Could it be that the city lord deliberately sent someone to poison him?

But doing so is far too risky!

Just as Xu Nian was hesitating, a series of clattering footsteps came from not far away.

"The city lord has arrived!"

When Brother Li's soft, feminine voice rang out, Xu Nian instantly thought she had been transported into a palace drama.

The city lord swaggered in, and seeing Xu Nian and Gu Zhan looking at each other in bewilderment, he chuckled to himself.

"Xu Nian, is this the result of your management?"

"Everyone is lying on the ground in agony, a scene of utter devastation. Is this what you have to offer to challenge me?"

The city lord roared disdainfully and casually kicked a commoner on the ground.

Xu Nian gritted her teeth, but couldn't refute it.

The incident happened so suddenly that if she said it was a deliberate poisoning, probably no one would listen.

"Why aren't you saying anything? Hmm?"

The city lord, however, seemed to have grasped Xu Nian's weakness and continued to question her in a nonchalant manner.

He pressed closer to Xu Nian, pointing at the unconscious people on the ground and roaring, "How can you take responsibility for torturing my people like this?"

Hearing this, Xu Nian had no choice but to try to remain calm and said, "Someone deliberately poisoned us at that moment..."

"Hahaha!"

But before he could finish speaking, the city lord burst into laughter, looking at Xu Nian with a mocking expression.

"You didn't think you couldn't beat me, so you deliberately poisoned me, did you?"

"I never imagined that someone as respectable as you could be so vicious inside! You think you can beat me? You're delusional!"