0313. A Fire

Seeing how close Li Mu and Cai Cai were, the short and fat middle-aged man Wu Labuduo had a look of displeasure on his face. He whispered something to a sturdy red leather-armored general next to him.

The general looked towards Li Mu, as if he wanted to remember Li Mu's appearance firmly.

Li Mu didn't care at all.

"This little brother is very unfamiliar." Zhou An looked at Li Mu.

When Wu Beichen was about to say something, Li Mu said first, "Oh, he's just a businessman from out of town. He just arrived at Longcheng Pass today. General Wu has taken care of my business before, so I came to pay a visit today."

Li Mu did not want to expose his whereabouts unless he had to.

Zhou An chuckled.

"The situation at the border has been tense recently. Some craftsmen have sneaked into Longcheng Pass. The city is very unsafe. Little brother, you are really brave to come to Longcheng Pass to do business at this time. Haha, but I still have to Be careful, after all, swords and guns have no eyesight."

Li Mu's body has no internal energy fluctuations at all, and his clothes are obviously different from those at the border. Therefore, in Zhou An's eyes, he is probably classified as the ancient grandson of Granny Cai. Moreover, Li Mu looks so young. , probably a few years older than Cai Cai, so words such as childhood sweetheart and childhood sweetheart can also be used for this pair of boys and girls. Cai Cai's intimate attitude when facing Li Mu just now seems to confirm this.

"Thank you, General Zhou, for reminding me." Li Mu still sat where he was, with a calm expression on his face.

Zhou An raised his eyebrows and wanted to say something more, but in the end he didn't speak again.

He ignored Li Mu, but turned to Cai Cai and Granny Cai, and said: "Both of you, Ambassador Wula Buduo, have a distinguished status on the prairie, and their status is equivalent to that of an imperial prince. He very much hopes to recognize Cai Cai as his adopted daughter." , and take her to the prairie for training. As long as you two agree, you can leave tomorrow. Cai Cai doesn't like practicing swordsmanship, right? The Spider Temple is on the prairie, and has a deep foundation of status and respect. There are countless magical skills and secrets. Cai Cai can choose at will. ...Haha, I don’t know how many people are envious of Cai Cai’s luck.”

Grandma Cai shook her head.

Caicai also said: "I have said it many times, I don't want to go to the prairie, and I don't want to be an adopted daughter to the prairie people."

"You only have one chance." Zhou An's face gradually became colder.

Wu Beichen said angrily: "General Zhou, what do you mean by giving vegetables to this grassland people again and again? Do we have to rely on sending young girls to the grassland people to maintain the border of our Western Qin Empire?"

Zhou An said expressionlessly: "I am also thinking about Cai Cai. She is still too young and doesn't know how to cherish her."

"Please leave." Cai Cai was disgusted with the people in front of her and directly issued an eviction order.

Zhou An sighed, turned around and translated Caicai's words to Ula Buduo and others.

Several prairie warriors looked angry and wanted to say something. Ula waved her hands, smiled coldly, turned and left.

Zhou An also shook his head and left with his soldiers from the [Iron Sword Camp].

Wu Beichen and others all looked angry.

When Li Mu saw this, he understood that the Great Qin Frontier Army claimed to have been united for hundreds of years, like a monolith, but in fact, it was not as harmonious as the rumors spread outside. This seemed to confirm the current Western Qin Empire from the side. , the sun is really declining.

Half an hour later, Li Mu left the courtyard of Caicai's grandparents.

Caicai reluctantly sent Li Mu to the entrance of the alley.

After declining the farewell offer from Cai Cai, Wu Beichen and others, Li Mu was still thinking about whether he should try to persuade Grandma Cai and her grandson to leave the border pass again on the way back, because Li Mu felt that there was a kind of atmosphere in Longcheng Pass. The extremely weird atmosphere was like the terrifying last calm before the approaching storm.

At this time, the night was already dark.

In an alley about a hundred meters away from Longcheng Inn, Li Mu suddenly stopped.

Because four more figures blocked his way.

There was still about half an hour before the nighttime martial law at Longcheng Pass, and there were few pedestrians on the street, so when these four figures appeared and lined up, Li Mu knew that they were deliberately blocking the way, and the most important thing was that , Li Mu has seen all four of these people - the four grassland warriors who followed Ula Buduo, the ambassador of the Spider Temple today.

Li Mu smiled.

He didn't even want to ask the reason anymore and went straight to greet him.

After a few breaths, Li Mu walked out of the alley.

And in the long alley behind him, there were only four groups of ashes that were invisible to the naked eye.

Li Mu returned to Longcheng Inn and met with Guo Yuqing. He learned that the swordsman Qiu Yin had not arrived and no relevant news had arrived. He was surprised, but not in a hurry. Although the contact was short, both of them believed in Qiu Yin. As a person, I am definitely not letting the pigeons go on purpose. I am afraid that I really encountered an unexpected situation, so there is no harm in waiting.

The night is getting darker.

After a complete curfew was imposed on the streets, the entire Longcheng Pass fell into a long night of silence. The lights everywhere gradually went out and darkness was completely shrouded.

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"Brother Mu will come to save me."

Deep in the prairie late at night in winter, the first heavy snow of the year has been falling for an hour. From the fine snow at the beginning to the heavy snow, the yellow grassland is covered with white snowflakes. Looking around, there is a snowflake everywhere. A vast expanse of white surrounded by darkness.

On a grassy hill more than 100 meters high, Shangguan Yuting was wearing a white sky silk dress, holding the little white fox Daji in her arms, facing Jiang, who was sitting not far away with long golden hair and handsome face, stubbornly and proudly. Qiu Bai said.

"Chirp, chirp." The little white fox huddled in Daji's arms and pointed its sharp white teeth at Jiang Qiubai in a helpful tone.

Jiang Qiubai kept looking up at the sky.

The starry sky on the prairie is particularly bright. Even in this long snowy winter night, you can still see the stars the size of fists shining in the sky. Ever since entering the prairie, this man has looked at it from time to time. The sky seems like a person traveling far away, longing for his hometown.

"You have said it a thousand times. I know that Li Mu will definitely come to save you, because he is indeed a very responsible man. However, he is the one I am waiting for, so there is no need to stress it to me anymore." Jiang Qiubai's voice was very magnetic.

Ignoring the fact that he broke through the Daolu array and robbed people, Shangguan Yuting and Xiaobaihu Daji almost reached a consensus that this was a personable and charming man.

With him as the center, within a radius of a hundred meters, no snowflakes could penetrate, the air was as warm and gentle as spring, and even the withered flowers and plants around him had grown again.

A strange law circulates within a radius of a hundred meters.

"Brother Mu will definitely defeat you." Shangguan Yuting added.

Jiang Qiubai smiled slightly: "Really? I'm looking forward to it too. What does it feel like to be defeated?"

The little white fox Daji chirped, that means you are really awesome at bragging.

She showed her white teeth and chirped at Jiang Qiubai, full of threats.

Jiang Qiubai looked at the little white fox with a smile and said, "The little guy is so cute." As he said that, he suddenly opened his mouth, and the two tiger teeth that were not long at first suddenly extended and became thicker, extending from his mouth. It came out like the sharp teeth of a wolf king, carrying a bloody fluid.

At this moment, Jiang Qiubai's handsome face suddenly became ferocious and violent, as if the aura of a prehistoric beast made the entire grassland tremble, but it was fleeting.

An extremely terrifying beast transformation.

The little white fox suddenly shivered with fear, and immediately retreated into Shangguan Yuting's arms, burying its head in Shangguan Yuting's chest, like an ostrich.

Jiang Qiubai took back his teeth, and his face became handsome and elegant again. Between his eyebrows, he said proudly: "Compared with teeth, who is afraid of whom?"

Shangguan Yuting comforted the little white fox distressedly. This was Brother Mu's most beloved pet. She said angrily: "For such a big and powerful man like you, you actually intimidate a small beast and bully the small ones with your big one. It's simply abominable."

"Small beast?" Jiang Qiubai said with a smile in his eyes: "If the original bloodline of the Nine-Tails is a small beast, then I'm afraid there won't be many big beasts on this continent."

Shangguan Yuting looked at the little white fox suspiciously and said, "Nine-tailed lineage?"

She is a more pure charlatan than Li Mu.

Jiang Qiubai nodded and said, "It seems you don't know. Well, your brother Mu doesn't tell you everything."

There was a hint of contempt on Shangguan Yuting's beautiful face.

Do you want to shake Brother Mu's position in her mind by using such childish methods? If Brother Mu doesn't say anything, there must be a reason. No matter what Brother Mu does, it is correct.

Jiang Qiubai didn't say anything else.

He suddenly realized something else.

His transformation into a wolf divine beast was only instantaneous, but his aura was extremely terrifying. The original bloodline of the Nine Tails were trembling with fear. Why did Shangguan Yuting, who had just reached innate cultivation, not react at all? Logically speaking, what happened just now In a fleeting moment, this woman who looked like a fairy from the Toad Palace would have been so frightened that her face turned pale.

How is this going?

Jiang Qiubai's eyes were fixed on Shangguan Yuting's body, looking up and down, and then his eyes narrowed slightly.

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A shrill scream woke up Longcheng Pass, which was still in the silence of the night.

Then, several groups of firelights shot up from all over Longcheng Pass, lighting up the dark night sky. Then there were military drums mixed with the shouts of killing, and the border troops wearing moon-white armor rushed out of the camp. , broke through several defense lines along the way, turned into a moon-white torrent, and rushed towards the east gate of Longcheng Pass...

"The Iron Sword Battalion is plotting rebellion."

"Zhou An rebelled."

Angry and shrill roars sounded from all over the city.

No one expected that the first crisis at the border pass since the resurgence of the Western Qin Dynasty would actually arise from within the border army. The fire burning in the night sky at Longcheng Pass ignited a catastrophe that swept across the entire Chinese continent.

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It's eight o'clock sharp in Japan, and it should be 7 o'clock in China.