The county commander surnamed Wu did not hesitate, and immediately replied after hearing Chen Mo's question, completely with the attitude of only the city lord.

"There are more than 15,000 city guards in the entire Phantom Moon City, including 5,000 in the main city, 2,000 in each of the three towns, and the rest are distributed in hundreds of villages. ”

"Well, got it. After listening to Wu County's words, Chen Mo didn't say anything. Wu Xian Ling didn't have any other emotions, and stood in his position after a respectful salute, with a serious expression and bright eyes, listening carefully to every decision made by the city lord.

Next, the others reported the big and small things in Phantom Moon City one by one, and Chen Mo had a headache when he heard it.

Except for the army, money and food, the others Chen Mo didn't care very much. As long as he holds the army in his hands, plus the money that Chen Chong is in charge of, Phantom Moon City is equivalent to being completely controlled by him.

Yes, he waved his hand impatiently to interrupt one of them's report, and Chen Mo spoke: "Just do your duty and do things according to the rules, and I won't interfere." You each go and do things, and the second uncle will stay for a while. ”

More than a dozen mermaids rushed out, and after walking out of the city lord's mansion, Wu Xian Ling approached Hong Xuyan and said: "Su asked Hong Duwei for good wine, I recently got a jar of good wine, why don't you go and sit with me!"

Hong Xuyan's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "Haha, you can't miss good wine, so bother." ”

"Please!"

"Please!"

The two of them, who had never been at odds, left in a laughing and chatter, and the people at the gate of the city lord's mansion were puzzled. I thought when did the relationship between the two of them become so good, didn't they scold when they met before?

Chen Mo didn't care about the departure of the two, and the two of them were talking about the army at this time.

Chen Mo asked directly: "Second uncle, tell me a detailed description of the army." ”

"Alas!" Speaking of the army, Chen Chong couldn't help but sigh. "Hong Yanxu is a member of the Hong family and controls half of the army. Wu County Commander is a member of the Wu family, in addition to the city guards of more than 15,000 people, there are also two layers of troops under their control. The rest are controlled by various forces except for the Huwei Battalion, and the relationship between them is complicated and difficult to understand. ”

"Oh!" Chen Mo said in surprise: "That is to say, my city lord does not have a single soldier in his hands except for the Huwei battalion!"

The Huwei Camp was founded by Chen Chong, and it belonged to the power of the Chen family, and now it can also be said to be his Chen Mo's power. In this way, this Phantom Moon City Lord didn't even have any power that belonged to the City Lord alone.

Suddenly thinking of his predecessor, he asked, "Then the same is true of the city lord before me?"

"Hehe!" Chen Chong smiled when he heard this: "That city lord is far worse than you, he has not done anything during his ten years in office, and he can't do anything." ”

Also, the army is controlled by various forces, the money and personnel are also held by Chen Chong, the city guards are controlled by the Wu County Order, and the other rights also have owners, and there is really nothing the city lord can do.

Looking at Chen Mo again, not to mention Huweiying, Chen Chong alone can make Chen Mo ten times stronger than his predecessor.

After learning about the situation in the army, Chen Mo continued to ask, "There are still two months before the New Year, why is there only 500,000 taels left?" He was a little suspicious that Chen Chong was secretly corrupt, to know Chen Chong's location, if you want to be corrupt, don't be too simple.

Facing Chen Mo's skeptical gaze, Chen Chong smiled bitterly: "Don't look at me like this, our Chen family is rich, very rich, I don't need to do anything about it." The main reason is that half a year ago, a wave of sand thieves suddenly appeared in the vast desert in the west, burning, killing, looting and doing all kinds of evil.

More than two dozen villages were destroyed, and even the town of Aoki was infiltrated and destroyed by them. In just six months, thousands of people died, countless families were killed, and various facilities were damaged. All this money was used to help the people, and the restoration facilities were consumed. ”

Chen Mo was puzzled and asked, "The 200,000 army can't exterminate a group of bandits and robbers?"

Chen Chong shook his head: "This group of sand thieves is ruthless and secretive, and we can't find their traces." Finally got a clue, and when the army was dispatched, they disappeared again. Ying'er accidentally found traces of the sand thieves yesterday, and took the Huwei camp to hunt them down before dawn today. ”

"Well, that's good, with Brother Ying's strength and wisdom, just a few sand thieves don't have to worry about it. "Chen Mo is very clear about Chen Ying's ability, and it is just a matter of not finding the clues of the sand thieves, since he has found the traces, there is no reason to miss.

"Yes, this scourge has finally been removed. Chen Chong also agreed with Chen Mo's words, with Chen Ying's innate and backward strength, each of the Huwei Camp had cultivated its internal strength. The first strong army of Phantom Moon, chasing a group of sand thieves, is it not easy to capture?

At this time, Fenghua walked quickly from outside, and without waiting for Chen Mo to ask, he spoke directly: "Someone from the family said that Chen Ying was seriously injured. ”

Chen Mo's faces changed drastically, and they immediately got up and rushed to Chen's mansion.

......

West of the city, the backyard of the county government.

"The Chen family is already powerful, and now there is another city lord Chen Mo, I'm afraid our life will not be easy in the future!"

"Hmph!" Hearing Wu County's order mention Chen Mo, Hong Xuyan was still worried about Chen Mo's ignorance of his own affairs before. "What is the ability of the yellow-haired child, although he is the son of a general, but I see that his internal strength is scarce today, and he has not even made a breakthrough in his congenitals, so it can be seen that he is just a gentleman. ”

Wu County made me disagree: "Even if Chen Mo has no ability, he has the support of the Chen family behind him." Wu has Chen Ying's Huwei Battalion, and Wen has Chen Chong, the main book. Coupled with the righteousness of the position of the city lord, their energy cannot be underestimated!"

Hong Xuyan smiled disdainfully: "His Chen family was originally just an ordinary family, and it only grew by relying on the power of the general." Now that the general is dead, if there is another accident in the Huwei battalion, only one Chen Chong will not be able to turn over any storms at all. ”

Wu Xianling's heart moved, and he asked, "What is General Hong's clever plan?"

Hong Xuyan shrugged: "I don't have any clever plan." After saying that, he drank by himself, and muttered, "It's almost time to calculate." ”

A sound of footsteps sounded, and Wu Xianling turned his head and saw that it was his housekeeper. I know that the butler is not an indiscriminate person, but he is waiting for the other party to speak.

The housekeeper walked up to the two of them and looked at Wu Xianling, looked at Hong Xuyan, and did not speak.

Seeing this, Wu Xianling asked, "But it's a family matter?"

The butler who received the hint no longer hesitated and said, "Chen Ying is seriously injured, and there are only more than 1,000 people left in the Huwei camp. ”

Wu Xianling's heart was shocked, his small eyes narrowed into a slit, and he secretly looked at Hong Xuyan, and the corners of the other party's mouth seemed to explain something.

Waving his hand to let the housekeeper retreat, Wu Xian Ling picked up his wine glass and said to Hong Xuyan: "General Hong is amazing!

Hong Xuyan pretended not to know: "What does Wu Xianling mean, what am I so good at? Hey, drinking, how can such a good wine be wasted, dry!"

The county government pushed the cup and changed the lamp, and laughter came out from time to time. On the contrary, the atmosphere in Chen's house was very depressing.

"What's going on?"

Looking at Chen Ying, who was covered in a white cloth and gradually stained red with blood, lying on the bed, Chen Mo asked in shock.

"Ahem!" Chen Ying, who had already woken up, coughed a few times and said with difficulty: "We were ambushed, the other party had already prepared, there were more than 1,000 people in that group of sand thieves, including ten innate masters, and a strong grandmaster to lead. ”

"What?"

In addition to Chen Ying on the bed, there were only three people in the room, Chen Xianhai, Chen Mo and Chen Chong, who were all incredulous.

Wherever the grandmaster is strong, he will be entertained with good wine and food, even the emperors of various countries will desperately win over, how can anyone be a robber and bandit?

Not to mention that there are ten innate masters, and this force is equivalent to one-third of the force of a normal city. No matter where you go, you will be co-opted by those in power with endless wealth, and you can't be a robber or bandit.

"I think there's something wrong with this, as if it's specifically targeting my Tiger Camp. Ahem, ahem, ahem......" Chen Ying coughed as soon as he finished speaking.

Chen Xianhai hurriedly stepped forward to input internal force into Chen Ying's body, and after the situation stabilized, he said, "You have a good rest first, and the rest will wait until you are better." ”

"Hmm!"

Chen Xianhai motioned for Chen Mo and the two to follow him out.

The three of them followed Chen Xianhai to the study without saying a word. Chen Chong was the first to speak: "The sand thieves that no one can find have been discovered by Ying'er, and the other party's strength is so strong that there is no need to ambush at all, and no one knows the origin of this sand thief." Now that Ying'er has returned with a serious injury, and most of the Huwei camp has been lost, no matter how you look at it, there is a strange feeling. ”

Chen Xianhai also said: "Ying'er only had one breath when she came back, if it weren't for the fact that there was still a 3,000-year-old ginseng at home, I'm afraid it would be ......."

"Conspiracy, conspiracy against my Chen family!" Chen Mo said decisively.

Chen Xianhai said solemnly: "That's right, this is a conspiracy against my Chen family. I just don't know who did it?

Alas, my Chen family rose by virtue of Brother Hong's prestige, and I don't know how many people I offended during this period, but because of Brother Hong's strength, no one dared to jump out to find trouble. Now, Brother Hong is gone, Xiao Mo has become the city lord again, and some people can't help it. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Xianhai's eyes turned cold, and he said coldly: "My Chen family is not a soft persimmon, since you dare to provoke us, you must be prepared to be counterattacked by us." Be careful in the future, I'm afraid that some people don't play according to the rules. ”

Chen Mo and the two nodded yes.

The two of them discussed for a long time before the two walked out of the study.

Thinking of Chen Ying's injury, Chen Mo was also extremely angry in his heart. said to Chen Chong: "Second uncle, I won't live at home tonight, the city lord's mansion Fenghua brother has already cleaned up." You tell the patriarch, I'll go to the backyard to see my grandfather. ”

Chen Chong nodded: "It's okay, but you have to pay attention to safety." ”

"I will!"

Then Chen Mo went to the old man to chat for a while and comfort the old man.

First the City Lord's Mansion, then Chen Ying's matter, and discussed in the study for a long time, and after coming out of the old man, the sky was already a little dark. Chen Mo, who had not eaten all this time, did not feel hungry at this time, maybe he had something in his heart and forgot about hunger.

In a hurry, he would go to the backyard of the City Lord's Mansion, and after telling him not to disturb himself, he went directly into the bedroom and closed the door tightly.

The conspiracy against the Chen family has begun, how can Chen Mo stand idly by!

Death, it's time for you to show your glory!