He even brought a woman of unknown origin into the City Lord's Mansion. This was really too much.
Just then, a woman's voice broke the tense atmosphere between the three of them.
"What are you doing blocking the entrance to the City Lord's Mansion? Go in quickly, or you'll be laughed at by outsiders."
Zhao Kangping looked at the person who was speaking and opened his eyes wide in surprise.
Chapter 172: Zhao Zilong of Changshan
The person who came was none other than Nangong Ruyun who came to visit.
She learned that Zhao Kangping was going to become the mayor of Chuanliu City, so she wanted to come and see.
Zhao Kangping looked in the direction of the voice and saw this woman with a beautiful face and graceful manners.
She is like a snow lotus blooming on a high cliff in the wind and snow, beautiful and holy.
Today she was wearing a plain palace dress with narrow sleeves, which highlighted her slender waist, curvy curves, gourd-like figure, round, smooth, plump and attractive.
But at the same time, the leader of the Xianyun Sect also has a cold aura that keeps strangers away.
Anyone who approaches her will first notice her cold eyes that seem to be able to freeze people. Those who harbor blasphemous intentions will probably be frozen into ice sculptures if they try to look elsewhere.
"Auntie Yun." Zhao Kangping didn't expect her to come.
"Senior Nangong." Dongfang Jingrou also saluted the leader of the You Sect.
The leader of the Xianyun Sect had been in charge of their friendly relations with the Ziyang Holy Land for a long time.
She is also a powerful female cultivator in the Eastern Region.
There was a time when a busybody initiated a selection for the Eastern Region Fairy List, and Nangong Ruyun was selected as the second place.
However, after she had been in seclusion for decades, her ranking had already fallen out of the top 50.
It’s not that she is not as beautiful as before. On the contrary, after years of precipitation, she is like a jar of fine wine, more mellow and more flavorful.
In fact, the ranking of this list is not entirely based on appearance.
Because each fairy has her own unique beauty, and everyone's aesthetic taste is different, we can't just look at the appearance.
Therefore, when sorting this list, the strength, background and popularity of the selected fairies will also be taken into consideration.
After she disappeared for decades, countless rising stars emerged, and her fame declined significantly. This was probably the real reason why she disappeared from that list.
It is said that she had many suitors, but she always kept them at a distance and remained chaste for many years, so no man could even speak to her.
But there is such a lucky person in this world who can communicate with her normally without causing her disgust.
"Aunt Yun, why didn't you tell me before you came?" Zhao Kangping asked with concern.
The blue-haired fairy looked up at the plaque of the City Lord's Mansion, then looked at Zhao Kangping. She pursed her lips and smiled, "I just decided to come here on a whim. Ping'er is about to become the City Lord, how could I not come and see her?"
"Oh, I'll take Aunt Yun in to take a look." As he said that, Zhao Kangping walked in front, indicating that he would lead the way.
Although he himself had not been in the City Lord's Mansion much and was not even familiar with the roads inside, he was now the owner of the City Lord's Mansion. It was only right for him to fulfill his duties as a host.
However, Dongfang Jingrou was anxious. She pulled Zhao Kangping aside and whispered to him, "Don't go in yet. It's not cleaned yet and it's very dirty and messy."
Since the previous city lord moved away, more than 300 people have been left here, and they have been eating, drinking, defecating and urinating here during this period.
The three hundred or so people had caused a lot of damage inside. Many of them had sold everything they could, including the flooring, bricks, tiles, and furniture, to make money. Now it was just a mess.
Maybe you'll accidentally step in and step into some fresh shit.
Dongfang Jingrou originally wanted to tell him that the preparations before succeeding the city lord included cleaning the city lord's mansion and repairing the damaged floors, roofs, walls, etc.
But Zhao Kangping was being petty and didn't listen to her.
Dongfang Jingrou gave him a look and let him figure it out for himself.
Zhao Kangping was not a fool, he immediately figured out what was going on.
When he went in to pay the servants, he smelled a foul odor in the air. Now that he thought about it, it must have been no different from a pigsty.
Zhao Kangping turned around and came to Nangong Ruyun and said awkwardly: "Aunt Yun, it's better not to go in. This place hasn't been cleaned yet. Let's go in after the house is clean."
Upon hearing this, the smile on Sect Master Nangong’s face froze.
But she thought for a moment and said, "In that case, Ping'er, are you willing to accompany me for a stroll in Chuanliu City?"
How could Zhao Kangping not agree? He nodded and said, "Okay, let's go now."
"Manager Dongfang, please arrange for someone to clean up first. Aunt Yun and I haven't seen each other for many years, so I'll accompany her for a walk around the city first." He was about to leave as he said that.
Dongfang Jingrou was also very tactful. She lowered her eyes slightly and said, "Then the City Lord can go with peace of mind. I will take care of the affairs of the mansion."
But Nangong Ruyun still felt something was wrong. She said, "Ping'er, you haven't officially become the city lord yet. I think you still need to make the preliminary preparations. If you want to go out for a walk, you can do it anytime."
"You also said it's okay anytime, so why not now?" Zhao Kangping also had a temper. He was uncomfortable with his senior sister's control and developed a rebellious mentality. He just wanted to follow his own temper.
Before leaving, he looked at Dongfang Jingrou's calm face again and said, "Master General Manager, thank you for your hard work."
As he said this, he bowed to Dongfang Jingrou, then took Aunt Yun's hand and left.
Her hand was soft as if it had no bones, yet it was as cold as if it had just come out of an ice cellar. Zhao Kangping was almost frightened by the coldness of this hand. Only then did he realize that Aunt Yun's cold poison problem was more serious than he had imagined.
Nangong Ruyun originally wanted to persuade him, but the moment he grabbed her hand, she felt a turbulent current rushing into her body.
Her body, long trapped in the ice, felt a strange warmth. The words she had been about to say were instantly forgotten. She was a little greedy for this warmth, wishing she could have more.
Then she was taken away by Zhao Kangping in a daze.
"Hmph!" Dongfang Jingrou stomped her feet.
This man is so annoying. He really just does nothing.
……
After running a long way, Zhao Kangping stopped and let go of his hand.
Nangong Ruyun was still a little reluctant to leave. Her cheeks were slightly redder and she felt that her heart had never beaten so fast.
"Who is this girl? Why did she follow me all the way here?" Nangong Ruyun whispered to Zhao Kangping. It was her first time meeting Wan Baiyi, and she was curious about why this girl was following him.
"She, she is my maid." He told Dongfang Jingrou that the girl was his maid. In order to keep his story consistent, he told Aunt Yun that she could only be a maid.
In his heart, he silently blamed the girl for following him.
It is estimated that many people will soon know that he has a new maid, and sooner or later his senior sister will also know.
He didn't know how to explain this to his senior sister.
Nangong Ruyun didn't expect that this girl would follow her. She shook her head slightly. It seemed that her chance to be alone was gone again.
"Master, wait for me."
In the distance, the girl in white was running slower and only just caught up.
In order to accommodate Wan Baiyi, the two of them waited there for a while.
"Aunt Yun, how about going to Rouge Pavilion?" This elder had been to Chuanliu City many times, and she almost always went to Rouge Pavilion every time she came. So Zhao Kangping suggested this.
"It's been decades since I last went there, so I might as well go and see what new products there are." The blue-haired woman tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, inadvertently revealing more of her snow-capped neck.
Yanzhige is a chain store specializing in serving female nuns. Its business areas include but are not limited to female nun cosmetics, vestments, and various accessories.
In order not to cause a sensation, Nangong Ruyun and Zhao Kangping concealed their aura.
Otherwise, if she, a powerful person in the Nascent Soul stage, appeared on the street, she would definitely attract countless people to watch.
In the early years, Nangong Ruyun would wear a veil when she came, but now she doesn’t cover herself up and no one recognizes her.
But her outstanding appearance and icy temperament still make her attract a lot of attention.
Most of the people who come to Yanzhi Pavilion are women, and there are also a few male cultivators who come shopping with their partners.
After the three of them entered the store, a fancy-dressed female clerk came to greet them.
Zhao Kangping: "What does Aunt Yun want to buy?"
Nangong Ruyun touched her hair and said without hesitation: "I am using a simple white jade hairpin now. I want to buy a new one."
Wan Baiyi beside her also joined in the fun: "Master, I want a hairpin too."
The word "master" made Nangong Ruyun look sideways at the girl.
He said she was a maid.
But shouldn't the maid address him as Master, or City Lord, or something like that?
Nangong Ruyun noticed this detail and suspected that the girl had a complicated relationship with him, but she did not intend to expose it.
She originally wanted to be alone with him, and she didn't have any dirty thoughts. She just wanted to make their distant relationship closer.
After knowing that he was a Pure Yang Holy Body, she felt complicated.
She wanted to practice dual cultivation with him to cure her illness.
But after she calmed down, she felt that the idea was too absurd.
After all, she was a veteran in the world of immortal cultivation, Ping'er's elder, and he was the son of her deceased best friend. How could she have such an immoral idea?
So after thinking it over again and again, she decided to find other ways.
It might still revolve around his Pure Yang Holy Body, but she didn't intend to go to the final step with him.
She still has some dignity and wouldn't do something like an old cow eating young grass.
The three of them quickly arrived at the accessories section.
"This Frost Jade Flying Bird Hairpin can increase the power of ice-attributed techniques and keep the wearer calm. It also looks pretty nice. Aunt Yun, would you like to try it?"
However, Aunt Yun only glanced at it and shook her head, saying, "Ping'er, have you forgotten that I'm ill? I can't stand this kind of cold jade. I'm afraid I'll let Ping'er down."
Zhao Kangping slapped his forehead, blaming himself for being careless and forgetting about Aunt Yun's problem.
They continued browsing.
After a few steps, Nangong Ruyun saw another hairpin that she liked. Just as she reached out her hand to try it on, a woman snatched the hairpin away before her.
Nangong Ruyun noticed the warm energy emanating from the hairpin and saw that it contained a spell that could raise a woman's body temperature. This spell was perfect for a woman with a cold constitution like hers.
Although this hairpin may not be able to cure the cold poison in her body, it can make her body a little warmer, so she thinks it is definitely worth the money.
However, she didn't expect that someone else had the same interest in the hairpin as her and was even quicker to act on it.
Nangong Ruyun turned her beautiful profile and looked at the person who made the move.
The visitor was a little girl about fifteen or sixteen years old.
The girl is petite and has a baby face with some baby fat.
The girl made a face at Nangong Ruyun rudely, stuck out her tongue and said, "I want this hairpin. Sorry, Auntie."
Although she said she was sorry, there was no apology in her words, instead they were full of sarcasm.
I don't know where this wild girl came from, but she is so ignorant of etiquette and doesn't know the first come first served principle.
Nangong Ruyun didn't care too much about this, but Zhao Kangping was not calm.
"Little girl, your family didn't discipline you well, did you? Do you know the principle of first come first served?" The girl had just taken a step when Zhao Kangping called her.
Aunt Yun is his elder and one of the few relatives he has left in this world. He has always respected her.
Now Aunt Yun is dying of the cold, and he just wants her to have no regrets in the rest of her life.
"Do you know who I am?" The girl glanced at Zhao Kangping. At this moment, his aura was restrained, so she thought he was just a foundation-building cultivator, and said in a somewhat arrogant tone.
In fact, Zhao Kangping had long since figured out that the girl came from an extraordinary family from the luxury of the fabric of her clothes.
Mr. Zhao doesn't care whose child she is. She is so uneducated, he must teach her a lesson.
Seeing how aggressive he was, the girl took a step back, but she quickly reacted.
Following behind her was a middle-aged man, who was the protector arranged by her family.
When the man saw that someone was so blind as to dare to speak to his young lady in that way, he glanced at the other person.
The middle-aged cultivator has reached the middle stage of the Nascent Soul Realm, which is enough to allow him to walk around freely in Chuanliu City.
"I don't care who you are." Zhao Kangping said nonchalantly. He would not indulge such an uneducated child.
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