Tian Long were studying the anti-counterfeiting of wooden signs together, Xue Mu is really not good at this. His advantage is self-knowledge, and he never pretends to understand. So I ignored them, turned to Xia Houdi and said, "Only in these two places, there is basically no benefit to my Xingyue Sect, but the people's livelihood in the two places is beneficial, and business exchanges have been increased. The first practical thing, it’s not considered a vegetarian meal.”

Xia Houdi sighed: "Don't lie to me, as you said, this is a trial and a reference for the future. I don't believe that you will really consider the duties of the city lord, rather than for the future layout of the world."

"Why didn't you consider my responsibilities?" Xue Mu smiled slightly and didn't say much.

Xia Houdi's heart skipped a beat, and he understood Xue Mu's meaning. If the Xingyue Sect can really completely control Lingzhou, then Lingzhou is Xue Mu's base, and it is natural to focus on local development.

It's just his local development, is it really for the local? If the imperial court waives the petition, will he accept it at that time? Even if he accepted it, could Xingyuezong still withdraw from Lingzhou?

Xia Houdi looked seriously into Xue Mu's eyes, and Xue Mu looked at each other calmly for a while. Both of them knew that although they had cooperated a lot, and there might be more cooperation in the future, they actually had very different fundamental positions. You have to draw your swords and face each other...

Xia Houdi recalled his own thoughts, once he fell out with Xingyuezong, what would be the first thing to do?

Yes, assassinate Xue Mu.

Xia Houdi's heart skipped a beat suddenly, and his hands were suddenly filled with sweat.

The two stared at each other silently, the once charming scene flashed through their hearts, and suddenly became distant and blurred, like a dream.