"A bowl of porridge and three sesame seed cakes,"
In the early morning, Chu Mu sat at the table set aside by the vendor, put down his sword, and casually said to the vendor.
"Okay, Sir, please wait a moment."
The vendor immediately responded and got busy immediately, not even paying attention to the other customers standing aside waiting, and immediately brought over the food Chu Mu ordered.
"Master, I would like to congratulate you on your promotion first."
The vendor was old, but he still bent over, smiling and flattering Chu Mu.
Chu Mu raised his brows and looked at the vendor in front of him with some curiosity. His white hair had appeared and his face was full of wrinkles. He looked at least fifty or sixty years old.
Has the news of his promotion spread so widely?
The old vendor quickly explained: "I have a nephew who has just filled the vacancy, and you, the official, often have breakfast here..."
Chu Mu nodded and said nothing more. The old vendor did not dare to say anything more. He returned to the stall with a smile and continued to shout.
"Brother Mu, I knew you were here."
As soon as Chu Mu took a sip of porridge, Xu Yuan's voice reached his ears. Immediately afterwards, Xu Yuan sat down next to him, picked up a sesame seed cake and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Three more sesame seed cakes and a bowl of white porridge."
Chu Mu turned his head and said to the vendor, and then looked at Xu Yuan. The look of devouring food made Chu Mu frown and said angrily: "You kid, eat slowly, no one will compete with you!"
"I haven't had a good sleep in a few days. I stayed up all night last night and I was starving."
After swallowing the sesame seed cake in his mouth, Xu Yuan glanced around, and then looked at Chu Mu mysteriously: "Brother Mu, you will never guess what I have been doing these days!"
"What happened? How old was your body last night?"
Chu Mu took a sip of the white porridge and said casually.
"Brother Mu, how do you know?"
Xu Yuan exclaimed, his face full of curiosity.
"I happened to meet Chief Wu as he was returning from transporting the body a few days ago, and we had a chat."
"Brother Mu, don't mention it, that old guy has been dead for a year, and he still looks like a living person!"
"A few of us these days..."
"So, the old man's body was placed in the dungeon, and you have been guarding it?"
After hearing the general idea, Chu Mu asked casually.
"Yes, the entire dungeon has been emptied, just put the old man's body. A group of us will stay in the dungeon..."
Chu Mu frowned: "Our team must not have enough manpower now, right?"
In that operation to suppress bandits in the mountains, more than half of his group was lost. Even though the order to fill the vacancies had been issued long ago, it was obviously impossible to reach full strength in just a few days.
"There just aren't enough people!"
Xu Yuanda expressed his bitterness: "There are less than twenty of us, we eat, drink, and poop in the house, and we can't even sleep well!"
"If it weren't for the fact that several new people have arrived one after another in the past two days, I wouldn't even be able to come out for a meal!"
Chu Mu asked: "There has been no movement these past few days, right?"
"Where is the movement coming from!"
Xu Yuan shook his head: "I heard that the county has issued a wanted warrant. In our town, those portraits are plastered all over the streets!"
"If I were those thieves, I would have hid in the mountains long ago. How dare I go to the inspection station to rob corpses!"
"That's not necessarily the case!"
"We massacred almost all the villagers in Qili Village, and even dug up the grave of their master. With such a blood feud, those thieves are so skilled in martial arts, they can't possibly still be cowardly turtles, right?"
Chu Mu shook his head, with a sharp knife in mind and a murderous intention.
Those who possess great martial arts skills are likely to be skilled and bold!
Not to mention, the previous battle after entering the mountain had already proven that the inspection was unbearable.
If it weren't for the support of several experts from the inspection station and Qianhu's bodyguards, the whole army would have been wiped out long ago.
Putting it in his perspective, if he were a thief, he might be wary of inspections, but he would definitely not be afraid, let alone avoid them.
"I heard from the corps leader that the old man returned to Qili Village probably seven years ago."
Chu Mu frowned: "Seven years ago?"
"right."
Xu Yuan nodded: "I heard that the old man was originally from Qili Village. He went out to wander around when he was young and never heard from him until he returned to Qili Village seven years ago."
Speaking of this, Xu Yuan seemed to have just remembered, and came to Chu Mu mysteriously: "Brother Mu, guess how old the old man is?"
Chu Mu's pupils narrowed and he looked at Xu Yuan sharply: "How old are you?"
"According to the confession of the person captured alive, the old man came from Qili Village more than a hundred years ago. He was already in his twenties at the time."
Chu Mu's heart trembled and he couldn't hide his horror: "Lived for more than one hundred and twenty years?"
"right!"
Xu Yuan nodded and smacked his lips: "You have lived for more than one hundred and twenty years!"
"I heard that the old man was still very lively when he returned to Qili Village. He said that a big insect broke into Qili Village a few years ago and was killed by the old man's palm..."
"And it is said that the old man died very strangely, as if he knew he was going to die. He asked his disciples to prepare everything a few days in advance, and also explained the funeral arrangements..."
"What happened more than a hundred years ago..."
Chu Mu frowned: "I guess no one can be sure, right?"
Xu Yuan shook his head: "I heard that it was determined by correcting the genealogy. I don't know if it is true or not."
Chu Mu put down his chopsticks. After hearing this secret, he lost his appetite and his heart surged like a tide, making it difficult to calm down!
More than one hundred and twenty years!
More than one hundred and twenty years old!
What is this concept?
Can martial arts lead to longevity?
Or, that old man has the secret to longevity?
Chu Mu's eyes flickered and his breathing seemed a little rapid.
He suddenly understood something.
Why did Li Jinghong, a member of a thousand households, suddenly lead people into the mountains after all the bandits were wiped out, and they had to dig graves and exhume corpses!
After exhuming the body, he brought it back, spread the news, laid a trap, and posted a wanted notice!
This is probably the reason for such a big fight...
More than one hundred and twenty years old!
If he were Qianhu, he would probably do the same thing!
Chu Mu gently caressed the wound on his abdomen, feeling the faint numbness and stinging pain. The original idea of taking care of him a little longer and delaying the time seemed to have disappeared.
In this world, there is never anything for nothing!
He remained unknown in the inspection station for more than a month. No one looked at him differently, and no opportunity came to him.
When he went into the mountains to suppress bandits, he showed off his martial arts for the first time, and after a fight, he was appreciated by Wu Shuo, and he gained the real martial arts that he had dreamed of, and he directly jumped into the military rank and crossed the hierarchy.
But if he hadn't taken the risk and fought, would he have received such a generous reward?
Obviously impossible.
He could only be like the original owner's father. After patrolling the inspection station for decades, he was still an ordinary inspection officer with no name and no influence. If he died... he would be dead!
Now...it seems to be another opportunity...
What a huge opportunity!
Despite this opportunity, the relationship with him...seems minimal...
But if he doesn't participate, it's a complete zero!
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