At this moment, Li Xiong and others suddenly understood the meaning of Zhou Yiling's look at them when he left.
Yes, they were really a group of idiots.
They even wanted to use strong bows and hard crossbows to deal with a super-class master in the Wulin Realm. If they were not idiots, what were they?
No wonder when Zhou Yiling left before, he couldn't wait to escape.
It turned out that he had long judged that not only he was not Li Mu's opponent, but also all the black-armored soldiers at the scene, all of them were not Li Mu's opponent. If it was not that Li Mu didn't want to kill people in his mother's yard tonight, there would be no one inside or outside the yard who could breathe.
The faces of a group of rich second generations and officials' children changed from black to white.
They set this trap today, originally to plot against others, but they didn't expect that the plot failed and they kicked an iron plate.
Riding a tiger, it was hard to get off, and he was in a dilemma.
"What? Don't get out? Do you want me to send you to hell in person? "Li Mu was impatient.
"You … Fine," Li Xiong's face changed from blue to red, and finally he gritted his teeth and said, "I say, you evil creature, you are so bold that you dare to leave Taibai County without permission and come to Chang 'an City, but you don't want to greet and report to your father. It turns out that you have secretly practiced such martial arts … Humph, I will tell my father clearly about today's matter." Li Xiong gritted his teeth in his heart, but on the surface, he put on a righteous look and said, "As a son, you despise human relations. Li Mu, don't be complacent for too long. Don't think that the strength of Master Realm is great. In this Chang 'an City, there are many people who can deal with you."
After that, he looked at the other partners around him and said, "Let's go."
They were about to turn around and leave.
But at this moment, Li Mu suddenly changed his mind.
Meow, I'm kind enough to let you go, but you still want to put on a show in front of me before you leave, calling me a vile creature endlessly, right?
"Stop," he said.
Everyone stopped.
Those rich second generations of officials felt cold at the same time, and an unspeakable fear came to their hearts.
In the beginning, even if they knew that Li Mu was the county magistrate of Taibai County and had an official order, these arrogant and domineering second generations of officials and rich people didn't take Li Mu seriously at all. But now, after Li Mu defeated Zhou Yiling, a master of Master Realm, and showed the tyrannical strength of breaking dozens of bowstrings by breaking a tree as a knife, they didn't dare to look down on Li Mu anymore in their hearts, and they had been deeply impressed by him.
In this world where strength was respected, a strong man of Master Realm gave people the feeling that he was an unshakable mountain.
"What?" "Do you want to kill me?" Humph, if you want to kill your brother, come on. "Li Xiong was terrified to the extreme, but he sneered and blocked Li Mu with words.
He had to admit that the young master that Magistrate Li Gang thought highly of had a sharp tongue and a sharp mind.
"Killing a hypocritical warrior like you will only dirty my hands." Li Mu sneered disdainfully, and then said, "You bastards, you disturbed my mother's peace and even overturned the wall of my mother's courtyard. I've changed my mind. Each of you should leave a thousand taels of gold as compensation. Otherwise, don't leave. Let your families come and get it."
"A thousand taels of gold?" Zhang Chuixue roared angrily, "Why don't you rob?"
Li Mu laughed. "Because I think it might be easier to get rich this way than robbing."
"This is blackmail! This is extortion, "Zhou Yu said unhappily." This is a crime against the Empire's laws. "
Li Mu spread his hands. "I deny it. I'm just asking for compensation. After all, every blade of grass and tree in this courtyard, as well as the courtyard walls, carried the beautiful memories of me and my mother. They were destroyed by you mercilessly, so you should pay the price. "
Li Xiong looked gloomy. "Evil creature, do you know what you are doing?"
Li Mu's look became cold. "If you say evil creature again, believe it or not, I will twist your head off and kick it as a ball." "Oh my god, what's going on? This sentence seems to be a little smooth tonight. I say it again. Forget it. Anyway, it's just to scare people. As long as it works, it's okay."
Li Xiong heard the words, sneered and was about to refute.
On the other side, Wangcai, the servant of the Zheng family, rushed over and said something in Li Xiong's ear. Li Xiong's face instantly became very ugly. He turned his head and looked at the headless body of Zheng Tianliang lying on the ground in the distance. Then he looked at Wangcai again. Finally, he held back and did not say a word.
In the end, Li Xiong and others each gathered a thousand taels of gold, left the gold notes, and withdrew with the black-armored soldiers.
Even though these people were the children of officials and rich families, they were still robbed clean.
After everyone evacuated, Li Mu counted the gold notes in his hand and laughed.
One thousand taels of gold per person, Li Xiong and others added up to more than ten thousand taels of gold, which were all the gold notes of the World Chamber of Commerce, which could be exchanged in the three empires, even the vast pasture and the southernmost land. It could be said to be a large sum of money, even more valuable than all the property that Li Mu extorted from those Wulin people a few days ago.
"Is this a fortune?"
Li Mu did not have the demeanor of a super-class master at the Zongshi Master level. He counted the gold notes like counting RMB. Banknotes and gold notes were all notes. This stack of gold notes was equivalent to tens of millions of RMB. A man would not be rich without a windfall, and a horse would not get fat without grass at night. Today was a windfall.
"Young master, the noodles are ready … Hey, have those people all left?" Grassy came out of the thatched hut and looked surprised.
Li Mu put away the gold notes and said, "Oh, they are all civilized people. If we talk sense, they will all leave."
Grassy was skeptical, but she was finally relieved.
After a while, an oil lamp was lit in the thatched hut.
The light was yellow and swaying.
A low black table was padded with a few pieces of green bricks. A bowl of plain noodles with a few pieces of chopped green onions exuded a faint fragrance under the dim light, which made Li Mu really a little hungry.
However, there was only one bowl of noodles on the table.
"Mom, get two more bowls, and let's eat together." Li Mu said casually.
"Mu 'er, eat, eat more. I am not hungry." A kind smile appeared on Li Mu's mother's face.
Grassy, the maid, also said, "Yes, young master, eat. When I came here today, I had eaten in Zheng's mansion …" Before she finished her words, there was a rumbling sound of hunger in her belly. This 18 or 19-year-old girl suddenly blushed.
Li Mu heaved a sigh.
He had seen that all the noodles and all the ingredients at home were only enough to make this bowl of noodles, and there was no second bowl of noodles at all.
She was so poor.
Moreover, if Li Mu remembered correctly, this bowl of noodles was made with the flour that Grassy, the maid, brought from the Zheng family. Usually, Li Mu's mother was in a state of starvation. It was impossible for a blind old woman to earn a little money by doing some handicrafts or washing clothes. Without Grassy, the maid, taking care of her secretly, she might have starved to death.
"Mu 'er, eat. Don't you like the noodles I make the most?" Li Mu's mother looked kind and satisfied.
But Li Mu knew that she was actually still hungry.
"Is this the mother's love?"
Li Mu's nose was sore.
He didn't refuse and gobbled down the noodles, finishing the whole bowl in one go.
Li Mu's mother smiled happily.
She seemed to be able to see it.
There was satisfaction and happiness in her smile.
It seemed that under the light of Hunan Province, in such a shabby thatched hut, in the muddy civilian area, she was also "listening" to her son finish the bowl of noodles, which was also a kind of unprecedented happiness.
"Young Master is finally back. If Sister Xia Ju and the others know it, they will be very happy," Grassy could not help saying, her pretty face full of regret and pity.
Li Mu's heart skipped a beat.
In the documents written by Zheng Cunjian and Li Bing, there were some things about Li Mu's mother. When she was just driven out of the magistrate's mansion, there were four personal maids by her side, namely Grassy, Xia Ju, Qiu Yi, and Dong Xue. They volunteered to accompany Li Mu's mother. They were about the same age and called each other sisters. Over the years, thanks to the four loyal maids, Li Mu's mother could survive. But later, someone forced the four maids to leave Li Mu's mother by various means.
Grassy was forced to marry Zheng Tianliang as a concubine.
If Grassy did not marry Zheng Tianliang, Li Mu's mother would be in danger.
In order to protect Li Mu's mother, they all had their weaknesses seized by others.
"Where did Xia Ju and the others go?" asked Li Mu.
A trace of panic flashed across Grassy's eyes. At last, she shook her head and said, "Young Master, don't ask. I don't know. I haven't seen Sister Xia Ju and the others for a long time … Maybe they … are living … well." Obviously, she did not have much confidence in herself. Even she did not believe what she said.
Li Mu shook his head secretly and did not ask further.
He walked out of the hut and saw Zheng Cunjian, the Heartless Scholar, standing in the darkness like a ghost.
"You got into trouble as soon as you came. The magistrate will soon know that you have arrived in Chang 'an, which is not good for you." With a complicated look, he said, "There are many experts in Chang 'an, including those in the Great Master Realm. You can't defeat all of them."
Li Mu smiled and said, "Now that I'm here, of course I will make some trouble. Do you think I will sneakily bring those people back to Taibai County? You are wrong. I just want to make a big scene to attract some attention, meet those so-called experts, and teach that scumbag magistrate a lesson."
Zheng Cunjian fell silent.
It was not until then that he realized that Li Mu deliberately made such a big scene tonight.
"You must have your own force in Chang 'an, don't you? Help me find out where the other three maids of my mother have gone. Also, help me buy some things and send them to my yard. From today on, I will live in this slum. " As he spoke, Li Mu handed Zheng Cunjian three gold notes and told him some things he needed to buy.
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