Li Mu, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, slowly opened his eyes.
"Cool!"
He sat there and stretched for a long time. He felt completely refreshed and full of energy. He seemed to have endless strength and was in surprisingly good condition.
On the small bed next to the big bed, Hu Yunniang also woke up from her trance and hurriedly came forward to salute: "Master, are you awake? I will get you water to wash your face right now!"
As she spoke, a fluffy fox tail swayed behind her, and after a moment, it disappeared.
This was a vision she had when she was practicing in the fox clan. Now she has only a weak fox tail shadow. If her skills become deeper and her ancient bloodline is inspired, there will be more and more tail shadows behind her until she forms nine tails.
We have just reached the state of perfection and become the Nine-tailed Sky Fox.
However, most fox demons will never be able to cultivate two tails in their lifetime. From ancient times to the present, there has been only one nine-tailed celestial fox in the world, and it has never been heard of a second celestial fox appearing.
That night Li Mu meditated and practiced Qi, and Hu Yunniang, as a maid, benefited greatly from the strong wave of spiritual energy that was as strong as substance.
One night's spiritual energy flushing was equivalent to Hu Yunniang's ten years of Qi training. It eliminated many impurities in the demon elixir, making the fox demon's inner elixir purer and purifying the bloodline further.
She took the opportunity to sacrifice the flying sword she had just made, and repeatedly washed and refined it in the spiritual energy. It was washed and refined by the essence of heaven and earth. The flying sword swallowed and breathed spiritual energy, and its quality improved a lot in one night.
It is a common thing for a Qi practitioner to inhale spiritual energy and condense the physical body of the soul. However, it is the only thing in Hu Yunniang's life that Li Mu can mobilize the vitality of heaven and earth, trigger the light of the stars and the moon, and form a wave of spiritual energy every time he practices. But when she thought about the situation when she asked her master for silence, his master could transform her body and shake the rules of the avenue with just one word, Hu Yunniang felt that it was really reasonable for her master to cause such a disturbance.
"My master is indeed the reincarnation of a saint. Otherwise, how could an ordinary monk cause such a commotion?"
She went out happily, brought a copper basin of warm water, helped Li Mu get up, cleansed his face and dressed him, allowing Li Mu to enjoy the treatment that could only be enjoyed in an ancient luxury home.
"If I get used to this in the Yin Dynasty, and then return to modern society, I might not be able to adapt to it."
Under Hu Yunniang's service, Li Mu put on his clothes and shoes, and then brushed his teeth and rinsed his mouth.
In fact, once a qi practitioner starts practicing qi, his entire body will be purified a lot. Unless he is poisoned or there is something wrong with his practice, his body will be pure and he will never suffer from bad breath and yellow teeth.
But precisely because of this, if a Qi practitioner is looking for a Taoist partner, he can only find a Qi practitioner. In their eyes, ordinary people are too dirty and cannot tolerate the other person sleeping with them.
Especially for the kind of qi-training masters who are acquired and reborn, their bodies are as pure as glass and have almost reached the stage of inescaping, so it is difficult for them to become a couple with ordinary people.
In the eyes of some advanced monks, the human world is like a huge septic tank. When mortals speak, exhale and inhale, there are all kinds of stench, which makes it difficult for these monks to tolerate it. This is why many monks live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, and it is very difficult for them to tolerate it.
One of the reasons why we rarely set foot in the world of mortals.
But Li Mu doesn’t have this problem.
He still regards himself as a normal person. Even though his five senses and six senses are extremely sharp, as long as he has been in the world of mortals for a long time and has lived in abalone houses for a long time without noticing the smell, he does not find it difficult.
Perhaps after a long period of time, his mentality will change, but before that, he is still just a mortal.
Even though he feels that his mouth does not smell bad and his body is not dirty, he still washes his face, brushes his teeth, washes his feet and cleanses his face.
After washing up, I came to the restaurant. The maid had already prepared breakfast, including porridge, steamed buns, steamed buns, pickles, boiled eggs, etc. It was simple but tasted great, and they were all Li Mu liked to eat.
Last night, Hu Yunniang spit out flying swords and fought off the powerful enemies. Just as Li Mu returned, she shot the demon with arrows and all six monks were left behind.
These servants in the family are also from ruthless gangsters. They all have extraordinary abilities and vision far beyond ordinary people. They naturally know how powerful their master is.
Therefore, when Li Mu was having breakfast, everyone came to pay homage to the master respectfully.
Servant Sun Honglie, who was appointed by Li Mu as the shopkeeper of the jewelry store, came to report: "Master, the jewelry shop on the front street has been packed up, and the furniture has been completed as the master said. We are just waiting for the arrival of the master's goods. Let's choose a good time."
Opening for business."
This Sun Honglie was a scholar. He became a bandit only because he killed his adulterer and his wife, and his whole family. He struggled to survive in the Demon Rock Mountain with only one meal to eat.
Now being accepted as a subordinate by Hu Yunniang and appointed as the shopkeeper of a jewelry shop by Li Mu, Sun Honglie was extremely grateful for his escape from an extremely dangerous living environment, so he worked hard and did not dare to slack off.
"Choose a date for opening——"
Li Mu smiled and said: "Zichou Yinmao, today is just the right time!"
He said to Sun Honglie: "Get ready. After I finish breakfast, we will go to the shop so that I can count the incoming goods for you."
Sun Honglie bowed and said: "Yes!"
After breakfast, Li Mu led his seven or eight healthy servants and went straight to Front Street.
After leaving the house, I saw two white bodies hanging on the big tree next to the intersection. Their crotches were stained with blood, attracting countless people to watch and point at them. It was very lively.
"Oh, what a cruel method. These two people have offended someone. Not only were they stripped naked, but even their chicks were taken away!"
"It's probably because I offended the Greedy Wolf Gang that I was treated like this."
"It's so white, I really want to go over and touch it."
It seems like something strange has been mixed in.
At this time, several official officers came, each holding an iron ruler, shouting and cursing along the street: "Get away, everyone, don't delay the county magistrate's handling of the case!"
The gong sounded, the guard of honor lined up, and an official sedan slowly came from a distance. After a while, they arrived at the crossroads. An official in black, supported by two government officials, came to the crossroads and looked up at the person being
Two naked men hanging.
"That's unreasonable!"
This official in black is the parent official of Qinghe County. Qinghe County Magistrate Gui Youde pointed at the two people hanging in the air: "Who dares to be so arrogant and dare to do such lawless things! Someone, come and investigate this matter thoroughly!"
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A master next to him came closer to Gui Youde and whispered: "Sir, Zhang Captou said that these two people are monks, not ordinary people."
Gui Youde was startled: "What?"
As an official of the imperial court, he naturally knows how powerful the monks are. The two people hanging in the air now are actually monks, and the only ones who can hang the monks are monks. From this point of view, this must be a conflict between the Qi Refiners.
, he, a mortal official, would not dare to get involved even if he had ten courages.
"Ah, my head hurts!"
Gui Youde's expression changed, he covered his head with his hands, and said to the people around him: "This matter will be handled by Zhang Captou for the time being. You must give me an explanation! Quickly, take me home and ask the doctor to see a doctor for me." p>
He staggered back to the sedan and said regretfully: "It's a pity that I suddenly suffered from a headache. I'm afraid I won't be able to take charge of this matter. Zhang Shijie, I leave this matter to you with full authority!"
A tall black-faced policeman raised his hand and said: "Yes! I will do my best to catch the real culprit!"
After Gui Youdao left in the sedan, Zhang Shijie stood silent for a moment and called a confidant: "Go and notify my cousin and ask him to visit Li's house as soon as possible."
The confidant nodded and left, went straight to Zhang Shihong's home in the east of the city, and told Zhang Shijie what he said.
Zhang Shihong's face changed color slightly, and he came to his father Zhang Yuanzheng's house: "Dad, something bad happened. There is indeed a strongman in Li Mu's family. Those who grabbed the chess pieces were beaten half to death, castrated, and hung naked. Shijie specially sent a message to let him
I’m going to be a guest at Li’s house.”
Zhang Yuanzheng was also a little flustered: "This step is wrong!"
Ever since Li Mu and Anyangzi killed the corpse demon in his home, the father and son were grateful, but at the same time they were worried because the news about their own bad chess piece was leaked.
When Zhang Shihong wanted to give the chess pieces to Li Mu and Anyangzi, he actually had the idea of diverting trouble to the east. However, Li Mu was not greedy or possessive and was not tempted by the bad chess pieces, which made Zhang Shihong's plan come to nothing.
However, Anyangzi was very interested in the chess pieces, so he took one and left.
Li Mu didn't want the chess pieces. The Zhang family and his son had trouble sleeping and eating. After thinking for a long time, they still felt that the chess pieces in their family were a disaster rather than a blessing, so they took the initiative to send two chess pieces, one black and one white, to Li's house.
Li Mu was not at home at the time, so Hu Yunniang collected it for her without knowing the importance, which made the Zhang family and his son feel a little uncomfortable. However, since they had given it away, there was no reason to take it back again.
Later, monks came to the Zhang family to cause trouble and interrogated the Zhang family's father and son about the whereabouts of Lan Ke's chess piece. The father and son directly reported the names of Li Mu and Anyangzi, and the family was spared.
This disaster has attracted Li Mu, causing many monks to attack Li's house in the past few days and force chess pieces. If Hu Yunniang hadn't perfected the flying sword, more than a dozen people in Li's house would have ended badly.
Nowadays, the Li family actually strips the offending monks naked, hangs, beats, and castrates them, which shows that the Li family is ruthless and lawless in their actions.
The Zhang family father and son looked at each other and were shocked.
"Shihong, you should go to the Li Mansion now to give gifts and apologize, and take... bring all the dozen chess pieces passed down by our ancestors."
Zhang Yuanzheng sighed and said: "This thing is not something that our ordinary family can have. If we insist on keeping it, it is a disaster rather than a blessing."
Zhang Shihong also sighed: "It's a pity that a mistake and greed caused trouble, not only offended the benefactor, but also left disaster."
He no longer hesitated, and hurriedly called his servants and maids, prepared various gifts, sealed them with silver and gold, and at the same time packed all the dozen chess pieces inherited from his family into brocade boxes and rushed to Li's house.
Front Street.
Let's say that when Li Mu arrived at his shop, he saw that everything in the shop was built according to his requirements. The furniture was made and varnished, and the shelves were filled with jewelry boxes, but now these boxes were empty.
"Not bad!"
Li Mu glanced around and nodded: "Does this shop have a name?"
Hu Yunniang said: "If the master has not come back, how can we dare to specialize in it? Please ask the master to name this shop so that I can find someone to make a plaque."
Li Mu said: "It's just a jewelry shop, why should we take it so seriously? Let's call it Li Ji Jewelry."
Hu Yunniang said: "This name is back to nature, simple, but also has a secular meaning. I am afraid that I will not be able to catch up with the master's state of mind even if I practice for a thousand years."
Li Mu laughed loudly: "There is no profound meaning in this. Don't think too much."
Hu Yunniang pursed her lips and smiled: "Whatever the master says is whatever it is."
Immediately, he called two servants and took out a finished plaque. This plaque was made of raw wood and had been painted with varnish. It was bare and had no words.
Hu Yunniang took out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, saluted Li Mu and said, "I would also like to ask you to write on it, and I will hang it up later."
Li Mu happens to like to study calligraphy in modern society, and he even won the second place in the College Student Calligraphy Grand Prix in college.
As we all know, in most competitions in the Xia Kingdom, the first place is basically obtained by relying on relationships and connections. Only the second and third place are truly capable people.
Li Mu's calligraphy is enough to scorn many so-called calligraphers in modern society. However, because he did not join the calligraphy association or become a member of the association, his reputation is not obvious so far.
The characters of the Great Yin Dynasty are very similar to the development trajectory of modern society, with almost no difference.
There was a time when simplified Chinese characters were popular in modern society. Later, the general public felt that after the simplified characters were simplified, the rationality of the font itself was completely lost, so some people began to call for the restoration of traditional Chinese characters.
Whether the people of Xia State use traditional Chinese characters or simplified characters is still debated. However, in this case, traditional Chinese characters and simplified Chinese characters have become a common sense issue for the general public. Basically, students who have gone to school can understand both traditional and simplified characters.<
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As a calligraphy enthusiast, Li Mu naturally uses traditional Chinese characters when practicing calligraphy. Now that Hu Yunniang asks him to write in public, he is not afraid.
Then he laughed: "Bring me a pen!"
Hu Yunniang hurriedly handed the brush to Li Mu: "Master, please write a calligraphy painting."
Li Mu took the writing brush in his hand, licked the ink, picked up the pen to write, and poured his true energy into it, condensing the tip of the pen into one body. The whole writing brush made a "chichi" sound of true energy breaking through the air, and wrote on the wooden plaque,
It's really a silver-hook iron painting that penetrates deeply into the wood.
"Okay!"
Seeing how beautiful Li Mu's handwriting was, everyone burst into applause.
Hu Yunniang clapped her hands excitedly: "Someone, hang this plaque outside!"
Several servants came to the outside of the shop happily. Hu Yunniang gave an order and the two servants threw the plaque into the air. With a "click" sound, the plaque was hung upright and nailed directly above the door.
On the nail.
When they were hanging the plaque, Li Mu thought in his heart, and several more packages appeared in the store: "Old Sun, you can classify these jewelry into different boxes. As for the price, you can decide it yourself. Don't be too cautious."
It’s expensive, but not too cheap. It just needs to be slightly cheaper than the jewelry on the market.”
Sun Honglie said: "I will obey the master's instructions!"
Together with several servants, he lifted up the jewelry on the floor and put them on the counter for counting. They saw pearls and crystal jewelry, all of which were exquisitely crafted. Each one seemed to be valuable.
But these things were all packed in ordinary packages by my master, who didn't even bother to sort them, and just threw them all over.
"My husband opened this jewelry shop just for fun and never thought about making money."
When Sun Honglie saw that Li Mu spent money lavishly on weekdays but didn't take these pearls and gems seriously, he knew that his master was a man who didn't care about money.
"With your hands so loose, how will you live in the future? I'll have to have a good talk with Butler Hu when I get back. You should know that hard work and frugality lead to extravagance!"
Seven or eight people worked together to classify these things and put them into different boxes. Hu Yunniang quoted the price and attached the labels. This was the end of the work.
After finishing all the furnishings in the house, Li Mu smiled and said: "Okay, it's time to open!"
Then he took out a golden hairpin and handed it to Hu Yunniang: "Yunniang, for all your hard work, I will reward you with a hairpin."
Hu Yunniang was surprised and happy: "Ah, the master is still thinking about my slave!"
She took the hairpin and couldn't help but put it in her bun: "Thank you so much, Master!"
Li Mu smiled and said: "Golden hairpins and beautiful women really complement each other!"
Hu Yunniang was filled with embarrassment and joy. She lowered her head and played with the corner of her clothes and said, "Master, I am so happy."
Li Mu smiled, stood up and said, "Hong Lie, you guys just stay here."
He took Hu Yunniang back to his home.
As soon as I arrived at the gate of the courtyard, I saw several people parked at the gate, carrying burdens, pulling carts filled with things.
Zhang Shihong's legs were numb as he stood at the door. When he saw Li Mu returning, he hurriedly came forward to greet him and bowed deeply: "Brother Li, I'm here to apologize!"
