Before Xiao Dou Ding arrived, Chen Mo had entrusted her with a task, which was to find someone in Miaozhou.
A few days passed in a flash, Xiao Dou Ding returned, but she did not have anyone with her. Chen Mo could not help but feel curious. Meanwhile, this was an excellent opportunity to change the topic.
The little beanstalk with legs wrapped around Chen Mo's waist heard this and no longer looked pitiful. She jumped down from his waist with a laugh.
"Brother, I haven't forgotten the task you entrusted to me. I have brought the person back; they are not far from here. Just now, I saw a danger here, so I didn't bring her. Now I'll go fetch her."
After saying that, Xiao Dou Ding turned around and disappeared from the sight of everyone.
The person Chen Mo is looking for is known to all the others. However, they are curious about how beautiful this "beauty" who can employ the strategy of "beauty," the real beauty, actually is.
Long Fei Wu was the only one in the room who was unaware of the situation. She stared at Chen Mo puzzledly and asked, "Who is the person you are looking for?"
Without thinking, Chen Mo replied, "Beauty."
Long Fei Wu raised her eyebrows, "Are you so short on women?"
"You're thinking too much, it's not that I want this beauty. It's someone else who wants... someone who can help me accomplish great things."
Chen Mo shook his head and chuckled. He found a place to sit down casually, waiting for a moment, and saw Xiao Dou Ding leading the supposed "beauty" here.
Everyone rushed forward in unison to see the beauty's appearance, but as soon as they saw her, the disappointment was inevitable on their faces.
Sun Qian looked up and down at her, then dejectedly said, "Brother Chen, is this the beauty you were talking about? She doesn't seem particularly beautiful to me, and besides, she's..."
The beauty had messy hair, dirty clothes, and a chaotic black hair like a mess. Her eyes were glazed and lacked any expression. Her small face was dirty, but her facial features were decent. However, she was not particularly beautiful. This appearance was considered decent. However, because of Chen Mo's previous mention of the beauty, the crowd had high expectations for her.
But when they saw the real beauty and found their expectations unmet, they couldn't help but feel disappointed.
The woman was dressed in rough, tattered cloth, looking dirty and ragged like a beggar. She had numerous scars on her body, as if she had been tortured.
"Were you really looking for someone according to what I said?"
The appearance was roughly in line with what Chen Mo had imagined, but to ensure no mistakes, Chen Mo still needed to confirm it through Xiao Dou Ding, who nodded seriously.
"Brother, I found her exactly as you described. I was even afraid of making a mistake, so I checked several times before coming back."
"That's good. First, let's take her to take a bath, dress her up, and change into a new outfit."
"Oh."
Xiao Dou Ding nodded, holding the woman's hand with small fingers, and the latter followed her, looking like a child, dazed.
Long Fei Wu raised her eyebrows slightly, and her facial expression changed slightly, "I feel that there is something different about this woman. Is there a problem here?"
While speaking, Long Fei Wu pointed to her own head.
"There is indeed a problem, but it can still be cured..."
Hearing this, Su Kekan shook her head hurriedly, "I can only treat minor injuries. I can't treat this brain problem."
Chen Mo couldn't help but give her a disapproving look, "I know you're not reliable, and I never expected you to be able to cure it."
Hearing Chen Mo say that she was unreliable, Su Kekan got angry. She huffed coldly and went to cuddle with Sun Qian.
"Let Xiao Dou Ding bring the person here after washing him/her clean in the basement."
After giving instructions to Ning Xin and Li Yueyue, Chen Mo turned around and walked towards the basement.
Long Fei Wu had originally been busy with her work, but she came to check on Chen Mo's safety. Now that she encountered this situation, she couldn't help but feel curious and followed him to ask for clarification.
Yun Qiu Chu noticed the closeness between the two and immediately followed, intending to gain more secret knowledge that was unknown to others.
The basement is located beneath the granary of the courtyard, originally used for storing things in an underground cellar. However, as Chen Mo only temporarily stays here and doesn't have much to hide, it has been left unused. It is just right for detaining important individuals.
As they walked down the passage, Chen Mo picked up a fire charm and lit the nearby oil lamp. The dark cellar finally welcomed some rare brightness.
Miao Fei Yu's hands and feet were tightly bound and could not move at all. In fact, with his realm, just those two hemp ropes could not confine him. However, because Xiao Dou Ding had put a curse on him, his body was out of control and only one pair of eyes and one mouth on his whole body could move freely.
Seeing Chen Mo, who had not been seen for many days, appear in front of him again, Miao Fei Yu couldn't help but coldly laugh and said, "I've heard that you're keeping me locked up without killing me just so you can make me work for you? Ah, don't be naive, even if I die, die here, commit suicide and die a natural death, I won't listen to a word of yours."
Miao Fei Yu's attitude was arrogant. He had the arrogance to rely on his powerful curse.
The Heaven's Punishment was a top-tier power in the nine states. The strongest was at the second level, and most of the rest were between the third and second levels. And the fourth-level talent was only him, Miao Fei Yu.
This point is enough to show the strength of this man.
If it weren't for the fact that he encountered a man who was both an expert in witchcraft and strong, Xiao Dou Ding, perhaps no one in the entire Tianlong Empire could have subdued him.
Miao Fei Yu was very arrogant, but Chen Mo did not feel angry because of his arrogant attitude, but instead smiled slightly and said, "Have you heard of the true scent law?"
"What is the law of true scent?"
Miao Fei Yu was puzzled.
Chen Mo smiled slightly, without explaining, but instead asked smilingly, "I don't understand what benefits the Heaven's Punishment gave you that made you so loyal to them."
"Hmph, it's none of your business. You can kill me or do as you wish, but if you want me to do your bidding, that won't do. Just kill me directly."
As always, arrogant.
Long Fei Wu had enough of it and wanted to teach him a lesson by stepping forward. However, Chen Mo stopped her with an outstretched hand.
Chen Mo shook his head gently at Long Fei Wu, indicating that she should not act rashly, and then turned to look at Miao Fei Yu, "The reason you are so loyal to the Heaven's Punishment is not hard to guess. It's because they saved your life when you were on the brink of death, isn't it? They saved your life when you were about to die?"
Miao Fei Yu's face was filled with a terrified expression, and he stared at Chen Mo with eyes filled with surprise. He opened his mouth, but then closed it, saying nothing.
The oil light flickered, and the shadows in the cellar shook a few times in front of Miao Fei Yu. Chen Mo found a small stool to sit on and sat down, calmly staring at Miao Fei Yu and continuing, "In the remote Miaozhou, there was a man and woman who grew up together like young bamboo shoots without any secret feelings. Gradually, they developed mutual feelings for each other, secretly promised each other for life, and..."
Chen Mo spoke in a flat tone, telling a story slowly and methodically, but as he spoke, Miao Fei Yu's expression grew increasingly grim, and his scornful expression changed. "How do you know that..." he asked.
