Li Mu packed up his things and waited for Xiao Bai in the courtyard. When he thought of Cui Ming's ending, he still felt some regret.
In fact, he originally wanted to deal with Cui Ming himself without Su He doing anything. At that time, Su He would not have to come to Shen 'du and would not have to see Cui Ming. The incident from 20 years ago would also not cause her any harm.
He did not expect that the Great Zhou actually had something like a death-exemption medallion.
In order to punish Cui Ming, he had planned for half a month. He had written a script to create public opinion, and he had also coaxed and pestered the six officials of the Imperial Secretariat. After much difficulty, he finally sent Zhang Chun to the Imperial Clan Temple and successfully took down Cui Ming. In the end, he lost to a broken medallion.
There were too many misdeeds left behind by the previous Emperor. After one was dealt with, another one would appear. It was impossible to guard against it.
If he lived for a few more decades, the Great Zhou would be destroyed by his hands sooner or later.
A piece of scrap metal could destroy the justice of the law. It was the biggest stain on the Great Zhou's law and could not be tolerated. When he returned from the Northern County, he would sooner or later turn those medallions into real scrap metal.
Xiao Bai walked out of the room with a small bag on her back. She happily said, "Benefactor, I'm done packing. Let's go!"
Li Mu looked at the bulging bag on her shoulder and said helplessly, "We're not moving. Why are you bringing this?"
Xiao Bai tightened the bag and said, "This is a gift for Sister Liu and Wanwan."
Although the little fox was usually a little silly and dull, she was very considerate. Li Mu did not say anything else.
He was about to leave when he suddenly thought of something. He asked Xiao Bai, "When we return to the Northern County, if Sister Liu asks you if I've been fooling around in Shen 'du, how will you answer?"
Xiao Bai said without hesitation, "Other than me, there are no other little fox spirits by your side."
"Very good." Li Mu patted her head and said, "Let's go!"
Not being a womanizer was completely different from not having a woman by his side.
In addition to Mr. Mei, Li Mu had close contact with her friends in the Great Music Bar, including Miaomiao, Yinyin, Little Seven, Sixteen, and the Queen, who had come here twice for free meals.
Although Li Mu had a clear conscience, he still wanted to give Xiao Bai a heads-up in advance so that she wouldn't stupidly shoot her mouth off and say something she shouldn't.
Now, it seemed that the little girl was not as foolish as Li Mu had imagined.
The two of them left the city and walked out of the no-fly zone outside the Divine Capital. Li Mu looked back at the distant Divine Capital and took out two high-level talismans. He handed one to Xiao Bai and stuck the other to himself. In the next moment, the two of them flew into the air and disappeared into the horizon.
He had many enemies in the Divine Capital. Since he dared to swagger out of the Divine Capital, he naturally had something to rely on.
Liu Hanyan had asked Li Si to give him a thick stack of high-level talismans for escaping. Anyone with ulterior motives who wanted to follow them under the Dongxuan wouldn't even be able to see their backs.
Not long after the two of them disappeared, on the main road, not far behind them, a cloaked figure lifted the bamboo hat on his head, and a look of shock appeared on his face.
"So fast!"
He looked up at the sky in front of him. In a few breaths, he could no longer see the two of them.
Even if he used his fastest Dharma treasure, he couldn't match their speed.
He stood in the same place for a while and had no choice but to turn back.
Entering the Fairy's Capital again, he circled around a few streets before entering a mansion in the Southern Courtyard.
After entering the mansion, he walked straight to the deepest courtyard. A short conversation could be heard from the courtyard.
A moment later, the sound of tables and chairs being overturned, porcelain shattering, and a woman's hysterical cursing could be heard from the room in the courtyard.
The Princess Residence.
After returning from the Imperial Clan Temple, the Prince Consort's Residence had been searched. Everything in the Prince Consort's Residence, including the residence, had been confiscated by the imperial court. Cui Ming could only stay in the Princess Residence.
In a bedroom of the Princess Mansion, moaning sounds rose and fell one after another, continuous and unending. Four hours later, Cui Ming walked out of the bedroom.
When he pushed open the door, he could vaguely see the scene in the room.
Cui Ming stood in the courtyard and adjusted his belt. A servant walked in from outside and bowed. "Prince Consort, Li Mu just left the Divine Capital."
Cui Ming's face darkened when he heard Li Mu's name.
He had used more than twenty years to climb step by step to the position of Assistant Minister of the Secretariat. During this time, he had gone through countless hardships and setbacks and spent a lot of essence and blood to reach his current position.
In one night, Li Mu had made him lose everything.
This huge difference and turn had almost caused his mentality to completely collapse and give birth to an inner demon. Although he had suppressed it with great difficulty, he had also lost several years of cultivation, causing his realm to drop greatly. He had almost fallen from the Creation realm to the Transcendent realm.
This matter would not only affect his future cultivation, but he could only wait until the Xiao clan regained the throne if he wanted to make a comeback.
All of this was because of Li Mu. He wanted to skin him alive, pull out his tendons, remove his bones, and refine his soul. However, in the Divine Capital, with His Majesty protecting him, he had no chance to do so.
Li Mu's departure from the Divine Capital was exactly what he wanted.
Cui Ming asked, "Where did he go?"
The servant said, "From the direction he left the city, it should be the North County."
"North County …"
Cui Ming's face darkened when he heard this.
The North County meant a lot to him.
The North County was his starting point. He had taken his first step in the North County and walked step by step to where he was today.
However, the North County was also his final destination. Because of his carelessness in the North County more than 20 years ago, his 20 years of accumulation and hard work had gone to waste.
Cui Ming muttered, "Li Mu is as cunning as a fox. Many people in the Divine Capital hate him to the bone and want him to die without a complete corpse. Why would he suddenly leave the Divine Capital and go to the North County? Could it be …"
Cui Ming suddenly woke up. "Could it be that he wants to find Su He?"
The moment he thought of this, his face turned completely gloomy.
Madam Chu had already made him lose everything. If the fact that he had killed Su He in order to climb up to the Chu clan was exposed, even the death-exemption medallion would not be able to save his life.
He could either leave the Divine Capital now.
Or Li Mu would leave the Divine Capital and never come back. He could let him and Su He, who was very likely to become a ghost cultivator, stay in the North County together forever.
Cui Ming asked in a low voice, "Has Elder Liu come back?"
The servant shook his head and said, "No."
Cui Ming was puzzled. He had sent Elder Liu to the North County to investigate Chu Yun 'er and Su He. It had been more than half a month and there was no news from him. As a fifth realm cultivator, as long as he left the Divine Capital and did not offend the Four Sects and Six Schools of Buddhism and Taoism, he could do whatever he wanted in any county. It was unlikely that anything had happened to him. However, if nothing had happened, why had there been no news at all for so many days?
Cui Ming paced in the courtyard. After Elder Liu left, there was no one around him that he could use.
However, Li Mu and Su He were bound to die. If they did not die, Cui Ming would be the one to die.
Cui Ming's expression changed for a while. Finally, he gritted his teeth and flipped his hand. A palm-sized bronze mirror appeared in his hand.
He walked to the study and bit his fingertip. Using blood as ink, he wrote a few lines on the bronze mirror.
Then, he put down the bronze mirror and crossed his hands. After forming a few seals, he sent his spirit energy into the bronze mirror. A white light flashed on the bronze mirror, and the blood-red words on it slowly disappeared, as if they were being swallowed by something …
…
Imperial Palace.
In the Imperial Garden.
The garden was full of flowers. The Empress walked slowly among the flowers. Mr. Mei walked in from outside and said, "Your Majesty, Li Mu has left the Divine Capital. In the short time that he left, there were many movements in the Southern and Northern Courtyards. Do we really not need to send people to protect him?"
The Empress smiled and said, "He's not as weak as you think. Even Thousand Illusion Shangren died in his hands. What can those people do to him? You've seen him bully others, but when have you seen others bully him?"
Mr. Mei thought about it carefully and realized that it was true.
Although Li Mu had offended many people, those who dared to bully him did not end up well. Being beaten with a cane was a light punishment. Those who were more serious would not be able to keep their heads. Those who were more serious would be chopped into ashes on the street …
The Prince Consort of Princess Lianyang lost his official position and had his property confiscated. Many people in the court called him Her Majesty's Little Fox after betraying him.
Mr. Mei recalled the process of meeting Li Mu. He spoke softly, was good-looking, liked to laugh, did things in a straightforward manner, was righteous, and did not want to compromise … Who would have thought that he was also full of tricks when he was up to no good?
Thinking of this, she inadvertently glanced at the Empress. She saw a faint smile on the Empress's face. At that moment, the beauty of the Empress even overshadowed the flowers in the garden.
Mr. Mei was dazed for a moment. Ever since she married the Crown Prince, she rarely saw such a smile on the Empress's face …
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