() No news came back from the nightingale, and Luo Manduo didn’t know whether she would return to the Land Abandoned by the Gods alone or follow the retreating fleet. After not seeing her for a while, Luo Manduo felt a little worried.
When she came and discovered this feeling, Luo Manduo himself felt very strange, but he knew that this was not the relationship between men and women, but that Nightingale had always been loyal and efficient in doing things, and she was not around.
He is missing a powerful assistant.
However, the power struggle in Yan Kingdom has come to an end. Li Xuan and Yan Zhenshan reached an agreement. On the day he ascended the throne, Li Le was canonized as Xiaoyao King, and his territory was a radius of 600 miles around the Hunduan Mountains in the eastern border of Yan Kingdom. This is
A huge fiefdom, even worse than some small countries, but it is also the most desolate and poorest territory in the entire Yan Kingdom. Take the Hunduan Mountains as an example. There are few people in the Hunduan Mountains, but there are many spiritual beasts and ferocious beasts.
Who is willing to go to such a place to cultivate? Furthermore, the Hunduan Mountains are close to the sea, which is the only place for the Mogankun people to invade. There are wars every summer. Such a territory is big, but if you want to develop
If it's good and well managed, it's almost impossible.
On the seventh day after Li Xuan became the new emperor and was known as Emperor Xuanwu, a letter of appointment issued by Li Le was delivered to Luo Manduo.
The person who delivered the letter of appointment was a close associate of Li Le, a Xuan warrior in his early fifties named Wang Song. He was very mature and didn't talk much. After confirming Luo Manduo's identity, he held the letter of appointment respectfully in both hands.
Then it was handed into Luo Manduo's hand.
Luo Manduo opened it, took a rough look, and then asked: "Where is your prince? Why didn't he come?"
Wang Song said: "Sir, my prince followed the King of Zhenxi to Baishi City in the west, and it will take a while before he can come to his territory. My prince knew that you would ask this question, so he taught the young one how to answer it. My prince also
He said that when he returns to the Eastern Territory, he will come to you for a drink and will not return until he is drunk."
Luo Manduo smiled bitterly. He knew very well that Yan Zhenshan wanted to discipline Li Le and prepare for Li Le to take over the Eastern Territory fief. Taking over a large fiefdom was not done when people came.
There are a lot of things to do. Just balancing the interests of all the forces in the fiefdom is a very complicated issue. Without preparation and skill, it will definitely not work.
Also, Li Leren didn't come, but he was appointed as the city lord of Richu City. It's hard to guarantee that Yan Zhenshan didn't have any ideas in this. If that's the case, Yan Zhenshan might want him to act as a tester.
se, first test the reactions of various forces in the Eastern Territory fiefdom. After all, if a recognized drunkard wants to take over this land, the reactions of all parties are unknown.
"Sir, do you have anything you want me to convey to the prince?" Wang Song asked.
Luo Manduo originally wanted to say that he would prepare some wine for Li Le to wash away the dust, but in the blink of an eye, he thought that Yan Zhenshan might know this, so it was better not to say it, so he changed his mind and said: "There is nothing special.
By the way, tell the prince that he will leave the city to me and I will manage it well."
"Then I will take my leave." Wang Song left.
He left like this, but left Luo Manduo with a troublesome burden. Luo Manduo held the appointment document and smiled bitterly, "I will take this thing to see the current city lord and tell him to get out of here."
? Will people listen to me? "
The current city lord of Richu City is named Zou Bituo. When he came to Richu City from the Remu tribe's territory, Luo Manduo had already inquired about his situation. This Zou Bituo has been the city lord of Richu City for twenty years.
, his power has been deeply rooted in this city. This Zou Bituo not only controls a city guard of 500 people, but also supports a family of 200 people. When leaving the city in the day, he can also
Only the Duanmu family can compete with him. Would he be happy if such a dominant figure handed over his power?
After a while, Luo Manduo also went out and took Zang Fen and Tang Ji to the city lord's mansion.
"Zang Fen, if my takeover of the city lord goes smoothly, are you willing to help me take care of the financial affairs of the city?" Luo Manduo asked tentatively. After this period of contact, he felt that Zang Fen was a loyal and reliable person.
Moreover, Zang Fen is not only an armor maker, but also quite capable in business and financial management.
Luo Manduo spoke suddenly, and Zang Fen was stunned for a moment before saying: "Working for Master Luo is doing things for the prince. There is no need to do it willingly or not. This is what I should do. Master Luo, if you ask me to be the financial officer, then I
Just be this financial officer."
Seeing that he agreed so readily, Luo Manduo was in a good mood and his pace quickened a lot.
The three of them talked and hurried on, and soon arrived at the City Lord's Mansion. It was a larger and more magnificent building than the Duanmu family's mansion, with red walls and green tiles, pavilions, terraces, pavilions, green trees and red flowers inside the courtyard wall.
Everywhere reveals wealth and splendor.
"Stop!" Two soldiers at the Zhuqi Gate blocked the steps of Luo Manduo and the others. A soldier with a goatee scolded: "Are you blind? This is the city lord's mansion, and we don't even ask inside.
Just go inside, who do you think you are?"
"You, please speak more politely, my master is..." Tang Ji was so angry that her face was green, but before she could say anything, Luo Manduo took her hand and told her to stop talking.
"Oh!" The soldier was reluctant and drew out his sword with a clang, "No one has ever dared to come here to act wild. How dare you, a little slave girl, dare to talk to me like this? I won't arrest you today."
Dalao, my surname is not Ma!"
Another soldier also drew his saber and came forward aggressively. Tang Ji was afraid and hid behind Luo Manduo.
"That's enough!" Luo Manduo said coldly: "If you dare to hit her, I will break one of your ribs. If you dare to leave a bleeding wound on her body, I will chop off your heads.
"
The two aggressive soldiers stopped immediately and looked at Luo Manduo hesitantly. For some reason, they couldn't help but feel in their hearts when they were stared at by Luo Manduo's cold eyes without any emotion.
Horrible.
"Let your master come out to see me." Luo Manduo said again.
The two soldiers were immediately frightened with fear. The soldier surnamed Ma looked at Luo Manduo from head to toe and said tentatively: "Who are you? Our master is not someone who can just meet him.
Saw it."
"I am the new city lord Luo Manduo. I believe that your master has also received the dismissal document? Go quickly and ask him to come out to see me, or I can go in to see him." Luo Manduo said.
The two soldiers were obviously taken aback, and the soldier surnamed Ma followed and said: "Then, then... Sir, please wait, I will go in and report."
"Hurry up!" Luo Manduo said.
The soldier surnamed Ma entered the door, turned back after a while, and said in a flattering tone: "Sir, my master is waiting in the living room, please come in."
Luo Manduo nodded and walked towards the door.
"They can't go in." A soldier named Ma blocked the way of Tang Ji and Zang Fen and said, "My master has told me that you can only go in alone."
Luo Manduo stopped and looked back at the soldier named Ma.
The soldier surnamed Ma said with a trembling voice: "This, this is all my master's intention, I am just following orders."
Luo Manduo stepped back and whispered something to Zang Fen. Zang Fen nodded, and then turned back with Tang Ji. Luo Manduo watched the two of them leave, then turned and entered the door.
In the courtyard, the road leading to the living room was lined with fully armed soldiers. There were two of them every few steps, one on the left and the other on the right. These soldiers were also looking at Luo Manduo eagerly.
. People who are timid will inevitably feel fear when they see such a scene, but Luo Manduo is more courageous than a basketball and has no fear at all. He looked left and right, passing leisurely, feeling left and right.
The soldiers standing on both sides looked like peach and pear trees.
"This Zou Bituo, does he want to give me a blow? Or, does he want to hold a Hongmen banquet?" Luo Manduo speculated in his heart.
"We're here, sir, please come in." When they arrived at the door of the living room, the slave who led the way said, and then retreated.
The soldier surnamed Zhou said that Zou Bituo was waiting in the living room, but Luo Manduo entered the living room and found that there was no one there. When he was about to go out to ask, a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old came in from the side door.
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The girl wears a long white dress to cover her body, with her front and back curved. Although her face is a little childish, her figure has matured, and her facial features are exquisite and small, which makes her have a somewhat alluring charm. In the hands of the girl
He was holding a tray with a cup of tea on it.
"Sir, please sit down and have a sip of tea. My master is in a hurry and will go out for a while. He will be back soon," the girl said.
Luo Manduo suddenly felt angry at being teased. He walked over and said, "Tell me, when will your master come back?"
The girl walked towards him, not afraid of Luo Manduo's anger at all.
Luo Manduo stopped. If he walked any further, he would bump into the girl.
He stopped, but the girl didn't stop and went straight into his arms.
"What are you doing?" Luo Manduo took two steps back and looked at the girl carefully.
The girl suddenly pulled off her belt and tore open her collar. A pair of snow-white breasts were immediately exposed. Then she opened her throat and screamed: "Come here, it's indecent... strong... Jian."
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Luo Manduo suddenly understood that this was a trap. However, what was even more strange was that since he understood that this was a trap, he did not take any action, did not clarify, did not escape, but stood there and let that
The naked girl threw herself into his arms.
The girl was not polite. In order to act more realistically, she decisively grabbed one of Luo Manduo's hands and placed it on one of her breasts. Then she pressed Luo Manduo's hand firmly with her hand, otherwise his
The hand has a chance to escape.
It was actually unnecessary for her to do this, because Luo Manduo's hand not only did not escape, but instead grasped it rhythmically.
"You..." The girl looked at Luo Manduo in surprise. She couldn't understand that Luo Manduo should be panicking at this time, but Luo Manduo was grabbing her nai very much. She suddenly woke up and saw in front of her eyes
This man is a beast!
"Hey, it's not bad. It's a bit elastic. It hasn't been touched by anyone?" Luo Manduo said.
"Pfft..." The girl was so angry that she almost vomited blood.
Bang! The ajar door was kicked open, and a large group of wolf-like domestic soldiers rushed into the living room.
The girl then screamed again, "Help...help..."
"Thirteenth Aunt!" A domestic soldier pretended to be nervous and said: "Are you okay?"
Thirteenth Aunt? Luo Manduo suddenly understood the identity of the girl in front of him. She was one of Zou Bituo's many wives. In order to accuse him of being a good family woman, Zou Bituo even sacrificed his little wife.
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It is obviously more cost-effective to use female slaves, but in that case, the crime of this **** woman from a good family will have no power. In the world of mysterious law, female slaves have no status at all. For a new city lord to annihilate a female slave, this kind of thing is simply
It can't be said to be a crime. But if it was to kill the old city lord's wife by force, then it would be a very powerful crime.
"Bold! You are so brave! You actually dare to rape the city lord's wife!" A domestic soldier pointed at Luo Mando and shouted indignantly.
Luo Manduo suddenly let go of Zou Bituo's little wife, and then slapped her across the face.