"Save him. No matter what it takes, no matter what herbs you need, just tell me. I'll find a way." Li Mu said firmly.
"Well … I can only … try my best." The doctor gritted his teeth.
Li Mu sighed, knowing that what he said just now was too overbearing.
There was nothing absolute in the world.
Doctors could not be gods who could solve all problems.
Li Mu patted the doctor on the shoulder and changed his tone, saying, "Well, you are the most excellent doctor in Taibai County. The people call you the Living Bodhisattva. I believe you can save him. Just do your best. If it's really … I won't blame you. Don't feel pressured."
The doctor nodded gratefully.
Then, Li Mu came to Li Bing, who was still wailing like a pig being slaughtered.
He looked down at him.
"No, no, no, I was wrong. Don't kill me, don't … I don't want to die yet." Li Bing said in horror.
Li Mu looked at him as if he was looking at a pile of shit. Disgusted, he said, "Don't worry. I won't kill you …"
Li Bing's face relaxed.
His voice was so cold that it seemed to have come from the deepest level of hell. Then, word by word, he said slowly, "I will keep you alive and let Feng Yuanxing, Ma Junwu, and Zhen Meng tell you what you did to them in person. Then, the roles will be reversed. By then, you will understand what is really … better to — die — than — live — than — live!"
Li Bing was scared out of his wits.
In the end, he foamed at the mouth and fainted.
"Someone, send Secretary Feng and the others to the clinic." Li Mu ordered.
A jailer hurriedly lifted the bed board and carried Feng Yuanxing and the other two to the outside of the prison.
"Your honor, your … your honor …" Feng Yuanxing suddenly struggled and looked at Li Mu. He said in a weak voice, "Let … let us go with you to the county government. We want to … face it with you. We …"
Zhen Meng also said, "If Your Honor is defeated, we … we won't be spared. Let's go together …"
Li Mu thought for a while and agreed.
Perhaps letting them see some scenes with their own eyes would give them some comfort in their minds.
Li Mu looked at the doctor.
The doctor understood what Li Mu meant. After a moment of hesitation, he said, "I've applied medicine to the three masters and stopped the bleeding. They're fine for the time being. You can go to the county government."
Li Mu turned around and looked at Feng Yuanxing and the other man, saying, "Okay, let's go together."
As he spoke, he pointed at Li Bing, who had fainted, and said, "Take this piece of trash who played dead with us."
A group of people walked out of the prison.
…
As soon as he arrived at the gate of the prison, Li Mu halted.
The jailers also stopped in their tracks, trembling with fear, and looked outside in horror.
At the entrance of the prison, a dense mass of black-clothed soldiers were waiting in formation. Bows and arrows were nocked, spears were like a forest, and swords were unsheathed. Under the cold radiance of the early morning sun, the cold metallic texture of the cold weapons exuded a dense aura of death. As long as an order was given, the air would be filled with sticky arrows of blood and broken limbs.
The atmosphere instantly froze to the point that it was suffocating.
In front of the black-clothed soldiers, two deputy generals, one on the left and the other on the right, surrounded a tall and thin young man.
The young man looked gloomy and narrowed his eyes, like a wolf baring its teeth at its prey. The official robe he was wearing made Li Mu realize that he was the Dianshi janitor of Taibai County newly appointed by the Chang 'an government.
"Li Mu?" The young man sneered, "How dare you break into the county government prison? Release a condemned prisoner? Do you know your crime? "
Li Mu turned to a jailer beside him and asked, "Is he the one who chopped off Ma Junwu's arm?"
He had vaguely heard something about what happened in the county government from the jailer.
The jailers instantly turned pale and did not dare to speak, for fear of being involved in the dispute between the big shots.
"Your honor, it is said … it is this man, the new Dianshi janitor, Ning Zhongshan."
A young jailer hesitated and answered loudly with his face flushed. He was the brother-in-law of Zhen Meng, the warden, and also the confidant Zhen Meng cultivated in the prison. When he saw Zhen Meng's miserable condition, he was so angry that he made up his mind to take Li Mu's side.
Li Mu nodded.
"Hahaha, I heard that Ma Junwu is your archery teacher?" At that time, the tall and thin Ning Zhongshan deliberately put on a provocative smile and said, "Ma Junwu plotted to assassinate Mr. Zheng in the hall of the county government. His crime is unpardonable. As the new Dianshi janitor of Taibai County, I have already shown mercy by chopping off one of his arms …"
Before his voice died away —
Everyone felt their eyes were blurred.
All of a sudden, Ning Zhongshan felt an overwhelming force surging toward him. It was as if his neck was gripped by an iron hoop. All of a sudden, he was out of breath. The wind whistled in his ears. Everything in his sight suddenly blurred and then gradually became clear.
He widened his eyes and found that he was no longer in the same place.
He had been dragged out of the black-armored soldiers and the two deputy generals to the gate of the prison.
A steel-like hand gripped his neck and lifted him up as if he was a dog. His feet left the ground in a humiliating position.
The owner of the hand was Li Mu.
And Li Mu's eyes were like two sharp blades that almost pierced Ning Zhongshan's soul.
"You … let me go, you …"
Ning Zhongshan was horrified and struggled hard.
But no matter how hard he tried to stimulate his internal qi, even if he exerted all his strength, he could not shake off the hand that was gripping his neck.
Before this, he had heard of Li Mu's achievements.
He had heard many rumors about Li Mu's extraordinary strength …
But he sneered at all of them.
Ning Zhongshan was no exception to the arrogance and conceit of martial artists.
He firmly believed that he could defeat Li Mu with his strength.
After all, Li Mu was just a good-for-nothing who had not cultivated any internal qi.
But at this moment, he felt a deep sense of helplessness and fear.
He didn't even know how he had been captured by the black-clothed soldiers. In that split second, he didn't even have the slightest time to react or react …
"Gosh! What kind of strength is that?"
Cold sweat flowed down his face.
"Li Mu … No, no, no, Your Honor Li, don't be impulsive. Let me go. I'm the official Dianshi janitor of the empire …"
"Your Honor Li, there may be some misunderstanding between us. Please let me go and talk it over …"
"I … I'm under the order of Mr. Zheng, the Mr. Zheng in the Chang 'an government. No matter how powerful you are, do you dare to be Mr. Zheng's enemy?"
"You … Don't you want to be the county magistrate anymore? You … "
Under the gaze of countless people, Ning Zhongshan was trembling with fear. He tried to defend himself, humiliated and embarrassed.
Li Mu, on the other hand, did not say a word. His face was as cold as ice. He kept silent and gazed at Ning Zhongshan as if he were watching a clown perform.
That look made Ning Zhongshan feel even more humiliated.
Countless thoughts flashed through his mind. He tried to persuade Li Mu to let him go with all kinds of reasons.
The feeling of being strangled by someone was too horrifying. The overwhelming power made Ning Zhongshan have no doubt that as long as Li Mu slightly twisted his wrist, his head would fall to the ground like a ripe watermelon.
Before that, Ning Zhongshan never dreamed that he would have to beg Li Mu in such a humiliating and pitiful way.
"What the hell? I'm here to arrest Li Mu!"
But now, the situation was reversed.
"Li Mu, your power is limited after all. You've made a big mistake … Let me go. I can help you plead with Mr. Zheng. The noble from the Chang 'an government is not someone you, a county magistrate, can resist. You …"
Ning Zhongshan said in humiliation.
Li Mu, who had been silent, finally opened his mouth.
"Cut the crap."
He said.
It was just a simple sentence.
After that, Li Mu threw Ning Zhongshan to the ground as if he was a pile of mud.
Bang!
A cloud of dust rose.
A human-shaped pit appeared on the ground.
Ning Zhongshan spat out a mouthful of blood and lay in the pit. His limbs twitched. His internal qi was completely shattered by the fall. He couldn't mobilize any of it. His limbs and bones were in excruciating pain. He didn't know how many of his bones were broken. He couldn't summon any strength and directly fell to the ground.
It was dead silent around.
"How dare you, Li Mu …" A deputy general came to his senses and bellowed.
Before he finished shouting —
Crack!
A figure flashed.
That deputy general disappeared on the spot.
He leaped into the air and made all kinds of 360-degree and 720-degree free turns in the air. As he did so, he spat out a mouthful of blood. Then, he fell heavily to the ground, his limbs twitching.
Li Mu appeared where the deputy general was a moment ago.
"Don't interrupt."
He slowly withdrew his hand.
"It seems that I've been too merciful in the past, so that every Tom, Dick, and Harry dares to bully me and lay hands on my people …" Li Mu muttered to himself, which made the people around him feel a terrible suffocating pressure as if the God of Death had arrived.
Everyone heard what he said.
The other deputy general was standing just one step away from Li Mu.
But he couldn't utter another word.
His body stiffened and trembled slightly like a sieve.
But in fact, Li Mu didn't even look at him.
"Phew … It's time to teach some people a lesson."
Li Mu said again.
The content of his words was equally frightening.
"Carry him to the county government. Don't let him die so easily." Li Mu pointed at Ning Zhongshan who was lying on the ground.
He would leave this man to Ma Junwu.
It would be better to avenge his broken arm with his own hands.
Although Ning Zhongshan seemed to be dying, he was not seriously injured. He was just stunned by the fall.
With Li Mu's current cultivation, he had mastered the Cracking the Sky, the third style of the Zhenwu Boxing. His mastery of strength had reached a very subtle level. That throw just now merely scattered Ning Zhongshan's internal qi, softened his muscles and bones, and rendered him powerless to resist. Although it seemed to be a serious injury, it was actually not that serious.
"You'd better pray that Ma Junwu will be fine."
Li Mu darted a look at Ning Zhongshan, whose face was full of hatred and malice.
His tone made Ning Zhongshan feel as if he was in an ice cave. His face was full of despair.
Zhen Meng's brother-in-law, together with a few courageous jailers, put shackles on Ning Zhongshan's neck and dragged him up as if he was a dead dog.
Li Mu walked toward the black-armored soldiers step by step.
"Why don't you step back?"
He glanced at those soldiers.
Clang!
Being pierced by Li Mu's gaze, a long gunner felt as if he had really been stabbed in the chest by a sword. Unable to contain the panic in his heart, he was so scared that his hands went limp and he could not even hold the steel spear, which fell to the ground.
"Ah …" Unable to suppress the fear in his heart, he screamed and turned to run.
In an instant, the soldiers were routed.
The black-armored soldiers were in a mess. They trampled on each other, no longer as imposing as before.
"Let's go to the county government and meet that bullshit Mr. Zheng."
Li Mu said.
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