Li Siwen shook his head, Li Chongyi also shook his head, Li Mu looked at Su Dingfang and others, and all shook their heads. Li Mu sighed, gritted his teeth, and said, "Go find Elder Jin."
Not long after, Elder Jin arrived. She seemed not surprised at all that Li Mu would come to her, but her eyes were slightly uneasy because she didn't know how Li Mu would treat her.
Li Muping stepped back and asked, "Where is Jin Chen now? Please ask her to come see me."
"She has left." Elder Jin took out a sachet from his sleeve and wanted to hand it to Li Mu, but Li Mu refused to accept it and said: "I have said before that I have no feelings for her between men and women. I don't want this kind of thing from her."
of."
Elder Jin opened the sachet, and inside was the Holy Fire Token. No wonder the sachet was one size larger than normal. When Li Mu saw the Holy Fire Token, he did not reach out to take it, and said: "This is the treasure of your religion. I have it."
It doesn't matter, no! I want to see her, I have something to tell her."
Elder Jin put away the Holy Fire Order and said: "She has left, and I don't know where she has gone. Lord Marquis doesn't believe it, and I can't do anything about it."
"There is no way?" Li Mu glared and said, "Old woman, don't you understand the situation in front of you? Do you believe that I can kill all your people with just one word? Do you think I can't do it?"
"Master Marquis, there is no need to say such harsh words. If Master Marquis was that kind of person, he would not have saved us that day. I didn't mean not to tell you, I really don't know. She came to see me last night, but she only brought the sacred fire.
Leave the order to me and ask me to find an opportunity to give it to the Marquis. If the Marquis doesn't want it, I will just keep it. I really don't know about other things."
Li Mu's face turned livid with anger, he took a deep breath, suppressed the fire in his heart, and said: "Then can you tell me, her, me, me and her, who between us -"
Elder Jin looked at him calmly, as if he didn't understand.
Li Mu gritted his teeth and said: "I was drunk yesterday! I woke up and found that I was disheveled. I mean, did she do anything to me -"
"Master Hou, you are a man. Isn't this contradictory?"
"I didn't say anything against it!" Li Mu yelled, "What did I say against me? She thought she was good-looking and I took advantage of her. Have I never seen a beauty? My wife, my concubine, which one around me?
Women are worse than her? Do you know how many young girls and young wives in Chang'an are in love with me? I am not that kind of person, you know? If I were that kind of person, I would change one every day and not bring the same one for a year! Now!
I am the one who suffered the loss, do you understand?"
Seeing that Elder Jin was indifferent, Li Mu became even more angry and gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, let's not talk about whether we will suffer or not. I have to know whether it happened or not, right? What if she did something and got my flesh and blood?"
, what should I do? I have to have the right to know, right? And! Yesterday when she...she was cheating on me, my third wife might have seen it, and she had to explain to me clearly what happened to my third wife's belly.
Here, but...me!"
"Oops!" Li Mu was so anxious that he was running around, but Elder Jin still had the same expressionless expression. Li Mu sat down angrily, looked at Elder Jin, and said, "You old woman, don't you want to say a word to me?"
"I really don't know."
"Okay!" Li Mu yelled Li Siwen in and said, "Go and tell Ni Shou to drive all those idle people from Camel Valley to Ili to eat dirt. They deserve to die. Go!"
"Brother, this..." Li Siwen didn't understand what happened, so he said, "Is this okay? They are all innocent..."
"Go away! Just go if you are told to go, no matter what you say!"
"Hey, hey," Li Siwen didn't dare to disobey, he responded repeatedly, turned around and went out. Li Mu looked at Elder Jin and said, "Oh, you are so cruel, you don't care about your tribe at all?"
"They followed the Yin clan to rebel, and they are no longer considered to be members of the Yin clan." Elder Jin said calmly and calmly, "Even if the Marquis drives me to Yili, I still have nothing to say. I don't know, I just don't know.
I know. Mr. Hou can't let me lie to you."
"Okay, you can do it!"
Li Mu called Li Siwen over again and said: "Bring this old woman, her tribe, and the people in Camel Valley to my custody. No one is allowed to go without my words, and no one is allowed to eat."
You are not allowed to give water to drink, and anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"
"Brother, there are many old, weak, women and children——"
"Didn't you hear what I said clearly?!"
"Listen clearly." Li Siwen didn't know why Li Mu was so angry, but he knew that Li Mu was really angry. He didn't dare to ask anymore and went out to do errands. Elder Jin looked at Li Mu, and Li Mu looked at her, okay.
After a long while, Elder Jin said: "Master Hou is the real cruel person, do you have to do things so decisively?"
"What I hate the most is being forced to do things by others. First she kidnapped me, then she kidnapped me to do things with morality, and now she gives me an unclear idea. What do you think I am? Let me tell you, old woman, I
No matter what the rules of your hermit clan are, whether women are superior to men or whether men are inferior to women, you have to obey my rules when you are here! It is absolutely impossible for you to want me to do things according to your ideas. You can play tricks on me, it’s up to you, but I don’t
I'm in the mood to play with you. I will keep my word. Killing is too pleasant and cruel. I can't bear it. I will starve you and bury them one by one. I am also very curious about what happens when people are hungry.
, will you exchange your child for food?"
"Why are you so cruel!"
"Someone, take this old woman away!"
The guards took Elder Jin away, and Li Mu also followed. On the street outside the Yamen, Su Dingfang and his soldiers were driving people out of the city, driving all the Yin people that Elder Jin had brought from Camel Valley
Outside the city, the cavalry led by Li Siwen intercepted them and trapped these people in a corner under the city wall.
In the evening, Zepi also sent people from Camel Valley over. These people had nothing except the clothes on their bodies. The cold wind gradually started to blow at night, and there was nothing to keep out the cold, so they had to huddle together in twos and threes, and the sound of wailing could be heard everywhere.
smell.
The torches on the city wall were brightly lit, and Li Mu, wearing a bear-banded cloak, stared at the tragic situation outside the city, his face expressionless. Li Ji and Hou Junji had both come, but their persuasion was fruitless. Li Mu seemed determined to get rid of these things.
It's like putting people to death.
"Someone is coming!"
Su Dingfang came to the front: "The end will be here!"
"Call the men in the crowd aside, give each man a shovel, and let them dig a hole nearby."
Su Dingfang said in confusion: "Master Hou, why do you want to dig a hole?"
"My word is that before noon tomorrow, a huge pit three feet long and three feet deep must be dug out. If the digging is not finished, hundreds of people will be killed. Before dusk tomorrow, if the person I want to see does not show up, I will kill the people here."
Everyone is buried, no matter male, female, old or young, no one can survive!"
"Master Hou!" Su Dingfang knelt down on the ground and kowtowed: "Master Hou, think twice, this - this is not a benevolent and righteous act, and it may damage the reputation of Master Hou!"
"I am a 'blood-hand massacrer', so I want a bad reputation? Instead of worrying about when something will happen, why not kill them all and get rid of them all! Go and deliver the order, do you want to disobey me?"
"I don't dare!" Su Dingfang wanted to say something else, but seeing Li Mu's livid expression, he still didn't dare to say anything and ran outside the city to give the order.
After a while, with the sound of crying, the men of the Yin tribe began to dig holes. Some of them jumped over the wall to resist, but the opponents of the Tang Dynasty cavalry who were surrounding them all became honest after being whipped a few times.
Come down.
Looking at the pit that was getting deeper and deeper, everyone in the Yin tribe seemed to have a premonition of their own fate, and they all burst into tears. From time to time, there were voices cursing Li Mu and Jin Chen, but they were soon drowned out by the louder and louder crying.
Already.
"Let my people go, I'm here."
Suddenly, a voice sounded behind Li Mu. Li Mu turned around and saw that it was a guard beside him with a thick beard, but his voice belonged to Jin Chen. Li Mu sneered and reached out to scratch the man's face.
, and as expected, he tore off a thin mask.
Li Mu threw away the mask, looked at Jin Chen in front of him, and said: "Your disguise skills have really improved rapidly. It has only been a short time, and you have already become better than the best."
"Have you seen through me a long time ago?"
"I just figured it out." Li Mu looked into Jin Chen's eyes and said, "The elder Jin I met today should be you, right?"
Jin Chen said nothing, seeming to acquiesce.
"Actually, I didn't see it, but when you just stood up, I suddenly discovered something in common between you and the Elder Jin I saw today. Whether it's the guard or the Elder Jin I saw today, you
The look in his eyes is the same - Jin Chen, what do you want to do?"
"I like--"
"I don't like you, I even hate you a little! Everything you have done so far has been stupid. Maybe you think you are smart, but in my eyes, you are just stupid. You might as well be anything else.
Don’t do it!”
"I really like you!" Jin Chen suddenly became brave, interrupted Li Mu, and shouted in a louder voice: "I know I am stupid, but I don't know what to do! I have never left Camel Valley.
, I don’t know how to deal with things outside. First of all, the leader doesn’t like me, and no one has taught me what to do. I just did what I thought I should do. What did I do wrong? This time too,
I want to give myself to you, even if I know you don't like me. I want to give you the Holy Fire Token. I want you to remember the little bit of affection between us and to properly arrange for my people.
It’s the only thing I can do for them, am I wrong again?”
"Ha!" Li Mu laughed angrily and said, "What you mean is that you like me, so you gave yourself to me. But you also said that you want me to take care of your people, so can I understand it this way?
You use yourself in exchange for me to properly settle your people?"
Jin Chen panicked and said: "That's not what I meant -"
"That's what you mean!" Li Mu choked back Jin Chen's words, pointed at her and said: "You stupid woman, even if you don't mean that, if you do this, it's impossible for me not to think that way! You will only do this
Make me hate you even more, make me hate you very much!"
"I……"
"You have met my wives. Do you know which of them I like best?"
"Yes...is it Mrs. Qiaoqiao?"
"Yes, it's Qiaoqiao! Of course it's Qiaoqiao!" Li Mu said sternly: "Among my wives, Qiaoqiao is not the most outstanding in terms of literary talent, appearance, talent, and scheming. But I love her the most, and I know
Why?"
Jin Chen's eyes were covered with mist and he said: "How could I know? If I knew -"
"Let me tell you," Li Mu said seriously: "There is no complicated reason, it's very simple, very simple. Because she loves me the most. In her eyes and in her heart, it's all about me. She doesn't like what I like.
She won’t hate it. If I don’t like it, she will definitely not do it. Because she knows that I will be unhappy because of it, and she feels sorry for me and doesn’t want to see me unhappy.”
"But you, you know that I will be unhappy if you do this, but you don't care, you just want to do it. You think that you do this, which proves your love for me, and I will feel your love because of it.
Then I love you again, don’t you think it’s ridiculous?”
"I may have a little bit of love for you, but all the things you do make me unable to love you!" After Li Mu said that, he stopped looking at her. After a while, he said with some sadness: "I still like that Li Mu.
In the spring courtyard, you brought me a bowl of porridge, but unfortunately, that was not the real you—"
"I can--"
"Let's go." Li Mu interrupted Jin Chen and suddenly snorted, leaving a trace of blood on the corner of his mouth. Jin Chen saw it and was stunned. She grabbed Li Mu's wrist and found that his pulse was disturbed, and murmured:
"You, you have lost your inner strength? Do you hate me so much?"
"I will take good care of your people. I will give them back to you after I learned the martial arts from your Holy Fire Sect. We will never see each other again in this life."
"Do you hate me so much?"
"Without love, where does hatred come from? You think too much, let's go,"
Li Mu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and hunched down the city wall. Li Chongyi came over, blocked Jin Chen's sight, and looked down at her: "My eldest brother said, let you go. If you don't go, I will kill you, you
Can you leave or not?”
Jin Chen held back his tears, turned around, and walked forward step by step. The two of them were on the city wall, with their backs facing each other, and they were getting farther and farther away step by step. Li Chongyi looked at Jin Chen, with murderous intent in his eyes. Suddenly, Li Mu shouted
He called out, and Li Chongyi sighed helplessly, responded, and followed.
Under the city wall, Su Dingfang had stopped the people who dug the holes and asked them to fill them up again. He also asked the cooks to light a fire to keep them warm and cook. He also told them that they would find a place to accommodate them tomorrow. Everyone escaped death.
They were all in high spirits, and the people who had just scolded Li Mu began to praise his merits again.
Back at the government office, Li Siwen brought some ginger soup to Li Mu to ward off the cold, and asked, "Brother, how do you plan to arrange for these people?"
Li Mu thought for a while and said: "I will go to Gaochang tomorrow, take them all with me, and find a place to place them in Gaochang."