Although missing Shuang'er made Li Mu very distressed, but there was no way to do it, who let him patronize and want to use the matter of Aobai to expand the scope of rebellion and forget about Shuang'er.

Autumn, there are many adjectives, you can say the sadness of the autumn wind, you can say the joy of the golden wind, it is the season of harvest, but also the season of killing people in ancient times.

The case of Aobai's conspiracy to assassinate the emperor is in full swing, the prison and the prison of the criminal department are overcrowded, and there are a large number of people waiting to be beheaded every day at the entrance of the vegetable market. Most of the people who were killed were banner people, and although these people were implicated in death, it was still okay to give a coffin by divine grace. Therefore, Li Mu's move made these people really make a fortune.

With the arrival of the first snow, the Aobai case gradually came to an end, and the vegetable market gradually returned to calm, just as people began to prepare for the New Year, a fast horse set off from the capital, and rushed to various places at an expedited speed of 800 miles.

"The Holy Lord's decree is that all officials from all over the country from the fourth rank and above must arrive in the capital before the twenty-third day of the lunar month to meet the saints, except for the remote areas of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan, where the transportation is inconvenient, the rest of the people who are outdated and not will be dealt with as rebellion."

Li Mu's order made officials everywhere busy. Civil and military officials from all over the country quickly packed up their things and began to rush to the capital. If you are smarter, you will also bring some "local products" to deal with your bosses at all levels. After all, although the Aobai case has passed, the rumors have not completely stopped, and the best crime to crack down on political opponents now is to label the other party as a party member. As long as the evidence is found, they will be beheaded. In case at this time, if he is detained as a henchman, the head will not be protected.

It doesn't sound high from the fourth grade, but it is also the prefect level when put in the local area, and it is also the level of the Xuanfu envoy in the military position, which is basically all the personnel of the middle and high-level civil and military important positions in the country, and then there are grassroots cadres like the Thousand Heads of the Imperial Palace. Li Mu's holy decree can basically be regarded as exhausting the middle and senior management cadres of the Qing Dynasty. Although both the capital and local officials were unclear about Li Mu's intention to transfer civil and military officials from all over the country to the Beijing division in such a hurry, no one dared to question it at this time, after all, the thousands of new tombs erected outside the capital were enough to block all the doubts. Those who dared to question the emperor's orders were lying in the grave.

Although everyone did not dare to question it on the surface, there were a lot of speculations in the secret, but from time to time there was gossip from the palace, saying that the reason why the emperor was so anxious and anxious was that the local ministers were afraid of being oppressed by Aobai and wanted to retract their power, so they took this opportunity to meet the ministers and establish majesty to win people's hearts.

Regardless of whether this news is true or not, however, the originally unstable heart has calmed down a lot, and everyone gathered in the post house to wait for the summons.

The New Year is approaching little by little, and the capital begins to put up lights, whether it is a rich prince or a common man, they all wear new clothes and hats, bring silver money to buy New Year's goods, and no matter how poor the family is on the day of the New Year, they will also ponder making a meal of dumplings to eat. Li Mu's life today is also very chic, in addition to practicing and eating the delicacies made in the imperial dining room, he is wandering around the treasury and the royal treasury.

This is a collection of nearly a thousand years of royal collections, although most of them are porcelain, calligraphy and paintings and various ornaments, but Li Mu still found dozens of items from it that can bring out the plot. Although they are all black iron level things, it is still possible to sell tens of thousands of value points. Li Mu, who had obtained a fortune outside of it, was happy in his heart.

However, on the afternoon of the thirtieth day of the lunar calendar, Li Mu sent a secret decree out of the palace and announced Wu Zhirong, who had been specially announced before, into the palace.

Hearing that the emperor announced that Wu Zhirong was surprised and delighted. I was surprised that the emperor would know the name of such a small prefect. And the good thing is that if he enters the emperor's eyes this time, if he becomes a close minister of the emperor, then he will be promoted and rich in the future.

With a vision, a fantasy, a joy, and an excitement, Wu Zhirong followed the little eunuch into Li Mu's study.

"Minister, Wu Zhirong has seen my emperor long live, long live, long live!" Wu Zhirong lowered his head and saw an imperial robe dangling in front of him, so he hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

"Well, you are Wu Zhirong, the governor of Suzhou?" A cold voice asked.

"It's Wechen." Wu Zhirong replied with his head down.

"You reported the dealer's Ming history case." The voice continued to ask.

"Well, it's Wechen." The sweat on Wu Zhirong's head came out, the Ming history case was handled by him through Aobai's hand, if the emperor made him a fellow party of Aobai because of this, then he would be finished.

"Okay, very good, you are really the minister of the humerus of the Qing Dynasty, how do you say I should reward you."

"It's all the business of the ministers, and I don't dare to ask for extravagant rewards." Wu Zhirong breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he finally didn't turn over the old accounts, it seems that this matter is in the past.

"Hey, how can a meritorious man not be rewarded, since you have made such a great contribution to the Qing Dynasty and are so loyal to your new master, then, I will reward you to accompany your master."

Before Wu Zhirong could react, a cold light flashed, and Wu Zhirong felt a chill on his neck, and his head rolled down.

Until he died, Wu Zhirong didn't know why Li Mu wanted to kill him. However, Li Mu doesn't care whether Wu Zhirong will be a fool or not. If it weren't for the fact that it would be too troublesome to bring Wu Zhirong to the dealer's mansion, he still wanted to really bring Wu Zhirong over. That's right, Li Mu still wants to try to see if there is any other way to get Shuang'er, such a good follower, it's a pity not to recruit it.

After Wu Zhirong's head was sealed with quicklime, the rest of his body Li Mu burned it with fire.

Because Li Mu has killed too many people recently, at least he has accumulated a lot of prestige in the palace, and no little eunuch dares to ask more about Wu Zhirong's disappearance in the study. As for whether he will mumble something in private, it is unknown. However, these Li Mu don't care, as long as it's past tonight, these people will all shut up.

According to custom, on Chinese New Year's Eve, the emperor enjoyed the family banquet with many family members, and on the first day of the new year, he also ate dumplings like the people. In addition to these people, Li Mu invited many princes, county kings, and Mongolian princes.

After receiving the emperor's message, these people were naturally grateful to Dade, and hurriedly came to the palace from home to attend the emperor's family banquet.

"All Aiqing, you are all the white jade pillars of the Qing Dynasty, the purple and golden beam of the sea, without the joint efforts of all Aiqing, there would be no today's Qing Dynasty, therefore, in order to commend your merits, I decided to give you a surprise." Li Mu raised his wine glass as he spoke, "Everyone drink this glass to the full." ”

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" The people took their glasses and drank them all.

"Hehe, how do you feel about this wine!" Li Mu looked at the people below with a smile.

"Your Majesty's wine, this wine is naturally comparable to the elixir and jade liquid in the sky, with a good aftertaste...... "Before King Kang finished speaking, he coughed twice and spit out a mouthful of blood.

"Your Majesty, this ......" everyone was shocked.

A Mongolian prince stood up suddenly, and before he could speak, he felt a dizziness, and sat down again in front of him.

"Hahaha!" Li Mu laughed as he withdrew the illusion on his body, and then took out his rifle and pointed it at everyone, "Although Alia's revenge method is very exciting, for the sake of efficiency, let me personally send you on the road." Li Mu said and pulled the trigger on everyone.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A burst of gunshots rang out like bursting beans, and many princes, county kings, a little blood splattered on their bodies, and then fell to the ground, everyone died without looking at them, they didn't understand why they were still emperors just now, and they changed into a person in a blink of an eye.

Then, something that frightened them even more appeared, from the shadow of the dead, one after another terrifying monsters came out, these monsters devoured the corpses of the deceased, the corpses were quickly devoured, and the many monsters that had lost their food still showed their claws to the people around them.

Bang bang, crunch, crunch. All kinds of strange noises intertwined in the imperial city, however, these sounds were drowned out by the sound of firecrackers that resounded through the streets.

As the number of shadow beasts increased and the scale became larger and larger, Li Mu no longer had to constantly shoot to kill the enemy. Soon the palace fell silent, as if it were a dead realm, and there was not a sound. Except for the blood on the ground and the shattered armor and weapons, as if no one had ever been here.

Li Mu took one last look at the cleared palace, and then led the army of shadow beasts towards the western city where officials and nobles gathered. This night, Jingshi is destined not to be peaceful.