"Dad..."
"Shut up!" Guo Yan slapped his son in the face, making him dizzy again:
"I usually indulge you too much... Bring him back to me!"
After saying this, City Lord Guo Yan quickly mounted his horse and said one last thing to Qiao Mu before leaving:
"Qiao Mu, if you change your mind, you can report to the City Lord's Mansion at any time."
He immediately took these soldiers and rode away quickly on horseback.
Qiao Mu remained silent and watched the city lord ride away on horseback.
He keenly noticed that when the city lord said the last sentence, he was glancing at other people on the street out of the corner of his eye.
After the city lord leaves.
The crowd's discussions quickly became noisy.
"Our city lord is really magnanimous. He actually let the young hero named Qiao Mu go!"
"Tsk tsk, even though the city lord's son is a useless dandy, the city lord still listens to reason."
"That young hero Qiao Mu is also lucky. After all this trouble, he has caught the eye of the city lord. If he joins the city defense army, he will surely be able to get a position as an officer."
The discussion trend of the crowd changed quietly, and most people were praising the city lord for his magnanimity and admiring Qiao Mu's heroic act.
Obviously, what he just did has become famous among this group of people.
Qiao Mu just frowned and listened, but didn't take it too seriously.
He doesn't care about reputation, it's just a material thing.
What he pursues is martial arts and his own strength.
Just like what happened today, the city lord has the biggest fist, so he is the law, he is the principle of this city.
In the chaotic ancient times, force was the iron rule.
So what he cared about most at this moment was actually only one thing.
"After all this time, the atmosphere is like this, and I have even thought of my last words, why am I still alive?" He looked up at the sky blankly, feeling greatly shocked.
"The city lord and his son really have bad intentions. They don't even want me to die!"
Qiao Mu was indignant, but when his heart sank and he saw the Ouroboros Longevity Lock in his mind again, he was shocked again.
The Ouroboros longevity lock was still emitting a faint light in his mind, and it did not lose its light just because Qiao Mu was out of danger.
According to Qiao Mu's previous experience, when the longevity lock glows, it means that the death rating has increased.
But now, this longevity lock is burning in my mind like a light bulb.
What does this mean
Qiao Mu thought for a long time and made a bold guess.
"My death rating did not disappear with the city lord's departure. Does this mean... if I die now, I can still get a higher death rating?"
So here comes the question.
Are the trees of today any different from those of the past
Qiao Mu looked around.
Wherever his eyes went, many people on the street smiled and nodded to him, and the blue-clothed swordsman just now thanked them solemnly.
Qiao Mu understood immediately.
If he died now, he would die as a "young hero who cursed the mayor of Yancheng in the street", rather than as an unknown person like Qiao Mu.
So, Qiao Mu understood.
He suddenly realized the correct way to activate this "immortality" ability.
Death is a good thing for trees.
But he didn't die, which is still a good thing for Qiumu!
As long as Qiao Mu continues to stand up for justice, his reputation and fame will continue to rise.
In this way, when Qiumu finally dies, it will be a spectacular and high-quality death!
If you succeed in committing suicide, you can become stronger at the cost of your age!
If you fail in your attempt to commit suicide, you can continue to stack BUFFs and improve your death rating until the day Qiumu dies.
It's like a gamble.
Qiao Mu put his life on the gambling table.
Winning the bet means life, losing the bet means death.
If the bet wins and he is still alive, the chips will continue to accumulate, more and more.
The day he dies is the day the chips on the gambling table are converted into cash!
In this way, in the gamble of life, no matter whether he wins or loses, he will make a lot of money!
Win-win! I win on both sides!
Chapter 12: Half of the Boxing Manual, Life and Death
Inside the City Lord’s Mansion.
Mr. Guo was lying on his back on a bench, with a doctor next to him applying medicine to his wounds, trying to reduce the swelling on his cheek which had swelled up like a pig's head.
The city lord Guo Yan was sitting nearby, looking at the injuries of his only son with a stern look on his face.
The old man in gray who had captured Qiao Mu earlier stood quietly by the side.
"Dad, why did you recruit that villain named Qiao Mu?" Master Guo said vaguely with his swollen eyes open.
Guo Yan waved his hand to let the doctors and maids who were serving him leave, leaving only the old man in gray standing there, and then he spoke:
"Why rush? If he joins the Yancheng army, there are ten thousand ways to kill him."
Guo Yan closed his eyes and spoke in a calm and composed tone.
He just realized that the resentment against his son among the people of Yancheng had reached such a level that it only took a passerby who spoke up for justice to ignite the fire.
After subduing Qiao Mu, he did not kill him on the spot simply because he still wanted to be a city lord who was kind-hearted and magnanimous in the eyes of the people.
Inviting Qiao Mu to join the army was just his way of defusing the current turmoil.
If this succeeds, it is possible that it will become a good story of respecting the wise and humble in the future.
After all, although his son was beaten black and blue, Qiao Mu was, after all, just a young warrior who had not yet developed internal strength. With the means and abilities of the city lord Guo Yan, he felt that he could easily control him, and naturally there was no need to simply and brutally kill him in public.
Thinking of this, he opened his eyes and looked down at his only son coldly. That look made Master Guo's heart tremble and he stopped muttering.
"You are such a rebellious son. You should have been punished long ago. Otherwise, you will get into trouble sooner or later."
"A warrior who has not yet developed his inner strength is willing to sacrifice his life to capture you. What if it happens to someone else whom you cannot afford to offend in the future?"
"Your Excellency?" Master Guo noticed this key word:
"Is there any dignitary coming to Yancheng recently?"
As the oldest second-generation rich man in Yancheng, he is naturally not inferior to anyone.
The noble person whom even the city lord cannot afford to offend must be a fierce dragon from outside Yancheng.
City Lord Guo Yan looked at him coldly and said:
"For the past month, you are confined to the mansion and are not allowed to go out."
"Why?" Mr. Guo was immediately depressed. He was walking on the street and was suddenly beaten up and threatened by someone grabbing his collar. Now he has to be confined to his house after the incident? Is this reasonable
Guo Yan thought for a moment before speaking in a low voice:
"It is said that the current emperor may visit the area near Yancheng within the next month. You are confined to prevent you from getting killed for no reason."
One of the main reasons why he tried his best to maintain his popularity in Yancheng was because of the possible appearance of the Great Yan Emperor.
"Emperor of Dayan? It is said? Is this news reliable?" Master Guo widened his eyes.
"How could the emperor possibly report the details of his trip to your father? Who knows if it will attract assassins?" The city lord sneered:
"You must stay in this mansion for this month and are not allowed to go out again."
Mr. Guo lowered his head and remained silent, but after a moment he could not help but ask again:
"But that tree..."
"You don't have to worry about his affairs anymore." City Lord Guo Yan closed his eyes:
"Whether he accepts the invitation to join our Yancheng garrison or not, we have plenty of ways to deal with him."
"It would be easier if he joined."
"Hasn't there been a group of bandits rampant in the East Mountain outside the city recently? Then we can send him into battle and die."
... .
On the streets of the inner city.
Qiao Mu walked through the crowd that was gradually becoming noisy, and bent down to pick up the blind stick that had rolled to his feet.
Seven or eight steps away, Qiao Canxue was groping around with his eyes closed, his brows furrowed nervously.
The commotion just now was quite serious, with people trying to avoid being whipped and soldiers surrounding the street. The blind stick in Qiao Canxue's hand was also squeezed out by the crowd.
Although she was once a descendant of a powerful martial arts family, she was first and foremost a blind person.
Normally, they can rely on sensory abilities such as hearing and smell to make up for the lack of vision and live like normal people.
But if the surrounding environment is more complicated, she will be at a loss.
Qiao Mu picked up the blind stick and walked to her side, handing it to Qiao Canxue who was still groping around blindly.
Qiao Canxue grabbed the cane and subconsciously nodded and bowed to express his gratitude, but after a moment, his nostrils twitched slightly, and his originally frowned brows relaxed a little.
"Did you just beat the city lord's son?" Qiao Canxue asked.
As for what happened just now, except for the fact that Qiao Canxue could guess most of it at the beginning, she was not very clear about what happened afterwards.
Qiao Mu led her back to the alley in the outer city and explained what had just happened.
"You slapped the city lord's son a few times, and the city lord wants to recruit you to join the Yancheng garrison?" Qiao Canxue paused and shook his head.
"That doesn't sound like a good thing."
"If this city lord is really a kind-hearted person who repays evil with kindness, then why would he spoil his only son to such an extent? So..."
"So I'm going to take charge of the City Lord's Mansion!" Qiao Mu said decisively.
"... ..Did you not understand what I said? If you enter the City Lord's Mansion, you will be like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth."
"Every crisis is an opportunity." Qiao Mu's eyes flickered with excitement.
"Don't forget this city lord, he is likely a member of the Wu Ji Society."
If the city lord has bad intentions, then he will most likely die if he goes to the city lord's mansion!
If the city lord is really a wise man who repays evil with kindness, then Qiao Mu can also take this opportunity to join the Yancheng army and get closer to the city lord Guo Yan, who is suspected to be a member of the Wu Ji Society.
The more dangerous it was, the more he wanted to get in.
Anyway, no matter whether he dies or not, I won’t lose anything anyway!
"If the city lord is a member of the Wu Ji Association, given his status as a city lord, he must be no ordinary person in the Wu Ji Association."
"Then he either has a method to decipher the Tadpole Code, or he has more information about the plan to assassinate the emperor."
Qiao Mu did not forget that his ultimate goal was to infiltrate the Wu Ji Society and try his best to participate in the plan to assassinate the emperor.
Then he died a hapless death at the scene of the assassination of the emperor!
Qiao Canxue listened attentively to Qiao Mu's plan, and a strange look flashed across his face.
Just now, he had stepped in to help the city lord, grabbing the city lord's son's neck and threatening the lord of the city.
Now he has decided to risk his life to join the city lord’s army, just because the city lord is suspected to be a member of the Wu Ji Society... Is it really necessary for him to go to this extent
"He said before that he planned to assassinate the emperor and use the power of the Great Yan Dynasty to destroy the Wu Ji Society. It really wasn't empty talk." Qiao Canxue followed Qiao Mu step by step into the alley.