"Well, so soon?" Li Mu blurted out, "Don't you need to take a bath in the morning? I see this lake, the water is clear and the environment is beautiful … "
The woman in white was speechless and covered her forehead.
"Little monk, you want to see me take a bath?" She moved closer and almost touched Li Mu's face. She stared into Li Mu's eyes as if she wanted to see through Li Mu's soul through his eyes.
Li Mu stepped back a little in a panic, with an awkward and impolite smile on his face. "Well, don't get me wrong. I'm just giving a relatively necessary suggestion in a specific situation."
"Humph, little monk." The woman in white burst out laughing again. "Your six senses are not clean. Sooner or later, your master will take you back and cut you off to face the wall."
Li Mu said, "Amitabha. My master is proud of me. He won't do that."
"Well, I won't banter with you." The woman in white smiled and stepped back. Her face became serious again, and she said, "Last night, you meddled in something you shouldn't have and got yourself into trouble. You'd better leave Chang 'an as soon as possible. We won't meet again."
After that, she turned around and left. In a flash, she leaped high like a white swan flapping its wings. Her posture was beautiful, and she quickly disappeared among the green trees and mountains in the distance.
Li Mu looked at the place where the woman in white disappeared and felt lost.
"She left just like that?"
"After a hero saves a beauty, shouldn't the beauty repay him with her body?"
Li Mu stroked his chin.
"F * ck, I practice the Xiantian Skill, which can calm my mind the most. But in front of this troublemaker, my mind is easily shaken by her words and laughter … A demon is a demon."
Sometimes, beauty was a very deadly weapon.
However, Li Mu was also very clear that he could not have entangled with such a woman in reality, although he could talk nonsense.
The two belonged to different worlds. Li Mu did not want to waste too much energy in this world, nor did he want to be involved too much, because he was carrying a heavy responsibility. The woman in white was different from Hua Xiangrong. If Li Mu might choose Hua Xiangrong, he would never choose the woman in white.
Even though he was captivated by her beauty, deep in his heart, he was still very clear about what he should and should not do.
Therefore, from the beginning to the end, he did not ask for the name of the woman in silver.
Life was like duckweed. The occasional encounters did not necessarily mean that they were fated to meet, so there was no need to care about it.
"Our Old Li is also a man of principles."
Li Mu smiled. With a splash, he jumped into the nearby lake. The cold lake water stimulated his body, covering and annihilating the trace of throbbing in his heart. Finally, it completely disappeared.
In the end, Li Mu went ashore, put on his clothes, and walked down the mountain unhurriedly.
After descending the mountain and walking for a few miles, they arrived at the streets and alleys of the West District. There were more and more people.
Chang 'an City was divided into five regions: East, West, South, South, and Central. Among them, the Central Region was the smallest, but it was the administrative district of Chang' an City. All the political affairs in Chang 'an Prefecture, including those that were at the provincial level, were decided by various government offices in this region.
The other four regions were about the same size, but there were differences between rich and poor regions.
For example, the West District could be regarded as a relatively slum area in Chang 'an City.
Most of the people living there were in the middle and lower classes, and the buildings were quite old.
Moreover, in the western district, there was the most famous military tomb in the entire Chang 'an Prefecture, named Chang' an Tomb. It was where all the soldiers who had sacrificed themselves for the Great Qin Empire were buried after Emperor Guangwu of Qin Dynasty moved the capital.
Li Mu strolled along the main road of the West District.
He ran his spiritual force and observed everything around with the Third Eye to temper the power of the Third Eye and explore more abilities of the Third Eye.
As he walked, he unconsciously came to the vicinity of Chang 'an Tomb.
As the largest military tomb in Chang 'an, it was quite bustling here. There were many pedestrians and hawkers on the street. Most of them sold all kinds of food, as well as incense and candles, offerings, and paper flames when entering the military tomb to worship. Occasionally, there would be cries, which were caused by those who had entered the military tomb to worship their loved ones. They were so sad that they couldn't control themselves and were crying loudly.
Seeing that, Li Mu felt quite emotional.
In particular, he saw some young widows and ignorant children entering the tomb to worship their dead husbands. That kind of scene was really heart-wrenching.
"Poor bones by the Wuding River, but still the people in the dream."
Li Mu shook his head.
He didn't like that atmosphere, so when he came to the large archway of Chang 'an Tomb, he stopped.
Looking up, he saw many archways.
The main street of Chang 'an Tomb was composed of more than 20 memorial arches. They were majestic in design and were carved with coiling dragon pillars, birds and phoenixes, all kinds of rare birds and beasts, as well as various shapes of weapons and warriors. Only the generals at the level of commander-in-chief could build such a memorial arch on the main street after their death. In other words, more than 20 talents at the level of commander-in-chief were buried here.
Generals died in hundreds of battles, but warriors returned after 10 years.
Li Mu had great respect for the people who had been buried here forever.
No matter what era it was or what world it was, soldiers who carried a heavy burden forward and died in battle to protect peace were all worthy of respect.
After hesitating for a while, Li Mu decided to enter the main street and go to the Monument of Martyrs at the front gate of the tomb to burn a stick of incense.
Such atmosphere reminded Li Mu of the Monument of People's Heroes on Earth in his previous life.
Following the crowd, he walked for a kilometer and came to the front gate of the tomb.
The Monument to Martyrs, which was more than twenty meters tall, stood silently like a black longsword that pierced the sky. In front of the stone base, there were three huge incense burners carved from black rock. The people who came to worship, under the supervision of the military tomb guards, offered sacrifices, incense, candles, and paper.
Li Mu bought three big incense sticks from a roadside vendor, lit them, and then came to the monument, bowed, and put them into the huge incense burner.
After doing all this, he turned around and left.
There was no need to go to the tomb.
However, before he took a few steps, a cry and pleading voice suddenly came from the entrance of the tomb, which passed all the other noises and fell into Li Mu's ears.
"Military Master, Military Master, I beg you, please let me go in and see my son. He was buried here four years ago. Wuwuwu … My granddaughter and I rushed here from Peace Town, hundreds of miles away. On the way, we encountered bandits and all our money was robbed … I'm old, I may not be able to see my son again …"
This was an old man, weeping in grief, grieving to the point of inconsolable grief.
That voice was somewhat familiar to Li Mu.
He turned around and saw an old granny with a hunched back and gray hair kneeling on the ground at the entrance of the military tomb. She was begging the soldiers guarding the entrance of the military tomb. She kept kowtowing to the point that her head started to bleed.
It was Granny Cai.
The kind-hearted granny who sold vegetarian noodles in Peace County.
"Uncles, kind uncles, boohoo, please let us in. Caicai's mother is gone. Dad has been sleeping here for four years. Caicai wants to see him. It must be very cold inside … Dad must be very scared." Granny Cai's granddaughter, Caicai, was also there. Her hair was unkempt, and her clothes were so ragged that they barely covered her body. She knelt on the ground and begged.
"Get out of here. My lord has ordered that anyone who wants to go in to pay the entrance fee of 50 coins. If you don't have money, get out of here. Why are you crying? Are you crying for me?" A burly, bearded soldier mercilessly lifted his foot and kicked Granny Cai to the side.
Seeing this scene, all the people around pointed and whispered.
However, the other dozen soldiers guarding the gate all laughed out loud in schadenfreude, as if they had seen a huge joke.
"Grandma, grandma … Don't hit my grandma." Caicai, the little girl, rushed over in horror and helped Granny Cai up from the ground. Tears streamed down her dust-covered face. Compared to a few days ago, the little girl had lost a lot of weight.
"Sir, I beg you, please let me see my son for the last time … My three sons all died for the Great Qin Kingdom. The bodies of the eldest and the second one were nowhere to be found. Only the third one was found and buried here." Granny Cai got up, knelt down again, and begged, "Chang 'an City is too far away. I may not be able to come back here in my lifetime. Please, sir, let me see my third son for the last time."
She begged and cried, which was heart-wrenching.
Caicai's malnourished little face was covered with dirt. She also knelt beside her grandma and begged.
Seeing this scene, the passers-by also gathered around. Many people pointed at the dozen soldiers guarding the tomb and whispered. It was too evil to do such a thing. The old woman's son had died for the country, but they couldn't go in and see him. They even had to search for such a small amount of money. It was really a loss of virtue.
"That's too outrageous."
"That's right. How could they search for such a small amount of money? Be careful that your son doesn't have eyes."
"Our relatives bled and died for the empire and were buried here. Did they let these people rob and exploit us?"
Many people who came to pay respects to their relatives had the same feeling and couldn't help but criticize them.
Being pointed at and gossiped by so many people, the dozen or so soldiers were unable to maintain their composure.
The face of the burly bearded man in the lead flickered with anger. He snapped, "Shut up, you damn old woman. How dare you gather people to make trouble at the gate of the military tomb. I think you don't want to live anymore. Come on, catch her, hang her on the pole and beat her!"
The soldiers behind rushed up like wolves and tigers.
"No, let go of grandma, let go of grandma … Woo woo woo." Caicai panicked and went up to grab her grandma's clothes. She was as helpless as a duckling abandoned by the whole world in a storm, and her grandma was the only hope and support in her young life.
Seeing this scene, Li Mu frowned slightly.
Granny Cai and her granddaughter finally arrived at Chang 'an. They also learned that their son had died in the battle. Along the way, they had suffered a lot. But at the last hurdle, they were stopped outside the military tomb … It was so hard to live a normal life. In any world, the life of the people at the bottom was always so miserable.
Since he encountered such a thing, he couldn't just ignore it.
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