Crossing the double sword edge

Because it is the best season for viewing peony flowers, most tourists come to Peony Flower City at this time. With such a large number of tourists, the capacity of Peony Flower City's inn is already saturated, and many people have already lived in the houses.Lu Yunsheng has a lot of problems, he is not a good person, but he is not overbearing to the point where he insists on driving out all the people in the inn and occupying it by himself.So when the shopkeeper saw the ostentation of Lu Yunsheng and his group, and cautiously said that there were no vacancies profusely, Lu Yunsheng simply took the guards and left.On the contrary, the guards' views on Lu Yunsheng have changed a bit, and the young master seems not as naughty as the rumors said.

If there is no inn, is there no place to live?of course not.Who is he? He is the eldest son of Prince Xiping's family, a marquis, with such an official status, why not live in the local city lord's house.Already caught by the guards, Lu Yunsheng didn't intend to sleep in the wilderness in a low-key manner, not to mention him, the guards would not let Lu Yunsheng do such a behavior, and it was the guards' proposal to stay at the city lord's house.Lu Yunsheng agreed.

The country where Lu Yunsheng lives is a state capital system.There are prefectures under the state, counties under the prefecture, towns under the county, and townships under it, such a layer-by-layer structure.Needless to say, towns and villages, such a small place lacks the resources and connections needed by the big sects. The small sects in these places are a submissive gesture to the government, so town and village officials below the county level, There are no special requirements for martial arts.

Starting from the county, the highest local officials have requirements for martial arts.The highest local officer at the town level needs to be at the ninth level of the human rank, which is the minimum requirement.Officials at the prefecture level require the lowest prefectural rank, and because of the different conditions of each prefectural-level city, the requirements for cultivation are also different, while the highest prefect at the state level requires a minimum prefectural rank of five, which is the same as the prefectural level. , because the situation in each place is different, and the requirements for cultivation are also different.

In a city at the state capital level, the city lord is the highest official of the locality. He has an overview of the objects under his jurisdiction. The city lord who is the most senior officer can leave things to his subordinates to handle. The most important thing for a city lord is to stabilize the city.Because this is a world where martial arts are respected, chivalrous martial arts are indispensable. As a city lord, your job is to reconcile and deal with these things. If you don't have a certain influence in the local area and you have a certain amount of force, you can't do it This requirement.

Therefore, most of the chief executives in prefectures and counties are from local powerful and famous families. Hereditary re-election, the central government does not want to see it, and the same local powerful and famous families are also unwilling to see it. Therefore, the city lord is changed every four years. Competing by powerful and famous families, and then the central government approves, this applies to the state capital, and the city lord of the county is approved by the state-level city lord.

Of course, those who are capable can be re-elected. As long as they meet the minimum martial arts requirements, and are recommended by local respected people, and they are not members of demon cults, they can participate in the election of the city lord.It’s not that they look down on people from the Devil’s Cult, but as the ruling class of a country, and even the ordinary desperate people, they are happy to see a person from the Devil’s Cult become the top officials of the locality, of course not.As for the plotting of the demon cult and the cult's conspiracy to obtain the city lord, it is not a dark level that ordinary people can know.

Every place has different ways of competing for city lords. In some places, it is very direct and they use martial arts competitions. The one with the highest martial arts will become the city lord. The government has a very complete system to make up for this situation, so that everything in the local area will not be out of the control of the central government. Of course, after losing the position of city lord, the local powerful and famous families do not want to lose their legitimate rights in this city.The complex content of these collusions has allowed the state government to maintain a basically stable operation.

We can't count on the perfection of the system, and accidental chaos is unavoidable, especially in this world where martial arts are respected. Even if he is the lord of a city, he may not have the highest martial arts in the local area. Imperial rank, they just don't bother to come out to fight.

Generally speaking, if there is an imperial rank or a heavenly rank behind a powerful and famous local family, then there is no suspense in the battle for the city lord. This will be the case by default.However, this kind of situation is rare. A family with a master of the imperial rank itself has a detached status. The city lord is just a dispensable status. There are, everyone can't afford to offend, just try to avoid friction, the position of the city lord is not very important.

Not to mention the election of city lords who use martial arts to determine the superiority and inferiority, some places have adopted other interesting methods to determine the city lord, such as Peony Flower City, as a prefecture-level city, it has become a place with many tourists because of peony flowers , the city lord here has a rather high level six in terms of martial arts.But the selection of the city lord here is not based on the level of martial arts, but on the basis of peony flowers.In other words, if you want to run for the city lord, you must have a peony flower that is named the leader.It was an elegant campaign indeed.

The city lords from all over the world, except those who are particularly powerful behind them, are very awed by those who come from the rich and powerful families in the capital. After all, behind these rich and powerful families there are masters of the heavens. For some city lords and the families behind them, this It is the power that can destroy them, not to mention, some of these city lord forces are also vassalized by the rich and powerful families in the capital.This is a very complicated collusion of rights, we don't need to know, and Lu Yunsheng has no interest in knowing.

Entering the City Lord's Mansion dignifiedly, the power behind the City Lord of Peony Flower City is not strong. He is not considered a local powerful and famous family, but he is also very powerful. He has not come to Peony Flower City not long ago. It will meet the basic requirements to be able to run for the city lord.In a city like Peony Flower City, there are many people who are more cultivated than him, but Peony Flower City chose the city lord to run for peony. The city lord was very lucky. .

After becoming the city lord, under his intentional development, his family power has been strengthened. The benefits brought by the status of the city lord made him even more reluctant to give up the position of the city lord. For the peony that made him the city lord, it is as precious as it is. Life, counting on it to continue to serve as the city lord.He thought so, but other people who wanted to be the city lord did not want to be allowed to continue to sit in the position of the city lord.Seeing that another round of the city lord election was about to start, the city lord protected the peony even more closely.

Lu Yunsheng's arrival was unexpected.But the city lord thinks this is a good thing. You see, if Lu Yunsheng stays in the city lord's mansion with his identity, those who use villainous means will have to weigh it. If he is accused of murdering the prince's son, then What will happen.What's more, he can also use the strength of Prince Xiping's mansion to give people more encouragement during the campaign.Therefore, the city lord welcomes Lu Yunsheng's visit very much.

Looking at Lu Yunsheng, who is young, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, a bit of bookishness, and a bit of carefree elegance, the city lord has the idea that every aristocratic family would have, and that is marriage.He happened to have the daughter of a close neighbor, twenty-eight. Even though he was a city lord, the family behind him decided that his daughter was not worthy of the position of Lu Yunsheng's wife.It doesn't matter if she is not the main wife, side concubine is also fine, in this world, if she is not the main wife, she must be favored. This city lord firmly believes that his daughter will definitely be favored by Lu Yunsheng.

However, when we actually came to see the lady of the city lord's family, we can only say that this is the blind confidence of a daughter who accuses the father of his daughter.

When Lu Yunsheng arrived at the city lord's mansion, he was placed in the best courtyard in the mansion by the city lord, and ordered people to take care of him carefully.The scenery in the other courtyard is good, and the peonies are also very beautiful. They are not common people outside. Lu Yunsheng likes to see them. Those invitation letters will be given to him, and he doesn't have to worry about going to see those peonies that are cherished species.

That night, the city lord hospitablely invited Lu Yunsheng to the dinner at his home. After all, he was a guest at someone else's house, and Lu Yunsheng was so sophisticated that he couldn't completely put it aside, so he still accepted the invitation to the city lord's dinner.In fact, it was rare for Lu Yunsheng to think about what else to eat in Peony Flower City. The city lord's hospitality should be all local specialties, so Lu Yunsheng accepted it so readily.

At the banquet, the city lord grandly introduced his family. His first wife is certain. The other Yingying and Yanyan, except for the two favored ones, were not introduced by him. Let me introduce the most valued son, Lu Yunsheng is a backer, and his son can befriend Lu Yunsheng, there is no harm. If he really does not become the city lord, it might be a way for his son to befriend Lu Yunsheng.

Then came the point, he intends to marry Lu Yunsheng's daughter, the only only daughter, the jewel in his palm.In this world, because of martial arts, girls are not taboo to show their faces in front of strange men. Lu Yunsheng nodded politely to the city lord's daughter, and then looked away.

The city lord's woman is not like Lu Yunsheng's eyes at all, not to mention Lu Yunsheng's state of mind and cultivation base, even with Lu Yunsheng's aesthetics of being raised in the Xiping Palace and the palace, he can't look down on the city lord who is so prettier than a delicate lady daughter.He didn't even think about the city lord's plan. In Lu Yunsheng's opinion, he was about [-] years old, and he was about the same as a child, so he wouldn't think about it.As for the guards who guessed the city lord's intentions, they didn't intend to say that it was just this city lord and his daughter who wanted to enter Prince Xiping's mansion, just dreaming.