"Covering the sky" Sheng Du lives in the east of the city.

Xiang Yong studied the map brought by Ye Liuli, the distribution of the southern view of the city is very clear, the city center is the administrative district, the north of the city is the rich courtyard area, the west of the city is the commercial area, the south of the city is the civilian area, and the south of the civilian area is the slum area.

And the eastern part of the city, perhaps it should be considered a military district, where a large part of the military forces defending the capital are stationed.

In addition, some scientific research institutions and famous universities are also in the east of the city, such as the National Defense University where Wang Jianlong teaches, as well as the world's most famous universities "Imperial University", "Imperial University of Science and Technology", "Nanjing College of Humanities", and "Nanjing Normal University".

Why did Sheng Du live in the east of the city, and not in the north of the city, where the rich gathered?

They didn't have time to inquire about Sheng Du's personal information last night, and only heard some from Qiu Tu's mouth.

But Qiu Tu was also vague, and only repeatedly said that Sheng Du was a "despicable villain" and "untrustworthy".

But Li Xiumei had no grudge against Sheng Du, and even took the initiative to recommend herself to Sheng Du.

Considering that Zhengyangmen can be said to be the leader of the righteous path in this world, and Li Xiumei is the official representative, then the vastly different evaluations of the two of them are quite interesting.

Without the deductive reasoning of Sherlock Holmes, it is very simple to conclude that Sheng Du is a Jianghu man who has taken refuge in the official empire, and it is likely that after taking refuge in the official, he also did something to kill the Jianghu people.

How famous he used to be in the rivers and lakes, and now his reputation in the eyes of the people in the rivers and lakes is so stinky.

Therefore, probably Sheng Du did not dare to live in the sparsely populated north of the city, and he could live in peace under the protection of the military power of the Chengdong Empire.

From the civilian area in the south of the city to the mansion of Shengdu in the east of the city, it would take several hours to walk, even with the strength of a few of them.

However, on the way over, Xiang Yong specially asked Li Xiumei and learned that there was a public steam locomotive in the city.

Although it is slow and noisy, it can save physical strength.

In the mission world, there are many dangers, and if you can save, you must save.

They went to a random shop nearby, ate at an exotic food stall, and then found a public steam locomotive station and set off.

Traffic jams do not exist. Therefore, although the speed of the public steam locomotive was not fast, reaching a maximum of 25 kilometers per hour, they still reached their destination before the sun went down because of the smooth road.

"This is Sheng Du's house?" Chen Beixuan stared intently, "It feels far worse than Wang Jianlong's house." Not even a garden, bad review. ”

"It looks really awkward," Ms. Fan said, "it's not Chinese, it's not European, it's not a combination of Chinese and Western." ”

Li Zhiping smiled: "After all, this is a different world. ”

"Fan Xiaoyue," Xiang Yong said, "go knock on the door." ”

Fan Xiaoyue didn't ask anything like "why do you want me to go", she obediently stepped forward and pulled up the door knocker and knocked it a few times.

After half a minute, the door opened inward, and a hunchbacked old man looked at them with cloudy old eyes from behind the door: "Who is it?"

Xiang Yong took a step forward: "Our master is Venerable Beihe. I learned that Senior Sheng was a friend of our master, so I came to visit. ”

The hunchbacked old man didn't move, his cold eyes swept over Xiang Yong and the others before he stepped back, "Come in." ”

The hunchbacked old man led the way, and Xiang Yong and the others followed through a short hallway to the spacious hall.

There are crystal lamps hanging on the top of the hall, and there are large and small paintings hanging on the walls, the style of the paintings is difficult to describe, most of them are oil paintings, but the brushwork and artistic conception have some characteristics of ink painting.

In the center is a long, well-lit table, on which some silverware, tableware, and candlesticks are placed.

The hunchbacked old man led the group through the hall, down the corridor a few steps, and into a study.

Could it be that this hunchbacked old man is Sheng Du?

Ordinary servants are not qualified to enter the master's study.

A man's study and a woman's boudoir are not accessible casually.

A man's biggest secret is often kept not in the bedroom, but in the study.

And this hunchbacked old man can go in and out of the study freely, and there is a faint mana fluctuation on his body, he is a strong man in the Temperance Realm, and no one believes him if he is not Sheng Du.

Through a person's study, you can see his general interests and personality traits.

This study is simple to the point of being plain. Except for a pendulum clock on the desk, there are no decorations.

The walls of the room are in cool tones, gray. There are no hanging calligraphy and paintings.

The shelves are full of books, some natural science, some literature, some biographies, some history, but they look like they are just decorations, because each one is new and there is no trace of turning it.

The hunchbacked old man sat down at the desk and said indifferently: "You can sit by yourself." ”

Sure enough, this is Sheng Du.

Xiang Yong and the others found a sofa to sit down, Sheng Du took out a pipe from the drawer, slowly put in the tobacco, took out a match, and pulled out one.

"Snort", the flame ignited, he put the match on the tobacco, and the green smoke rose.

"Tell me, what's the matter with me?" his voice was languid, uninterested in everything.

In his mind, the voice of the main god sounded: "Side quest one, the first stage is completed." 10 points are awarded per person. The second stage is opened: the commission of Shengdu is completed. Each person who succeeds in the task will be rewarded with 50 points and will start the next stage of the task. There is no penalty for failing a mission. ”

Xiang Yong didn't expect that Sheng Du would be such an image.

Before contact, Sheng Du in his mind should be strong and strong, with white hair but strong spirits, kind eyebrows and kind eyes but ruthless heart.

But Sheng Du in front of him looked old, sluggish, and depressed.

After pondering for a moment, Xiang Yong spoke, "It's not that there is anything bothering you. It's just that you're a good friend of Master, so come and visit and see what we can do for you. ”

When he said this, he wanted to lead the topic and let Sheng Du promulgate the task.

The mission at this stage is only 50 points, which is not very difficult to complete, and the danger factor is not great.

And after this stage is completed, there is a further stage of tasks, and perhaps the next stage is the main event.

"I haven't been in contact with Brother Beihe for many years, but I've heard that he has taken in a few closed disciples, and now when I look at you, you are really a hero out of a young man," Sheng Du said lightly, "However, what can I do with this bad old man? Even if there is something, I don't dare to bother his disciples, you have a heart." ”

Fan Xiaoyue was a little anxious. Although she keeps saying that she doesn't want to spend the line randomly, she actually wants to do side quests to earn points. Now hearing that Sheng Du didn't want to release tasks to them, she straightened her waist and couldn't help but want to interject.

However, she glanced at Xiang Yong, and swallowed back the words that came to her lips.

If the captain can handle it, let the captain continue to negotiate.

Xiang Yong was very calm and did not rush because Sheng Du didn't want to release the task. Instead, he diverted the topic: "Actually, our senior brother and sister have just graduated from the school, and they have never walked the rivers and lakes before, so they don't know much about the deeds of Senior Sheng. But I met a few people in the rivers and lakes before, and in their conversations, they all seemed to have a lot of criticism for their predecessors?"