Looking down from the sky above Luoyang City, several men in black dispersed from the county government office, fleeing in different directions. After moving around several courtyards, they gathered in one place from different directions. A large plaque at the door indicated the location of the mansion.
Identity, Dugu Mansion, a villa of Dugu Clan in Luoyang.
Luoyang City is not the power of the Dugu clan, but as a clan clan, having a place to stay in Luoyang City is the proper meaning of the title. Other clans and aristocratic families also do the same. Of course, it is limited to one mansion. If it is in
When a business is opened in Luoyang City, it involves land issues. Usually, such issues are quite sensitive and people will not easily cross the line.
Dugu Jiu jumped down from the room, pulled off his face towel, and other men in black also fell down one after another. Following closely behind Dugu Jiu was Wei Fu, who was good at Qinggong. He has now become Dugu Jiu's confidant.
He is also considered a leader among the Jinyi secret guards.
"How many brothers have we lost?"
Wei Fu replied: "Two were killed and four were injured. The opponents are all masters."
"Can you tell the sect?"
"You can vaguely see some, it seems to be deliberately hidden, and there are also some dead soldiers among them." Weifu made an analysis. In fact, he only said half of it. After a few fights with these people, he knew where these people were.
On the way. There is an organization in Jisi Hall that is responsible for assassinations. He doesn't know the details, but has only vaguely heard about it. After all, he is a member of Snake Spirit. Although Snake Spirit has a subordinate relationship with Jisi Hall, it is
They operate independently, and unless they have "business dealings" with each other, they have no knowledge of each other.
But he couldn't tell the matter, so he had to pretend not to know. But he felt a little uneasy in his heart. He knew very well how powerful that woman was. If what happened today was her instigation, it would really be impossible with just the manpower of Jin Yiwei.
He may not be able to protect Li Mu.
Dugujiu was silent for a while and said: "Brothers who are injured should be treated well and receive rewards according to the rules. Brothers who are dead should receive double pensions."
"Thank you to the governor."
"Let's break up."
Dugujiu waved his hand and entered the house. Wei Fu and others went to deal with the bodies of their companions without asking for medical treatment.
…
"Failed?"
Mrs. Lu was painting a picture, and with a few strokes, the people in the painting appeared on the paper. The style of everyone was clearly revealed in every gesture. When she was young, the eldest daughter of the Lu family was also a famous figure. Her
The reputation of a talented woman is much earlier than that of Wang Ou.
"This subordinate is incompetent, please punish me, Master!"
"You really deserve to be punished," Mrs. Lu put down the pen in her hand and looked at the appearance of the person in the unfinished painting. The person in the painting should be a young man, but because the eyes have not been drawn, it is difficult to tell his age.
"But it's not because of your incompetence." Mrs. Lu raised her hand, and the man in black who was kneeling on the ground stood up as if he had received an amnesty, but did not dare to raise his head, let alone look at Mrs. Lu.
"I didn't expect that Jinyiwei, which had only been established for a few months, could win over so many good players. Especially the child from the Dugu family, whose swordsmanship is far beyond my imagination. In today's world, there should be no one who can rival him in swordsmanship.
There are more than five people. It’s not unexpected that you can’t defeat him.”
"Please, the Hall Master, give me another chance. I will definitely cut off Li Mu's head and present it to the Hall Master."
"No, once is enough." Mrs. Lu smiled and said, "I just wanted to say hello, I didn't really want to kill him. I'll give you a new mission to kill that loser Lu Zhuo."
"Lu, Magistrate Lu?" The man in black was shocked. He didn't know why Mrs. Lu wanted to kill her own family. In terms of kinship, Magistrate Lu was still her cousin.
"What's the use of keeping waste? It just brings shame to the Lu family."
After Mrs. Lu said this, she waved her hand. The man in black did not dare to say anything more. He bowed and took three steps back before daring to turn around and leave. After the man in black left, a man came in with a plate of pastries. It was the man who accompanied him.
Aunt Rong was next to Mrs. Lu. When she saw that she was painting again, she sighed inwardly, put down the plate, and said: "Miss, that child's eyebrows must be very much like yours."
Mrs. Lu shook her head, but still did not write. She hesitated for a while, then put it down again, and said: "I have seen him in my dream. He looks like his father."
"Miss--"
"It's okay, mama, don't worry." Mrs. Lu smiled, with a hint of sadness in her smile. She stretched out her waist and said, "As I get older, I am really getting more and more incompetent. I have been so busy for a while now.
I actually feel sleepy. Mammy, I’m going to rest first, please tidy up.”
"Miss, please do as you please."
Seeing Mrs. Lu leave, Grandma Rong cleared the table, rolled up the unfinished painting, and placed it on a special shelf behind her like countless previous paintings without eyes.
…
In the county government office, Li Mu rescued the stunned Su Dingfang and others, comforted the frightened Bai Qiaoqiao to sleep, and called Jin Chen to the next door.
"Do you still have the Holy Fire Order with you?"
"Well," Jin Chen said, putting his hand into his arms and saying, "Do you want it? I'll give it to you."
"No need." Li Mu held her hand down and said, "I don't practice the above martial arts. I'm asking you, how are you doing?"
A trace of sadness flashed in Jin Chen's eyes. She thought Li Mu hadn't forgiven her yet, but she didn't mention it again. She answered honestly: "I'm not as good as you. I've only reached the third level now."
Li Mu remembered that it was recorded in the Holy Fire Order that the first level of the mental method of the Great Shift of the Universe can be accomplished in seven years if you practice diligently. The second level, for those with high understanding, can be accomplished in seven years, and for those with poor understanding, it will take fourteen years.
If you still haven't succeeded in twenty-one years, you will only be able to reach the second level in this life, and you will never practice the third level, otherwise you will definitely go crazy.
After passing the hurdle of the third floor, progress will be much faster on the fourth and fifth floors, and it will be a hurdle again on the sixth floor. Jin Chen has no system, and he can cross the gap between the second and third floors in such a short time.
She is considered a genius. In another three to five years, her internal strength will reach a terrifying level.
"I have mastered the mental skills, but the body skills are still far behind." After a calm analysis, Li Mu came to the conclusion. He returned the Holy Fire Token to Jin Chen and explained to her his experience when practicing the Great Shift of the Universe and what he had learned about Jin Chen.
Generally speaking, this is a very rare experience. The inheritance of Zoroastrianism used to be like this, but since the loss of the Holy Fire Order, the inheritance of this experience has been interrupted. If Jin Chen had someone to give guidance, her progress would be faster.
"Are you really not going to practice again?" Jin Chen mustered up the courage and said, "Didn't you also say that the internal power of the Great Shift of the Universe is an excellent and superior mental method. You are more talented than me, even if you are
If you fail once, it won’t be difficult to practice again, right?”
"It is indeed not difficult, but for me, this is not the most suitable technique." Li Mu did not explain too much. He just said that he had a more suitable internal technique and asked Jin Chen to practice hard and strive to break through the third level as soon as possible.
After breaking through the third level, she can practice and use all the high-level body movements on the Holy Fire Order, and ordinary martial arts masters are no match for her.
A master of internal energy can use inner breathing instead of sleeping. After seeing Jin Chen enter samadhi, Li Mu quietly exited the room. He came to the courtyard next to him, where he left his things. Most of the luggage he packed and brought to Luoyang City was still there.
The car has not been unloaded yet.
Li Mu called Su Dingfang and asked him to bring a few people to unload his anvils and other items from the car. Li Mu was already familiar with playing with these things and quickly put them away. Regardless of whether it was midnight or not, Li Mu
He lit the fire and put a metal ingot packed in a box into the fire.
In order to melt the metal ingot quickly, Li Mu also spent 2,000 yuan to buy two 'forging catalysts' from the system store and threw them in. The temperature of the furnace rose instantly and the metal ingot melted.
This metal ingot is a small piece left when Li Mu made the armor for Li Chongyi. The alloy is mixed with meteorite and other substances, so it is not easy to obtain. But the remaining piece is too small, what to build
There seemed to be not enough, so Li Mu didn't use it and kept it in a box.
Encountering this group of killers today made Li Mu realize that he must have the ability to protect himself. He did not intend to practice other people's internal skills. After practicing the Great Shift of the Universe, he learned some tricks, and he also had the ability to create his own internal skills.
He has a little more confidence, but this move is difficult to do. He has no foundation at all. It is really difficult to think of moves out of thin air.
But can a living person be suffocated by urine? If he can't be a melee fighter, just be a long-range fighter! If the enemy can't get close to him, won't the problem be solved?
Ranged hero…
Li Mu thought of something, and he wanted to build it now. After the alloy was melted, under the beating of the hammer, it turned into iron tires three inches and seven minutes long, no more, no less, exactly twelve.
.The twelve iron tires changed their shapes under Li Mu's hammer, and finally took the shape of a flying knife.
Zila——
Two hours later, the sound of quenching sounded, and Li Mu picked up the flying knife from the water. He held it in his hand and looked at it. There was a word "李" on the handle of the knife, and he tried to pour his own energy into it.
On the flying knife, the tip of the knife faintly forced out a trace of blade energy. In the night, it was about six or seven inches long, more than twice as long.
Li Mu turned around and looked at the eaves of the corridor dozens of meters away to the northwest.
"Go!"
There was a slight shout, but he didn't see how he took action. The flying knife in his hand had disappeared. In the night, the silver light flashed at a speed that was almost invisible to the naked eye. Looking at the eaves of the corridor, there was an extra hole. Li Mu threw it out
The flying knife actually penetrated the eaves column about a foot wide between the electric light and flint, and was nailed to the rockery stone at the back.
If this is a person, there must be an extra hole that allows light to be seen from both sides.
"Isn't this done?"
Li Mu followed the same method and made twelve throwing knives, each with a leather sheath.
"Xiao Li's flying knives reappeared in the world, with twelve at a time. I still don't believe it. You can come with more than ten or twenty every time!"
Li Mu gritted his teeth and tied two leather holsters, one on his arm and one on his leg. After trying it, it was still easy to take, and he smiled with satisfaction.
After extinguishing the fire, Li Mu returned to the room. Bai Qiaoqiao was already fast asleep. He was afraid that he would get into the bed and bring cold air to her, so he lay next to her across the quilt. He turned sideways and looked at
Seeing Bai Qiaoqiao sleeping, Li Mu suddenly remembered the ridiculous thing about the three of them sleeping under blankets when Li Zhien was around. At that time, they really felt like teenagers who didn't know what to worry about.
I don’t know how Zhien is doing.
Li Mu murmured, closed his eyes, and saw the landmark stone representing Panda in the system. He hesitated again in his heart whether to go to Wang Ou or not. There was also Zhang Tianai who was far away in Gaochang, waiting for news about him. He owed these.
Love debt, I don't know if I will owe them in the end.
There is also the matter in Luoyang at hand. Without Li Shimin's protection, how to open up the situation in Luoyang City has become the primary problem he is currently facing. Luoyang City is different from Chang'an. There is no emperor, no court, and no constraints on power.
It's so big, and an established pattern has been formed here. If you want to break this situation, you must find a way to break it.
This is more of a headache.
When he was in Chang'an, with the imperial power at his head, Li Mu relied on Li Shimin's protection to do whatever he wanted, and was attracted by his interests, which made people flock to him. But now in Luoyang, the major forces in Luoyang were originally the forces that opposed him. They
The attitude I put out is that I would rather not get benefits than have anything to do with you, Li Mu.
If you have benefits but others don’t want them, what can you do?
Li Mu thought about this matter, and if he didn't choose to bow his head, he would have to take his decision from Li Shimin. But whether he bowed his head or took his decision from Li Shimin, it was not what Li Mu wanted.
If there is no good deal, he bows to the Lu, Zheng, and Cui families. If there is no good deal, he goes back to Li Shimin, which seems to be incompetent. He has to find a way to let them go to him first.
Li Mu thought about it and fell asleep when it was almost dawn. He thought of two ways, but he still didn't know if it would work. He slept until noon, and when he woke up, Bai Qiaoqiao had already gotten up.
When he came out of the house to find something to eat, he heard someone talking in the yard, and the voice was a little familiar. He followed the voice and looked over, and saw a suave young man chatting with his wife. The two of them had something to do.
It's funny.
Li Mu was immediately furious. He strode over, put his hand on the young master's shoulder, pushed him back hard, and raised his hand to hit him. When Bai Qiaoqiao saw this, he quickly grabbed him and said: "Husband, sir
, don’t hit him!”
"Oh, you're still protecting him?" Li Mu became even more angry. It wasn't that he suspected that Bai Qiaoqiao had something to do with this young man, but he simply felt unhappy when he saw someone talking and laughing with his wife.
"He is -" Before Bai Qiaoqiao could say anything, the young man shouted: "Teacher, do you think I am?"
"Teacher? Damn, how can I have a disciple like you -" Li Mu was about to hit him again, but suddenly his hand stopped in mid-air. He carefully looked at the young man in front of him, and vaguely saw a little bit of familiarity between his eyebrows.
"You, are you Li Tai?"
The young master laughed and said, "It's me, eldest brother, my mentor. How about you, you can't recognize me? I've successfully lost weight!"