After using up all the materials, Li Mu began to count the finished products. At the beginning, due to lack of proficiency, he could only roll one incense stick at a time. As his proficiency improved, he could roll out more incense at one time, and two sticks of incense could be rolled out at a time.
Roots, four, eight, until the top is sixteen. Every sixteen roots are tied up with ropes to form a small bundle until the material is used up, just enough to make one hundred bundles.
With the last bit of residue left, Li Mu wanted to see if it worked, so he took it outside and lit it with a fire twister. After lighting it, Li Mu squatted next to him and stared at the sparks of the insect-attracting fragrance without blinking.
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Several Jinyi guards guarding the door saw Li Mu squatting in the corner and stopped moving. They were worried that something might happen to Li Mu, so they cautiously walked over.
"Master Hou..."
"Shh!" Li Mu turned around and glared at them, saying: "Don't make any noise, don't scare the insects."
The Jin Yiwei looked at each other and exchanged glances, as if to say, is the Marquis mentally retarded? One of the Jin Yiwei winked at another Jin Yiwei and told him to go find his wife. In the huge Hou Mansion, the only one who could persuade Li Mu
His wives.
"Master Hou, what are you looking at?"
"I have devoted myself to research and development, and finally achieved some success." Li Mu pointed to the burning residue of the insect-attracting incense, and then pointed to a locust that was swaying over a foot away, and said: "Did you see it?
That locust was lured by my insect-attracting fragrance and became intoxicated."
Hearing this, Jin Yiwei concluded that the Marquis was crazy and couldn't help but sigh. It was also true that the Marquis had been too tired these days. It was normal for him to worry about disaster relief and be anxious.
Just when the Jin Yiwei was about to say something else, he suddenly heard a voice from behind: "Madam is here!"
He quickly moved out of the way and let Jin Chen come over.
"Husband, what are you doing?" Jin Chen reached out for Li Mu, trying to pull him up: "What are you doing squatting here?"
"Don't move." Li Mu said seriously, "Did you hear anything?"
Jin Chen also thought that Li Mu was crazy and was so distressed that he shed tears. He also squatted down with him and said, "Husband, what are you doing? Get up quickly, Qiaoqiao is going to be anxious."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a buzzing sound of flapping wings from far to near, like a swarm of bees attacking. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a "dark cloud" coming rapidly from the west. The Jinyi guards instinctively
He drew his sword, but he didn't know how to deal with this 'dark cloud', and there was a look of fear in his eyes.
"Here we come!" Li Mu burst out laughing. He took a step back, without fear at all, hugged Jin Chen into his arms and shouted, "Go and light a torch!"
Jin Yiwei hurriedly ran to find a torch. At this time, the "dark cloud" had come, and the sky was full of locusts. These locusts were so intoxicated that they did not eat the green leaves on the trees, nor did they attack people. They just surrounded the insect-attracting fragrance.
The rising white smoke swirls in circles.
Li Mu held the torch, stretched out his hand, and a ball of flames burst into flames out of thin air. The smell of burnt egg whites suddenly emitted from the air. Everyone was dumbfounded. Did the Marquis cast a magic spell? What if?
If it wasn't magic, how could these locusts be so obedient and not even know how to escape despite being burned?
After burning for a quarter of an hour, all the incense to attract insects was burned out, and the surrounding locusts scattered and fled as if waking up from a dream. At this time, the ground was already covered with locust corpses, which was four to five centimeters thick.
Li Mu asked someone to bring a broom and swept out a basket before the two of them carried it out of the yard.
Jin Chen hid in Li Mu's arms and witnessed all this. She couldn't recover for a long time. She couldn't figure it out like the royal guards. Did she just light incense? Did the gods in the sky hear her husband's prayers and cast a spell to save her?
Why would the gods in the sky help my husband? Could it be that he is really the reincarnation of a banished immortal as rumored?
Li Mu was already laughing silly. When he decided to try it last night, he really just tried it. He didn't expect that this thing was so effective. The residue just now, which was only half an incense stick, could attract locusts for a quarter of an hour.
For a long time, eight incense sticks are almost enough for one hour. A bundle of sixteen incense sticks is enough for two hours.
Just now I was the only one waving the torch. If four people waved the torch together, how many bugs would have been burned to death? Damn locusts, you didn’t expect it. Yesterday I killed them with a single click, but today it’s AOE. Let’s see if you have more bugs this time.
I have a lot of fever!
"It's great!" Li Mu held up Jin Chen's little face and kissed her hard. The guards around him quickly turned around, but everyone who shouldn't have looked was also looking at them. Jin Chen got into Li Mu's arms in shame,
He said angrily: "What does it look like in broad daylight!"
"I'm happy, I don't care about so much anymore." Li Mu let out a long breath and said: "From now on, our Datang will never have to--"
"Brother! It's not good!"
Li Mu's new style was immediately discouraged. He stared over and saw Li Tai running over out of breath, shouting as he ran: "Brother, something happened. Those businessmen don't know where they came from."
We found a Taoist priest, who asserted that the locust plague was a punishment from heaven. He also said that when he looked at the stars last night, the Emperor Star was dim and unclear, so there must be evil people causing trouble. He also said..."
"Stop it!" Li Mu stopped Li Tai and said, "You should calm down your breathing first, and then listen to what I say."
Li Tai nodded, and Li Mu said: "In a word, in a word, the Taoist priest said that this locust plague is all thanks to me. I am the evil one. Wherever I go, there will be no good. He didn't say it clearly, but every sarcastic sentence was.
Bar?"
"Yes!" Li Tai nodded fiercely: "Brother, did you hear it too?"
"I heard shit!" Li Mu said angrily; "The routine is not new, does anyone believe it?"
"Yes!" Li Tai breathed again and his voice became normal: "The Taoist priest was on the high platform. I don't know what method he used. His voice spread far away and was heard by many people. There were also merchants mixed in the crowd.
I agreed, and many people believed it. When I came back, the people in Nanshi were already full, and Jin Yiwei could hardly control himself."
"Pretending to be a ghost - ha!" Li Mu laughed and said, "Isn't it just a pretense? I am in a good mood today and am playing with them. Artai, go find Li Chunfeng and lend me a Taoist robe."
, he then said to the Jin Yiwei next to him: "Go find a box, put all the incense on the table in the room, be careful, and break a stick."
Jinyiwei hurriedly responded and did as he was told. Li Chunfeng was also in the Hou Mansion, and Li Tai ran there and came back soon. Li Chunfeng was very particular and did not give Li Mu his old clothes, but gave Li Shimin his old clothes because of his "push back picture"
The new Taoist robe given to him had a golden auspicious cloud pattern on it. This kind of pattern was not something ordinary Taoist priests could wear. Li Mu didn't care about it, so he took off his outer robe and put it on.
Li Mu and Li Chunfeng have similar body shapes, and this Taoist robe fits him very well. I don't know if it's because the clothes are good-looking, or if he is just suitable for wearing this kind of clothes. This Taoist robe really looks a bit fairy-like on him.
The Taoist temperament comes out.
Li Mu tied Shang Fang's sword to his waist, told Jin Chen to take good care of Bai Qiaoqiao, and went out in a hurry with Li Tai and the four royal guards.
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"...Celestial Master, I beg you, you can't just die without saving me. The people of Luoyang are suffering. They have to deal with such an ignorant marquis. You are a person with knowledge of heaven and earth. Please give me a way to survive!"
"
The people below the high platform begged, but the 'Heavenly Master' sitting on the high platform did not even raise his eyelids, but sighed repeatedly: "It took me ninety-nine and eighty-one years to cultivate the Xuantian Dao, and now I have completed it.
Eighty years, only one year left before my merits will be perfected and I will be free and happy. I cannot contaminate the cause and effect in the world. If I do, it will not help my great path. I have explained the matter clearly. You can figure out how to do it yourself.
There is just one thing, if the root cause is not changed, everything will come to an end, and everything will come to an end——"
When the people heard this, they cried even more sadly. Suddenly someone raised his arms and shouted: "Everyone heard it just now. This locust plague has all fallen on the newly arrived prince. Otherwise, the weather will be good this year.
Just because he came to Luoyang, there was a disaster in Luoyang? There were obviously people who could bring food, but he was so competitive that he would rather starve the people to death than let people bring food in. Such a person is simply not worthy of being a human being, he is simply a beast!
"
Someone echoed: "Yes, it's a beast!"
"Everyone, let's go find him to settle the score and drive him out of Luoyang, okay?!"
"Okay!" Someone agreed. When others saw this, they didn't blame everyone. It didn't matter if they shouted twice. If they could really drive the marquis away, it wouldn't necessarily be good, but it wouldn't be any worse. These gods and ghosts
When it comes to ghosts, most people would rather believe that they exist or not.
"Let's go!"
The chaotic crowd quickly reached an agreement. Seeing that the "Heavenly Master" on the high platform had achieved his goal, he wanted to sneak down quietly while others were not prepared. Just as he was climbing down, the back of his neck suddenly tightened, and then a strong force hit him.
Suddenly, he fell to the ground. He quickly got up, and a sword was already placed on his neck.
"Sir, please forgive me! I also use money to do things, it was not my idea!"
"Ha!" Dugu Jiu sneered and said: "With this little ability, it's useless for me to look at you so highly -" Before Dugu Jiu could finish his words, he saw this Heavenly Master taking a step back and blending into the crowd, shouting loudly.
: "Come quickly, someone wants to kill someone and silence them!"
A shout drew the attention of many people who were clamoring to go to Li Mu to reason with him. Some people in the crowd glared at him, but the 'Tianshi' didn't bother to call them back. His little
Your fate is about to be handed down.
The people came back like a tide. Dugujiu wanted to leave, but he couldn't. No matter how good his qinggong was, he couldn't fly after all.
Seeing that he was in trouble, he heard a voice from outside the crowd.
"When I was in heaven in the early years, I often dealt with this group of heavenly masters. I didn't expect that after the lower realm, I couldn't touch any of them. Today I finally saw a living one, so I gave way to me.
Also take a look at the face of this old Heavenly Master?"
When everyone heard this nonsense, they all knew that it was Li Mu who was coming. Without even bothering to care about Dugu Jiu, they all turned around to look for him. Li Mu did not dodge and walked over in a swagger. Everyone looked at him,
They were all a little stunned. They had just seen a Celestial Master. Why did the Marquis become a Celestial Master? His clothes also had auspicious cloud patterns, but they looked more beautiful than the Celestial Master's clothes. What kind of medicine was sold in this gourd?
"Master Marquis, I have something to tell you -" The leader bravely stood up. Li Mu glanced at him and said, "Who are you? Are you worthy of talking to me?"
Before the man could respond, the Jin Yiwei behind him pounced on him like a wolf, and hit more than a dozen big mouths with his bow from left and right. He was beaten until his mouth was filled with blood, and then he was dragged behind.
Seeing this, the man's accomplices became furious and wanted to continue to incite the people. Just as they were about to open their mouths, they saw that a group of Jin Yiwei had gathered at the intersection, each of them holding a repeating crossbow. A rough calculation showed that there were at least fifty
That's a lot.
Fifty repeating crossbows were enough to strangle everyone present. He thought of Li Mu's feat of massacring the city in Gaochang, and was not sure if he had pushed him into a hurry and whether he could do it. He opened his mouth several times, but still nothing
If you dare to open your mouth, no one will take the lead, and the restless people have calmed down.
The Heavenly Master had no choice but to hide, and his outfit had already exposed him. The Jin Yiwei separated the crowd, and Li Mu came to the Heavenly Master smoothly. The Heavenly Master stood firm and looked at him. At this time, he was already riding a tiger and could not retreat even if he wanted to.
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"Where is the Celestial Master so good? Why haven't I seen you when I was in heaven?" Li Mu asked seriously, which confused the Celestial Master. He was indeed a Taoist priest, but he only stole the incense money from the Taoist temple to gamble.
After being driven out, he was forced to wait for the man to respond. The Jin Yiwei behind him pounced on him like a wolf, and hit more than a dozen big mouths with his bows. He only beat him until his mouth was full of blood, and then dragged him behind.
Seeing this, the man's accomplices became furious and wanted to continue to incite the people. Just as they were about to open their mouths, they saw that a group of Jin Yiwei had gathered at the intersection, each of them holding a repeating crossbow. A rough calculation showed that there were at least fifty
That's a lot.
Fifty repeating crossbows were enough to strangle everyone present. He thought of Li Mu's feat of massacring the city in Gaochang, and was not sure if he had pushed him into a hurry and whether he could do it. He opened his mouth several times, but still nothing happened.
If you dare to open your mouth, no one will take the lead, and the restless people have calmed down.
The Heavenly Master had no choice but to hide, and his outfit had already exposed him. The Jin Yiwei separated the crowd, and Li Mu came to the Heavenly Master smoothly. The Heavenly Master stood firm and looked at him. At this time, he was already riding a tiger and could not retreat even if he wanted to.
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"Where is the Celestial Master so good? Why haven't I seen you when I was in heaven?" Li Mu asked seriously, which confused the Celestial Master. He was indeed a Taoist priest, but he only stole the incense money from the Taoist temple to gamble.
was kicked out, forced to have
Before the man could respond, the Jin Yiwei behind him pounced on him like a wolf, and hit more than a dozen big mouths with his bow from left and right. He was beaten until his mouth was filled with blood, and then he was dragged behind.
When this man's accomplices saw this, they became furious and continued to incite hundreds of people.