Such a ruthless threat did not have the desired effect. The children of the Tang Dynasty are still a little purer than the children in Li Mu's previous life. Li Mu asked the children to disperse and introduced the staff of the Salesian Bureau to Zheng Guanyin.

The two cooks were in charge of cooking, and their wives were also helping. There is also an apprentice in Langzhong, and four old mothers who live nearby, who are considered temporary workers, come over from time to time to help sew and mend. At present, the Salesian Bureau is up and down, and there are only so many people.

Li Mu originally planned to find two more maids for Zheng Guanyin, but she refused. After all these years in the palace, she has become accustomed to being alone with children. Besides, Li Yuan had to send two people to her. The waiters in heaven and earth are all palace maids of the original Taiji Palace, and they are professional in serving people, which is definitely much better than the maids he can find.

When Li Mu heard about this, he no longer insisted. I asked for the account book from the cook, checked it correctly, and handed it to Zheng Guanyin. Now there are more than 400 yuan in the Salesian Bureau's account, so you don't have to worry about running out of money to use in a short time.

As for the rest of the matter, when he pours out his hand, he will find a way.

Zheng Guanyin took out the dishes in the food box and gave them to the children to eat, but Li Mu did not stay to join in the fun. Hundreds of people, so many dishes, can eat a bite is too much, if he joins in the fun, the children can't eat a bite, it won't be so embarrassing,

Zheng Guanyin sent Li Mu to the door, and Li Mu repeatedly instructed that if there was anything, send someone to Jingdongji to inform him, and he would definitely arrive as soon as possible. Zheng Guanyin should get down, watch Li Mu's carriage leave, and return to the courtyard to eat with the children. She likes this job very much, and writes down the names of every child one by one, some children have no name, only a nickname, she also keeps it in mind, and plans to help these children choose a name after counting.

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When Li Mu returned to Jingdongji, it was already dark. He first quietly went to the back door of Wang Ou's shop and returned the carriage. After a while of keeping warm with Wang Ou, he went home leisurely.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw Li Zhien at the door. Seeing Li Mu coming in, the little girl pounced without saying a word and sniffed on Li Mu.

"What are you doing?" Li Mu was weak and hurriedly hid. But it was too late, Li Zhien's nose was very sensitive, and he could already smell it.

"Just know!"

Li Mu grabbed her into his arms and threatened: "If you talk nonsense to Mrs. again, I will let Tianai cut in line next year." ”

Li Zhien hurriedly said: "No! ”

"Then be obedient."

Li Zhien rolled his eyes and said, "I can't betray Madame." ”

"Don't use Madame as an excuse, you won't say you didn't see it?" As he was talking, Bai Qiaoqiao came over from the front yard, and when he saw Li Mu, he asked, "Where did my husband go today, I didn't even bring Jiu'er." ”

"I went to the Salesian Bureau, and the errand ordered by His Majesty, of course, must be hurried." Li Mu secretly slapped Li Zhien's buttocks, met Bai Qiaoqiao, and hugged her slender waist: "I went to the heavenly people first, and then I went to the Salesian Bureau." I ate a cake casually at noon, and now my stomach is croaking with hunger. Lady, is there anything delicious? ”

This commanded them to do ...... I'll get you some pastries first. ”

Li Zhien watched from the side and rolled his eyes, my stupid lady, don't you doubt it at all?

At this time, Xiaomei ran over from the front yard, called Mrs. in her mouth, saw Li Mu here, hurriedly ran to him, and said: "Master Hou, go and take a look, we are all closed, someone has been knocking, shouting that he stopped and didn't listen, and kept shouting to find you." ”

"Daring fanatic!" Li Mu lowered his face coldly and said: "Some people in my business dare to make trouble, call Xiao Jiu over, arrest people and chop them up and feed them to the dogs!" ”

"Can't kill, can't kill!" Xiaomei hurriedly said: "The prince of Zhao Guogong is next to him." ”

"Eldest Sun Chong?" Li Mu suddenly knew who it was, it must be Ju Zhisheng, the prince of Gaochang.

Li Mu kissed Bai Qiaoqiao on the face and said, "Madame has prepared food for me, I'll deal with things later, let's eat together...... I want to eat the wontons wrapped by Mrs.——" Li Mu was greasy and coquettish, Xiaomei frowned when she saw it, but Bai Qiaoqiao ate this very much, and agreed repeatedly.

Li Mu laughed loudly and followed Xiaomei to the shop in the front yard. Dugu Jiu was already there, Li Mu motioned for him to open the door, Ju Zhisheng rushed in, saw Li Mu, and crawled to his feet, tears flowed profusely.

Li Mu saw that he wiped all his snot on his trouser legs, and felt nauseous in his heart, raised his foot to kick, thought about it and endured it, and said, "Shizi, what's wrong?" Why so sad? He glanced at the eldest grandson Chong who came in, and said, "But my apprentice didn't accompany him?" It's really impossible to teach, you can't eat, drink and have fun, you can't worry about my teacher at all, there is such a disciple, it's really eight lifetimes of blood mold. ”

Seeing that he was involved, the eldest grandson Chong was immediately angry: "Li Mu-" suddenly thought that he was someone else's apprentice, and quickly held back his anger, put on a smiling face, and said, "...... Teacher, what does it have to do with me, these days I have been ordered by my teacher to entertain the world, and I have not been inconsiderate at all. I don't know what happened just now, the prince suddenly found me, I had to see my teacher, I couldn't persuade him, so I had to bring him over. I don't even know what's going on, I can't rely on me. ”

Ju Zhisheng also said: "You can't blame the son, it's Xiao Wang's family......" Before the words were finished, Ju Zhisheng choked up again and cried: "There is an accident in Xiao Wang's family, Xiao Wang's brothers, all ...... All-"

When Li Mu heard this, he understood in his heart that the news of Usman's murder had come over. However, Li Mu looked at Ju Zhisheng's appearance, although he was crying, his face was full of smiles, which was the so-called 'tears of joy', which showed that this grandson didn't seem to be much sad.

Li Mu gave Changsun Chong a look, bent down to help Ju Zhisheng up, sighed, and said, "How could such a thing happen, who did it?" ”

Ju Zhisheng gritted his teeth and said, "The news I received now, it is said to be Usman's brother, and he quickly passed the news back. Usman's old troops, taking advantage of their defenselessness, suddenly attacked, and pity my brothers, all of whom died tragically under the swords of these wicked men. ”

"Hiss......" Li Mu gasped and said, "These thieves are really hateful, what's the situation now?" Has the thief been ambushed? ”

Ju Zhisheng shook his head and sighed: "Gaochang is a small country with a small number of widows, and its armed forces are weak. And my father and I are not in the kingdom, and my brothers have all died tragically, and the ministers have lost their backbones, how can they be the opponents of those evil bandits? They robbed the treasury, burned grain and grass, and walked away, without a trace. ”

"Hateful!" Li Mu was so angry that he stomped his feet, and he was angry: "It's annoying! These damned horse bandits are not a pity to die. Rest assured, you are my friend, and I can't sit idly by. Tomorrow I will personally go to the court and make it clear to my emperor. I, Datang, sent 50,000 troops to wipe out all this group of damn horse bandits! Let Gaochang never have this trouble again, and avenge your brothers! ”

"No, no, no, Master Hou misunderstood, I didn't mean that!" Ju Zhisheng said repeatedly, but he was frightened. If it's really the Tang Dynasty that sent troops, then it's worth it? Usman's old department, after all, is just a bandit, although the hidden danger is not small, but it is not enough to shake the capital of Gaochang, but if the Tang Dynasty sends troops, can Gaochang still be saved? Although Ju Zhisheng doesn't know how to learn something, he still understands this truth.

Li Mu looked puzzled and said, "The prince came to me, not for the matter of sending troops, but for what?" Doesn't the prince want revenge? ”

Ju Zhisheng put away Qi Rong and said, "Master Hou's heart, Xiao Wang accepts it." But the husband of the man, the matter of revenge, should be done by himself. I came to find Hou Ye this time, first, to say goodbye. My father knew about this and had already made a decision to ask Xiao Wang to return to Gaochang immediately and preside over the matter. He will also deal with diplomatic relations as soon as possible and return, the family is unfortunate, suffered this bad luck, disrespect, and hope to go to Bang Haihan. Secondly...... Xiao Wang had a reluctant request. ”

Li Mu said briskly: "Between you and me, you still need to be so polite, what do you need, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it." ”

Ju Zhisheng's eyes flashed, and he said: "I heard that Hou Ye has restored the Zhuge Repeater, and the small country of Gaochang is lacking such an artifact, and I hope that Hou Ye can be merciful and give this thing, so as to help me get revenge!" ”

"Is this ......" Li Mu showed hesitation and scolded in his heart, do you really think Lao Tzu is your brother, when I am a fool?

Ju Zhisheng knelt down and said, "Ask Master Hou to help me!" ”

"Alas...... Truth be told, it's unlikely. ”

Ju Zhisheng hurriedly grabbed Li Mu's sleeve and begged: "Hou Ye just said it, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it, this ......"

Li Mu looked at him like a fool and said, "Ben Hou said it, but it's okay to talk about it, didn't you just say it, I didn't stop you, right?" But did I say yes if you told me? ”

Li Mu's tone cooled down, and he said, "Shizi, to be honest, when you said this sentence just now, I thought there was something wrong with my ears. Are you stupid, or do you think I'm stupid? How can the important weapons of the country be delivered into the hands of others? You and I are friends, but after all, you are from Gaochang and I am from Datang. If Gaochang is attached to my Tang Dynasty, it is naturally easy to say, but it seems that your father has no such plans. Under such circumstances, why are you embarrassed to ask me for a Zhuge crossbow? Do you want to give it to you, so that you can use it on my Tang soldiers one day? ”

Ju Zhisheng's face was as pale as dirt, and he hurriedly defended: "There is no such intention, how can Xiao Wang have such courage!" ”

Li Mu laughed, looked down at Ju Zhisheng, and said, "Since you don't have such courage, don't talk nonsense, otherwise our friendship will become very fragile." ”

Li Mu waved his hand, and Dugu Jiu pulled Changsun Chong away, leaving only him and Ju Zhisheng. Li Mu found a chair and sat down, pointed to the position next to him, motioned for Ju Zhisheng to sit down, and said: "Now there are only you and me, friendship, we still have it, but unrealistic things, it's better not to mention it." If you have any difficulties, you might as well talk about it, if you can help, I will still help. Everyone knows each other as fate, and I am not a heartless person after all. ”