Infrastructure Throne

According to Shen Qingze's request, Xiao Meng quickly selected a group of knights with superb sword skills from the guards to serve as the guards of the officiant, and escort Shen Qingze and his party back to the city.

The carriage they were riding in when they came was still stuck in the sandpit, and when Jin Da asked someone to drag it out with great difficulty, Shen Qingze had already stepped on the back of Yan Zui's horse, Jin Da had no choice but to get into the carriage with Luo Xin. Holding ducks and ducks, and one person holding a big white dog, they are speechless.

Yan Zui and Shen Qingze rode together and walked slowly at the front of the team.

"It's really strange, Li Huo usually doesn't let others touch it, why is it so docile today?" Yan Zui held the world-defying gun in one hand and the whip in the other, shaking his whole body gently following the leisurely walking horse.

Shen Qingze sat behind him, with his chest looming against his back, his hands had nowhere to rest, so they had to rest on his legs.

Hearing this, the young man said coolly: "Your Excellency the City Lord knew it well and invited me to ride with him. Could it be that he wants to see me laugh?"

Yan Zui turned his face to the side, sighed exaggeratedly, and pretended to be regretful: "Of course not, but in this way, wouldn't this city lord lose the opportunity to be a hero to save the beauty?"

Shen Qingze is slightly taller than Yan Zui, when speaking, his lips just fall behind the other's ear, he doesn't smile often, but at this moment he curled the corners of his mouth silently, the curved arc is almost invisible:

"The city lord confirmed the word 'hero saves the beauty', didn't he say against it?"

Yan Zui rolled his eyes and rubbed the handle of the horsewhip with his fingertips: "I'll just think you're praising me beautifully in different ways."

Shen Qingze didn't answer, Yan Zui only felt a bit of warm breath blowing past his ears, which was so short and fleeting.

He didn't look back, but asked in a firm tone: "Are you laughing?"

If it wasn't for his question, Shen Qingze herself wouldn't have noticed his stretched brows, the slightly raised corners of his mouth, and his inexplicably open mood.

"Lord City Lord..."

"Huh?" Yan Zui let out a slightly rising nasal sound from his nose, "They all said to call me by my name."

Shen Qingze said slowly: "Can you untie the whip on my waist?"

Yan Zui deliberately pulled the whip in his hand, showing a mischievous smile: "Oh, my city lord is thinking about your safety. It's your first time riding a horse. What if you fall off? If someone sees it, what will you do?" Thought I was going to murder you..."

Before he finished speaking, an arm suddenly came up from the side, wrapped around his narrow waist, and pinched the rein with his fingers.

With Shen Qingze's movements, the two became close together, so close that there was no gap.

"That way you should rest assured."

Shen Qingze's deep and practiced voice sounded from the side of his ears, too close, his breath almost pierced into his ears.

No one had ever dared to talk to him at this distance, his voice was as magnetic as jade, low and deep, Yan Zui couldn't help but tremble his ears.

He wanted to turn around, but out of the corner of his eye, he could only catch a glimpse of the gold tassels hanging from the opponent's shoulders, swinging left and right with the pace of the fire.

Yan Zui shook his wrist silently, and the slender whip retracted from Shen Qingze's waist as if full of vitality.

"Unexpectedly, the city lord is not only good at marksmanship, but also can use a long whip."

Shen Qingze originally wanted to use a set of skills possessed by the other party, but after waiting for a long time, he didn't get a response. In the end, he only heard the system's mechanical notification sound suddenly sounded in his mind:

[The player gains a mysterious favorability of 2]

Shen Qingze: "..."

His arms were a little stiff, and from the corner of his eye, he noticed the posture of the two of them sticking together, and blushed inexplicably.

Fortunately, he was facing Yan Zui's black hair, and no one could notice him except that the hair scratched his face a little itchy.

When there is no system prompt, he can still feel calm, but now he feels that the surroundings are full of Yan Zui's breath, and even the pace of the fire seems to be extremely slow.

The distance from the school field in the west of the city back to the city seemed to be suddenly lengthened.

Along the way, Shen Qingze traveled far and wide, and Yan Zui remained silent until the team stopped at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion. The accompanying knights were waiting for the orders from the two adults, and even Jin Da and Luo Xin, who were behind the team, hurried out of the carriage. Come here.

But the two seemed to be growing on the back of a raging fire, motionless as a mountain.

After bearing the weight of two people for too long, Agni became impatient, snorted several times, pouted his hooves and raised his neck high.

With the sudden bumps, Shen Qingze suddenly came back to his senses. Under the unstable center of gravity, he subconsciously grabbed Yan Zui who was closest to him - that narrow waist.

The touch feels familiar.

"Whoa—stop the flames!"

Yan Zui tightened the reins, smoothed the anger of the fierce horse, turned around abruptly, and looked at Shen Qingze with a smile that was not a smile: "It's all here, and you still haven't dismounted? Are you reluctant to let me go, or are you waiting for the city lord to hug you?" go down?"

Shen Qingze withdrew her hand silently, and said dryly: "Don't dare to trouble me."

As he spoke, supporting the saddle with both hands, he turned over and dismounted lightly with all his strength.

Yan Zui stared at him, with an undiminished smile on his face: "I'll give you all the men and horses, whatever Master Shen wants to do, just let it go and do it."

The sun has gradually risen to the mid-heaven, Shen Qingze stood on the spot, his eyes squinted by the bright sunlight, slowly, he stretched out a hand towards Yanzui: "To express my gratitude, why don't I help the city lord get off his horse? "

Responding to him was Yan Zui's low chuckle, and when the slender end of the horsewhip passed over his palm very lightly, it brought out a burning itching.

"Forgot to answer you, my whip technique is actually better than spear technique, don't forget my little toy..."

Yan Zui's last words were scattered in the wind, and when Shen Qingze looked away from the empty palm, the other party disappeared like a gust of wind, including people and horses, disappeared at the gate of the city lord's mansion, and went straight to the backyard.

"Jiujiu!" Yaya broke free from Jin Da's hand, swung its two bright yellow wings, squatted with its buttocks up, and flopped into Shen Qingze's arms.

"Chirp Chirp! Chirp Chirp!" Ma Ma No. 2 ran away!Ran!

Shen Qingze lowered his head, one person and one bird stared at each other for a moment, thinking of the duck that had lost its head, he suddenly had a headache.

Shen Qingze flicked Yaya's forehead, all blame you for being too busy!

Duck: "???"

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The mansion of Viscount Boya is located near Chenxi Avenue in the inner city, and the whole area is the residential area of ​​nobles and nobles.

The streets are cleaned morning and night to be spotless. Horse-drawn carriages are constantly flowing on the wide streets. Independent villas and small gardens are staggered and covered with green plants. The thick city walls separate the inner city and the outer city into two worlds.

At noon, Viscount Boya invited several young nobles to the mansion for a gathering.

The servants filled up the wine, and on the table were fresh and tender lamb chops. Although the seasoning was lacklustre, the meat was delicious and authentic.

The four wine glasses collided crisply, and the people holding the glasses surrounded Viscount Boya with smiles on their faces.

"Your Majesty Viscount is still very powerful. If you don't take action, it's all right. Once you take action, the new priest will lose his temper!" A little noble without a title flattered.

"Hahaha! I thought he was so powerful. If he stayed in his seat honestly, for the sake of exorcising the night god, I respected him and confessed him, but I didn't expect that he was too greedy." Already!"

Someone immediately echoed: "Mines, shops, fields, this priest has a lot of appetite, and he wants to intervene in everything. We have put up with the matter of paying ten taxes and four to the tenant farmers of the production and construction team, and now we still want to extend our hands." To steal money and people from our pockets?"

"Yes! Master Priest is too much, it's time to teach him a lesson! Let this blacksmith see who is the master of this Abyssal City!"

Viscount Boya sneered, and stroked a deep decree line on his cheek with his fingers: "Your Excellency was so frightened by the city lord that he swallowed his anger, but it doesn't matter, I will do the same for such a small matter."

Viscount Boya's wife cut a lamb chop for her husband, fed it to his mouth, and said with a coquettish smile: "I heard that the iron factories in the suburbs are gradually deserted, and there are job recruitment notices posted on the door of their shops. If it continues like this, it will be difficult to maintain even if we don’t stop working.”

At this time, there was an untimely cry, which interrupted the laughter of a group of people.

Viscount Boya turned cold, "What happened outside?"

The butler came in a hurry, lowered his head, not daring to make too much noise: "Master Viscount, there is a group of knight guards outside the door, blocking our mansion and preventing entry and exit..."

"A member of the guard? Is Xiao Meng crazy?" Viscount Boya felt absurd for a while, and the other little nobles looked at each other, almost thinking they heard it wrong.

The butler tremblingly wiped his sweat, and stammered: "It's not Captain Xiao Meng, they are the guards of the officiant."

Viscount Boya was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed loudly: "It turns out that the officiant could not sit still, and sent someone to show off his power in the name of the guard?"

The little nobles were not as optimistic as he was, their eyes dodged, and they were a little anxious: "Master the priest knows that we are behind the craftsmen's affairs? Then will he cause trouble for us?"

"Don't be afraid." Viscount Boya spun the wine glass and drank the wine in one gulp. The spicy taste surged up, making him a little fuzzy, "Did we do anything?"

He squinted his eyes and smiled: "We didn't kill people or set fire to them, and we didn't imprison those craftsmen. They were all voluntary. They didn't want to go to the priest's iron factory, but they were willing to be our servants. Isn't that okay? Does this violate any law of Yuanliu City?"

"Which stupid craftsman dare to come out and confront me?"

Viscount Boya stood up and loudly pointed in the direction of the garden gate: "If you have the ability, the guards rushed in to arrest me! I am a nobleman! After meritorious service! Lord Priest can bully me and other noblemen just because of his status and respect." !"

When he said this, the little nobles suddenly had a backbone, and gradually straightened their backs and became more assertive.

"That's right, even the officiant can't do anything to us casually!"

Outside the gate of Viscount Boya's mansion.

The two pitch-black carved wooden doors were closed tightly, Shen Qingze sat quietly in the carriage, flipping through a volume of books in his hand, and finance and tax officer Luo Xin sat opposite him, wiping the sweat from his forehead with a veil from time to time.

Two columns of accompanying knights surrounded the main road at the door.

Jin Da received Shen Qingze's instruction, rolled up his sleeves and slammed the door of the Viscount's house, as if he came to collect debts:

"Master Viscount! You have the ability to hide behind your back and open the door! You have the ability to open the door! The officiant is coming, and you still haven't come out to greet him!"

After a long while, a trembling voice answered from inside the door: "I don't know if this is the priest, what's your business?"

"Open the door! Check the water meter!"

Although Jin Da didn't know what the water meter meant, but who cares!

The words of the officiant are the truth, and they are the direction of my progress!