Chapter 69:

Chapter 69:

Through the layer of shirt, I can clearly feel the feeling of her skin moving against her.

Keeping her by his side is driven by a man's natural desire.

But reason still prompted Li Mu to make the decision to send her back to Jiankang as soon as possible.

There are many reasons.

She still had a grudge against him and was swaying.

The conditions here are too harsh.

Especially, after the raid last night, his decision was already so firm.

But at this moment, reason suddenly lost.

Warm fragrant nephrite, throwing her into her arms, her eyes were reddened by the living color in front of her.

Li Mu only felt that the blood was rushing all over his body, he couldn't bear it any longer, he just wanted her.

Instead of letting go, he retracted his arms, preventing the girl in his arms from struggling to leave him.

Before Luoshen could react, his back was cold, and he was pressed against the wall by him.

"Hey—what are you doing! Just let me go!"

She was flustered and nervous, pushing him hard, beating him, and scolding him on her back.

He was silent.

Hit hard.

In the dark corner of the house and behind the wet curtains, Luoshen could no longer struggle.

The two bare white legs that were kicking indiscriminately, slowly dropped down, and finally hung weakly on both sides of the man's waist full of strength.

There was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside.

Qiong Shu and the other sleepy maids were awakened by the scream from Luoshen just now and the sound of breaking the door, and ran over in a hurry.

The door fell to the ground.

The case was turned upside down.

The lights in the room were still on, but no one was there for a while.

Only behind the wet curtain in the corner, there seemed to be some movement.

"Little lady, are you okay?"

Qiongshu let out a cry and hurriedly ran towards the corner of the room, when he heard a man's voice from behind the curtain: "It's all right. Madam was just scared by Liangshu. You go out first."

Li Langjun's voice.

Qiongshu hesitated.

"You guys go. I'm really fine... He... just helped me catch mice..."

After a while, the voice of a woman came from behind the curtain.

Soft, vibrato, unsteady breath.

Qiongshu was older, his face was slightly hot, he hurriedly winked at the other people, lifted the door and the case on the ground, and backed out.

Behind the curtain, Li Mu lowered his head and saw that her jade arms were hooked softly around his neck, her black head was leaning against his chest, her eyes were tightly closed, her body was motionless, and she was very long. He took a deep breath, and finally suppressed the still churning desire, picked her up again, wrapped a piece of clothes around her, walked out from behind the curtain, laid her on the bed, and covered her with a quilt.

She was frightened just now, stepping on the ground with her bare feet, and the soles of her feet were stained with dirt.

Li Mu took the towel, sat by the bed, wiped her feet, and said, "I just came back to talk to you about something. There may not be peace near the city gate tonight. You were frightened last night. , I am afraid that you will be frightened again, so I will tell you when I come back. If you hear any movement, don't be afraid, I have made arrangements and everything will be fine. "

Luoshen was originally shy and angry, there was still a little tingling in his chest, and he couldn't tell what the heartbeat was, and the whole person was still dizzy. After being carried to the bed by him, he closed his eyes tightly. , I couldn't help but be a little surprised to hear him speak like this, and he was completely different from the way he looked behind the curtain just now.

She slowly opened a pair of watery eyes: "Is it related to the Jie people who attacked us last night?"

Li Mu nodded.

One of her feet was wiped clean, and the other was replaced. He continued: "The person I captured last night, the famous Houli, is the eldest son of the Hou Clan of Qiuchi nearby. After calculating the distance, the Hou Clan's people should be here tonight. I will personally go to the gate tower to watch the night. I can sleep like this for a while. Tomorrow I will ask someone to repair the door, and then turn the house over again, and the mouse holes will be blocked."

He wiped her feet and carried them back to the quilt.

"Go to sleep. I'll go first. I'll call Qiongshu to sleep with you tonight."

He stared at her for a moment, leaned over, stretched out his hand to lift the quilt that had slipped a bit, covering the exposed shoulder, then stood up and put down the bed curtain.

Luoshen huddled under the quilt, watching his figure walk out of the room through the curtain.

After a while, Qiongshu came in.

Another sleepless night.

In the first half of the night, Luoshen was lying on the bed thinking wildly, without any sleepiness. In the second half of the night, when people were getting sleepy and sleepy, suddenly, in the east of the city, there was a faint noise like a soldier's clamoring.

Yicheng is still an empty city. In a city with a radius of more than ten miles, the residents and Li Mu's soldiers add up to no more than two or three thousand people.

Therefore, the city at night was unusually quiet. Although the Governor's Mansion was a little far from the East City Gate, the movement could still be heard.

Although it had been specially ordered by Li Mu, how could Luoshen fall asleep peacefully?

As soon as he heard the noise, he immediately got up, ran out, climbed to the highest observation platform in the governor's mansion, stood on the top, and looked in the direction of the East City Gate.

In that direction, in the dark night sky, a red fire was faintly seen.

The drum noise is intermittent.

Luoshen couldn't help but feel nervous, and was persuaded by Qiongshu to go back to the house.

When it was dawn, the movement in the direction of the city gate finally subsided.

Gao Huan woke up in the middle of the night due to the pain of his wound, and also heard a strange sound at the gate of the city. He couldn't get to the ground by himself, so he sent one of his followers to inquire about the news, and finally came back, saying that last night Hou sent 5,000 people to attack the city, and they fought for half a night. outside.

The siege crisis was temporarily eliminated.

…

Above the city gate, the soldiers and soldiers were already tired, and suddenly they saw the governor who had been guarding the city with him in the middle of the night and came up to the city wall.

Li Mu went up to the pier and looked for a moment in the direction where Hou's troops and horses were resting and camping. After coming down, he ordered the soldiers to drink water and eat, rest on the spot, and entered a turret by himself.

On a pillar in the corner tower, Wu Hua Da tied a man with deep eyes and a high nose. It was Hou Li who was captured by Li Mu.

Sun Fangzhi was watching over him, fiddling with a dagger in his hand. Seeing Hou Li glaring at him and spitting out incomprehensible words, knowing that he was scolding him, how could he bear it? Put down the dagger, and kicked him in the past. Hearing him scolding even more, he took a beef tendon soaked in water, wrapped it around him a few times, squeezed it hard, and said angrily, "If you hadn't given instructions, I would have done it earlier. Damn you! You scold me again!"

The tendon of the beef was deeply embedded in the meat and stuck on Hou Li's neck. Hou Li was strangled so that his face was flushed and his eyes were bulging, but he refused to admit defeat and was still scolding. This time, in blunt Chinese, he gritted his teeth and said, "Wait, I'll go back and take revenge!"

Sun Fangyi was stunned, hehe sneered: "You bird and scorpion, let's talk about it when you can go back! You are so tough, you were caught by Li Shishi the night before, why did you immediately tell your subordinates to retire?"

Hou Li was not good at speaking the words of the Han people, but he could barely understand, knowing that he mocked him, hated and annoyed, and was about to scold him again, when he saw a figure standing at the door, recognized Li Mu, stopped, and spoke to him. glare.

Sun Fangzhi turned around and hurried up to meet him. He pointed at Hou Li and said, "This Jiezi has been scolding since he was brought down from the city. If you want me to say, if you want to save his life, it's okay to cut his tongue! "

Hou Li understood the words "cut tongue", his expression changed, and he cursed again.

Li Mu smiled and said to Sun Fangzhi, "I defended the city in the middle of the night last night, you can rest, I leave it here."

Sun Fangzhi knew that he had something to do, nodded, made a threatening gesture at Nahou Li, and then walked out.

Li Mu stood in front of Hou Li and watched him.

Hou Li clenched his neck at first, remembering the scene at that time, he couldn't help feeling regret and anger, and scolded him in Jie language: "Li Mu, you traitor! I just hate listening to your flattering words. What kind of hero are you? If you have the ability, let me go, and I will fight you again!"

Li Mu picked up the dagger left by Sun Fangzhi and walked to Hou Li.

Hou Li stared at the dagger in his hand, remembered the tongue-cutting words he heard just now, and said angrily, "You dare?"

Li Mu smiled, turned to his back, and cut the rope.

Hou Li's hands and feet suddenly became free, and he couldn't believe it. He stood there and stared at him with defensive eyes.

Li Mudao: "Hou Li, it's because I didn't keep my word. It's because your brother brought people and attacked the city without saying a word. You saw it with your own eyes. I see your brother's posture, you may not really want to attack the city. , on the contrary, it is more like I want to borrow Li Mu's hand to get rid of you."

Hou Xin was hit again.

The night before, caught off guard, he missed and was captured by Li Mu.

Was he willing to give in easily? Although he had a sword in the lead, he thought that his number was equal to his side, and he had beasts to help him. Even if he caught him, he didn't dare to hurt him. Uncertain, finally gave in.

Li Mu said: "If you don't do what I say, I will kill you immediately. If you let go and fight with your hundreds of hands, you may not lose."

"But when you die, your brother will be able to take your place and take your place."

It was this sentence that held his life.

He is the eldest son of the Hou family of Chou Chi, and he is also the heir, but his biological mother is not of the same clan.

Just because his father, Hou Ding, never forgot his mother, he felt even more guilty. Over the years, although his status has been constantly attacked by his brother Hou Jian, Hou Ding has also thought of abolishing him several times, but he has finally maintained it. today.

Hou Jian's mother was born in the Gan clan of the Qiuchi clan, and she was scheming and talented, and was above him. Hou Li was very afraid of this brother who secretly wanted to take his position.

This is also the reason why he hid his father Hou Ding this time and was eager to get credit from Li Mu.

What he didn't expect was that he would be captured like this.

Under the circumstances at the time, he knew that Li Mu was threatening him.

But he knew better that if he didn't obey his orders, if the Han really killed him, he would be the one who died, and the happiest one would be his brother Hou Jian.

How is he willing?

He had no choice but to give in at that time. According to Li Mu's words, he ordered his men to return quickly and report the news to Hou Ding.

Li Mu's original words were to ask the Hou family to come to Yicheng to become a business partner. Although the Dao Hou family used to follow the Northern Xia and the Southern Dynasty as enemies, they did not do too many evil deeds.

Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, brother Hou Jian arrived with troops and horses. When he was pushed to the top of the city, while shouting to break the city to save his brother, he ordered to continue to shoot arrows to attack the city.

At this moment, Li Mu said it again, and he was extremely resentful. He was speechless for a while, and his face was extremely ugly.

Li Mu said: "I still say that, you Qiu Chi Hou, although you are also a Jie, but you used to be a subject of my Dayu, and after following Beixia, you have never committed a monstrous crime, and I, Li Mu, are not born enemies. But your brother Hou Jian, not only encouraged your father and Dayu to be enemies, but I also heard that in order to take your position, he disregarded the feud, colluded with the Xianbei Guhui clan, and persuaded your father to join the Xianbei Jin Kingdom. So shameless and shameless. Disciple, if you really take your throne, will Qiu Chi still have a place for you in the future?"

The Guhui clan is another fierce clan besides the Murong clan among the Xianbei people. The power once occupied the entire Longxi. The head of the clan, Gu Huilong, can rival Murongxi in ability. Murong's is one of a kind. Taking advantage of the danger of Beixia, he summoned the old troops to return to Longxi, and fought aggressively, rebuilt the Kingdom of Jin, and called himself the emperor. Now he is pointing to Chang'an, intending to take Beixia's military and political center in Longxi in one fell swoop and completely incorporate Longxi. under the rule of the Golden State.

The Chou Chi Hou clan had only tens of thousands of troops, and because the boundary was close to Dajin, it was entirely dependent on the Chou Chi Mountain where generations lived as a barrier, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Hou Li also knew that the closest, Gan Shi frequently invited Xianbei people to see his father, and persuaded his father to go to the Jin Kingdom to avoid being destroyed. His father's attitude was swaying, and he couldn't help but feel more resentment in his heart, gritted his teeth, and said, "This is my family matter, and I will solve it myself. What's your business?"

Li Mudao: "This is your family business. But if your Hou family joins the Xianbei Jin Kingdom, you will become my Li Mu's enemy. The so-called distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors."

He looked at Hou Li.

"Hou Shizi, I am willing to help you and get rid of your brother. You help me, so that your father will cut off the relationship with the Jin Kingdom and form an alliance with me. In the future, I will break the gold, destroy the valley will be long, and you will always be the king of Qiuchi. This world , no one will compete with you for this position, what do you think?"

Hou Li was stunned.

Li Mu smiled slightly: "You can think about it slowly. After thinking about it clearly, just find me."

"Don't forget, your brother is still outside the city at the moment, waiting for the head on your neck."

After he finished speaking, he turned away.

Hou Li stared at his back, his face was red and white, and he suddenly chased after a few steps and said loudly: "I would like to form an alliance with you! You say, what should I do! I will do it!"

Li Mu stopped, took a letter from his arms and put it on the case.

"Sir, you can go back today. Please, take this letter to your father, and say that I am here, Li Mu, and I haven't paid a visit. It's my rudeness."

He pushed the letter over.

Sun Fangzhi was guarding outside when he suddenly saw Hou Li striding out. He was stunned for a moment. He was about to step forward and draw a knife to stop him. The unsatisfactory Chinese said, "Inspector Li is a hero in the world, look at his face, I don't care about you." After speaking, he walked away.

Sun Fangzhi hurriedly dodged, only to avoid the attack, and looked at Li Mu who followed him, surprised: "Jingchen, why did you let him go?"

Li Mu climbed the city wall and said, "Look, the siege can be solved."