Chapter 63: Gongs and Drums

Chen Mo looked at the several gongs and drums in front of him, no matter how he looked at these gongs and drums, he couldn't see any special appearance.

They have been struck countless times, leaving a few potholes on the originally smooth surface of the gong.

Not to mention anything else, the imperial court can definitely see that it attaches enough importance to guarding against the gray fog.

The 500-strong barracks was equipped with six pairs of gongs and drums, and the previous salt transport envoy specially arranged eight groups of four people to patrol the camp every day and beat gongs.

This is only the standard equipment of the 500-man barracks, and even if the state of the barracks is close to its actual existence, this is still not relaxed.

In fact, not only this barracks, but most of the barracks used to protect official salt are basically in this state.

Because robbers will not easily rob official salt, even if they want to rob it, why not rob private dealers who are better robbed.

And the vast majority of bandits are king of the mountain, collecting a toll to maintain their lives, and it is impossible to fight with people every day, the cost is too high.

Without the bandits, these numerous barracks naturally sat idle, and gradually became what they are now.

"These two gongs and drums will be handed over to me for safekeeping, and if the four gongs and drums are lost or something else happens, then come to this official."

Chen Mo picked up the two gongs and drums, as the easiest thing to come into contact with at the moment that could dispel the gray mist and dispel those strange creatures.

These two gongs and drums are no less important to oneself than two talismans.

And I will use them immediately, and in half a month at most, I will be able to accumulate enough internal qi and enter the Pulse Realm.

As long as he enters this realm, Chen Mo will find an opportunity to continue exploring those strange creatures.

Of course, under the condition of ensuring safety, after all, the benefits that those strange creatures can bring to themselves are really large.

For him to take away the two gongs and drums, the two team members, although they were curious, did not dare to ask more, anyway, the remaining four gongs and drums are completely enough.

Immediately, Chen Mo explained some general matters in the barracks, and asked the two of them to do it safely.

After giving these orders, he took two gongs and drums and hurried back to Zhuniuji.

There is no need for the horse to ride again, with the strength of his feet, ten miles is just a leg lift.

Walking all the way back to his house, the courtyard door was not closed, and he left a crack for himself.

Pushing it away, Zhao Yu was sitting in the courtyard, rolling up his sleeves and doing laundry.

"I'll screw it." Chen Mo closed the courtyard door, walked to the wooden basin where she slurred and washed clothes, took the piece of clothing that was dripping down the water, and wrung it clean with a light force.

The wringed out clothes were put aside first, and Zhao Yu smiled and handed over another one.

The two cooperated tacitly, and seven or eight pieces of clothing were wrung and washed in an instant.

"Go and wipe your hands, I'll dry this garment." Zhao Yu straightened up from the small wooden bench, with a gentle smile on his face, and shook off the wrung out clothes and carefully hung them on the rope.

"I've cleaned up the main house on the east side for you, you can see if there's anything missing." Seeing Chen Mo walking into the main hall, she turned her head and greeted.

"Also, someone came to send a message before, and I put it away on the table, you remember." As if she was afraid that Chen Mo would not be able to hear her words, she carried the clothes that had not yet had time to dry, and hurriedly ran to the door of the main hall to speak.

"Okay, I know it all." Chen Mo smiled and nodded in response.

There are three worship posts on the table, one of which is the owner of the Zhu Niu Collection, and the other two do not write specific identities, but they should also be characters with heads and faces in this episode.

When Chen Mo came here, they just had a routine visit, and the two sides talked to each other, which was regarded as knowing each other.

After all, he is not too big or too small to be an official, and it is not proper for them to come here to serve, if they do not come to visit.

After accepting the three prayer posts, Chen Mo walked back to the bedroom of the East House, the house was very clean, and the beds had been placed neatly.

If the color gradually warmed up today, Zhao Yu didn't make him a too thick bed, a straw mat was covered with quilt sheets, and a small thin quilt used at night, even if it was laid.

Her own clothes are also folded and stored in the wardrobe by her, and she can find them at any time if she wants to wear them.

Pulling out a small box from under the bed, Dutian Dao Gong was lying quietly in it, without any change.

Since he was almost invaded by the content of this book last time, Chen Mo has never planned to read him, at least not for the time being.

Who knows what evil methods this book has, and if it is really invaded by it, even if it can be solved, I am afraid that it will have to pay a considerable price.

Before, his own qi and blood could only resist a short reading, and it was difficult to say how long it was.

If you want to read this book safely without being affected in any way, you need to have quite strong qi and blood strength.

Carefully put the two gongs and drums into the wooden box, Chen Mo locked the box again and pushed it under the bed, and then got up to leave.

Zhao Yu was hanging the last two clothes on the clothesline, the sun was warm today, there was a breeze on his face, and he wanted to wait until the evening to dry these clothes.

"Let's go, let's try this beef novice soup." Chen Mo shouted softly.

Zhao Yu smiled and nodded in response, the warm spring sun was falling, and her smile was extremely bright.

Beef soup powder is a special product of Zhuniu Market, not only in the outside market, but also in many beef soup pots.

In the place where many people live, there are also a few time-honored brands.

Zhao Yu led Chen Mo to a shop called Tieniu Beef Soup, which not only had beef soup powder, but also beef noodle soup.

Next door to this shop, there is also a Yang Ji horse meat baked cake.

"Eh, guest officer, why are you sitting here, are you eating here or taking it away?" In the shop dressed in coarse cloth, the owner greeted him with a smile when he saw someone coming.

Now it's just past lunch, and there aren't many customers in the store, and the seven or eight old wooden chairs have been used for I don't know how many years, but they are all wiped clean at this time.

"A big bowl of soup, a small bowl of soup, and then cut five catties of beef and eat it." Zhao Yu glanced at the wooden sign hanging next to him and skillfully ordered the food.

"Two guest officers, that's a bit much." The boss hesitated slightly.

"Don't worry, it's not short of your money." Zhao Yu took out two pieces of broken silver from his arms and put them on the table, and the boss hurriedly accepted the silver, and then he moved.

Chen Mo actually has a lot of money on him, but it is not a whole silver ticket, it is also a large ingot of official silver, and it is not easy to spend it in this kind of small shop.

Zhao Yu had a lot of loose silver taels on her, so it was more convenient for her to pay for the money.

"I'll go buy some more biscuits and horse meat." Zhao Yu explained to Chen Mo and walked into the baked cake shop on the other side.

Chen Mo chose a place in the store to sit down, but his eyes looked diagonally across the store, for no other reason, it was too attractive.

It was a rather dilapidated courtyard, seemingly uninhabited for a long time, with noticeable moss on the brick walls.

The yard is not small, it is bigger than the one I live in, and more importantly, it is a bluestone courtyard, which is stronger than a thatched house and much more expensive than a thatched house.

If a thatched yard can be sold for two taels of silver, then a bluestone yard of the same size is at least eight taels.

If you forget about other places, there will not be too many merchants in normal times, but I wish Niuji merchants to come and go, such a good yard, it stands to reason that it should not be abandoned.

Even if this yard is not cheap, as long as it is not too expensive, someone should buy it.

But it's so deserted that no one would believe it if there were no other problems with it.

"Come, guest officer, the soup you wanted." The shopkeeper shouted, and brought two bowls of beef soup powder, one large and one small.

"Dare to ask this shopkeeper, why is that good yard deserted, and the yard on our collection should not be difficult to sell." Chen Mo asked with interest.

There are some weird things in this world, and these things will most likely provide benefits for themselves.

Therefore, Chen Mo is more interested in these possible strange phenomena.

Besides, I will live nearby in the future, and if there is really any strange phenomenon there, it is better to find a way to move farther away, and the gentleman will not stand under the dangerous wall.