The episode of the Chen brothers did not affect the mood of Li Mu and the three of them in the morning, after all, judging from the two of them last night, the character of the two brothers was indeed not very good.

When serving as a caravan guard, it was not incomprehensible that his hands and feet were a little unclean, so Li Mu didn't care about it, and Quan Dang listened to a lace news.

The three of them found an empty seat in the hall, called the man to order some simple breakfast, and were just about to start eating, when the conversation of a nearby table attracted the attention of the three again.

"Big brother, do we really want to leave this Lishui City? To be honest, although we are casual cultivators, we have been living here for so many years, and we are still a little reluctant to leave now. ”

"Yes, eldest brother, the security work here is easy, and the price given is still high, otherwise where would our brothers have come from so many resources to cultivate over the years. ”

"Fart, is life or money important? Let me ask you, have those loose cultivators who have befriended us recently either disappeared or were arrested by the guards for various crimes?"

The four men who spoke were all dressed as ordinary monks, and one of them, an older man with a crown of hair standing upright, was clearly the lead character, glaring and reprimanding the other three.

Li Mu put down the chopsticks he had just picked up in his hand, glanced at Lin Qingzhu and Fang Yan, and found that they were also looking at him, if the arrest of the Chen brothers was excusable, then the words of these four casual cultivators who had been in Lishui City for many years could not be explained by coincidence.

"Little Er, bring some special snacks to this table, brother, we have just arrived in Lishui City, can you tell us what is going on? ”

I saw Li Mu stand up, walked directly to the side of the four scattered cultivators, and naturally sat down.

In the wary eyes of the four of them, they waved their hands to the guy in the distance, ordered several snacks, and then said to the elder monk in the lead with a smile.

As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person when you reach out, and Li Mu's dress is not a local, plus he ordered food very generously, and the four of them also let down their guard a little.

"This brother, I advise you to get out of here quickly, this Lishui City is going to change, and if you don't make any money by then, your life will not be guaranteed. ”

The efficiency of Deyuelou was very high, and after a while, the dim sum that Li Mu asked for was served, and the leading monk also opened the conversation to Li Mu after eating two buns in a row.

"Oh, how do you say this? This is the territory of the Cangyun Empire, and if you can't rebel, there is an imperial garrison outside the city, and what can happen, we monks need to flee for our lives. ”

After listening to this monk's words, Li Mu also felt a pang in his heart, although these four people are only at the level of the entry level of the Jiedan Realm, and the exercises they cultivate are also extremely poor, but after all, they are cultivators who have embarked on the immortal road, it is difficult to imagine what danger can make these people who are used to licking blood from the knife edge escape.

"Shhhh ”

Before the meeting, the young monk was so open-mouthed, and the leading monk was taken aback, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to cover Li Mu's mouth, and then poked his head out, and only relaxed when he was sure that no one around him noticed them.

"Brother Tai, I see that you are destined for us, and I don't hide it from you, here's the thing. ”

The leading monk took a sip of the tea in the cup, moistened his throat, and began to talk to Li Mu.

"Our four brothers have been living in Lishui City for almost ten years, and have been making a living as caravan guards, and with the development of the refined iron ore business, our brothers have also made a lot of money. ”

Then, with their efforts, the four of them broke through to the Jiedan realm one after another, although they did not have much status in this city, but they were by no means comparable to ordinary civilians. ”

"I've been in this city for a long time, and naturally I have more friends, all of them, one of them is a dancing girl from Peacock Tower, ahhh, brother, don't look at me with such eyes, it's really just a friend, a friend. ”

When the leading monk said this, he was a little weak-hearted, obviously this dancing girl was not just a friend, but this was not the focus of Li Mu's concern, urging the monk to hurry up.

One of her regulars was a member of the Guard, and he often asked her for drinks on weekdays, but just the other night, he had revealed a message after he was drunk. ”

"The Lishui City Lord wants to take action against the scattered cultivators who have no sects and no factions in the city, saying that he thinks that they are likely to be spies sent by other forces, so for the safety of the ore veins, he wants to eliminate them all. ”

"When my friend heard the news, he immediately informed me, so my brothers and I thought about leaving here today, brother, looking at your appearance, you don't look like a sect monk, I advise you to leave quickly." ”

"Don't expect any imperial garrison to be able to contain that Gongsun Qi, you see that captain surnamed Liu, he was all crushed five miles away, and he was not the opponent of the Lishui City Lord at all. ”

After listening to this monk's story, Li Mu's brows also furrowed, this Gongsun Qi actually wanted to do something to the monks in the city, you must know that the monks who can break through the Jiedan realm are not idle people, isn't he afraid that the scattered cultivators will unite to resist?

"Okay, I also see that you are an understanding person, little brother, so I told you this, this Lishui City is surnamed Gongsun, and everything, including the lives of the people, is also in his hands, there is no Cangyun Empire here, only Gongsun Qi, he is the king of Lishui City. ”

The leading monk wiped his mouth, beckoned the remaining three to get up, and after giving Li Mu a look to take care, he hurriedly left Deyue Tower and rushed out of the city.

Li Mu, who sat back next to Lin Qingzhu and Fang Yan, quickly communicated the information he got with the two partners, and the expressions of the three began to become serious.

"In that case, we have also become the target of his Gongsun Qi, but why do we do this, and what good will it do him to anger the cultivators?"

Fang Yan's problem also existed in the hearts of Li Mu and Lin Qingzhu, although Gongsun Qi gave them a bad impression, he was by no means a vicious man, and the story of him leading the people of Lishui City to make a fortune is still circulating in the folk songs.

So what made him start to arrest so many loose cultivators without concealment? The three of them were puzzled.

"Brother Mu, don't think about it, since the muddy waters of Lishui City are now likely to affect us, we can only block it with soldiers and cover it with water. ”

Lin Qingzhu took the lead in breaking the silent atmosphere between the three of them, and her words made Li Mu and Fang Yan also break free from their inextricable confusion.

"That's right, although the three of us are only in the Dan Realm, we all have some hole cards, and there is Brother Liu outside the city to answer, it is not so easy for Gongsun Qi to move us. ”

Fang Yan also added that Liu Long's garrison was five miles outside the city, and ordinary casual cultivation might not be able to alarm him, but if something happened to Li Mu and the others, I am afraid that this little uncle would directly lead his troops into the city.

"That's it, let's continue to cultivate in Lishui City as originally planned, but try not to separate the three of us, so that if something happens, we can take care of each other. ”

After Li Mu thought for a moment, he said his plan, Lin Qingzhu and Fang Yan also nodded in agreement, the three of them were going out to practice, if they ran away as soon as they heard that there was danger, then it was better to stay in Qinglan City and not come out.

"Let's go, let's go to the market to take a look, dispose of the Qi Replenishing Pill in our hands, and by the way, under the investigation, see if there is any evidence that Gongsun Qi violated the laws of the empire, so that we can also report to Brother Liu in time." ”

The three of them stood up, said hello to the shopkeeper at the door, and walked out the door in the direction of the market.