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"Calculation time, the cultivation event will be held in half a year, and the mission deadline for the Beiming Holy Underground will be half a year later. There is some conflict in time. It is very likely that as soon as the cultivation event ended, I was removed from the position of the city lord because I completed the sacred land mission, and then held another cultivation event... This is too much trouble."

"Forget it, just do whatever you want. I don't have to worry too much anyway, but this half year is not long, so I have to hurry up and sweep it."

Thinking of this, Du Fan looked around and immediately ordered a guard in the Foundation Establishment Stage: "Please come to me and tell her to bring the account book."

"Yes." After bowing to Du Fan during the Foundation Establishment period, the guard bowed and took the order and left.

...

About an hour later, Qu Jinse came to Du Fan's residence with an account book made of magic tools.

In the loft hall, Du Fan was calm and calmly savoring the cup of spiritual tea. When he saw the woman coming, he immediately smiled and said in a kind tone: "Guardian Qu is here, please sit down."

Qu Jinse also looked smiling, and leaned behind Du Fan slightly, and sat on the chair closest to Du Fan.

Although this woman acted relaxed, there was a trace of worry hidden deep in her eyes that was not easy to be noticed.

"City Lord, this is the account book you asked me to bring. Please check it out." Qu Jinse raised his wrist gently and placed the account book magic tool in front of Du Fan's desk.

Du Fan glanced at the account book and said with emotion: "This is the first time I have checked accounts since I became the city lord. Speaking of which, I am not very competent. I only care about cultivation on weekdays and almost ignore the affairs of all and big things in the city. I am like a hand-off manager in the mortal world. Thanks to you guardians, we can ensure the normal operation of Xingcheng City."

Qu Jinse was stunned when she heard this, and then smiled bitterly and said, "What the city lord said is wrong. If another person had been to the city lord, I don't know whether the Star City could operate normally, but we old guardians would not have many good days. After all, we owe the city lord a favor."

Du Fan just smiled and stopped engaging in this topic. He personally poured a cup of spiritual tea for the other party, said "sorry", and then picked up the account book instrument and started reading it.

Qu Jinse held the teacup in her hand, but she had no intention of drinking it. She bit her red lips lightly, looking a little uneasy.

Although the subtle changes in this goddess's expression were not obvious, Du Fan had already noticed it and had not shown it.

"From the beginning of stepping into the villa, Qu Jinse was restless. Could it be that he did something that was sorry for me..."

Du Fan thought so in his mind, and he couldn't help but look through the accounts more and more carefully.

After reading most of the accounts, I realized something was wrong from it.

Since Du Fan succeeded as the city lord, his total annual income has been similar to before, but his expenditure is far higher than before. After closer inspection, he finally found the problem.

Du Fan closed the account book, smiled at Qu Jinse, and said, "I have read the account book. All expenditures are recorded in detail, without any mistakes. But there is one thing I don't know very well. Can you solve my doubts for me?"

"The city lord is so polite. This is all my responsibility. The city lord wants to know what it is, but it doesn't matter if you ask." Qu Jinse put down the teacup and said with a light breath.

Du Fan glanced at the woman and asked quietly: "According to the past practice, Xingcheng would pay tribute to the Beiming Holy Land every once in a while. I know this, but why has the value of the tributes in this city suddenly increased by dozens of times in recent years, and the frequency of tribute has changed from once every two years to once a year?"

Qu Jinse smiled and replied, "Even if the city lord doesn't talk about this, my little sister is planning to find some time to explain it to you.

There are many reasons for the sudden increase in tributes, but in the final analysis, they are all to please the Holy Land of Beiming and to strive for more benefits for the city. As for specific considerations, I will explain it to the city lord one by one..."

Du Fan suddenly smiled and waved his hand to interrupt, "Since it is for the sake of our city, there is no need to say that Du will definitely support him."

Qu Jinse was stunned. Obviously, he didn't expect that the other party was so easy to speak. The lot of words he had prepared before were useless.

Du Fan changed his tone and said, "I believe you know about the Holy Land mission. I will continue to ask those people under him to collect Huangtian Lingmu and sell the treasures in the warehouse and replace them with spirit stones. The price is lower, and it is mainly fast."

"By the way, this is the ban token in the warehouse, and it is temporarily handed over to you to manage."

Du Fan said, flipped his palm and handed a token to the woman.

Although Qu Jinse was confused, he didn't ask much. After taking the token, he responded to the matter.

"I will go into seclusion next time. If Guardian Qu has nothing else to do, let's go to work first." Du Fan said.

"Then my little sister won't bother the city lord, say goodbye." Qu Jinse stood up and bowed to Du Fan, then said goodbye and left.

After Qu Jinse left, the smile on Du Fan's face gradually dissipated.

"Go, follow her, and when this woman is meditating and practicing, come back and report to me."

But when he saw his cuffs tremble, the black wood silkworm came out, followed by a mosaic, hidden in nothingness and disappearing.

After doing all this, Du Fan went straight to the second floor and entered the secret room.

...

A few days later, Du Fan, who was practicing, suddenly opened his eyes and raised his hand to put away the Xuanmu Silkworm.

Then he hid his body and walked out of the secret room.

...

In the secret room of the city lord's mansion, Qu Jinse closed her eyes cross-legged, clasped her hands, and waves of spiritual pressure radiated from the inside out. On her fair and beautiful face, various halos floated alternately, as if she was practicing some exercises.

Suddenly, the woman's delicate body moved slightly, and then she fell into absolute stillness.

At this time, the void fluctuated, and Du Fan's figure appeared, standing near Qu Jinse.

Without saying a word, Du Fan immediately sat cross-legged behind the woman and used the soul-searching technique to search him.

...

After about a cup of tea, Du Fan dissipated the magic and his eyes twitched.

"It's true that tribute is paid. The saying of adding tribute is not completely nonsense. It's just that the tribute is one cent and two, half of which is dedicated to the Nangong family, and the other half is accepted by Qiu Yunzi's old man... Qiu Yunzi's hand is so long that he is already in the Beiming family, but he can still gain huge wealth from Xingcheng every year."

"When he was leaving, he called the old brothers in the city dealing with me, and he said that he didn't want to see the desolate scene of the emperor and the ministers. It was indeed nonsense!"

"This old fox is OK, he actually plotted against me, okay..." (To be continued...)
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