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Chapter 140 Who is more unlucky?
After receiving the notice of dethronement, the city lord packed his luggage at a very fast speed, and followed his family and the herald back to the capital to await trial.
"I'm sorry." Zhang Wei felt very uncomfortable when he saw the city lord and his family. He apologized to the city lord from the bottom of his heart. Zhang Wei believed that it was because of him that the city lord was deposed and had to go to the royal capital to await trial.
The city lord felt Zhang Wei's sincerity. After thinking about it, he sincerely said to Zhang Wei: "I'm sorry."
After the city lord finished speaking, he regretted it very much. He was worried that Zhang Wei would react and not let them leave, so he hurriedly urged the convoy to set off.
Zhang Wei didn't understand why the city lord apologized to him. Feeling that he was short of manpower, Zhang Wei used some tricks to second Yuan Shao to help him.
When Yuan Shao arrived, he told Zhang Wei that the port of Xinna was now on track. After the caravan started to travel to Desert Scimitar, Zhang Wei's privateering fleet could head for the island of Borhos Town according to Zhang Wei's intention.
Zhang Wei was very satisfied with Yuan Shao's actions. He suddenly remembered the "I'm sorry" that the city lord had said to him before, so he asked Yuan Shao what he thought.
After hearing this, Yuan Shao smiled bitterly and said, "Because from the perspective of the city lord, he was not deposed, but temporarily left the place of trouble, and his whole family evacuated. I guess this dethronement may have been obtained by the city lord himself after spending resources to operate."
"Why?" Zhang Wei didn't understand.
"Because if he leaves now, we can be in a position where we can attack or defend. Now Lionheart Castle is leaderless, and the towns of Wynn and Jinhou have fallen one after another. The situation in the north is turbulent. To the west of Newt City is the Endless Sea, which is often attacked by monsters and pirates. To the north is the leaderless Lionheart Castle, and to the west is the already fallen town of Wynn. Only to the south is the relatively safe city of Sahel. My lord, don't forget that the city lord has the responsibility to defend the territory."
"So, you're saying that if the north is stable, he will come back to be the city lord. If the north is lost, it is not his responsibility." Zhang Wei only started to react now.
"That's right. If nothing happens to you, my lord, and you are still in your prime, then at most you can just change your position. If something happens to you, then he will be regarded as an important official who can turn the tide and come back here to take charge of the situation."
"What a good plan." Zhang Wei couldn't help but clapping his hands. He felt ashamed of himself for the city lord's tactics.
Yuan Shao smiled but said nothing.
"I transferred you here because I want you to help me run this place. Next, I will lead the army to conquer Huai'en Town in the east, and then go south to retake Jinhou Town." Zhang Wei told Yuan Shao his thoughts.
Yuan Shao kept silent.
Zhang Wei knew that Yuan Shao disagreed with his idea, so he asked, "Do you think there is a better way?"
Yuan Shao was silent for a while. Seeing that Zhang Wei was waiting for his answer very patiently, he said with some embarrassment: "I just want to remind you that you are now the acting mayor of Newt City, not the acting chief officer of Corno Fortress."
"You don't suggest that I use the troops from the Korno Fortress to march east and return the troops, do you?"
Yuan Shao answered Zhang Wei's question with silence.
"What if I think I'm right?" Zhang Wei still wanted to insist.
"Put the adults first." Yuan Shao did not persuade him any further.
"Okay! I was right about you. Just follow my idea and help me deal with things here. I am not familiar with the ways of the world." Zhang Wei entrusted Newt City to Yuan Shao.
"When will you set out, sir?"
"We'll set out tomorrow."
"Help you to achieve victory."
Yuan Shao accepted Zhang Wei's order.
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"Zhang Wei~"
"Zhang Wei~"
A call full of temptation came from the darkness
Zhang Wei was awakened and was about to follow the sound to find the person who called him.
At this time, footsteps were heard in the corridor, followed by the creaking sounds of the old door being opened and closed. Zhang Wei knew that it was Yuan Shao who had gotten up at night.
After the "creaking" sound disappeared, the tempting voice was no longer heard. Zhang Wei thought he was confused in his sleep, so he lay down and fell asleep again.
"Damn it, you crossed the line!" The black shadow made an unpleasant sound, accusing Yuan Shao of ruining his actions.
"I just got up normally at night." Yuan Shao would never admit that he did it on purpose.
"You can't fool him for long, you can't fool him for long!!!" The black shadow roared at Yuan Shao unwillingly, but the sound not only could not be heard from the house, even in front of Yuan Shao, it was like the buzz of a mosquito.
Yuan Shao ignored the black shadow in front of him, as if it had never existed.
In the end, the black shadow could only leave in hatred.
On the second night after Zhang Wei's army set out, Zhang Xiaodan used his vampire talents to sneak into Zhang Wei's tent.
As soon as Zhang Xiaodan entered the tent, he asked Zhang Wei to sentence him to death.
Zhang Wei was puzzled, so he asked Zhang Xiaodan to stand up and report truthfully.
"My Lord, we were deceived by the Blood Moon Cult. It's all our fault for being too hasty and believing their lies!"
"Blood Moon Cult? How are you related to the Blood Moon Cult?" Zhang Wei was surprised.
"Your Majesty, we met a young man nicknamed 'Cripple' during a secret investigation in Huai'en Town. He also introduced a person named 'Sister Cheng' to our people. According to the evidence provided by Sister Cheng, she said she was your woman. Because we couldn't get in touch with you during that time, we could only send people to Bern Town to verify the situation."
"So you found out that Sister Cheng and I have a special relationship, right?" Zhang Wei smiled bitterly. Just the fact that he and Sister Cheng had checked into a hotel room before must have been spread out of proportion. Zhang Xiaodan and the others didn't know the inside story, so it was understandable that they were misled.
"Yes." Zhang Xiaodan nodded seriously and continued, "In the beginning, our cooperation went quite smoothly. With the help of the Blood Moon Cult, we took over Huai'en Town with almost no effort, and immediately built a wall with Huai'en Town and the underground city as the two cores to form a stronghold."
"That makes sense. I think it's too much of a stretch for humans to build a stone wall and a stone watchtower so quickly."
"Yes, we built all of these, and we didn't completely trust them before we contacted you. Facts have proved that our idea was right. Humans are not trustworthy after all, but we were still confused by them." Zhang Xiaodan said, and knelt down to apologize again.
"Don't keep apologizing. You are guilty only if I say you are guilty. You don't need to beg or instruct me on what to do." Zhang Wei asked Zhang Xiaodan to stand up again.
"I'm sorry, my lord. I have overstepped my authority." Zhang Xiaodan was about to kneel down, but quickly stood up again to avoid making Zhang Wei angry.