Cold Mountain Pharmacy.
At this moment, Li Changfeng quietly returned to Cold Mountain Pharmacy and then went to a secret room, where four people were already waiting for his arrival.
Upon seeing the newcomer, the Ziyi smiled slightly. "Hidden Dragon! Did you go to kill the City Lord?"
Upon hearing this, Li Changfeng chuckled lightly, "As expected, I couldn't hide it from you! Purple Bee!"
Li Changfeng slowly took out a black bundle, stained with blood, and then slowly opened it, revealing the City Lord's head. "Now, Northern Di City is in our hands!"
Ziyi gave a bitter smile upon hearing this. "Qianlong! That's true, but the death of the City Lord will alarm the Imperial Court. This place is a bit remote, but someone will come to investigate every three years. If you kill him now, things will be a bit difficult later!"
Upon hearing this, Li Changfeng frowned. "I didn't think of all that at the time! I had no choice but to kill him first!"
The woman in Ziyi looked at the City Lord's head and suddenly had a flash of inspiration. "I've got it! I have a plan!"
Li Changfeng was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, "Purple Bee! Tell me what your solution is!"
Upon hearing this, the Ziyi smiled faintly, "I have a special skill: making human skin masks. Now that the City Lord's appearance is quite perfect, I can use his face to make a human skin mask, and then find someone to replace him in the future!"
He chuckled Blackheart upon hearing this, "I think there's one person whose figure is quite suitable!"
Upon hearing this, Li Changfeng raised an eyebrow. "Oh? Then tell me who it is!"
"You recognize this man too! It's Tie Niu! I've met this City Lord once; both of them were burly, imposing men! If he were to impersonate him, it might be difficult to tell the difference!"
Viper smiled slightly upon hearing this, "That's indeed a good idea! Plus, Tie Niu is your brother! We trust him too! It would be best if he did it!"
Upon hearing this, Ziyi's eyes lit up. "That's a good idea! Usually, the people who come to inspect are just ordinary people and have no way of detecting this imposter! I wonder what Qianlong thinks?"
Li Changfeng nodded upon hearing this, "Of course! There's no time to lose, let's take the blame before they realize what's happening!"
Afterwards, everyone busied themselves with the task. Li Changfeng even went to Tie Niu's bedroom to explain to him, "Tie Niu! Are you going to do this job? Are you scared?"
Upon hearing this, Tie Niu patted his chest and said, "I'll do whatever my brother tells me to do! There's nothing to be afraid of, it's just... it's just that I've never been City Lord before, and my rough and unrefined personality might make it easy for others to see through my flaws!"
Upon hearing this, Li Changfeng frowned, thinking to himself, "Yes! This kid is good in every way! He's just a bit simple-minded! If I hadn't secretly solved a lot of problems for him, he probably would have been killed without even knowing it! If he were to go and do it, people might really find out!"
Li Changfeng patted Tie Niu on the shoulder and said, "I'll figure out a way to handle this! I'll take you somewhere first!"
Afterwards, Li Changfeng led Tie Niu into the secret room. At this time, Ziyi had also finished making the human skin mask. When she saw Li Changfeng arrive, she smiled slightly and handed the mask to Li Changfeng, saying, "Qianlong! My mask is finished! Do you think it suits you?"
Without saying a word, Li Changfeng handed it to Tie Niu, saying, "Take this and take a look!"
Seeing this, Tie Niu put it on without saying a word. The mask was so lifelike, and with his imposing physique, it was hard to tell the two City Lord apart.
Seeing this, Li Changfeng nodded and smiled, "Not bad!"
Seeing this, Ziyi was extremely satisfied. "Then there's no time to lose! Tie Niu, go to the City Lord's Mansion now!"
Upon hearing this, Li Changfeng waved his hand, "Wait! I have something else to say!"
"This kid's personality is too rough! He's easy to fool, we need to come up with a plan!"
Suddenly, the Viper had a brilliant idea. "I have a solution! Why don't I just stay by his side and assist him?"
Li Changfeng's eyes lit up upon hearing this. "Excellent! That's a great idea! With your suggestions, he can make fewer mistakes!"
Viper chuckled, "Actually, only I'm suitable! Now the entire Northern Di City is in our hands. Blackheart and Green Robe both have some management skills, and I just want to make more contributions!"
Upon hearing this, Li Changfeng burst into laughter, "With you all here! We will soon grow stronger!"
Upon hearing this, Ziyi smiled slightly, "Alright! We have to go! Otherwise, it won't be good if we get discovered!"
The City Lord's Mansion.
At this moment, the group returned to the City Lord's bedroom and breathed a sigh of relief upon finding that no one had discovered them yet. Viper even sneered, "These guards are truly useless! They don't even know their City Lord is dead, how foolish!"
Li Changfeng looked serious. "Tie Niu! Now you quickly pretend to be the City Lord as if nothing happened. Zi Feng! I haven't had time to check the treasury here yet. Go and find it now!"
Upon hearing this, Ziyi smiled slightly, "Leave this to me, I'm good at it! Qing Yi! You come with me too! Your skills are not bad either!"
Qingyi nodded upon hearing this, "Okay! Sister! I'll go with you right now!"
Suddenly, Li Changfeng remembered something, took out a secret manual from his robes, and handed it to Tie Niu. "This was found on the City Lord. This technique is quite good. With more practice, you can make it indistinguishable from the real thing!"
Tie Niu was overjoyed as he accepted the gift, and said with a simple smile, "Thank you for the reward, brother!"
At this moment, Blackheart and Viper looked at Tie Niu with envy, "Tie Niu! You're so lucky! Qianlong just gave you such a good cultivation technique!"
Upon hearing this, Tie Niu laughed loudly, "Hahaha! It's alright! If you want to practice, let's practice together. I'm not very talented, and I might not be able to master this technique!"
Blackheart and Viper's eyes lit up upon hearing this, then their gazes slowly fell on Li Changfeng. "Hidden Dragon! This..."
Li Changfeng chuckled upon hearing this, "If you like it, that's good! Once the cultivation technique is given away, it's yours. I don't care how you distribute it!"
The two were overjoyed upon hearing this and bowed, saying, "Thank you very much, Qianlong!"
One hour later.
The Ziyi and green finally returned, their faces beaming with excitement. "That City Lord has embezzled a fortune! There are three million taels of silver in the treasury, along with other weapons and elixirs. He's made a killing!"
Li Changfeng smiled slightly upon hearing this, "That's right! Next, we'll use this money to build various shops and pharmacies. I want to make Northern Di City prosperous!"
Upon hearing this, everyone's faces turned solemn as they replied, "We obey!"
"And another thing! We must not oppress the people! We must not exploit them for their money and property! What we need to do is help them develop properly, so that our Northern Di City will be even better! Do you understand?"
"Yes, sir! Don't worry! We, Qianlong, will all obey your orders!"