Infrastructure Throne

The appointment of the officiant has always been a major event in Yuanliu City, second only to the change of the city lord. According to the usual rules, candidates need to get the approval of more than [-]% of the nobles and officials, and the final decision is made by the city lord.

Now, it is Yan Zui who decides Mo Yun's life and death with a light word, and promotes a strange young man to a high position. Before that, Shen Qingze was just an unknown blacksmith, and almost no one knew him .

Including Shen Qingze, everyone on and off the altar was shocked.

Hearing the reverence, gratitude and joy from the hearts of the people in the audience, the rest of the nobles and officials, no matter how uncomfortable they were, could not say a word of objection.

After all, Shen Qingze's contribution to Yuanliu City is too great, to the point that anyone who speaks out against it will be stabbed in the back by everyone.

It's not that no one doubts Yan Zui's words, Shen Qingze looks young and refined, tall and thin, with fair skin, he is more like a well-mannered aristocratic gentleman than a mighty brave man.

How can those hands that don't look like they are wielding knives and guns defeat the ancient monster Kunpeng?

However, the scene where Shen Qingze descended from the sky in a radiant body was so shocking that people had no choice but to believe it.

Reminiscent of the inexplicable, strange and irresistible force that he broke into the altar alone, held the city lord hostage, and knocked down all the people in the square in an instant, that inexplicable, strange and irresistible force made people shudder, and could not help but feel awe.

At this moment, faced with Yan Zui's arbitrariness, all the big figures on the altar chose to remain silent, acquiescing to the fact that Shen Qingze had suddenly become the chief priest of Yuanliu City from a blacksmith.

The original chief priest, Mo Yun, seemed to have all his energy taken away in an instant, and he fell to the ground with blank eyes.

Right, status, prestige, wealth, he was deprived of everything overnight, Mo Yun lowered his head, his face was distorted, crying and laughing.

Until a pair of military boots stepped into his blurred vision.

Mo Yun raised his head slowly, Yan Zui stood tall, looking down at him from a height, the spear in his hand was tilted, the point of the spear touched the ground, and the midday sun shone down, as if covering him with a layer of golden armor.

In the backlight, Mo Yun couldn't see the expression of the city lord clearly, he could only hear the other party's tone of voice was calm, without any emotion or anger.

"Why do all this? I'll give you a chance to explain."

The deadline is approaching, fear has long been numb, and Mo Yun actually felt a sense of relief, he sneered dispiritedly:

"Why do you say? Since you took office, you have made arbitrary government orders and never listened to the opinions of the elders. Even I, the priest, have been marginalized. That's all. You actually extended your hand to mines and taxes, your father , the old city lord was never so domineering back then!"

Mo Yun poked his neck up and stared at him: "If you insist on going your own way, do you think I'm the only one who opposes you?!"

As if hearing some joke, Yan Zui smiled lightly: "It seems that you really have accomplices, let's talk about it."

Mo Yun's upper body leaned forward slightly, his lips trembling: "If I tell you, will you spare my life?"

Yan Zui stroked the barrel of the gun with his finger, without blinking: "No."

The muscles on Mo Yun's cheeks twitched, just as he was about to say something, suddenly, his face changed drastically, pain and distortion appeared alternately, he lowered his head in disbelief——

A sword tip pierced out of his chest!

Someone wants to kill him to silence him!

Mo Yun opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak anymore. He couldn't turn around anymore, and he couldn't even take a look at the murderer. As the cross sword was pulled out fiercely, dark red blood splashed all over his head and face. .

Mo Yun fell to the ground slumped, his eyes wide open, unwilling to die.

This sword was ruthless, and it came so unexpectedly.

Yan Zuijian frowned slightly, and when he looked up, he saw Earl Yan En holding a bloody cross sword, standing aggressively behind Mo Yun's body, with a look of righteous indignation.

The soldiers of the guard drew their swords, not knowing whether to take down the noble leader on the spot.

Seeing that Yan Zui's eyes fell on him, Earl Yan En hastily dropped the cross sword and bowed to his nephew:

"Master City Lord! This Mo Yun is really vicious and ambitious! It is unforgivable to dare to do such a ridiculous thing! Fortunately, Lord City Master is healthy and aware of this guy's plan, otherwise, Abyssal City will make a big mistake !"

Yan Zui raised his chin slightly, squinted his eyes, and the irony in his eyes deepened: "What are you doing? I haven't ordered the execution yet. Could it be that you killed people to silence them in full view? My uncle."

Earl Yan En's action was unexpected, and the crowd roared!

Yan Enfu knelt on the ground, terrified: "My lord! You misunderstood! I heard this guy uttered wild words, and hated him for deceiving me with the news of your death, which almost caused chaos. I was so angry that I couldn't help it! "

"I completely listened to his slander, so I did wrong things and said wrong words, but this is not my original intention!"

"When I heard that you died, I was more sad than anyone else. I am your uncle! Now that you are safe and sound, I am finally relieved. If you want to blame me, I am too stupid. If you care about you, you will be confused and deceived by villains. , Lord City Lord, please forgive my sins!"

On the altar, the nobles looked at each other, seeing Earl Yan En, who was usually invincible, kneeling and begging for mercy in front of everyone, they couldn't help curling their lips secretly.

It can't be said whether we should despise the other party for daring to act or not, or admire him for his ability to bend and stretch, and his skin is as thick as a city wall.

The people in the audience, who didn't know the truth, thought about how Earl Yan En and his wife usually distributed food, and most of them didn't want to believe that the well-known Earl Yan En would actually participate in the rebellion and civil strife.

What's more, Earl Yan En is the uncle of the city lord, how could he deliberately frame him?

The people pleaded loudly for him one after another, and some of the nobles who had good friends with him also rushed to speak out.

The voices chanting Earl Yan En's innocence became louder and louder, Yan Zui silently came to the kneeling uncle, and slowly stretched out a hand towards him.

Dou Da's sweat slipped from Yan En's neck. For a moment, he almost thought that his good nephew was going to send him to hell, but he didn't know that the other party's hand lightly rested on his shoulder, and he actually helped him up with his own hands. .

"You are my only uncle, how could I not believe you?" Yan Zui's eyes were bright and he smiled, "The days to come will be long, please give me your advice."

Yan En's scalp was numb from the other party's sharp stare, so he could only say repeatedly: "Don't dare, don't dare."

This farce-like sacrificial ceremony finally came to an end with the death of the chief priest Mo Yun.

Shen Qingze jumped off the altar, the crowd found the new officiant, crowded up to express their gratitude and worship, the young man finally broke free from the crowd, and went straight to the fence where the old people were held.

Most of the old people have already been picked up by their relatives, only a short, skinny old man, leaning on a cane, standing tremblingly in the wind, looking forward to Shen Qingze's direction.

"Father!" Shen Qingze supported the other's thin arm, "Are you not injured?"

Old man Li shook his head vigorously, his cloudy eyes glistened with tears, his voice was hoarse, almost choking, he really wanted to angrily scold the young man for being disobedient and going to the danger alone, but he couldn't help worrying about whether the other party was injured somewhere.

After a thousand words, in the end he only gently raised his hand, caressed the coat stained with mud and blood, and asked in a low voice: "Is it still fit? It's all broken here, I'll mend it for you later... Oh, silly boy."

"I'll take you home." Shen Qingze held the old man's thin wrist, his palm was warm.

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Li's blacksmith shop.

I haven't returned for a few days, but the furnishings at home are still the same as before.

Seeing the owner's return, the big white dog ran out to greet him with a howl, wagging its tail and circled around Shen Qingze again and again.

What surprised Shen Qingze was that besides A Bai, there were actually three uninvited guests at home.

Brothers Jin Da, Tong Er, and Yin San fell to their knees in front of him like three mountains of meat, and their rough voices made the tea on the small table tremble twice.

"Master Officiant, you saved the lives of our brothers and grandmothers, as well as our whole family. When we come out to mess around, what we pay attention to is loyalty. If you agree to recognize your father, you will definitely recognize your father! The godfather is on the top, and you will be worshiped by your son! "

Shen Qingze: "..."

Has anyone asked his opinion? ?

Seeing the young man's expressionless face, the three brothers did not change their expressions, and bowed down to Father Li again: "Grandpa, please be respected by your grandson!"

Father Li was startled, hugged the big white dog, and sat on the wooden bench by the table, trembling and opening his mouth, at a loss, looking frightened.

The corner of Shen Qingze's mouth twitched, and he raised his eyebrows: "You guys are really chicken thieves..."

The three brothers said in unison: "Thank godfather for the compliment!"

Shen Qingze looked disgusted: "...I don't have the money to pay you wages!"

"Jiujiu!" A fluffy yellow head came out of his clothes, clamoring for food.

Almost forgot about this one!

Shen Qingze bought some milk from a neighbor's house and fed it to the little guy. Its chubby body is like a fluffy ball, flapping its two bright yellow wings, burying its head in drinking the milk, rubbing the young man's palm while drinking, acting coquettishly and naturally .

There was a little itchiness in the palm of his hand, and the young man couldn't help touching its soft down, ah, it's quite cute.

"What should I call you?"

Shen Qingze fiddled with its little wings absently, it looked like a little yellow chicken, and it was unknown what species it was, but it must be something extraordinary that could hatch from the kunpeng's nest.

He silently called up the main interface, and suddenly found that there was an additional column in the skills [Exotic Beast Taming System], clicked on it, and there was a white dog and a yellow bird.

Shen Qingze showed doubts, it is understandable that the little yellow bird is a strange beast, but Ah Bai is obviously an ordinary dog, how could he become a strange beast?

[Please name your battle pet. 】

Battle pet?Shen Qingze thought for a while, and said silently, let's call it Yaya.

The little yellow bird seemed to sense something, and "tweeted" twice towards Shen Qingze.

"Godfather!"

"...Don't call me that." Shen Qingze pressed her forehead expressionlessly.

One man and one bird were having fun, Tong San suddenly ran into the house in a hurry, danced and yelled exaggeratedly, "There are a lot of guard knights outside, and a beautiful golden carriage! They said they came to take you into the city , Stay in the City Lord's Mansion!"

Old man Li walked into the house slowly with a cane, and looked at him with relief: "Go quickly, don't keep the city lord waiting for too long."

Shen Qingze frowned slightly: "Why don't you go to the city with me? I'm worried about you being alone."

Father Li shook his head: "I live here comfortably, and I still have a shop to take care of. Before you came, I lived alone too? Don't worry about me."

"Godfather, don't worry!" Jin Da slapped his chest loudly, "Grandfather is covered by us, we will bully whoever dares to bully him!"

Shen Qingze: "..." It's because you are with him that he doesn't feel at ease!

Several people came to the house.

Two neat rows of knights rode their horses, wearing silver armor and majestic. In the middle was a black and gold frame with wheels as high as half a person. It was pulled side by side by three tall horses, and the flag symbolizing the City Lord's Mansion fluttered in the wind.

The movement was so loud that almost the whole village came to watch.

"Master Officiant." The captain of the guard Xiao Meng personally led a team to greet him. Holding the cross sword in his hand, he bowed slightly and saluted Shen Qingze.

"The city lord ordered me to pick you up. Tonight is your induction dinner. All the nobles and officials in the city will come to see you. It's getting late, please get on the bus quickly."

dinner?

Shen Qingze subconsciously looked down at her dusty peasant three-piece suit, and fell into an awkward silence.

After a while, he said slowly, "Wait a minute, I'll go in and change my clothes."

"Wait, Lord City Master has already prepared for you..." Xiao Meng was stunned for a moment, and when he looked up again, the young man was gone.

The guard soldiers behind him looked at each other in blank dismay. He was a dilapidated blacksmith, what else could he change into?

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