The past night was destined to be a sleepless night for many people in Shendu.
Mr. Li, who was famous all over the gods, was newly married. Many women in the gods were devastated.
He is the number one scholar in civil and military affairs, a favorite of the Queen, a messenger of justice, the people are in the sky, and his appearance is so elegant. For the young women of the right age in the city of God, this is undoubtedly their most ideal husband candidate.
Especially for men like this, who have not yet gotten married, some women who think they are still pretty will wander around in front of the Li Mansion intentionally or unintentionally, dreaming of having a romantic encounter with someone and becoming the daughter of the Li Mansion in the future.
Owner.
Before Li Mu got married, they could still have hope.
Now that their hopes have been shattered, they can't feel any jealousy towards that lucky woman and can only wish them happiness silently.
Li Mansion.
The sun had already risen above the head, and Li Mu and Liu Hanyan walked out of the room.
Liu Hanyan's face was rosy, his expression was restrained, and the smile in his eyes could not be hidden, but Li Mu had a depressed look on his face and was quite unhappy in his heart.
Just last night, the two finally waited for the first time in their lives to practice yin and yang.
The process of dual cultivation was undoubtedly very happy, but the result was difficult for Li Mu to accept.
Last night, the two people's yin and yang blended. Years of pure yang and pure yin power merged and circulated in their bodies. Liu Hanyan's cultivation successfully broke through to the fifth realm. Although Li Mu's cultivation also experienced a surge
, but it is stuck at the peak of the fourth realm, still one step away from the fifth realm.
But this step is the most difficult step.
Some people can take this last step in a few days, but some people take ten and a half months. Some people take three to five years, and some people take three to fifty years. There is no rule at all.
Li Mu practiced before Liu Hanyan? He was also the ear that led her into the path of spiritual practice, but she broke through to the fifth realm before Li Mu? Li Mu was trembling with anger? Is he destined to be suppressed by women all his life?
Damn it, the same yin and yang cultivation? This is so unfair to him.
Liu Hanyan held his arm and comforted him: "Don't be discouraged. Maybe you will break through in a few days. From now on? I will protect you..."
Although she was comforting Li Mu, there was a sense of pride in her tone that could not be concealed.
Li Mu glanced at her and said, "Am I someone who needs protection from a woman..."
As he spoke, his voice became softer.
Because he realized that he really seemed to be this kind of person.
In terms of safety, I relied on Li Qing in the past, then Su He? And then I relied on the Queen? In terms of finance, from before to now, I have always relied on Liu Hanyan...
I didn’t want to know, but after thinking about it carefully I realized that I had been relying on women.
Now that even Liu Hanyan's cultivation level is higher than him, Li Mu can't help but feel a little sour in his heart, saying that he is a son of destiny, maybe he is just a son adopted by God.
After dinner, Li Mu planned to go to the palace.
Yesterday's wedding went so smoothly. In fact, to a large extent, we have to thank the Queen.
Li Mu had no maids at home, so she asked Master Mei to transfer some maids from the palace.
The dishes at the wedding banquet were cooked by her royal chef.
The wedding wine prepared for the guests was also a tribute wine sent by her from the palace.
Although she didn't come herself, she asked Master Mei to arrange his wedding very thoughtfully.
Changle Palace.
Li Mu walked into the palace. The queen who was reviewing the memorial did not even raise her head and asked, "If you are not at home with the bride, what are you doing in the palace?"
Li Mu handed several food boxes containing side dishes he made to Master Mei and said, "Thanks to your majesty for your help in my wedding. I am here to thank your majesty."
Zhou Wu raised her head and glanced at him and said, "If you really want to thank me, just help me read these memorials. There are endless excerpts every day. It's so annoying..."
Li Mu discovered that after the two became acquainted, the queen became more and more unrestrained.
There are endless excerpts every day, it’s so annoying... Is this what an emperor should say?
Even if she was really annoyed, she couldn't say it out loud. A wise king would work hard at night and day, and only a foolish king would find it annoying to read a book. If this sentence is written down, it will leave an eternal infamy in future generations.
In the past, she would pretend to be in front of Li Mu, but now she doesn't even want to pretend anymore.
Although Li Mu also wanted to help her, the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics. There were no ministers to help the emperor deal with the problems. If anyone knew about this, there would be no way to take off the label of a favorite minister who was messing with the government.
Li Mu shook his head and said helplessly: "Your Majesty, this is not good..."
Zhou Wu looked at him disappointedly and said: "I finally understand. What you said before about going through fire and water for me, even if you die, turned out to be false. You are not even willing to help me read the memorial, let alone go through fire and water for me...
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Li Mu walked up and said helplessly: "Look, look, can't you just take a look..."
The Queen showed her true nature in front of him today. She stopped acting and actually used Li Mu's words to trick him. If Li Mu refused, it would mean that what he said to the Queen before was all lies.
Master Mei put the food in the food box on the table. Li Mu picked up the pile of memorials and came to the corner.
The excerpts submitted by each ministry were divided according to the level of importance. The Queen had already dealt with the most important excerpts, and the remaining ones were of lesser importance.
There are thirty-six counties and hundreds of counties in the country. Even though the various ministries have solved most of the problems, there are still a lot left for the Queen to deal with.
Zhou Wu was eating leisurely on the side. She glanced at Li Mu and asked, "I haven't seen you for a few days. Your cultivation has improved a lot."
Li Mu explained: "Because I have a pure yang body, and my wife has a pure yin body."
When the yin and yang of pure yang and pure yin blend, it will produce a kind of indistinguishable power, which can increase mana and break through barriers to cultivation. Although Li Mu did not say it explicitly, anyone could hear the implication.
What he means is that last night, their yin and yang merged.
Zhou Wu instantly felt that the food in front of her was not so fragrant.
Not only that, Li Mu's words made her think of the scene of their yin and yang blending together. She had never had a similar experience before, and she couldn't imagine this kind of scene, but she happened to bump into Li Mu's man again.
Dream……
The more she tried to forget, the clearer the picture became.
She can erase other people's memories, but she can't erase her own. Her memory is missing and her inner demons are still there, which will cause her even greater trouble.
Inner demons can be suppressed with Qingxin Jue, but some thoughts cannot.
The caring courtier who was originally hers became the husband of another woman. They lived in the house she rewarded and used the things she rewarded. She couldn't even go there anymore - Zhou Wu admitted that she was a little envious.
After having his wife, Li Mu could no longer focus solely on the palace. The spirit conch she gave him had not been used for a long time.
What made her conflicted was that she felt that Mei Wei was right.
Although Li Mu is her courtier, he should also have his own life. She should not be too demanding on him, nor should she be too possessive of him... But why is she still so uncomfortable in her heart, as if she was raped by her sister when she was a child?
They took away her beloved doll...
At this moment, the closer she was to Li Mu, the more confused her heart became. She put down her chopsticks, stood up, and said: "You look first, ·1 I'm going out for a walk..."
The Queen chose to be a hands-off emperor, so Li Mu could only continue to help her handle the memorials.
You don't know these memorials until you read them, and you realize how hard it is to be an emperor.
There are already a lot of things going on in the thirty-sixth and sixteenth counties of the Great Zhou Dynasty. As the ancestral state, the Great Zhou Dynasty also has to deal with the affairs of other countries in the ancestral state.
In some small countries, if a coup occurs, the orthodox royal family will ask for help from the Great Zhou Dynasty.
There are also some small countries that are invaded by demons and demons. With the power of their own country, they are unable to resist, so they will ask for help from the Great Zhou.
The courtiers have no right to make decisions on these matters, and the final decision must be made by the Queen.
Li Mu couldn't decide these things on behalf of the Queen, so he picked out this part of the story and put it aside.
As for the affairs within the Great Zhou Dynasty, especially those that only required the Queen's ink pen to give approval after being approved at all levels, Li Mu approved it for her.
After dealing with what he could, but the Queen had not returned yet, Li Mu left Changle Palace and came to Zhongshu Province.
In addition to helping the Queen share the burden, he also had his own matters to deal with.
Walking into his yamen office, Li Mu found that there were a few more discounts placed on the table in his yamen office.
Among the six Zhongshushe people, he was in charge of the Criminal Department and was the busiest with daily affairs. Li Mu opened a few folding papers and found that they were folding papers from Yushan County.
Magistrate Baiyu and Lieutenant of Zhongshan County of Yushan County were suspected to have died in revenge of the Demonic Sect. Therefore, Magistrate Yushan personally came to Shendu to report the matter, which was a step faster than the information handed over from the county government.
The imperial court had already sent the Enshrinement Department to investigate the case. All they had to do was wait for the results. Li Mu flipped through the two envelopes and put them aside, ready to read the next one.
He had already picked up a new envelope, seemed to realize something, and put it down again.
Li Mu re-opened the two envelopes and put them together, and found that Baiyu County Magistrate and Zhongshan County Lieutenant were actually transferred from the Ministry of Personnel before going to local posts, and their official positions were all chiefs of the Ministry of Personnel.
There was only a few months difference in the time when he was transferred from the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
If he remembered correctly, the Anyi County Magistrate and Tianhe County Magistrate who died before seemed to have experience as officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but Li Mu did not know in detail what official positions they held.
Within half a year, four officials who left the Ministry of Personnel died. This is too much of a coincidence. If the death of the first two officials and the death of the two officials from Yushan County were caused by the same murderer, then this case would be related to the devil.
Zong has nothing to do with it, and the court is looking in the wrong direction...
Because according to the timeline, when the first two officials died, Li Mu had not yet provoked the Demon Sect.
After discovering the connection between these cases, Li Mu went directly to the Ministry of Punishment, found the doctor of the Ministry of Punishment, and asked: "Who is investigating the assassination of two officials from Hanyang County and Danyang County?"
The doctor from the Ministry of Punishment said: "It's Chief Wei."
Li Mudao: "Let him come over."
The doctor of the Criminal Department walked out of the office and quickly found Wei Peng. Li Mu looked at Wei Peng and asked, "Did the Prime Minister of Tianhe County and the Magistrate of Anyi County hold any positions in the Civil Service Office before?"
Wei Peng thought for a while and said, "Head of the Ministry of Personnel."
Li Mu looked surprised: "It's the head of the Ministry of Personnel again..."
After speaking, he continued to ask: "Do you know when they became the head of the Ministry of Personnel?"
Wei Peng obviously remembered this matter very clearly and said without thinking too much: "About twelve or thirteen years ago..."
During the same period, the four chief officials of the Ministry of Personnel were all promoted within half a year, and twelve or thirteen years later, all died unexpectedly within half a year. What this means is self-evident...
Li Mu frowned slightly and murmured: "What happened during that time?"
