Li Mu secretly muttered in his heart that his two brothers, Dugujiu and Li Chongyi, were usually not murderous people. But when it came to his own life, they were like chicken blood.
Li Mu was worried that the two of them might have some special hobbies. Xiao Jiuer, gritting his teeth is not unacceptable, but if it is a big man——
Li Mu thought about Li Chongyi's muscles, and the picture that came to his mind was a bit unbearable to look at.
"Brother, what should we do?" Seeing that Li Mu was silent, Dugujiu asked, "Not far ahead is the fork in the road. Go east to the pier and go west to Ling Snake Mountain."
"Nonsense, of course we are going to Ling Snake Mountain!" Li Mu turned over and sat up, lying on the horse almost knocking out his intestines: "Why are we here? If I don't see your sister-in-law, I will never go back."
"Then -" Dugujiu hesitated for a moment and said, "Do you want me to notify the Governor's Mansion and ask them to mobilize troops?"
"Stupid!" Li Mu knocked Dugujiu on the head and said, "Don't you think the conflict between the Miao and Han families is not big enough? Do you want to force the Miao to rebel?"
"But if that's the case, we can't guarantee your safety." Dugujiu argued: "Brother, I sent scouts to find out. What is going on in Lingshe Mountain? Ruosuo, in less than three days, the elites of Jiuxiang Shibawu
Everyone will gather here, more than four to five thousand people! The number of people is more than a hundred times that of us, and there are simply not enough people like us to watch."
"It's not like you want to be brave and fight fiercely. There are many people but few are afraid of anything." Li Mu rolled his eyes and said: "In this way, you dedicate me to Cui Yuzheng and explore his true and false character first."
"No!" Dugujiu categorically rejected, saying: "It's too dangerous. Cui Yuzheng hates you to the core and will kill you. Even if he doesn't kill you, he will torture you. I can't let you take the risk!"
"Oh, I can't let go of the child without trapping the wolf." Li Mu was indeed a little scared, but he was not particularly afraid. According to the news he knew, Cui Yuzheng was a paralyzed person. Even if he wanted to do this himself, he had to let his subordinates do it.
And now that his men have all been replaced by Dugujiu and others, everything should still be under control.
To be on the safe side, Li Mu asked: "Have all their people been replaced by our people?"
"Uh..." Dugujiu said uncertainly; "We killed all the people who came out. I don't know how many people there are in the mountains."
"Wait!" Li Mu heard something and confirmed: "How many are there?"
"A few hundred, I didn't count carefully."
"Oops!" Li Mu secretly thought, "Oh no, the numbers don't add up! There are hundreds of people coming out and dozens coming back. It's impossible not to be noticed. We must come up with a reasonable interface to explain the attrition."
Just as he was frowning, the secret guard walking in front suddenly stopped his horse and seemed to be chatting with someone. Then the two riders came to Dugu Jiuma and said, "Report to the envoy of the town. This person calls himself a personal guard of the Governor's Mansion."
Li Mu looked over and asked, "Are you from the Duke of Ju's mansion?"
"The last general is right. The last general has met the Marquis of Luoyang."
"Recognize me?"
"The general's family has been following the Duke of Tang for generations. When he was in Chang'an, he was responsible for guarding the mansion and met the Marquis several times."
"Oh." Li Mu nodded, rolled his eyes, and asked, "How is my mother doing in the house?"
"Madam has rushed to Luoyang a month ago and is not in the house."
Li Mu took a deep breath and raised his hand to ask the person to stand up. What he just said was a test. If this person said that Sun was living well in the house, it meant that he must be lying. Tang Guan and Sun,
They all rushed to Luoyang, and now Tang Jian was the only one in the governor's mansion.
"Where is Mr. Tang now?"
"Tang Gong has gathered three thousand troops and is crossing the river in batches. Now he has set up a camp by the river and sent some generals to look for Lord Dugu and discuss the matter of finding the Marquis. Fortunately, the Marquis has escaped. If the Lord knows about it, he will definitely be happy.
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Li Mu secretly thought that Old Tang was really interesting. Three thousand soldiers and horses were not many, but they were probably the largest number that Old Tang could gather. The Tang Dynasty had a military system, and soldiers were not under local control. Only the emperor, or during war,
The general manager of all the troops and horses can only be mobilized with the tiger talisman given by the emperor. The troops and horses Tang Jian gathered should be all the troops in his governor's mansion. This is also a forbidden act. If the censor finds out about it, he will be accused of intending to rebel.
It's not impossible.
Old Tang was responsible for the relationship, so he had to remember this favor.
Li Mu thought for a while and said, "You go back first and tell Mr. Tang that I am fine." After a pause, Li Mu came up with another bad idea. He asked Dugujiu to light a branch and make a charcoal.
I pulled off the lining of my robe and wrote a letter.
Li Mu handed the letter to Dugujiu and said, "Send three people to go back with this brother and hand the letter to Mr. Tang. They will supervise each other. No one can read the content of the letter except Mr. Tang."
"Understood!" Dugujiu selected three people, tore the letter into three parts and handed them into their hands. The four people left the group and headed east, while Li Mu and others continued westward.
When they arrived at the place where Dugujiu killed the man in brown, Li Mu made people stop.
"Where is the body buried?"
"Behind the Pi over there." Dugu Jiu took Li Mu there, and sure enough there was a spot with loose soil. Li Mu asked someone to dig it up, carefully selected it, took the knife from Dugu Jiu's hand, and cut off the head.
Then, Li Mu took a knife and carefully carved on the head like an artist making a plaster statue.
Dugujiu watched from the side, with a chill running down his spine, and quietly took two steps back. He wanted to tell Li Mu how impressive the scene he saw was, but he hesitated and still didn't dare to say it.
About a quarter of an hour later, the appearance of the head had changed drastically. A human face could be vaguely discerned on Xue Hula's head, but it was very different from its original appearance. It was possible to identify 80% of Tang Jian's outline.
Dugujiu saw that Li Mu had finished his work, walked over, took a look, and said, "Brother, who did you learn this skill in disguise? It's amazing!"
"Learned from Chenchen, the fire is not yet home." Li Mu looked at his work and said: "You guys should put some scars on each other's bodies. Remember, when you came out of Lingshe Mountain, you met Tang Jun. After a while
They fought and lost most of them. In the melee, you killed the leader. The Tang army was in chaos and retreated to the river to rest. Do you understand?"
"Understood!" Dugujiu nodded and ordered. The people under him were also serious. When they heard the order to make some traces, they would immediately cut each other with knives. Li Mu quickly stopped: "You are all stupid, this is not the case.
Is there a corpse? Just put some blood on it!"
Everyone suddenly realized that they dug out the buried corpses, cut them a few times, and touched some blood on their bodies. Poor people in brown clothes couldn't rest in peace after they died. They were dug out and died all over again.
Li Mu saw the crossbow arrows on these people and hurriedly said: "A bunch of losers, do you know how much these crossbow arrows cost? Those that can be recycled must be recycled. Check them carefully, and give me all the crossbow arrows that can be pulled out.
Pull it out, maybe it will come in handy."
Everyone acted as they were told, and Dugujiu explained: "Brother, I was anxious to find you yesterday, but I didn't have time -"
"It's okay, I'm not really short of the money." Li Mu waved his hand and said, "Maybe it really comes in handy. When we get to the mountain later, anything can happen." Li Mu asked, "My
Did you bring the baggage?"
Dugujiu shook his head and said: "The midwife, tailor, and cook are all still on the other side, and your luggage is also on the other side."
"Do you want to take the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle with you?"
"Ah, here it is," Dugujiu took out the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle given by Li Mu from his arms, handed it to him, and said, "I haven't used it even once."
"I'll take it first, there's no one who can take advantage of it." Li Mu put it into his arms, pulled off the brown clothes from a corpse, put it on, then mixed some blood and mud, smeared it on his face, and mixed it with
If you don't look carefully in the crowd, you won't be able to tell who he is.
Dugujiu said worriedly: "Brother, the Miao people can speak Miao language, but we can't speak it. I'm afraid the secret will be exposed."
"Don't worry." Li Mu analyzed: "There is a possibility of revealing the truth, but it is not very big. Cui Yuzheng is a Han, and he will follow the example. His confidants will definitely speak Chinese. Furthermore, there are also many Miao people who speak Chinese, especially
He is a black Miao. He has had many contacts with Han people and can speak a few words in Chinese. It is not surprising."
After a pause, Li Mu added: "If you are exposed, take out the repeating crossbow and fire a round without saying a word to shock them. I have received news that your sister-in-law is also a high-ranking figure in the Snake Spirit Sect. There is no way she will not be there."
Confidant."
"Okay." Li Mu has already made up his mind. What else can Dugujiu say? He can only risk his life to accompany his elder brother.
As they talked and walked, they arrived at the boundary of Lingshe Mountain at noon. When they arrived at the mountain gate, the group of people rushed straight through without stopping. No one came out to stop them. As Li Mu expected, the man in brown had an aloof status.
No one dares to mess with you in Lingshe Mountain.
Walking along the road to the mountain at lightning speed, Dugujiu asked in a low voice: "Brother, we don't know where he is? Where can we find Cui Yuzheng?"
"Easy!" Li Mu signaled to Dugu Jiu with his eyes, and suddenly slowed down his horse and rolled off the horse. Dugu Jiu quickly dismounted, and Li Mu lay on the ground and said, "What about the man in brown you asked about last night?"
Whatever the leader calls, just tell him to faint."
Dugujiu ordered the secret guard with the loudest voice under his command to shout: "Come quickly, leader Zakun has fainted! Rescue him quickly!"
"What's up!"
Sure enough, someone heard that a man in brown clothes came over with several people. When he saw Li Mu who was unconscious on the ground, he came to check. Li Mu was afraid of being exposed, so he climbed up with his arms and said in a gossamer voice: "Take me, go."
, go see the leader."
The man in brown clothes was shocked: "Zakun, why has your voice changed?"
Li Mu quickly lowered his voice and said in a harsh voice: "I am so anxious that my voice is hoarse. Take me to see the leader quickly!"
"Oh, okay, hurry up, hurry up!" The man in brown clothes did not doubt that he was there. Who would have thought that a group of Han people would appear in Lingshe Mountain. Seeing that Li Mu was so anxious, he did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly asked someone to carry a stretcher and put him there.
Li Mu carried it to the entrance of the cave where Cui Yuzheng lived.
A smell of blood wafted out from the entrance of the cave, and Li Mu almost vomited. The smell was like a septic tank used to process animal excrement in a slaughterhouse. It was indescribably disgusting. Cui Yuzheng actually lived in such a place, which made him somewhat disgusted.
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"Why did you do this?" Cui Yuzheng asked sternly, but he did not dare to come out. During the day, the sun would burn him to death.
Li Mu held the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle in his hand, guarding against being seen through. He would immediately defeat the enemy and say in a low voice: "Report to the leader, we met the Tang Army on the way. When they saw us, they attacked involuntarily. The subordinates fought hard and were defeated.
Most of them were damaged and only a few dozen people escaped."
"Then you still have the guts to come back! I'm going to throw you all into the holy pool!"
A beast-like roar came from the cave, and a fishy wind came out. Li Mu lay on the ground and said in panic: "The leader calms down. When the subordinates and others rush to kill him, kill the leader of the Tang army!"
"Kill the leader of the Tang army?"
Cui Yuzheng's confused voice came over, he paused and said, "Where is the certificate?"
"Here!" Li Mu shouted, Dugujiu brought the prepared head over, and Li Mu placed his hands at the entrance of the cave.
"More inside!"
Li Mu was stunned for a moment, then realized that he wanted to put the head into the shadow, so he had to 'crawl over' and push the head in.
"Tang Jian?" Cui Yuzheng picked up the head and looked at it, making a sound of surprise. He immediately looked out of the cave and said, "Did you kill Tang Jian?"
"I don't know who I killed. I had no hope of survival at that time. I just wanted to kill one more person. Seeing that the Tang army was protecting this person, I knew that this person was important, so I rushed over. I didn't expect to escape. Fortunately,
Whatever luck you have, it’s all thanks to the blessing of the leader.”
Li Mu became more playful and flattered him, "I sincerely wish the leader eternal blessings and longevity."
"Enjoy immortal blessings forever, and live as long as heaven?" Li Mu was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that he wanted to put the head in the shadow, so he had to 'crawl over' and push the head in.
"Tang Jian?" Cui Yuzheng picked up the head and looked at it, making a sound of surprise. He immediately looked out of the cave and said, "Did you kill Tang Jian?"
"I don't know who I killed. I had no hope of survival at that time. I just wanted to kill one more person. Seeing that the Tang army was protecting this person, I knew that this person was important, so I rushed over. I didn't expect to escape. Fortunately,
Whatever luck you have, it’s all thanks to the blessing of the leader.”
Li Mu became more playful and flattered him, "I sincerely wish the leader eternal blessings and longevity."
"Enjoy immortal blessings forever, and live as long as heaven?"
Li Mu was stunned for a moment, then realized that he wanted to put the head into the shadow, so he had to 'crawl over' and push the head in.
"Tang Jian?" Cui Yuzheng picked up the head and looked at it, making a sound of surprise. He immediately looked outside the cave and said, "Did you kill Tang Jian?"
"I don't know who I killed. I had no hope of survival at that time. I just wanted to kill one more person. Seeing that the Tang army was protecting this person, I knew that this person was important, so I rushed over. I didn't expect to escape. Fortunately,
Whatever luck you have, it’s all thanks to the blessing of the leader.”
Li Mu became more playful and gave him a flattery; "