With Xiao Bai's successful transformation, Li Mu's worries came.
Before the transformation, she only wanted to give herself to Li Mu, but now she wanted to bear his children.
Liu Hanyan was standing next to him. Li Mu said to Xiao Bai earnestly, "Actually, there are many ways to repay a debt of gratitude. You don't have to give yourself to him or bear his children. I saved your life once, and you can save me in the future. Your task now is to cultivate well and avenge your grandmother in the future …"
Xiao Bai was changed the topic by him. Thinking of her dead grandmother and clansmen, she nodded seriously and said firmly, "I will cultivate well and avenge my grandmother!"
Li Mu saw the smile on Liu Hanyan's face. He really should have let her see how he had righteously rejected the two snakes.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. After dinner, Liu Hanyan came to Li Mu's room very early.
The two sat on the bed hand in hand. Liu Hanyan suddenly asked, "How are you going to treat Xiao Bai in the future?"
Li Mu said, "She is homeless now. Let her stay at home for the time being. The Celestial Fox Clan will leave after repaying their debt of gratitude. This is their tradition."
Liu Hanyan said, "How are you going to repay your debt of gratitude? Do you really want her to bear your children?"
Li Mu smelled a hint of jealousy again. He said with a smile, "I want you to bear my children …"
Liu Hanyan turned from jealousy to shyness. She gently pinched Li Mu and said, "Let Wanwan bear your children. She loves children the most …"
…
After returning from Yang County, Li Mu's life returned to a rare peaceful state.
There was nothing much to do in the yamen. He just read books every day until he went to the yamen. Then he went home to cook with Liu Hanyan and cultivate together. His life was very comfortable.
The only fly in the ointment was that the yamen was idle and had nothing to do. The snake swayed in front of Li Mu's eyes, which annoyed him.
He could feel that the snake's hatred for him had not dissipated, and it was probably plotting something.
Not long after he sat down and read a few pages of the book, Bai Tingxin came in from outside and asked, "How did you and my sister meet? I always feel that your relationship is not right. Ever since she came home last time, she has been absent-minded …"
Li Mu: "I just happened to know her."
"How is it a coincidence?"
"Go back and ask your sister."
Bai Tingxin had a suspicious look on her face. She paced back and forth in front of Li Mu and said, "You guys didn't tell me. There must be a problem!"
Li Mu thought about it and said, "Speaking of your sister, I also have a question."
Bai Tingxin asked, "What is it?"
Li Mu asked, "Why is your father a white snake and your sister a white snake, but you are a green snake? You couldn't have been picked up from the outside, could you?"
Bai Tingxin said angrily, "You are the one who was picked up from the outside!"
She ignored Li Mu and walked outside alone, with a suspicious look on her face.
After asking that question, Li Mu did not see Bai Tingxin for two days. Just when he thought that the demon could not stand the boredom of the yamen and ran back to the mountain, he saw her again in the duty room.
Bai Tingxin looked at Li Mu and said, "Let me tell you, of course I am my father and mother's daughter. My grandmother is a green snake. I didn't take after my father, I took after my grandmother …"
Li Mu did not know the hereditary rules of the snake race. He just wanted to live a quiet life for two days, but now his quiet days were over.
She had been swaying in front of Li Mu for the whole morning, deliberately not letting him read in peace.
Li Mu put down the book and said, "Can you be quiet for a while?"
Bai Tingxin said, "No."
Li Mu said, "Why don't I tell you a story so that you won't bother me in the future?"
Bai Tingxin moved a chair and sat opposite Li Mu, saying, "You go first."
"Once upon a time, there was a green snake."
"What happened next?"
"She liked to annoy people."
"And then?"
"And then she died."
…
Bai Tingxin was obviously not satisfied with the story, so Li Mu threw her a copy of the Legend of the White Snake published by the Yunyan Pavilion for her to read.
The White Demon King did a good job in educating his children. This green snake could read and write. She held the book and read it with great interest.
In order to stop her from bothering him, Li Mu simply gave her the complete collection of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. Soon, Bai Tingxin was addicted to the novel and could not extricate herself. Li Mu's ears were finally quiet.
After Bai Tingxin finished reading the last Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, she asked Li Mu, "You humans all talk about love. What is love?"
Li Mu was not interested in talking about love with her. He said, "You'll understand when you grow up."
Bai Tingxin closed the book and said, "Is love really that good? I also want to find someone to talk about love with …"
She walked out of the guard room and walked around the yamen. Then she turned back and said, "You're the most good-looking person in this yamen. How about you and I talk about love?"
Li Mu said without hesitation, "Nothing. I have someone I like."
Bai Tingxin glanced at him and said, "Then don't talk about love. Who cares about you? I'll find someone better looking than you …"
As soon as she finished speaking, a voice came from outside.
"Lady Liu is here."
"Li Mu is on guard duty. You can go in."
Liu Hanyan walked to the guard room. When she saw Bai Tingxin, she was slightly stunned. She asked Li Mu, "Is it almost time to go to the yamen?"
Sometimes she would come to the yamen and wait for Li Mu to go home together. Li Mu stood up and said, "Let's go."
Although it was not time to go to the yamen, he had nothing to do in the yamen. Arrester Zhao would not say anything if he went back fifteen or thirty minutes earlier.
Bai Tingxin looked at Liu Hanyan and asked, "Is she the one you like?"
Liu Hanyan looked at Bai Tingxin and asked, "Who is this?"
Li Mu said, "Ignore her. Let's go."
Bai Tingxin rolled her eyes and suddenly hugged Li Mu's arm. She twisted her body and said, "That night in bed, you said you liked me the most. Now that you have a new lover, you don't want to talk to me anymore …"
Li Mu pulled his arm out of her chest and held Liu Hanyan's hand. Under Bai Tingxin's gloating eyes, they walked out calmly.
He and Liu Hanyan had been together for so long and had experienced so many misunderstandings. How could there be no trust between the two of them?
Liu Hanyan walked out of the yamen hand in hand with him. Then she looked at Li Mu and asked, "How did you offend her?"
Li Mu said, "A snake demon. She suffered a little in my hands. Since then, we have been enemies."
Liu Hanyan said in surprise, "Why is a snake demon in the county yamen?"
Li Mu said, "It's a long story. I'll tell you when we go back."
When they talked about Bai Tingxin, they had to talk about Bai Yinxin. When they talked about the process of Li Mu and Bai Yinxin getting to know each other, they had to talk about Su He. It was not until after dinner that Li Mu told Liu Hanyan everything clearly.
After listening to him, Liu Hanyan's attention was no longer on Bai Tingxin. She asked Li Mu, "You have another snake demon friend and a female ghost friend?"
Li Mu immediately explained, "Don't misunderstand anything. Heaven and earth can testify to my feelings for you. I'm just friends with them. If I lie to you, I'll be struck by lightning …"
Rumble!
As soon as his voice fell, a muffled sound suddenly came from above Li Mu's head.
He was startled. When he looked up, he found that the originally clear sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds in a short time.
Lightning flashed in the dark clouds, and then there was a series of roars.
Li Mu looked at Liu Hanyan. His throat moved, and he said, "Believe me, I don't have that ability …"
"I didn't say that I don't believe you." Liu Hanyan held his hand and suddenly felt a chill on her face. When she looked up, she said in surprise, "It's snowing …"
Li Mu looked up at the sky and saw snowflakes falling from the sky.
Although the winter in Beijun was cold, it rarely snowed in the past.
This year's snow came exceptionally early. Furthermore, it was strange. There were no signs at all. After only a quarter of an hour, the dark clouds in the sky inexplicably dispersed. The snowflakes that fell to the ground also melted without a trace.
If it were not for the wet marks on the ground, no one would know that it had just snowed.
Wanwan and Xiao Bai had already run out excitedly and were ready to make a snowman. But the snow suddenly stopped, and they walked back to their rooms in disappointment.
Early the next morning, Li Mu went to the yamen and found the atmosphere in the duty room very solemn.
Just as he walked into the duty room, Constable Zhao immediately said, "Get ready. We're going to Yang County in an hour."
They had just returned from the plague in Yang County a few days ago, and now they were going to Yang County in such a hurry. Li Mu asked, "What happened in Yang County?"
Constable Zhao said solemnly, "Last night, a malicious spirit appeared in Yang County. It slaughtered the entire family of the county magistrate, more than ten constables, and a wealthy businessman and his son …"
Li Mu was shocked. The entire family of an imperial court official was slaughtered, and the county magistrate was massacred. How many years had it been since such a terrible case had happened in Great Zhou?
He asked subconsciously, "Was it done by Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon?"
"No." Constable Zhao shook his head. Constable Zhao shook his head and said, "According to the news from Yang County, the county magistrate and the wealthy businessman and his son colluded with the officials and merchants to cause a woman to die unjustly. But they didn't expect that before the woman died, she was full of resentment. That night, she turned into a peerless malicious spirit and slaughtered all those who harmed her …"
With the county magistrate's defensive power, even a fourth-level ghost would not be able to break through. After a normal person died, they would at most turn into a Yin spirit with heavy resentment. Even with Su He's help, people like Lin Wan, who had died unjustly, were only second-level resentful spirits. Li Mu asked in disbelief, "What's that malicious spirit's realm?"
Constable Zhao was silent for a moment, then said, "Fifth-level."
Li Mu's face was full of disbelief. He blurted out, "How is that possible?!"
Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon had cultivated for many years, but he was only at the fifth level. How could someone immediately reach the fifth level after just dying?
Constable Zhao said, "According to the surviving constables in the county magistrate's office, before the woman died, she looked up at the sky in grief and shouted a sentence."
Li Mu suddenly had a bad premonition. He asked, "What sentence?"
Constable Zhao thought for a moment, then said, "Those who do good suffer poverty and have a shorter life. Those who do evil enjoy wealth and have a longer life. Earth, you can't tell good from bad. What is earth? Heaven, you are wrong to judge the virtuous and foolish to be heaven … "
Li Mu stood in a daze, his mind buzzing.
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