"If my father-in-law thought that if he killed me, the Southern Dynasty would be able to live in peace forever, and he would do it."

The night wind blows, blowing away the clouds covering the moon.

A bright red blood was winding down Li Mu's neck along the sword's edge, dyeing a collar red.

His face became clear again under the shadow of the moon, with cold eyebrows and eyes.

Gao Qiao's face turned pale, and the hand holding the long sword was intertwined with blue veins on the back of his hands.

Li Mu always stood with his hands down, staring straight at him, and his figure stood still.

Gao Qiao's eyelids twitched, and after a while, he said, "If I kill you like this today, you will be dissatisfied. Well, I will keep your life for the time being and allow you to go to Yicheng. I want to see how capable you Li Mu is, just a general of guard, have already been so imposed to this point! Remember for me, if you really have something wrong in the future, my Gao family's soldiers will kill Hu Liao and destroy the rebels!"

He changed his subject.

"I will not let you die today, but Ami, I must take it back from your Li family! The daughter of Gao can marry a poor family, but she must never marry someone with ill-gotten plots. I hope you know!"

After Gao Qiao finished speaking, he suddenly withdrew the blood-stained sword into the sheath, and turned around and left.

Li Mu looked at his back quickly and suddenly said, "In a year, I will take Xijing. Gao Gong, do you dare to bet with me?"

Gao Qiao stopped and turned around slowly, unable to hide his surprise.

Xijing is Chang'an, and it is the capital of Beixia. The Jie people moved west of Chang'an in their early years. After rising, they took advantage of the chaos to seize it and operated with great care. They planned to use the defense of Tongguan to build the inner gate into their own back, which can attack and retreat. Last year, after the defeat of Jiangbei, the capital of Xia, Luoyang, was in danger. The strategic deployment of Xijing back then became increasingly important.

It is conceivable how important the garrison is now.

Li Mu's private soldiers now will not exceed two thousand at most, but they say such words, how can Gao Qiao not be surprised?

Li Mu walked up.

"Mr. Gao, I just ask you, do you dare to bet a game with me?"

"How to bet?" Gao Qiao said lightly.

"Betting on Ami."

"You are the father of Ami. Although Ami is now my Li family in terms of etiquette and law, if you really want to take her away, I will not stop her. A year later, I will hire Xijing as my employer and go to welcome her again!"

"Do you dare to bet on this game with me?"

Gao Qiao stared at Li Mu for a moment, and suddenly burst into laughter.

"I, Gao Qiao, have seen a lot of arrogant juniors who don't know the height of the world. But you have told me to gain a better understanding!"

His words could not hide the ridicule.

"But after defeating Yuan Jie, he dared to act so arrogantly!"

"Okay. Let me see, what will you look like in a year!"

Gao Qiao sneered, and then left without looking at Li Mu again.

...

No matter how innocent Luo Shen was, he could see that something must have happened to Aye suddenly arrives like this tonight.

After they left, she saw Lu's expression solemn, as if she was thinking about something. She knew that she must be worried, and she would be in a state of worry. She would not be in the house to rest? Zhao's elder brother kept throwing his eyes and finally called him to a place in the yard where there was no one, and he held him in a question about the purpose of his trip.

Not to mention Gao Yin, it was not clear that, even if he knew, he would not know the truth and the God of Luo, and it would be fruitless. Seeing that the God of Luo could not ask anything, the eldest brother only comforted himself and told her not to worry, but became more and more nervous.

My father went out with him for some time, but he never returned for a long time.

The more I waited, the more anxious I felt, and there was a faint premonition of badness.

Just as he was restless, he suddenly heard footsteps coming from outside. His heart beat up and he hurriedly went out. Sure enough, he saw his father and Li Mu back.

Two people entered one after another.

Judging from their expressions, it seems that nothing bad happened.

It was as if the father-in-law and son-in-law had just gone out for a walk together and had just come back.

However, before the Luoshen could breathe a sigh of relief, he was shocked by what he saw.

After going out, there was a wound on Li Mu's neck.

Although it seemed that the blood was slowly solidifying, the wound was cut by something, but it was as wide as a slap, even the collar was stained with blood marks. It looked shocking.

She was surprised and was about to go up to ask, but she saw him smile at him and waved his hand.

She immediately understood what he meant.

It means he is fine and tells her not to worry.

Luo Shen glanced at Lu and temporarily forced himself to endure the questions in his heart.

But he saw that Aye had stepped forward and said to Lu: "Madam Li, I came to Jingkou tonight to convey the imperial edict on behalf of Your Majesty. I respected the ministers with great talent. Your Majesty appreciated them very much and wanted to entrust them with important tasks. Congratulations to Mrs. Li."

Lu said happily: "My son can serve the court because he should do his duty. Thanks to the support of Ming Gong, I am very grateful."

Gao Qiao smiled and said, "Mrs. Li is polite. The reason why I can have today is because of his own talent. How can I support me? There is one thing that I am afraid that I will make you angry when I say it out."

Lu hurriedly said, "Mr. Ming doesn't have to be so arrogant. If you have something to say, it's okay to say it."

Gao Qiao said, "Because I have other important things, I have to leave for Jiankang after I have passed the holy intention tonight. My son and I have only one daughter, Ami, and I have to hide from her. I miss you very much. I am very worried about you. I will leave home soon and do things for Your Majesty. I thought, "Why would I take the time to take the time tonight and I will take my daughter and go back to Jiankang with me. Can my wife agree?"

Lu was obviously surprised. Before he could speak, Luo Shen was surprised and said: "Aye? Why is it so urgent? I..."

She subconsciously wanted to say, "I don't want to reply yet, but I stopped halfway through my words."

Lu also came back to his senses. In a while, Li Mu stepped forward and said to his mother: "Mother, I and my father-in-law have agreed just now, and asked Ami to go back first. Don't blame Mother."

Mrs. Lu seemed to have gradually calmed down and nodded with a smile: "As long as you and Ami agree, I'm fine. If you are not at home and Ami lives in Jiankang, I will feel more at ease."

The sudden decision made Luo Shen unable to understand for a moment.

But she knew that this decision must have been made by her father.

"Aye! Why did you suddenly want me to go back? I won't go back!"

She couldn't help it anymore and shouted.

Gao Qiao did not say anything, but only turned his eyes coldly at Li Mu.

Luo Shen watched Li Mu walk towards him and hold her hand.

"Ami, I have something to tell you."

...

Luo Shen suppressed his dissatisfaction and doubts and followed Li Mu back to the room.

As soon as she entered, she gently wiped the blood from her neck with a veil.

When the distance was closer, I saw clearly that the wound seemed to be cut by a sharp blade, and the bloodshot was still slowly oozing out. I was shocked and scared, and even more angry, and asked him: "I was fine when I went out, why did I come back like this?"

"Did I, Aye, hurt you?"

Li Mu took her handkerchief, pressed the wound himself, and smiled and said, "I accidentally made it, it has nothing to do with you, Aye. It's just a minor injury, don't worry."

Luo Shenshi didn't believe it, so he asked again. Seeing that he had just thought it was something he had done by himself, he had no choice but to wipe the blood from his neck for him, and then took the medicine for the injury. He asked him: "What did I, Aye, tell you, why did you suddenly take me back to Jiankang?"

Just now, she applied medicine for him, and Li Mu kept bowing his head and silently watched her busy.

After a moment of silence, he smiled on his face and said, "Ami, what you Aye said is right. Your Majesty wants to entrust me with important tasks. I will leave for Jiangbei soon. You can go back with you Aye first, and I will come back to pick you up in the future, okay?"

Luo Shen was surprised and reacted, and threw himself into his arms.

"No, I won't go back! I'll go wherever you go!"

Li Mu said softly: "The place I want to go is now almost empty city, with thorns and tigers and wolf everywhere. Even if you, Aye, don't come to pick you up today, I didn't want to take you with you..."

"I'm not afraid! I want to join you!"

Luo Shen hugged his waist tightly with his arms, and his head shook like a rattle.

She suddenly remembered.

"You said you wanted me last night! You just passed one night, so you don't want me?"

She looked up again and questioned him.

Li Mu was a little afraid to look at her resentful beautiful eyes.

Although he had known for a long time that if Gao Qiao no longer died early in his life as in his previous life, there would be such a day between him and Gao Qiao sooner or later.

But in his original idea, he should have more time to let him follow his own pace, after taking over Xijing and having enough capital, then make the next transaction with Gao Qiao - by then, he will be confident that he will be able to suppress Gao Qiao.

Strength, only overwhelming strength is the way of king.

No one knows this better than him.

This is why he decided to give up his previous life by accumulating military merits in the early stages, and successively quelled the rebellion of the Three Wus. Xu Mi became emperor and fought the Northern Expedition. Finally, he opened the secret net opened by the aristocratic families, and rose completely, and then seized the imperial center and occupied the old path of the Grand Sima.

That was too long. From now on, it would take him nearly ten years.

And in this life, because she became his woman early on, he couldn't afford to wait.

If he is as humble as he wants to protect his woman, he must use another faster and stronger means to advance to suppress and strangle the various obstacles he may encounter in the future.

But Gao Qiao was indeed an old fox who had mastered the Taoist practice. He smelled something strange in advance and came over, disrupting his original plan.

He knew that Gao Qiao should not want his daughter to get involved in the disputes between these men, so as not to add to the trouble.
To be continued...