The chat was almost done, it was getting late. I had finished eating jerky meat and drank almost all the wine. Li Mu dusted the dust on his body and asked the question he was the most curious about.

"Brother Yan, I heard that King Qi had a marriage with Li Mu, the Marquis of Luoyang, was sent to Qizhou. This rebellion was also related to Li Mu's inseparable from that guy-" Li Mu lowered his voice and asked mysteriously: "I don't know, what should I do if Li Mu is caught?"

"Hey!" Yan Hongliang heard Li Mu mention Li Mu, and his drunkenness surged, and his eyes showed a lewd look: "You are saying that Li Mu is the number one enemy of my Majesty. No matter who you are spared, you can't spare him. He must die, but..."

Li Mu had guessed what he was going to say from his expression, and a trace of anger flashed through his eyes, and he asked with a smile: "But what?"

"I heard that he has five wives who are as beautiful as flowers," Yan Hongliang giggled and patted Li Mu on the shoulder: "Your Majesty is still young. The four generals and the Shangshu Order are exactly one of them. If the Shangshu makes people exhausted, this general can accept one more laughter, and it's just a big deal hahaha..."

puff!

The sound of flesh entering the tip of the knife sounded, and a silver sword tip appeared from behind Yan Hongliang's head. A short sword entered his mouth and penetrated his head, and blood flowed all over Li Mu's hand. Just this time, he was dead and could no longer die.

Li Mu pressed his forehead and pulled out the short sword. He rubbed his clothes and waved his hands to the surrounding guards.

"What are you doing? What do you mean?"

Before Wang Fugui and others could approach, the guards had already raised their crossbows, and the sound of soothing was endless. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen "Qi soldiers" had turned into hedgehogs.

The people were already scared and were as stupid as a wooden chicken. They squatted on the ground and did not dare to move. Li Mu went out and said, "Everyone, I, in accordance with Your Majesty's order, led the three princesses and the soldiers of the Zhechong Prefecture to come to Qizhou to quell the rebellion. Soon, we will eliminate the rebellion, and you don't need to be afraid. After the army was behind, we brought our own food and fodder and asked you to help make meals and place them. If you don't work in vain, you can get rice! If you have too much work, you will still have money to take it!"

After hearing this, the people still did not respond. After suffering from this, people no longer believed what the officers and soldiers said.

The atmosphere was in a strange stalemate. Just as Li Mu was about to speak again, an old man stood up, he knelt down and crawled in front of Li Mu, and said, "This noble man, are you talking about it? If you are my brother, will you deal with his children?"

Li Mu helped the old man up and asked, "Are you always?"

"The village chief of the little old man is named Zhang, and people call him "The little old man Zhang."

"Old man," Li Mu affirmed: "We are indeed the anti-rebellion army of the court. I am Li Mu, the marquis of Luoyang. The people around me are all the prince's personal guards. The prince is also in the army and is in the rear army. I can also answer you the question you just said. The Tang Dynasty governs the world with filial piety, and filial piety is the foundation of being a human being. Li You risked the world's great trouble, violated filial piety and human ethics, and rebelled against the emperor and made trouble. Your Majesty could not sit idly by. The people of the Tang Dynasty are all my prince's people, and Your Majesty loves it as one."

"If this is true, that's fine." Old Man Zhang shed tears and reached out to hold Li Mu's hand, but then shrank back as if he was afraid: "Since the King of Qi started fighting, the people of Qizhou have not been looking forward to the arrival of the King's Army for a day. As the village chief, the old man should have eaten a pot of wine to welcome the King's Army, but the villages in the village have almost been stolen by the King of Qi's subordinates, and there is really no food-"

Li Mu thought to himself, I guessed that this was the situation, otherwise why would I say I would offer you food?

"The court will find ways to do these things. Ensure that everyone has enough food and clothing, and ensure that they plant and harvest in spring and summer next year."

"That's good, that's good--" Old Man Zhang thanked repeatedly. Li Mu signaled to the people who were still kneeling. Old Man Zhang understood it and quickly turned around and said, "Grandmen, all the villagers, you won't lie to us. You won't go to make firewood and make food, what are you waiting for?"

The prestige of the elders in the village was indeed effective. The people did not listen to Li Mu, but were willing to listen to Old Man Zhang. They saluted Li Mu, the men arranged to collect firewood, while the women made fires, and prepared to cook for the king.

Li Mu sent someone back to send news and asked Li Chengqian to bring people over, but he started talking to Old Man Zhang.

"... When the King of Qi first came to Qizhou, he did not do any major evil deeds. As long as the people hid, their lives would be better. The old man had never heard of the King of Qi doing anything extraordinary, that is, it was all right. I heard that the King of Qi stole another woman into the mansion, which was the case."

What's going on? Li Mu felt that his head could not keep up with him. Forcing the robbery of a woman in Qizhou was just a matter of "just something"?

Li Mu expressed his doubts, and Old Man Zhang explained to him: "The Marquis doesn't know anything. In fact, it's better to say it's voluntary. For ordinary people, no matter how handsome the daughter is, what kind of man can she marry? But if she likes the King of Qi, she can enter the palace. The whole family will all be ascended to heaven."

"..." Li Mu felt that his views were a little shaken. The script was not like this. At this time, someone should have cried and criticized King Qi for his crimes. Why does this old man seem to be exonerating him?

But after thinking about it, Li Mu could understand it. Isn’t this the “sweet rich man” in later generations? The routine operation. Not to mention that it was in the Tang Dynasty, even before Li Mu traveled through time, this was a very common thing. And it was not only women, but also many men. Among the relatively fixed social classes, this is the fastest and most effective way to improve one’s social class.

"The hateful thing is the people around him." Old Man Zhang said angrily: "Especially that Yin Hongzhi, the bad bubbling! Everything was instigated by him, if it weren't for him-"

Li Mu frowned, he hugged his shoulders and watched Old Man Zhang's performance indifferently. Old Man Zhang was indignant when he suddenly realized that it seemed that Li Mu had not responded for a while. He raised his head and saw Li Mu's expression, and he froze.

"Hao, Marquis..." Old Man Zhang knelt down again with a trembling trembling, with cold sweat on his forehead: "Hao, Marquis, I am a bad person."

"Yuan Tiangang's methods are really omnipresent." Li Mu snorted coldly, and did not deal with anything, saying, "Did you send it here, or have you been here all the time?"

"The little old man is a local household." Old Man Zhang explained: "Just because he had been kind to Master Yuan, he joined the bad guy." He paused for a moment, as if he was afraid that Li Mu would find out again, and was embarrassed, and said: "Every year when the young man did not accept the green and yellow, the bad guy would also send some money. This is how the little old man firmly sat in the village chief of his village—"

Li Mu was too lazy to say something and said, "I don't care about these marquis. Now I will only ask you two questions. One, what are the tasks you received? Two, how much do you have to know about the current situation in Qizhou City?"

"Uh," Old Man Zhang said a little hesitant, but he still said; "Mr. Marquis, the old man accepted the task of telling the Marquis about Qizhou City. But before the old man could go to welcome the king's army, the soldiers of Qizhou arrived first, and the Marquis also saw the subsequent events. As for the situation in Qizhou, what the old man knew was basically said—"

Seeing that Li Mu was about to be anxious, Old Man Zhang hurriedly added, "Marty, the old man is telling the truth. The secret spies of bad people are only in a small place. The old man is only responsible for this village and cannot leave his post without hesitation. He dare not deceive the marquis. For more than ten years, the old man has been to Qizhou City and has slapped him in the face."

"That means that if this marquis moves forward, will someone inform you of the news?"

"Uh," said Old Man Zhang uncertainly; "I don't know what the above arrangements are, how dare I guess."

Seeing his appearance, Li Mu didn't seem to be a fraud. He thought that if he continued to ask, he would definitely not be able to ask anything. He waved his hand and drove Old Man Zhang out.

Li Chengqian came in. He had not yet revealed his identity, so the villagers didn't know that he was the crown prince of the dynasty, and he only regarded him as Li Mu's personal soldier.

"Brother, after we finish our meal, we are on the verge of our heart. We can arrive outside Qizhou City at midnight. While the night is shining, let's give him a surprise. Tomorrow morning, we can eat wontons in Qizhou City."

Li Mu ignored him and thought about things in a daze.

Li Chengqian raised his hand and waved it in front of Li Mu, saying, "Brother, what are you thinking?"

"I was wondering if our journey was a little smoother." Li Mu was a little uncertain and said, "Even if the city of Qizhou is full of candids, we are not going fast along the way. They should have received the news that we came to Qizhou long ago. Why didn't we even see a scout?"

"They are stupid," Li Chengqian didn't think so complicated, and said, "Look at the Yan Hongliang you killed today, he is not very smart. Such people can be awarded the title of King of Pingxi, which shows that Li You really has no talent under his command." As he said, Li Chengqian looked at Li Mu hopefully and said, "Maybe it will be the first battle and the last stop tonight. Brother, I am the vanguard official appointed by the father, vanguard? You are not thinking about resisting the order, right?"

"Don't come with me for this." Li Mu glared and said, "Unless your father personally said in front of me, let you be a vanguard. Otherwise, as long as I am the general of the rebellion, you will have to sit with me in the central army tent for one day."

"But,"

"But what," Li Mu said angrily: "Have you forgotten that sentence? A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. You are the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty. It is not the time when the country is destroyed and the family is destroyed, so you need to charge into battle?"

"But brother, haven't everyone agreed that I am not the prince in the army, am I Li Yu?"

Li Mu waited for this and said, "It's okay to say that, but I'll ask you, is it me who is the general who suppresses the rebellion?"

"Ah? Yes."

"Then I won't let you go. Military orders are like mountains, so stop talking nonsense!"

"..." Li Chengqian stared at Li Mu angrily, and Li Mu was not moved at all. In the end, he was defeated and turned around and went out in an air bag.

Li Mu shook his head, cut out two finger-wide notes, wrote today's news on the notes in small fly heads, then grabbed a pigeon from the pigeon cage, tied it with a bamboo tube and let it fly out.

...

That night, he camped in the village. Old Man Zhang had already mobilized the people, and the three or two families got together to squeeze in and gave up some houses for Li Mu and others to live in. However, Li Mu refused. There were 10,000 soldiers with the army. Even if the people in the small village gave up the house, it was not enough for the army to occupy. Instead of being uneven, it would be better to have nothing left. So except for Li Mu and Li Chengqian living alone in a small courtyard, the other soldiers still set up camp according to the old rules.

At night, Li Mu and Li Chengqian finished their meal and called Old Man Zhang to discuss the surrounding terrain. That night, they camped in the village. Old Man Zhang had already mobilized the people, and the three or two families got together to squeeze in and gave up some houses for Li Mu and others to live in. However, Li Mu refused. There were 10,000 people with the military personnel. Even if the people in the small village gave up the house, it was not enough for the army to occupy. Instead of being uneven, it would be better to have nothing left. So except for Li Mu and Li Chengqian living alone in a small courtyard, the other soldiers still set up camp according to the old rules.

At night, Li Mu and Li Chengqian finished their meal together and called Old Man Zhang to talk about the surrounding terrain. There were no astronomical satellites and no terrain maps in the Tang Dynasty. In the matter of war, the terrain was important. Otherwise, there would be no story of "finding the map". No matter how powerful the general had just arrived in a place, he had to figure out the terrain first.

Li Chengqian's room was next to Li Mu's room, next to a low wall, and it was time to turn over.

Li Chengqian was riding on the wall.

His eyes were staring at the window frame, looking at the silhouette of Li Mu being reflected by candlelight. If he noticed that there was something abnormal in the shadow, he would immediately jump off the low wall. After all, he did not dare to make Li Mu dislike it.

But as a naughty child, it is impossible for him to stay honestly.

"It's time to make achievements, and no one can stop me!" Li Chengqian thought angrily, jumped out of the low wall and came to the camping position outside the village. The patrolling soldiers saw that it was Li Chengqian, so they hurriedly collected the weapons and saluted him. Li Chengqian nodded and said, "Go and call the generals of the personal guards, Xun Guards, and Yi Guards over. I have something to say."

"No." The patrolers were originally the prince's personal guards, so they naturally obeyed the prince instinctively. If they were other people from Zhechong Mansion, they would not be like this. They only recognized the tiger talisman, but the prince's three guards were different.

Soon, the generals of the three guards gathered in the camp.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince."
Chapter completed!