After calming down and thinking about it, Li Mu felt that he had nothing to worry about.
Although Lord Nether Hell was terrifying, he was just an elder of the Demon Sect. He would not care about one of his subordinates. Perhaps the death of the evil ghost would not reach his ears.
And that evil ghost was just one of the 18 Ghost Generals under Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon. Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon might not pay attention to him.
At the very least, even if Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon paid attention to him, he would not know who killed him. Li Mu was safe.
Compared to Li Mu, Li Si was more worrying.
The Prefectural Governor and the Prefectural Prime Minister had their own mansions in the city. Li Si should have been taken to the Prefectural Prime Minister's Mansion. Who knew how he was now …
In the Prefectural Prime Minister's Mansion.
Li Si stood in a bright study. The young man in white retreated to the door. The middle-aged man sat at the desk and sipped the tea in his cup.
The atmosphere was strangely quiet.
The middle-aged man finished the tea and put the cup on the table heavily. He said coldly, "How dare you, Li Si! How dare you!"
Li Si raised his head and said, "I don't know. Please tell me, Prefectural Prime Minister."
Prefectural Prime Minister Chen snorted and said, "Do you think I don't know what you did in Yangqiu County?"
Li Si sighed and lowered his head. He said, "What do you want me to do? Just say it."
Prefectural Prime Minister Chen showed a playful expression and said, "Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"
Li Si walked to a chair and sat down. He said, "Why should I be afraid of death? If you want to kill me, I can't stop you. What's the use of being afraid?"
Prefectural Prime Minister Chen looked at him and said, "Raise your head. I only want to ask you one question."
Li Si raised his head and looked at him. County Magistrate Chen's eyes seemed to have turned into a deep pool, which sucked in all his attention.
Commandery Minister Chen asked slowly, "What kind of person is Miaomiao in your heart?"
Li Si reminisced, "She was the purest and kindest girl I've ever met."
County Governor Chen's expression softened and he asked, "Don't you think she's ugly?"
Li Si said, "Beauty and ugliness are just appearances. In my heart, she is more beautiful than anyone else."
Looking at Li Si, County Magistrate Chen suddenly burst into laughter.
He laughed for a while, then looked back at Li Si and said, "This official will give you two choices."
"First, accompany Miaomiao and make her happy for the rest of her life. Whatever you want, I will give you. Money, power, cultivation, I can satisfy you …"
Li Si thought for a moment and asked, "What's the second?"
County Magistrate Chen said, "Every Qingming Festival, I'll have someone burn a few more sticks of incense at your grave."
Li Si stood up and bowed respectfully to him. "Honorable father-in-law, please accept a bow from your son-in-law!"
…
Li Mu waited for less than an hour before Li Si walked in from outside.
Li Mu stood up and asked, "How was it?"
Li Si looked up at the sky and said, "Xiangxiang, Jin, Xiaohui, Ping 'er, and Cuihua, goodbye forever …"
"Have you seen Miss Miaomiao?"
Li Si shook his head and said, "She is not in the county capital. She will be back in half a month."
Li Mu asked, "Are you really going to stop?"
Li Si sighed and said, "I'll take it one step at a time."
"It's good to stop," Li Mu comforted him and said, "No matter how many women you have outside, it's not as good as having one at home."
Li Si asked, "What about you?"
"Me?"
In Li Mu's mind, Li Qing's face and Liu Hanyan's figure appeared sometimes. He thought for a moment and waved his hand, "We'll see …"
…
This time, the county government promoted a total of ten constables from the local area.
Aside from Li Si, the other nine were all local officials who had performed outstandingly in this zombie disaster, and had made some contributions to the local government.
Among these people, there were no disciples from the big sects. In the county government, the disciples from the Buddhist and Taoist sects were the main force of the government. In the county government, they were the real officials of the Great Zhou.
Their positions were either passed down by their ancestors or recruited by the county government. They were required to have a clean family background and no one from the previous three generations. They also had to be non-sect disciples.
Among the ten people, except for Li Mu, Li Si, and the young man, the others were all above 25 years old. Although they had reached the Spirit Condensing Realm, with their talent, it would be difficult for them to reach the Spirit Condensing Realm. There was no possibility for them to go further.
In the county government, there were six Spirit Condensing Realm constables who were directly responsible to the County Lieutenant.
The six constables were responsible for different areas in the county capital. If the county government couldn't solve a case in the North County, they were responsible for solving it.
Of the ten people who passed the test, three were under Constable Zhao's command. They were Li Mu, Li Si, and the young man.
Li Mu's performance in the third test was the most outstanding, so he naturally became Constable Zhao's deputy. Although this deputy didn't have any actual power, Li Mu was quite satisfied that he didn't need to patrol the streets.
Constable Zhao gave them three days to familiarize themselves with the prefectural city and settle their own matters. During these three days, Li Mu temporarily stayed in an inn to refine the soul energy that the prefectural governor had bestowed upon him, as well as the soul energy he had collected from killing the evil spirits.
The county capital wasn't like the county capital. The work here was more dangerous, so he had to improve his strength as much as possible.
In these three days, Li Si had already moved to the county prime minister's manor. Li Mu couldn't help but be envious, so he could only ask the broker to help him find a house for rent near the county government.
He looked at a few houses, but didn't find one that he was satisfied with. He thought that if he couldn't find one in a few days, he would just pick one and make do with it.
In the county government, Constable Zhao spread a map on the table and said, "The eastern district of the county capital, as well as Yang County and Yu County in the east, are all under our jurisdiction. You have to arrange for people to patrol the city every day. Yang County and Yu County will only ask the county government for help if there's something they can't handle. What you have to do on a daily basis is to maintain the security of the eastern district and be responsible for the safety of the dozens of villages outside the eastern district …"
Li Mu's duties didn't change much compared to when he was in Yangqiu County.
The only difference was that at that time, he only needed to follow behind Li Qing. Now, he had to rush in front.
There wasn't much to do in the morning. Seeing that it was almost noon, Li Mu was about to go out for lunch when a yamen runner who was standing guard at the door walked into the room and said, "Constable Li, someone is looking for you."
Other than the father and son of the Xu family, Li Mu didn't know anyone else in the county capital. Could it be that Shopkeeper Xu felt that the gift he donated to the county government wasn't enough to express his gratitude, so he came to give another gift?
Li Mu walked out expectantly. When he saw Zhang Shan standing outside the county government, he said disappointedly, "Why are you here?"
Zhang Shan frowned. "What's with your expression?"
Li Mu walked up and asked curiously, "Why are you in the county capital?"
Zhang Shan said, "I'm here to send someone off."
Li Mu asked, "Who are you sending off?"
Zhang Shan pointed at the carriage parked at the entrance of the county government. Liu Hanyan lifted the curtain and jumped down from the carriage. Then, it was Wanwan who jumped down with a little fox in her arms …
Wanwan ran over quickly and said happily, "Young Master!"
Xiao Bai's eyes were also filled with smiles.
Li Mu looked at them and asked in surprise, "Why are you in the county capital?"
Wanwan said with a smile, "Miss said that she wants to open a branch in the county capital …"
Li Mu calculated that they would arrive in the county capital at noon today. With the speed of the carriage, they should have left yesterday morning.
This meant that from the time Li Mu left, Liu Hanyan only took three days from the time she decided to open a branch, arranged everything in Yangqiu County, packed her things and left.
He walked to Liu Hanyan and asked, "You want to open a branch here?"
Liu Hanyan glanced at him and said, "The business in Yangqiu County doesn't have much room to expand. There are many people in the county capital and there are many rich people. Business is good …"
Li Mu asked, "Have you chosen a location?"
Liu Hanyan shook her head and said, "No."
"Have you hired someone?"
"No."
"Have you found a place to stay?"
"No …"
Li Mu said speechlessly, "You dare to come to the county capital without anything?"
"Why are you talking so much nonsense? Are you better at doing business or am I better at doing business …" Liu Hanyan glared at him and said, "Let's go and eat first. Wanwan is starving …"
With that, she ignored Li Mu and got back into the carriage.
Li Si walked out of the government office and said meaningfully, "What are you waiting for? If you meet someone like this, just marry her …"
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