I, a minor character, fell into the Shura field of the heroine and the villain

In front of several seniors, the two new family heads did not dare to speak loudly.

Yang Mingsong's face looked quite ugly. He clenched his fists and wanted to scold loudly, but he finally held back.

The ancestors of their five major families all sacrificed their lives for the holy land, and in return they gained immense wealth.

But now he has ended up in such a situation, and Yang Mingsong feels sad.

These aristocratic families are all deeply bound to the faction of the Supreme Elder.

The Holy Lord's faction is growing stronger, and as the saying goes, a new emperor means new ministers. They will probably be suppressed in the future. How can they be willing to accept this?

If possible, they would like to struggle a little.

But the current situation made them very desperate.

"Who are you?" At this time, there was a commotion outside the conference hall, and the person guarding the door shouted at an uninvited guest.

"boom!"

However, the visitor did not answer him. The two guards flew backwards and broke open the door of the conference hall.

The door panel shattered into several pieces in an instant.

Two people walked in from outside. The one in front was a man with gray hair on both sides, but his face looked like a young man.

"You, you are..." Yang Mingsong stood up from his seat because he never expected this person to come.

The gray-haired young man spoke, his voice sounding exceptionally mature: "Since you are discussing such an important matter, how can you leave me out?"

Some people here recognize him, but more people don't know who he is.

Yang Mingsong said excitedly, "Since Senior He is here, please come and sit over here."

He stood up from his seat and pulled out a chair, motioning for the man to sit down.

This senior's name is He Chenghua.

He was none other than the father of He Weiyuan, the former Lord of Chuanliu City, and the son-in-law of the Xue family.

Behind him was a mysterious man wearing a mask.

Yang Mingsong looked at the masked man in confusion, and then cast a questioning look at He Chenghua.

He Chenghua said calmly, "This fellow Taoist is also our ally, but his identity is not something you can know."

Chapter 345 The Ceremony Begins

Zhao Kangping got up before dawn.

Dongfang Jingrou handed him a guest list and he looked at it carefully.

The list not only includes the guests' names and identities, but also the information of their accompanying personnel.

Because many of them came in the name of sects or family forces, there was a lot of content, and it took three pages to write.

Moreover, this information was compiled by the secretary herself, and her handwriting is very beautiful.

This kind of cursive script in this era was written vertically, from right to left, using a brush. It looked like a lot of content, but if it were written with a fountain pen, it might only fit on a single page.

But he didn't care much about this. He took a quick look and noticed that only a few of the people were people he knew, and the others were well-known but he had no contact with them.

"Brother Liang and his family of three are here, and Sister Xun has also brought her twin disciples."

Liang Wendi, the master of the Fubao Hall, had a good relationship with Zhao Kangping when they were young. They had even completed missions together and visited brothels together. Unfortunately, after he got married, he was strictly controlled by his Taoist partner.

He changed from a playboy to a fisherman. He hardly had any social interactions and spent all day with his fishing rod.

It's rare that he can convince his fellow Taoist to go out with him.

Speaking of Senior Brother Liang's Taoist partner, she was said to be a tigress, coming from a declining family of immortal cultivators. However, in the last few hundred years, several geniuses had emerged, bringing new life to the family that was on the verge of collapse.

Although also a noble family, hers had experienced decline and later, after its revival, it retained a more simple family tradition, unlike the extravagant five major families. Her family is now also a supporter of the Holy Lord faction.

As for the loli junior sister who never grows up, she has maintained her childish innocence after so many years and still has the playful mind of a child.

"Many of the guests here arrived a few days ago, and some even wanted to visit you. But you were in Liucui City, so we didn't see you." Dongfang Jingrou said.

"Who are they? Did they say anything?" Zhao Kangping will be the city lord in the future, so he will inevitably have to deal with some people.

But he also doesn't like overly complicated interpersonal relationships. If someone here wants to curry favor with him or ask him for favors, he will be very troubled.

Don't underestimate the lord of Chuanliu City. Although the lord is not within the system of the Holy Land, this is the gateway to the Holy Land and the waters inside are very deep.

If he becomes the mayor of Chuanliu City, he will definitely have to face all kinds of people in the future.

Dongfang Jingrou thought about it briefly. In fact, there were quite a lot of people who came. It would probably take a long time to describe them one by one, so she said concisely: "Basically, all the guests who came from outside have been here. Those who were already in the holy land did not come here specifically to visit."

"They all wanted to see you, but I used the excuse that you were in seclusion, so it was inconvenient for me to see them."

Retreat is a very good excuse. Which cultivator doesn’t need to retreat?

But at this point in time, not seeing any outsiders still makes people think too much.

"That's it. We'll meet today anyway." In the world of cultivating immortals, some social etiquette cannot be refused. Moreover, he has such a lucrative job. There will definitely be many people who will make friends with him in the future.

At this time, several maids were helping him dress, and the housekeeper was personally fixing his collar.

It was a bit like a wife fixing her husband's tie before he went to work, and he took the opportunity to touch her hand. Her hand was very smooth and tender, like a piece of soft jade.

The housekeeper immediately pulled her hand back and rolled her beautiful eyes at him, as if reminding him that there were other people around.

These details were also seen by the maids, but they dared not say anything.

Even though the two did not have an open relationship, the maids knew from their daily observations that the city lord had an unusual relationship with the beautiful housekeeper.

Zhao Kangping tidied his clothes and went to the yard with Dongfang Jingrou.

"Do you think there will be any special situation today?" Zhao Kangping always felt that things were going too smoothly. Logically, there shouldn't be too many people who don't want him to succeed as the city lord smoothly.

Even if the city lords in the past did not come from those big families, they were people with close ties to them.

For example, the He family of the former city lord He Weiyuan was not large in Chuanliu City and could not be compared with the five major families. However, the He family had a close relationship with the Xue family, so the other families had to give the He family some face.

However, before the He family was destroyed, the other families did not lend a helping hand to them, but instead took advantage of their misfortune. This is enough to show that they did not really take the He family seriously, and their friendship was really fake.

"It's hard to say. Normally, every time the Lord of Chuanliu City takes over, the Holy Land would send people from the Xuanwu Hall to provide security. But this time, the Xuanwu Hall didn't come."

"As a replacement, we've dispatched a group of city guards. However, the city guards are currently just a motley crew, and after they're dispatched, there will inevitably be gaps in the city's defenses."

"The Holy Lord has arranged for some people from the Suzaku Hall to supplement the guards, but it's still not enough. So I hired some independent cultivators to take charge of temporary security work."

Because most of the Suzaku Hall had been sent to apprehend fugitives involved in the smuggling case, there weren't many people who could be assigned here. Furthermore, the abilities of those independent cultivators varied widely, so they were somewhat of a filler.

But special circumstances require special treatment.

Another point that makes security less critical is that the Holy Lord will also appear at the ceremony.

The Holy Lord was the head of the Purple Sun Holy Land, possessing the strength of a mid-stage Void Refinement Realm. In the Eastern Region, few were stronger than her. With her in the audience, who could be so insolent as to be blinded?

In addition, the previous leader of Xianyun Sect has also been living in the City Lord's Mansion, and her realm is actually higher than Mu Wanyi.

By this calculation, there are two great masters of the Void Refining Realm here.

I guess no one would be so stupid as to choose this day to cause trouble.

Zhao Kangping initially thought about including Aunt Yun as a powerful fighting force, but then he remembered that the problem of the cold poison in her body had not been completely solved.

He still didn't want to trouble his aunt, didn't want to see her cold poison relapse, and didn't want her to suffer that kind of excruciating pain.

"I hope everything goes well today." Zhao Kangping was a little nervous and kept muttering to himself.

Dongfang Jingrou glanced at him sideways, then remembered something and said, "Actually, a monster attack happened in the city a few days ago. Many people in the Council of Elders suggested postponing the succession ceremony. However, the Holy Lord insisted that you take the throne today, despite the opposition."

"But since you've taken over this mess, I'm guessing you'll be busy for a while."

Zhao Kangping put his arm around her waist and said, "Don't you still have me to help me?"

The woman said coquettishly, "Be serious. Today is an important day. Don't let anyone see you like this."

As she said that, she pushed his hand away.

"After you officially become the City Lord, you will have a team of staff to assist you in managing Chuanliu City. These people should have been contacted by you a long time ago, but the team left behind by the previous City Lord was not very trustworthy, and the Holy Lord was worried."

"So she assembled a new team for you, not retaining any of the old members from the previous dynasty. You must meet them before going to the sacrifice."

Dongfang Jingrou has always acted as a responsible housekeeper, explaining clearly what he is going to do next.

"Uh, so there's a group of people helping me? I thought you were the only one."

"Who do you think I am? I don't have superpowers, so I can't handle everything. Furthermore, the situation in Chuanliu City is quite complicated. Not only do we need someone to manage household registration, finances, public security, and people's livelihoods, but we also need to recruit talent for the Holy Land. There are simply too many things to deal with. Even if one person is omnipotent, it's impossible to manage it all."

"Oh, have you met these people?"

"No, they were supposed to come a few days ago, but because you were missing for a few days, they delayed it until now."

"This... even a few days ago it was a bit late. I always thought a few people would be enough."

"I see you're really incompetent. You don't realize how complicated this is. Chuanliu City has a permanent population of over eight million, not counting the merchants and independent cultivators who come and go."

……

After a while, Zhao Kangping, led by Dongfang Jingrou, went to a large courtyard in the City Lord's Mansion. This was where the City Lord used to hold banquets, so the venue was very large.

After a while, some people came in from outside one after another.

After everyone arrived, Zhao Kangping found that there were about fifty or sixty people here, and they were all women.

"Why are they all women?" Zhao Kangping was a little surprised.

This is his staff team as River City.

"Greetings to the City Lord~" After a burst of sporadic calls, these women all looked at the young man.

These women are generally above average in appearance, which is acceptable, but not top beauties.

However, considering that this is not a selection of concubines, appearance is not that important.

Then these people began to introduce themselves.

They all came from a group of monks who came from humble or impoverished backgrounds, that is, they were the group that supported the Holy Lord.

These women were carefully selected and stood out from thousands of people after layers of assessment. On the surface, they were working for the City Lord, but in reality, they were working for the Holy Lord.

So in order to obtain such an honor, a secret selection began quietly not long after Zhao Kangping was chosen by Mu Wanyi to be the city lord.

In the future, they will each perform their duties and serve the operation of this city.

Of course, they are actually all senior cadres. In the future, they will manage many people, and the grassroots below will be recruited from scratch.

"So are we going to the monument next?" Zhao Kangping felt that the time was almost up.

The first step in the ceremony for the successor to the city lord was to go to a monument park in the city. He called it a park, but that was just his personal term for it. It would be more accurate to say it was a cemetery, but only one person was buried there, a cenotaph.

This brings us to the history of River City.

When the Zi Yang Holy Land was first established, the demons were relatively strong and the human race was on the defensive.

The first generation Purple Sun Saint Lord was a human hero who rose in that turbulent era.

Many human heroes united to repel the invasion of the demons, laying the foundation for thousands of years of peace.

Chuanliu City was founded after the war between humans and demons, and the first city lord was a disciple of the first Purple Sun Saint.

However, the First Saint Master had too many disciples, and this disciple wasn't considered outstanding among his peers. At least not in terms of his aptitude for cultivating immortality, otherwise he wouldn't have been sent here to open up wasteland and build a human settlement from scratch.

A long time ago, there was no city in Chuanliu City. It was just a village that was often plagued by floods.

Later, due to the development of river transportation, more and more humans settled here.

It continued to develop on this basis. By the time of the first city lord, he merged many surrounding villages and towns and initially established Chuanliu City.

The city lord's surname was Xue, actually Xue Zining, the ancestor of the Xue family.

City Lord Xue only reached the Nascent Soul stage in his entire life. Although he took some longevity pills, he ultimately only lived to be over 1,300 years old.

He spent more than eight hundred years of his life building and operating River City.

Later he was buried in a Feng Shui treasure land in Chuanliu City, which is now the Monument Park.

However, the monument here is not only to commemorate the city lord, but also engraved with the names of many people who shed blood and sacrificed their lives to build this city.

The early days of the establishment of Chuanliu City were not smooth.

There used to be several dragons living in the big river near the city, and they were the culprit for the frequent floods in the area.

The dragons also lead numerous water monsters, which often stir up trouble here, destroy ships and flood villages.