In the early morning, the sky was just dawning.

Li Mo rode the green ox into the city leisurely.

According to the rules, thirty eldest sons need to be paid to ride a horse in the capital, of course, this is just the standard for ordinary horses to enter the city.

If it is a second-class good horse, you need to pay forty-five large sons.

The first-class foal is sixty sons.

If it is a good horse of different breeds from the Western Regions, it needs to pay 200 big sons.

At the foot of the Son of Heaven, the residence of the true dragon, even the cost of transportation is much more expensive than outside, except for entering and exiting, all foals need to be registered in the [Law Division] to receive a license plate.

In the event of a festival, the number of horses on the road will also be restricted.

These rules are all dictated by His Majesty the Divine Sect, so it is not easy to have a decent mount in the capital.

Fortunately, with the exception of horses, the other mounts were not so strictly regulated.

Like riding a donkey into the city, you only need to pay fifteen big sons.

However, riding a bull into the city only required to pay five big sons, that is, two meat buns.

"My lord, how can you ride a bull?"

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the Xuantian Pavilion, Li Mo met Chen Wangdu, who looked at Li Mo in surprise and couldn't help but show a strange expression.

You must know that Li Mo entered the Xuantian Pavilion as the leader of the new list, and as soon as he entered the hall, he was awarded the position of [Titong Capital Division], and the official rank was the twelfth rank.

Now Li Mo is even sitting in the position of [Hongmen Overseer Military Envoy], and the official rank is tenth.

With this kind of identity, it is completely possible to buy a good horse of the Western Regions.

In the capital horse market, as long as you don't play in the bloodline circle, the average heterogeneous horse in the Western Regions will only cost five or six thousand taels of silver.

Five or six thousand taels of silver may be an astronomical amount for ordinary people, but for the current Li Mo, it doesn't seem to be nothing.

No matter how bad it is, with Li Mo's official position, he can also apply for a mount from the museum, and he can be assigned a second-class good horse at the most, and even the monthly forage fee can be reimbursed.

"My lord, it's not that you are humble and presumptuous, your current status is not trivial, how can such an animal be worthy of carrying such a noble body of yours?"

Chen Wangdu is worthy of being the old man of Xuantian Pavilion, and it is extremely comfortable to blame his boss.

As he spoke, Chen Wangdu glanced at the green cow casually, and the cold hair on his face seemed to be crying out for Li Mo that it was worthless.

How can such a beast who swallows soil and eats grass worthy of Li Mo's identity.

Moo......

At this moment, the green bull seemed to sense Chen Wangdu's disdain, and actually raised his head and let out a dull cry.

"You brute, still not convinced?" Chen Wangdu glared fiercely, and when he raised his hand, it was a brain crash.

Qingniu's eyes were about to pop out, and his bloodshot eyes were full of Chen Wangdu's shadow, as if it weren't for Li Mo sitting on him, it would be eating people.

"Well, this official has been honest all his life, but he doesn't care about these ......"

Li Mo waved his hand: "By the way, go back and discount the forage fee, carriage and horse fee, and send it to my house......"

"My subordinates understand." Chen Wangdu comprehended, turned around and led the way.

"Old thing, you wait for Lao Tzu."

At this moment, a small voice suddenly sounded.

Chen Wangdu was stunned for a moment, stopped suddenly, and subconsciously turned around.

"What did you just say, my lord?"

"I didn't say anything." Li Mo touched the head of the green cow and said lightly.

"What's wrong?"

"Maybe the subordinates have heard the difference."

Chen Wangdu shook his head and led Li Mo into the Xuantian Pavilion.

As soon as he entered the door, Li Mo saw a convoy transporting a large amount of wood and stone.

"Are you going to have a lot of construction in the museum recently?" Li Mo asked casually.

"Not really...... I heard that last night, the side hall of the [Tibetan Soldier Palace] was struck by lightning, and the fire burned for more than half an hour before it was extinguished...... This is supposed to be the stone and wood transferred from the [Craftsman's House] for repair. ”

Chen Wangdu whispered.

He is an old man of Xuantian Pavilion, who has worked on the grassroots front line for more than 20 years, but he has a lot of connections and eyeliner.

When it comes to intelligence, it is not under Feng Wannian, especially when it comes to the big and small things in the entrance hall.

"Hidden Soldier Palace? Isn't that the [Soldier Master]'s dojo? Li Mozheng got up and came to his senses: "It's a little strange......"

The dojo of the Xuantian Seven Absolute Realms will be struck by lightning? And burned a side hall?

"Who's to say it isn't? I don't know if it's a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, but I heard that an internal investigation has been launched in the museum. Chen Wangdu said in a low voice.

"Could it be a man-made disaster? It's unlikely, who would dare to burn the [Soldier Master]'s dojo so boldly? Li Mo couldn't help but say.

"It's hard to say...... Adults should also know that it is the end of the year, but it is the time when the Returning Ruins Demon is the most rampant......"

At this point, Chen Wangdu stopped talking, looked left and right, and saw that there was no one around, so he whispered: "As far as I know, there must be a secret spy planted in the ruins in the museum." ”

When Li Mo heard this, he was silent.

He did know a little about this situation, at the beginning of the establishment of the Xuantian Pavilion, there were only four gates of Heaven and Earth Xuanling, and they were mainly responsible for the research of the [Xuantian Dao Species].

But later, the imperial court discovered that there were masters of the ruins in the Xuantian Pavilion who gradually infiltrated in, and some had even climbed to critical positions.

It is in this context that Hongmen came into being.

At first, Hongmen was just a master who was drawn from the four gates and formed a temporary yamen, mainly responsible for picketing the secret spies in the ruins planted in the Xuantian Pavilion.

Later, Hongmen gradually grew stronger, and it became a yamen that integrated the functions of force, espionage, and intelligence, and specialized in fighting against the ruins.

Therefore, the history of planting spies in the ruins has a long history.

At the beginning, when the Xuantian Pavilion was selected and assessed, the Wuxiang of Tianchan Mountain was a chess piece of Guiru.

In addition, Han Jingfei, the leader of the new list last year, has also been trained by Guixu.

Therefore, it is not surprising that there are people who have returned to the ruins in the Xuantian Pavilion, but the only thing that is strange to him is that it is completely incomprehensible why such a person would risk being exposed to burn the main dojo of the soldiers, and also burn an insignificant side hall.

"The demons in Guixu are a group of crazy people, maybe just to create panic and show off their might." Chen Wangdu said casually.

"The world is going down."

Li Mo couldn't help but sigh lightly, if this matter was really done by the demon in the ruins, it would be too rampant, and they all ran to the Xuantian Pavilion to set fire, it was simply lawless.

Entering Hongmen, Chen Wangdu placed Li Mo's green cattle properly, and sent the tea that had already been brewed, as well as today's Beijing tabloids.

was so thoughtful and proper, but it made Li Mo a little uncomfortable.

After all, Chen Wangdu can also be regarded as his predecessor and leader.

At the beginning, he was the one who presided over the assessment of Xuantian Pavilion in Longyuan Mansion, and later in Wangxuancheng and after entering Beijing, Chen Wangdu gave Li Mo a lot of care.

"Lao Chen, in the future, just let the people below do these things." Li Mo whispered.

"It's a blessing for me to be able to serve adults."

Chen Wangdu whispered softly, this sentence was not a compliment, but from the bottom of his heart.

He had already entered the Xuantian Pavilion when he was young, and he had been on the frontline at the grassroots level for more than 20 years before he could cultivate his spiritual breath and step into the [First Miao Realm], ranking thirteenth in the official rank.

There are not a few old people like Chen Wangdu who are ordinary and have exhausted their potential energy in the Xuantian Pavilion.

In the eyes of many people, they are the so-called cannon fodder, and there are even fewer who can really survive to retirement.

In fact, most of them will have a hard time waiting for that day, after all, the grassroots front line is the most dangerous, not to mention the long wounds left on these people's bodies, large and small.

Because of this, when Chen Wangdu presided over the assessment of Xuantian Pavilion, he was sent to a remote place like Longyuan Mansion.

Originally, with this errand, if one or two good seedlings could be unearthed and dredged up by themselves, they might be transferred to do some easy and safe logistics work.

In this way, Chen Wangdu can wait for retirement with peace of mind.

He knows very well that as an ordinary person, he can only be like this in this life.

Although, everyone once had a dream when they were young, thinking that they were the protagonists of this world, and one day, they would be able to make a name for themselves and know everything in the world.

But one day, reality will eventually teach them that the vast majority of all living beings are just mortals, they are not the protagonists, they do nothing, and the smoke and dust are their destination.

In the face of such a reality, peace and security have become their last hope.

"It might be nice to be able to retire safely."

This is Chen Wangdu's wish for a long time, even if there is a lot of unwillingness and helplessness hidden in this hope......

Until he met Li Mo, this young man brought some light to his ordinary and slightly bleak life.

Less than three months after becoming Li Mo's subordinate, Chen Wangdu, who had already had no hope of being promoted, actually took a step forward and was promoted to [Shaofu Lieutenant], with an official rank of twelfth.

You must know that the last time Chen Wangdu was promoted was ten years ago.

The promotion of official positions brings not only glory and status, but also earth-shaking changes in life.

This made Chen Wangdu, who had only retired for more than ten years, ignite a fire in his heart, and with Li Mo, he seemed to see the dawn.

Chen Wangdu knows very well that this young man has a great future, and it is the last chance in his life to follow a path to the dark.

"My lord, it's been almost a year since you entered Beijing, and the little one hasn't been entertained yet......"

Chen Wangdu rubbed his hands and said: "The cheap one is a good dish, if the adults don't dislike it, the little ones want to invite you to a light meal." ”

"That's good, dinner is over."

Li Mo nodded: "Just tonight." ”

Chen Wangdu grinned, he also knew that Li Mo didn't treat him as an outsider, but the more this was the case, the more he paid attention to the rules, and he didn't want to live up to such trust.

Thinking of this, Chen Wangdu turned around and retreated, and only walked in a moment later with a stack of files.

"My lord, this is the dossier that was just sent yesterday."

After the year-end oath meeting, everyone in Hongmen had to get busy, and Li Mo was naturally no exception, and was assigned a case.

"Wanjie Mountain? Isn't that case over? ”

Li Mo looked at it casually, and couldn't help but say in a deep voice.

"Recently, the activities of the Guixu demons have been frequent, and according to the report, it should be related to Wanjie Mountain." Chen Wangdu said in a low voice.

Guiru can plant spies in the Xuantian Pavilion, and the Xuantian Pavilion can naturally also plant spies inside the Guiru.

According to the information from the other side, Wanjie Mountain was once the dojo where the first master of the Lingmen studied and cultivated, and this great master from nine hundred years ago left a legacy there that could not be revealed.

"Han Qi's notes!?"

Li Mo's eyes widened, and his expression became extremely strange.

"That's right...... It was a note left by the first master of the Spirit Gate, and it contained extremely important things...... The demon who returns to the ruins is determined to win...... It's just that in the ruins of Wanjie Mountain that day, no ...... was found."

Chen Wangdu said in a deep voice: "Other than that...... They seem to be looking for something else. ”

"Something else? What? Li Mo couldn't help but ask.

"It's not clear." Chen Wangdu shook his head.

The deeper the secret spy, the more precious it is, the first thing they have to do is to protect themselves, and the second is to listen to the information, and it is already precious to be able to send so much back.

"Is it ......?"

Li Mo's heart moved, and he thought of the river of blood that escaped from the [Natural Spirit Pool].

Before, the mosquito Dao people had absorbed part of the essence of that blood river before they cultivated to skyrocket.

Later, the cutting blade also devoured part of the blood river before stepping into the level of [high-grade spirit soldier].

These days, Li Mo has been studying the [Natural Spirit Pool], but he has learned some secrets.

That river of blood may be the key to his fusion of the [Natural Spirit Pool], if he can really find it, then he will be sure to break through the [Cheng Miao Realm].

"Lao Chen, pick some good hands and scatter people out, if there is a little wind and grass these days, you must report it first."

Li Mo looked at it squarely: "In addition, go to the [Demon Hunting Hall] to find Chen Pingping and get some information from her...... The demon who returned to the ruins must have explored Wanjie Mountain......"

Suddenly, Li Mo acted resolutely, showing his courage to act vigorously and resolutely.

Such a dedicated Li Mo made Chen Wangdu stunned for a moment.

"It is our responsibility to uphold justice and fight crime." Li Mo Zhengse.

"My subordinates will do it."

Chen Wangdu saluted, turned around and left.

"Return to the ruins...... I don't want to look for your bad luck...... Where the duty lies, then there is no way. ”

Li Mo's eyes narrowed slightly, remembering that his home was attacked last night, it seems that this beam still needs to be solved.

……

In the evening, Li Mo arrived as promised and came to Chen Wangdu's house.

Chen Wangdu's house is located in the outer nine cities.

The layout of the capital is three inner and nine outside, and although the outer nine cities are better than the suburbs, they still seem remote.

But fortunately, his house is a two-in, two-out yard.

In the capital, even in the outer nine cities, being able to have such a mansion is better than the vast majority of ordinary people.

Not to mention, Chen Wangdu has a household registration in the capital.

You must know that since the time of Shenzong, the imperial court has promulgated the [Beijing Household Registration Scoring System], if you want to obtain the permanent residence right in the capital, you must reach the required points, such as buying real estate, gaining fame, paying taxes, etc.

Chen Wangdu has been working in the Xuantian Pavilion for more than 20 years before he can obtain the household registration in the capital and take over the family.

"Lao Chen, your small yard is well maintained."

Li Mo and Chen Wangdu sat in the backyard, pushing cups and changing lamps.

There have been several snowfalls in the capital in a row, and it has long stopped, and cooking wine on the stove and appreciating the cold plum blossoms has a unique taste.

"The family is all taken care of internally."

Chen Wangdu's wife is nearly half a hundred years old, and when Li Mo entered the door, he took a photo, and it seemed that he was not outstanding when he was young, and he did not see his former appearance, and he was even a little dull, and he didn't talk much, and he looked a little cramped when he saw the ceremony.

In this regard, Li Mo was a little surprised.

It stands to reason that although Chen Wangdu's official position is not high, he is a master of the Spirit Rest Realm after all, and he is much stronger than ordinary people, not to mention such a woman, even if it is not difficult to find a few more beautiful concubines.

"I had a good ...... when I was younger"

Chen Wangdu drank too much, took advantage of the three points of drunkenness, and looked at his wife before he grinned.

"That is a must on the gilded river."

"Gilded River?" Li Mo's heart moved.

It is a well-known Fengyue place in the capital, every night, there are hundreds of Huafanglou boats alone, and I don't know how many seeds are thrown overnight.

"She was a famous makeup lady at the time...... The thrush's kung fu can be called a masterpiece......" Chen Wangdu's eyes showed a touch of reminiscence.

Women love beauty, since ancient times, especially the women on the gilded river, every day when the moon rises, it is the time for them to show the most beautiful, so makeup is particularly important, apply incense powder, rubbish, thrush, appliqué, dot face, oblique red...... The complexity of the steps is a huge project.

The so-called makeup lady is a good hand at dressing up these girls.

It is so powerful that the makeup lady can design makeup according to the girl's facial features, face shape, bone and so on, and the doorway inside is difficult to describe, so it is said that the thrush has dozens of eyebrow shapes such as mandarin duck eyebrows, small mountain eyebrows, five peak eyebrows, and long emei eyebrows.

On the gilded river, an excellent makeup lady has a monthly income that is no less than that of the servants in the Xuantian Pavilion.

"At that time, I was just entering the Xuantian Pavilion, and I didn't ...... anything."

Chen Wangdu picked up the wine glass and drank it all, a touch of remembrance appeared in his blurry eyes.

"Compared to her, I'm a poor boy......"

When Li Mo heard this, he shook his wine glass, but he was silent.

When a man meets his most beloved woman at the most powerless age, it is the greatest sorrow.

"Her work is good, and she is even more sharp, but her business is excellent, but ......"

Speaking of this, Chen Wangdu couldn't help but smile bitterly.

In that kind of place, except for girls, it is a man, and it is useless to be eloquent, but it is useful to be eloquent......

Those men are hoping for hope, and what they are waiting for is to open their mouths to greet them.

"One day, she ...... with someone else"

Chen Wangdu put down the wine glass, after so many years, he was already relieved, but every time he mentioned it, there was still some unwillingness and helplessness in his eyes.

Man, when you succeed in your career, your beloved will have already been stabbed into a hornet's nest.

"So I found an ordinary woman...... Just get by. ”

Chen Wangdu smiled, smiling very calmly, as if he had been down and down for many years, and he had already looked down on everything.

"Lao Chen, are you drunk......"

"It's drunk...... Your Excellency go back and rest early, I still have to handle the case tomorrow, and I will send you ......"

"No need, my cow is outside, I can walk by myself."

Li Mo let Chen Wangdu help him, just smiled when he saw him stumbling, and then got up to say goodbye.

After a long time, the night was late.

Chen Wangdu was the only one left in the quiet courtyard, he looked at the mess of the table, and stood up slowly, but the drunkenness on his face slowly dissipated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Chen Wangdu...... You've been lurking in the Xuantian Pavilion for more than twenty years, and you finally have a place to use it. ”

At this moment, a gloomy voice sounded from the shadows of the courtyard.