The Counterattack of the Villains

In the blink of an eye, half a year has passed, and Li Mu has been in Shaoshi Mountain for more than ten months.

In more than ten months, Qiao Feng not only mastered the Jiuyang Divine Kung Fu to the halfway point of the third volume, but also mastered the Great Demon-Subduing Fist, and also mastered the light kung fu bodywork of Snake Walking and Li Fan.

During the recent period, Li Mu did not teach Qiao Feng any other martial arts. Instead, he explained the contents of the fourth volume of Nine Yang Magic to Qiao Feng in detail, so that he could remember it firmly.

On this day, after Li Mu made sure that Qiao Feng had memorized all the mental techniques and fully understood that he could practice on his own without any guidance from others, he said to him: "Feng'er, I'm going to leave as a teacher."

Qiao Feng was shocked and asked anxiously: "Where are you going, master? Are you leaving your disciple alone?"

Although they had only known each other for less than a year, Li Mu treated him extremely well, even better than Master Shang and his biological father.

When he heard the master said he was leaving, he immediately panicked.

Li Mu looked at Qiao Feng's bewildered look, smiled, and said, "Of course not. As the saying goes, once a teacher, always a father, you are no different from the master's son. How can the master ignore you?"

"Master is going to get a wife, find you a junior wife, and give you some junior brothers and sisters."

Qiao Feng then turned from worry to joy and said happily: "That's great, Master, can I go with you?"

Li Mu shook his head and said: "It's better not to do it anymore. For some special reasons, I don't want people to know about your relationship with me for the time being."

"Practice hard at home. When you finish practicing the Nine Yang Divine Skills, I will bring your master's wife to see you."

Qiao Feng said seriously: "Yes, my disciple will definitely practice diligently and strive to master the Nine Yang Magic Skill as soon as possible."

Li Mu happily stroked his head gently, then said "Let's go", then turned around and jumped up.

He tapped his toes on a bush and used force, and his body shot out like an arrow from a string, disappearing into the forest in the blink of an eye.

When Qiao Feng saw this, he immediately sat down cross-legged and began to practice internal energy.

He only needs to perform the external skills a few times a day and keep his hands dry. Now he spends more time practicing internal skills.

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But he said that after Li Mu came down from the mountain, he immediately set off for Jiangling.

When he arrived at the place, he was still as prepared as when he was Swordsman of the World. He washed the gold and jade jewelry several times to remove the poison, and then packed a big bag.

This time I put on more pretense than in Swordsman World, and I still sold them along the way, selling a little in every town I visited.

When he arrived in Deluxi, Li Mu's gold and jade jewelry had turned into more than 280,000 taels of silver, and Jiaozi alone was packed in a locked wooden box.

He put the wooden box in a bag and carried it on his back,

The maximum denomination of Jiaozi is one thousand taels, and there are more than 280,000 taels, that is, more than 280 pieces (the world view of the novel, don’t go into details, the real historical Jiaozi only has several denominations: ten guan, five guan, one guan, and five hundred wen)

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The reason why I got more gold and jade treasures this time but sold them for less silver than in Swordsman is because of the difference in prices and purchasing power of silver between the two eras.

The purchasing power of silver in the Tianlong period was more than twice that of the Xiaoao period, and prices were also different.

In the Tianlong era, one tael of silver could buy a cow, two or three sheep, or more than 800 kilograms of rice.

In the Xiaoao era, one tael of silver could only buy less than 400 kilograms of rice, and a cow cost two or three taels.

Therefore, these 280,000 taels are much more expensive than the more than 300,000 taels spent in Xiaoao.

When he returned to Yuncheng, Li Mu went directly to the city to buy the betrothal gifts. In the end, he spent hundreds of taels of silver on several large carts.

Li Mu took a group of delivery guys and a professional matchmaker to Guangji Town.

In this era, when getting married, one must pay attention to the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words. These are ironclad rules, and even the children of Jianghu are no exception.

As the saying goes, "If there are no clouds in the sky, it will not rain; if there is no matchmaker on the ground, there will be no marriage."

Even if both parties are already in love and their parents know about it, if there is no matchmaker to go through the procedures, it is not considered a "marriage through a clear matchmaker". That is called a "private marriage for life", which is neither polite nor legal, and is considered a great unfilial piety.

It is precisely for this reason that in the original plot, after Ruan Xingzhu eloped with Duan Zhengchun, he never dared to go home again, nor did he dare to raise a child by himself after giving birth.

So Li Mu had to act according to the rules even if he didn't like it.

When I arrived at Ruan's house, I saw that the door was closed, and I couldn't hear the shouts of the apprentices practicing their swordsmanship in the past.

Li Mu stepped forward and knocked on the door in surprise. When he heard a crisp "Who is it?" from inside, he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "It's me, Li Mu."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Mu heard the sound of hurried footsteps, the courtyard door opened with a clang, and Ruan Xingzhu's beautiful and overjoyed face appeared in front of him.

"Brother, you are back!"

At this time, Ruan Xingzhu was dressed in a smart outfit, with a slender waist. He was holding a long sword upside down in his hand. There was a blush on his face after exercise, and there were beads of sweat on his forehead. It was obvious that he had been practicing swordplay just now.

Behind her, Ruan Xiong and Mrs. Ruan were also dressed up. They put their long swords back into the scabbards on the weapon racks and came towards her.

There were no young apprentices in the yard, only nine children including Ruan Baiming were there.

Li Mu raised his hand to wipe the sweat off Ruan Xingzhu's forehead with his sleeve, and asked softly with a smile: "Did you miss me?"

Ruan Xingzhu had already seen the large cars and objects behind him, as well as the woman dressed as a matchmaker, and obviously understood what was going on.

Hearing him ask this again at this time, her pretty face couldn't help but blush, and she lowered her head slightly with a mixture of embarrassment and joy, and nodded.

"Hahaha...I guessed that my nephew would be back in the next few days, and it turned out to be true."

Li Mu cupped his fists at Ruan Xiong and said with a smile: "How is your uncle always?"

Ruan Xiong said with a smile on his face: "Okay, okay, everything is fine. Is your nephew's trip going well?"

Li Mu nodded and said, "Everything went well."

After speaking, he turned around and said to the delivery guys: "If you could help me, please push the car into the yard to unload the goods."

There were five carts of betrothal gifts prepared by Li Mu. The men pushed the carts into the yard, and under Mrs. Ruan's instructions, moved all the things to various rooms.

Ruan Xingzhu also went over to help. It was inappropriate for her to stay here at this time, and she was embarrassed because the matchmaker had already started her work.

She walked up to Ruan Xiong with a smile and said, "May I ask, sir, how old is this rich man?"

Ruan Xiong replied happily: "The dog girl has passed the age of hairpins."

Matchmaker: “So, it’s the 28th year of your life?”

Ruan Xiong: "Of course."

This is just a rhetoric. It does not mean that Ruan Xingzhu is really only sixteen years old, but it means that the daughter is old enough to leave the court.

Matchmaker: "I wonder if the master has ever found a match with the young lady?"

Ruan Xiong: "No."

Matchmaker: "What a coincidence. The magpies are chirping this morning, which seems to be a prediction of good news for your house."

Ruan Xiong looked at Li Mu with a smile and asked, "Why did the aunt say this?"

The matchmaker stretched out her hand towards Li Mu and said with a smile: "When I came to your mansion today, I heard that the noble lady in your mansion is gentle and graceful, knowledgeable and sensible, and as beautiful as a fairy."

"The young master of the Li family has prepared some small gifts and hopes to marry the young lady in the house. Although he does not have the wealth and wealth, he is still willing to marry me. I hope you will accept it."

"Isn't it a good thing that the two families will be married to Qin and Jin? They will come and go frequently in the future, and their love will last forever."

Ruan Xiong happily clasped his fists at the matchmaker and said, "What I said is absolutely true. I need to worry a lot about my little girl's marriage."

Even if the marriage is settled, matchmakers like to take on jobs like this where the man and woman are already in love.

Because this kind of job is 100% stable, and there is no need to waste words. Just follow the procedures and you will get the reward.