Early the next morning, Li Mu came out of the City Lord's Mansion in good spirits, and as soon as he stepped out of the City Lord's Mansion with his front foot, a person from the Vermilion Bird Camp greeted him, "My lord, that person has confessed." ”

Li Mu didn't react for a while, "What person?"

"The guy in the cell. ”

Li Mu's eyes lit up suddenly, and he turned around and returned to the City Lord's Mansion, heading straight to the cell in the backyard.

Cell.

Li Mu strode in, and at a glance he saw the captive who was dying and had been tortured by torture and was not like a human ghost or a ghost.

For a moment, he was a little stunned.

Torture people?

This......

It's not Li Mu's character!

The knife girl sat lazily in the interrogation chair, still holding a bloody whip in one hand.

"Old knife, what are you doing here?"

"Can't you see I'm interrogating a prisoner?"

"You! you ......"

"Come on, don't put on such a stinky face with me here, if you have anything to say, ask him yourself, and give him a good time when you're done. "If you want to say that there is only one person in the entire City Lord's Mansion who is not afraid of Li Mu, that is the sword girl!

You must know that when they were hunted down by the Demon Sect of the Great Xia Continent, the two of them didn't know how many times they had experienced life and death together. Li Mu can survive until now, but it was the knife girl who desperately rescued him from the county town to the cave near the garbage dump to avoid Zuo Jinyi's pursuit.

The friendship between them is not comparable to that of others.

Li Mu took a deep breath and glanced at the knife girl, and then came to the front of the captive, "Who instructed you?"

"Yes...... Beyondsoft ......: "This man is weak to speak.

"How many men in black did you send that night?"

"Six-digit ......"

Li Mu was stunned and looked at the knife girl: "Six plus the two of us, isn't it eight?"

"That's right. There were only four men in black you saw that night. One died outside the cell, the other was chased by Ou Jiarong, and the one you saw under the crooked neck tree at the West City Gate...... These are the three, the fourth is Hatsu Midori who hid back in the room, and the fifth is supposed to hide in Hatsulu's room that night to protect Hatsu Midori. ”

After the sword girl finished speaking, Li Mu's gaze suddenly fell on the captive. The captive smiled bitterly: "The sixth is none other than Boyan himself. ”

Li Mu's face changed, he didn't expect that even Boyan would be alarmed, and he also personally came to the capital of the Fallen River Province.

The Knife Girl continued: "That night, you suddenly went to Hatsulu's room, and Boyan was afraid that Hatsulu would reveal his identity, and you would kill him, so he never showed up again. Besides, that night was pretty much the same as you might guess, they were here to take the ichor hidden here. By the way, cut the grass and eradicate the roots. ”

Li Mu shook his head and smiled bitterly. He didn't expect Boyan to be so narrow-minded.

The knife girl said again: "There is another thing that this guy said. He said that the Kunlun Mountain Sword Sect had officially allied with Boyan's forces, and it was possible to launch an attack on the Demon Sect disciples in the Heavenly Jade Empire at any time. ”

"If you have the ability, let them come, I don't believe that Boyan dares to fight with me to the death. Li Mu sneered, then suddenly pulled out the long knife and slashed directly through the throat of the captive!

......

As a territory bordering the two empires of Yanlei and Tianyu, Boyan's ambitions are not satisfied, and he wants to acquire a larger territory.

There is the Smoke and Thunder Empire guarded by the Lotus Sword Sect, and he doesn't dare to touch it for the time being. The Jade Empire, which had just been taken over by the Demon Sect, was the place where he was preparing to invade. However, he never expected that the person who took over this territory from the Demon Sect would actually be Li Mu!!

If it were a different person. Even if it was Ou Jiarong, who was on the same level as him, he would have led his subordinates to fight it by now!

Li Mu......

He really didn't dare to act rashly!

Behind Li Mu, there is still an ancient desolate beast standing!

Beyondsoft's study.

"Daddy. Chu Lu saluted respectfully.

Boyan sat weakly in his chair: "You don't cultivate well, do you have something to do with me?"

"Yuan Bai has sent a letter, he hopes that I can go to the Kunlun Mountain Sword Sect as a guest. Dad, you said ...... about this."

"Go. Why not?"

Chu Lu smiled bitterly: "Dad, I'm afraid that they will detain me there with this, and use this to blackmail you......"

"Impossible!"

"Forehead ......"

A look of impatience was written on Boyan's face, "Your idea is simply too naïve and naïve. The dignified Kunlun Mountain Sword Sect would do such a thing?"

"Yes. It's the child's inconsiderate thinking. Then the kid is leaving for the Kunlun Mountain Sword Sect?"

"Go ahead. ”

Chu Lu came to the door of the study and stopped, turned around and said, "Dad, there is one more thing. I heard that the Heavenly Jade Empire welcomed the delegation of the Smoke and Thunder Empire...... Well, the mission is menacing this time, I'm afraid there will be a ...... between the two empires"

"They don't dare to offend us unilaterally, for fear that the two sides will join forces, and then I'm afraid the situation will be a little bad. ”

"It seems that the Smoke and Thunder Empire is a little dissatisfied with the Tianyu Empire. You know, the little emperor over there in the Jade Empire is a little ...... Hey. ”

"Alright, you go, I'll keep an eye on this side of things. ”

......

"What, what mission?"

Jiang Cheng took out two reports and handed them to Li Mu: "Senior brother, it's the mission from the Yanlei Empire. Some time ago, I arrived at the imperial city of the Tianyu Empire, and now, the Tianyu Imperial Family is accompanying the delegation of the Yanlei Empire to the south by boat, and will soon come to our Fallen River Province. ”

Li Mu carefully looked at the report in his hand, which clearly described the purpose of the Smoke Thunder Empire's trip:

For a long time, there was a very close trade between the two empires. However, since the accession of the little emperor to the throne, the caravans of the Yanlei Empire have often been blocked within the territory of the Tianyu Empire...... To put it more bluntly, an imperial relative of the Smoke and Thunder Empire was detained in the Tianyu Empire!

Li Mu had a smile on his face and said mockingly: "The Tianyu Empire is crazy, even the imperial relatives of friendly countries are detained, which city is it detained, let me hear who is so unreliable?"

"It's the little emperor's mother-in-law!"

The tea that Li Mu drank in his mouth almost squirted out!

The little emperor's own mother?

"Is she sick?" Li Mu's face was full of disbelief.

Jiang Cheng smiled bitterly: "Senior brother must not know much about the affairs of the royal family of the Tianyu Empire. ”

"It's really not clear. ”

Immediately, Jiang Cheng briefly told Li Mu about the royal family of the Tianyu Empire.

The history of the Jade Empire is very powerful, and there is even a saying that the territory of the thirty-three cities of Boyan today is the territory of the Jade Empire. Later, as the royal family became more and more corrupt. Luxury...... Just a few decades ago, it reached the most depressed period of the Tianyu Empire.

The little emperor's father, that is, the previous emperor, this guy is even more happy, and has repeatedly raised the strength of the whole country to crusade against Boyan's forces...... But the result, ahem. But he sent many cities to Beyondsoft as colonies.

As for the person who seized the relatives of the Emperor of the Yanlei Empire this time, it was the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Caizhuang of the Tianyu Empire, the Duke of Chengguo!

Li Mu grinned when he heard this: "What the little emperor and his father left him is a mess?"

"Not really. After the old emperor died of illness, although the throne was passed to the little emperor, the auxiliary power fell into the hands of the Empress Dowager Caizhuang. It is said that the concubines, including the current little emperor, are all confidants of the queen mother. Hey, it's a pain for this little emperor. ”

"Taifu refers to that Xu Zhiyi?"

"Senior brother, do you know?"

"I saw that guy in the court. Oh yes, what did you just say. The little emperor is coming to our fallen river province?"

Jiang Cheng took out another report: "That's right, the mission of the Smoke and Thunder Empire has already taken out the detainees and passed by our Fallen River Province. It stands to reason that we are not members of the Empire, and in any case, we have nothing to do with the royal family. However, it is said that this time he came to the Fallen River Province and was personally proposed by the little emperor. ”

"Headache...... Hmm, how many days will they be there?"

"Tomorrow morning. ”

"Alright, I got it. Oh. Do you have a list of soldiers from the former garrison?"

"Yes!"

"You go pick a few out in a moment, and the number of people doesn't have to be too many. Twenty or thirty people will be enough, and a sheriff's office will be established. These guys later mainly dealt with civil disputes in the capital...... Well, whoever loses a chicken, whoever is bitten by a dog and these trivial things, let them deal with it. ”

"Well, those guys are at home now. With no source of income, it's a very easy thing to do. Jiang Cheng got up to leave, but Li Mu called out to him and added, "Tomorrow morning, let these guys go to the city gate to greet the little emperor and the mission." ”

......

The next day at noon.

Li Mu and Nangong Rou, Dao Nu, Xiao Lang, Xiang Xiuwu, and Jiang Cheng ate in the restaurant of the City Lord's Mansion.

"Old Dao, how has the practice of the Vermilion Bird Camp been recently?" Li Mu asked as if he was careless.

"It's ok. ”

Xiao Lang squeezed his eyebrows at Li Mu: "My sister is sicker now......

The knife girl raised her eyebrows. glared at him fiercely: "I can't stop your mouth when I eat!?"

Xiao Lang laughed out loud, and Li Mu almost squirted out the food he ate in his mouth!

Others don't know what Xiao Lang is talking about, how can he not know. When the three of them walked the rivers and lakes, the temper of the knife girl at that time was not good...... Well, Li Mu often secretly discusses the menstrual affairs of the knife girl with Xiao Lang...... Ahem, whenever the knife girl has a menstrual affair, they say that the knife girl is sick.

In the restaurant, there was a lot of fighting.

......

Outside the East City Gate.

"Lord Liu, why don't you see the people from the mission yet?"

"I also wondered, these people are really out of tune, and they said that they would arrive in the morning, and there was not even a shadow in the afternoon. ”

Another person said: "My lord, be quiet, it is said that this time it seems that it is the mission of the Smoke and Thunder Empire." ”

Lord Liu pursed his lips disdainfully: "It doesn't matter if he is the mission of the Smoke Thunder Empire or the mission of the Tianyu Empire, we are not under the jurisdiction of the empire now, hum." ”

Lord Liu's original name is Liu Jianzhong, a middle-aged man in his forties, and this time he was pulled out of his home by Jiang Cheng to manage the newly established Public Security Bureau, which made him excited for a night. Now he can't wait to treat Li Mu and Jiang Cheng as his reborn parents!

The royal family of the Jade Empire?

The Smoke Thunder Empire Mission?

What are those things?

Soon.

A small black dot appeared outside the East City Gate...... As the distance got closer and closer, slowly, Liu Jianzhong saw the crowd in front of him clearly, it was an elite army of more than 2,000 people!!

And this legion is gradually approaching the capital behind them!

"Alert...... Alert ......" Liu Jianzhong muttered to himself, and then, his voice suddenly rose by more than 100 decibels, and he shouted: "The whole city is on alert!! enemy attack!!

His voice was like a fuse, which immediately kept the city defense soldiers busy...... It's just that the number of city defense soldiers is too limited, and the four city gates add up to less than forty people. As the main city, there are only twelve city defense soldiers at the east gate.

Then, a funny scene appeared.

More than twenty sheriff guys with standard swords in their hands, and behind them were twelve city defense soldiers with spears...... This was originally nothing, but when they were facing an elite army whose entire cultivation was above the Great Saint Realm, it was too funny!

Huo Dianguo, the two thousand elite leading generals, stared blankly at the greeting team in front of him...... This is the welcoming procession of the Fallen River Province?

Why does this look like a war?

The members of the Smoke Thunder Empire's mission were also stunned: why did it feel like it wasn't very friendly?

The people on both sides suddenly fell into a state of sluggishness!

I don't know how long it took, but the little emperor spoke up first: "Commander Huo, what's the situation?"

Huo Dianguo, as the eighth powerhouse of the Great Saint Realm, how could he not see the cultivation of these guys in front of him?

It seems that the highest cultivation is the ninth section, right?

The envoys of the Smoke and Thunder Empire quit, and an old man in his fifties snorted coldly: "Your Majesty, is this the hospitality of the Heavenly Jade Empire?"

Huo Dianguo took a deep breath, "Your Majesty, please go over and take a look later." ”

Huo Dianguo drove forward, came to Liu Jianzhong, and looked at him condescendingly: "Who are you?"

"Liu Jianzhong, director of the Security Bureau of the capital of the Fallen River Province!" Liu Jianzhong said proudly.

Huo Dianguo twitched the corners of his mouth and forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart: "What about your city lord?

"The lord of the castle was killed by the lord of the banner. The flag lord is eating at home. ”

Huo Dianguo smiled bitterly, raised his forehead and said, "Apart from you, are there any other people in charge?" He seemed to have learned wisely this time, and added: "Well, I mean that people with bigger official positions." ”

The pride on Liu Jianzhong's face became even stronger, and he patted his chest: "Except for a few adults, my official position is the biggest!"

Huo Dianguo almost squirted out a mouthful of old blood!

Liu Jianzhong is not stupid, of course he saw the emperor's banner...... It's just that Jiang Cheng didn't tell him that the person who came was the emperor of the Tianyu Empire, he only knew that the person who came was the envoy of the Yanlei Empire.

He was shouting in his heart: he was deceived by Lord Jiang Cheng!!

However, now he can only borrow the slope to get off the donkey, hug his fists and say: "This lord, the lower official is appointed by Lord Jiang, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, to wait for His Majesty the Emperor here, and is responsible for your daily life. ”

After finishing speaking, Liu Jianzhong first knelt down and shouted three long live. (To be continued.) )