Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 422 Answer
  Li Mu had the authority to establish a shogunate in the three counties of the North, and his authority was even comparable to that of King Zhao. Not only could he appoint and dismiss officials as needed, but all tax revenue from various places had to be given to him first to use as military expenses.

This was normal before the etiquette system of the Zhou Dynasty collapsed. The general had this power. However, now that it is the end of the Warring States period, all countries have begun to centralize power to a certain extent. The situation of establishing a shogunate and appointing and removing officials on their own is almost non-existent.

Li Mu is undoubtedly a special case.

This was something that the two generations of Zhao kings had tacitly agreed to. Although it was a bit too decentralized, it was worthwhile for them to be able to avoid the troubles in the north. Anyway, the three counties of Yanmen, Yunzhong and Jiuyuan were competing against each other.

This is also the reason why many people in the world are worried about Li Mu. King Xiaocheng and King Youxiang acquiesced to things. Who knows whether Zhao Wangqian will continue to acquiesce? After all, this was a taboo and transgressing the rules. Maybe Zhao Wangqian couldn't bear it and decided to remove Li Mu.

Before Zhao Wangqian came to the throne, his reputation was not very good.

After Li Mu saw Gu Xun sitting down, he asked bluntly:

"Mr. Gu is a national advisor of the Qin State. He is not staying in Xianyang, but he secretly went to Handan. I don't know what he is doing?"

Gu Xun gently shook a finger on his stretch, and quickly corrected, "I didn't come in secret. I came in through the city gate openly, and I didn't even pay any customs duties along the way."

Li Mu did not accept this trick and shook his head and pointed out, "Sir is the master of the Qin State. He came unannounced. Of course he arrived secretly."

"In Guxun here, the general can just be regarded as a wandering doctor. As for the national preceptor or the prince's tutor, just put it aside."

Li Mu's eyes flickered, and he couldn't help but secretly wonder, could it be that the other party just introduced himself as a doctor just to highlight this point?
  The reason why Li Mu went to Gu Xun was simple. He was simply worried that this unstable factor would be detrimental to Zhao.

First of all, he is now an important minister of the Qin State. Although he does not have any real power, his position is indeed high. Qin and Zhao are mortal enemies. As a military master, how can Li Mu not guard against him? Who knows if there might be some secret arrangement?
  Secondly... Li Mu felt that even aside from Gu Xun's status in Qin, he himself was a troublemaker, and he acted without scruples and acted wantonly. For Handan, which is already in an unstable situation, very dangerous.

In Li Mu's opinion, Gu Xun's words seemed to be that the other party wanted to show that he came to Handan just for fun and had no other ill intentions, and had nothing to do with the Qin State.

Regardless of whether it is true or not, Li Mu will not consider such an issue that is difficult to verify. Anyway, his wariness towards Gu Xun will not weaken at all, especially the other party's previous actions, which makes him uneasy.

He asked the Jianghu people under his command to keep an eye on Gu Xun, and report any abnormality immediately. If it was urgent, they could adapt to the situation and find ways to hold the opponent back, making sure not to cause trouble to him.

Then the spies discovered Gu Xun who had just entered the city not long ago, and immediately went straight to the Zhaowang City. He didn't look like he was planning to do anything good.

Because there was no time to wait for Li Mu's instructions, some people could only come back to report, while the other group stopped Gu Xun from continuing to the royal city.

In the end, this was the situation, and Gu Xun was invited to the general's mansion.

They have no choice. How can they stop Gu Xun? I couldn't beat him again and again, and I couldn't stop talking, so I had no choice but to use Li Mu's name to try.

Of course, this was what Li Mu had told them before that they could do this in emergencies.

"Sir, you should understand that even if you say so, I cannot ignore your identity." Li Mu pondered for a moment, and after thinking about it, he continued to ask, "You should tell me your purpose of coming first, right?"

"It's nothing special. I plan to travel around the world, and Zhao is the first stop." Gu Xun answered the question frankly, spreading his hands nonchalantly.

He is still somewhat patient with Li Mu and can talk more.

"Since we are traveling... I wonder how long sir will stay?" Li Mu asked with a pleasant expression, stroking his beard.

"Well...it depends on the situation, about a month or so, not too long." Seeing Li Mu's silky movements while stroking his beard, Gu Xun couldn't help but touch his chin, rubbed it twice, and answered ambiguously.

Li Mu's brows wrinkled imperceptibly. One month seemed to him to be a long time. Gu Xun stayed in Xinzheng for a year. As a result, Han Xueyi Hou Bai Yifei died, General Ji Wuye's night organization suffered heavy losses, and almost all the four evil generals were destroyed. Then he stayed in Xianyang for a month, and Changxin Hou Lao Ai was full of people. All were destroyed, and Wenxinhou Lu Buwei dismissed his post and returned home.

Wherever this person is, there will be no peace.

"What do you plan to do in this month?" Li Mu's expression always maintained a gentle attitude. Although he was asking questions, he tried hard not to bore Gu Xun.

"The main thing is to practice medical consultation, and by the way, experience the local customs, food and beauties of Handan."

"Is that so..." Li Mu pondered for a moment, then said with a smile, "In that case, we are destined to meet each other. Is there anything Mr. Gu needs my help with?"

The first is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, and the third is to attack the city.

At the moment, Li Mu didn't know much about Gu Xun, so it was impossible to plan out a complete strategy. He could only make early moves to meet his reasonable requirements and secretly guard against his little moves.

The main reason was that in Handan City, Li Mu did not have enough strength. He only brought dozens of martial arts masters and a thousand personal soldiers under his command. Based on his guessed Gu Xun's strength, he alone was not enough to deal with it.

In other words, it is difficult for him to prepare for the worst and directly choose to attack the troops, but he will not be able to defeat them.

As for directly dealing with King Zhao... Haha, he is loyal enough to Wang Qian Zhao, but he is also sufficiently skeptical about the abilities of Wang Qian Zhao and his close ministers.

Nothing can be done at all. If they really let them handle it, it will definitely be self-defeating. If they are not careful, they may even provoke Qin, and the situation will only get worse.

"Haha, I don't need to worry about the medical practice, General." Gu Xun declined politely. He didn't like other people's help when practicing medicine, but he planned to let Li Mu help with other matters.

I had to accept the free labor that came to my door as a reward for answering his questions so politely.

"Gu has another thing that needs the general's help."

"Sir, please speak."

"I need information and books related to the Feng surname."

Li Mu asked bluntly and calmly, "Mr. Gu went to the royal city before, was this the reason for it?"

Gu Xun didn't shy away from it and admitted with a nod.

"When looking for information, I must go to a place with a lot of books. After all, Gu doesn't know where to start. Of course, I will give priority to the place that is most likely to solve my needs, haha."

Li Mu shook his head secretly in his heart. Gu Xun's person was really out of control and acted wantonly. Just to find out some information more conveniently, he dared to secretly break into the palace in broad daylight... Such wantonness, how arrogant!

　Let’s do two updates first. There are some cards. Although there is a lot of content to write, describing it is a bit laborious and slow.

　　Mainly because I don’t want to stay up late this month.

　　Let’s talk tomorrow and try to update as much as possible.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)