C109

Fragrant as usual

Mo Qu silently looked at Tang Ming and Tang Rou'er who were warmly welcomed. He didn't understand what he wanted Tang Rou to say to make him and her smell like this, but she really did.

"Who is she?" Tang Ning, covered in fox fur, stared at the ink.

"Hello Madam, my name is Mo Chao." Mo Qu had always been gentle to women. Before Tang Rou and Tang Ming could speak, he had already spoken.

"Duke Yan, Gu Meichang?" Tang Ning immediately thought of Mo Qu's identity. As for Mo Qu's arrival, she did not welcome him at all.

Tang Ning and Chun Feng had grown up together, and was also one of the childhood friends of Chun Chun Feng. Naturally, he didn't have much love for Mo Qu.

Even though she had little contact with her friends, this did not mean that Downing would be less displeased with Mo Chao.

"Auntie, do you know anything about it?" Tang Rou'er pursed her lips and realized that Tang Ning's expression didn't seem to be very good. Tang Ning quickly changed the topic, "Aunt, I want to eat the fish peony and the fish peony cooked by Uncle Wen!"

Sure enough, Tang Ning's attention was completely diverted by Tang Rou'er. His gaze fell on the coquettish Tang Rou. "Greedy Cat …"

"Haha …" Regarding Tang Ning's words, Tang Rou'er tried to muddle through with a silly smile.

Thankfully, Tang Ning did not really plan to say anything to Tang Rou'er. Instead, he turned his head to look at the silent Servant Zheng who did not have the slightest feeling of presence behind Tang Rou: "Arrange the arrangements for the young miss and this Miss Mo Zhuo, I still have things to do."

"Yes." Servant Zheng did not speak. The word 'slave' in his name indicated that he did not have any rights.

Servant Zheng looked at Tang Ning and silently lowered his head.

Tang Ning did not take Servant Zheng's gaze to heart and directly said to Tang Ming: "Ming'er, come with me to the study room."

Although Tang Rou'er was curious as to why Tang Ning called Tang Ming to the study room, Tang Rou was smart enough to not ask. Instead, she pulled Mo Ning and obediently left with Servant Zheng.

As soon as they arrived at the study, Tang Ning went straight to the point. "What do you want to know about the Gate of Hell?"

"What does aunt know?" Tang Ming did not directly ask himself a question, but instead asked a question back to Tang Ning.

Tang Ning looked at Tang Ming and let out a long sigh, "Why do you think the Ghost sect is called the Ghost sect?"

"Isn't it because no one who has been targeted by the Ghost sect will be able to survive?" Tang Ming didn't know why Tang Ning suddenly mentioned the matter of the Ghost sect's name, but he still voiced his opinion.

"No." Tang Ning looked out the window and said, "Because the gates of hell are full of orphans who managed to escape with their lives. For example, the current Lord of the Underworld, Mo Qu, the little girl you brought back, she's the descendant of the Gu family."

Tang Ming: "…"

So...

"In the ghost sect, the most fearless are all in Nether City. Unlike the rest of the ghost sect, they are all filled with the will to die, and they all share a common trait, their families were massacred by the Gu clan from the East." Tang Ning looked at Tang Ming with a smile that wasn't a smile, "Speaking of which, the previous City Lord was even supported by me."

The child called Hu Qi was filled with hatred just like her, and Tang Ning had connections that no one could even imagine. These connections, along with Hu Qi, were indeed good seedlings, so the Ghost sect had completely become Tang Ning's tool of revenge.

Of course, they were also willing to be used by Tang Ning. In order to avenge their family, they didn't even care about their lives, so how could they care about Tang Ning?

Tang Ning remembered that on the second day after the Eastern Gu Clan was completely exterminated, there were many people hanged themselves in their own houses. Tang Ning and Hu Qi did not say anything, but just ordered people to send those people back to where their families were buried.

To sleep with their families was probably their last wish.

Afterwards, Tang Ning had left the Ghost sect and completely lost contact with the sect. Tang Ning had also heard that Hu Qi had brought the remaining people to establish Nether City.

Tang Ning understood what they meant. He probably hoped that the souls of their family members would also be with them in this city.

Nether City, where the dead stayed. Those who didn't hang themselves due to various reasons probably wished that they could end their own lives like their old friends.

Death was the last gift that this world bestowed upon them.

After hearing Tang Ning's story, Tang Ming was silent for a while. He didn't think that the Ghost sect would have such an end.

"The main force of the Ghost sect now is from back then, but they are still young. Although they are the same as Hu Qi and have deep hatred for the Eastern Gu tribe, they are not as crazy as Hu Qi and co. and in the future, the Ghost sect will completely become an assassination organization." Tang Ning looked at the branches outside that had been crushed by the thick snow as he spoke faintly.

"Then aunty and Hu Qi …" Tang Ming thought about it for a moment. In the end, he decided not to ask the question in his heart: "How is Hu Qi like?"

Tang Ning knew that Tang Ming wanted to ask him how his relationship with Hu Qi was. Although Tang Ming could indeed help contact Hu Qi if he asked, that would be meaningless to Tang Ming.

If he wanted to depend on relationships for everything, no matter how outstanding Tang Ming was, Tang Ning always felt that Tang Ming would be ruined if he continued like this.

If a person didn't experience trials and hardships, no matter how gifted he was, it would be useless.

Sometimes, it was a good thing to use relationships to settle things, but sometimes it was a bad thing, so Tang Ning didn't want Tang Ming to become reliant on it.

"Hu Qi, I haven't seen you in a long time." "Actually, I had always thought that he would choose to hang himself, but I didn't know why he was still alive."

"He was a total lunatic. He could have done anything to get revenge." Tang Ning looked at Tang Ming. "So I don't have much information to tell you. After all, people can change."

Tang Ming was silent for a moment, then said, "Nephew understands, sorry to disturb aunt."

Children these days still needed to be tempered.

If it was Su Ziyue, how could he let others see through him so easily?

Thinking of this, Tang Ning couldn't help but be startled.

Why, did she think of Su Ziyue again?

However, when he thought of Su Ziyue, he couldn't help but think of Su Rong. The child that he had abandoned was now fifteen years old.

It was very similar to Su Ziyue when she was young, calm and self-contained.

"If there's nothing else, nephew will be leaving first." Tang Ming saw that Tang Ning was lost in his own thoughts and didn't disturb him again.

Tang Ning nodded. He knew that his current situation wasn't suitable for him to chat with Tang Ming, so he directly asked him to leave.

The snow outside was getting thicker and thicker. Tang Ming suddenly felt very lucky that he wasn't born in that chaotic world. Even if he was like Mo Qu, with his entire family annihilated, he had a master protecting him.