Confused, Zheng Cunjian followed Li Mu to the door of the study.
After Li Mu's expansion, the yard of the old county government covered a vast area and had a wide view. There were no high walls in the yard, but mostly trees, canals, and rockery. Therefore, standing at the door of Li Mu's study, one could see most of the front yard at a glance.
The wind was blowing, and the trees were leaning against each other.
The view in the yard was extremely beautiful.
Zheng Cunjian's eyes swept across the yard, but there was no movement at all.
However, the yard suddenly became a little too quiet.
Li Mu's mouth curled into a sneer, and he flicked his fingers.
A stream of energy shot into the yard.
Then, something weird happened.
To Zheng Cunjian's astonishment, the originally tranquil courtyard suddenly rippled like a water wave painting. Then, a new scene emerged. Four figures wandered back and forth among the rockery, trees, and flowing water like blind men who had lost their way. They looked irritable and shouted loudly, but did not make any sound …
"Illusory deployment?"
"Did someone sneak into the county government?"
At that moment, he understood what Li Mu meant by "little mice".
Everything before was covered by the tactical deployment.
Those people were also trapped in the tactical deployment and could not get out.
"What are they doing in the old county government?"
Needless to guess, Zheng Cunjian knew they were coming for Li Mu.
Zheng Cunjian saw that one of the figures raised his hand and threw out a palm. A stream of vigorous power surged out, and the aura was overwhelming. It turned out that he was at the peak of the Natural Realm. But when that palm hit a green rockery in front of him, it was like a clay ox falling into the sea, without any effect.
The other three were extremely anxious as well, and they slashed and attacked randomly. But it was completely meaningless. The energy that surged like a violent tide was dissolved by some sort of mysterious energy, and it actually couldn't even shake off a single leaf. It was extremely strange.
Zheng Cunjian looked at Li Mu in great shock.
He knew Li Mu was good at tactical deployments, which had been proved in the Shack's courtyard in Chang 'an City. For a period, the Shack's courtyard was a forbidden place second only to the magistrate's office in Chang' an City. Basically, no one could break into it.
But even so, at that time, Li Mu's attainments in tactical deployments were not so terrifying.
The four people who were trapped in front of them were all experts at the peak of the Natural Realm. Such people were powerful wherever they were. But when they were trapped in the tactical deployment of the county government, they were like blind men falling into a swamp, unable to make any waves or make any sound.
If Li Mu hadn't pointed it out, Zheng Cunjian believed that even if he walked out of the yard, he would never be discovered.
It was too scary.
What kind of terrifying formation was this, as well as his attainments in it.
Zheng Cunjian felt a lingering fear in his heart.
The seemingly peaceful yard of the county government actually hid such a secret mechanism.
Gazing at the sneering young man beside him, the dread and awe in Zheng Cunjian's heart grew stronger and stronger. Some people were just like that. The closer you got to them, the more you thought you knew them, the more you would find that you were still too far away from them to see through them, and the more you feared them. Li Mu was undoubtedly such a person in Zheng Cunjian's heart.
"Ruff, ruff … ruff, ruff, ruff." A crisp fox cry sounded.
A white bolt of lightning darted over and jumped into Li Mu's arms. It was a little white fox.
"Ruff, ruff." The little white fox, Daji, intimately licked the back of Li Mu's hand.
Li Mu comforted the little fox and then asked Zheng Cunjian, "Do you know these four people?"
Zheng Cunjian answered, "No."
"If that's the case." Li Mu smiled and launched an idea.
In the void, ripples of tactical deployment rippled again. In an instant, countless densely packed golden Taoist patterns flashed across the void. Then, the four people who were running around like headless flies all cheered. They felt that all the fog in front of them instantly dispersed, and they were suddenly enlightened.
Almost at the same time, the four people saw Li Mu standing at the door of the study in the distance.
"Kill!"
The first to come to his senses was a skinny expert. His movements were extremely fast. Like a jet of light, he dashed toward Li Mu. In his palm was a pair of gold and silver rings. He waved his hand, and suddenly, the sky was filled with hundreds and thousands of rings. Like a storm, they shrouded Li Mu.
The terrifying storm of attack of a peak Natural Expert was fully displayed.
Zheng Cunjian's eyelids twitched wildly. He subconsciously wanted to step back.
He could tell that each of the rings was real, not virtual. This was an extremely fierce combat skill.
An infamous name suddenly popped up in his mind.
"He is …" Zheng Cunjian opened his mouth and wanted to shout.
"Clink, clink, clink!"
At Li Mu's side, streaks of broadsword light swirled. Twenty-four flying broadswords crisscrossed like streams of light. As the broadsword light flashed, all the gold and silver rings within three feet of Li Mu were chopped into pieces, unable to move an inch.
At the same time, in the air, the figure who was shooting at Li Mu like a flash of lightning suddenly flew backward, smashed hard on the ground, and then stopped moving. His throat was facing a shiny silver flying broadsword.
Defense, counterattack.
In a flash, an expert at the peak Natural Expert was killed in a second.
"He is Liao Zhi, the Fatal Gold and Silver Rings, one of Lord Zhenxi's 16 Men of Sacrifice …" Zheng Cunjian exclaimed, but the battle was over.
Li Mu's mind immediately became clear.
The other three experts must also be Lord Zhenxi's men.
Finally, they came.
"Damn it."
"Together."
"Kill!"
The other three peerless masters at the peak of the Natural Realm came to their senses and launched attacks at Li Mu at the same time. All kinds of ultimate combat skills were launched at Li Mu like stormy waves. The natural qi of the Natural Realm rushed at Li Mu like a storm, as if they were going to blast Li Mu and the study behind him into ashes in an instant …
Li Mu turned around and left, saying, "Give these four bodies to the scumbag magistrate."
"Ah?" Zheng Cunjian was puzzled.
Before his voice died away —
Three jets of broadsword light flashed by.
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
It was not until then that a sonic boom sounded.
The three experts who rushed at Li Mu were like scarecrows shot by crossbow bolts. They flew backward and fell hard on the ground beside Liao Zhi, the Fatal Gold and Silver Rings, whose throat was pierced first. There were four of them in a row, as if they were specially arranged.
Zheng Cunjian's pupils shrank.
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!"
Four flying broadswords flew out of the throats of the four Natural Experts. Like the autumn water, they brushed past Zheng Cunjian's temples and flew back to Li Mu.
At that moment, Zheng Cunjian had a feeling that his soul had left his body and was about to die.
When the flying broadswords passed by, it was as if the god of death was breathing cold air in his ear, which made his hair stand on end.
By the time he came to himself, Li Mu had already disappeared.
He came to the four bodies and carefully examined them. Then, he recognized that they were all Lord Zhenxi's men of sacrifice. The capital had already issued an arrest warrant for them. The four were all important figures on the warrant and also tough characters who had survived through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. They were especially good at hiding, assassination, and poisoning. They were first-class assassins. Logically speaking, the four of them should have a high chance of sneaking into the county government and assassinating Li Mu. However …
Lord Zhenxi had underestimated Li Mu.
Zheng Cunjian could not see through Li Mu's trump card now.
With fear in his heart, he put the four bodies away.
When he walked out with the bodies, Zheng Cunjian looked at the rockery, trees, and running water beside the stone path. He did not see any fluctuation of tactical deployments. But he knew that as long as Li Mu wanted to, he could be trapped in the tactical deployment for the rest of his life like a lost ant in a split second.
By the time he walked out of the county government, Zheng Cunjian was already soaked in cold sweat.
He found a man sitting in a wheelchair waiting for him at the gate of the yard.
"Mr. Zheng, my Young Master has a favor to ask of you." Qing Feng, the little attendant, said calmly.
Zheng Cunjian looked a little embarrassed, because Qing Feng's legs were disabled because of him. Now that he worked for Li Mu, he naturally knew that Qing Feng was absolutely the most trusted subordinate in Li Mu's heart. It was hard to say that Li Mu would not bear a grudge against him.
"Young Master, please tell me. What's the matter?" Zheng Cunjian did not dare to be negligent and asked respectfully.
Qing Feng waved his hand, and a team of guards brought a man over from afar.
"Mr. Zheng, Mr. Zheng, help me …" The man struggled and cried for help. It was Li Bing, the youngest son of Li Gang, the magistrate of Taibai County. He had been imprisoned in Taibai County for a long time. Li Gang himself did not ask about him, so he was almost forgotten.
"My Young Master asked you to take this man back." Qing Feng said.
On that day, Li Bing also had a share in the revenge of his disability.
However, these days, Li Bing had been reformed through labor in Taibai County and suffered a lot of torture. So, he had become much more well-behaved. Anyway, Li Bing was Li Mu's half-brother in name, so Li Mu would not really kill him. Of course, the little attendant did not know that this Li Mu was not the real Li Mu.
Zheng Cunjian nodded in agreement.
"My Young Master asked you to tell the magistrate of Taibai County that his people should not make trouble in Taibai County again, otherwise …" The little attendant did not finish his words, but the meaning was very clear.
Zheng Cunjian was shocked, but he could not say anything except nodding repeatedly.
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Chang 'an City.
In the Holy House of the Musical House.
Since three days ago, the most famous brothel in the entire Musical House was directly booked by a mysterious big shot.
At night, the lanterns were lit.
A handsome young man in a green robe with his hair draped over his shoulders was drinking and singing at the same time.
Around him, several big shots of Chang 'an were accompanying him, including Private Advisor Tian of the Chang' an government, as well as the heads of the sub-government offices in several major districts. Jin Chenghua, the newly appointed director of the Musical House, was also smiling at him.
The most outstanding girls of the Holy House were also accompanying him.
"Young Master Huang, you have been in Chang 'an for several days. Why don't you go to Taibai County to take over the position of county magistrate?" Private Advisor Tian asked with a smile, seemingly unintentionally. This arrogant young man was Huang Wenyuan, a disciple of the Guanshan Pasture who had entered the secular world and had unfathomable cultivation.
Many people could not figure out why Huang Wenyuan, who had such an amazing identity and background, would go to Taibai County to take over the position of county magistrate.
At first, he could not figure it out himself.
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