Great Swordsman

Royal Palace.

Fengming Palace, Autumn Lake.

Tonight, the lights are brightly lit here. Qin Mengyao, who is dressed in white palace attire, is sitting in the Qiushui Pavilion in the center of the autumn lake, playing the piano with plain hands.
The star pupils are like silk, and the black hair is like a waterfall!
The little emperor Ji Xuan knelt behind the desk beside him, looking at Qin Mengyao's beautiful oval face, he became very poetic, and immediately wrote a few sentences on the rice paper. Although the rhetoric was extremely gorgeous, it had no connotation.

In his mind, he couldn't help but think of the poem Li Mu wrote to the queen's sister: Yunxiang's clothes are beautiful and beautiful, and the spring breeze blows the Revlon.
Why can't I write such a quatrain?

Ji Xuan was a little annoyed, but also a little unwilling to let go of Lang Mao.

You Lan, the qin attendant, was rubbing ink for the little emperor. She seemed to see what Ji Xuan was thinking, but she just lowered her head and concentrated on doing her own work.

"Is Your Majesty unhappy?" Qin Mengyao noticed Ji Xuan's movements and stopped the piano sound with a smile.

"No, I am very happy tonight!" Ji Xuan said.

Abandoning the old and ushering in the new, how could he not be happy to watch the new year together with the queen to welcome the new year?
He diverted his attention and ordered someone to deliver delicacies. While enjoying the delicacies with the Queen's sister, he admired the moonlight and waited for the New Year.

Beside the autumn lake, Zhu'er sneaked over.

Leng Mei and the sleepy Xiao Ju stood by the water corridor.

"Zhu'er, you're back." Seeing that it was Zhu'er, Leng Mei hurriedly stepped forward and asked about Li Mu's condition in a low voice.

"Li Mu is fine, don't worry, but..." Zhu'er looked at Qiushui Pavilion, and said, "I have something important to report to my empress!"

Can't His Majesty know... Leng Mei nodded slightly, and said: "You wait here, I'll ask the empress to come out."

If Zhu'er is allowed to go in, and His Majesty gives an order, Zhu'er has to say it even if she doesn't want to, so I can only let the empress come out.

Leng Mei stepped into the winding water corridor, entered the Qiushui Pavilion, came to Qin Mengyao's side, and whispered in her ear: "Mother, Zhu'er has something important to report."

"Your Majesty, wait a moment, I will return as soon as I go." Qin Mengyao smiled and got up.

Ji Xuan nodded with a smile, but his heart was full of taste: What is it that you want to hide from me?
Could it be related to Li Mu?
Although he was young, as he got older, he not only entered the period of changing his voice, but also appeared psychologically possessive that a man should have!
Li Mu's portraits and poems hung in Qin Mengyao's boudoir, and now... Ji Xuan was very unhappy, and hated Li Mu even more.

Next to the autumn lake.

Seeing the queen coming out, Zhu'er rushed to the front in two or three steps, and said in a low voice: "Mother, when I saw Li Mu's breakthrough in the White Horse Temple, I felt the power of the dragon from him!"

"Longwei?" Qin Mengyao was startled.

Li Mu is not a member of the royal family, how can he cultivate the dragon prestige?

She suddenly thought of the ice dragon that soared from the tomb of King Qingping in Tai'a County.

If it is really related to the ice dragon, then the death of Li Mu and the former Shu king is...

She shook her head slightly, now that Li Mu is hers, even if it is really related, it must be irrelevant!
Qin Mengyao immediately said in a concentrated voice: "This matter ends here, no rumors are allowed!"

"Yes, empress." Zhu'er and Leng Mei on the side hurriedly nodded in response.

As for Xiaoju... still dozing off.

Fortunately, Li Mu's Qi Containing Technique has long been accomplished, so there is no need to worry about being seen through.

But to be cautious, Qin Mengyao asked Zhu'er to remind Li Mu that no one should be aware of the clues, otherwise there will be endless troubles.

"Understood, empress!" Zhu'er responded vigorously!
……

Returning from Qinglong Square to the mountain gate of the White Horse Temple, under the stars and the moon, Li Mu saw the white dragon horse standing outside the mountain gate from a distance, its shadow was quite lonely under the silent moonlight.

"Longma, why are you here?" Li Mu stepped forward with a smile.

"Ah, my lord, you are finally back." Bai Longma stepped forward with a worried expression on his face: "This subordinate just heard the news of the decisive battle between you and the Xiongnu Sword Demon. Unfortunately, my subordinates are too weak to fight on behalf of your lord."

"Longma, it's enough for you to have this kind of heart." Li Mu's heart warmed, and he looked at him full of emotion.

Although Bai Longma came from a poor family, he knows how to repay his kindness, even if he relies on Shenqing Temple and worships the second person on the earth list as his teacher, he still does so, which shows his heart!
"My lord, my subordinates will definitely come to the scene tomorrow to cheer for my lord!" Bai Longma said as he took out a purple gold gourd the size of a baby's head and handed it to Li Mu: "My lord, these are twenty six-turn gold elixirs that my master personally refined. , Tomorrow's decisive battle, my lord will definitely be able to win the battle!"

Six-turn golden elixir?

Li Mu is overjoyed, this is really drowsy. He came here to send a pillow. In the Hengduan Mountains, he had a battle with Huo Chan, which exhausted the elixir he got from Guizhu Yamamoto Ichiro. He originally wanted to find Master Huineng for alms, but now , but no need.

Moreover, with Bailongma around, he will not lack golden pills from now on.

"Longma, you have a heart!" Li Mu patted him on the shoulder, encouraging him to keep this kind of innocence in the future, and never change it for thousands of years!
"This subordinate will obey your lord's order!" Bai Longma readily agreed.

After he left, Li Mu entered the White Horse Temple and came to the other courtyard.

In the room, the baby was lying on the bed, unable to sleep anyway, she thought about it for a long time, Li Mu neglected twenty roast ducks from her, sister Zhu'er neglected forty roast ducks from her, and she probably owed sixty roast ducks, She got up sadly, the sadness had no reason, and her stomach kept growling.

squeak!
Li Mu pushed the door open, and saw the doll sitting by the bed like a grown-up, sighing non-stop.

He was a little surprised, but before he could ask, he saw the doll's eyes glowing suddenly. She jumped off the bed with a slam, swung her hands back, and rushed her head forward. He rushed over with a sound of 'Aww': "Li Mu, I will fight with you~~"

Li Mu was taken aback, and immediately took out the roast duck with a sneer, and the meaty aroma filled the air.

The momentum of the baby's rushing forward stopped immediately, she looked up pitifully at... Roast Duck, and said, "Li Mu, I was wrong~"

"Do you know where I went wrong?" Li Mu asked.

"Sister Zhu'er is a liar, Li Mu is not~" Waowa blinked her big eyes, drooling from the corners of her mouth.

After giving the promised [-] roast ducks to Wawa, Li Mu smiled and said, "Baby, I have work tomorrow, so you stay here and don't walk around. I'll give you another [-] roast ducks later."

"Yeah, got it~" the baby gnawed on the roast duck, nodding like garlic.

Li Mu came to sit cross-legged in the courtyard. The moonlight is beautiful tonight, the stars are shining brightly, and there is a brilliant river of stars in the southeast. Countless stars are shining, and the eye-catching azure blue light competes with the silver moonlight!

"Raise a glass to invite the bright moon, and the shadows will form three people." Li Mu took out the peach blossom wine, took a sip, and his mood faded.

In his past and present lives, this was the first time for him to celebrate the New Year alone!

As for the doll, this girl is not human.

boom!
boom!
Boom!

At this moment, clusters of beautiful fireworks exploded over the imperial capital, illuminating the night sky. In an instant, the quiet imperial capital fell into a commotion.

Countless people are watching the New Year tonight!
Chu palace.

Lock Qingqiu courtyard.

Ling Shishi stood in the gazebo, dressed in white, she was so cold and peerless, she looked up at the brilliant fireworks.

The multicolored light shone on her beautiful face, making her detached and independent demeanor like a fairy tainted with a trace of red dust and fireworks.

Chu Wang Ji Changqiu was also in the courtyard, staring at the peerless beauty illuminated by the fireworks, the more he looked, the more itchy his heart became, but he also knew that with his current cultivation, let alone kissing Fangze, Even if he touches Ling Shishi's hand, he can't do it!

but……

Ji Changqiu stepped forward with a smile and asked, "Princess, at the beginning of the new year, Vientiane is renewed. Today is a good day. That guy Li Mu will soon be in Tianyuan Hall. I heard that countless people bet on the handicap in the Western Regions." 700 million taels of gold is on him, hahaha, this king is going to...cough! How about if the princess is free, this king can take you into the palace to see Li Mu for the last time? Hahaha..."

He laughed happily, looking forward to Ling Shishi's desperate expression.

However, Ling Shishi just glanced at him indifferently, then looked at the brilliant fireworks under the starry sky, and said softly: "Mr. Li has the grace of preaching and saving lives. If he dies, I will avenge him and kill him." Destroy the head of the sword demon and slaughter the royal family of the Huns!"

"You!!" Ji Changqiu was furious: "Ling Shishi! You are the princess of Dagan. If you slaughtered the royal family of the Huns, where would you put Dagan? Where would you put this king!!"

"If the prince doesn't want to be implicated by me, please make an order to make peace with him." Ling Shishi said lightly.

"Reconcile?! Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Even if this king dies, I will never make peace with you!!" Ji Changqiu roared.

Ling Shishi just smiled, and then let Ji Changqiu roar and scold, she just concentrated on watching the fireworks and stopped talking to him.

……

The fireworks in the imperial capital lasted for half an hour. After that, the noisy imperial capital returned to silence, the stars and the moon gradually dimmed, and the sun slowly rose.

The Imperial Capital, which had been quiet for a short time, returned to its hustle and bustle. There were more and more people in the main streets, especially the Qinglong Square and Xuanwu Square, which were even more overcrowded!
Because, today is the day of the decisive battle between Daganshi Sword Immortal and Xiongnu Sword Demon!

It has long been reported that Nine Heavens Yingyuanshen Mansion will send monks to perform water mirrors on the streets and project the images of the decisive battle for everyone to watch!
Naturally, Jiutian Yingyuan Shenfu is not doing good deeds, they just want Li Mu's miserable defeat to appear in front of the people of the imperial capital as quickly as possible, helping him to ruin his reputation!

Before the hour came, everyone was already talking about it.

"I bet Shi Jianxian will cut off the sword demon's head within ten moves!"

"Using Shi Jianxian's sword formula, three swords are enough!"

"Do you think that Sword Immortal Poetry will release new poems this time?"

"With the talent of Shi Jianxian, isn't that easy? Hahaha!"

"Speaking of which, the odds in the Western Regions this time are really outrageous. I just bet ten thousand taels of silver on Shi Jianxian. When the final battle is over, I have to earn him 22 taels of silver with tears in my eyes!"

Yes, now Li Mu's odds have reached 1:23!

"The 36 countries in the Western Regions, this time I'm afraid they will lose their fortunes!"

"Hahaha, I deserve it! Who made them despise me, Dagan Shijianxian?"

In a restaurant near Qinglong Square, Zhao Que'er and Qin Hu sat in a private room, looking at the crowds below the square.

"Brother Que, I didn't expect things to develop like this. Aguda disappeared, but Li Mu was going to fight the Xiongnu Sword Demon. I don't know what happened in the middle." Qin Hu said with emotion.

"No matter what happens, it has nothing to do with us." Zhao Que'er sneered, and then said: "No, it has something to do with it."

He bought Daomo ten thousand taels of gold at the 'tea stall' late last night. Although according to the odds of 1:1.2, he can only earn 2000 taels of gold in the end, but money cannot buy him happiness, hahahaha!

An elegant room in a restaurant not far away.

Jiang Xizhi and Mo Meimei are also waiting for the decisive battle to start.

"Your elder brother hasn't left the customs yet?" Jiang Xizhi asked with a smile. She also imitated Mo Meimei today. She covered her face with a light yellow veil, revealing only a pair of eyes that were full of autumn waves, and her hair was pulled high. fixed.

But even so, her tall and exquisite figure, as well as the gentle temperament unique to Jiangnan Water Village, can't be concealed by anything.

"My elder brother is obsessed with arguing, but he has realized that it is common to retreat for ten days and a half months." Mo Meimei has black hair and a shawl, a black dress, and a black veil on her face. Compared with Jiang Xizhi, she is more mysterious.

Her figure is slightly slender compared to Jiang Xizhi, giving people a sense of pity.

"Although the way of debate is broad and profound, but now...forget it, let's not talk about it, Meimei, today is so lively, why don't you and I take a gamble?"

"Gambling?" Mo Meimei glanced at Jiang Xizhi and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll bet on Li Mu to win."

"Then I can only bet on the Sword Demon." Jiang Xizhi smiled and said, "What's the bet?"

"What do you want?" Mo Meimei asked.

"Qingmusha, Xuanshuisha, Yunsha!" Jiang Xizhi asked, "What about you?"

"Then I want..." Mo Meimei's eyes sparkled, and she said, "I want you to promise me three things!"

"What's the matter?" Jiang Xizhi looked at her with a half-smile.

"You just say you agree or not. Anyway, I won't make things difficult for you." Mo Meimei said: "Three pieces of evil spirit, in exchange for three things, you won't lose!"

"This is impossible." Jiang Xizhi disagreed: "Although Qingmusha, Xuanshuisha and Yunsha are precious, they are just 'ordinary' things to your Mohists, so I only promise you one thing, how about it?"

Mo Meimei pondered for a while, then nodded: "Deal!"

The two stretched out a slender arm each, clasping their palms in the air.

……

at the same time.

Li Mu also came down from the White Horse Temple.

Today, the gate of the White Horse Temple was opened, and Zhizhu led a group of monks to send Li Mu respectfully.

But Master Huineng, the abbot, was nowhere to be seen.

Li Mu knew that monks would not tell lies, since Master Huineng said he would definitely be there, he would definitely be there.

Walking out of the mountain gate, Li Mu saw that Kong Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, was waiting with people, and Zhu'er and several Qinggui from the Hanlin Academy in green clothes and purple belts were standing beside him.

"Your official Li Mu, I have met Kong Shangshu." Li Mu saluted earnestly. If Kong Yi hadn't spoken the truth a few days ago, he might not have escaped so easily!
Kong Yi looked at Li Mu carefully and asked, "How confident are you in today's battle?"

"The next official should fight with all his strength!" Li Mu said.

Kong Yi frowned slightly: "This battle has a lot to do with my great efforts of Tianwei. If I lose the battle, even if you can survive the sword demon, I will definitely join you!"

This sentence directly cut Li Mu's affection for Kong Yi in half: "Yes, I will keep it in mind."

"Hmph." Kong Yi turned around and shook off his purple official sleeves, and said, "Let's go!"

At this time, seeing Kong Yi finished speaking, Zhu'er hurriedly ran to Li Mu, tiptoed to his ear, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty said, you must always use the Containing Qi Technique, and you must not be seen through by anyone!"

"Well, I got it." Although Li Mu didn't know why the empress had specifically instructed him to do this, he knew that the real dragon's aura in his body would be a huge temptation to the royal family, so since his mastery of restraining qi, it has been circulating all the time. Just in case!