In the county government.
"Still no trace of Li Mu?"
Accompanied by two beautiful maids, Zheng Cunjian came to the living room where Li Mu usually lived.
The new Deputy County Magistrate Chu Shufeng had ordered the servants to clean up the whole back office.
Li Mu's living room was the most spacious and comfortable suite in the whole back office. So, without a doubt, it became Zheng Cunjian's temporary residence. Some of Li Mu's personal belongings had been taken out of the room.
"What's this?"
Zheng Cunjian unintentionally glanced over the miscellaneous items and suddenly fixed his eyes on a wooden box among Li Mu's personal belongings. He opened it and found it to be a pair of boots.
"It looks like a pair of shoes, but the workmanship is very strange. I wonder how it was made." Chu Shufeng had seen it before. Although he found it a little strange, he did not pay much attention to it.
In fact, the pair of shoes was a pair of Li Ning's basketball shoes Li Mu wore when he was transmitted from Earth.
Naturally, the craftsmanship of the exquisite basketball shoes made under the modern physical techniques on Earth was not something that the people in this world could understand. Even the materials, workmanship, and design were things that the people in this world had never seen or heard of.
Zheng Cunjian did not say a word.
He held the pair of shoes in his hand and examined them carefully. He even sniffed them with his nose.
A faint odor of feet was refreshing.
"Are there any other similar strange things?" he asked.
Chu Shufeng was taken aback. He did not know why Mr. Zheng was so interested in this strange pair of shoes. But he still answered respectfully, "There is a pair of strange trousers and something like a man's dudou. Please wait a moment, Mr. Zheng."
He ordered someone to bring Li Mu's Li Ning sports pants and sports vest to them.
A strange light flashed across Zheng Cunjian's eyes. He picked them up and observed them carefully.
Chu Shufeng said, "The style of the trousers is ordinary, but the material is very strange. It is rare and exquisite. It can be compared to the best brocade clothes. And the man's dudou is very strange. I don't know what it is used for …"
Zheng Cunjian interrupted him and said, "Seal all these three things for me and send them to my room in a while."
Chu Shufeng was stunned and did not dare to say more. He said, "Got it."
Zheng Cunjian entered the room and looked around. Then, a hint of a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He said, "The layout of the room is not bad. But it's a pity that Li Mu is a boorish fellow. Although he is the youngest scholar in the empire, he is not good at decorating the details … Well, I'll take these rooms.
Chu Shufeng flattered, "Of course. Li Mu is just a title. How can he be compared to a genius like you?"
"I heard that there are many Wulin Wulin Wulin of Wulin. Zheng Cunjian came to the window of the study, looked at the red dragonflies flying in the pool outside, and asked thoughtfully.
Chu Shufeng answered, "Exactly. Most of them are small fries in the northwest Wulin World. They are of no value. Li Mu has locked them up and extorted them for ransom. That's a disgrace to the imperial officials. The two Grand Elders of the Sky Dragon Faction and the Huya Faction came to see me, hoping to bring Dongfang Jian, Tie Zhendong and others back.
Zheng Cunjian smiled and said, "Li Mu is really a weirdo. But don't let them go. Let them pay the ransom according to Li Mu's demand. Tell others that Li Mu won't let them go. After all, Li Mu is still the county magistrate. Let him take the blame for us. That's recycling. "
"Your honor is wise." Chu Shufeng complimented.
As they were talking, footsteps came. It was the new Dianshi janitor Ning Zhongshan. He looked a little embarrassed and said, "Mr. Zheng, Zhou Zhenyue, the outer school elder of the Taibai Sword Faction, is outside the county government with dozens of swordsmen. He wants to see the person who can make decisions in the county government."
"Taibai Sword Faction?" Zheng Cunjian was stunned. "What are they doing here?"
The Taibai Sword Faction was a giant in the area of Taibai Mountain.
It was not only because there were many experts in the faction. In addition to Zhao Xue, the "Snow Sword", who could rank in the top ten among the martial arts experts of the empire, several new talents had emerged in the younger generation in recent years. More importantly, since ancient times, the Taibai Sword Faction had always been strong and proud. Once, a thousand Taibai Swordsmen joined the army in the Eastern Expedition and made meritorious deeds for the Western Qin Empire.
Therefore, when Zheng Cunjian heard that the Taibai Sword Faction had come, he did not dare to look down on them.
"I heard that four disciples of the Taibai Sword Faction were killed in the county government and sent to the Righteous Manor. The outer school elder demanded an explanation from the county government." Ning Zhongshan said.
"Oh? Is that so? " Zheng Cunjian smiled and said, "Li Mu even dared to kill the disciples of the Taibai Sword Faction? He's a real lunatic. Shufeng, go and entertain him. Tell him that we're also pursuing him. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. We can also cooperate. "
"Okay, I got it."
Chu Shufeng said.
"Zhongshan, come with us. Don't get into a deadlock with the sword practitioners of the Taibai Sword Faction." Zheng Cunjian added.
"Yes, sir."
Chu Shufeng, Ning Zhongshan, and the others left.
Zheng Cunjian was the only one left in the room.
A moment later, Li Mu's sneakers, vest, and sweatpants were sent to the room.
Zheng Cunjian looked at the three items carefully and was lost in thought.
In the end, he ordered a maid to prepare paper, brush, ink, and inkstone, and wrote a secret letter. Then, he sealed the letter and Li Mu's three personal belongings in a box. Then, he summoned his trusted guard and hurriedly sent the box out after giving him some instructions.
"Humph, I didn't expect such a secret could be hidden in this small county government. If it's true, I will have made a great contribution."
As Zheng Cunjian watched his trusted subordinate leave, a sinister smile appeared on his face.
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The night passed.
Dawn came.
Li Mu woke up in a daze.
After two days and two nights of drinking and discussing martial arts, Li Mu, who had been in a state of excitement, got drunk in the second half of last night. The liquor Guo Yuqing brought was indeed good and had a strong aftereffect.
"Hey, Brother Guo has left?"
Li Mu looked around and found that Guo Yuqing was not in the cave.
But on the stone wall of the cave next to him, a line of words was carved — "Brother, I have something to do at home, so I have to leave. You and I will meet again." It was left by Guo Yuqing.
The fragrance of the liquor was still wafting in the cave.
Li Mu belched and exhaled a whiff of the liquor.
"It's time for me to go back to the county." Li Mu came to the dark river and patted his face with the icy water. He felt much more sober. "I wonder if the old beggar has taken Ming Yue back."
He followed the river and came to the roaring waterfall.
With his current strength, he easily passed through the waterfall and came to the outside. He made a turn in the air like a hawk and landed on a protruding stone on the cliff outside the abyss.
Li Mu then found that the waterfall he hid in was the outermost waterfall of the Nine-dragons Fall, which was also the smallest one.
The waterfall roared.
The sky was dimly lit, but the water vapor and mist were everywhere, making it impossible to see anything.
Li Mu thought for a while and realized that it had been several days since the battle, so it must be a mess down there. That giant flood dragon probably wouldn't show up in a short time. Therefore, he temporarily gave up the idea of exploring the lake at the bottom of the abyss and directly launched the Body-lightening Skill to leap to the top of the cliff.
About half an hour later, Li Mu appeared at the edge of the dense forest behind the county government office.
In front of him was the dense forest.
Behind him was the cliff abyss that was 10,000 meters deep.
On the distant mountain range, a red sun slowly rose. After a while, the other sun would also climb to the top of the mountain. The first rays of dawn between the mountains dissipated, and the fog that lingered between the mountains was like a jade belt.
The sun shone on Li Mu.
He took a deep breath.
After the battle with the giant flood dragon, Li Mu's strength had improved tremendously. Under Guo Yuqing's guidance, his martial arts theory and vision had also made a qualitative leap. At the same time, he had comprehended many treasures that the old faker had imparted to him in the past that he had neglected. For him, a new door to the martial arts world had slowly opened.
Li Mu looked at the morning sun and was full of pride.
"I'm finally back."
This time, he didn't directly jump over the wall of the back office. Instead, he bypassed the dense forest behind the mountain and came to the gate of the county government.
"Huh?"
"Why are the guards in the county government changed?"
"Not only the guards, but also the equipment has been changed. They are all wearing black iron armor and are all unfamiliar faces?"
Li Mu was a little surprised.
He directly walked to the gate of the county government.
"Stop!" Two armored soldiers pointed their spears at Li Mu and shouted, "This is the county government. Unauthorized people should leave, or we will kill you."
"What?"
"You don't even know me?"
"You must be new here."
Li Mu didn't get angry. He smiled and said, "I live here. You two don't know me? Haha, ignorance is not a crime. You'd better leave. "Then, he went straight inside.
"How dare you!"
"You're courting death!"
The two armored soldiers didn't buy it at all. They stabbed their spears at Li Mu.
"Huh?" Li Mu's expression changed.
"Why are these two guys so ruthless?"
"If it were the ordinary people in the city who came to the county government to complain, won't they be directly injured?" "I have repeatedly advised Feng Yuanxing not to be bureaucratic. I want to change the situation that the people who come to the government to handle affairs in the past can't get in, can't look good, and can't do anything. But now, why are the attitude of these two guards so bad?"
"How does Feng Yuanxing manage his subordinates?"
Li Mu's heart was suddenly filled with anger.
He reached out and grabbed the shaft of the spear that was thrusting at him. With a slight force, the two armored soldiers were sent flying backward.
"Tell Feng Yuanxing and Ma Junwu to come to see me." Li Mu walked to the gate of the county government and said angrily.
At this time, a series of footsteps came.
It turned out that a large number of black-armored soldiers rushed out of the county government, led by two warriors dressed as generals whom Li Mu had never seen before. They blocked the way.
"Bold madman, how dare you break into the county government. Take him down." A general shouted.
The surrounding armored soldiers drew their bows and arrows, and their spears were like a forest. They unsheathed their swords and sabers and attacked from all sides.
"Huh?"
"What's going on?"
Li Mu was not a fool. At this time, he also found something wrong.
"So many black-armored soldiers, whose weapons and equipment are completely different from the guards of Taibai County, and they are all unfamiliar faces … Where on earth do these people come from?"
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