My lady, I'm going to rebel.

Doomed?

This was not only the thought of the people present, but also Lin Nan's thought.

Unfortunately, he had never seen Mu Zheng's Jeet Kune Do.

After so many moves, Mu Zheng had already seen through Lin Nan's sword moves. Just as Lin Nan was about to deliver a fatal blow to Mu Zheng, Mu Zheng's eyes suddenly became extremely sharp.

He suddenly pulled out the Luoyang sword from his waist with lightning speed and stopped Lin Nan's attack.

Lin Nan was horrified and tried to block the attack, but it was too late. The sharp edge of the Luoyang Sword instantly penetrated Lin Nan's defense and pierced directly into his chest.

Lin Nan's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief.

Don't you use a sword?

It's really fucked up!

As Lin Nan fell to the ground, Qi Yuxiu stood up directly and looked at Mu Zheng with a happy face.

The others at the scene were stunned, even forgetting to cheer or applaud. Because it all happened so suddenly, some people didn't even see clearly how Mu Zheng had a sword in his hand.

"I'm sorry, he pressed too hard, and in order to protect myself, I couldn't control my strength." Mu Zheng explained to Qi Xiao with a fist clasped.

"Uh..." Qi Xiao finally came to his senses, "Well, um, yes, I noticed."

Li Zhong stared at Mu Zheng with a half-smile, obviously he saw through Mu Zheng's lie.

According to Mu Zheng's strength, he was fully capable of killing Lin Nan, but he chose to start with his bare hands to show everyone that he had no ill intentions. Finally, he pretended to be defeated and forced to draw his sword. This way, the people present would not think that Mu Zheng was ruthless, but instead that Lin Nan was killed because he was too relentless.

What a scheming man!

However, he likes it!

Some were happy and some were sad that night.

Teng Qin knew that everything he had planned was over. Once the clan's protection authority was transferred, it would be almost impossible for him to compete with Qi Yuxiu for the position of lord.

He stood up in a daze and stumbled out of the house without even looking at Lin Nan's body.

Mu Zheng had been paying attention to his actions from the corner of his eyes. When he saw him disappear out the door, he also stood up to pee.

About a quarter of an hour later, Mu Zheng came back.

"Why did you take so long? Lord Li was looking for you just now." Qi Yuxiu said.

"Oh. I'm not familiar with the place and took the wrong road." Mu Zheng explained briefly, stood up and walked towards Li Zhong.

"Young man, you're not bad." Li Zhong's eyes were filled with admiration. "Are you interested in having a couple of drinks with me?"

Mu Zheng quickly put on a panicked expression, "Master Li, you are embarrassing me."

After two glasses of wine, Li Zhong casually asked, "Where are you from, young man? Who is your master?"

Mu Zheng knew that Li Zhong was investigating his background, so he quickly gave him the address of Xiejiabao.

He's not afraid of him checking.

Because Yunniang is there, and Yunniang's identity as his wife is his most real guarantee.

Afterwards, Li Zhong chatted with Mu Zheng for a while before asking him to leave.

There was singing and dancing, and delicious food and fish.

Although this ancient wine is not strong in alcohol, it can still make people drunk if they drink too much.

Mu Zheng wanted to sleep in, but was woken up by Gong Wen at dawn.

"Brother Mu, big news! Teng Qin is dead. I don't know who assassinated him in the alley."

Mu Zheng shook his head. Seeing Gong Wen's excitement, he felt very satisfied. "Are you happy?"

"Yeah!" Gong Wen nodded.

"There are even happier things."

"what?"

"Lin Nan is dead too."

"Ah? Who is saying this...Brother Mu, you..."

"Shh, I only killed Lin Nan."

Mu Zheng thought he could get some sleep after kicking Gong Wen out, but the boy kept jumping and dancing outside, crying and laughing, and even called out "Qian'er" several times.

All the sleepiness is gone.

After washing up, Qi Yuxiu also came. When she saw Mu Zheng, she immediately smiled like a flower, "Brother Mu, my father is looking for you."

"Okay. I just don't want to listen to some people howling here." Mu Zheng said.

After the two left, Zheng Chao touched Liu Yu and asked, "Do you think there's something wrong with that Miss Qi?"

"Huh?" Liu Yu looked confused. "What's the problem, Miss Qi?"

Zheng Chao smiled mysteriously, "She changed from Brother Mu to Big Brother Mu, and the most important thing is that she is cold to everyone she meets, except for Mu Zheng."

……

The Qi family father and daughter tacitly agreed not to ask any more questions about Teng Qin's death, but Mu Zheng could feel that the two of them looked at him with gratitude in their eyes.

After all, Teng Qin was dead, and there was almost no one left who could compete with Qi Yuxiu for the position of lord.

As expected, Qi Xiao directly gave Mu Zheng five horses and promised to let him build a horse farm on Xiang Island.

Mu Zheng was overjoyed at this generous gift. Firstly, he didn't have enough money to buy a horse, and secondly, if he could settle down in the alley, it would be much easier to control the horse.

"Besides, Daddy gave you four mares and one stallion." Qi Yuxiu added.

Mu Zheng's eyes widened. This surprise was even bigger. As long as the stallion worked hard, his stable would have four more ponies next year.

Just as he was about to thank her, a servant came running in hurriedly: "Master Qi, come quickly, my master is looking for you."

Mu Zheng recognized this boy; he was with Li Zhong yesterday.

"What happened?" Qi Xiao was surprised to see the man so panicked.

"My young master..."

"Hurry up and chase him. No matter what method you use, you must bring him back!"

Before the servant could finish his words, Li Zhong came in angrily. Upon seeing Qi Xiao, he hurriedly asked, "Lord Qi, please arrange a ship for me back to Donglai immediately. My useless son has run away."

what?

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Li Lian? Ran away?

No wonder he didn't go to the party yesterday.

Before Qi Xiao could say anything, Li Zhong saw Mu Zheng. "Young Master Mu, you're here too? Perfect! It saves me from having to look for you again. I'm sure you've heard why I came to Elephant Island. My son has offended many people while trading, and I've heard someone has hired someone to kill him. Now, I ask you to help me find him and protect him. You'll be handsomely rewarded if you succeed."

Mu Zheng didn't rush to agree, but instead asked Li Zhong, "Doesn't Master Li Lian know that he's in danger?"

This question was actually quite important. As a special forces soldier, he had been on similar missions before. If the target was cooperative, the mission had a high chance of success. But if the target was constantly acting up, the bodyguard's life might even be at stake.

"Ah! He knows, and yet he doesn't know."

"how do I say this?"

"I have always been against his business ventures and have used similar excuses to scare him before."

Seeing Li Zhong's face flush, Mu Zheng was speechless. Isn't this the story of the boy who cried wolf? You scare your son every day, but now he doesn't believe you.

But from another perspective, Li Lian cannot be considered cooperative, but he is not the kind of person who would cause trouble either.

You can accept this task!

Hearing that Mu Zheng agreed to his request, Li Zhong was also very happy, "Okay, okay, Young Master Mu is righteous. The situation is turbulent this year, and I bought 50 war horses from the Black Clan."

Uh……

Mu Zheng's smile froze. It turned out that he risked his life to complete the mission, but in the end the benefits fell into the hands of the Black Clan.

Qi Xiao hadn't expected such wealth to fall upon him so suddenly. He beamed and showered him with compliments. Seeing Mu Zheng's resentful look, he thought for a moment, "I'll give you three more mares!"

Mu Zheng snorted.

"Four horses, no more!"