"Brother Liu, how's it going? Did you gain anything?"
The rising sun slowly appeared on the distant hills. Li Mu, who had not slept all night, finally waited until Liu Long jumped in from the window. The effect of the shadow cloak expired the moment he entered the house.
"It's a big risk. I almost exceeded the usage time of this magic weapon, but it's not in vain. I already have a clue."
Liu Long's words surprised Li Muxi. He sat in the hall on the ground floor for a full hour, but he didn't get any valuable information. He wanted to wait for Liu Long to come back and then make a long-term plan, but he didn't expect that this young uncle would come to him so quickly.
There is a harvest.
"That's right. I went to the outskirts of the City Lord's Mansion last night to see if I could meet the mysterious man in black robes you mentioned. Tracking him is the easiest way. To capture the thief, capture the king first."
A night of running around and investigating made the powerful Liu Long a little thirsty. He picked up the teapot on the table, got a large cup of tea, drank it in one gulp, and then said to Li Mu.
"But after guarding for a long time, I didn't find any suspicious people approaching the mansion. I even went in and checked, but I didn't find any clues. But strangely enough, Gongsun Qi is a city lord.
There are very few maids and servants, are you trying to hide something?"
"Then I went to the slums in the south of the city. Didn't you say that area was also the hardest hit area where civilians disappeared? I stayed there for a long time, and I really found out the clues."
When Liu Long said this, he paused, organized his words, and continued.
"I saw a team of Guards appearing back and forth in the same area many times in a short period of time. According to normal patrol arrangements, it is impossible for the same team to appear on the same route so frequently."
"When something went wrong, there must be a monster, so I quickly followed them. Guess what I found?"
Liu Long spoke louder and louder, and continued with indignation.
"They came to a house, and then forcibly took away all the men in the house. They shouted that they were recruiting soldiers for the city lord's palace. The most terrifying thing was that the leader of the group of soldiers actually took out the recruitment documents.
"
"You know, the slums in the south of the city do not have the position of Chief Ding Tian, which means that the people in that area should not be recruited, but the guards took out a document signed by Gongsun Qi right in front of me.
"
"Those common people don't even have enough to eat, and they are all skinny. They do not meet the empire's city guard recruitment requirements at all."
"And as far as I know, almost all the recruits who have been recruited into the army in the past few years will be assigned the task of attacking bandits and robbers outside the city. Let the inexperienced people fight against the bloodthirsty robbers. This is different from letting them
What difference does it make to die." "Also, I
I once went to a battlefield in private, which was the place where Gongsun Qi reported fighting the bandits. However, after careful inspection, I found that almost all the battle traces of those actions were forged. I have participated in dozens of battles, large and small, and the battlefield should be
I know very well what it’s like.”
"At that time, I thought it was Gongsun Qi who forged the battlefield in order to claim credit from the empire, but now it seems that the false battles he reported over the years were most likely to cover up the true number of casualties."
"If this Gongsun Qi is really, as you said, colluding with those black-robed forces to kill people's lives to achieve some ulterior purpose, then it's really not an exaggeration to kill him a thousand times."
Liu Long was so angry that he slapped the cup in his hand on the table. The huge impact smashed the porcelain cup into pieces.
"Brother Liu, if it is true as you said, we will make full preparations tonight and continue to stay in the slums. If we encounter forced recruitment by the Guards again, we will follow them and find their stronghold to see what Gongsun Qi is doing.
What a shameful thing."
After listening to Liu Long's analysis, Li Mu was also furious. The figure of the little beggar's family appeared in his mind. I don't know how many civilians like their family have been forcibly taken away over the years. Is their life not life?
Moreover, recently there have been arrests of monks in the city. I think that the disciple of the Vajra Sect in the strange village of Wolong Mountain was also controlled by extremely cruel methods and turned into a monster after his death.
This is just like the human experiments in the movies of previous lives. In the eyes of these demons, human lives are not taken seriously at all. As long as the goal is achieved, it does not matter how many people are sacrificed.
This Lishui City is not the rising city praised by the empire, but it is clearly a human purgatory that eats people without spitting out their bones.
"That's my plan too. I originally wanted to follow last night, but I thought it would be safer to go together as two people. Although it's annoying, we still have to stay calm. As long as we catch evidence, I can report it to the military immediately.
Mobilize reinforcements and take over Lishui City."
Liu Long's battle-hardened composure was fully revealed at this moment. If it were Li Mu, he would have chased after him and fought with the guards.
The two of them carefully discussed the plan for the night, and then Li Mu also took out various elixirs and distributed them to Liu Long, including Qi-boosting elixirs for battle, healing elixirs, etc. Among the dazzling array of elixirs,
There are also high-level elixirs that exude elixir light, which Li Mu has synthesized and obtained through the smelting system these days.
Such a reserve of elixirs surprised Liu Long. He had never expected that his little nephew would have such knowledge.
Then he sighed, having a good master to hold his thigh is great. He, a direct descendant of the Liu family of the empire, would never have the financial resources of Li Mu. Night soon fell again, because the active skills of the Shadow Cloak had cooled down one day.
Time, Li Mu and Liu Long waited until late at night before climbing out of the window one after another and heading directly towards the slums in the south of the city.
At this time, the slum was already dark, and all the residents had their doors and windows closed. Li Mu gently landed on the roof of a house, and he had a panoramic view of the entire slum.
"Brother Liu, look at that, there's light, I'm afraid the Guards are recruiting troops again at this time!"
His eyes swept across an area to the north, and the light from the torches reflected on the dark night sky, which was particularly eye-catching.
"Yes, it should be them. Let's go."
Liu Long took a look and found that the situation was exactly the same as what he saw the night before. He dodged and rushed towards the fire. Li Mu also used his footwork and followed closely behind.
"Master Guan, please don't take away our man. Our baby is still so young and cannot live without a father."
Li Mu and Liu Long landed quietly on the roof of a simple shack. Below, they saw a small group of Guards soldiers dragging a man who had been knocked unconscious, while a woman was standing beside them.
People were crying and begging for mercy, and there was a half-grown baby in her arms.
"Go away, this is a recruitment document. Read it clearly. It has the signature of City Lord Gongsun. Don't hinder us from carrying out our official duties, otherwise we will arrest you two as well."
Unfortunately, the woman's plea and the baby's cry did not win the soldier's sympathy. A tall and thick soldier stepped forward and kicked the woman on the head. He was usually malnourished and weak.
He was so out of breath that he kicked the woman to death.
The swaddling clothes in her hand also slipped to the ground, and the baby, whose eyes had not really opened, fell out and lay on the ground, its little hands grabbing the mud on the ground, crying louder.
"Hahaha, hahaha, look at this little thing, he really has a cheap life, a life worse than that of a dog."
The soldier who took action couldn't stop laughing wildly when he saw the scene in front of him. The other members of the Guards around him also smiled evilly and looked at the crying baby on the ground.
"Beast! Take your life!"
Suddenly, a black sword light flashed across the sky, and all the laughter disappeared in an instant.