Winter is coming, and the snow has begun to fall in the north, while the sun is still shining in the south, which is quite a bit of autumn high and refreshing.

In the City Lord's Mansion of Lingzhou City, Liu Tingfeng convened the core personnel to discuss the next action plan.

In addition to Liu Tingfeng, Little White Dragon, Baili Hefeng, Wu Changkong and Tiger King, there is also a stunning woman in her twenties.

Her name is Shangguan Qingsleeve, and she is the city lord of Lingzhou City.

After the six of them sat down in order, Liu Tingfeng spoke first:

"The Demon Realm army has crossed the river and retreated to Hongchang City, so we don't have to continue to chase down."

"First, there is the Xiaoshui River to block, and secondly, it is about to enter winter, it is not suitable to continue the war, and we have recovered so many cities at once, it will take time to take over and rectify, for the time being, we will station the army in Lingzhou City, and then use this as a base camp to gradually establish a defense line to the periphery."

"I wonder what everyone thinks?"

Baili and Feng agreed:

"You really need to stop and get things in order! I agree with General Liu. ”

Several other people also expressed their approval of Liu Tingfeng's arrangement.

However, Shangguan Qingsleeve did not speak with an indifferent expression, and sat quietly at the end of the seat and listened.

Liu Tingfeng looked at Shangguan Qingsleeves and asked with a friendly expression:

"Does the Shangguan City Lord have any good suggestions?"

Shangguan replied in a flat tone:

"The lower officials don't have any opinions, this city has changed hands three times in just two years, for the lower officials, they only need to manage the government affairs of Lingzhou City, so that the city can operate normally, and I will obey the arrangements of the imperial court for the rest."

Liu Tingfeng muttered and repeated:

"Three changes of ownership?"

He immediately thought that this was originally the territory of the Xiyu Kingdom, and then it was occupied by the Demon Realm, and it became the city of the Demon Realm, some time ago, the Longxiao Kingdom had a brief occupation, and then it was regained by the Demon Realm, and now after two turns, it finally returned to the hands of the Xiyu Kingdom.

Thinking of this, Liu Tingfeng asked casually:

"When did the Shangguan City Lord become the City Lord of Lingzhou City?"

Shangguan replied calmly:

"Xia Guan just took over at the beginning of this year, and his father used to be the lord of the city."

Liu Tingfeng asked curiously:

"Why did you come to take over the position of city lord this year?"

Shangguan replied softly:

"Because my father was ill and needed to recuperate, I let the little girl take over."

Although Liu Tingfeng still had some doubts in his heart, he didn't want to continue to ask this question, but asked instead:

"When the Demon Realm and the Dragon Heaven Kingdom ruled, how did they manage this city?"

Shangguan replied truthfully:

"The Demon Realm hardly interferes in our affairs, and only requires us to pay taxes and food according to the previous practice."

"Long Xiao Guo once sent officials over, ready to be directly accepted by their people all the affairs here, but before they could officially take over, they were defeated by the Demon Realm's counterattack, and their people left in a hurry, and then they surrendered to the Demon Realm, and this place returned to the hands of the Demon Realm, and they did not interfere in all the affairs here."

Liu Tingfeng couldn't help but admire:

"It seems that Qu Yunyang has not interfered too much in the government affairs of these cities, and he is also a person with a lot of vision and pattern!"

So I continued to ask

Road:

"Does she maintain this attitude towards other cities as well?"

Shangguan shook his head lightly and replied:

"Not quite, he first sent people to inspect the operation of each city, and then depending on the situation, if he thinks that the lord of the city does not meet his requirements, he will also make some adjustments, or send someone to take the position, or choose someone from the original city who he thinks is more suitable to take the position."

After Liu Tingfeng pondered for a moment, he asked casually:

"Then how long has your family been the city lord in Lingzhou City?"

Shangguan Qingsleeve replied in a calm tone:

"Our family has been three generations of city lords, living in Lingzhou City for more than a thousand years, my grandfather served as the city lord for eight hundred years, and later after cultivating to reach the Mahayana period, he went to the Lingxuan Pavilion in the back mountain to concentrate on cultivation."

"My father has taken over the position of city lord for more than 300 years, and last year because he was unwell, he passed the position of city lord to the lower officials at the beginning of this year."

Liu Tingfeng bowed slightly:

"For more than a thousand years, there is indeed no one here who is more familiar with Lingzhou City than you."

Shangguan Qingsleeve did not answer, just sat quietly, always showing an attitude of neither humility nor arrogance, answering all questions, and not speaking without asking.

She is very beautiful, but she lacks a little bit of a woman's gentleness and charm, and there is a little more of a man's resolute look between her eyebrows, and even a little bit of indifference that makes people dare not get close to her.

Being able to serve as the lord of a city is enough to show that women are not allowed to shave their eyebrows.

However, her face does not have the sleek air of many officials in the court, she is not ostentatious or lowers her eyebrows, but faintly has the temperament of a woman in the rivers and lakes.

That calmness and calmness actually have a bit of Mu Qianmei's look, but it lacks the kind of aura that controls the audience.

Liu Tingfeng thought for a long time before asking:

"What does the Shangguan City Lord think about the invasion of the Demon Realm?"

Shangguan Qingsleeve did not answer immediately this time, but thought for a while with a somewhat solemn expression before replying:

"Although the demon world carries a magic word, it is not as terrible as imagined, it has been rumored that the demon world is all burning, killing, and abusing evil people, but this is not the case, they are also reasonable people, and we don't seem to be much different."

"Compared to the people in the Demon Realm, the people from the Longxiao Kingdom who came to take over Lingzhou City were more arrogant and domineering, if it weren't for the fact that my grandfather was cultivating in the back mountain, they would even want to forcibly expel us from the mansion, and then directly occupy the City Lord's Mansion."

"Therefore, in the eyes of Xia Guan, not all rumors are true, and Long Xiao Kingdom is more like the rumored people of the Demon Realm."

In fact, there was one more thing she didn't say, that is, the person sent by Longxiao Kingdom to take over the position of the city lord, because she saw that she had the color of a fallen city, and wanted to forcibly accept her as a concubine, if it wasn't for the Demon Realm to counterattack again, their Shangguan family would probably start a war with Longxiao Kingdom.

The Shangguan family, which has been inherited for thousands of years, has a power in Lingzhou City that should not be underestimated.

Liu Tingfeng couldn't help but sigh:

"It seems that the rise of the Demon Realm and the demise of the Longxiao Kingdom are not unreasonable, even if there is no invasion of the Demon Realm, with the style of the Longxiao Kingdom, sooner or later it will be self-defeating."

At this time, the Tiger King also agreed and said:

"I can't get used to the people of Longxiao Country, they look superior everywhere they go, if they haven't been destroyed by the Demon Realm, I want to kill a few more, and take the army of Xiyu Country to kill him."

The little white dragon said:

"Long Xiao Kingdom used to be the most powerful country in the Five Kingdoms of the Immortal Realm, and it was easy to become arrogant when it had strength

Proud, for so many years, almost all of them have taken the lead, so when facing people from other four countries, they will have a natural sense of superiority psychologically. ”

"They are arrogant, and they do have arrogant capital, but unfortunately they lost the hearts of the people because of this, which is Long Chengyuan's biggest failure."

Baili Kazufeng also spoke:

"Long Chengyuan, as an emperor, he is confident and decisive, dares to think and do, and develops Longxiao Kingdom into the most powerful country among the five kingdoms of the immortal world, but at the same time, he is also a conceited person, stubborn and self-serving, looking down on people with a lower status than him, his character affects the style of the whole country, and many people in Longxiao Country are as proud and conceited as him."

"It can be said that the success of Longxiao Kingdom is also Long Chengyuan, and the defeat is also Long Chengyuan, he personally turned Longxiao Kingdom into the most powerful country, and at the same time brought Longxiao Kingdom into the abyss of destruction."

"At this point, Qu Yunyang is indeed much stronger than him, in the Demon Realm, Qu Yunyang is known as the Emperor of the Heavens, and he is also a generation of Tianjiao, but he does not have a bit of arrogant and domineering personality, bringing together so many tribes in the Demon Realm and unifying the entire Demon Realm."

Liu Tingfeng nodded and said:

"Yes, from this point of view, Qu Yunyang is a stronger opponent and an opponent worthy of respect."

"His invasion of the Immortal Realm is also for the sake of the people of the entire Demon Realm to find a better place to live, which is different from our position."

When talking about this topic, Wu Changkong listened silently, and there was a faint pain in his heart, he used to be like Long Chengyuan, proud and conceited, and stubborn, so he brought Xiyu Kingdom into the abyss of almost destruction.

Of course, for him, the Xiyu Kingdom is destroyed, because he is no longer the emperor of the Xiyu Kingdom, and Mu Qianmei is the new lord of the Xiyu Kingdom.

The carved fence and jade masonry should still be there, but the face has changed.

When he heard Mu Qianmei say that "the king is like a boat, the people are like water, and water can carry a boat and capsize a boat", he knew that he had done a lot of things wrong.

It's just that it's too late for him to understand this.

Now he tries to calm down his mentality and be a deputy general with peace of mind, if he has made meritorious contributions and can be promoted to become a general, it will be considered a complete life.

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