Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 288 Seizing Power
High House.

"My second sister is back."

The servants looked at the pretty figure approaching and raised their heads to greet her with smiles.

I saw the girl in a colorful dress, with wide cuffs swaying gently with her movements, like a dancing butterfly.

She walked in a very hurried manner, looking quite like a tomboy.

The old ladies were used to this, and they all knew that the second young lady was a "poor woman" who was as brave as any man.

"Sister, I'm back."

Gao Yuting pushed open the door and heard her shouting before anyone came in.

As soon as she entered the room, she saw a girl sitting in front of the windowsill, who looked almost exactly like her.

Although the two have the same appearance, there is a huge contrast between their brows, compared to the heroic look in Gao Yuting's brows.

The demeanor of the girl in front of him seemed even more delicate and gentle, and every move she made revealed the temperament of a lady from a noble family.

Even if you sit there without moving, you will feel a sense of beauty that can only be admired from a distance and not desecrated.

But just like the broken arm of Venus, the only flaw of this girl is her eyes. Her grey pupils are lifeless, so her beauty can only remain at first sight.

These matchmakers came one after another, but as soon as they heard that it was the eldest daughter of the Gao family, they shook their heads and refused.

A blind person, no matter how beautiful he is, is still a blind person.

She can't serve her parents-in-law, and she can't teach and raise her children.

What's the point of marrying her just for decoration?

The Gao family also had a headache about this.

Hearing Yuting coming in, Gao Lan turned his head slightly and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, and I don't know where you went."

"Hehe, of course I want to travel around the world and do good deeds."

When she was in front of her sister, Gao Yuting seemed even more fearless. She reached out and hugged her sister's waist, pinching it with her fingers: "Hey, you've gained weight."

"Hate it, you just know how to bully me as soon as you come back."

"No way, I was just checking to see if anyone had bullied my sister while I was away. If anyone dared to bully you, hmph!"

"I never go out of the front door or the back door, who would bully a blind man like me?"

As she spoke, Gao Lan couldn't help but look back out the window.

"Hey!" This little action could not be hidden from Gao Yuting's eyes. She followed the direction her sister was looking and tentatively stretched out her hand and waved it gently in front of her sister. "Sister, what are you looking at?"

"Nothing, it's just that there was always someone who would come to accompany me before, but he hasn't come these days."

"people?"

Gao Yuting was startled, thinking of the man her sister mentioned a while ago, and couldn't help but smile, "I'm afraid my sister has fallen in love with him and is looking forward to getting married."

"You stupid girl, how dare you make up stories about me? I'll tear your mouth to pieces."

Although Gao Lan couldn't see, her slender fingers seemed to be equipped with trackers, and she pinched her sister's face. Gao Yuting begged for mercy in pain.

After the sisters played around, they finally sat down.

Gao Lan no longer mentioned the person she was talking about. She just held her chin and listened to her sister telling her about what had happened outside recently.

"I heard that a new governor had arrived in Ruzhou. On his first day in office, he destroyed Ruzhou's stronghold and ordered those stinky nuns who spread lies to confuse the people to walk around the city in chains every day to explain to people how they cheated people out of their money."

When talking about this, Gao Yuting clenched her fists and looked very proud.

She had long harbored hatred for those nuns.

It was just that when I was young, a group of nuns came to my house and said that my sister was a disaster star and no one could cure her. Only the Goddess of Iron Mountain could bless her to recover.

For this purpose, their mother took a special car to go there, but she didn't expect to encounter a mountain flood on the way, and they were separated from each other from then on.

This further confirmed his sister's identity as a disaster star, causing everyone in the family to look down on her.

This is also the reason why Gao Yuting, although a woman, went out to learn skills from a master.

Since returning from his apprenticeship, the first thing he did was to stab the old woman who bullied his sister to death with a sword and hang her body on the wall.

From then on, no one, whether it was the stepmothers or her three brothers, dared to have any thoughts about Gao Lan.

I just hope to marry this unlucky girl off as soon as possible.

Who knows? Everyone knows this jinx, so even though Gao Lan is as beautiful as a fairy, no one dares to propose to her.

"As you said, this Jiedushi is also a great hero."

"It's not certain whether he is a hero or a bear, but..."

Gao Yuting stood up and paced lightly in the room. A rare look of a daughter appeared on her face and her movements became gentler.

“I did meet someone this time.”

Gao Yuting originally wanted to tell her sister about their assassination attempt on Zhao Shixiong, but then she changed her mind and became worried that her sister might be worried, so she hesitated for a moment when the words came to her lips.

Although Gao Lan couldn't see, she could sense the change in her sister's tone. She poked Gao Yuting's forehead with her finger and said, "Girl, I think you are the one who is in love."

"Oh, sister, please don't talk nonsense. I just think that the other person is... very special."

Gao Yuting blushed, looking angry and ashamed, and walked out: "I'm leaving. Tomorrow our Righteous Alliance will hold a gathering at Langkou Peak."

Gao Lan couldn't help but laugh while covering her mouth as she listened to her sister's footsteps going away. But then she raised her head and looked out the window. She didn't know whether she saw it or thought about it, but a smile appeared unconsciously on her lips. After a moment, her face flushed a little...

……

On the other side, in Ruzhou City.

A shocking case caused the people in the city to gather in front of the Yu family’s gate at the Ruzhou governor’s mansion early in the morning.

A strong smell of blood can be smelled from a distance.

"What a tragedy!"

Looking at the white funeral couplets hanging in front of the door, the people around were talking about it.

"It's really audacious. All 48 members of the Yu family are dead. The murderer must be crazy."

"Not only that, it is said that even the cows, sheep, and chickens in the kitchen were killed, and even the dogs in the kennel were dragged out and chopped."

"The worst was the lady of the Yu family. It was said that she was hung upside down in the hall and cut into pieces. Except for her head, all the flesh on her body was shaved off. I heard from the coroner in the government office that it seemed that this lady had been fed some secret medicine before she died. She was shaved countless times before she died of the pain."

"This is a heinous crime. Where is the murderer?"

"died."

"died??"

"When the government received the news and rushed over, the murderer was eating the lady's meat and drinking wine. He slit his own throat before the officials could take action."

"Hey, what a huge grudge this is."

People on the street were talking about it.

Now that the body has been buried, the Yu family has begun the funeral arrangements.

Everyone was wondering at first, who would handle the funeral when so many people in the Yu family had died? After asking around, they found out that it was the Yu family's unwelcome illegitimate son, a mixed-race bastard who seldom showed up in public.

It is said that they did not live in the mansion, but unexpectedly they escaped the disaster because of this.

All I could hear was the sound of mourning cries coming from the mourning hall.

Yu Deng, dressed in white mourning clothes, lay on the table, his shoulders shaking, as if he had exhausted all his strength from crying.

But if you look from a different angle at this moment, you will see that Yu Deng's face is already filled with tears of laughter.

"The Chief Secretary has arrived..."

At this time, a number of carriages came to the door. They were the carriages of the Chief Secretary Wang Zhen.

Only after this carriage stopped did carriages of other officials start to drive out from the intersection one after another. Although there was no one to direct or arrange anything, everyone had already tacitly lined up in a long queue according to the rank of their official position.

After a while, almost all the officials in Ruzhou City had come to express their condolences.

"Nephew, thank you uncles."

After everyone simply offered incense and bowed, Yu Deng invited everyone to take a seat and bowed to everyone with red eyes.

"Well, you're welcome, nephew."

Wang Zhen nodded slightly, with a look of concern on his face: "My dear nephew, please accept my condolences. The murderer has confessed his crime. Please cheer up, nephew."

Others may not know, but as the Chief Secretary, how could Wang Zhen not know the power of Yu Deng in Xifang?

This family massacre was definitely related to this guy, but Wang Zhen and his team had no evidence, and they were not willing to argue with a desperate criminal like Yu Deng over a dead person. "Yes, thank you, Uncle Wang."

Yu Deng wiped away her tears and winked at the man beside her. After a while, a group of people suddenly walked out from outside the gate and walked straight into the gate of Yu's house.

"The Quick Knife Liu Jinlong came to pay his respects..."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this and couldn't help but look at each other.

Who is this? ?
Never heard of it?
I saw a group of people holding big swords walked in. The surrounding yamen runners' faces changed when they saw this. The adults in the hall didn't recognize him, but these yamen runners knew that this sharp knife Liu Jinlong was a bully in Ruzhou city, and all the ruffians in Ruzhou city were his subordinates.

Upon seeing this, several yamen runners immediately drew their swords, but unexpectedly, Liu Jinlong and his men were not afraid at all. Their men drew their swords one after another and instead relied on their numbers to surround the entire Yu Mansion.

"Bold!!"

The military officer in charge of Ruzhou's defense looked gloomy and shouted, "Who are you? Get out of here! Do you want to rebel?"

"Alas, sir, you are wrong."

Liu Jinlong pouted and said, "We are here to see off Governor Yu. How come your government is in control of everything and even wants to stop us from burning incense?"

"You guys!!" The registrar's face turned black.

Before he could speak, Yu Deng said, "Uncles and aunts, this is my friend, please let him in."

Hearing Yu Deng speak, the registrar looked back at Wang Zhen, then stepped aside with a cold face and without saying a word.

After all, the owner of the house had already spoken, so he had no reason to stop him.

"Old Man Lingyao, Master Shentu, and the Thousand-Handed Gambling King... have come to pay their respects..."

However, before Liu Jinlong entered the door, another group of people followed closely behind.

"My dear nephew, I have some official business to attend to at the government office. I cannot stay any longer. I will take my leave now."

Wang Zhen and others looked at the room full of gangsters and their faces turned green, and the other officials also looked embarrassed.

They are all officials, how can they be with these gangsters?

This is like a group of young men showing up at a meeting to oust a leading cadre, which is neither fish nor fowl.

"Ugh!"

Unexpectedly, Yu Deng suddenly grabbed Wang Zhen's arm and said, "Uncle Wang, you can't leave now. The governor will be here soon."

Hearing this, Wang Zhen's face changed and he didn't know whether to sit or leave.

With a glance, he saw that more and more people were coming in, all of them were bandits carrying swords and knives. He immediately had a bad feeling in his heart.

Just at this moment, I heard a shout outside the door and a burst of uniform footsteps came.

"Ruzhou Jiedushi, Mr. Gao has arrived!"

Now everyone turned their eyes back to the door.

Lu Cheng, dressed in golden armor and holding a sword in his left hand, walked into the door with big strides.

After several days of military service, Lu Cheng walked with a strong breeze, his face was dignified, and there was a suffocating sense of oppression.

At this moment, the heartbeats of all the government officials and bandits quickened.

Many people also met Lu Cheng for the first time. Seeing the governor in person, cold sweat broke out on their foreheads involuntarily.

Xiao Ran followed behind calmly. When Lu Cheng entered the mourning hall and lit incense and candles on the spirit tablet on the table as usual, he sat directly on a chair in the main hall.

He didn't say anything, and the others could only stare at him.

Lu Cheng looked around, but no one dared to look up and meet his gaze. After a while, Lu Cheng said, "The Yu family has suffered this disaster, which is the pain of Ruzhou. It is also our dereliction of duty. Where is the prefect of Ruzhou?"

"The subordinate is here!"

In the crowd, the prefect of Ruzhou walked out with his head lowered.

"As the prefect, you didn't even know the news of the extermination of the governor's family. Take him away and give him forty military sticks!"

As soon as he finished speaking, no bailiff came up.

Everyone looked at each other, and no one dared to move. After all, the Jiedushi had a shallow foundation. Even though the governor was gone, there was still the chief secretary. Without the order from these officials, no one would dare to move.

Seeing this, Wang Zhen was about to scold the bailiffs and ask them to take the man away.

After all, no matter what, the entire Yu family was wiped out, and he, as the prefect in charge of public security in the city, was the absolute scapegoat.

However, before Wang Zhen could speak, two big men jumped out from the gang of bandits, pressed the Ruzhou prefect to the ground on the left and right, and dragged him out like a dead dog.

"How dare you!" The military officer's eyes widened when he saw this, and he shouted angrily: "Come here, take down these bandits and low-class people!"

Upon hearing this, a yamen runner was about to step forward, but was immediately pulled back by his companions behind him.

"Don't move! Something's wrong."

This old yamen runner had lived for most of his life and had not seen any major storms, but his brain was still sharp. At this moment, he seemed like an outsider who could see everything clearly at a glance.

Seeing that the yamen runners were unmoved, the clerk's face turned black. When he was about to curse, Xiao Ranren came to the clerk and slapped him on the chest.

His strength was so great that this slap sent the registrar flying and he fell headfirst onto the ground. It was obvious that he was breathing in but not out, and everyone was in an uproar.

"How dare you! The governor is here, how can you give orders? Are you overstepping your authority?"

Xiao Ran waved his hand, and then he saw the door of Yu's house was slammed shut.

"grown ups!!"

Wang Zhen stood up and stared at Lu Cheng in front of him, but Lu Cheng ignored him. Xiao Ran had already told him everything when he came.

The so-called funeral was just an excuse to bring these officials together, and now they are just meat on the display board.

Lu Cheng's eyes turned and he asked, "Are the people from Tianji Sect here?"

"Here I come, here I come, I, the old Ghost Craftsman of Thousand Machines, come to see the governor."

A hunchbacked old man came out and bowed.

"I would like to ask you to help me repair the city walls, strengthen the defenses, and recruit all the craftsmen to help me build Ruzhou City into an iron tunnel within two months. I wonder if you are confident?"

"Yes, this kind of thing is not difficult for us."

The old man responded with a smile.

Lu Cheng turned his eyes away, completely ignoring the expression on the chief secretary's face, which looked as if his father had died, and looked at Sima Sun and Duan Zhubu beside him: "You two, please take care of this matter. Please mobilize the money and grain and get it done as soon as possible."

After hearing this, the two looked at the silent Chief Clerk Wang Zhen, then looked at the Recorder Officer lying on the ground. They did not dare to hesitate any longer and immediately nodded and said, "Yes!"

Lu Cheng stood up and looked at Yu Deng who was standing beside him: "Ruzhou cannot be without a governor for a day. Since you are a descendant of the Yu family, I heard that you are good at business, so you can temporarily take over the position of governor for your father."

"grown ups!!"

When Chief Secretary Wang Zhen heard this, his face turned green. Lu Cheng was completely trampling on all the rules by doing this.

It’s like a group of people playing cards and gambling, and everyone follows the rules to bet on the size and guess the number of Pai Gow.

As a result, Lu Cheng didn't even look at the cards, he just flipped the table and picked up the knife: "Sorry, I changed to robbery."

"Sir Wang, I have the power to appoint and dismiss officials in Ruzhou. If you are dissatisfied, just report it."

Lu Cheng finally looked at Wang Zhen, and his words choked Wang Zhen to death.

"Thank you, sir!"

Yu Deng grinned and bowed to Lu Cheng. Things were simpler than he thought.

When everyone heard this, they all felt a headache and realized in their hearts that things were going to change in Ruzhou.

It's only been a few days, and Lu Cheng's army hasn't even gathered enough men, but they've already taken Yu Deng and other bandits under their command. These bandits are bloodthirsty men. If they killed the entire Yu family today, there's no guarantee that they won't kill their own family tomorrow.

Now that's a big deal. Before, they were thinking of bullying this governor because he had no foundation and no one under his command.

But they didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, others would turn around and grab everything black and white in their hands. What else can they fight for?

All of a sudden, those officials who were still on the sidelines jumped out and expressed their sincerity, saying that they would give money and people, and would fully cooperate with Tianjimen in repairing Ruzhou City.

Lu Cheng stood up and bowed to everyone: "In this case, I'll leave it to you all."

He knew that his methods were a bit dishonorable, but time was limited. He didn't have time to play power games with these people. He could only develop his strength as quickly as possible.

Seeing this, although the officials were extremely dissatisfied, they had no choice but to bow and say, "Yes!"

At the same time, Xiao Ran heard a reminder: "E-level side mission 1: Establishing a government, completed..."

　Sorry, I wrote it very quickly today, but after I finished writing it in the afternoon, I read it again and felt that it would not be good to just briefly mention this part, so I rewrote it and explained the details clearly to pave the way for the climax later, so the update is a little late.

　　
　
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