In the market alley far away from Yulu Tower, Li Mu held Linglong's sleeves and walked along the alley toward his home. When he turned the corner of the alley in front of his home, he bumped into a vendor selling candied haws.

Linglong paused for a moment and glanced several times at the straw pole full of candied haws. Li Mu noticed that she had stopped and followed her gaze. He shook his head and smiled, then took a bunch of money from his sleeve. , called to stop the hawker.

"Old man, I want a bunch of candied haws." He smiled and put the money in the hands of the candied haws hawker, then picked out the candied haws on the straw pole and looked at the brightest one, took it off and handed it to his side. people.

"Here, you are watching eagerly to see what you are doing, and you can eat whatever you want." Li Mu's voice was filled with laughter.

With bright eyes, she took the candied haws, licked her lips, and looked hesitantly at the group of children in front of her who were holding candied haws.

She was thinking that most of these food items were loved by children. She was already an adult, and if she was always greedy, she would be a bit childish.

He said hesitantly: "Look at the children in front of you, each of them has a bunch of candied haws on a stick in their hands. I'm so old, if I eat these candied haws, will I be laughed at?" Linglong said. As soon as they landed, the two children in the group who looked a little naughty actually made faces at Linglong.

Linglong immediately blushed and put the candied haws into Li Mu's hand, refusing to take any more.

Linglong picked up her dress and walked quickly to her yard. Li Mu held the candied haws in his hand and followed her slowly, with an even bigger smile on his face, secretly saying that she really hadn't changed at all from before, she was so childish at heart. She also cherishes her face so much that even if others laugh at her, she will get very angry.

After stepping into his courtyard and leaving the group of laughing children far behind, Li Mu quickened his pace, caught up with Linglong, and grabbed her sleeve.

He smiled and said to her: "What's wrong with eating candied haws on a stick? Only children can eat anything in this world. Besides, we Linglong look very childish and are no older than the naughty eggs outside."

Li Mu's voice was full of smiles, and he was obviously laughing at Linglong's childishness.

But his laughter was loud and his eyes were affectionate, even if he was a joker, he added a touch of tenderness for no reason.

Linglong was still angry, but when she looked back and saw his smiling face, she burst into laughter.

Li Mu looked at her and smiled, then handed the candied haws to her hand again.

"Since I'm laughing, I don't want to lose my temper. Just eat the candied haws of apples. I can't waste my money in vain."

Linglong snorted, took the candied haws, but said stubbornly: "I didn't want to eat it in the first place, and it's all your fault for buying it. Since I bought it, I can't waste money, so I'll avoid it being unpalatable."

Li Mu listened to Linglong's words, and his smile grew stronger.

"Okay, okay, blame me, blame me, blame me for insisting on buying this kid's food for us Linglong."

The two of them were laughing and joking, and soon it was dinner time.

The weather was nice today, so we set a meal on the stone table in the yard.

As soon as I sat down, there was a knock on the door of the small courtyard.

Li Mu raised his eyebrows and subconsciously became vigilant.

But Linglong and the cook didn't think too much about it.

The cook was still preparing the meal, so Linglong wanted to go over and open the door. Li Mu saw her move, but reached the courtyard door before her, deliberately protecting Linglong behind him.

The door opened, and there was an ordinary woman outside, who looked a little familiar.

The woman's face was full of joy, and she handed over a flower basket filled with wedding candies and said: "Good evening, Mrs. Langjun. My daughter will leave the palace tomorrow and specially send wedding candies to the neighbors. If you are not busy tomorrow, you two will go and hold them.

It’s a good place to add some excitement.”

Linglong hurriedly raised her hand to pick it up, but Li Mu secretly blocked her hand and took the basket himself. He quietly looked at the contents inside and after confirming that they were all wedding candies, he handed it to Linglong.

"Thank you for the wedding candy, aunt. If you have free time then, I will definitely go over and watch the ceremony." Li Mu had a gentle smile on his face and greeted his neighbor's aunt.

After the aunt sent the wedding candies, she waved her hand and prepared to go back, saying goodbye: "I'm still busy at home, so I won't delay and go back first."

After the lady had gone away, Li Mu closed the door and went back holding Linglong's sleeve.

Linglong carried the basket, picked out a wedding candy and was about to peel it open and eat it. When Li Mu saw it, he immediately slapped her hand and slapped the candy away.

"What are you doing, Li Mu, it hurts so much, why are you hitting me?"

Li Mu was still smiling, but his tone was a little serious. He took the flower basket filled with sugar from Linglong's hand and said: "We have not been in Luoyang for a long time, and we have never interacted with these neighbors. It's better to be careful.

, I’ll keep this candy for now. If you want to eat it, I’ll go to the street and buy you another one.”

Linglong muttered something, but she didn't make any further fuss about eating. Instead, she obediently stopped and went to eat on the stone table.

She actually felt strange in her heart. Li Mu looked ordinary, but he always seemed to be weird. She didn't know why.

Linglong originally thought it was something in her lost memory that made Li Mu behave like this, and she asked Li Mu, but Li Mu said nothing to her and pretended to be dumb when asked.

Linglong couldn't do it either, and over time, she stopped asking.

As for Li Mu's strange behavior, she was puzzled at first, but over time she got used to his appearance.

Linglong didn't really have a good memory, and she didn't take anything too seriously. After having dinner, she forgot about the matter, only thinking about going to watch the ceremony tomorrow.

He asked Li Mu expectantly: "The lady just said that she would go to the ceremony. Li Mu, do you really want to go?"

Li Mu put down his bowl and chopsticks and looked at Linglong, naturally not missing the expectation in her eyes.

Linglong is a lively person, and Li Mu knows it very well. She asked, and she must have wanted to go there.

Thinking of the basket of wedding candies just now, he didn't want to dampen Linglong's interest. He thought about it for a moment, sighed, and replied: "Since you want to go, of course I want to go with you."

Linglong smiled with crooked eyebrows and pushed the few pieces of candy she bought earlier that the cook had placed on the stone table to Li Mu.

Li Mu looked at the several pieces of candy, frowned, and pushed it back to Linglong.

"I don't like sweets, Linglong, just eat it yourself."

After hearing these words, Linglong's head hurt slightly.

She rubbed her forehead, feeling a little strange.

Linglong had a vague feeling that her husband should love eating sweets.

But I don’t know why I feel like this.

Li Mu, who was opposite, saw her rubbing her forehead, and worry appeared on her face, and he hurriedly helped her get up and walk into the house.

"You have a headache again, don't you? Go inside and take a nap. It'll be fine after a good nap."

Linglong shook her head as she walked into the inner room. The questions in her mind disappeared inexplicably, and she couldn't remember what she was thinking about.

After supporting Li Mu's arm and returning to the inner room, Linglong rubbed her head and got into the bed, frowning due to a headache, and fell asleep soon after.

I slept for a long time this time.

After Linglong fell asleep, Li Mu went to the study.

In the middle of the night, just as he was about to take off his clothes and go to sleep, he heard a movement outside.

Li Mu immediately turned over and left the inner room, reached the roof, and looked down at the surrounding area of ​​the small courtyard.

Sure enough, a group of people gathered outside the courtyard, all of them holding swords in their hands.

Li Mu frowned slightly, and arrived at the dark woodshed first, picked up half a bottle of wine on the floor and poured it over to wake up Qin Yue who was drunk and asleep inside.

"Puff puff puff, which grandson dares to insult me?" Qin Yue wiped the wine from his face and cursed in his mouth.

Li Mu was too lazy to talk to him and signaled him to be silent. Then he informed him of the situation outside and told him to guard the exquisite bedroom in the courtyard.

Then Li Mu left the courtyard, quietly came behind the group of people outside, and hid in the dark to investigate.

"The young master of the Song family really has some spare money. He invited us all here just to surround a small courtyard in an ordinary market place."

"Brother, don't underestimate the enemy. I heard that the young lady's husband is a martial artist with high martial arts skills. He may be difficult to deal with."

…

Li Mu only understood what those people said after hearing these two sentences.

There was a coldness on his lips, and he thought to himself that sparing the life of the Song family wine bag and rice bag today was the rare time he saved a human life. Unexpectedly, that guy picked up a life and didn't know how to cherish it.

I want to come to my door to die.

In the cold silence of the night, Li Mu appeared with his sword in hand.

There was a smile on his lips, but his eyebrows were cold and stern.

"If you all visit me late at night, I'm afraid your family will be shocked. It's better to go and have a discussion outside the city."

After saying this, he held his sword and walked slowly out of the alley.

One of those people was a servant of the Young Master of the Song family. He was one of the few people who went to the Rouge Shop today. When he saw Li Mu appearing, he hurriedly pointed Li Mu to the leader of the group.

"This is the person my young master wants you to kill. Kill him before you can tie up the little lady inside. Why don't you chase after him!"

This group of people took the money from the young master of the Song family, and the two things they wanted to do were to kill Li Mu and kidnap Linglong.

Seeing Li Mu appear and walk outside, the group of them chased after him.

Li Mu sensed that the people behind him were approaching and did not even look back. He just quickened his pace and headed straight for the outside of the city, leaving the people far behind and deliberately letting them know where he was going.

This group of people followed Li Mu all the way out of Luoyang City.

As soon as you leave Luoyang City, you will find yourself in a deserted wilderness.

Li Mu held his sword and stopped, waiting quietly for these people to catch up with him.

The night wind blew his hair around his temples, and Li Mu's black clothes looked particularly cold under the moonlit night.

The group of people finally came after them. Li Mu raised his eyes and scanned the crowd. He held his sword and flew out of the night, like a ghost in the dark night, as fast as thunder and lightning.

One step, three steps, five steps, ten steps, a hundred steps... Everywhere he passed, corpses fell.

Li Mu's long sword was the color of blood, but his black clothes were not stained by any blood.

The last one to chase was a servant of the Song family.

When the servant saw the bloody corpses on the ground, his legs went weak with fear and his voice was full of panic.

"You, who are you?"

Li Mu raised his eyes slightly and looked at the servant's eyes as if he were looking at a dead body.

His eyebrows were raised slightly, and in an instant, the sword edge pierced the man's throat.

His throat was bleeding, and finally a drop of blood splashed on Li Mu's sleeve. He lowered his eyes to look at the drop of blood and sighed quietly.
Chapter completed!