Mo Chen kept this picture.
For a while, I really couldn't see anything.
From Xiaodong's description, this place must have existed for a very long time. Such a place may be off the beaten track, unknown. Just like what Master said, only a few people survived the lost city in the Western Regions that nearly trapped them to death, so even if others got a picture of the lost city's terrain and orientation, they wouldn't know it was Where.
So I don't know where the place Xiaodong painted exists, but Mo Chen decided to find it.
It was getting dark outside, Xiaodong pushed open the door and felt a slight chill on his face.
He reached out to touch it, and the snow that had touched his skin had already turned into drops of water.
Xiaodong raised his head, in the dim sky, countless fine snows fluttered.
He didn't like Beifu City at all.
Not only because it's too cold and isolated from the world, but because of what happened here... People around me left one by one, died, got hurt, and left.
And City Lord Song.
His death came so suddenly, like heavy snowfall without warning, and the consequences were overwhelming.
The air was clean, and the cold seemed to freeze everything that could be frozen, except for the howling north wind. The breath of this cold snow even makes people feel a little sweet.
Jiang Fan hurried in from the outside, holding a prayer box.
When he saw Xiaodong, he stopped for a moment, and looked at him disapprovingly: "What are you doing standing here? Wait for the snow to soak your clothes."
"Are there any guests here?"
It's so late.
"It's just a post." Jiang Fan frowned, and it seemed that he was not very happy about the post.
"Where did it come from?"
Nearly half of the people gathered from all directions in Beifu City have left, and most of the remaining people... have other plans.
Yes.
Although the time spent in Beifu City was short, even Xiaodong had learned to be skeptical and prudent about every person who came to the door and every sudden incident.
"The City Lord's Mansion."
"ah?"
The City Lord's Mansion has no owner, who will post
Is it for the noisy pursuit of the real culprit and the election of a new city lord
Not only Xiaodong, even starting from Mo Chen, everyone disapproved of Li Fulin's meddling in the city lord's mansion.
It's not that I'm afraid of trouble, but that everyone thinks it's too dangerous.
What kind of person can kill City Lord Song with one blow? At that time, the place where Master stayed was so close to the place where Song City Lord died. What if that person also wanted to plot against Master? This is simply a brush with murderous intent.
After the death of City Lord Song, the City Lord's Mansion was in chaos. When he was alive, he could barely coordinate and subdue these people, but now that he died, none of these people would obey the other.
No one can sort out the bad debts, even if City Lord Song comes back to life now, he can't manage it anymore.
As an outsider, master, meddling in the affairs of the city lord's mansion, no matter what the result is, master will be thankless.
Jiang Fan raised the box in his hand: "The person who sent the post said that the new city lord has been elected, and tomorrow will be the official successor. Master is invited to watch the ceremony."
"What? You've been elected?" Xiaodong's voice suddenly rose in surprise: "Who is the new city lord?"
Jiang Fan shook his head: "I don't know, but it should be written on the post, I have to send it to Master quickly."
This is a big deal.
They live in Beifu City now, so the election of a new city lord in Beifu City is naturally a big event.
Xiaodong also went with Brother Jiang.
Li Fulin was talking to Ji Zhenzhen. When Jiang Fan and the others came in, he said hello to Ji Zhenzhen first, and then handed over the box.
However, to the surprise of the two apprentices, Li Fulin didn't seem to care much about this matter, and just said: "Understood, let it go."
Master seems indifferent to this matter
That's right, although Master used to have frequent contacts with Beifu City, it was aimed at City Lord Song. Now that the city lord is changed, the master probably won't go to the city lord's mansion in the future.
Li Fulin was always easy-going, so Jiang Fan asked his question in front of Master: "Then Master is going tomorrow?"
"I still have to go. By the way, go and tell your elder brother to prepare a congratulatory gift. You can't do this kind of thing empty-handed."
"Yes. Then... the ceremony should be more grand?"
Li Fulin put one hand on the box and cast a sideways glance at Jiang Fan: "Just whatever you want."
casual…
Jiang Fan resisted the urge to twitch the corner of his mouth, and passed on the master's original words to the elder brother.
As a result, Jiang Fan and Xiaodong found out that Mo Chen didn't take this matter seriously.
"Eldest brother?" Jiang Fan was very puzzled: "I don't know what kind of person this new city lord is? We still have to live in Beifu City. If we have a bad temper with the new city lord, then..."
Mo Chen looked back at them: "Go get a pot of tea."
Xiaodong hurriedly responded and went to run errands. When he came back, the elder brother had already chosen the congratulatory gift. The exquisite black wooden box contains a pair of white jade beauty vases.
For ordinary people, this is quite a good gift.
But in the place of cultivators, this kind of thing is useless, it is just a more beautiful decoration than porcelain vases and jars.
Big brother is thorough in doing things. This gift was chosen randomly, it was worthless, but it was beautiful.
It seems that the senior brother fully understood the meaning of the master's "casual" sentence, and did not pay attention to this matter at all, but he also protected the recipient's face.
Anyway, it was a beautiful gift.
When this congratulatory gift is tied with red silk, it will look even more energetic.
After packing up the gift, the three sat down to tea.
The atmosphere in the room was quite relaxed just now, and before Xiaodong came in, Jiang Fan was also laughing, saying that senior brother had chosen a good gift.
But when the door was closed and three cups of tea were poured, before anyone spoke, the atmosphere suddenly fell silent.
Xiaodong thought of Brother Jiang's birthday last year, when the atmosphere was much more lively than now.
But Chen Jingzhi rebelled against the sect, Senior Sister Linglong ran away, and now there are only three of them left as master's direct disciples.
It was Jiang Fan who broke the silence first, and his voice sounded quite relaxed.
"Eldest brother, why haven't you asked who the new city lord is? Master doesn't seem to care."
"It really doesn't matter." Mo Chen said: "The new city lord can only be someone who has a relationship with the city lord's mansion. I think it probably won't be the original disciple of Song City lord, but probably the direct line of some elder."
"Oh," Jiang Fan thought about it, and he was right. Although many people wanted to compete for the position of the city lord of Beifu City at the beginning, the death of the city lord Song was so silent that many people were scared away.
Now there are still rumors outside that City Lord Song actually died at the hands of their own people. Otherwise, why is the heavy defense of the City Lord's Mansion so empty? Do outsiders have such great ability? It must have been done by the people of the City Lord's Mansion in collusion with outsiders.
Thinking of this, many people also retreated.
There are many ways to become famous. It doesn't have to be in the den of jackals and risking death all the time. City Lord Song is a lesson from the past.
The people of the City Lord's Mansion are far more interested in internal fighting than in tracking down the murderer.
It's frustrating to think about it.
City Lord Song had a good reputation when he was alive, but he had no descendants and no apprentices, so most of his relatives and friends died earlier than him. Now that he died, as the saying goes, how many people would sincerely avenge him? Those who used to be short and affectionate to his city lord, Changcheng lord, who still remembers this former city lord
This made the "outsiders" like Huiliu Mountain feel cold.
Because Li Fulin was in the main city at that time, although he was cleared of the murder suspicion, he was also excluded from this matter.
"So, master is going to show his face tomorrow, and let's just go through the motions?"
"should be."
Jiang Fan said unhappily: "Then what are you going to do? Praise them? A group of ungrateful people, Master must be ashamed to be with them."
"Some scenes still have to be taken into consideration." Mo Chen said.
Nothing in this world is black and white.
Jiang Fan didn't go down the mountain much, and he had some dealings with people, but this kind of complicated and treacherous calculation was strange and disgusting to him.
If the master was alone, he would definitely not go to the city lord's mansion tomorrow. The character of the master is not the kind that would bow his head for power. But the master is burdened by so many disciples, he has to think about the sect. As Li Fulin, he can act rashly and stick to his heart. As the head of Li and a master, he had to deal with it against his will.
"It is said that the new official takes office three fires, and I don't know if the new city owner will do anything stupid after taking over."
Jiang Fan has never met the new city owner, and he doesn't even know his name, so he already has prejudices.
But the other two people here are completely helping relatives and not helping their relatives, and have no objection to his words.
"I think the city lord will definitely say that the first thing must be to avenge the city lord Song. Whether it is true or not, this gesture must be made."
"That's natural."
"Even if he has other plans, he won't be able to carry them out anytime soon. Will everyone in the city lord's mansion obey him? What he said has no prestige, and the city lord is just a false name. I think he's just trying to appease the internal strife It's going to take a long time."
Jiang Fan nodded, the big brother is right.
In other words, their lives should not be affected too much. Besides, they don't live in Beifu City forever, they always want to go back to their own sect.
However, although the three of them were talking about this matter, none of them saw the posted post.
The wording of the post is very polite, but there is a small flaw in the middle.
Please Li Zhenren and his wife go with you...
The expression on Li Fulin's face was a bit strange.
It seems that after repeated misunderstandings, the fact that he has a Taoist companion has been known to everyone, and it is a certainty.
"What's in the post?" Ji Zheng just asked.
Li Fulin closed the post, and said lightly: "I didn't say anything. The new city owner's surname is Li, and the superior said that I would invite you to watch the ceremony." (To be continued)