Chapter 258: The Old Man of the Underworld
Looking at Brother Qiao's eager expression, I was still a little depressed.
After this yin and yang dangerous road after another, I am still a little tired and feel that I should meditate and recuperate. Strengthen. Qiao Mu asked me to attack the turf again, which really made me a little uncomfortable.
With the status of an arbor, every inch of land in the Yin Mansion of Yunshan County is his right to control. But he still needs to attack the place, isn't that quite strange? Besides, with his level, he actually asked me to help attack. I'm afraid that a place like this won't be dangerous anymore.
I smiled a little bitterly and said, "Brother Qiao, it's not that I don't dare to give it a try, it's just that a lot of things have happened after the separation, and I want to calm down and recuperate for a while." The question of the location of the Guigu Sect. Let's find a place to settle down first. As for the place you mentioned, let's look for it in the future!
Qiao Mu nodded and said, "Okay." Let's not talk about this matter for a while, let's go back to the City God's Mansion and have a good chat.
Thereupon. Qiao Mu picked me up and flew straight to the City God's Mansion.
Arrived in the underworld of Yunshan County. The sheer size of the city and the bustling night view still make me sigh. But when he arrived at the City God's Mansion, Lao Tzu was speechless.
Chenghuang Mansion is an important economic, financial, administrative, and military place in a county in the underworld, where public officials gather and work. According to the current population size of the Yin Mansion in Yunshan County, I am afraid that there must be thousands of Yin attendants, so this City God's Mansion should cover a large area, and it should be solemn and majestic to show its majesty. The most // fast // more // new // on // in
But what do I see now? It was a large, old courtyard, which was still brightly lit, and a dozen or so buildings of no more than six stories showed their outlines. There are a lot of trees in the yard, and the scenery is okay, but I just can't feel the solemnity of the Chenghuang Mansion, and I only feel the old-fashioned.
From time to time, there is a yin difference, and it is blurred in the air and enters the yang office. These ghost members who work the night shift are all in good spirits.
Falling in the courtyard of the City God Mansion, I looked around, unable to believe my gaze: Brother Xiao Qiao, this is the Yunshan City God Mansion? It can't be so shabby, right?
Qiao Mu was very accustomed to it, looked around, and said hello to some of the past night shift errands, and those guys were still very affectionate when they saw him. He nodded and said to me: It is indeed a bit shabby, but such an office location is more administratively clean, and it feels very good to the people of Yinmin. In the past, the City God's Mansion was indeed very luxurious and extravagant, with ten buildings and more than 30 floors, which was too wasteful of resources. So, brother, I auctioned them off and sold them for 3.8 billion. The money is used to establish a sound system of medical and health care, pension insurance, social insurance and benefits. Yunshan County has more than 13 million residents, and the money is used quickly, but it is also effective. By the end of the year, Yunshan County has officially entered the well-off era of the entire southwest Hades Palace, which is the first one! The officials are doing a little worse, and the people of Yin and Yang are living a little better, which is worth it.
You can't imagine that the uncle of the Qiao family, who can play tricks with his fingers and the ghost sister and bustard, is such an evil person, and when he is on the ruling side, he actually has such a special official conscience. If this kind of thing were to be put in my great sun, how many people who were in the same profession as him should laugh at him, or should they learn from him?
I stretched out my hand to Qiao Mu and gave me a thumbs up, and he smiled and took me to his office and residence. It's not bad there, it's an independent courtyard, the ghost will be the wrong door, there is a pond and a pavilion in the inner garden, the scenery is also a little chic, covering an area of less than five hundred square meters.
Not far from the courtyard is where the large canteen of the Chenghuang Mansion is located, and there was a supper business window at that time. The night shift is all over there, and they rush away after the meal, full of fast-paced situation.
Qiao Mu led me around his office lobby, which was still a bit majestic, and the archives took up a lot of space. At that time, there were still a few errands busy, and after greeting them one by one, he took me to the lodgings at the back of the lobby.
The residence is the building at the back of the courtyard, which is three flat-story cabins, a living room and dining room, a master room, and a guest room.
It's just that as soon as I pushed the door into the living room, there was a ghost standing on the wooden chair in the living room. This ghost is dressed in a white robe, not tall, with ordinary facial features, he is a powerful ghost, about fifty years old, and he has a good complexion, but I was so surprised when I saw it, and shouted: Grandpa Xiao, why are you?
Indeed, this ghost is really my original neighbor Grandpa Xiao Zhuolin! He saw me, grimaced with a smile, and nodded: Hehe, it's me, it's me. Wildflower, how did you die?
Well, I'm a little depressed, but I'm still happy. Just as he was about to say something, Xiao Zhuanglin smiled awkwardly: I'm sorry, Yehua, I forgot. Master Qiao said that you are now a secret yin and yang walking adult, and you can go back and forth freely between the two worlds of yin and yang!
I smiled slightly, nodded, and said, "Grandpa Xiao, I'm really happy to see you here." How are you doing here?
Well, it's good, it's good, Lord Qiao is really a good Qing official who loves the people like a son, and I'm very happy to follow him.
Qiao Mu looked embarrassed, and said: Uncle Xiao, go to the canteen to help us get some dishes, peanuts, braised beef or something, and then take the jar to wait for my daughter's red.
Yes, Master Joe, wait a minute, the old servant will go! Xiao Zhuanglin nodded immediately, and then floated out.
I looked at the ghost back of this old man, and felt that he was living a nourishing life here, so I wondered: Little Brother Qiao, what's going on?
Qiao Mu smiled and pulled me to sit in the living room, poured me a glass of water and put it in front of me, and then told me the real situation.
It turned out that after Xiao Zhuolin's tragic death, he became a powerful ghost, so naturally he would not be detained in the underworld and turned into a yin people, but wandered in Yunshan County. After Xiao Mingyue was sent to the underworld by me, Rhubarb and Er Huang talked about Qiao Mu doing the county god of Yunshan County, so Xiao Mingyue sent a letter to Qiao Mu.
Xiao Mingyue's letter was written sincerely, and she asked Qiao Mu in the letter if she could use his ability and relationship to let her go to the yang world to see her father Xiao Zhuanglin. At that time, Qiao Mu was busy with official business, and he didn't reply to the letter, but he sent a messenger to the ground in Yunshan County to find the whereabouts of Xiao Xianglin's ghost body.
This search is really quick to come out. Xiao Zhuanglin is a powerful ghost, but he is quite kind, and he did not hurt others, but hid in his old house.
So, Qiao Mu personally went on a trip, brought Xiao Zhuanglin to the underworld to settle down, and used him as his hired domestic servant. He is the lord of the city god, and according to the regulations, he can contribute to the financial contribution of the underworld, and is equipped with four domestic servants.
Xiao Zhuanglin used to study accounting, so he was still well organized as a domestic servant. There is food and drink in the underworld, and the body is well nourished, which is much better than being a lonely soul and a wild ghost in the yang world. He was also very moved, and felt that the government # government department here had done a good job in the leadership of Qiaomu, so he was even happier in this position.
Even if I knew that my daughter had died tragically, Xiao Zhuanglin was not sad, because Xiao Mingyue also went to the underworld to continue living with my help. It's just that Qiao Mu is very busy for a while, and he also has a lot to do, so he doesn't have time to go to Nanhong Mansion to see his daughter. In this regard, Xiao Zhuanglin still thanked me very much, and when he mentioned me, he said that I was really a good person.
Of course, because Qiao Mu can have the salaries of four domestic servants for the financial expenditure of the underworld, even if his salary card is held by the two ghost sisters-in-law, it will be spent, but his life with Xiao Zhuanglin is still quite good, at least he is more than well-off. Not to mention, he and Xiao Zhuanglin are both yin and have living allowances.
After hearing all this, I still smiled with relief and said: It is not easy for the old man Xiao Zhuanglin, and it is still Brother Xiao Qiao who has bothered a lot to get a proper placement here.
Hehe, what's this? It's just what I can do. It's just that Xiao Mingyue really made her brother a little harder.
I looked at Qiao Mu's bitter face, just smiled, took a sip of water, and took a sip. The water in the underworld is no different from the yang, or even better, it can be said: the mountain spring in the underworld is really a little sweet!
At that time, Xiao Zhuanglin brought back wine and wine, and the smell made people a little appetizing. The old man put the food and poured the wine for us, and when he was about to step aside, Qiao Mu beckoned him to sit down and have a drink and a bite to eat.
Xiao Zhuanglin didn't shirk it, sat down, held the wine glass to me and Qiao Mu, and the old tears flowed out, and said excitedly: Thank you, Lord Qiao, Lord Wildflower, so that Lao Xiao can have now, and let Mingyue also have now. We are not biological father and daughter, but we are also better than biological children, although we are unlucky, but we are lucky, thank you two, Lao Xiao did it first for respect!
Brother Xiao Qiao and I were polite, he drank deeply, and I drank a little lightly. Then, it was just eating food, drinking wine, and chatting about goodbye.
After the separation, Qiao Mu was busy with Yunshan political affairs, and he was indeed a Qing official. And I, naturally, talked about a lot of the past, and he and Xiao Zhuanglin were dumbfounded.
It's almost dawn on this conversation. Qiao Mu said: Brother Wildflower, it is not easy for you to live. Okay, the matter of the reconstruction of the Guigu Sect, first find a place to get it up. The best area, when you are stronger, let's talk about it! You should also practice well, and you can't just run around and fight non-stop.
At that time, the garrison of the Yin Mansion of Yunshan County hurriedly called for a report, broke into the door of the living room, and half-knelt and roared: Lord Qiao, the big thing is not good! The monster of the eastern vein of Nanba Mountain has gone berserk, and the damage is serious, so please decide!
Qiao Muhuo stood up, his face was serious, and said to me: Huaji, it seems that this place can't be attacked without attacking! Let's go, go with my brother to fight!