Chapter 268: Seeing is believing
This claim was heard by Li Guandu, the fist in his hand couldn't help but clench in the night, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, he took a deep breath, and looked at Li Mu excitedly.
Li Mu leaned back on the back of the chair, breathed a sigh of relief, and said slowly: "You don't have to be polite, a few young heroes, please sit down." ”
Chu He and Zu Qiu glanced at each other, and the two of them took the lead in taking their seats, and then Mu Kuan, Xia Hou and the others also reacted, and they all sat down one by one.
Li Mu was the first to speak: "Chu He, this time, at the invitation of Lord Yuwen, I traveled through Dahan, how do you feel?"
Chu He said respectfully: "City Lord, this big man doesn't know if he doesn't look at it, he is shocked when he sees it, a city is more powerful than a city, especially this last Guofeng City." ”
Hearing this, Li Mu laughed directly, "Haha, Chu He's words are a bit flattering, it's over." ”
Chu He bowed slightly, "The city lord is too modest, Guofeng City is located on the border of the Han Dynasty, and its status is naturally more important than other cities, not to mention that Guofeng City has a city lord sitting here, which is the blessing of the people!"
As soon as he finished saying this, Mu Kuan snorted coldly with great disdain.
Frightened, Xia Hou hurriedly moved to pull him.
Mu Kuan shook his hand and said directly: "City Lord, to be honest, there is still a bit of a gap between Guofeng City and Chang'an City, and Chu He is inevitably too good at sycophancy!"
Li Mu didn't feel annoyed at all, and even praised it: "That's right, Chang'an, as the royal capital of the Han Dynasty, is naturally many times more prosperous than my national wind city, is your name Mu Kuan?"
Mu Kuan smiled smugly and nodded, "That's right, Sword Pavilion Mu Kuan." ”
Li Mu nodded with satisfaction.
When Chu He heard the conversation between the two, his brows immediately furrowed, and he felt extremely annoyed, Li Mu's words made him feel like a horse's fart had been slapped on the horse's leg?
The key party still didn't appreciate it, and even used the Sword Pavilion to sarcastically mock him, which made Chu He dislike this national wind city even more.
It's just that the words I said before are not easy to take back, so I guess it's a dumb loss.
Since Guofeng City is so unwilling to see Taiyizong, then don't blame Taiyizong for acting recklessly at that time.
Inadvertently, Chu He had already thought about the follow-up in his heart.
Li Mu suddenly turned his head to look at Chu He and asked, "I heard that Elder Chu Qingliu and Chu are also traveling around with you, why don't you see others?"
Chu He replied lightly: "Uncle Shi is more casual, although he has always been by our side, he doesn't care much about us, and now he may have been drinking and eating somewhere in the city." ”
Li Mu raised his eyebrows and nodded, "I can't see that Elder Chu still has this leisure." ”
Chu He nodded, "Senior Uncle Chu has always been like this, and he prefers some things that are light. ”
Mu Kuan laughed out of place again.
At this moment, Chu He couldn't bear it anymore, his brows furrowed instantly, and he scolded sharply: "Mu Kuan, do you have an opinion?"
Mu Kuan hurriedly waved his hand, "No, no, no, how can I have an opinion on the matter of your Taiyi Sect?"
"No comment, then what are you doing humming and chirping on the side?" Ning Shuang also said with great dissatisfaction.
Li Mu said with a lively mentality: "Why should you be angry, they are all friends, why quarrel about such a trivial matter, Mu Kuan, who are your elders this time? ”
Mu Kuan replied lightly: "Back to the city lord, it's Yang Huo, Uncle Yang." ”
Li Mu immediately sighed and said with a smile: "It turned out to be this short-tempered old man, although I am not familiar with it, but I have heard a lot about his prestige." ”
Now it was Chu He's turn to snort disdainfully, "I don't have the ability, but my temper is very big." ”
"What are you talking about!" Mu Kuan retorted directly and forcefully.
Chu He spread his hands, "What do you have to do with it!"
Mu Kuan, who was also short-tempered, couldn't bear it directly, and immediately wanted to draw his sword to fight for face.
After going back and forth, Li Mu also frowned and said, "It seems that a few young heroes have a lot of things?"
Chu He Mukuan immediately clenched his fists and bowed down and said sorry.
In this way, the already unfriendly atmosphere became even more unpeaceful, and Li Mu was also out of interest, and after a few words, he let the two groups of them leave.
After Li Guan sent these two people away, he returned directly to Li Mu.
"City Lord, they're all gone. Li Guan said.
Li Mu nodded and smiled, "What do you think?"
Li Guan also laughed, "Don't be afraid, a little immature." ”
"These words are to the point, but they can't be too careless, these people are not mediocre. Li Mu agreed and then added.
Li Guan nodded, "The key is to look at the people behind them, on the surface, these people don't need to pay too much attention." ”
"Also, is there any news on the whereabouts of Chu Qingliu and Yang Huo?" asked Li Mu.
"Not yet, but it should be in the city. Li Guan guessed.
Li Mu nodded, and then fell silent, as if thinking about something, and after thinking for a while, he remembered one thing, "Did Fan Chengde catch it?"
Li Guan shook his head silently.
Li Mu knocked on the table directly angrily, and shook his head in disappointment, "This Fan Chengde! It's really disappointing! It's been so many days, and I can't do anything I was told!"
Li Guan stood aside and didn't dare to speak out, because he really didn't know how to help Fan Chengde intercede, and what he had done in the past few days was indeed a bit unsatisfactory.
Li Mu let out a long sigh again, and rubbed his forehead, "If this continues, won't the deployment we originally planned become a vain? We can't even find anyone, what's the use of calling the Jianzhang Battalion over? It's better to let Jing Ming's Qing Gang do this!"
"What does the city lord mean by using Jing Ming?" Li Guan said suspiciously.
After Li Mu pondered, he shook his head again, "Forget it, Jing Ming's temperament is similar, and most of the time he does it is half a catty, what has he been doing in the past two days?"
Li Guan said with a smile: "Jing Dashao, after being idle these days, I have also been a lot more leisurely, in addition to accompanying my wife at home, I am doing some things like walking birds, drinking tea and teasing dogs, and I will go to the Green Gang when I have time." ”
Li Mu was also amused, "It seems that this kind of unenterprising life is the life he wants, forget it, let him go, there are many people in the city recently, and he is also a local snake, you remember to tell him more, let his people not conflict with those people." ”
Li Guan nodded in response.
After saying these words, Li Mu rubbed his forehead tiredly again, and Li Guan also saw it, and retreated with interest.
Not long after Li Guan left, Li Mu got up and came to a room, where Wu Xie was sitting in it drinking tea as usual.
"They're gone?" Wu Xie asked.
Li Mu nodded, "Let's go, it's similar to what the adults expected, the leaders are Chu Qingliu and Yang Huo, but they haven't shown up yet." ”
"It's inevitable, it's not a big deal, the two of them naturally won't take the initiative to show up, most of them are secretly doing something I don't know what it is. Wu Xie sneered directly.
Li Mu didn't answer, this kind of ridicule between grandmasters, he, Li Muke, didn't have this qualification.
Wu Xie gently blew the teacup and took a sip, "Hmm! It's really good tea, it is said that drinking tea can only feel good when the heart is calm, and now it seems that my heart is also very quiet?"
"It's rare for this country to be so peaceful. Li Mu also responded with a sentence.
Wu Xie smiled directly, "Do you mean the calm before the storm?"
Li Mu grinned awkwardly.
"It's not because those people are aimless at this time and can't find a target, when to let Lu An go out and show his face, it will be good-looking, this national wind city will probably be the same as a fried pot. Wu Xie laughed.
Li Mu's brows furrowed suddenly, and he asked uneasily, "My lord, isn't this very good?
"Naturally, it's not good, but the introduction you made before can come in handy at this time, if you don't guide one or two, they may also spread the news, right? Such a large group of people are gathered in Guofeng City, it's too boring, right?" Wu Xie said.
Li Mu was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted, and quickly nodded, just as he was about to leave, Wu Xie directly stopped Li Mu.
"It's not in a hurry, you should also rest, there are some things that you can't rush, if you are tired, then it will be a big trouble. Wu explained.
Li Mu couldn't help touching his face and nodded, realizing that he seemed to be a little too impatient in the past two days.
"It's one step at a time, it's methodical, it's not really that much difference if you take one more step and one less step. Wu Xie persuaded again.
Li Mu nodded, "My lord, I know." ”
Wu Xie also nodded, beckoned Li Mu to sit down, and said some questions in his heart, and the two immediately discussed, and Li Mu, who was extremely familiar with Guofeng City, directly said all the things he had envisioned in his heart.
After Wu Xie listened, he nodded, and basically agreed with Li Mu's approach, "Kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, but I don't know which chicken you plan to kill?"
Li Mu also shook his head at this time, and also hesitated, "I haven't thought about this yet, my lord, it's a little hard to think about." ”
Wu Xie smiled and said, "Didn't you think about it? You have taken a fancy to someone, and you don't dare to make up your mind alone, right?"
Li Mu smiled, "My lord, that's not what he said, he hasn't started anything yet, so naturally he can't start so early, and he can't wait any longer for this time." ”
Wu Xie nodded, "Yes, do you have any news about that group?"
Li Mu shook his head, "In the past two days, I haven't let people look at Yu Linwei and those people, I think it should be about the same, most of the news has been sent, but who this news is sent to, it is unknown for the time being." ”
"Then it's a bit of a problem, if you want to fish, the bait goes down, if you catch a turtle, wouldn't it be embarrassing? Wu Xie said worriedly.
"Why don't I add another fire?" Li Mu suggested.
Wu Xie nodded worriedly.
......
Li Guan came to the door of Lu An's room, gently pushed the door open, saw Lu An meditating, and then whispered, "Childe?"
Lu An exhaled a breath of turbidity, "Why do you have time to come over now?"
"Presumably, Childe also senses that today's Guofeng City is a little different, right?" asked Li Guan.
Lu An nodded, "The clouds are rising and the sun is sinking, and the mountain rain is about to come, and the wind is full of buildings. ”
Li Guan immediately laughed, "Childe's description is just right, there are many people entering the city today, and many of them are old acquaintances of Childe, but the relationship with Childe is not very good." ”
Hearing this, Lu An also laughed inexplicably, "What the Lord said is a little strange? Is it my time to make a move?"
Li Guan shook his head, "You don't have to make a move, but it's time for the son to show up again, these people are all here for the son, the guests have arrived, the host has to go out to meet him, otherwise it will be a little unsatisfactory to the friendship of the landlord." ”
Lu An immediately understood what Li Guan meant, and hurriedly asked, "My lord, please command, what should I do?"
Li Guan said a few words in his ear, and then left with a smile.
Lu An was left alone, and his face was extremely strange.
In this way, I stayed up late at night.
Lu An deliberately changed into a black night suit, and took advantage of the night to directly find out the City Lord's Mansion.
Lu An made this move, only to find that Guofeng City, which was very quiet on the surface, had not been quiet all along, and there were many figures jumping around on the roof.
Lu An also noticed these figures a long time ago, and he was not surprised at all, those people were also not surprised, and directly ignored Lu An, and purely regarded Lu An as a person like them.
Lu An put on the mask and jumped up directly in one direction.
After a while, Lu An came to the compound led by Yulinwei, at this time it was already late at night, and there were no lights in the compound, and everything was exceptionally quiet.
After Lu An came in, he took off his mask and sneered again, the guards here were still the same as before.
Came directly to the door of He Liao's room and knocked lightly twice.
After a while, there was movement in the room, He Liao frowned, stared, spoke directly, and said angrily: "Who is the big night..."
Before he could say that, Lu An's fist hit the tip of his nose.
When He Liao saw a man in black standing in front of him, he was directly frightened, and said in a trembling voice: "My lord, if you have something to discuss, don't do it." ”
Lu An put down his fist and said with a smile: "Speak quietly!"
When He Liao heard such a familiar voice, he immediately took a closer look and exclaimed, "My lord, why are you here? Aren't you injured?"
"Oh, you know all this?" Lu An said puzzled.
He Liao's face flushed, "It was those people from the Jianzhang Camp who said it, and I also went out to see the excitement, so I guessed it." ”
"Guessed?" Lu An became more and more puzzled, "It's up to you?"
He Liao said directly dissatisfied: "What do you mean, it's up to you, my lord, this is too hurtful, right?"
Lu An stretched out his hand and directly interrupted He Liao's speech, "Go and call Mi Ying Luo Shoudu to me, I have something to tell you." ”
As soon as he heard that there was something to do, He Liao rarely became serious, and nodded with a serious expression, "Yes, my lord." ”
After saying that, he immediately ran to the next door.
After a while, he pulled two people out.
The moment Mi Ying and Luo Shou saw Lu An, their expressions were also puzzled, "My lord, you?"
Lu An hooked his hand to the three of them, and the three of them followed Lu An to the door and sat down.
Mi Ying was the first to react and asked directly, "Didn't the adults say that there is a task, what do you want us to do?"
The same is true for He Liao.
Lu An found that after the three of them mentioned the task, this person became serious, and this appearance was a bit similar to the soldiers of the Sword Zhang Battalion that Lu An met yesterday.
Lu An stretched out his hand and asked, "Today's Guofeng City is a bit unusual, do you know?"
The three of them immediately fell silent.
"What's wrong?" asked Lu An puzzled.
He Liao replied: "My lord, how could we not know about this matter, there are many people in the city at once, and I have restrained them and told them not to go out and make trouble." ”
Lu An nodded with satisfaction and praised: "Not bad, not bad." Then he looked at Mi Ying and Luo Shou.
Luo Shou looked at Lu An in confusion and asked, "What's wrong with my lord?"
"Are your people out?" asked Lu An.
Mi Ying hurriedly shook her head, "My lord misunderstood, we are just ourselves, but there is no one else, but no one went out today, so one or two people couldn't bear the loneliness and ran out, and they came back after a while." ”
Lu An nodded suddenly and sighed.
He Liao asked again at this time, "My lord, you haven't said what your task is?"
Lu An shook his head, "I've already finished speaking, since you are so well-behaved, then it's okay." ”
The three of them showed puzzled expressions at the same time, and they all stared at Lu An.
Lu An nodded in confirmation, "Well, really." ”
He Liao was the first to get up, patted his buttocks, and then asked, "Then you can go to sleep?"
Lu An nodded.
Seeing that the other two didn't move, He Liao asked puzzledly, "Aren't you leaving?"
Lu An waved his hand directly, urging him to leave quickly.
He Liao could only be obedient and left first.
After He Liao left, Mi Ying Luo Shou knelt down on one knee and said respectfully, "What happened yesterday?"
"What do you think?" Lu An asked with a smile.
Luo Shou and Mi Ying glanced at each other suspiciously, their faces were puzzled, "Could it be that you weren't adults last night?"
Lu An nodded with a smile, got up and moved, "Do you think it was me yesterday?"
Mi Ying suddenly laughed, "Sure enough, it's not an adult, someone was spreading this rumor this morning, and I almost listened to this rumor." ”
Luo Shou also responded with a sentence.
Lu An laughed, got up and patted the two who were still kneeling, and whispered: "Don't listen to the wind and rain, some things still have to be seen to be believed, otherwise there will be a big mess when the news is spread, especially in this situation." ”
The eyes of the two changed suddenly, they looked at each other solemnly, and then nodded, "Got it, my lord." ”
Lu An smiled: "Since you want to follow me, naturally you have to pay more attention to this rule, I will leave the city tomorrow, you stay here now, have a good understanding of the situation here, and wait for me to come back." ”
The two were obviously stunned for a moment, "Your Excellency wants to go out of the city?"
Lu An nodded and snorted, "That's right, Wei is ashamed to have news, I'm going to take a look." ”
The expressions of the two immediately turned into shock, and they said in a panic: "Is this true?"
"I told you, seeing is believing..."Lu An told again.