Qi Zheng took up his pen and drew a painting, but the finished product was really unflattering.Yan Jiang and others stood aside, wanting to tell the truth but not daring to do so. The scene was quite embarrassing for a while.Qi Zheng himself found it boring, so he casually ordered someone to frame the painting.Later, he took out dried flowers and gave them to Yan Jiang and Wei Ying respectively.Jiucheng has always had a tradition of giving flowers, and this rose flower means loyalty to the city lord.He solemnly asked the two of them if they were willing, and Yan Jiang and Wei Ying immediately stated that they would swear loyalty to the death.Qi Zheng looked slightly solemn and mentioned that someone tried to poison his wife at yesterday's birthday party. Fortunately, he secretly stopped him and prevented his wife from drinking by mistake.Now the enemy is in the dark, and they are in the light. We must be more cautious in our actions in the future.

On the other side, Fan Yun received the news that the private school had been bought. He was extremely anxious and immediately wanted to leave the house to check.Qi Zheng noticed that the current situation was delicate, so he advised Fan Yun to stay in the house temporarily and not to go out.At the same time, Lou Qiyan's men have found out the details of the two people: the woman's name is Fan Yun, she is a teacher in a private school, and she just married into the city lord's mansion not long ago.I heard that the city lord and his wife had been separated before, and they only officially got married recently.

Qi Zheng waited in the mansion for a long time. Seeing that Fan Yun had not returned yet, he was thinking about it. Master Zheng happened to come to visit and mentioned the previously discussed tax increase.Qi Zheng used the excuse that the matter needed to be discussed in the long term, and instead brought up the martial arts competition held by the Guards every two years. Now that the time was approaching, he asked Mr. Zheng to start preparations immediately. It must be done urgently and all members are required to participate.

Wei Shisan has been suffering from not having a chance to see Gao Ran, and Gao Ran has a permanent guard, so she can't get close.On the day of the martial arts competition, Wei Shisan asked Wei Ying to take him to watch the battle.Fan Yun and Qi Zheng are also present. The first place in this competition will receive a generous reward of fifty gold.When Fan Yun heard about the amount of the prize money, he couldn't help but sigh that it would be great if he could also win the money.When Qi Zheng saw this, he smiled and said that he would personally go out and win back the bonus for her.

In the competition arena, no one was Gao Ran's opponent. Wei Shisan watched from the side, full of joy.Qi Zheng personally went on the stage to compete with Gao Ran, but unexpectedly discovered that the moves Gao Ran used were actually taught to him by his second brother.Qi Zheng immediately admitted defeat.After the competition, Qi Zheng found Gao Ran in private and mentioned his second brother Qingyuan.He said that his second brother treated him very well, and he had never seen him since he was exiled.If the second brother can come back, he is willing to offer the position of city lord with both hands, because this belongs to the second brother.Gao Ran denied that he was his brother.Qi Zheng did not force him, but asked him to send a message to his second brother if he saw him, saying that he would govern the nine cities well.When leaving, Qi Zheng stepped forward and gave Gao Ran a deep hug.

Recently, Fan Yun has been feeling ill and often feels dizzy.Qi Zheng noticed something strange when he came to visit, so he carefully checked the items in the room, and finally found something was wrong with the square inkstone.

On the other side, Wei Shisan sneaked into the house and hid in the dark, staring at Gao Ran longingly.Qi Zheng found her after noticing it, treated her to a meal, and then asked her for a favor.Wei Shisan deliberately asked what she would do if she didn't want to, and Qi Zheng half-jokingly threatened that she would not be allowed to enter the house again and that she would never see Gao Ran again.Wei Shisan had no choice but to agree.Afterwards, she packed her luggage and came to Fan Yun's residence. She wanted to stay here for a while on the pretext that she wanted to make friends with Fan Yun.

During the conversation, Wei Shisan kept talking to Gao Ran.Fan Yun was so smart that he immediately understood her intentions - it turned out that Wei Shisan admired Gao Ran and wanted to be his sister-in-law.Fan Yun gently explained to her that Gao Ran was the adopted son brought home by his father. The two grew up together and were brothers and sisters.Wei Shisan took the opportunity to ask many things about Gao Ran, and Fan Yun also patiently told her one by one.