Chapter 160 Those who do not come to take up the post will be killed!

Shen Lang narrowed his eyes as he looked at Protector Lin who was leaving in a hurry.

"Husband, it seems that the water in East City is really deep!"

Caiyi smiled, her tone relaxed, and she didn't seem worried at all.

"It's more fun when the water is deeper." Shen Lang smiled and said nonchalantly.

No matter what monsters and demons there are in Dongcheng District, as long as they bring bad luck to him, they will be suppressed by force!
"It's a commanding mansion after all, how come there isn't even someone guarding the gate?" Shen Lang shook his head.

He looked at the huge commander's mansion in front of him, chuckled, and then walked straight in.

The entire commander's mansion is very quiet, with towers, terraces, green tiles and flying eaves, rockery and pools, everything is beautiful.

But there was no one in sight.

This is very strange. For a large city, a commanding office that manages one-fifth of the area is extremely strange!
The Commander's Mansion is very large, divided into the Outer Mansion and the Inner Mansion. Shen Lang and Cai Yi didn't see anyone in the Outer Mansion.

It was not until the two of them arrived at the inner palace that they finally saw three people.

An old man who is the Eternal True God, and two Void True God-level maids.

When Shen Lang took out his commander's token, the three of them were obviously stunned.

Then the three of them bowed and said respectfully: "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you, Commander!"

The Eternal True God-level elder introduced himself: "Commander, I am Mo Shuyang, the steward of the Commander's Mansion."

Shen Lang nodded, looked at Mo Shuyang and said calmly: "Butler Mo, where are the other people in the Commander's Mansion?!"

Hearing this, Butler Mo was surprised. Where did this new leader come from? How come he didn't know anything about Dongcheng District? !

However, he immediately explained: "You don't know, Lord Commander, almost no one dares to serve in the Commander's Mansion in our East City District."

"Oh?!" Shen Lang's eyes flashed.

"What's the reason?!" Caiyi asked.

Hearing this, Butler Mo hesitated for a moment, then explained directly through voice transmission: "It's because of the city lord. The original city lord of our Zuixin City was named Zhang, and the Zhang family is in Dongcheng District. Zhang and the current city lord are not on good terms...so..."

When Butler Mo said this, he looked around, afraid that someone would discover him.

But he was using soul transmission, so he didn't need to worry about that at all.

Hearing this, Shen Lang narrowed his eyes.

The water in Dongcheng District is indeed quite deep.

Shen Lang said in a calm voice: "Even if Zhang and City Lord Xu are not on good terms, it shouldn't be the case that the people in the Commander's Mansion would not dare to take up the post, right?!"

This is indeed outrageous. Zhang is only the former city lord, and Xu Qingke is the current city lord.

Looking at the situation in the Commander's Mansion, is Xu Qingke, the current city lord, being beaten by the previous city lord? !
Outrageous!

It’s absolutely right!
Hearing this, Butler Mo gave a bitter smile and then spoke directly without using telepathy.

"You don't know, Commander, that almost all those who dared to work in the City Lord's Mansion died inexplicably. The key is that the City Lord's Mansion has not been able to find out who did it... So... now almost no one dares to work in the Commander's Mansion."

"Interesting!" Shen Lang chuckled.

I'm afraid that everyone in Zuixin City should know that it was Zhang who did it, but Zhang didn't leave any evidence, so the people in the City Lord's Mansion couldn't find it.

This is somewhat intriguing.

Shen Lang guessed that Zhang must have gone to the Dark Hall of Thunder Hall or Flame Wind Hall and issued a bounty mission. In this case...

It is normal that the City Lord’s Mansion could not find any clues to Zhang’s case.

Shen Lang asked, "So, now I am the only commander in the East City Command Office, and there is no one else?!"

"That's not the case!" Steward Mo shook his head and then explained: "We still have more than 30,000 people in our Commander's Office, three deputy commanders, and 30 law enforcement captains."

"It's just that now they don't dare to come to the Commander's Office to work."

Hearing this, Shen Lang nodded.

"Take me to the main hall." Shen Lang said.

"Yes, Commander, please follow me." Steward Mo hurriedly led the way. Soon, Shen Lang and Cai Yi arrived at the main hall of the inner palace under the leadership of Steward Mo.

"Tell me, what are the specific responsibilities of my command office?!" Shen Lang sat in the main seat and said to Butler Mo.

Upon hearing this, Butler Mo also answered directly.

"To sum it up in one sentence, all affairs in Dongcheng District are under the jurisdiction of our government, including public security management..."

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"Of course, the most important thing is to collect taxes. Our Commander's Office can collect taxes on all industries in East City. Twenty percent of the tax revenue will be kept by the Commander's Office, and the remaining eighty percent will be handed over to the City Lord's Office."

After listening to what Butler Mo said, Shen Lang roughly understood what he needed to do.

"It must be difficult for us to collect taxes in Dongcheng District, right?!" Shen Lang asked.

Steward Mo looked embarrassed and nodded, "We in the East City District Command Office have not collected taxes for thousands of centuries. The main reason is that almost all industries in our East City District have the shadow of the Zhang family."

Shen Lang also guessed this.

"You, pass on my order and go call the three deputy commanders."

Shen Lang said to Butler Mo at this time. Hearing this, Butler Mo was a little embarrassed: "Commander, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult to get them to come and take up the post."

Shen Lang simply said: "Pass on my order again, anyone who does not come to the Commander's Office to take up a post today will be killed!"

Hearing this, Butler Mo was shocked and swallowed hard.

"Yes, Commander!" Butler Mo suppressed his fear, took the order and left.

After Butler Mo left, Shen Lang and Caiyi also started discussing.

"The Zhang family is able to compete with Xu Qingke and not be at a disadvantage, so they must have something to rely on," said Caiyi.

"That's for sure." Shen Lang smiled, then he took out the communication token of the Thunder Club.

"Purchase information about the feud between Xu Qingke and the Zhang family."

Shen Lang sent a direct message to purchase it.

"Worth 20 cosmic sands."

Soon, a message came from the communication token.

After another two breaths, a piece of information was sent.

Shen Lang has a credit limit of 10,000 cosmic sands, so he doesn't have to pay immediately. He only needs to pay off the credit limit within one era.

After Shen Lang sent this information to Caiyi, he began to check it.

Soon, he understood everything.

To put it simply, the Zhang family was competing with Xu Qingke for the position of the Lord of Zuixin City.

In the end, Xu Qingke won and became the city lord.

The reason why the Zhang family was able to compete with Xu Qingke in Dongcheng District and not even be at a disadvantage even after losing their position as city lord.

This is because there is a person in the Zhang family who is a popular figure around Marquis Yanlong.

Thanks to this relationship, Zhang was able to gain a foothold in Dongcheng District. In fact, in Dongcheng District, Zhang was the real owner. The Commander's Mansion of the City Lord's Mansion became a decoration instead.

"It seems that Xu Qingke intends to send us to our deaths."

Caiyi's face looked a little cold. Although she and Shen Lang were not afraid, Xu Qingke asked Shen Lang to come to Dongcheng District to be the commander. It was obvious that he did not take Shen Lang seriously and planned to use Shen Lang as cannon fodder.

Shen Lang laughed: "Since Xu Qingke doesn't take us seriously, then I certainly don't mind having some fun with him."

"Let's set a small goal and snatch his city lord for fun!"

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(End of this chapter)