After drinking for three rounds, everyone present did not deliberately use their cultivation to relieve the drunkenness. At this time, everyone's eyes were blurred. Li Mu was overwhelmed by alcohol in his previous life. After three glasses of wine, his tongue began to stick.
"Ruo...Sister Ruolan, this wine of yours is truly the best of the best. It's better than Moutai...well, no, it's better than all the wines I've had before."
Seeing Li Mu's tongue hanging out and his face flushed, Ruolan couldn't help but chuckle. She put her head next to Li Mu's ear and teased her younger brother in an extremely charming voice, "Sister, there's more.
Good stuff, do you want to try it?"
Li Mu, who was already extremely drunk, could not resist the whisper of a woman with stunning beauty. He was so embarrassed that he could not hold the wine glass in his hand, and the wine in the glass spilled on the table. This scene made everyone present.
Everyone burst into laughter, and even the little monkey deliberately jumped in front of Li Mu and made a face.
"Ta-ta-ta..."
Suddenly there was a burst of rapid footsteps. The middle-aged butler who greeted Li Mu and the others quickly walked to Ruolan and reported something in a low voice. The butler's expression was extremely serious, and Ruolan's original relaxed expression also followed the butler's.
The few words he said became solemn.
"Sister Ruolan, what's wrong? Did something happen?"
After the middle-aged butler finished his report, he quickly retreated. At this time, Li Mu and others also put down their wine glasses, and Lin Qingzhu had already started asking, because even in the dangerous insect master's cave, Ruolan was
He had never shown such an expression before, so something terrible must have happened.
Ruolan did not tell the whole story immediately, but looked at Li Mu thoughtfully, seeming to be debating whether she should tell her or not.
"What's wrong? Sister Ruolan, does it have anything to do with me?"
Ruolan's words stopped but Li Mu keenly caught her, and she felt a sense of awe in her heart. Could it be that she had caused some huge trouble? Even Ruolan, as the eldest daughter of Jinfuxuan, needed to save time to gauge the situation?
"It's not news that can't be told. I believe you will know it soon. Our Jin Fuxuan spies in the imperial capital just consumed a telegraph aragon stone and sent back a piece of information. The prime minister of the dynasty, Zhuge Jin, was assassinated.
Already."
Ruolan's words shocked everyone present. The news was too sudden and shocking. You must know that since the new leader of Yunlan Sect, Yun Li'er, came to power a few years ago, he has been brokering peace between Cangyun Empire and Penglai Immortal Kingdom.
There will be talks, and Zhuge Jin is the person fully responsible for this matter.
Although this contemporary head of the Zhuge family is not very strong and is only at the Huaying realm, he has made great achievements in governing the country. He has served the royal family for more than thirty years and has devoted his life to the development and growth of the Cangyun Empire over the years.
He has made great contributions and is an official who is very loved by the people.
It was precisely his ability that made both Yun Lier and Huangfu Yi trust him and choose him to represent the Cangyun Empire in launching peace talks with the Penglai Ten Guys. But now the imperial prime minister was assassinated in the heavily guarded imperial capital.
, this incident will definitely cause an uproar in the Cangyun Empire and even most of the fairy world.
As the link between the empire and the Penglai Immortal Kingdom, Zhuge Jin's death has cast a shadow on the peace talks that have made progress. Moreover, there are rumors that all ten Penglai people admire this Prime Minister Zhuge very much, and it can even be said that
It was because of Zhuge Jin's existence that the Penglai Ten were willing to sit down and talk with the Cangyun Empire.
But now that the only interlocutor has died unexpectedly, whether the peace talks can continue, whether the Penglai Immortal Council will directly deny the previous agreement and start a war again, everything has become subtle and confusing.
"This is indeed a major event for the entire Cangyun Empire and even the entire eastern part of the Immortal Realm. If the Penglai Immortal Kingdom starts a war again, then many forces in the Cangyun Empire will have to be reshuffled. But sister, I don't understand how this matter has anything to do with me.
What does it matter?"
After hearing the news, everyone including Uncle Fu felt that something bad was coming, especially the three Li Mu who were born in Qinglan City. Once the Penglai Immortal Kingdom went to war, they would definitely be the ones in Qinglan City adjacent to the East China Sea.
The primary goal is to capture this important port town, and then use it as a springboard to continuously send troops to capture other cities in the Cangyun Empire.
"Because the person who assassinated Zhuge Jin was none other than your father, Qinglan Sword Immortal, Li Yubai."
Ruolan looked at Li Mu and struggled to say something that even she couldn't believe. However, the source of the information was extremely reliable, and at this time, the entire large forces in the Cangyun Empire must have received the news. Instead of letting others come when the time comes, Ruolan looked at Li Mu.
Tell Li Mu that Ruolan still chooses to speak for herself.
"What? How is this possible? How could my father assassinate the Prime Minister of the Empire? There must be a misunderstanding. It is absolutely impossible for my father to do such a thing."
Li Mu thought Ruolan was joking with him at first, but no matter the serious expression on the other person's face or his understanding of Ruolan, he would not tease him about his father. But how could his father assassinate the prime minister of the empire?
And he is also a prime minister who is admired by everyone.
"I remember that my father once praised Prime Minister Zhuge to me many times, saying that he was a pillar of the empire and a famous prime minister. My father learned many of the methods of managing the city from this prime minister. How could he assassinate him?"
Although Li Mu's current soul is no longer the same as before, he has completely inherited the memories of his previous life. Not only is he very aware of Li Yubai's admiration for Zhuge Jin, but he also knows what kind of punishment he will face for assassinating an imperial prime minister. Even if he
Even the lord of a city will not be an exception.
The anxiety has made Li Mu unable to sit still. Although he is obviously not Li Yubai's son, but just a reincarnation of the soul from the earth, the emotions from his previous life Li Mu are affecting him all the time.
He absolutely cannot stay out of this matter. Even if he wanted to, Liu Ruoying, Lin Qingzhu, Lin Yu, Li Yue, these people he has long cherished, would never agree.
"Brother, don't worry. I will activate Jin Fuxuan's intelligence network in the imperial capital to find out the whole story. Your father is one of the city lords of the 108 main cities in the empire, and he is also the leader of the empire.
A bright rising star, the royal family is unlikely to punish your father before finding out more about it. According to my guess, even if he is caught, the most he can do is to be imprisoned, and we still have time."
Seeing Li Mu getting up in a hurry as if he was about to leave, Ruolan quickly stood up and grabbed him. The assassination of the imperial prime minister must not be taken purely from the surface. Zhuge Jin's status was special, and the imperial prime minister was also involved.
The confrontation between the War Faction and the Armistice Faction involves countless forces, and there may even be the shadow of the Penglai Immortal Kingdom, because not everyone among the ten agrees to peacefully coexist with the Cangyun Empire.
The intertwined politics and intrigues involved cannot be solved by Li Mu with his passion. The first thing to do now is to collect information with all his strength and find the real reason why Li Yubai assassinated Zhuge Jin, so that he can be exonerated.
"That's right, Brother Mu, we are all anxious if something happens to the city lord, but relying on us to blindly go to the imperial capital won't change anything. Moreover, now we still need to worry about the situation in Qinglan City. Those who are close to the royal family have been coveting it all these years.
The power of Qinglan City, now that the city lord is in trouble, I'm afraid they will start to make moves again."
Lin Qingzhu still kept thinking calmly at this time. With her persuasion, Li Mu gradually calmed down. The situation now has reached the extreme level of chaos.
What is happening to Li Yubai in the imperial capital? Will the power of Qinglan City be seized by the opportunity? What is the attitude of the Imperial Army God Liu family on this matter? Penglai Immortal Kingdom, Yunlan Sect, the royal family and other forces are also involved.
There was no clue to everything, and Li Mu had never had any experience in power or politics. Faced with such a difficult situation, he was suddenly at a loss.
Fortunately, Ruolan stood up at this time and issued instructions quickly. Jinfuxuan, a huge force, quickly started under the command of this woman. Information continued to pour in, and Lin Qingzhu and Ruolan worked together according to the instructions.
The intelligence constantly analyzed the changes in the situation, and the entire team had a backbone.