Pick up a princess to be your wife

The butler was somewhat discouraged. Although he disliked Li Mu, he couldn't deny that Li Mu had some skills.

Otherwise, Li Mu, a peasant, would never have won the young lady's favor.

“I need to get some antiques from Jubao Pavilion,” Li Mu said.

"You still want to take antiques from Jubao Pavilion? These are my young lady's property!"

“I took the antique to save your young lady,” Li Mu said.

"Do you think you can trade antiques for Zhou Wanfu? You're being far too naive," the butler said coldly.

They had initially gained a sliver of confidence in Li Musheng, but that confidence was immediately shattered.

"You're the one who's naive to even ask that question," Li Mu said coldly, his face darkening.

“Zhou Wanfu has committed murder and arson, and we’re still giving him antiques? Isn’t that like throwing good money after bad? We should fight Zhou Wanfu to the death,” Li Ertie said irritably.

"Dare to risk your life for antiques?"

"Why are you talking so much nonsense? Either you trust my brother, or you try it yourselves," Li Ertie said coldly.

"Bring me an antique worth 50,000 taels of silver at market value, and I'll definitely be able to save He Xianzhi. As for the cost, consider it a loan from Jubaoge, and I'll repay it double in the future," Li Mu said.

The manager hesitated.

"Manager, this kid doesn't seem like he's trying to scam people."

"I don't trust him who talks about antiques worth tens of thousands of taels right off the bat."

“I think he just wants to take advantage of the situation to swindle money. This world is treacherous and people's hearts are evil. He is absolutely not trustworthy.”

Everyone said one after another.

The manager thought to himself that He Xianzhi had extended an olive branch to Li Mu three times, but he had not accepted it.

If it weren't for Li Mu's intervention last time, his young lady would have lost at least tens of thousands of taels of silver.

The manager had to admit that Li Mu was definitely not a person without principles.

If he were greedy, with his skills, he could make a fortune even from gambling on stones.

"Is the 50,000 taels you mentioned the purchase price?" the manager asked.

“It’s not the purchase price, but the maximum value of the antique. So you need to pay around five thousand taels for the cost, and gamble that I can rescue He Xianzhi,” Li Mu said.

So that's the purchase price. An antique worth 50,000 taels was only purchased for around 5,000 taels.

Given the cost, it's worth a try if Li Mu can rescue He Xianzhi.

Even if we lose money, it's only five thousand taels of silver.

"Fine, I'll believe you this once. But if you can't save Miss, I'll never forgive you."

The steward went to the storeroom himself, found a few antiques, and handed them to Li Mu.

"These dozen or so antiques are worth more than 50,000 taels of silver. Give me a timeframe, how long will it take to rescue the young lady?"

"At most two days, at the shortest tonight."

After saying that, Li Mu took the antique and left with Li Ertie.

With these antiques, Li Mu now had the means to confront Zhou Wanfu.

"Brother Ertie, go and gather the brothers and find me at that dilapidated temple on the outskirts of the city. I'm going to find someone," Li Mu said.

"Okay, I'll go find someone right away."

The two of them split up.

When Li Mu arrived at the dilapidated courtyard, he immediately exchanged all the antiques for points.

【Points: 59800】

Li Ertie had a total of thirteen brothers under his command, plus himself and Li Ertie, making a total of fifteen.

Therefore, Li Mu purchased fifteen narrow knives from the system.

【Points: 52300】

Having weapons alone is not enough. The opponent has more than a hundred knives, making their fighting strength almost one against nine. It's impossible for us to defeat them.

Therefore, it is best to wear armor.

A standard iron armor costs 1000 points, plus a helmet which costs 1000 points, for a total of 2000 points. Li Mu could arm a dozen or so people with that.

However, wearing ordinary iron armor is too conspicuous; the opponent can see through it at a glance, thus failing to achieve the effect of surprise.

Therefore, Li Mu set his sights on the chainmail, which cost five times more than ordinary iron armor.

Chainmail: 5000 points (without helmet)

Li Mu purchased ten sets of chainmail from the system.

【Points: 2300】

Li Mu originally wanted to wear a helmet, but after thinking about it carefully, he decided against it.

Having ten sets of chainmail would be enough to elevate the fighting power of Li Ertie's brothers by a whole level.

Half an hour later, Li Ertie arrived with his men.

Upon entering the dilapidated main room, one sees Li Mu standing at the entrance, grinning, but with a somewhat gloomy air about him.

When everyone saw what was placed on the ground, their eyes widened in astonishment.

"This is... a narrow sword?"

"My goodness, so many?"

"Brother, this..." Li Ertie was both surprised and delighted when he saw the narrow knife.

"What's a knife? Look at this." Li Mu grinned and sneered.

As soon as Li Ertie entered the room, his eyes were drawn to the gleaming narrow knife.

The things stacked together next to it were dark and dimly lit, making it impossible to see what they were.

When he lit the candle and looked closely, he was completely numb.

"Lock, lock, lock, chain, chain?"

When Li Mu managed to get his hands on a battle sword, Li Ertie figured he must have once again approached that important figure who was collecting antiques.

Although battle knives are strictly controlled, in today's world, it's not difficult to acquire one if you have the money.

Zhou Wanfu had over a hundred narrow knives in his possession.

But this armor is a real strategic resource.

The imperial court stipulated that ordinary people were not allowed to possess any form of sword, and anyone found doing so would be severely punished.

However, it didn't say how severely they would be punished.

However, the imperial court had a clear rule that anyone who privately possessed a set of armor would be considered to be committing treason and would be executed without exception; anyone who privately possessed three or more sets of armor would have their entire family executed.

Luyang County has a thousand government officials, but they don't even have a set of ordinary iron armor.

How rare are chainmail armor pieces? The Xuanjia Army, established by the founding emperor, was invincible and feared wherever it went.

However, of that elite force of only three thousand men, fewer than five hundred were equipped with chainmail.

Li Mu actually managed to get his hands on ten sets of chainmail?

How on earth did he do it?

"It really is chainmail, and brand new at that!"

"My goodness! I've only ever heard of chainmail in my entire life, this is the first time I've ever seen the real thing!"

"Master, what we're doing... could it be considered treason?" one of them asked Li Ertie.

"To hell with it, something is better than nothing!" Li Ertie said angrily.

"Bros."

Li Mu called out, and everyone turned around to face him.

“Now I, Li Mu, have been persecuted to the point of desperation by Zhou Wanfu. If I die, who knows who will be next?”

Now that I have no one to rely on, I can only rely on my brothers to pick up their knives and fight Zhou Wanfu to the death.

I know that all of you brothers have families. If you are unwilling, keep this a secret and leave. As long as I, Li Mu, am alive, I will still consider you a brother.

"If any of my brothers dare to fight me to the death today, I, Li Muding, will share life and death, and prosperity with them in the future."