Chapter 172 Xudu Niangniang
"Fourth brother, why are you here!" Chen Mo's words were full of doubts, and although he tried his best to avoid it, his face was still full of surprise.
He remembered clearly that Mo Dao had been dead for a long time, and although the body was not buried with his own eyes, he helped to collect it.
He's definitely dead, but why is he here now?
It could be that the ruins here evolved according to their own memories, but if this is the case, why are they other pedestrians on the street, I have never seen them.
Or is this a very special ruin realm, where all the dead will gather?
This is certainly possible, otherwise it is difficult to explain why Wei Xia, as a ghost, is so comfortable here.
However, despite this speculation, Chen Mo still did not let down his guard.
"Thirteenth brother! How can you be here? Did you receive a message from my Lord Tuoxian? ”
Mo Dao looked extremely excited, hurriedly walked to Chen Mo's side, put his hands on his shoulders, and grabbed it hard.
"Fourth brother, then how can you be here?" Chen Mo asked the same question as him, and the true qi around his body was secretly on guard.
"Don't mention it, it's a long story! Do you remember when your father-in-law asked us to go to Qingzhou to investigate the bandits? ”
As soon as he talked about this, Mo Dao's face was full of words, and he couldn't wait to say it all in one go.
"My fifth brother and I encountered a purple-clothed Taoist there, that Taoist was extremely strong, I desperately fought with him to let Xiaohu escape first, but that Taoist hit me with an arm, and I fainted.
When I opened my eyes, I didn't know why I appeared near this castle, and I wanted to go into the castle and ask about the neighborhood and find an opportunity to find them again.
But in this city, most people don't know where Xingyuan Mansion is, and many don't even know Dingzhou.
Fortunately, there is still an official mansion here, I first went to see the county lord here, and learned from him that Xingyuan Mansion is more than 10,000 miles away from here.
The key is that there are still vast mountains and alien lands in the middle, not to mention me, even if the acquired martial artist rushes forward, he may be folded on the road.
So I could only stay here for the first time, and the county lord learned that I was out of the army and had a meritorious reputation, so he asked me to fill the vacancy of the county lieutenant in this county.
When he heard that I still wanted to seek you, he advised me to settle down for the time being, and to find a way to help me deliver news to you. I listened to his advice and bought a house and settled down in the city. ”
Mo Dao sat on the table and talked a lot in one breath, telling everything about his situation.
Chen Mo listened very carefully, nodding his head from time to time in response.
"How did you get here, could it be that the imperial army came over? How is Xiaohu now? And how is the father-in-law, how is his old man now? ”
After talking about his own affairs, he asked a few more questions that he was quite concerned about one after another.
"The foreign invasion court sent us as the first party to investigate the situation here.
His father-in-law is also on the road now, and he has been promoted. As for the fifth brother, he was also promoted, and he also took the exam to raise his reputation and became a relative. ”
Chen Mo said briefly, telling the questions he wanted to know the most.
"Okay, okay, it's okay!" Mo Dao was extremely happy when he heard this, he had stayed in the city here for nearly two years, and he didn't know anything about the outside world.
Now that I see Chen Mo, an acquaintance, I am naturally afraid of hearing some bad things from him.
And now that it's all right, it's the best.
"I don't know who this girl is?" Mo Dao's tone was slightly puzzled, and he moved his gaze to Wei Xia.
"This is the strong man of the Imperial Court Sky Patrol Guard, and he came here with me to investigate." Chen Mo did not hesitate and made up an identity for her.
Mo Dao didn't doubt it too much, the women in this world can practice martial arts, so of course they can be officials and enter the Sky Survey Guard to do things.
Many women of families practice martial arts, and their strength is not necessarily worse than that of men, as long as they are willing to be officials, of course they can do it.
In the final analysis, everything depends on strength.
"Then how did you come here, this place is not connected to the vast majority of my territory, and it is separated by mountains and foreign races, it is not so easy to get in."
Mo Dao was puzzled at the moment, and asked puzzled.
"The strength of the younger brother is naturally a small breakthrough, plus this time to enter this place to investigate, and there is more protection from the strong people of the imperial court, so I can come here." Chen Mo explained with a smile.
Mo Dao wanted to ask him again why he came here to investigate, but he didn't open his mouth when the words came to his lips.
He was also born in the army, so he naturally knew that if Chen Mo didn't take the initiative to tell him, it would be better not to ask.
"Let's go, go home with the fourth brother, let's have a good drink."
He immediately started another conversation, and immediately looked at Wei Xia, "This lord, why don't you join us?" ”
"Yes." Wei Xia glanced at Chen Mo first, and then nodded.
"Old Qian, hurry up and cut the beef and send it to my house, and prepare some more good dishes. My brother's account will also be counted on my head, and I will settle it with you at the end of the month. ”
Seeing Chen Mo's brother, Mo Dao was a little excited, and while pulling him towards his house, he didn't forget to explain to the innkeeper.
Mo Dao's house is a single-family bluestone courtyard, not far from the inn, only a hundred and ten steps away.
The courtyard is quite clean and tidy, and everything is in good order.
"Lady, my brother is back, let someone go to the cellar to get wine." As soon as Mo Dao walked into the house, he shouted loudly.
He served as the county lieutenant here, and after settling down for half a year, the county lord took charge of his family affairs for him. let him marry the eldest daughter of the county Cheng family as his wife, and now the husband and wife are also Qin Se and Ming.
"Okay." There was a response from the courtyard, and a woman in her twenties wearing a floral dress and a gentle appearance walked out.
"This is the Chen Mo I often mentioned to you." Seeing his wife walk out, Mo Dao hurriedly introduced.
"Sister-in-law." Chen Mo bowed.
At the moment, the servants in the house were busy, and a few cold dishes and a few jars of wine were put on the table one after another.
All kinds of food were also quickly delivered in the inn, and a table was soon filled.
Chen Mo and Mo Dao were drinking, while Wei Xia and Mo Dao's wife sat at another table and chatted.
The brothers were extremely happy to see each other, and Chen Mo took the opportunity to keep talking from Mo Dao's mouth.
If he really evolved in this mirage, it must only look alike, and he must not know many things.
As long as you ask more, you will definitely be able to ask about flaws.
However, after asking repeatedly, he became more and more sure that the Mo Dao in front of him was definitely not the evolution of the ruins realm here.
From this point of view, this sea of blood is very likely to be Netherworld, at least with some of the characteristics of Netherworld.
It allows many dead souls to dwell here, and behaves like a living person.
And no matter where the soul dies, it seems that there is a probability that it will come here.
It's just that if that's the case, then the sea of blood is probably far more than a thousand miles in size, otherwise it won't be able to accommodate so many souls at all.
I don't know how much wine he drank, Mo Dao was drunk, Chen Mo seemed to be slightly red, full of wine, but in fact, his eyes were still sober.
Through the communication with Mo Dao, he learned a lot of information, such as the name of the county seat here is called Wangsi City, and most of the people in the city have encountered accidents, and then appear here in front of him.
From Chen Mo's point of view, this city is not called the Four Cities, but the City of Death.
And for this, they never felt anything strange, there were people in the city who were married, but no newborn was born.
This point was also ignored by everyone, and Chen Mo wisely did not continue to ask.
By the afternoon, Mo Dao had fallen asleep on the table.
"Sister-in-law, the imperial court sent me here, there is something to do, we have to go and see the county order here first." Seeing this, Chen Mo got up and spoke.
"Okay, I'll arrange for someone to take you to the county office." She smiled softly and called for the servants to guide Chen Mo and Wei Xia.
The county government of Wangsi City is quite magnificent, and it is much larger than that of ordinary county government.
"I am the general of the imperial court to conquer the west, where is the county order here? Come and see me! Chen Mo walked to the gate of the county government and showed the official seal.
The porter did not suspect him, hurriedly invited him into the ya, and hurriedly called the county lord to come.
Chen Mo didn't wait long, looking at the four cities and county lords trotting all the way, he really couldn't understand why their small city suddenly had a visit from high-ranking officials such as General Zhengxi.
"Your Excellency!" He bowed and bowed, bent very low.
Chen Mo didn't look at him, but looked at the person beside him.
This person can't see his face clearly under the black veil, but judging from his height and posture, he should be a woman.
It's just that no one else seems to be able to find her at all except herself
"You're an outsider! Can you see me? ”
The woman was surprised to see this, and asked in a low voice.
Chen Mo nodded slightly, it seemed that this woman should be his subordinate even if she was not the Lord of the Blood Sea.
It's just that I don't know why she wants to follow the county honor, maybe it's to carefully monitor him to prevent changes in the city.
"The imperial court sent me here for something important, you first go and carefully count the number of local rosters." Chen Mo looked at the county zun and casually assigned him a job, and broke him up first.
"Xia Guan understands!" After receiving specific instructions, Wangsi Xianzun was not so worried, and hurriedly turned around to do it.
"I am the prince of Pingyang and the general of Zhengxi, I don't know who the girl is?" Chen Mo saw that no one gave his hand around, and saluted and asked the woman he had seen before.
Although she was wearing a veil, Chen Mo could still feel her surprise, and it seemed that she was quite surprised that she could see her.
Wei Xia couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, even when he saw a figure gradually appearing in the dark void, he couldn't help but feel very shocked.
"I am the palace maid under the account of the mother of Xudu, and I am ordered by the mother to supervise the city here." She held her head high and said in a proud tone.
"Xudu Niangniang?" Chen Mo's tone was slightly puzzled, he had never heard of this name in the records of King Pingxi.
It's just that there is a Xudu Niangniang here, but it is more solid, and this is very likely to be a netherworld.
"Of course, our mother was born from heaven and earth, and she is in charge of this boundless netherworld, and she is a first-class person in heaven and earth."
The black gauze palace maid spoke confidently, and her expression was quite respectful of the lady of the Xudu city.
"It's just that I haven't heard of the fate of the Xudu Niangniang, but I have only heard of the Lord of the Blood Sea."
Chen Mo opened his mouth with a puzzled face, wanting to continue to set the other party's words again.
"You don't want to mention that despicable villain, Niangniang was kind enough to save him, but he fought back, wanting to steal Niangniang's authority.
He was even mad, and he wanted to expand the sea of blood to the entire world, involving all the boundless creatures in the world.
We are all in the same vein, and we are already inseparable from him. ”
The black gauze palace maid's tone was disgusted and angry, and it seemed that there must be many stories in it.
(End of chapter)