Taiping City was bustling with people coming and going, but everyone's face was not so relaxed, with some sadness on their faces, and they walked hurriedly. From time to time, there was a tall stand on the roadside, with a flag on it and a soldier painted on it.

Yan Qingqiu said to Anyan: "I guess we can't leave the city today, let's find an inn to stay in for the time being."

An Yan nodded, looked at Mei Die, and asked her: "Where do you want to live? You can choose a place."

"Then I won't be polite. I must choose a comfortable one with everything." Mei Die said with a smile. She naturally knew that An Yan had no shortage of money, so she just wanted to choose a good one to enjoy.

At this moment, a voice came from An Yan's bag: "An Yan, are you there?"

Hey, it should be Lingxian’s bracelet making the sound.

An Yan opened her bag and took out the chain. It was indeed the one she was looking at. She said to the link, "What are you doing? Is there something wrong?"

"Where have you been? You should have arrived at Taiping City," Lingxian asked.

"Well, I just arrived not long ago. What's wrong? Is there anything you want to teach me?" An Yan asked her indifferently.

"I have arranged someone to pick you up so that you can get there easily." Lingxian said.

When Yan Qingqiu heard this, he raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he didn't believe it. Anyway, he didn't have a good impression of this woman.

Lingxian added: "They are the masters of this city. They take care of everything. It is always better to have less trouble."

"How do you know the people here?"

"It turns out that we have been hiding from each other and know quite a few people. I won't harm you. I don't want Li Rongsen to die. I'm waiting for you to serve me for a hundred days." After Lingxian said this, she saw that the bracelet went out.

An Yan threw the bracelet into her bag again.

Yan Qingqiu said: "We still need to be vigilant against that woman. I still don't like her."

"It's okay, there are three of us." An Yan signaled him not to worry too much.

At this moment, a gorgeous carriage came from the front and stopped in front of them, blocking the way of the three of them.

An Yan was about to take a detour when she saw a man getting out of the carriage. He was a handsome young man. He walked up to them and asked, "Excuse me, are you three new to Taiping City?"

"Who are you?" Yan Qingqiu asked.

"I'm here to pick up the mayor of West City. May I ask who you are?" The young man looked at An Yan, as if he had already guessed that she was it.

An Yan said: "That's me."

"Please get in the car, City Lord, and follow me back to the mansion. Everything has been arranged." The young man made a gesture of invitation.

"Where are they? Is there no carriage for them to ride?" An Yan asked while glancing at Yan Qingqiu and Mei Die.

The young man said, "The city lord is too kind. Servants, just walk."

"They are not my servants. One is the deputy city lord, and the other is also the deputy city lord." An Yan told him seriously.

These words made Yan Qingqiu feel very proud, and he even looked at Mei Die's face. She was naturally very happy too.

The young man was a little confused and couldn't help asking, "How many deputy city lords are there in West City?"

"Several." An Yan said as she walked around the carriage and went to the front. She actually didn't want to accept Lingxian's favor.

The young man hurriedly caught up and said, "Since the city lord doesn't want to take the carriage, I will walk with him. It's not too far and we will arrive soon."

"We can just stay in the inn and set off early tomorrow morning," said An Yan.

"Since you are here, you should meet the old father. He respects Xicheng very much, but we just don't have the chance to meet." The young man said respectfully, but seeing that An Yan was still expressionless, he added, "Our family is sincerely inviting the city lord to come over, and I hope the city lord will give some face."

An Yan looked at the young man's face and asked him, "Who is the mayor of Taiping City?"

The young man was startled at first, then said, "You will know when you see my father."

This answer is strange.

An Yan finally went back to the young man's house with him. It was truly magnificent and golden, a completely different kind of luxury from the streets outside. Then, they saw a middle-aged man walking out in a hurry, followed by a group of people.

The middle-aged man looked An Yan up and down and said, "I have heard of the Lord of West City for a long time. After meeting him today, I find that he is indeed extraordinary." After he finished speaking, he laughed.

"Sorry for bothering you. We'll leave early this morning," said An Yan.

"Since the city lord is here, please stay for a few days." The middle-aged man said politely.

"Didn't Lingxian tell you that we have important things to do?" An Yan asked him.

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "It's just a matter of staying a few more days. It won't interfere with the important business of the city lord. Besides, I also have an important matter to discuss with the city lord."

"What's the important matter?" An Yan asked.

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The middle-aged man signaled his servants to take Yan Qingqiu and Mei Die downstairs to rest first.

But Yan Qingqiu said: "Just say whatever you want to say. The city lord will not hide it from us, so why should you be shy?"

The middle-aged man thought for a moment, and then said to An Yan: "We are just short of a city lord."

"It's not easy to choose a city lord. There are so many people in the city."

"The name of this city is Taiping City. The duty of the city lord is to protect the peace in the city. However, over the years, every city lord has never been in office for more than three years. In addition, there are tigers outside the city that often attack the residents in the city, which gives me a headache." The middle-aged man sighed repeatedly.

"All the tigers outside the city are dead." Yan Qingqiu blurted out.

The young man next to him laughed and said, "Those tigers are not ordinary animals. They are extremely powerful and ferocious. There are several of them. They are the same age as our city."

Meidie chuckled and said, "He's really dead."

The middle-aged man frowned, as if he didn't hear clearly. He just said, "Please go to the back room to rest first. I have asked people to prepare everything." Then he signaled the servants to take An Yan and the others to the guest room.

The guest rooms are very clean and the furniture is all new, which shows that the family attaches great importance to them.

Yan Qingqiu sat at the table and picked up the cup to look at it. He asked An Yan, "Don't you think it's strange? They are afraid of tigers, but when we say the tiger is dead, they are not happy. What does that mean?"

Meidie opened the window and saw a blue butterfly flying in. It landed on her fingertips and kept flapping its wings. Then the butterfly disappeared.

Yan Qingqiu asked Meidie: "What's the point of this?"

"When I entered the city just now, I sent this butterfly out to collect information. Now I have some clues. The place we live in now belongs to the Zhou family. It is the Zhou Mansion. It is also the most powerful family in Taiping City. Any city lord must have the support of the Zhou Mansion to sit on that position, and only then can he sit on it for a long time." Mei Die told An Yan the news.

An Yan came over, sat down beside her, and said, "Why does he insist on making me the city lord here?"

"Outsiders are easier to control." Mei Die said.

Yan Qingqiu laughed and said, "Who can control An Yan? It's such a joke. Besides, why did he quit his job as the mayor of West City and come to a place like this to be the mayor?"

"As the city lord here, you will naturally be in charge of this place, and they can go to the West City." Mei Die said again.

"That's all their own thinking. There's no such good thing." Yan Qingqiu sneered, and then he had another idea, saying: "There's another strange thing. Just now when we talked about tigers, their faces didn't look right. Did you notice?"

"The Zhou family was able to control Taiping City for a long time because they drove away tigers for the residents. They became heroes and began to be valued by the city lord. But as time went on, they seized power. It turned out that they were just a poor family." Mei Die said softly.

An Yan frowned, thinking that this matter was strange.