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Early the next morning, Li Mu stopped washing and took Dugu Jiu out. Twenty fully armed Jinyiwei were ready at the door. Seeing Li Mu and Dugu Jiu coming out, they followed the two of them and set off in a mighty manner.

Walking on the street, you can already see that the people's eyes have become less friendly. Although they dare not say anything, they all look alert and stay away. There is no airtight wall in the world, and Li Mu has not controlled his remarks. As soon as the banners of the merchants came out, the people in Luoyang City knew that Luoyang's food storage was only enough for ten days. How could they not worry?

Everyone regrets that when I had food a few days ago, I didn’t buy more to save it. But who could have thought about this? Luoyang City is a well-connected place. There are countless grains transported through Luoyang every day. No one would have thought that Luoyang would be short of food one day. At present, the locust plague is plagued by Luoyang, and ships from other places dare not come, for fear of provoking the "locust god" and causing the locust plague to them. Local merchants in Luoyang are not actively trying to find ways to transport food. What’s the use of the people just because they are anxious?

The people's anxiety accumulated, and eventually turned into hatred for Li Mu. Everyone understood what the situation is going on now, and it was all on that marquis. Why do you say you are so arrogant? You can't just lower your head? Just one word, the people in the whole city will have a way out. Do you refuse to say this?

For the sake of his own face, he ignored hundreds of thousands of lives in the city. Who can love such a person?

Li Mu took the expressions of the people in his eyes and smiled indifferently. He could understand the people's ideas, but he could not agree. Who ignored the lives of the people? It was clearly those merchants who did not do anything? Why didn't these merchants make things difficult for those merchants? Because they knew that they were rich and powerful, they could not afford to provoke them. Why dare to blame him, the marquis? Because they knew that there was an emperor above the marquis, and the emperor could control the marquis. Even if the marquis did not cherish their reputation, the emperor would have to be ashamed. A typical persimmon picking soft!

But what can he say? He can't attract a few people on the street, hold a debate, and argue well, right? Even if he is eloquent and beat these people, what if he is? At worst, he will cheat? In the face of a major disaster, food is the top priority. Anyone with food is right to say anything, and those without food are farts.

After crossing Yongji Bridge, Jishan and Guandefang, leaving from the west gate, it took only a few miles to reach the legendary White Horse Temple.

Li Mu stopped in front of the mountain gate and looked at the thousand-year-old temple. Unlike Ci'an Temple, although the building area of ​​this White Horse Temple is quite large, it does not have a mercy at all. It feels like one is a commercial place and the other is a university campus, with different temperaments.

"It's a good place." Li Mu looked at it for a while and said with a smile.

After stopping for a while, the welcome monk from Baima Temple was also driven out. The young monk lived in the mountains for a long time and naturally did not recognize Li Mu, but he still had some eyes. Seeing Li Mu's clothes and dressing, he knew that this was a noble man. Thinking of the noble man's instructions yesterday, the young monk said the Buddha's name: "Amitabha, is the donor here to come?"

"No," Li Mu was a normal person. He looked at the young monk and said, "We are the tolerant of Luoyang City Taxation Bureau. Have you heard of the new policy?"

The little monk was confused, but when he heard Li Mu's tone, he knew that he was asking for trouble and said, "Donor, what tax bureau, the little monk has never heard of it. The White Horse Temple has been favored by the imperial court for generations, and he has never heard of what taxes he needs to pay?"

"Didn't you hear it today?" Li Mu turned over and got off his horse and walked in casually: "Who is in charge of the temple? Do you have any account books or something? Take it out and take it out and don't fool it with fake ones. I, no, this tomboy is like a torch, you can see through it at a glance!"

"How can the donor be so rude? You can't go in... Oh, you can't go in!" The little monk tried his best to stop him, but he was not the opponent of the big and thick Jinyiwei. The Jinyiwei didn't need to do anything, and he raised his arm and bounced him out a long distance.

When he entered the mountain gate, several old monks came up. When the young monk saw his relatives, he hurried over and said the story with a crying voice. The leading monk looked at Li Mu and others, as if he was confirming. After a while, he squeezed out a smile and bowed to him: "I don't know if the marquis is here, I have missed the welcome. I am upright and have seen the marquis."

"Monkey Xingzheng," Li Mu looked at it for a moment and said with a smile: "The monk has such a good eye and can recognize this marquis. I wonder what the monk does in White Horse Temple?"

"I am responsible for the precepts hall."

"Oh——" Li Mu nodded slightly, suddenly frowned and asked, "I am here to come to your White Horse Temple. Isn't it worth seeing your abbot? Your abbot is quite arrogant!"

"The abbot is meeting guests."

"What kind of guest is more respectful than the Hou's face?"

Monk Xingzheng smiled without explanation, but just gave way, saying, "When it comes to noble status, he is not as good as the marquis. However, this guest has been doing good deeds for many years and is respected by the entire temple. The abbot cannot be neglected. Yesterday, locusts suddenly appeared, and the abbot was worried about the people. The donor happened to be visiting, so the abbot wanted to ask him for help to see if he could raise some food and provide relief to the victims."

"Yeah, he is a man of great power."

"This donor is kind-hearted." Monk Xingzheng signaled and said, "Please, Marquis."

Li Mu was not polite, and walked in front of him, and Dugu Jiu wanted to take someone to follow him, but was stopped by Monk Xingzheng: "The Buddhist land is pure, everyone is carrying weapons. It is really not suitable. You might as well wait here-"

"What did you say?" Dugu Jiu was about to draw his sword. Li Mu stopped him and said, "The great monk is right. The Buddhist land is pure. I am here today to pray for the victims. How can I dance a sword and a gun? You are resting here. I will see what kind of person he is, and I deserve such courtesy from the abbot."

Dugu Jiu came up: "Brother, your safety..."

"It's okay," Li Mu gently pulled up his clothes and glanced at Dugu Jiu: "I brought three heavy rain pear blossom needles, the enhanced version, and I'm not afraid of the bearded guest coming."

Dugu Jiu still wanted to say that Li Mu waved his hand: "If I don't come out for an hour, you can kill you."

Seeing that Li Mu had made up his mind, Dugu Jiu had to give up persuasion, took a step back, stared at Monk Xingzheng, and confronted him.

...

Under the leadership of the little monk, Li Mu walked around the Main Hall and came to the back mountain of Baima Temple. A stone pavilion stood there alone, which seemed very abrupt. There were three people in the stone pavilion, two of them playing chess, and the other stood behind one of them, with a very burly back.

As if he heard footsteps, the man stood and looked back and saw Li Mu. Her eyes were fixed and he showed hatred. Li Mu recognized her as the assassin who escaped that night, smiled, but his heart was in his throat. He had seen this person's kung fu, and Eunuch Gao was pressed and beaten by her, so it was impossible to beat him. Xiangsheng had no choice but to sneak attack. He touched the rainy pear blossom needle in his arms, and felt relieved. He thought that if the other party took action, he would do his best. Three rainy pear blossom needles, one person and one box, and he would not believe that they could survive!

The young monk stopped ten steps away from the stone pavilion and returned on the same road. Li Mu walked to the side of the stone pavilion by himself. When the abbot saw him coming, he put down the chess piece in his hand and stood up to salute: "Marty, the old monk has lost his wishes, so please forgive me. Since the marquis has arrived, let's play the chess here. The old monk goes to arrange vegetarian meals for the two donors." The old monk has a smile, is old and has white eyebrows, which really makes people feel uncomfortable. Li Mu originally wanted to say a few words to him, but after thinking about it, it's meaningless, and it seems that he is not generous enough.

Li Mu sat down in the position of the old monk and looked at the woman opposite him who might be her biological mother. I have to admit that this is a beautiful woman. From the news I learned, she should be around 36 or 7 years old. But judging from her current appearance, she is only about 30 years old. Although there are a little wrinkles on the corners of her eyes, they are not obvious and are still very well maintained.

"Madam Lu?"

Miss Lu smiled and did not deny it, so it was considered admitting. She was also looking at Li Mu. Although she had seen the portrait, the real person and the portrait were different after all. The reason why people are different is that their charm is that their appearance is second.

Miss Lu naturally knew that Li Shimin once regarded him as Li Jiancheng and her child, so when she met, she looked at him specifically, trying to see a little of Li Jiancheng's shadow from Li Mu. But unfortunately, she didn't see a trace of similarity to Li Jiancheng from Li Mu.

"You are the little man that the sister of the Wang family likes? It looks energetic." Miss Lu held a white piece in her hand and landed on the chessboard: "Are you planning to admit defeat today? It's easy to admit defeat. For the sake of the sister of the Wang family, call me sister and I will recognize your brother-in-law, and this matter will be over."

"Haha," Li Mu chuckled and said, "I don't believe there is such a good thing. You have worked so hard to recognize your brother-in-law?"

"Of course there are conditions."

“I told you together.”

Miss Lu smiled and said leisurely: "I hate the men who are half-hearted the most in my life. I heard that you have five ladies. I will only recognize your brother-in-law if you can divorce them all."

"Impossible." Li Mu blurted out without thinking: "Every wife of mine is a woman I treat sincerely. There is no such thing as a quasi-minded person. If you put forward such conditions, you didn't want to talk about it."

"Smart." Miss Lu praised, and said without going around the corner, "I don't want to touch you with my sister of the Wang family. But I would also advise you that in the territory of Luoyang, you will never be able to fight me. Go back to your Chang'an, and you and I will not violate the river water. If you stay in Luoyang, you will have greater trouble."

"Do you think I'm afraid?"

Miss Lu smiled again: "As long as you are not afraid of death, there is nothing to be afraid of. I believe you are not afraid, but," she paused and said: "If thousands of people are affected by you, will you feel guilty?"

"No," Li Mu showed a look of being stingy and said, "It's not me who does bad things, why do I feel guilty?"

"You are not the one who has no food. Are you not a bad person in the eyes of the people?" Miss Lu smiled happily: "You are still too young. The people always believe what they think. Who cares about your reason?"

“Never been like this?”

Miss Lu nodded and said, "It has always been like this, this is called the people's hearts."

"Haha!" Li Mu laughed and stared at Miss Lu's eyes: "Is it right to have always been like this? If everything is done according to 'always', what will I do in this world?"

Miss Lu's smile froze for a moment, she looked at Li Mu carefully and said, "What a big tone," she did not continue to intensify the conflict, but pointed to the chessboard in front of her: "Can you play chess?"

"meeting!"

"Then the next plate?"

"Yes." Li Mu agreed readily: "But you have to follow my rules,"

Li Mu pulled the chess pieces on the chessboard aside: "Miss Lu smiled and said leisurely: "I hate the men who are half-hearted the most in my life. I heard that you have five ladies. I will only recognize your brother-in-law if you can divorce them all."

"Impossible." Li Mu blurted out without thinking: "Every wife of mine is a woman I treat sincerely. There is no such thing as a quasi-minded person. If you put forward such conditions, you didn't want to talk about it."

"Smart." Miss Lu praised, and said without going around the corner, "I don't want to touch you with my sister of the Wang family. But I would also advise you that in the territory of Luoyang, you will never be able to fight me. Go back to your Chang'an, and you and I will not violate the river water. If you stay in Luoyang, you will have greater trouble."

"Do you think I'm afraid?"

Miss Lu smiled again: "As long as you are not afraid of death, there is nothing to be afraid of. I believe you are not afraid, but," she paused and said: "If thousands of people are affected by you, will you feel guilty?"

"No," Li Mu showed a look of being stingy and said, "It's not me who does bad things, why do I feel guilty?"

"You are not the one who has no food. Are you not a bad person in the eyes of the people?" Miss Lu smiled happily: "You are still too young. The people always believe what they think. Who cares about your reason?"

“Never been like this?”

Miss Lu nodded and said, "It has always been like this, this is called the people's hearts."

"Haha!" Li Mu laughed and stared at Miss Lu's eyes: "Is it right to have always been like this? If everything is done according to 'always', what will I do in this world?"

Miss Lu's smile froze for a moment, she looked at Li Mu carefully and said, "What a big tone," she did not continue to intensify the conflict, but pointed to the chessboard in front of her: "Can you play chess?"

"meeting!"

"Then the next plate?"

"Yes." Li Mu agreed readily: "But you have to follow my rules,"

Li Mu pulled all the pieces on the chessboard aside: "We @B
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