In the early morning, it was just dawn.

Li Mo rode the green bull and wandered into the city.

According to the rules, you need to pay thirty eldest sons to ride a horse in the capital. Of course, this is only the standard for ordinary horses to enter the city.

If it is a second-class horse, you need to pay forty-five coins.

A first-class horse is worth sixty coins.

If it is a good exotic horse from the Western Regions, two hundred gold coins will be required.

At the foot of the emperor, the real dragon's residence, even transportation costs are much more expensive than outside. In addition to entering and exiting, all horses need to register at the [Law Department] and receive a license plate.

If there is a festival, horses on the road will be required to have their numbers restricted.

These rules were decreed by His Majesty Shenzong, so it is not easy to own a decent mount in the capital.

Fortunately, except for horses, other mounts do not have such strict supervision.

Just like riding a donkey into the city, you only need to pay fifteen lords.

But to ride a bull into the city, you only need to pay five daizi, which is the price of two meat buns.

"Sir, how can you ride a bull with your status?"

As soon as he arrived at the entrance of Xuantian Pavilion, Li Mo met Chen Wangdu. The latter looked at Li Mo in surprise and couldn't help showing a strange expression.

You know, Li Mo entered the Xuantian Pavilion as the leader of the new list. As soon as he entered the pavilion, he was awarded the position of "Titong Dusi", ranking twelfth rank.

Now Li Mo has even taken the position of [Hongmen Governor-General], ranking tenth in rank.

With this kind of status, you can definitely buy a good exotic horse from the Western Regions.

In the capital horse market, as long as you don't play around with bloodlines, the average exotic horse from the Western Regions only costs five to six thousand taels of silver.

Five or six thousand taels of silver may be an astronomical figure to ordinary people, but to Li Mo now, it seems to be nothing.

No matter how bad things were, with Li Mo's official position, he could still apply for a mount from the tavern, and at last he would be assigned a second-class horse, and even the monthly fodder fee would be reimbursed.

"Sir, it's not that you are arrogant because of your humble position. Your current status is no small matter. How can such an animal be worthy of carrying such a noble body like yours?"

Chen Wangdu is worthy of being the old man of Xuantian Pavilion. He is very comfortable to listen to when he blames his superiors.

While speaking, Chen Wangdu glanced at the green bull casually, and the hair on his face seemed to be complaining that Li Mo was not worth it.

How could such a beast that eats earth and eats grass be worthy of Li Mo's status?

Moo...

At this moment, the green bull seemed to sense Chen Wangdu's contempt, and actually raised its head and let out a dull cry.

"You beast, are you still not convinced?" Chen Wangdu glared fiercely, raised his hand and hit his head with a blow.

The green cow's eyes almost popped out of its sockets, and the shadow of Chen Wangdu was reflected in its bloodshot eyes. It seemed that if Li Mo hadn't been sitting on it, it would have eaten someone.

"Well, I have been honest all my life, so I don't care about these things..."

Li Mo waved his hand: "By the way, go back and discount all the fodder fees, carriage and horse fees, and send them to my house..."

"My subordinates understand." King Chen understood the situation and turned around to lead the way.

"Old guy, just wait for me."

At this moment, a moderate sound suddenly sounded.

Chen Wangdu was stunned for a moment, stopped suddenly, and turned around subconsciously.

"Sir, what did you just say?"

"I didn't say anything." Li Mo touched Qing Niu's head and said calmly.

"What's wrong?"

"Maybe my subordinates misunderstood."

Chen Wangdu shook his head and led Li Mo into Xuantian Pavilion.

As soon as he entered the door, Li Mo saw a fleet of vehicles transporting a large amount of wood and stone.

"Is there going to be any major construction work in the museum soon?" Li Mo asked casually.

"That's not the case... I heard that last night, the side hall of [Zangbing Palace] was struck by lightning, and the fire burned for more than half an hour before it was put out... This should be the stone and wood transferred from [Jiang Zaofu].

Used for repair purposes.”

Chen Wangdu whispered.

He is an old man from Xuantian Pavilion. He has been working on the grassroots frontline for more than 20 years, but he has many contacts.

When it comes to the way of intelligence, it is not inferior to Feng Wannian, especially regarding the major and minor affairs in the entrance hall.

"Hidden Arms Hall? Isn't that the [Army Master]'s dojo?" Li Mo stood up and became more energetic: "There's something a little strange..."

Will Xuantian Qijue's dojo be struck by lightning? And a side hall will be burned down?

"Who says it's not? I don't know if it was a natural disaster or a man-made disaster. I heard that the museum has launched an internal investigation." Chen Wangdu said in a low voice.

"Could it be a man-made disaster? It's unlikely. Who is so bold as to burn down the [Soldier Master]'s dojo?" Li Mo couldn't help but ask.

"It's hard to say... Your Excellency should also know that it's the end of the year, but it's the time when the Guixu demons are at their most rampant..."

After saying this, Chen Wangdu stopped talking. He looked around and saw no one was around, so he whispered: "As far as I know, there must be a spy planted by Guixu in the hall."

Li Mo heard the words, but remained silent.

He did know a little bit about this situation. When the Xuantian Pavilion was founded, there were only four sects of Heaven and Earth, Xuanling, and they were mainly responsible for the research of [Xuantian Tao Seed].

But later, the court discovered that there were Guixu masters who had gradually infiltrated into the Xuantian Pavilion, and some had even climbed to important positions.

It was against this background that Hongmen came into being.

At first, Hongmen was just a temporary yamen formed by transferring experts from the four gates, which was mainly responsible for guarding the Guixu secret agents stationed in Xuantian Pavilion.

Later, Hongmen gradually grew and became a yamen that integrated force, espionage, intelligence and other functions to specifically fight against Guixu.

Therefore, Guixu has a long history of planting spies.

At the beginning, during the selection and assessment of Xuantian Pavilion, Wu Xiang from Tianchan Mountain was a chess piece of Guixu.

In addition, Han Jingfei, the new leader of the previous session, also received training from Guixu.

Therefore, Li Mo was not surprised that there were people who had returned to the ruins in the Xuantian Pavilion, but the only thing he was surprised about was why such people would risk exposure to burn down the main military dojo, and also burn down an insignificant monastery.

I can't understand it at all.

"Those monsters in Guixu are just a bunch of lunatics, maybe they just want to create panic and show off their power." Chen Wangdu said casually.

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Li Mo couldn't help but sigh, if this thing was really done by the Guixu demon, it would be too rampant. They even went to the Xuantian Pavilion to set fire to it. It was simply lawless.

After entering Hongmen, Chen Wangdu placed Li Mo's green ox in place and brought him tea that had been brewed and today's capital tabloids.

Being so considerate and thoughtful made Li Mo feel a little bit sorry.

After all, Chen Wangdu can be regarded as his senior and leader.

At the beginning, he was the one who presided over the Xuantian Pavilion assessment in Longyuan Mansion. Later, in Wangxuan City and after entering Beijing, Chen Wangdu gave Li Mo a lot of care.

"Old Chen, from now on you can just let the people below do these things." Li Mo said softly.

"It is my blessing to be able to serve you."

Chen Wangdu spoke softly, saying this was not a compliment, but came from the bottom of his heart.

He entered the Xuantian Pavilion when he was young and worked hard at the grassroots level for more than 20 years before he was able to cultivate the spirit breath and step into the [First Miao Realm], ranking thirteenth in the official ranks.

There are not a few ordinary old people like Chen Wangdu who have exhausted their potential in Xuantian Pavilion.

In the eyes of many people, they are the so-called cannon fodder, and there are even fewer who can actually survive to retire.

In fact, it is difficult for most of them to wait until that day. After all, the front lines at the grassroots level are the most dangerous, not to mention that these people have been left with large and small injuries for a long time.

Because of this, when Chen Wangdu presided over the Xuantian Pavilion assessment, he was sent to a remote place like Longyuan Mansion.

Originally, through this job, if I could discover one or two good seedlings and do some dredging and management myself, I might be able to be transferred to do some easy and safe logistics work.

In this way, Chen Wangdu can wait for retirement with peace of mind.

He knew very well that as an ordinary person, he could only do this in his life.

Although everyone once had a dream when they were young, thinking that they are the protagonists of this world, and that one day they will be famous and known all over the world.

But one day, reality will eventually teach them that most of all living beings are just mortals. They are not the protagonists. Their destination is to be inactive and disappear into the dust.

Faced with this reality, safety has become their last hope.

"It might be nice to be able to retire safely."

This has been Chen Wangdu's wish for a long time, even though there is a lot of unwillingness and helplessness hidden in this hope...

Until he met Li Mo, this young man actually brought some light to his ordinary and slightly gloomy life.

Less than three months after becoming Li Mo's subordinate, Chen Wangdu, who had already had no hope of promotion, actually took a step forward and was promoted to [Shaofu Lieutenant], an official to the twelfth rank.

You know, it was ten years ago that Chen Wangdu was last promoted.

A promotion to an official position brings not only glory and status, but also earth-shaking changes in life.
To be continued...