Li Mu was speechless when Bai Yijian was implicated for no reason.
Although Liu Hanyan would always ask some strange questions, she was generally reasonable and would not harp on a question.
Li Si once said that there might be women who did not eat, but there were definitely no women who did not get jealous. Their jealousy meant that they cared. It was not necessarily a bad thing to be jealous occasionally.
They stayed in Yangqiu County for a night. At noon the next day, Li Mu brought them back to the county town.
After sending them home, Li Mu immediately went to the yamen.
He still had an important task to take care of.
Whether or not the county yamen could work with the White Demon King to eliminate Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon depended on the attitude of the higher-ups.
Arrester Zhao poked his head out of the duty room and said, "Li Mu is back …"
Li Mu walked forward and asked, "Is Lord Shen here?"
Arrester Zhao thought for a while and said, "If it is not something important, it is best not to look for Lord Shen."
Li Mu was surprised and asked, "Why?"
Arrester Zhao sighed and said, "Today is the death anniversary of Lord Shen's parents, wife, and son. Four years ago today, Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon killed Lord Shen's entire family. Every year on this day, Lord Shen would lock himself in his room and not see anyone …"
Li Mu thought for a while and said, "If that is the case, then it is even more necessary for me to see him."
He came to a room at the back of the yamen and knocked on the door.
After a long time, a voice came from the room. "I am on leave today. If there is nothing important, do not disturb me …"
Li Mu stood at the door and said, "If it is not convenient for you today, Li Mu will come again tomorrow. However, this may be the best chance to eliminate Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon. If we delay for too long, I do not know if there will be any changes …"
Crash!
As soon as Li Mu finished speaking, he was about to turn around and leave when he heard the sound of tables and chairs being overturned and porcelain breaking. The door was suddenly opened. Commandant Shen grabbed his shoulder and said, "Come in and talk!"
The room was extremely messy and reeked of alcohol. Li Mu found a chair and sat down. He said, "The White Demon King has already agreed to help the county yamen eliminate Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon. Master Xuandu, who has just advanced to the Fifth Realm, has also agreed to help …"
"Yes." Li Mu nodded and said, "But the White Demon King has a condition."
Commandant Shen asked, "What conditions?"
Li Mu said, "He wants the Soul Energy of Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon and his Ghost Generals."
Commandant Shen waved his hand and said, "I can agree to this on behalf of the county yamen."
The county yamen had wanted to eliminate Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon for a long time. However, they could not find where Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon was hiding. Among the 18 Ghost Generals, only the first Ghost General had seen Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon. He was also the only one who could directly come into contact with Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon.
Secondly, it was utterly impossible to do anything to King Chu Jiang by relying solely on the strength of the county.
However, if the county yamen and the White Demon King worked together, Xuandu's power could eliminate Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon without any suspense.
The arrival of Bai Yinxin and her sister represented the White Demon King's sincerity.
After learning of the White Demon King's intention to cooperate from Li Mu, Commandant Shen did not delay and immediately went to discuss with the county governor and the county minister.
Since Li Mu killed the four Ghost Generals of Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon, incidents occurred frequently in the 13 counties of the North County. However, the incidents did not involve ordinary people, but cultivators.
In just a few days, several Jushen cultivators had mysteriously disappeared.
An hour later, Commandant Shen returned to the county yamen and said to Li Mu, "As long as the White Demon King agrees to help, he can take all the Soul Energy of Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon and his Ghost Generals."
The county yamen and the White Demon King had the same goal in dealing with Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon.
The White Demon King wanted Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon's Soul Energy. The county yamen wanted the peace of the North County. They both wanted Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon to die.
Commandant Shen continued, "You'll be in charge of contacting the White Demon King. We'll contact the spies we planted in Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon as soon as possible and find a way to find his hiding place."
Li Mu nodded and said, "Leave it to me."
"You have contributed greatly to this matter." Commandant Shen glanced at Bai Yinxin and her sister in the duty room and said to Li Mu, "Well done."
"I …"
"There's no need to explain."
Commandant Shen smiled and said, "This is your ability. Others can't be envious of you. If you can really get rid of Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon, you'll have made a great contribution. The imperial court won't be stingy with your reward …"
Commandant Shen still had to find a way to contact the spies planted in Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon. He left after giving Li Mu a few instructions.
In this matter, Li Mu was the link between the county yamen and the White Demon King. If they really wanted to solve the problem of Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon, they still had to rely on these experts.
Li Mu walked into the room. Bai Tingxin immediately asked, "Uncle, where will my sister and I stay …"
Li Mu took out an ingot of silver and was about to speak when Bai Tingxin said, "You don't want us to stay in an inn, do you? It's dirty and messy, and the food isn't good. Do you have the heart to let your poor nieces stay in such a place?"
Li Mu thought about it and said, "I can help you find a better inn."
Bai Tingxin shook her head and said, "If my father knew that you treated us like this, he would be very sad."
"…"
To be honest, the White Demon King was really sincere to Li Mu. Thinking about it carefully, even if a distant relative came, according to etiquette, it wouldn't be good to arrange for them to stay in an inn.
If the White Demon King knew, even if he didn't say it out loud, he would inevitably have a grudge in his heart.
Li Mu said helplessly, "Then come home with me first."
Liu Hanyan didn't have any objections to Bai Yinxin and her sister staying at home for a few days. As the hostess, she was very enthusiastic and personally cooked a table of dishes. Bai Tingxin, who had never tasted any delicacies in the world, bit her tongue.
Bai Yinxin's performance was completely different from when Li Mu first met her.
When she first met Li Mu, her performance was not much better than Bai Tingxin's.
However, after condensing the demon core and stepping into the fourth realm, her temperament was much more mature than before.
Liu Hanyan prepared two rooms for them, and the two sisters only wanted one. Late at night, Bai Tingxin stood at the door and saw Liu Hanyan enter Li Mu's room and close the door. She didn't come out even after the lights were turned off. She walked back to the room and shook her head. "It's over, sister. Now you have no chance at all …"
Bai Yinxin glanced at her indifferently and asked, "Are you itching for a beating again?"
Bai Tingxin said with melancholy, "Sigh, I'm just thinking for you. You've never seen a man before, and now that you've finally met one, you think he's the best in the world. But there are many men in the world. There must be better ones in the future. You can't give up an entire forest for a tree …"
Bai Yinxin glanced at her and asked, "Where did you learn this from?"
Bai Tingxin took off her shoes and rolled onto the bed. She said, "I figured it out myself. When I condense the demon core, we'll go out and explore Jianghu. Maybe we'll meet our Xu Xian …"
She rolled on the bed alone and suddenly got up. She asked, "Sister, you don't really like him, do you?"
Bai Yinxin shook her head and said, "I don't know."
Bai Tingxin said with certainty, "You don't know, but you like him. After all, he's the first human you met …"
She hugged Bai Yinxin's arm and leaned her head on her shoulder. She said, "You just haven't seen enough men. In a few months, I'll take you to the outside of North County. When you see more men, you'll know that Li Mu is just so-so …"
…
During the few days that Bai Yinxin and her sister were temporarily staying at home, Wan Wan and Little White took them out to shop every day and used their own private savings to buy them a bunch of gifts. The three demons formed a deep sisterly friendship.
Li Mu had just arrived at the county office when Constable Zhao informed him, "The County Commandant said to find him when you come to the office."
He walked into the front hall. County Commandant Shen waved his sleeves and closed the door. Then he said, "The county office has contacted the spy."
Li Mu looked at County Commandant Shen and asked, "Can the spy be trusted?"
County Commandant Shen nodded and said, "He was planted by the county office. We have a way to check if he's lying. Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon has been dormant in North County for five years. There's indeed a conspiracy. "
Li Mu raised his eyebrows and asked, "What conspiracy?"
County Commandant Shen said in a deep voice, "He nurtured the eighteen ghost generals to form a formation. This formation is called the Eighteen Yin Prison Formation. It's an extremely vicious formation of the Demon Sect. He wants to use this formation to refine the people of a county and use it to break through to the sixth realm …"
Li Mu had guessed this since a long time ago. He possessed the memories of Daoist Thousand Illusion, so he wasn't unfamiliar with the Eighteen Nether Prison Grand Formation. King Chu Jiang had spent so much time and gone to great lengths to nurture 18 Soul Realm Ghost Generals, so his intentions couldn't be any more obvious.
He continued to ask, "Which county did Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon choose?"
County Commandant Shen said, "Yangqiu County …"
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