The Rise of the Shen Family

After chatting for a while, the middle-aged man raised the saucer in his hand and said with a smile:

"Come to Junior Brother, how about tasting the spirit tea from my City Lord's Mansion?"

Hearing this, Shen Jinghua nodded politely, then picked up the teacup on the coffee table beside him and took a sip.

Following the entrance of the tea, Shen Jinghua couldn't help but startled, a look of approval flashed in his eyes, and slowly said:

"Although the mouth of this tea is bland, it has a lot of aftertastes. It really is a good tea!"

"Since the junior brother likes it so much, I will prepare some for the junior brother to take away when I leave!"

"Senior brother, this is not necessary!"

"You're welcome!"

Although Shen Jinghua tried his best to refuse, the middle-aged man was not polite to him, and immediately began to instruct his servants to prepare.

...

After three rounds of tea, Shen Jinghua suddenly remembered something, and looked at the middle-aged man with a puzzled heart.

As a giant city directly controlled by Zongmen, this Yunbei City can bring countless wealth to Zongmen every day.

And this City Lord's Mansion is the official institution set up by the sect to manage the order of the entire city, and it has absolute rights in this Yunbei City.

In this way, the position of the city lord who commands the city lord's mansion has naturally become an important position with great power.

Therefore, for the benefit of the sect, the position of the city lord has always been taken up by someone directly dispatched from the sect, and the noble family in this city will never be allowed to serve as the city lord!

And this middle-aged man is a disciple of a noble family in this city, so it is unlikely that he will be able to serve as the city lord!

...

Suddenly, Shen Jinghua said with a slightly half-smiling smile:

"If I remember correctly, Senior Brother Song should be a member of an aristocratic family... Then why is this city lord...?"

Facing Shen Jinghua's question, the middle-aged man couldn't help showing an intriguing look on his face.

Although Shen Jinghua didn't make the words clear, he already understood what Shen Jinghua meant.

I saw that after he took a sip from the teacup from the coffee table beside him, he slowly explained:

"This matter is simple to say, the senior brother who was originally sent by the sect to serve as the city lord suddenly went into retreat, and the seat of the city lord was vacated.

And Zongmen did not accept the new city lord for a while, but just let my brother and I be the acting city lord. "

"Agent City Lord?"

Hearing this, Shen Jinghua was stunned for a moment, and then asked back.

"According to the rules of the sect, we disciples of the aristocratic family cannot serve as the city lord, so I can only be regarded as the deputy city lord!"

The middle-aged man took a sip of tea again and said lightly.

"Okay, let's not talk about senior brother and me, tell me about junior brother yourself, why did you suddenly come to this City Lord's Mansion?"

Seeing that the other party had already asked, Shen Jinghua was not polite, and took out the search jade slip that he had just obtained from the commander from his storage bag and handed it to the middle-aged man.

"Senior brother, take a look at this jade slip first!"

Looking at the jade slip that Shen Jinghua handed over, the middle-aged man couldn't help showing a strange look on his face. Obviously, he had recognized that this was the jade slip used by the City Lord's Mansion to investigate the case!

I saw that he took the jade slip handed over by Shen Jinghua, and immediately began to check it.

After a few breaths, his consciousness withdrew from the jade slip and looked at Shen Jinghua with a puzzled expression.

"Junior brother, is there anything wrong with this order?"

"There is nothing wrong with this warrant.

Junior brother just wanted to ask, is this seal-up order issued by senior brother here? "

Shen Jinghua shook his head first, and then asked with a serious face.

Facing Shen Jinghua's inquiry, the middle-aged man immediately denied:

"Senior brother, I have not approved this seal-up order here!"

"Why is this shop related to Junior Brother?"

"To tell you the truth, senior brother, this shop was opened by a junior of my Shen family, and now I, the elder, are embarrassed to not show up!"

Shen Jinghua showed an embarrassed look on his face, said solemnly.

"It's a long story, Junior Brother, I will tell Senior Brother slowly!"

In this way, Shen Jinghua explained to the middle-aged man what happened around this shop and what happened just now in front of the shop.

...

At the same time, in another room in the City Lord's Mansion, both Shen Ruiling and Shen Hong were placed here.

I saw that Shen Hong and his wife were pacing up and down the room with a little restlessness, with anxious expressions on their faces, obviously very worried about their own situation.

On the other side, Shen Ruiling was about to appear much calmer, sitting on the chair by himself and meditating quietly.

After all, he knew that his sixth uncle would not do things he was not sure about. Sixth uncle let them stay here, obviously to better solve today's affairs!

After a long time, seeing the two of them dangling around, Shen Ruiling frowned slightly and said in a displeased tone:

"Don't worry about it both of you, things will be sorted out!"

"Yes!"

Although they were still uneasy in their hearts, they didn't dare to show it in front of Shen Ruiling now.

...

Here, after listening to Shen Jinghua's words, the middle-aged man nodded thoughtfully and said:

"In this way, this seal and inspection order should be issued by the Huang family using the power of the City Lord's Mansion!"

"Junior brother is also suspicious of this, but how did the Huang family bypass the senior brother, the city lord, and issue this seal?"

Regarding Shen Jinghua's question, the middle-aged man showed a meaningful smile, and said slowly:

"Junior brother, you don't know, although the city lord of Yunbei City is directly accepted by the sect, the patriarchs of our five major families can also serve as deputy city lords!"

Hearing this, Shen Jinghua showed a look of surprise, obviously it was the first time he knew about this kind of thing.

But soon, he wanted to understand the reason.

Although this Yunbei City is directly controlled by the sect, most of the industries in this city are controlled by these five families. So if the sect wants to manage this city well, they still have to rely on their five families.

Moreover, the sects give them a part of the rights, which can better promote the development of the city, and secondly, it can also allow them to restrict each other and facilitate the control of the city lord!

Thinking of this, Shen Jinghua looked at the middle-aged man in front of him with a strange look.

My brother's family is already the first family in Yunbei City, and now he has been recognized by the sect as the acting city lord of Yunbei City. This Song family has become the biggest force in control of this Yunbei City!

...

After a few breaths, Shen Jinghua had already reacted and said to himself:

"I see!"

At this time, the middle-aged man also spoke again.

"Junior brother, don't worry, this matter now seems to be a misunderstanding.

In a few days, I will find an opportunity to help my junior and younger brother make an appointment with someone from the Huang family. Everyone has explained the matter clearly, and the matter will be over! "

"It's naturally the best to be able to do this, so I would like to thank senior brother here first!"

Shen Jinghua got up and thanked the middle-aged man.

Although he is not afraid of the Huang family, since he can solve it in such a friendly way now, he is very happy!

"Junior brother, you're welcome, everyone is from the same sect, it's right to help each other!"

The middle-aged man waved his hand indifferently, and there seemed to be a sneer hidden under the smiling face looking at Shen Jinghua.

His Huang family was only the bottom of the five clans in Yunbei City, while Shen Jinghua was a promising formation master with a high status in the sect.

It is clear at a glance which of the two is more important. Naturally, for the benefit of the family, he will try his best to help the latter against the former!