Comprehension second product Zhao Xiaomeng

Chapter 72 Birth Lower
On the spaceship, Zhao Xiaomeng sat down cross-legged not too far away from the few people, and Yulin Daoist sat beside Zhao Xiaomeng, pointing to a slightly fat Jindan late-stage monk among the other two male cultivators and said: "Little Meng, this is the real person Liyue from the main peak."

"Senior Brother Li Yue!"

"Junior Sister Zhao!"

The two greeted each other.

Pointing to another male cultivator with a strong figure, he said, "This is Wang Zhixiang, an inner disciple."

"Senior Brother Wang!"

"Junior Sister Zhao!"

Finally, Master Yulin pointed to the female cultivator and said, "This is Xie Qingqing, an inner sect disciple. She has always been straight-tempered and outspoken. Don't take offense to Xiaomeng!"

Xie Qingqing snorted at Master Yulin, but did not embarrass Zhao Xiaomeng anymore.

"Junior Sister Zhao, you came in a hurry and don't know the content of this mission yet, so let me briefly tell you!"

"Two months ago, the elders of the sect found in the city newspaper of Pingliang City that the birth rate of babies under the jurisdiction of Pingliang City was decreasing year by year! You know, the development of the sect relies on resources first, and disciples with excellent qualifications. It is extremely difficult for monks to have successors. Therefore, the school attaches great importance to the birth rate of ordinary people under its jurisdiction, so it sent its disciples to Pingliang City to inquire. The city lord of Pingliang sent people to Guguan Town, where the birth rate is the lowest, to check, and the disciples of the school followed. Unexpectedly, the whereabouts of ten people in the group have been unknown since then! The city lord feels that this matter If there is something wrong, report it to the Zongmen. The Zongmen sent us here just to help, and the Pingliang City Council also has Zhenjun Yuanying to take charge of this matter."

"Thank you, brother, for clarifying the confusion!"

The context of the matter is very clear. The Taoist partner of the city lord of Pingliang City is weak and needs to repay the pill. The city lord was busy with this matter and neglected the management of Pingliang City. He did not pay attention to the decline in the birth rate of babies in Guguan Town under his jurisdiction. He went to check, but turned in a few disciples.In order to make up for his mistakes, the city lord plans to send Zhenjun Yuanying to check this time!
And the few of us don't need to contribute, just watch from the sidelines.

But, why does the head want her to come?
For that mine?

Zhao Xiaomeng didn't know much about this matter, so she didn't think much about it, and closed her eyes to deduce the seal of overturning the sky.

Half a day later, several people arrived in Pingliang City.

The city lord didn't treat them badly because they were only Jindan Daoist, but he just showed his face and left in a hurry, leaving a Nascent Soul cultivator to entertain them.

The Yuanying monk named Xue Zhong, originally a casual cultivator, was recruited by the city lord because he was cautious, and became his right and left hand, managing everything in the city on his behalf.Xue Chong is a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, over 800 years old. If there is no accident, it is impossible to advance to an out-of-body monk in this life, so he puts all his energy on managing Pingliang City.It's just that he was born as a casual cultivator, so he doesn't pay special attention to some things, such as the birth rate of mortals.Therefore, he was at a loss as to the sect's accountability this time.

After the city lord left, he took twenty city soldiers and led Zhao Xiaomeng and six people to Guguan Town.

He knew more details than the real person in Yulin: "Guguan Town is a relatively prosperous town under the jurisdiction of Pingliang City, with a population of hundreds of thousands. Normally, five or six thousand babies are born every year, but the number of babies born has been decreasing for several years. , especially last year, less than a thousand children were born! This difference is not obvious in the whole Pingliang City, but it is strange just looking at Guguan Town!"

Xue Zhong said angrily: "The city lord trusted me and handed over Pingliang City to me to manage, but I didn't notice such an obvious change. I was negligent!"

The five people were silent and did not speak, what did they say?Say that the city lord of Pingliang City serves as a vegetarian meal for the city lord's corpse?Or tell Xue Zhong that it's your fault!

But Zhao Xiaomeng asked: "Senior Xue reports the city newspaper of the sect every year, has the city master ever read it?"

This question was too straightforward, and the four Jindan male cultivators couldn't help but look at Xue Zhong's face.

Xue Zhong replied with a good temper: "Before I send it to the sect, I will send the city report to the city master for review first, and then send it to the sect the next day. If the city master thinks there is something wrong with the city report, he will mark it out. "

Zhao Xiaomeng didn't speak again.

Several people understood in their hearts that the city lord must have not marked the matter so far, otherwise it would not be the sect who noticed something was wrong, but the city lord reported it.

The Lord of Pingliang cannot absolve himself of the blame for this matter.

Guguan Town.

The mayor had already received the news of Xue Zhongzhong's arrival, and had prepared the files of all unborn babies in the past ten years, and entered them into a piece of jade slip.

Several people read the jade slips one after another.

Xue Chong said: "Chenjia Village has the most stillborn babies, let's go there first!"

Several people have no objection.

When leaving, Zhao Xiaomeng was the last one and asked the mayor, "Excuse me, do you have any records of babies born last year?"

The mayor pondered for a while and said: "Yes! I need to check the household registration."

"Well, I'll come and see you later!"

The mayor is only building a foundation, so how dare he work? Zhao Xiaomeng returned, and hurriedly said: "After I sort out the files, I will send them to Chenjia Village. Seniors don't need to make another trip!"

"Thank you!" After Zhao Xiaomeng saluted, he turned and chased Xue Zhong and the others.

"Did Junior Sister Zhao discover anything?" Master Yulin asked curiously.

"I asked the mayor to prepare a file for the baby born last year, and he said he would send it to us later." Zhao Xiaomeng didn't hide anything.

"Junior Sister, be careful!" Master Yulin said.

"I'm afraid it's not very useful." Xie Qingqing said lightly.

"I don't know what advice Senior Sister Xie has." Zhao Xiaomeng smiled.

Xie Qingqing still said calmly: "Of course you will know when you arrive in Chenjiacun!"

More than [-] people arrived at Chenjia Village, and the village chief Chen Zhu who received the news was already at the entrance of the village.

Seeing the crowd, he hurried forward to salute, and without waiting for Xue Zhong to ask questions, he explained the whole story in detail: "There are more than 500 villagers in my Chenjia Village, and dozens of children are born every year. But only twelve children survived, I saw that something was wrong, and was about to talk about it with the mayor, but I didn’t expect that the sect had already come to investigate, so I told the matter to the fairy master who came before.”

"They searched the village for a few days, and finally they planned to go to Houshan to ask Dashan's daughter-in-law Lanhua, who had just turned one year old, but after going there, she never came back! I took someone to ask Lanhua, and Lanhua said that the fairy teacher asked After that, she left, and she didn't know where the immortal master went."

"You stay here and ask about the situation of those stillborn babies. Let's go to the back mountain!" Xue Zhong left twenty guards behind, and flew to the back mountain with the rest of the guards.

After a while, they found a wooden house in the dense forest.

A young woman with a child was sitting outside the cabin, and an older woman was handling a pheasant not far away.

The young woman has a strong figure, but her face is sallow and her expression is miserable.

"You are an orchid!"

When the young woman heard someone calling her, she stood up hastily, and when she saw a few people falling from the sky, her face showed a look of shock, but she was still calm.

Zhao Xiaomeng believes that she must have seen the disciples who came before.

She hugged the child and wanted to salute, but was supported by Master Li Jiang: "There is no need to be too polite."

The old woman knelt on the ground and was helped up by Master Yulin.

Xue Chong glanced at the wooden house: "Where is your husband?"

The young woman's eyes were moist: "Last year when he went hunting in Dashan, he accidentally fell off the cliff."

Xue Zhong was silent.

The old woman covered her face and wept.

Zhao Xiaomeng handed over a handkerchief, and the old woman knelt down to thank her again, but Zhao Xiaomeng held her up. Perhaps her movements were too violent, and the string of bells on her body kept shaking.

(End of this chapter)