Chapter 3 Who Is That?
The carriage entered the city through the city gate and entered Linshan City. The road surface became better and the carriage stopped bumping.
The sounds of pedestrians and warriors talking to each other, the shouts of hawkers, the charming voices of brothels and singers, and the laughter in restaurants... are endless.
Although it was noisy, it gave Chen Mo a familiar feeling.
There are always different smells wafting into the carriage, such as wine, rouge, gouache, street snacks, etc.
After entering the city, the speed of the carriage slowed down obviously, but the main road in Linshan City was also wide, so walking was not too slow.
Chen Mo rolled up the curtains of the carriage slightly.
Chen Mo leaned his arm on the horizontal window of the car frame and tapped his fingers on the horizontal window, "Bata, bah."
“There are a few interesting places.”
Chen Mo grinned. Others might not be able to see it, but with his years of experience (system), he could still probably see some of the strange things hidden in the shadows in the city.
"Sir, we're home."
"Younger, go stop the carriage first." Chen Sheng took down the low stool from the carriage frame and gave it to Chen Mo to step on.
Stepping on the low stool and getting out of the car, Chen Mo nodded and said, "Go ahead."
The door of Chen's house was open, and there were two guards guarding it. There was a white-haired old man with a stooped body at the door. He smiled at Chen Mo kindly and said, "The master is back."
"Master Fu, I'm back." Chen Mo hurriedly took two steps.
"The master is waiting for the young master in the study. I still have some things to do and I won't accompany the young master." Uncle Fu walked past Chen Mo with his hands behind his back.
"Well, be careful with Mr. Fu on the road."
Uncle Fu is the old housekeeper of the family, and he is also the old man who watched Chen Mo grow up.
As for strength, the threat level of the peak Black Snake is definitely considered a master in Linshan City.
Chen Mo didn't care what Master Fu was doing. The black snake at its peak could walk sideways in Linshan City without worrying about safety.
Along the way, there were many servants on the road, and they all greeted Chen Mo. Chen Mo looked like a good gentleman, with a faint smile on his face, hands behind his back, and a slight nod in response.
"The guards at home are not weak." Along the way, the guards saw a lot of them, most of them were threatening black insects, and there were two white snake masters among them.
The door to the study room was open, and Chen Mo walked in.
"Dad, I'm back."
"Uncle Zhao."
The middle-aged man standing behind Chen Mo's father had a slight smile on his stiff face and nodded towards Chen Mo.
"I'm back as soon as I'm back. I'm sitting there peacefully, making a lot of noise."
Chen Yansheng is already over fifty years old, but he is a warrior after all, so his face is not so weathered and he has the resources to take care of himself.
"I am cured?"
"Already healed."
After hearing Chen Mo's response, Chen Mo's father relaxed his slightly frowning brows.
Chen Mo smiled silently and sat peacefully on the seat on the side of the study hall.
"Please read your brother's letter."
"Oh, there's a letter from brother, let me take a look." Chen Mo's eyes lit up. He had just picked up the tea bowl, but before taking a sip, he put it down again and took the letter with interest.
His eldest brother Chen Chuan is an official in the capital.
As for why the Chen family still lives in this small Linshan City and has not moved to the capital, Chen Mo used to be indifferent, and Chen Mo still does so now.
Chen Mo read the words on the letter. As he looked at it, the happy expression disappeared, and his face became slightly filled with doubts and confusion, and even a bit of thinking.
His eldest brother first asked about his parents' well-being, and then showed concern for his studies and martial arts. He also talked about his situation there and some business matters so that the family did not have to worry. These trivial matters accounted for most of the article.
However, his eldest brother Chen Chuan asked his father to take the Chen family to move away, preferably to the capital. If not, at least leave Linshan City.
Chen Mo fell into thinking. Ten years in the real world, more than thirty years in the game, more than 20 large-scale epic events, and hundreds of Tianzi incidents.
And the least thing that can threaten the safety of a county is a place-character incident. There are many place-character incidents. No matter how good your memory is, you can't remember them all clearly.
Furthermore, there is no warning message, just to move out. The Chen family has deep roots in Linshan City, so it does not mean that they can move out just by moving.
"Is it the tide?"
Seeing Chen Mo thinking, Chen Yansheng did not interrupt his thoughts, and Uncle Zhao didn't know either. Not to mention that he was Chen Mo's personal bodyguard, he himself was mute.
"What does father think?" Chen Mo asked after returning the letter to his father.
"Our Chen family is also a first-class big family in Linshan City. Many official positions in the city also include people from the Chen family. When we go to the capital, we must re-establish our foundation."
"It doesn't mean that you can just move away."
Father Chen shook his head, "You don't need to worry about things at home. The most important thing is to ask you, do you want to become an official or learn martial arts?"
Chen Mo naturally wanted to answer Xuexue Wu, but his father had always hoped that he could become an official, and he also had a talent for reading. The most important thing was that after becoming an official, he could provide the family with the protection of the court.
"I haven't thought about this yet." Chen Mo replied perfunctorily.
"Forget it, this matter still depends on you. Your eldest brother is an official in the court and has gained a lot of qualifications in the past six years, but after all, he is weak and weak. To fight against a tiger, brothers are brothers, and father and son are soldiers."
Father Chen was silent for a moment as he spoke, then waved his hand as if to dismiss Chen Mo.
"Your mother always talks about you. I'll go see your mother when I get back."
Chen Mo agreed and left the study to visit his mother.
His mother was a great beauty, but the passage of time still left some traces on her face.
Chen Mo's appearance is more similar to that of his mother, and he looks very handsome, but his phoenix eyes were inherited from his father.
After saying hello, Chen Mo went back to his room, closed the door, spread out pen, ink, paper and inkstone and recorded some events in his mind using different words or numerical radicals.
The characters used in the Qianyuan Dynasty were obviously different from Chinese characters, but it would be troublesome if someone could decipher the Chinese characters, and Chen Mo did not have the habit of writing pictures of alien worlds.
After reciting it silently several times, Chen Mo threw what he had written into the brazier.
Chen Mo opened the door and said, "Chen Sheng, go out!"
"Okay, sir, would you like to prepare your horse?" Chen Sheng lives next door to him, and there are not many maids in the house, there are many pretty ones, but the old man is always worried that Chen Mo will be addicted to women, so he arranged for Chen Sheng to be a book boy.
"You don't need to prepare a horse, you just go out for a walk."
"Brother Mo, are you going out?" He met Chen Ying, the second daughter of his second uncle's family.
"Well, I haven't been back for a long time, so I went out for a walk." Chen Mo greeted with a smile.
"Is eldest sister back?"
"I came back half a month ago, and I was still talking about how I didn't meet Brother Mo."
The eldest daughter of the second uncle's family is very talented in martial arts. When she was a child, she was spotted by the elder of the inner sect of Shenxiufang who passed by Linshan City and was directly accepted as a disciple.
Of course, Chen Mo's qualifications are not bad, but Shenxiufang only recruits female disciples.
There is also the idea that Chen's father does not want Chen Mo to join the sect. Chen Yansheng still wants his youngest son to become an official. The two brothers help each other.
Fighting and killing are common in the arena and are very dangerous.
Furthermore, becoming an official does not mean that you cannot learn martial arts.
The imperial court encouraged martial arts, and even more invested in literati who came from the imperial examination. If you compare it to a metaphor, they are like disciples selected from different levels by a sect.
And everyone knows that becoming an official of the imperial court can gain the protection of the imperial fortune, and the advancement of martial arts is also rapid.
In Chen's father's view, the journey to becoming a Jinshi is simply a smooth ladder to heaven.
"Next time, I will personally apologize when eldest sister comes back." Chen Mo said with a smile.
"Brother Mo, it's okay to go out, but don't go to Jingyan Alley. It's said that people were killed and weirdos sneaked into the city. That place has been banned by the government."
"This incident has also alarmed the Sifang Envoys of Qingliang Division, but after a long search, there seems to be no news."
"Don't worry, I know what's appropriate." Chen Mo smiled and nodded.
"Brother Mo, remember to leave early and come back early. My little sister will leave first." Chen Ying nodded.
After leaving the gate of Chen Mansion, Chen Sheng asked, "Sir, it's already this hour and there's nothing to see in the city."
Walking on the nearby street, the sky was gradually getting dark, and the pedestrians were walking in a hurry.
"Chen Sheng, are you afraid?" Chen Mo asked with a smile, a pair of narrow red eyes with a hint of teasing.
"How is that possible, sir? It's just in the mansion, and my wife is still waiting for me to come home for dinner."
"Your mother?" Chen Mo paused in his steps, felt a cold sensation on his back, and his scalp suddenly became numb.
"Weren't you sold into my Chen family since you were a child? How could you have your mother in the house?"
"etc……."
"Sir, if there is no mother in my house, then...then who is the woman in my house that I remember?"
Chen Sheng's pupils shrank slightly and he said in horror.
"Could it be...
"Is it weird?" Chen Sheng asked tremblingly.
"No, maybe it's something else." Chen Mo's hair stood on end for a while. If there was something strange in the house, then the family members in the house would be in danger.
Chapter completed!