The next morning, after returning from exercising at the Qinhuai River, Li Mu came to the small courtyard again. Cheng Yong was lying on the ground trembling, completely exhausted, and the ground was also filthy.
However, Cheng Yong had martial arts skills after all, and his life was still intact. Li Mu closed his breath and cleaned the ground, and injected a trace of Qi into Cheng Yong's body again, and the life and death talisman stopped acting.
Cheng Yong's trembling body finally calmed down. After a long time, he seemed to have some energy. He looked at Li Mu with a frightened face and wanted to say something to beg for mercy. His mute point was sealed, so he opened his mouth and couldn't say anything.
Li Mu brought another bowl of water and the same steamed buns from last night. This time Cheng Yong was more obedient, dragging his sore and weak body, slowly drank the water and ate the steamed buns.
A night of struggle and suffering was extremely draining. His stomach was obviously empty long ago, and the steamed buns became delicious.
After checking the sealed acupuncture points on his body, Li Mu locked the door, left the courtyard, and returned to the Su Mansion.
After breakfast, Li Mu came to the small courtyard again in the morning. Cheng Yong was wriggling like a maggot in the courtyard towards the door, obviously planning to escape.
Unfortunately, the acupuncture points were sealed, and he could not exert any strength at all, nor could he cry out. He could only squirm like a maggot, crawling bit by bit. When he saw Li Mu, his face was filled with fear and despair, and he was struggling to say something to beg for mercy.
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Li Mu paid no attention to him, and threw the person back into the house. With a trace of true energy, the life and death talisman activated again, and Cheng Yong twisted into a ball again.
Li Mu observed for a while, then studied the changes in the life and death talisman in his body, and left again. He had to go to the academy to teach.
In the afternoon, Li Mu brought some steamed buns to the small courtyard again. Cheng Yong was lying on the ground twisted, breathing heavily. He put the steamed buns on the ground and poured another bowl of water, which temporarily stopped his life and death.
Fu had a seizure and watched him finish the steamed buns bit by bit.
Just when I was about to activate the life and death talisman again, I saw Cheng Yong's face full of fear and begging, let him rest a little longer.
Li Mu locked the door, wandered on the street until it was dark, and returned to the small courtyard again. This time Cheng Yong seemed to be a little more honest, no longer thinking about escaping, and his energy was restored a lot.
When he saw Li Mu, his whole body trembled, and his face was full of fear and despair. The next moment, he slowly moved his body and knelt on the ground, with a face full of flattery and prayer.
Li Mu observed carefully. Although Cheng Yongren appeared to have surrendered, he was still somewhat unwilling to do so.
This is normal. After all, he used to be a big shot with real power in Jiangning. To fall into this situation all of a sudden is like falling from the top of the cloud to the bottom of the cliff. It is not so easy to accept.
It seems that we need to continue, and we can't let go of the chain in the middle.
He waved his hand to inject some vitality again, and watching the life and death talisman take effect, Li Mu locked the door and left the courtyard again.
The next morning, Li Mu came to the small courtyard and found that Cheng Yong was in a semi-conscious state. After checking, he found that both mentally and physically he had reached the limit, and then he stopped the attack of the life and death talisman.
After cleaning up the dirt in the house, he took Cheng Yong to the backyard, washed it with water, and put him in the house. Li Mu wandered around the street for a long time. The news of Cheng Yong's disappearance had spread, and there were more people on the street.
There are many soldiers and checkpoints set up in many places.
Yes, after all, he is a local powerful figure. He has been missing for two days, so it is impossible not to attract everyone's attention.
Li Mu thought about Cheng Yong's current state, and he should be able to do it. Back then, Tianshan's child elder used the life and death talisman to firmly control the thirty-six cave masters, the seventy-two island masters and other martial arts heroes. Xu Zhu used the "life and death talisman" in Shaoshi Mountain.
The talisman subdued the arrogant Xingxiu old monster Ding Chunqiu.
It is impossible for him to use the life and death talisman to control Cheng Yong. Even if there are repetitions, he has the ability to control the situation and continue to be ruthless.
Returning to the small courtyard at noon, Cheng Yong finally woke up and his energy recovered a lot.
However, as soon as he saw Li Mu, his body began to tremble like a sieve. His face was full of fear and despair, and he seemed to be scared to the core, and he was shaking non-stop.
Li Mu walked up to him, looked at him, and then said after a while: "Do you want to live? Continue to be your commander?"
There was an astonishing light in Cheng Yong's eyes, which was the desire for life and the longing for the beautiful days of the past.
The next moment, I thought of something. I moved my body vigorously, knelt on the ground, and touched my head to the ground. My face was full of prayer and longing. My lips moved and I wanted to say something, but no sound came out.
Li Mu continued: "As long as you obey, I can live and continue to be your commander."
Cheng Yong couldn't make any sound and could only kowtow.
Li Mu smiled, stretched out his hand, and released the acupuncture points on his body.
Cheng Yong felt that his lost strength had recovered a little, and his hoarse voice had also recovered. For the first time, he felt that this state was so beautiful.
The next moment, he fell to the ground, lying down at Li Mu's feet, and said in a hoarse voice: "Master, I will be your dog from now on, and I will always surrender to you. Everything small will be my master. I will never betray and will always be obedient."
Li Mu nodded, waved his hand and said: "Okay, get up, I don't need you to be a dog for me, just do things with your heart. Don't call me master, call me son."
Cheng Yong quickly got up and said tremblingly: "Yes, young master!"
Li Mu said: "I have heard about your past affairs. Be restrained and do what I tell you with your heart. Otherwise, I don't know if I will give you a second chance."
Cheng Yong knelt down on the ground and said with fear on his face: "Yes, Master... Young Master, I must be obedient. If Young Master has any instructions, I must complete them to the letter. I will never do anything wrong again.
You must be a good official..."
Li Mu waved his hand: "Get up, don't kneel back and forth, let's see how you behave next."
Only then did Cheng Yong get up cautiously: "Thank you, sir, thank you, sir."
Li Mu said: "You disappeared for two days, and someone has been looking for you outside. Go to the backyard and wash yourself, and then find a suitable time to go back."
Then he turned to look at him: "As for where you have been in the past two days, if others ask, you don't need me to teach you!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Hearing that he could go back, Cheng Yong's tense spirit finally relaxed a little, and he said respectfully: "I understand, I understand... I have been here for the past two days.
I left the city and went hunting in the mountains. I wasted my time for fun..."
Li Mu nodded: "Well! You can control me yourself, go ahead!"
Cheng Yong went to the backyard to rinse, and Li Mu slowly walked out of the small courtyard. After two days of research, he discovered some shortcomings of using the life and death talisman in this world. The first is that it consumes too much. The loss of making a life and death talisman is equivalent to one of his
The cultivation level of the month.
The skill he gained after coming to this world for a year was only enough to make twelve life and death talismans. The more he made, the more his skill was lost, which gave up the idea of making large-scale life and death talismans.
This is normal. The Talisman of Life and Death is a rare thing in the world of martial arts. If it can be produced on a large scale, it would be too cheating.
On the other hand, when casting the Talisman of Life and Death, there are also requirements for the party to whom the Talisman is planted.
After the Talisman of Life and Death is planted, it will absorb the essence of the body in which the Talisman is planted, so that it can exist for a long time.
This requires being physically strong and having a certain foundation in martial arts. If you are an ordinary person without martial arts, your essence and blood will be exhausted very quickly.
Just like Cheng Yong, as the commander of the martial arts army, he can only hold on if he is good at martial arts. If it is placed on an ordinary person, he will not be able to withstand it at all.
Therefore, ordinary people and people without martial arts cannot plant life and death talismans. In fact, there are not many people who are suitable for planting talismans.
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In the afternoon, Li Mu returned to the small courtyard again after two hours. The people had left. He cleaned the entire courtyard thoroughly and restored it to its original appearance.
I walked around the street again, and the soldiers who set up checkpoints were gone. It seemed that Cheng Yong had gone back, but I didn't know how effective the past two days were, and whether there was a repeat.
At night, after some exercise and Su Tan'er fell into a deep sleep, Li Mu walked out of Su's house lightly, avoiding the patrolling soldiers, and came to Cheng Yong's house.
After quickly walking around the house a few times, I soon found Cheng Yong in the study, seemingly looking for some information, needless to say, it was about him.
Li Mu sneered, and like a breeze, he came quietly behind Cheng Yong and looked at the things in his hands. Sure enough, they were some information about him and some information about Ning Yi before getting married.
Cheng Yong seemed to be aware of it, and subconsciously looked back. Li Mu's appearance made him confused. His eyes widened, his body began to tremble, and he suddenly fell to the ground in fright.
Li Mu looked at the thing in his hand and said, "Did you ask someone to check this?"
Cheng Yong quickly got up, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Young Master, Young Master... I didn't mean to check. I just wanted to do something better for you. All I checked was some public information. I definitely didn't do it."
Send someone to investigate the young master, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the villain... Young Master, please forgive the villain this time, forgive the villain once..."
As he spoke, he kept banging on the ground, until his forehead almost started to bleed.
Li Mu snorted, and Cheng Yong remembered the nightmare experience of the previous two days. His body shook even more violently, and his eyes were full of fear, fearing that Li Mu would use the method that made him miserable again.
His mind was running wildly, and before Li Mu could speak again, he hurriedly said: "Master, I have something to give to you... Please forgive me this time, there will never be a next time."
Li Mu glanced at him: "What?"
Cheng Yong stood up quickly and opened a secret room in the study: "Master, these are the treasures that I have saved over the years, and they are all dedicated to the Master."
Li Mu glanced around and saw that there were a lot of jewelry, jade and curios inside, and even more boxes of white silver.
He nodded expressionlessly: "There will be some things that really require money, so I'll spare you this time. You can keep some of these goods and send the rest to me. You know where to send them."
Cheng Yong kowtowed and said: "I know, the villain knows."
Li Mu glanced at him: "Don't be so petty in the future and do your job well."
Looking at Cheng Yong with a trembling face, Li Mu shook his head, swayed, and the man had disappeared.
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At noon the next day, Li Mu sat on the stone bench in the small courtyard, sipping tea gently, watching Cheng Yong direct his men to move boxes of things from the two carriages. After unloading the things, Cheng Yong
He waved the carriage and his men to wait outside the door.
He took out a small booklet from his pocket and said respectfully: "Sir, this is the list of these goods. If you need anything else, just call the villain and I will definitely get it for you."
Li Mu nodded: "Okay, let's go down first!"
Cheng Yong bowed and said, "Goodbye, little man!" He said and slowly withdrew.
After the people left, Li Mu gently picked up the book, which was quite rich.
But think about where Jiangning is. It is one of the largest cities and commercial centers in Jiangnan. The Wulie Army is the largest military force in Jiangning and its surrounding areas. As the commander, Cheng Yong is an absolutely powerful figure. It is not easy to make money.
After looking through the list, I saw 170,000 taels of silver, 4,000 taels of gold, two boxes of jewelry and jades, worth 70,000 to 80,000 taels, a box of calligraphy and paintings, and a box of rare antiques, which together cost 40,000 to 50,000 taels.
After careful calculation, these things together are worth more than 300,000 taels of silver, which is considered a generous deal and a huge amount of money.
The harvest this time is not just money.
In this era, it is indeed not easy for a commercial bank to grow bigger without a certain official background.
Now that the commander of the Wulie Army is under control, there are almost no obstacles between the black and white factions in Jiangning and even Jiangnan Province.
Bamboo can develop relatively freely without interference.
Early in the morning, Li Mu came back from practicing by the Qinhuai River. He passed by Nie Yunzhu's small building. She had already gotten up. After washing, she made a pot of tea and walked to the small building. She took a sip from time to time and looked around a few times.
, and soon the sound of familiar footsteps came to my ears.
He turned around and showed a bright smile: "Mr. Ning, would you like a cup of tea?"
Li Mu stopped and said, "I happen to be thirsty. Yunzhu is the one who knows me!"
With that said, the two walked into a pavilion in front of the small building, and Nie Yunzhu poured a cup of tea for Li Mu.
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Then he said: "The various components of the distilled wine you mentioned are already being made. In order to keep them confidential, different craftsmen have been entrusted to them. We will try our best to
Guaranteed specifications.”
"We are also in contact with brewing masters, but those with good craftsmanship will offer higher prices."
Li Mu nodded: "Price is not an issue, as long as the craftsmanship is good. As for the various components of distilled liquor, the price can also be higher. To ensure the quality, the specifications must be more standard."
Nie Yunzhu quickly took out a small notebook and wrote it down.
The two chatted for a while about the progress of the project in Hulu Valley and the purchase of grain. Nie Yunzhu hesitated for a while and said: "Should we collect less grain? There is not much money in the account."
Li Mu said: "Don't worry about the money. I will send you another sum in the next two days. Don't be too much."
Nie Yunzhu said with a smile: "Zhuji is spending money everywhere now, and Yunzhu will not mind having too much money."
Li Mu smiled faintly: "That's good, be prepared to receive it!"
The two were chatting when a sweet voice came from upstairs: "Sister Yunzhu, who are you talking to?"
Nie Yunzhu smiled and said: "Little lazy boy, have a good sleep, don't you want to be the shopkeeper? You will be busy in the next few days."
Li Mu said: "Yuan Jin'er!"
Nie Yunzhu nodded and recounted what happened in the past few days: "I was afraid that Cheng Yong would cause trouble for Jin'er, so I kept her hiding at home these past few days."
Li Mu smiled and said: "There is no need to be so cautious. Cheng Yong will not cause trouble for her again in the future."
Nie Yunzhu was stunned: "Li Heng, why do you say that?"
Li Mu smiled mysteriously: "I said that after I fixed him up, he will be honest and honest, and will even help Zhuji's business. Do you believe it?"
Nie Yunzhu looked at him and said firmly: "I believe it."
Li Mu spread his hands and said, "Just believe me. No need to ask. I will know later."