Great Swordsman

Chapter 31 Get off the horse!
At dawn the next day, Li Mu and the groom continued on their way.

Li Mu was in good spirits. He had a sound sleep after the battle last night, but the groom was so nervous that he couldn't fall asleep anyway. He had two dark circles under his eyes, and he was riding a carriage. He seemed faintly suspected of being fatigued.

Thanks to the practice of Hao Ran Jue, his body can support it.

"Yang Ma." Li Mu ordered in the carriage, "After arriving in Tai'a County, you go and find out where the tomb robbers died. Don't go to the government to check, look for those officers and soldiers from back then."

"This subordinate understands, it's just..." The groom was a little worried. It's been decades, can those officers and soldiers still remember?
Li Mu smiled and said, "As long as you ask in which direction they buried their bodies after killing, you can find out where they killed."

"Your Excellency is wise!" The groom 'slapped' a flattery.

The horse said 'yeah', and stepped on the horse's hooves happily to speed up its pace.

"My lord." The groom thought for a while and asked, "The sheriff back then, do you want to investigate it as well?"

"Don't overdo it." Li Mu ordered, "Just pretend he doesn't exist."

"Yes, my lord!" The groom replied.

……

Tai'a County City is the most powerful city in Tai'a County. The city is twelve feet high and has four gates in the southeast, north, and west. There are 50 people in the city, and there are countless merchants and porters.

Today, however, the west gate of Tai'a County City looks extremely empty, only a team of county soldiers guards the gate, not half of the people are seen, and occasionally a porter comes with a load, and will be told to go to the other three gates, because, A county magistrate is here to welcome, and no one is allowed to stay!

The city of Tai'a County is very large, if you detour to the south and north gates, you will have to walk for at least half a day!

A porter complained in a low voice, and was heard by the county soldiers, who beat him up angrily, saying that the one they were going to greet was Li Mu County Magistrate of Qingping County, and the county guard would give him three points of face, and no matter who had an opinion, he would hold back!

The porter hunched his shoulders and walked away quickly. After entering the city through other gates, he couldn't help complaining. Most of the resentment in his belly was directed at Li Mu.

If it wasn't for Li Mu, why would they have walked half a day longer and wasted half a day of effort?

Moreover, Li Mu is only a county magistrate, not an imperial envoy, so why should he come to the county town to block the west gate?
Really arrogant and domineering!

Before Li Mu came, the official voice stinks.

Moreover, as time went by, more and more people heard about this, and they spontaneously came to the west city gate, wanting to see who this arrogant and domineering county magistrate really is, and whether he has three heads and six arms!
……

At about 01:30, a carriage came galloping from a distant official road.

"My lord, this official road is so deserted." The groom said with some palpitations, "Could it be that there are ghosts born in the death pit in Nanshan?"

"Are there usually many people on the official road?" Li Mu opened the car curtains and looked at the empty official road, feeling a little strange.

"Maoshi and Youshi are the most. Although this hour is not as good as those two hours, it's not like we don't see a single person." The groom said quickly, "My lord, should we change the road?"

"It's really a bit strange." Li Mu said, "Go slowly and pay attention to the situation."

"Yes, my lord!" The groom slowed down with a 'wow', and walked slowly towards the west gate.

Li Mu stepped out of the carriage, stood beside the groom, looked around, he could already see the city wall of Tai'a County, but it was extremely deserted, and there was no one on the official road.

The setting sun was setting in the west, which actually made Li Mu feel a little absurd.

Finally, they were only a hundred meters away from the west city gate, and they could clearly see that the west city gate was guarded by county soldiers. Inside the city, they could vaguely see many common people, crowded with people.

"My lord, are they welcoming someone?" The groom saw something.

"Go over and ask." Li Mu re-entered the carriage.

Da da da……

The carriage quickly arrived at the west city gate, and the guards of the city stopped the carriage with their spears crossed. They were afraid that others would not hear them, so they shouted loudly: "The county guard has an order. Today the west gate is closed, and everyone who is idle, please detour!"

The groom subconsciously turned around and asked, "My lord?"

"My lord?" The county soldier responded quickly and asked quickly, "Who is your lord?"

The groom held his head high and held his chest high: "My lord is the county magistrate of Qingping County, Li Mu Li!"

"Li Mu, that's him, Li Mu!"

"The West City Gate was banned because of him. I want to see if he really has three heads and six arms!"

"County magistrate, so domineering, hum!"

"I heard that the county magistrates of the other three counties have also arrived in the past two days, but they haven't banned the city gate!"

"For causing me to walk half a day longer, this county magistrate is really annoying! He must be a big corrupt official!"

The common people, scholars, and porters in the city gate were either swearing at each other, or watching with cold eyes. All eyes were on the carriage.

At this time, Li Mu had heard all the discussions among the common people. He is a cultivator with sharp ears and eyes. Hearing this, he immediately understood that this was the prestige given to him by the county guard!
He wasn't annoyed, who told him to put Shao Yin, the sheriff's confidant, into prison?

If the sheriff doesn't give him power, who will he do it for?

The county soldiers saw that the Lord was coming, and all of them were smiling. They put away their spears and bowed their hands in salute: "Congratulations, Mr. Li!"

"My lord, this..." The groom also heard the discussion, and his face changed drastically, "These guys... are worried and kind!"

At this time, a person walked quickly on the city wall, dressed in a dark green official robe, over half a century old, it was Tai'a County Chief Shi, Qiu Zhao.

"But Mr. Li Mu is here? Oh, I've lost my way, please forgive me." Qiu Zhao came with his hands clasped, and smiled before saying anything, making people feel like a spring breeze.

He arrived very early, but had been hiding on the city wall to drink tea. Seeing Li Mu arriving at this time, he naturally wanted to go down... Help Li Mu to make a name for himself!

This Li Mu was so bold that he dared to take Shao Yin, the county guard's confidant, into the prison, and even threatened the county guard with the matter of Chaoyuan Realm.
Li Mu walked out with a smile. He looked around at the people at the city gate. Their expressions were either dissatisfied, disgusted, or hated. They were all negative. Compared with them, that long Shi Qiu Zhao was smiling, which was a huge contrast.

Li Mu asked with a smile: "Dare to ask your lord?"

"My official Tai'a County Chief Shi, Qiu Zhao." Qiu Zhao stepped forward, personally helped Li Mu off the horse, and said, "Master Li has come from afar to work hard, so hurry to the city to rest."

Li Mu followed Qiu Zhao into the city as a follower of kindness. Seeing that there seemed to be changes in the countless people, Li Mu hurriedly began to act: "Serving the people is hard work!"

"Ah?" Qiu Zhao was taken aback. Why didn't Li Mu play his cards according to the routine?

Li Mu put away his smile, and solemnly bowed his hands to the people around him: "It is my duty to eradicate rape for the people of the county, but the county guard is so hard-working, so I...how can I be at ease!"

"Huh?" The people were also dumbfounded.

How come we don’t understand what’s about anti-evil, what’s about mobilizing teachers and mobilizing people?
Qiu Zhao seemed to have realized that he was about to stop Li Mu from continuing, but Li Mu had already continued abruptly: "Everyone, do you know that Shaoyin Sun Youde?"

A scholar replied: "Of course I know. Sun Shaoyin has always been sympathetic to the common people, and he is a good official! Unlike someone, hum!"

Li Mu ignored him, and said to himself: "This Sun Shaoyin seems to have a clean sleeve, but in fact he is the best at taking money, corrupting the law, and committing crimes! A few days ago, he came to my Qingping County. All the rare and rare treasures in the county are handed over to him, which is simply lawless! People, do you think the county guard will issue such an order? Huh?"

Although Li Mu was asking the people, he was looking at Qiu Zhao.

The common people looked at each other in blank dismay, can this matter be reversed?

Qiu Zhao bit the bullet and said, "The governor of the county will not do this!"

"Qiu Changshi is right. The governor is dedicated to serving the public. How could he issue such a plundering order? This must be Sun Youde's use of chicken feathers as an arrow, and he will take the benefits. The governor will take the blame. It is really hateful! And like this I don’t know how much Sun Youde has done in secret! When I thought of this, I took him into prison in a fit of anger!” Li Mu said emotionally, “I know that Sun Shaoyin is the confidant of the county governor, so I quickly wrote a letter to plead guilty. Unexpectedly, the county Lord Shou not only did not blame me, but also specially invited so many people to welcome me, I am ashamed!"

Li Mu felt that it would be better if he basked in tears at this time, but he...couldn't cry.

Even want to laugh.

No, you have to hold back! !
() Um~~~! ! !

(End of this chapter)