It had to be said that City Lord Zhou's every word seemed to be a trap. Regardless of whether the Lord of Qinghe City responded to him directly or refuted him, he would fall into the trap that City Lord Zhou had set.
Therefore, after being led around by City Lord Zhou for a few rounds, the Lord of Qinghe City broke out in a cold sweat. He felt that it was too dangerous to talk to City Lord Zhou. If he was not careful, he would be led into a trap.
"City Lord Zhou, isn't this a little inappropriate? Although the plague in the Qinghe Alliance has basically been brought under control, we are still investigating everyone.
If we remove the lockdown now, there is a high chance that more people will be infected by the plague. Therefore, please forgive us, City Lord Zhou. We cannot open the city gates for the time being to let you in! "The Lord of Qinghe City once again refused to let them in.
If they were allowed to enter the city, wouldn't everything be exposed?
"City Lord Zhou, this Lord of Qinghe City is too cunning. No matter what excuse we give, he will not let us enter the city!" Governor Bai was furious, but he could not find a reason to enter the city.
He had no choice. He did not have the authority to command everyone. Otherwise, if he had so many Tribulation Passing Stage experts at his disposal, he would have forced his way into the city.
It was a pity that City Lord Zhou would never allow him to do so.
"Lord of Qinghe City, we are passing through the Qinghe Alliance because we have an important mission. Therefore, please do us a favor." City Lord Zhou could only find another excuse when he saw the Lord of Qinghe City's attitude.
"City Lord Zhou, I'm afraid this is a little difficult. The Qinghe Alliance is unable to let everyone enter the city. I'm really sorry!" The Lord of Qinghe City said awkwardly.
"City Lord Zhou, to be honest, this mission is very important to us. Time is of the essence and it is impossible for us to change routes now.
Therefore, this time, I hope Qinghe City Lord can give me some face. If this mission is delayed, I'm afraid my life will be in danger. Qinghe City Lord, you don't want to force me into a dead end, right? "City Lord Zhou's face slowly turned pale.
Evidently, the Lord of Qinghe City's refusal to let them enter the city had made him unhappy.
However, even so, he had no intention of falling out with him.
The faces of the Lord of Qinghe City and the others darkened when they heard his words.
"City Lord, City Lord Zhou is clearly forcing us. If we don't let them enter the city, I'm afraid they'll force their way in! "Vice City Lord Ji was both furious and worried.
It was obvious that City Lord Zhou had no intention of letting them go.
"Do you have any good ideas?" asked the Lord of Qinghe City.
How could he not know what City Lord Zhou was trying to say? But it was exactly what City Lord Zhou had said that had forced him into a dead end.
"City Lord, I really have no other choice this time. If we allow them to enter the city, then the plague will be exposed.
But now that City Lord Zhou has said this, if we don't let them in, I'm afraid they will force their way in, "Vice City Lord Ji said helplessly.
Even though City Lord Zhou's words seemed like a request to the Qinghe City Lord, it was actually an ultimatum. No matter what the Qinghe Alliance decided, they had to enter Qingyang City.
"Unfortunately, we didn't manage to delay until the other alliances arrived at Qingyang City. Otherwise, with the support of other alliances, we might be able to keep them out of the city. "Qinghe City Lord said with difficulty.
"City Lord, what should we do now? Letting them in isn't right, not letting them in isn't right either! "Vice City Lord Ji asked.
Pa! Pa! Pa!
At this moment, the people on top of the city gate tower saw a large number of soldiers and horses neatly marching towards the city gate tower. It was an imposing sight.
"City Lord, our people are all here. We can fight the White City Alliance and the Cheng family at any time!" More than 20 Vice City Lords said to the Qinghe City Lord as they climbed up the city tower.
"Are we really going to fight?" He looked at the two million soldiers in the city and the tens of thousands outside.
Even though there was a huge difference in numbers, and the Qinghe Alliance seemed to have a great advantage, he still felt guilty.
He didn't know if it would really be like what Vice City Lord Ji said. If their two million soldiers couldn't defeat the tens of thousands of Cheng family's people, wouldn't the Qinghe Alliance suffer great losses?
One had to know that the entire Clear River Alliance only had a little over three million people. If they lost two million people here, it would be a huge blow to the Clear River Alliance. There was no need to even mention it.
Therefore, he hesitated!
"City Lord! Don't the White City Alliance and the Cheng family only have this many people? As long as the City Lord gives the order, we will open the city gates and fight. I guarantee that we will be able to wipe them all out easily. "
Vice City Lord Jiang didn't understand the trouble that the Qinghe City Lord and the others were in.
However, when he saw that there were only tens of thousands of people outside the city, which was no different from the information they had received before, he immediately felt that everything was under their control.
"City Lord, the Cheng family really thinks too highly of themselves. They want to fight the Qinghe Alliance with just these few people? Even without the help of other alliances, we can still make it so that they won't be able to return! "Vice City Lord Huang also said.
"Qinghe City Lord, what do you think? Are you going to lend us a way or not? " Just when the Qinghe City Lord didn't know how to explain the current situation to the Deputy City Lords, City Lord Zhou, who was outside the city, spoke again.
"City Lord, he said to lend us a way? What does that mean? "Vice City Lord Huang asked in confusion.
"Vice City Lord Huang, it's like this …!" Vice City Lord Ji, who was at the side, briefly explained the situation to the Vice City Lords.
"So that's how it is. Hmph! This City Lord Zhou is really too much. He's clearly forcing us to open the city gates.
City Lord, I think we shouldn't agree to lend them a way. Let's just fight.
We have two million people here. Do we have to be afraid of them? "After hearing this, Vice City Lord Huang was instantly enraged. He couldn't wait to start a war.
"City Lord Huang, we can't be impulsive. According to my observation, the Cheng family has sent many Tribulation Passing Experts this time. There are at least ten of them.
If we are impulsive and really fall out with the Cheng family, then even if we defeat the Cheng family now, what will we do in the future?
Moreover, if we really kill the Cheng family's Tribulation Passing Experts, then we will really be in big trouble. So, we can't take this matter lightly. "Vice City Lord Ji hurriedly reminded.
Although he was the Vice City Lord of Qingyang City, the Qinghe City Lord was usually in charge of Qinghe City.
Qingyang City had always been under his control, so it wasn't wrong to say that he was the City Lord of Qingyang City.
As the City Lord of Qingyang City, he naturally didn't want to start a war with the Cheng family here.
Moreover, Qingyang City was the White City Alliance's gateway to the north. Now that the White City Alliance had submitted to the Cheng family, this meant that if the Qinghe Alliance completely offended the Cheng family and the Cheng family declared war on the Qinghe Alliance, then Qingyang City would definitely be in trouble. It would definitely be attacked by the Cheng family.
"City Lord, in my opinion, since City Lord Zhou said that he has an important mission and is only lending us a way, then we should listen to him and let them enter the city.
We didn't offend them. Are they going to kill innocent people after entering the city?
Moreover, they said that they have an important mission. There's no reason for them to stay in the Qinghe Alliance, right? After entering the city, they have to leave even if they don't want to. After all, they said that they have a mission, "Vice City Lord Jiang suggested.
"Will … will that work?" The City Lord frowned.
"I don't think so. We've already said that we sealed the city gate because of the plague, not because we're targeting the White City Alliance.
If we let them into the city and they find out that the Qinghe Alliance doesn't have any plague, how are we going to cover up our lie? "Vice City Lord Ji said.
"If I had known, I wouldn't have said that there was a plague in the city." At this moment, the City Lord suddenly felt a little regretful. He felt like he had really shot himself in the foot this time.
"But if we didn't say that, the Cheng family would have attacked us a long time ago," Vice City Lord Ji said.
Although the City Lord's lie wasn't entirely correct, it wasn't necessarily wrong either.
Moreover, even if they didn't say that there was a plague, they still had to find an excuse to explain why they had sealed the gateway to the White City Alliance.
Otherwise, they could just tell the Cheng family that they were doing this to deal with the White City Alliance.
It would be strange if they didn't start a war with the Cheng family!
Therefore, the City Lord's method wasn't necessarily wrong. They were just stuck in a new dilemma.
"If this doesn't work, then what should we do?" Vice City Lord Huang said impatiently.
"If there's no other way, we'll just open the city gate. Even if the Cheng family discovers everything, we can just stop sealing the gate and let them come and go as they please," Vice City Lord Jiang said.
"If that's the case, what's the point of us putting in so much effort?" Vice City Lord Huang said.
"Who asked us to be weaker than the Cheng family? Moreover, the people from the other alliances haven't arrived yet. If we continue to fight the Cheng family, it won't be worth it.
If everyone is really unwilling, I have another way! "Vice City Lord Jiang said.
"What is it?" the City Lord asked.
"We'll compromise with the Cheng family first. If they want to make things difficult for us, we'll remove the blockade first.
We'll discuss it after they leave, or after the people from the other alliances arrive. If everyone is willing to go against the Cheng family, we'll just seal the gateway again, "Vice City Lord Jiang said.
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