This is a person with an ordinary appearance, the kind of person who throws him into a pile of people, mixes with water in the river like a drop of water, and can never be seen anymore. It’s a blessing that Dugu Jiu has a good look, so he locks him firmly and does not let him escape.

But Dugu Jiu didn't catch up.

This is almost impossible. You should know that Dugu Jiu's light skills are not the best in the world, but at least in the top five. There are only a handful of people who can't catch up with him. At first, Dugu Jiu thought he had met a master and had a comparative mind, but after a while, he found that something was wrong. Although this person's light skills are good, they may be about the same as Wei Fu, and they are at the top level, but they are not top-notch. The reason why he can't catch up with him is not that he is not as fast as him, but that he is not as familiar with the terrain.

Every time he jumped, he could find the most suitable place to borrow power. Dugu Jiu observed his borrowing point, and after finding the trick, his speed also increased. He was about to catch it - suddenly, the man disappeared.

He fell into an alley, and Dugu Jiu also fell down, but the man disappeared. Dugu Jiu observed around him, which was a dead end and there was no place to hide. Moreover, the distance between the two was already very close just now. At such a close distance, theoretically speaking, no matter how he hid, he should not be able to escape Dugu Jiu's sight.

Dugu Jiu carefully checked all three walls, but he didn't find the secret passage of the agency. He waited for a while, but he still didn't wait for this person to come out. Seeing that noon had passed and Li Mu was still waiting for him, Dugu Jiu had to remember this place in his heart and go back first.

After Dugu Jiu left for a while, the bluestone on the ground suddenly rose up and came out of the ground one by one, and then put the bluestone down. He glanced at him and confirmed his safety before he left.

...

When Dugu Jiu came back, Li Mu had settled in the county government office. He was holding an abacus in his hand and counting today's harvest. Jin Chen was next to him, with a pen and paper on the table. Li Mu read a number and she remembered a number to ensure that the accounts were not wrong.

"Shopkeeper Cui from Nanshi, two thousand guan."

"Shopkeeper Li of Nanshi, 1,500 stalemates."

"Beijing City—"

With the support of the system, Li Mu had a memory of not forgetting everything. How much money did everyone bribe him? It was worth noting that the money was fine. Zhang Tianai stood behind Li Mu, holding a booklet in his hand, Li Mu recited a name, and she drew a name. This list was a letter from Jinyi Secret Guard and Dongchang. It was investigated over the past period of time. When Li Mu came to Luoyang last time, he privately linked up the list of merchants, clans, and clans who opposed him. It can be understood as a liquidation list. Anyone who gave money, even if he didn't give money, was the legendary stubborn man. If he gave face, he would settle it.

Fortunately, only a few people are stubborn, and most of them make the decisions they should make.

"The last one, Zhang Manager Zhang, 1,200 guan." Li Mu recited all his names and stopped his abacus in his hand: "77,730 guan, it's still done, the harvest is good."

"Husband, remember everything, look." Jin Chen handed the record to Li Mu. Li Mu glanced at it. There was no problem. He added a 'Luoyang Marquis Li Mu, 22,700 stakes' to the back, dried the ink traces, called a Jinyiwei over, and handed the record to him: "Take it to the stonemason. According to my instructions, the four merit monuments must be exactly the same. It will be done within three days. Remember, put the name of this marquis at the top, and put the one with a lot of donations in front!"

The Jinyiwei took the order and left. Li Mu stood up and lay on the bed, pillowing Bai Qiaoqiao's thighs. Jin Chen came over and gently pressed his back to help him relieve his fatigue. Zhang Tianai held the booklet in his hand, counted it, and said, "There are thirteen stubborn bastards in total. What should we do? I will bring someone to smash their shop tomorrow?"

Li Mu held up his arm, Bai Qiaoqiao took a pillow to cushion him. Li Mu lay down comfortably, squinted his eyes, and said, "What a big deal, can you fight and kill? When Feng Si and Bi Laosan come and the newspaper can be printed, just take a little bit of mouth, so that the people in Luoyang City will know that this marquis will seek welfare for the people of Luoyang and set up four schools. The merchants generously donated money and efforts, but there are so many people who are stingy. Let's not talk about their character, let the people comment on them."

After hearing this, Zhang Tianai curled his lips and packed up the booklet. Li Mu's move was much more cruel than her. She led people to smash the store. These people lost a little money at most. The transactions in Luoyang City could not be carried out, so they could continue to do it in other cities. However, Li Mu's trick was a way to dig into the roots. Merchants in business rely on reputation and reputation. All the merchants in Luoyang donated money to the four schools, but you just couldn't make any money. Is it reasonable?

Such a profit-oriented bad businessman, who wants to buy your things?

"You're going to break it," Zhang Tianai said angrily, and then said, "I'll ask someone to move the money to the warehouse first. When eating, remember to call me."

"Okay--" Jin Chen's massage was so comfortable that Li Mu almost fell asleep with his eyes narrowed. He opened his eyes a little, and saw Bai Qiaoqiao holding another book in his hand, and couldn't help saying, "Madam, the 'prenatal education' I told you last time was just random. What can he know before the child was born? You are reading ten thousand books now. If a bad boy refuses to learn it, it will be of no use. Don't keep staring at it, take a break, take a break."

"When I finish reading this article." Bai Qiaoqiao avoided Li Mu's hand and had to finish reading it. Li Mu didn't want to snatch it with her. He was curious that it was that book that actually made his wife so fascinated, so he looked at the cover. After reading it clearly, he felt speechless. The book that Bai Qiaoqiao read turned out to be the Book of Songs in the Four Books and Five Classics. Are you really planning to take the top scorer?

Seeing Li Mu's confusion and speechless, Jin Chen leaned into his ear and whispered: "Husband, Qiaoqiao has been working hard recently. A few days ago, I asked me about the sentences in "The Doctrine of the Mean". There are so many insights, but I am far from reaching the level."

Jin Chen is well-versed in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Li Mu knows what her foundation is. When she heard her say this, Li Mu was really surprised. Qiaoqiao actually has such ability. Could it be that Qiaoqiao would become a talented woman without realizing it?

Li Mu got up, took Shu away from Qiaoqiao's hand, and gently hugged her shoulders. Seeing this, Jin Chen quitted.

"Madam, why are you doing this? You are very tired from studying, and you are pregnant again. I like you, but I don't like you know how to study. There are enough 'talented girls' at home. I still like the way you were when you first met you."

Li Mu thought Bai Qiaoqiao was inferior to his low-class background and wanted to make up for it through acquired efforts. This is a good thing, but Li Mu felt that Bai Qiaoqiao really didn't need to do this. The so-called culture thing is a bit like that. Just read and calculate. If you learn a lot, you will be distressed. For example, those old scholars who failed to pass the imperial examinations will be hindered by studying and posting scriptures all day long. What is the real use?

Li Mu didn't want Bai Qiaoqiao to be so tired.

Bai Qiaoqiao leaned in Li Mu's arms and grabbed his hand. At first, she didn't say anything. Later, seeing that Li Mu had been staring at him and couldn't hide, she had to say, "I want to help you."

"No need!" Li Mu smiled and said, "I know you want to help me, but there is nothing you have to do now in our family? Don't look at Tianai in the Jinyiwei, that's why she can't stay idle, and it's okay if she doesn't need her to go. There is no need to compare this. Now you are pregnant with your child, raise your body well, give birth to the child smoothly, and pass on the family line for our family. This is the biggest help. Other things are trivial matters."

Bai Qiaoqiao blushed and said, "I can't be pregnant for the rest of my life. When the child is born and grows up. I always have time to be idle, if I can't do anything..."

"Then no one dares to look down on you."

Bai Qiaoqiao shook her head and said, "It's not someone who looks down on me. I know that the sisters will not look down on me. My husband loves me, and I won't. The servants at home are afraid that their husband will blame me. Even if they look down on me, they will not show it—"

"So, you have a good rest, why are you so tired?"

"My husband still asks people to finish their words." After being interrupted twice in a row, Bai Qiaoqiao was a little unhappy. Seeing her pouting, Li Mu quickly coaxed her and asked her to finish their words: "This is not something outside, it is something in my heart. I can't hide behind my husband for the rest of my life and can't help anything. I know that my ability is very small, but as long as I can help you a little, I will be very happy-"

Bai Qiaoqiao looked into Li Mu's eyes and said, "Because we are husband and wife."

"Wife..." Bai Qiaoqiao's words almost made Li Mu cry. What he couldn't stand the most was such words. True feelings and falsehood can be distinguished at a glance. Bai Qiaoqiao has always had only sincerity, no plans, and only sincere efforts. How could he not be moved?

Li Mu took a deep breath, made a decision in his heart, and said, "My wife, I understand your intentions. But even if you read these books, even if you become a great scholar, it will be of little help to me. Your direction is wrong."

Bai Qiaoqiao was stunned: "Then what should I learn?" Suddenly she thought of something, her expression was a little frustrated, and she said: "I remember, my husband likes to make irons, but I am weak and can't hold the hammer..."

Li Mu almost laughed stupidly by Bai Qiaoqiao and said, "Who wants you to make a iron? Your hands were called out when you did thick work. You finally managed to keep the skin and tender flesh you raised. How could I bear to give you a hammer?"

"Um--" Li Mu thought for a while and said, "Let's do this, I'll teach you something else, see if you can learn it. If you can learn it, you can really help me. Do you want to learn it?"

Bai Qiaoqiao nodded vigorously: "I want to learn, husband, what I want to learn, I will learn seriously."

"Okay," Li Mu agreed and said, "I can teach you, but there is a prerequisite. You should not be too hasty about this. During your pregnancy, you can only learn some simple things, and you can only learn at most one hour a day."

Bai Qiaoqiao opened her mouth and wanted to speak, but was interrupted by Li Mu: "If I can agree, I will teach you. If I don't agree, I won't teach you."

After Li Mu said this, what else could Bai Qiaoqiao say, so he had to agree and asked coquettishly: "What do you want to teach me?"

"Have you heard of the mechanism?" What Li Mu wanted to teach Bai Qiaoqiao was actually the [mechanical technique] in the system [Engineering] branch. Before, he practiced the mechanism technique to the intermediate level in order to make the bearings of a four-wheeled carriage, but he never practiced it again.

The parts required by the mechanism are mostly small objects, and women can handle them completely. As long as there are drawings, they can do it according to the drawings. Unlike [Pharmaceutical] that requires [Collection] as a pre-position skill, it is a relatively single skill.

After learning, the mechanism can produce many interesting and useful things. For example, the "Storm Pear Blossom Needle", which is the hidden weapon made by the mechanism. With a press of the mechanism, tens of thousands of tiny needles are shot out. Even if the light skills are as good as Dugu Jiu, he cannot avoid them all.

If Bai Qiaoqiao mastered the mechanism, she could do a lot of things to protect herself. What Li Mu said was that she could help, and that was what he said. Li Mu’s biggest weakness now lies in his relatives. Sun’s family is protected by the Tang family, so he can rest assured. Li Zhien returned to Silla, and the palace was strictly guarded, so he didn’t need to worry about anything. The women around him, Wang Ou, who raises poisonous snakes, would definitely be poisonous, and self-protection is not a problem. Zhang Tianai and Jin Chen both have a lot of skills. Only Bai Qiaoqiao has no ability to protect herself.

Nowadays, it is too late to learn whether it is poison or kung fu. Only this mechanism is not too late to learn at any time. As long as you have insight and can learn it from other things, you will be able to learn it very quickly.

For Li Mu, he didn't need Bai Qiaoqiao to have any insight when he taught Bai Qiaoqiao. He had the system in hand and could pass on the skills to Bai Qiaoqiao by using the first special skill [Secret Translation]. The skills obtained through [Secret Translation] are just the same as those used by Li Mu, but they are just one level lower than Li Mu's mastery.

But this is enough. As long as Li Mu practices his skills to the advanced level, Bai Qiaoqiao will be able to master intermediate mechanisms. Although the intermediate mechanisms cannot produce the rainy rain pear blossom needle, most of the hidden weapons can be made. At that time, Li Mu will buy all the intermediate drawings and make a lot of hidden weapons. If you install them, you will definitely not be a problem to protect yourself.

Since last time he used the [Secret] mass-produced craftsman in the Craftsman workshop, Li Mu has never used the [Secret] skill again, and has been in a state of cooling down. His mechanism skills have reached the intermediate level, and he can teach the primary mechanism skills to Bai Qiaoqiao.

"Sit down and don't move, I'll get paper and pen and draw a picture for you."

Li Mu jumped out of bed and took the paper and pen on the table. Spread it on the bed. Li Mu used the [Secret] skill and drew a pattern on the paper.
Chapter completed!