Chapter 177 Cool and thin
Xue Mu did not completely believe that Zhang Bailing came to observe how the competition was held. Although it might be true, he sent a few subordinates to observe and write a few reports to go up. It would be enough for him to come here in person regardless of the previous secret battles and risk being driven out. It might also be furious with Ji Qingyuan's thunder. There must be some other reasons.
Testing often starts with haha: "Under the rule of the county magistrate, Lingzhou is prosperous, commerce is prosperous, the people are in war, and they are full of spirit. The county magistrate is really a good minister of the time, and his subordinates admire it very much."
To put it nicely, it is actually all nonsense. I thought Zhang Bailing would be polite to say a few official words, but Zhang Bailing's answer was even more amazing: "I am the magistrate of this county magistrate, not a few days earlier than Lord Xue. It is not my credit for the prosperity of Lingzhou before."
Xue Mu: “…”
Xue Qingqiu: “…”
Both of them were extremely embarrassed when they looked at me. Xingyue Sect was famous for its intelligence and had all the lines laid in the palace. As a result, the parents and officials placed at the door of their house couldn't figure out when they took office. It was so embarrassing that they went to grandma's house.
Xue Qingqiu never took court officials seriously and was too lazy to care who he was. And Xue Mu made a similar mistake this time. In this kind of force, the energy of officials is too light, and the impact on them is only in government affairs. Xue Mu never intended to use his brain in government affairs, which led to him not treating this immediate boss as an opponent worthy of facing. Zhang Bailing's information was obviously on their desks, but there were so many things that he had the time to read this?
Now that I think about it, I really shouldn't.
If Zhang Bailing took office almost the same time as Xue Mu, it means that Ji Qingyuan deliberately chose Zhang Bailing to suppress Xue Mu. Is he particularly trusting his ability to limit Xue Mu? Or is there another reason? There is a lot of articles here, but the two of them have never paid attention to it.
Zhang Bailing saw the embarrassment of the two, laughed and said self-deprecatingly: "Actually, since I realized that City Lord Xue never asked about government affairs, I knew how embarrassing my position was. Your Majesty and I were completely thinking about it."
Xue Mu smiled and said, "It was because his subordinates had dereliction of duty and failed to cooperate with the county magistrate's affairs."
Zhang Bailing waved his hand and suddenly said, "You two know why Your Majesty sent me to be the county magistrate?"
Xue Mu bowed and said, "I hope to hear the details."
"Because I have offended Xingyue Sect, I will naturally prevent Xingyue Sect from gaining power."
As he said this, both the Xue siblings almost drooped their heads under the chair. This is still an old enemy, and I don’t know at all! It’s still a sect that is engaged in intelligence, so I can close the door as soon as possible.
Xue Mu was really laughing and crying, and even his voice drifted a few points: "I don't know...uh...I don't know when this sect offended the county magistrate?"
Zhang Bailing sighed: "I come from the Zhang family in Hexi."
Xue Mu turned to look at Xue Qingqiu, and Xue Qingqiu looked moved: "Is the Zhang family of Yejun your branch?"
"Yes." Zhang Bailing sighed: "Now, Master Xue knows why His Majesty thinks I dare not let Xingyue Sect gain power."
"Yes... after all, they are traitors." Xue Qingqiu looked weird and smiled: "But you also underestimated my abilities too much. When this sect was in decline, people who were busy abandoning this sect were everywhere. But we are the Demon Sect, so how could we talk about loyalty and righteousness? It's just an ordinary thing. How could I hate you? Since I revitalize the sect, it can be seen who has I taken revenge on?"
Zhang Bailing shook his head and said, "But others would not think so. Those who have abandoned you will not want to see you gain power again. This will not only make you panic in your heart, but also highlight the treacherous and stupidity of the past."
Xue Qingqiu nodded: "This is the heart of the people."
Xue Mu understood.
In the early years, many families or sects secretly had contact with Xingyue Sect. Just like the Zhang family betting on Xinyi Sect and Zongheng Road at the same time, there were people betting on Zongheng Road, and Xingyue Sect naturally also had them. Meng Lan also said at the beginning that many of their senior sisters were children of these families. However, there was a sudden change that year, and Xingyue Sect almost finished playing. Those people saw that the situation was not good, even the children who worshiped Xingyue Sect gave up and decisively broke away from their relationship.
Zhang Bailing's Hexi Zhang family is one of them.
With this betrayal of past, Ji Qingyuan believed that Zhang Bailing must be very resistant to Xingyue Sect gaining power again. Zhang Bailing did work hard for this a few days ago, but his direction and Xue Mu were actually two parallel lines, and he had no way to stop it. Even the Hehuan Sect was pulled up, but there was no use for Mao. As Lingzhou's martial arts boomed throughout the country, Zhang Bailing finally realized that the general trend was unstoppable and decisively made another choice.
Zhang Bailing sighed: "We had misjudged it once, thinking that a fifteen-year-old girl, the Sect Master, could not make any waves. The facts proved that we were wrong. The Sect Master Xue was a genius and the Xingyue Sect was born in the world. I don't know how many people regret it. Now it's another node. Lord Xue began to plan for Xingyue Sect. The methods were like flying immortals from the sky, which made people unpredictable. Xingyue Sect saw that it was about to usher in another take-off. I thought about it and should not make mistakes again and again. Come today to apologize."
Xue Qingqiu's expression became more and more strange: "You should really apologize, but the crime is not about betraying Xingyue Sect back then, nor about open and secret battles in these days."
Zhang Bailing was stunned: "Where is that?"
Xue Qingqiu said coldly: "You abandoned the five-year-old children back then, are you not guilty?"
"..." Zhang Bailing was silent for a moment and did not answer immediately. The family members had a lot of bets, and people were buried with one force at any time as one force disappeared. They were used to it, and there was no guilt at all. Moreover, the child was a branch child, not his Zhang Bailing's daughter. Thirteen years have passed. To be honest, Zhang Bailing didn't know what the child's name was at all.
However, since Xue Qingqiu asked this, she knew who the child was. Zhang Bailing held a sense of expectation that the man was already an important deacon in Xingyue Sect and asked: "This matter is indeed something that the Zhang family has to blame for the child... I wonder if the child is still safe?"
Xue Qingqiu said coldly: "It seems that you really don't even know someone's name."
Zhang Bailing smiled awkwardly, but Xue Mu felt a little moved.
Xue Qingqiu's statement means that as long as he remembers the child's name, he should know who she is? Her surname is Zhang, and she is so conspicuous...will that not...
But Xue Qingqiu said lightly: "You just told me about a regular collection of collectors' editions of my niece."
Zhang Bailing was stunned for a moment, then stood up ecstaticly: "It's Fairy Qin?"
The Xue siblings and brothers looked at him coldly, and neither of them had any expressions on their faces.
Although this relationship seems to be more obvious when Xingyue Sect unifies Lingzhou, looking at Zhang Bailing's ecstatic appearance, Xue Mu was not surprised to be further away from his goal. Instead, he just wanted to punch his old face, making his face bloom.
Chapter completed!