Because of some reasons about Gongzi Jia, Li Mu agreed to Sima Shang’s request to return to the capital together.
After returning, Sima Shang was responsible for the intelligence collection and other work outside. He had just returned at this time.
"Have everything been arranged for Gongzi Jia?" Li Mu looked at his right-hand man, nodded and asked.
"It has been arranged for the time being, but those people in the Mo family are all masters, so they will be a problem after all." Sima Shang's voice was a bit cold. It must be because of his nature and his habit of speaking.
"The Mo family... Gu Xun... and... Handan City is on the verge of breaking out now!" Li Mu thought about the current situation and couldn't help but sigh.
The common people thought the wolves were scary, but Li Mu thought those barbarians were much easier to deal with.
In the northern border, as soon as he took out the Suppressing Sword, the wolf army all retreated. But when he returned to the hinterland of the Central Plains, he, the military god of the northern border, was constrained everywhere and was in a dilemma.
"General, why didn't you just let Master Jia go secretly?" Sima Shang asked after hesitating for a while, and also despised Zhao Wangqian, "Our new Zhao Wang... is really not a good person.
A qualified king, especially those close to him..."
Li Mu raised his hand to signal Sima Shang not to think about these things, and warned in a solemn voice:
"We are Zhao Chen. What happens to your Majesty? It is not a question we should discuss. Please don't say similar words in the future."
Probably seeing that Sima Shang was a little unhappy, Li Mucai added, "Prince Qian may not have enough virtue, but after all, he is the prince appointed by the late king, and he deserves to inherit the throne. As for Young Master Jia... this is his destiny."<
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"But General, you..."
Sima Shang still wanted to speak, but was stopped by Li Mu Zhensheng, "No need to say more!"
The reason why Sima Shang cares so much about Zhao Wangqian's accession to the throne is because of something that people in the world generally don't understand.
At that time, King Mouxiang ignored the opposition of his clan and ministers and brought Zhao Wangqian's biological mother into the palace, who was born as a daughter and had been married to a member of the Zhao clan, but her husband died and she was widowed at home.
As concubine.
The courtier who was most opposed to this incident happened to be Li Mu.
Not only that, when King Mouxiang once again deposed Prince Jia and made Zhao Qian the crown prince, regardless of the obstruction of the Manchu officials, and his biological mother became the queen, Li Mu tried his best to dissuade him.
With these criminal records, one can imagine how Zhao Wangqian treated Li Mu.
After the two were silent for a moment, Li Mu took the initiative to give instructions:
"Gu Xun, please arrange more people to watch. On the one hand, you must be able to stop him from doing things that are detrimental to our Zhao country in time. On the other hand, you must also stop people from other forces from attacking him, and those who are traveling with him.
We must also keep a close eye on Yan Lingji and make sure... that if necessary, we can capture her as quickly as possible."
"General, I understand." Sima Shang first accepted the order with clasped fists, and then asked, "General, Gu Xun is just a lonely man, is it necessary to spend so much effort? The manpower we brought back is already somewhat insufficient."<
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It's not that Sima Shang doesn't know the relevant information about Gu Xun, but for him, a military strategist, personal bravery is insignificant after all.
After all, this place is the royal capital of the Zhao Kingdom. There are nearly ten thousand garrison troops stationed there. How can it be shaken by one person?
Even the Mohist family, which has a large number of people and has been operating in the land of Yanzhao for many years, has to curl up and wait for the right opportunity during this special period.
When Li Mu heard this, he slowly shook his head and warned in a solemn tone, "Gu Xun...he is more terrifying than you and I thought before."
"Huh?" Sima Shang didn't know why and looked at Li Mu doubtfully.
"When I saw him in person just now, my body was slightly trembling." Li Mu looked at Sima Shang and said slowly.
"At that time, various tribes of the wolf tribe gathered dozens of the most courageous tribesmen, waiting for an opportunity to join forces to ambush me when I was alone. That was the closest I came to death. However, even then, I was not like the one I saw Gu Xun just now.
Like this, my body involuntarily sends danger signals, reminding me to stay away from the seemingly harmless young people in front of me."
"The pressure he brought to me is no less than that of the one hundred thousand wolf army..."
Although he said something that sounded sincere, Li Mu's expression remained calm and composed, because he was not afraid in his heart.
Li Mu, who has personally commanded hundreds of thousands of people in battles, has endured mountains of corpses and seas of blood. He has had countless brushes with death. His character has been honed to a level of tenacity that can almost be said to be that the real Mount Tai collapsed before him.
No matter how strong and fearless your heart is, it cannot change the body's natural physiological response.
This is not a big deal, but the danger of Gu Xun is obvious. It is the most natural and true reaction of an experienced general.
"How... is this possible?" Sima Shang's first reaction was disbelief. This kind of thing is unreasonable.
"No matter what, Gu Xun is very dangerous, and this person does things without any rules and regulations, which makes people confused. So... keep an eye on him first and make sure no accidents happen."
"According to past intelligence about him, as long as no one takes the initiative to provoke him, his danger will be relatively reduced."
When Li Mu said this, Sima Shang naturally understood the importance and responded in a deep voice, "I will eventually understand."
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Gu Xun left Li Mu's general's residence and did not rush back to the inn. Instead, he got rid of the spies who were following him and wandered around the city for a while, leaving some obscure marks secretly before returning.
The inn.
It was night. Gu Xun specially opened two rooms and lived in one by himself. Instead of rushing to bed, he opened the window and let the night breeze that had begun to turn cooler and colder blow in. He also admired the scenery for a while.
The moon of the month.
It was not late at night, at about Haishi, someone came to Gu Xun's room, wearing a dark night clothes, a black scarf covering his face, and even his hair was completely covered. He saw Shi Shiran and Gu Xun sitting next to him.
, hurriedly knelt down to salute, and when his head hung down, the spider tattoo on his neck was exposed:
"Luo Wangzhao, the first-class Guichou superior, has met the National Preceptor."
"?" Gu Xun's attention was completely distracted by his list of levels, and he couldn't help but ask, "Why is your level so complicated?"
"Uh..." The man in the net was a little dazed when asked this question. It seemed that he had never encountered such a situation before. Instead of talking about business, he was worried about the insignificant killer level.
After being stunned for a moment, he quickly explained and replied:
"Master National Preceptor may not understand that people in the net do not have names. For example, adults at Tianzi level and Shazi level can use the sword in their hands as their names, but we lower-level killers do not have this honor. We just
Use the heavenly stems and earthly branches to form a code name."
