"The coffin has been prepared, a coffin layer by layer, and between the mezzanine, I have asked people to fill it with good refined salt to ensure that the body of the fourth brother will not decay easily." In the largest coffin shop in Aoki County, Chen Mo explained slowly.

According to Mo Hu's idea, he was going to send Mo Dao back to his hometown of Tulong County, Shouren Prefecture for burial, which was thousands of miles away.

Mo Dao's body must be exposed for at least half a month, and it must be embalmed, otherwise it will be very bad when it is transported back to his hometown.

"Thank you so much this time, I'll give you the money later." Mo Hu was grateful and thanked him very solemnly.

He didn't bring much money when he came out this time, he bought a coffin, bought salt and some other things used to give the body, adding up to almost twenty taels of silver, all of which were the money that Chen Mo helped take.

The icing on the cake is easy, but it is difficult to send charcoal in the snow, and now it is undoubtedly sending charcoal in the snow for him.

"The fourth brother is also my brother, don't say such foreign words." Chen Mo spoke.

The money he is spending now is not a little bit of his own accumulation, but he got it from that person before, so he naturally doesn't feel distressed to spend it.

Besides, Mo Dao is his fourth brother, he was kind to him during his lifetime, and he has not had time to repay it in the future.

Now that he is dead, he should spend more money on his body.

"Let the fourth brother enter the coffin first." Chen Mo saw the coffin shop guy and brought a pot of red decoction mixed with medicinal herbs before he spoke.

This decoction is the secret ingredient of the coffin shopkeeper, and it is said that the body can be preserved for a longer period of time.

Mo Hu didn't say much, and wiped his slightly red eyes vigorously.

"Let's get out first." Chen Mo waved his hand and walked out with him.

Not long after, a low whimper was heard from inside the room.

Chen Mo waited outside for most of the hour before a shout came from inside the house.

Mo Dao's body had been scrubbed clean, and the missing piece was filled with a piece of fine silk wrapped in cotton.

When you put on your clothes, you can't tell what's missing.

Mo Hu had already helped him put on a layer of underwear, and according to the customs of their hometown, at Mo Dao's age, he had to wear four clothes and three clothes, a total of seven clothes.

Chen Mo stepped forward to help again, and the two worked together to put on five other clothes for Mo Dao.

"The county lieutenant of Aoki County helped send a piece of jade over and gave it to the fourth brother to use as a mouth."

Chen Mo took out a piece of fine mutton fat white jade from his arms, just looking at its fineness, it cost six or seven taels of silver.

Daqian customs, the dead must be buried in the mouth.

The Son of Heaven contains pearls, the princes contain jade, the scholars contain bi, and the common people only have ordinary silver.

According to Mo Hu's identity, he was originally just able to contain bi.

The so-called bi is green jade.

However, after the Taizu of this dynasty ascended the throne, he passed on the edict to the world, and all those who married at weddings and funerals could exceed the first-class rites.

Therefore, Mo Dao can now be buried with white jade.

"It's still troublesome to go back to Brother Thirteen, you help me thank him." Mo Hu spoke.

If there was no county lieutenant to send this piece of mutton fat white jade, they would have to spend more money to buy it now, not to mention, they might not be able to buy it.

Aoki County is not a big county, and it is difficult to find white jade of this color in this county.

The two worked together to bury Mo Dao, then lifted the lid of the coffin and closed it, and then nailed it to death when it was officially buried in the ground.

Chen Mo called a few soldiers to help carry the coffin, the carriage had already been prepared, and the two horses were pulled together, and it was not difficult to transport a coffin.

"You can go with peace of mind, and I'll talk to my father-in-law."

With Chen Mo's words, Mo Hu is much more relieved to go.

"Two generals, my master asked me to send ten taels of silver for this general to use as a coil."

A small man in a gray cloth robe, holding a purse, trotted all the way over.

"Who is your master?" Mo Hu didn't rush to borrow money, and asked rhetorically.

"Aoki County Order, Wang Shouzheng." The name of the servant is reported.

"Thank you for me, your master." Mo Hu then accepted the silver tael.

Mo Dao died, and the county commander and the county lieutenant were colleagues who had a relationship with him after all, although the funeral was not held here, but the two still sent the servants to send some things.

"Be careful on the road, go and go back quickly." Chen Mo finally admonished.

Mo Hu nodded lightly, drove the coffin, and went all the way.

Chen Mo walked back to the city and took the others to rest in place, the people were tired and tired all the way, and now they didn't need to rush back to the barracks immediately.

There is another reason why I am here, and that is to guard against the gang of border crossing bandits.

As long as that gang of bandits wanted to continue to penetrate into Xingyuan Mansion, they had to pass through the area of Aoki County.

Chen Mo and they are here, they can probe and guard in advance in case of emergencies.

This matter can only be Chen Mo and them, counting on the local army, I am afraid that they will have to wait for the bandits to come to the door before they can react.

Of course, Chen Mo did not forget to send a few personal soldiers to send the bodies of the rest of his comrades back to the barracks first, and also asked them to pass on the news of the bandits' tracks to General Sun.

This is what they had to do in the first place, and now that they have the situation, of course they have to pass it on.

The next two days were quite stable, and Chen Mo went to a lot of food stalls in the city.

During the two days they were repairing here, of course, the county government was responsible for food and accommodation, and although the food was good, Chen Mo went out to eat at the snack stall from time to time, which could only be regarded as an additional meal.

After drinking two bowls of Aoki County's specialty slippery broth, Chen Mo was sweating a little, and Chen Mo got up from the food stall to prepare to return to the camp.

The camp they were temporarily stationed in was a slightly outdated compound in the northern part of the county.

The remaining horses were kept in another courtyard for the time being, with a few personal soldiers who were in charge of them for a short time.

Chen Mo did not return to the camp immediately when he walked here, but walked through many alleys.

He had seen the surrounding environment roughly on the first day he had just settled, so he was quite familiar with it.

Even if you walk through the alleys, you can't get lost.

"Are you looking for me?" Chen Mo quietly came behind one person and said with a smile.

The man, dressed in an ordinary blue cloth coat, did not flee when he heard the sound, but turned around in horror.

Then he saw a fist, getting closer and closer to him.

Chen Mo knocked him down with a move, and walked into the temporary barracks with the people.

This person's strength is not very strong, his strength is acceptable, but he lacks experience in fighting.

If he was a martial artist with sufficient combat experience, he found that Chen Mo could go around behind him.

Either you can tie your hands and catch it, or you will fight hard and try to run forward.

No matter what, don't waste time turning around.

Seeing Chen Mo walking into the barracks with a person, several pro-soldiers who were resting immediately surrounded him.

"Take a few basins of cold water to wake him up, prepare some torture instruments casually, and I will interrogate him." Chen Mo casually threw it on the ground and commanded.

Several of the soldiers were ordered to get busy at once, first find a sturdy wooden chair, and tie the person to the chair.

then splashed the other party with water, and found the torture equipment to prepare for interrogation.

"Tell me, who's your name, and why do you want to follow me? Where are your accomplices? In or out of the city? ”

As soon as Gao Dayou opened his eyes, he heard a series of head-splitting questions.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Chen Mo didn't talk nonsense, and directly let people be punished.

Under severe torture, the other party quickly said everything clearly like pouring beans from a bamboo tube.

There were hundreds of people in their group, and they were indeed connected with the Qi Refiners of the Heavenly Dao.

According to this man, they were ordered by the immortal master to come here to hibernate here, and as for what they were going to do, they were not told what they were going to do.

As long as they wait here, there will be an immortal master after a while.

But they waited outside and waited for the right, but no one came.

The reason why he followed Chen Mo was because Chen Mo and his party rode into the city a few days ago, and the movement was too loud, and they paid attention to it.

He came in mainly to find out the movements of Chen Mo and the others, and to see when they would leave the county seat.

Getting these situations, coupled with the information obtained before, summarized in Chen Mo's mind.

Everything became clear in an instant, the bandits first entered the Qingmu County to hibernate, and then the people of the Heavenly Dao Gate took action, preparing to go to the territory of Qingzhou to harvest something first, and then meet it here.

However, the imperial court learned in advance that there were bandits crossing the border, so they informed their father-in-law to send someone to investigate the specific situation here.

Chen Mo and the others just happened to encounter those immortal masters and fought with them.

Five immortal masters, two dead and one seriously injured, escaped, and the remaining two would never dare to set foot in the territory of Xingyuan in a short period of time even if they were not injured.

And this part of the people who were sent in advance became outcasts, and they could only continue to wait here.

"Take good care of him, from now on, everyone except me is not allowed to enter or leave, even if he dies, he will die in this courtyard."

Chen Mo solemnly ordered to everyone that since there were really hundreds of bandits entrenched outside the city, they had to go to encircle and suppress them.

According to Gao Dayou, these hundreds of bandits are all as young and strong as him, and they have never practiced martial arts, but they have basically survived their strength, and each of them is armed with weapons.

Chen Mo and the others now have less than thirty personal soldiers, and it is really difficult to wipe them all out.

I had to find a way to ask for help quickly, so that my father-in-law sent the elite to encircle and suppress it.

And before that, this news must not be leaked, otherwise when they rush over, they will definitely pounce.

Two days later, Sun Shouren personally led his elite to suppress the bandits, and Chen Mo rode his horse to charge into battle, beheading dozens of thieves.