Great Swordsman

Chapter 269

After Zhu'er left, Li Mu sat alone in the gazebo and watched the moon, but his thoughts drifted away slowly.

Qin Mengru...

The queen wants to give her cousin to me. It should be because of the strength I showed in the battle with the sword demon that moved her, and she wants to win me over.

No, I am already a deacon of the Imperial Academy, and I have made many enemies, so it is impossible for me to join other forces, so there is no need for her to do so.

Li Mu's thoughts turned, and he quickly figured it out: The Qin family!
Was it the Qin family behind the queen who wanted to tie him to the Qin family's chariot?
"My strength has finally attracted the attention of these big families." Li Mu sighed.

However, if he agrees to this marriage, as Zhu'er said, it will indeed help him a lot, but these aristocratic families will never do business at a loss, the more you get, the more you pay!
Moreover, if one enters an aristocratic family, one will definitely be bound by the family's rules. If Qin Mengru is more unruly and willful, how will he live in this day?
Li Mu shook his head, and said to himself: "It's still comfortable to live freely."

Li Mu took out the peach blossom wine and drank a few sips. The clear wine entered his stomach, and a warmth flowed from his abdomen to his limbs.

At the same time, a faint alcohol rush surged into his heart, Li Mu yawned, turned around and went back to sleep.

With the help of alcohol, Li Mu quickly fell asleep.

In his dream, he saw Qin Mengyao, who is so beautiful and beautiful, leading a slim woman wearing a phoenix coronet and a red hijab, walking towards him step by step. The queen was speechless, and silently put the bride's hand into his.

Li Mu couldn't wait to lift the red hijab, and saw under the delicate phoenix crown, there was a skull face, with two hollow and deep skull eyes, staring at Li Mu like an abyss.

Li Mu was taken aback. He screamed loudly, but found that his throat seemed to be blocked by something, and he couldn't make a sound!
He looked at the queen in horror, but saw that the queen's beautiful face had turned into a skeleton at some point, staring at him eeriely. At this moment, Li Mu's scalp went numb, and a chill ran down his spine. !
What a scary dream!
Li Mu quickly realized that he was dreaming. He recited the Bing Xin formula silently, and the pink skull in the dream disappeared instantly.

However, the chill in his heart was getting stronger and stronger, and gradually he felt a creepy feeling!
not good! !
Li Mu counterattacked very quickly, while the sword was in motion, before he had time to open his eyes, he pointed out fiercely.

zheng~~
The ear-piercing sound of sword chant was accompanied by a bright cyan sword light, instantly illuminating the small inner room.

Li Mu opened his eyes, golden ripples appeared in his pupils, but he saw a black shadow curling away like light smoke in an inexplicable way.

boom! !

In the next moment, the sword light tore through the window not far away, and the dim light of stars and moon shone in from the window and spread on the ground.

"Who!" Li Mu quickly got up and chased after him, and jumped out of the window. He sensed it intently, and the surroundings were completely silent, without even a single ghost!

Tune the tiger away from the mountain?

Li Mu immediately turned around and rushed into the room, carefully inspecting, the doll was still sleeping on the small bed, drooling.

Except for the window that was torn apart by Li Mu's sword light, the rest of the doors and windows were locked tightly.

Li Mu checked carefully and found no signs of being opened.

Then Li Mu ran out of the house again to check the anti-five elements formation in the courtyard.

The large formation is in an open state, if outsiders come in, they will be blocked outside.

Even if there is a formation master who understands the mystery of this formation and enters the big formation with seals, the formation will fluctuate.

And this subtle fluctuation, with Li Mu's vigilance, can be noticed even in a dream!

"So, no one entered the anti-five elements formation?"

So what is the dark shadow I just saw?
ghost?
The cold wind blew from outside the courtyard, and Li Mu felt a chill down his back. He stretched out his hand to touch it, and it was covered in cold sweat!

He entered the house, changed into clean clothes, sat on the bed, stared at the ground illuminated by the stars and moon, with lingering fear in his heart!
It was too dangerous just now, I thought it was a nightmare, but in the end, someone actually touched him, if it wasn't for his quick reaction, he might have already...

Who is this 'person'?
The first thing Li Mu thought of was the Western Regions!
He only told them his location during the day, but something happened at night, it's hard not to be suspicious!
But, how could they cross the anti-five elements formation and appear in front of him silently?

Secondly, it is naturally the kings of Chu and Shu, but if they have such weird means, I am afraid that they will attack him as soon as he enters the imperial capital, so why wait until now?
But if not them, who would it be?

I haven't offended anyone recently!
Li Mu's expression was cloudy and uncertain.

After that, Li Mu couldn't sleep anymore.

Time passed, and it was finally dawn.

The doll was still lying on the small bed, fast asleep, and it seemed that she would not wake up until noon.

Li Mu hadn't felt sleepy for a long time, he came outside the Jiange, closed the anti-five elements formation, and asked someone to come over and replace the window with a new one.

Afterwards, he called Lin Aimin and told him to inform Zhu'er that Li Mu had to see her quickly!
When the sun was high, the baby finally woke up. Under Li Mu's supervision, she brushed her teeth and washed her face, and then ate roast duck.

When the doll ate the third one, Zhu'er finally came late.

"Li Mu, you have made a decision to call me here so urgently?" Zhu'er's eyes sparkled, thinking that Li Mu was about to agree to the marriage.

Li Mu was about to shake his head when he was startled.

Could it be Qin Mengru last night?

Because she doesn't want to marry me, and she can't disobey the Qin family, so last night...

Li Mu frowned.

"Li Mu?" Zhu'er looked at him strangely: "What are you thinking?"

"Oh, nothing." Li Mu shook his head, restrained his mind, and asked, "Zhu'er, is there anything in the palace? Why are you here so late?"

"There is indeed something!" Zhu'er's eyes lit up, and he said: "The murderer who killed the minister of Honglu Temple has been caught. He was a casual cultivator. died."

Li Mu frowned: "This is clearly a substitute for the dead ghost!"

Zhu'er said: "Your Majesty also said that! Also, Meng Yuan's missing monk, Aguda, was also found."

"Dead too?" Li Mu frowned.

Zhu'er chicken nodded like pecking rice: "Yes, after he was killed, he sank to the bottom of the lake behind Honglu Temple. Someone fished in the lake last night, and finally fished his body out! You're weird Not surprisingly?"

"What's so strange about this, it's nothing more than murder to silence!" Li Mu sneered.

The battle between him and the sword demon was full of turmoil. If Aguda appeared at this time, how would Meng Yuan and the Xiongnu end?

It's better to just die, once and for all!
"Your Majesty also said that! That's right! You haven't said whether you will agree or not!" Zhu'er finally remembered the business.

Li Mu shook his head slowly: "Zhu'er, thank you for my empress's kindness, but I don't want to be bound too much. I can only apologize for this marriage."

"You, really, hmph!" Zhu'er seemed to avenge her mother's injustice, and felt that Li Mu didn't know good people.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore, I am in a hurry to call you over this time, because I have something important to ask you!" Li Mu said in a deep voice.

Seeing this, Zhu'er couldn't help but get serious, and said, "What's the matter?"

Li Mu murmured: "That... is Qin Mengru in the Imperial Capital?"

Zhu'er stared, couldn't help putting her hands on her hips, and said angrily: "Li Mu! Do you not believe my vision? I have already said that although Miss Mengru is not beautiful, she is also very beautiful. She is not comparable to Princess Yan. Where's Bo Zhong!"

Princess Yan is the tenth most beautiful woman in the world who is known as the Nine Stunning Beauty.

Comparable to Princess Yan, then Qin Mengru's beauty is indeed... Wait, I didn't ask this to know whether she is pretty or not.

Li Mu felt that Zhu'er's ability to interrupt was unmatched.

Li Mu sighed wearily, and said, "I don't want to know if she's pretty, but..."

"But what?" Zhu'er leaned closer to the baby's fat face, staring at him with a sparkle and asked.

"Last night, I encountered a strange thing!" Li Mu had nothing to hide, and he was about to tell what happened last night.

"Appeared in front of your bed silently... Do you suspect that it is Miss Mengru? Impossible, Miss Mengru is practicing in the southeast coast!" Zhu'er said seriously: "Besides, with your cultivation base, There is also the protection of the Anti-Five Elements Formation, except for Abbot Huineng and Quanzhen Guanzhu, I am afraid that no one can approach you silently, right?"

Not Qin Mengru.

Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "It can't be Master Huineng and Taoist Master Quanzhen, they have no reason to do this! Moreover, that black shadow left too strangely, like a ghost, and disappeared in an instant."

"Could it be through the technique of escaping from the ground?" Zhu'er asked.

Li Mu shook his head: "It's not a ground escape technique!"

He has seen the ground escaping technique before, if the black shadow escapes from the ground, he will definitely be able to detect it!

"Invisibility?" Zhu'er said again.

Li Mu still shook his head: "I checked carefully, and it's not true."

"That's not it, that's not it, is it really a ghost?" Zhu'er swallowed a little guilty, then blinked her eyes, and asked: "Li Mu, could it be that ghost bride named Chu Ruoxi, who is everywhere? Marrying a man in the middle of the night, and some people say that the person she really wants to marry is you, Li Mu, she is the one who will marry you, right?"

Li Mu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Chu Ruoxi is not a ghost, she is human, and if it is really her, do you think she can hide it from me with her cultivation?"

"That's right." Zhu'er remembered that the Ghost Bride was only in her early twenties on the local list, and she was completely incomparable with Li Mu.

But in this way, she was completely clueless.

"Forget it, if he really wants to harm me, he will definitely appear again, and then I will know who he is!" Li Mu said in a deep voice.

"Then you must pay attention to safety!" Zhu'er was very worried, for fear that Li Mu would be killed in his sleep, so Miss Mengru would become a widow?

No, Li Mu rejected this marriage.

It's better dead, hum.

Zhu'er raised her head and said arrogantly: "I'm going to leave first if I have nothing to do, hmph, pay attention to your own safety, don't die."

……

"Sister Zhu'er is so fierce today~" The baby ran out of the gazebo chewing on the duck neck, her face like a porcelain doll was covered with greasy.

Li Mu took out the silk cloth to wipe her face in disdain, and said, "Have you finished eating? Then chant sutras after eating!"

The baby's face fell down immediately, and she cried out pitifully, "No~"

"Women like to talk ironically. If you don't want it, you want it. Although the doll is a girl, she is already a mature woman psychologically." Li Mu took out the Buddhist scriptures in relief.

The baby took it with a bitter face, and at half the salary, under Li Mu's coercion, he began to chant sutras.

Li Mu sat on the side, with his left ear coming in and his right ear coming out. He waited until the doll's chanting sound had a noticeable pause before he became serious, reading and listening to the Buddhist scriptures.

Not long after, the voice of the doll seemed to be mixed with some kind of magical power, or it might be that the yellowed pages of this Buddhist scripture carried a heavy historical atmosphere. Li Mu listened and watched, and unconsciously fell into a trance, in a trance Suddenly, he seemed to see heaven, earth, mountains, rivers, sea and land, all of which were compressed into a single seal, which was as big as heaven and earth at first glance, but as small as Sumeru at first glance.

Li Mu's heart jumped, and the scene in front of him instantly receded from his eyes like a stream of light.

When he regained his 'sight', he saw the baby lazily sitting on the stone bench chanting scriptures, kicking the air with his short legs.

Li Mu was taken aback, and then secretly said it's a pity!

He knew that he had missed an opportunity, but he quickly adjusted his mood, because with the doll, such an opportunity would not be missing!

……

Royal Palace.

Zichen Palace, Hundred Gardens.

Qin Mengyao sat in the gazebo in the corner of the garden, admiring the flowers and drinking tea.

Xiaoju leaned against the red pillar of the gazebo to take a nap.

You Lan and Leng Mei are sitting in the center of Bai Hua Hua, absorbing Bai Hua Sha.

In at most three days, the two of them will be able to complete the tempering and enter the realm of Earth Sha!
As for Xiaoju and Zhu'er... Qin Mengyao shook her head slightly.

She is wearing a white palace dress today. She has a tall figure, her waist is full, and her black hair is pulled high. The breeze blows, and a few strands of blue hair playfully dance in the wind.

Qingcheng's goose egg face has light makeup, and red plum blossoms are attached between her eyebrows, making her look more dignified and elegant.

It's just a pair of phoenix eyes looking at Baihua, a little lost.

Yesterday she received a letter from her father, hoping to make Shi Jianxian 'alliance' with the Qin family.

Although Li Mu was famous for his poetry and sword fairy, but in front of the aristocratic family, it is still not enough to look at. After all, China has a history of 5000 years, and there are not no good poems, not bad for Li Mu's poems.

It wasn't until Li Mu was ranked third in the Earth Ranking by Longhushan and defeated the sword demon in the eleventh realm of Earth Shade that the major families really paid attention to Li Mu.

And the Qin family, as Qin Mengyao's natal family, is naturally close to the water, and they plan to get the 'moon' first through marriage!
Will he say yes?
Qin Mengyao looked at the hundreds of flowers that were still competing to bloom even in the cold winter, and felt a little melancholy: If this marriage is completed, he will be my...brother-in-law?
He is obviously one of his subordinates, so how could he become a brother-in-law?

Qin Mengyao was in a strange mood at the moment.

"Your Majesty." At this moment, a crisp voice came from a distance.

"Zhu'er." Qin Mengyao said, "Li Mu agreed?"

"Mother, Li Mu refused." Zhu'er said seriously, "I think he must think that Miss Mengru is not beautiful enough."

If it is more beautiful, it will be absolutely beautiful.

Qin Mengyao shook her head and laughed: "If you refuse, just refuse."

For some reason, I was relieved.

Not my brother-in-law, but my subordinates.

"Ma'am, and, Li Mu met a ghost last night!" Zhu'er recounted what Li Mu had told her, emphatically.

"After the spiritual energy is revived, there are indeed many ghosts and ghosts in the world, but..." Qin Mengyao frowned. Qingyou Mountain, as the headquarters of the Imperial Academy, is already shrouded in a spiritual formation. Whether it is a ghost or a demon, it is difficult to enter silently!
So, what exactly did Li Mu encounter?
"Niang Niang, what's the matter with the old man? He won't be angry, right?" Zhu'er said again, very evasively.

"Father, I will personally reply to the letter." Qin Mengyao firmed her, and said, "Zhu'er, you should also hurry up and practice, and break through into the earth."

"Ah, I, I know." Zhu'er pouted, and walked into the depths of the Hundred Flowers Garden three times a step at a time, sitting not far from You Lan and Leng Mei, and began to absorb Bai Hua Sha and temper herself.

(End of this chapter)