Chapter 9: Inside the General's Palace

Li Qiucian took Li Mu all the way to the inner courtyard of the General's Mansion unimpeded, and walked to the residence of the general and the princess.

Come in, the door opened, and the voice of the princess came out.

The two walked into the hall, and Li Qiucian saluted: Cicada has seen her mother,

Li Mu bowed and saluted: Li Mu has seen Her Royal Highness the Princess.

Excuse me, the princess said kindly: Since you have returned to the capital, this title has to be changed, otherwise it will make others laugh, you will call me aunt in the future.

Yes, aunt, Li Mu shouted, Cicada'er, you go and tell the housekeeper to clean up the yard next to you for Li Mu to live in, arrange for the kitchen to cook a few more dishes, and heat two pots of wine, your father is coming back.

Yes, the cicada retired, and Li Qiucian retreated.

Go out, all of you, the princess raised her hand and withdrew all the maids.

Do you know why I left you behind?" asked the princess

What kind of teachings does my aunt have to warn the child?

Your illness and your assassination in your hometown were not my doing, can you believe it?" the princess continued

I believe it wasn't my aunt's doing, otherwise I wouldn't have made it to the capital alive. Li Mu replied.

I know who did it, but I don't agree with it and I don't stop it, do you know why?" asked Her Royal Highness again.

Could it be his father's meaning? Li Mu guessed

You are very smart, since you have returned to the capital, you must do something yourself, and do not disgrace your father's reputation. The princess continued.

The child knows, thank you aunt for mentioning it. Li Mu returned.

Go back, your father will be back soon;

Yes, the child retired, and Li Mu withdrew from the room.

As soon as Li Mu walked to the courtyard, Li Qiucian walked over, Xiao Mu, you will mess with me in the future, rest assured that no one will dare to touch you with me in the capital, Li Qiucian swore and said;

The younger brother thanked my sister first, please take my sister to my yard, I can go back and clean up, Li Mu said

Okay, come with me, Li Qiucian took Li Mu to his courtyard, the courtyard is not big but very exquisite, not at all like the place where martial artists live. It seems that the princess takes care of the house and has a set.

How about it, yes, hehe, you rest first, my father is back, I'll find someone to call you, you have to be ready, my father is very strict, and he quit the yard after speaking.

As soon as Li Mu sat down, a guard came to report that the general had come back and wanted to see him.

followed the guards to the general's study, and after the report, Li Mu walked in, bowed and saluted, the child had seen his father,

Excuse me, come and sit, the general pointed to his side position.

Li Mu sat down, carefully looked at his father, who he had not seen for more than ten years, the image of a middle-aged man at home, he couldn't tell that he was an iron-blooded and ruthless general, he seemed to be an ordinary person, and he couldn't see the breath of a warrior at all.

Do you hate me for keeping you in my hometown for more than ten years?" Li Chong asked

I used to hate it, but now I can understand some of my father's thoughts, Li Mu replied.

When I sent you back to my hometown, in fact, it was your mother's meaning, I and your mother are the same teacher, we made a love first, in an encounter on the front line, we were separated, I thought your mother was dead, so I accepted His Majesty's marriage, married the princess, who knew that a year after I married the princess, your mother found me, in desperation I discussed with the princess to let your mother stay, the princess agreed, but the people behind her fought out, your mother gave birth to you on the night, they still did it, I fought seriously or failed to prevent them from harming you。

I blame myself, your mother was seriously injured after giving birth to you, I had to send her back to Shimen to heal, Master blamed me for not protecting your mother, so that I couldn't set foot in Wushen Mountain for the rest of my life, Wushen Mountain half a step, your mother said to me before leaving, let me not leave you in the capital, and don't teach you martial arts, so that you can grow up happily as an ordinary person.

Now it seems that we are all wrong, you didn't take the road of martial arts because of your body, you made people, but you chose the path of the road, if I am not mistaken, you have entered the realm of sages, and there are only a handful of young people in the mainland who are comparable to you.

What are you going to do next, will you enter the officialdom or enter the Martial God Mountain to practice?

Li Mu thought for a while and asked: What is the cultivation of my father now?

I have been disturbed by mundane things in the army all these years, and now I am at the peak of the Great Grandmaster, and I have not been able to break through for several years.

Li Mu guessed it, but he couldn't help but be a little shocked. said: Since this is the case, I will neither enter the officialdom nor the Martial God Mountain, I will enter the Qianyuan Dojo to learn the Tao. The day I become enlightened is when I repay the grudges of the past.

Okay, it is worthy of being my son, and he has courage, but there is one thing I need to tell you, you have a family affair that is the marriage of His Majesty, and the granddaughter of the first auxiliary minister He Canglan, which is also an unchangeable marriage between the ministers and the generals of the previous dynasties. After your coming-of-age ceremony is over, you go to meet the people and get married as soon as possible.

This is not in a hurry, it is not too late to go to the capital when the child is familiar with it, if the father is fine, the child will retire first, Li Mu quickly stood up and saluted and exited the study.

After Li Mu left, the general smiled and began to deal with military affairs, if Li Qiucian saw his father smiling, he would definitely be shocked, after all, she had never seen her father laugh in her impression.

Overnight, the news of the return of the general of the protector's waste son spread all over the capital, and the nobles whose interests were involved also moved around, Li Mu didn't know that he had completely stirred the pool of water in the capital as soon as he returned.

After Li Mu came back, he lived in seclusion, staying in his courtyard all the time, no one came to see him, and he had no one to know. Every time Li Qiucian came to see him, he would ask who the girl was, Li Qiuchan never told him, and finally Li Qiucian promised Li Mu when he could beat him and when he told him.

Li Mu didn't do anything in the General's Mansion, just in a daze in the courtyard, occasionally playing the piano and thinking about the white figure, but he was very conflicted, he had no emotional experience in his two lives, let it be natural This is the answer he gave himself.

Time passed in a hurry, Li Mu's coming-of-age ceremony was coming, the general's mansion held a grand coming-of-age ceremony for him, during which the emperor issued an order to send the birthday of He Canglan's granddaughter He Wan'er, and his own birthday eight characters into a newcomer's post, sent to the old mansion, which indicates that the two are engaged, after the coming-of-age ceremony, they can be recommended by the ministers and nobles to enter the court as an official, or they can join the army to start from the soldiers, and achieve their own careers.

After the coming-of-age ceremony, Li Mu found the general and wanted to resign to the general, saying that he wanted to visit his mother, and the general agreed to give him a hand card of Wushen Mountain and asked him to bring Li Qiuchan, who is a martial idiot who has always longed for Wushen Mountain.

The next day, the two rode out of the capital and went to Wushen Mountain.

Wushen Mountain is located in the south of the empire and the Sun and Moon Empire border in the mountain range, because Wushen Mountain has always remained neutral and never participated in the continental war, the martial artists on the mainland are proud to join the Wushen Mountain, but the Wushen Mountain is very strict in accepting disciples, and there are less than twenty inner disciples now, but the people who go out from the Wushen Mountain are all overlords.

The two rode horses and galloped, seven days later arrived at Xiangcheng from the nearest city to Wushen Mountain, the two found a restaurant and just sat down, the shopkeeper greeted the two warmly, and served a full table of dishes, because there was no meal, the restaurant Li was on this table, Li Mu looked at the people coming and going on the street, and his heart was a meal, preventing Li Qiucian from eating. gave Li Qiucian a look, and the two pretended to be dizzy and crawled on the table. After a while, three people walked in.

The three of them took out knives and walked to the table and said: I'm sorry Li Dagongzi, after speaking, he slashed at Li Mu with a knife, Li Mu suddenly retreated and overturned the table and smashed it on the other two, Li Qiucian also stood up, without saying a word, he raised his sword and fought with the two of them, Li Mu pinched it in his hand, and when the person rushed up, the hand duel changed, and the person stood in place, not moving, looking at Li Qiuchan, who was working hard to fight with the two, Li Mu took out two talismans and gave them to the two, and the two instantly lost their combat strength and died in the hands of Li Qiuchan.

Do you know witchcraft? Li Qiucian asked, Li Mu remained motionless, looking outside, since his friend is here, why don't you dedicate yourself to it.

Haha, Gongzi is so perceptive, saying that he walked in with a man with a hat, Li Qiuchan just wanted to step forward, but was stopped by Li Mu, he is Wuzun, you are not his opponent, doing it here will alarm the strong man of the government, we are good outside the city?

Yes, anyway, you are going to die today, and you don't care about this meeting, the three of them arrived outside the city, Li Mu turned around, and said that it is a good place to come, sister, you stand back. The person who came stabbed with a sword, the speed of the body was called the extreme, Li Mu used the palm of his hand to skim the row of talisman seals in front of his chest, and he flew towards the comer, Li Mu retreated, changed his handprint, drank until the formation started, and a trapped array was completed in an instant, and then Li Mu took out the array plate and walked outside the trapped array.

Tiangang Sword, someone came to drink, broke the trapped formation, but it was still in tatters and the breath was disordered, just wanted to step forward, Li Mu pushed forward with the array plate, and a killing array shrouded him, I know that a formation can't kill you, I'll let you see my latest learned Wuji Sword Formation, after speaking, the hand duel changed, a sword formation was completed, killed, two arrays operated, and after a while, the person died in the array, Li Mu sat on the ground, panting heavily, or muttering about the power of the Wuji Sword Array, he can't use him freely now, and his spiritual power was almost injured after a while, it seems that he needs to be cautious in the future。

Li Qiucian walked over and asked in surprise: Brother, you have learned the Tao, what realm, why don't you tell me? You haven't asked me, I can tell you, but you can't tell others, not even your mother, seeing Li Qiucian nodded and continued: I have just entered the realm of sages for a short time, if I don't seize the opportunity today, it will be the two of us who will die. Let's go, let's go overnight to avoid accidents, the two of them rushed in the starry night, and they saw Wushen Mountain in the early morning.