Chief Connor's special introduction was somewhat unusual, because Wu Lai's becoming a special attendee was no longer news in the Supreme Nobles' Meeting, and according to past practice, new special attendees would at most be briefly mentioned at the end of a collective meeting.

But today, Chief Connor not only introduced us at the opening of the annual meeting, but also mentioned the welcome, which is naturally intriguing.

For a moment, Wu Lai became the focus of everyone's attention. Those who had a close personal relationship with Lini simply took the lead in applauding. Lev also clapped with a smile, but there was some unhappiness in his eyes.

When he became a special attendee and attended his first annual meeting, Chief Connor seemed not to even look at him.

Comparing the two, how could he not feel secretly annoyed?

When Wu Lai stood up to return the greeting, he thought to himself, Connor is probably returning the favor.

Then, the meeting began. After Chief Connor finished his speech, the governors of each city-state took turns to introduce the situation under their jurisdiction, including population, food production, income, expenditure, the performance of officials, existing difficulties, and subsequent governance plans...

Woolley lost interest after listening briefly. The reports of these consuls were unremarkable and all the same. According to Woolley, they were simply speeches written by a secretary.

Wu Lai didn't like what he said, but the other members listened attentively because they were concerned about something different from what Wu Lai was concerned about. What Wu Lai heard was a series of data and pretentious clichés, while what the members heard was the potential of this city-state and the ownership of power.

Although he didn't want to hear it, Wu Lai had to pretend to listen carefully, because Lini said that since he had entered the highest noble meeting, he must have the elegance and calmness to match it.

Well, I am elegant and calm, Woolley said to himself as he caught a glimpse of Rini's concentration.

However, when he thought that according to the procedure, the first three days of the meeting would be filled with such boring performance reports, Wu Lai couldn't help but sigh heavily in his heart.

It seems that I need to find some entertainment tonight, otherwise I will be bored to death. Wu Lai suddenly thought of this after sitting for a while.

As soon as Wu Lai started thinking, he became distracted. Nowadays, the entertainment programs in the Assyrian city are much more colorful than before. Just a year ago, the nightlife of the nobles was nothing more than drinking, eating meat and watching the maids dancing. At most, after eating and drinking enough and watching enough, they would go to the bedroom to have fun.

It is different now. There are people riding bicycles on the streets and in the squares, and people playing cards and chess in the houses and in the pubs. As the guru said, it is all thanks to Woolley that the citizens today have finally, to a certain extent, gotten rid of those old and dirty entertainments.

Should I also take out the mahjong? Just as Wu Lai was thinking this, applause broke out in the hall, and he quickly followed suit and clapped his hands.

"Very good, right?" Lev asked Wu Lai with a smile while clapping.

Wu Lai nodded: "Of course, he is excellent."

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Shortly after noon, the first day's meeting process came to an end, and a group of members rushed out, feeling a little hungry.

Really, such a big meeting without food? Wu Lai complained about the meeting arrangement while walking quickly to the steps to call for a carriage. Lini was still chatting with his old friend and might not be able to leave for a while. However, Wu Lai had made up his mind to drag Lini to the Green Building to eat hot pot today. He hadn't seen him these days, but he had accumulated a lot of problems that he wanted to discuss with him.

As he was waiting, a dozen horse-drawn carriages suddenly came rushing in from the left corner of the street. The leading one actually rushed directly towards Wu Lai. Fortunately, Wu Lai did not lose focus. Seeing that the situation was not right, he immediately ran up the stairs, otherwise he might have been hit by the two horses pulling the carriage.

Upon seeing this, the participants around immediately stopped and looked over. More than a dozen armored soldiers guarding the North Palace gate immediately drew the long swords at their waists, shouted, and rushed towards the carriage.

How dare he be so bold and presumptuous in front of Beigong? Isn't this a clear provocation to the respect of the Supreme Noble Council?

The driver jumped out of the car and rushed towards Wu Lai. Wu Lai narrowed his eyes and quickly retreated a few steps. The dozen or so armored soldiers were very fast. While Wu Lai was still retreating, they had already stopped the people chasing him.

"Get out of my way!" The person chasing him was Khufu. In the entire Assyrian city, he was probably the only one who dared to do this in front of the North Palace.

"Master Hu Fu, this is Beigong, please move aside." The leading armored soldier was not afraid. Not only did he not retreat, he also held his sword horizontally and took a step forward.

"Don't blame me for being rude if you don't get out of here!" Khufu widened his eyes and shouted angrily.

"Stop it!" Lev's voice came from behind Wu Lai, "Khufu, why are you here when you are not under house arrest?"

"Brother, don't mention the house arrest. I was grounded because of this Wulai Greendo!" Khufu pointed at Wulai angrily, "It was him! He pretended to be stabbed to frame me!"

Khufu's voice was very loud. The people around him still remembered the assassination of Wu Lai clearly. After hearing what Khufu said, they could no longer suppress their curiosity and rushed over.

"Who told you?" Lev took a few steps towards Khufu and asked with a frown.

"Brother, I won't betray my friends." Khufu said with his neck stiff, "But I believe my friends won't deceive me. Wulaglindo wasn't injured that day. He just pretended to frame me!"

There was an uproar all around. Khufu's confident words and the look of injustice on his face made his words more credible.

After hearing this, Lev turned around and glanced at Wu Lai: "Wu Lai, is that so?"

Wu Lai frowned, tasting the meaning. Lev's question didn't seem to be a sudden idea. The two brothers were in unison, which meant they had definitely planned it out long ago.

"Do you think that will be the case?" Woolley asked.

"Of course it is like that! Wu Lailindo, since I, Hu Fu Duncan, am here today, don't try to fool me anymore!" Hu Fu pointed at Wu Lai viciously, "If you have the guts, prove in front of everyone that you were really assassinated. Otherwise, you don't have to go home."

"Khufu, are you threatening me?" Wu Lai asked with a frown, and then turned his gaze to Lev, "Lev, Khufu is making trouble, don't you care?"

"If he is really fooling around, of course I will take care of it." Lev smiled and said, "But I haven't found that he is fooling around yet. To be precise, he is protecting his own reputation and the reputation of the Duncan family."

"Lev, if you say that, I would think that you asked Khufu to come here." Wu Lai smiled instead of getting angry. "But do you think it is rude to embarrass me in public like this in front of the North Palace?"

"The innocent are innocent, Wuleglindo, what's the harm in proving it? Take off your clothes and show them." Someone said from the side.

Without even looking, Wu Lai knew that the person who was speaking must be in league with the Duncan family. He smiled again and raised his voice, "Do you think it's appropriate to do this in front of the sacred residence of the Supreme Noble Council?"

"What's inappropriate about this?" Khufu let out a sneer. "You can even do such a dirty thing as framing someone. What else can't you do?"

Wu Lai gritted his teeth and glanced at Lev: "Lev, is this the style of your Duncan family?"

Lev frowned and glanced at Khufu without saying a word.

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"What are you making so much noise for?" Lini's voice suddenly rang out. Everyone looked sideways and saw Lini with a stern face, walking quickly towards the circle of people.

"General Reeny, you've come just in time." An old man came forward with a smile, "Huff Duncan insisted that the assassination of Woolleglindo was faked in order to frame him. General Reeny, what do you think of this?"

"I don't think it's important." Lini frowned. "Beigong is an important place. How can you make a noise here?"

"General Lini." Lev raised his eyebrows and said, "You are right. Making a fuss here will undoubtedly make people laugh. But Khufu keeps saying that he was wronged. As his brother, I can't cover his mouth and stop him from speaking. I think Wuleglindo should be more generous."

"Grandiose? How magnanimous?" Wu Lai frowned and asked, "Are you going to ask a citizen to take off his clothes in the street?"

"Why not?" Khufu interrupted. "Woleglindo, this is the best way to prove it. If you have a scar on your chest from being stabbed by an arrow, you can do whatever you want. If not, I want you to explain why you did this. You fooled the citizens of the entire city of Assyria and framed my Duncan family. Is it fun?"

Although Lini appeared calm on the surface, he secretly felt something was wrong. Although he could not figure out at the moment where Wu Lai had gone wrong, he was sure that Khufu and Lev were so confident that they must have been fully sure.

"Nonsense!" Lini raised his eyebrows and was about to pretend to be angry so as to take Wu Lai away from the spot, but unexpectedly another person walked into the circle of people.

Who? Wei Huo.

The Supreme Noble Council encompasses the three powers of administration, military, and property. The consuls of each city-state are all members, and naturally the commanders of each legion are also members. Not only that, but they also sit in the front row and have a say that is no less powerful than Rini.

This is why Rini chose to pretend to be angry instead of suppressing it directly with scolding.

Lini suddenly understood why Wei Huo was lagging behind so slowly.

It turned out that the other two, father and son, had been waiting for Wu Lai here for a long time.

As soon as Weihuo arrived, Khufu and Lev hurried forward to greet him.

"Khufu, why are you here instead of staying at home under house arrest?" Wei Huo asked in a deep voice.

Khufu pretended to tell the story again. After listening, Wei Huo glanced at everyone, laughed, and asked: "Do you think Wu Le Gelinduo needs to prove his innocence?"

Lini's face changed immediately. Considering Wei Huo's popularity in the Supreme Noble Council and the status of the Duncan family in the Assyrian territory, this question was tantamount to forcing everyone to express their opinions.

"Of course." Someone immediately agreed.

"Of course it is necessary..."

"Yes, it's better to prove our innocence and avoid misunderstandings." Someone else said.

Seeing that everyone was flattering their father, Hufu glared at Wu Lai smugly and said, "Wu Lai, Glindo, it's not us, the Duncan family, who are forcing you to do this. Everyone thinks so."

Wu Lai sighed heavily, clenched his fists, and looked at everyone: "Everyone, although I am young, I am at least a special attendee of the Supreme Noble Council, and I have also made contributions to Assyria. Are you going to watch me being humiliated? Let me take off my clothes in public, what does it mean to have my house invaded by robbers and bandits? Even if you want to prove it, shouldn't you choose another time and place, so that it doesn't have to be so public?"

"Impossible!" Wei Huo narrowed his eyes. "Wuliglindo, there is no need to waste time talking. If you are a man, you should take responsibility for your actions and stop tarnishing the title of Assyrian citizen."

"Wei Huo! Don't go too far!" Lini's voice suddenly exploded...