I want to be innocent, but they don't allow me

Yang County, in the largest inn in the county.

In a fairly tidy guest room, Li Mu and the two girls sat around a table with a few side dishes on it.

"How could there be only one room left in such a big inn?"

Zhao Chuyi stared at Li Mu with a bad look in her eyes, as if asking Li Mu "was it you who did this?"

"Sir, why don't we eat in the hall? Those people just now seemed to be talking about the escape of the Lin family, the Wang family, and the Yan family."

Shanshan also looked at Li Mu with a puzzled expression, with some dissatisfaction in her tone, feeling that Li Mu had delayed her from listening to gossip.

Li Mu didn't listen to what the two said at all. He kept chopping his chopsticks and was excited.

"This 'Qian Yuan Liu Wu' is not named for nothing. If I had this sword technique in Prince Yan's mansion, at least I wouldn't have been beaten so badly by that old man. If I had run into that pervert yesterday, I would have taught him a lesson in a minute."

As he spoke, he glanced at Zhao Chuyi with a look of indignation in his heart.

"It's just that this mental method doesn't increase my Qi at all. I remember that I only read the "Hidden Blade Art" once, and the Qi in my body could flow on its own."

"Tell me if you did this on purpose!"

Zhao Chuyi slammed her hand on the table hard, and the sound interrupted Li Mu's thoughts.

Li Mu turned to look at her, his tone somewhat impatient.

"The inn was chosen by your maid, and she opened the guest room herself. What does it have to do with me?"

"Didn't you let her choose? There was an inn when we first entered the city, why didn't she choose that?"

Zhao Chuyi glanced at Shanshan and said suspiciously.

"Just be quiet, she is my guiding light."

As he said this, Li Mu gave Shanshan an affirmative look, meaning that you are lucky and you have the final say.

Seeing Li Mu looking at her, Shan Shan was about to speak when Li Mu interrupted her:

"Don't blame me. Ask her why she suddenly stopped wearing the veil."

Hearing this, Zhao Chuyi snorted coldly.

"I can wear it if I want to, and I can not wear it if I don't want to. It's none of your business."

Li Mu was too lazy to pay attention to this young lady. He muttered "idiot" and lowered his head to eat without saying anything else.

Zhao Chuyi was so angry that she wanted to bite Li Mu twice.

"I've got the sword skills. If you don't obey me, I'll just run away."

Li Mu thought evilly in his heart, then stood up and walked towards the bed.

"What are you going to do!"

At this time, Zhao Chuyi's voice sounded again from behind.

Li Mu stretched out his body, lay down on the bed with his clothes on, and said lazily,

"You slept all night, but I ran all night. I need to catch up on some sleep. Don't disturb me."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Mu saw Zhao Chuyi walking towards him angrily.

"You sleep here, where should I sleep?"

Zhao Chuyi stood at the head of the bed, pinching her waist, and questioned Li Mu with an angry look on her face.

Li Mu moved his body towards the bed, glanced at his side, and said casually,

"Girl, please help yourself."

After saying that, he no longer paid any attention to it, turned over, tilted his head inwards, closed his eyes and rested.

Seeing that Li Mu looked like he deserved a beating, Zhao Chuyi was so angry that she was about to pounce on him to fight him to see who was the man.

Fortunately, Shanshan pulled him back in time.

"Miss, Miss, the young master really didn't sleep all night."

Zhao Chuyi saw that she had a way out, so she stopped looking for trouble with Li Mu and turned to Shan Shan and said,

"You too, go take a break."

Shanshan nodded and walked towards the bed.

At this time, Zhao Chuyi called Shanshan.

"What are you doing?"

Shanshan turned to look at Zhao Chuyi in confusion.

"Didn't the young lady tell me to go to bed?"

Then Shanshan pointed to the seat that Li Mu had just vacated for Zhao Chuyi.

Zhao Chuyi narrowed her eyes slowly, and before she could open her mouth, Shanshan took the lead in arguing:

"I'll sleep on the floor, and I'll just take a pillow."

----

Qingfeng View, waterfall on the back mountain.

A Taoist priest who looked very young was meditating beside the waterfall, but his complexion looked very bad and his forehead was covered with sweat.

"Uncle Shanyuan, Li Mu killed two first-level masters of Ran Nu successively. Especially the one who rushed into the Prince of Yan's Mansion, he should have followed the inner family's path."

An obviously older Taoist priest approached the young Taoist priest and spoke respectfully.

Hearing this, the young Taoist slowly opened his eyes and nodded.

"It's good that Prince Yan's Mansion is fine. After all, Li Mu was once Master's apprentice. Even if he leaves the mountain gate, I still have to take care of him if I can."

The older Taoist nodded, thinking that what the new uncle said made sense.

"I heard that the headmaster went down the mountain a few days ago. I think he went to Yanshan City. Master still misses his former junior uncle."

After saying this, seeing that the young Taoist priest had closed his eyes again, the older Taoist priest bowed and left.

After the older Taoist priest walked away, the young mentor named Shanyuan suddenly opened his eyes, with an expression of surprise in his eyes that was beyond words.

"He can really practice!"

Then the surprise in his eyes turned into resentment, and after a moment he regained his composure and slowly closed his eyes, as if nothing had happened.

If Li Mu or Li Ling'er were here, they would find that the young Taoist priest who fell in a pool of blood and handed two bamboo slips to Li Mu was still sitting here.

At this time, a deep and deep voice came from all directions in the valley.

"Junior brother, I have delivered what you told me to do. Don't forget what you promised me."

Shan Yuan did not open his eyes, but showed a harmless smile on his face, and spoke slowly,

"Brother went down the mountain yesterday and returned today. He must have gone to Lingyin Pavilion."

At this time, the sound turned into a cough.

"Ahem, ahem, alright, I won't disturb you from your meditation."

As the sound disappeared, the valley returned to peace.

----

In a blink of an eye, the sky gradually darkened.

Yang County, in the inn.

Shanshan patted Li Mu's shoulder and called out,

"My son, my son."

Li Mu listened to the call in his ear, without opening his eyes, and subconsciously grabbed the two pairs of hands in front of the bed, calling out:

"Yuwei, Xiaozhao."

Then he fumbled with his hands for a few times, found something wrong, and opened his eyes to look.

Shanshan was looking at him shyly. The scene was hard to describe. Li Mu pulled his hand back as if he had been electrocuted.

Then he looked at the owner of the other hand, only to see that Zhao Chuyi had a frosty face and murderous intent in his eyes.

Li Mu cast a questioning look at her. Zhao Chuyi rolled her watery eyes and turned her gaze to her delicate hands which were still being kneaded by Li Mu from time to time.

Not long after, another five-finger mark appeared on Li Mu's face.

Li Mu knew he was in the wrong, so he did not argue. In Li Mu's opinion, if he had taken advantage, he had to admit it. If he hadn't, he would find a way to take advantage of it.

The three of them sat around the table and finished their dinner in silence. Li Mu was the first to speak.

"You two will take the bed and I'll sleep on the floor. Don't be too picky when you're out and about."

Li Mu looked at Zhao Chuyi intentionally or unintentionally, indicating, "Don't look at others, I'm talking about you."

Shanshan nodded, as if thinking, "What you said makes sense, sir."

Shortly after,

Li Mu, who was lying on the floor, suddenly opened his eyes with a puzzled look.

"There's someone on the roof? Or two? Could they have been found so quickly?"

Thinking of this, Li Mu quickly stood up, put on his outer robe, glanced at the two people sleeping soundly on the bed. When he was wondering whether it would be dangerous to leave these two people here, his eyes suddenly lit up.

He took out some change from his waist and told Shanshan a fortune. He felt a little jealous.

"This is truly the child of destiny."