Pick up a princess to be your wife

Xiao Yunfei led his remaining troops into the city, where many civilians came out to greet him.

The people, seeing their sons return, shed tears of joy.

The people who did not live to see their sons were plunged into grief.

Li Mu told his brothers to go home, and those with families to go back and let them know they were safe.

Li Mu returned home shortly after dawn.

For the past two days, Li Tian and his companion haven't gone to work; they've been staying at home waiting.

Seeing Li Mu return safely, the couple finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Erlang is back!" Li Tian stepped forward and gave Li Mu a bear hug.

"It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back. I can finally rest easy." Wang Xiulian was so excited that she almost cried.

"Are you starving?" Li Tian asked.

"Yeah, I haven't eaten anything all night," Li Mu said.

"I'll make you breakfast right away. Go change your clothes and wash off the bloodstains." After saying that, Wang Xiulian hurriedly ran to the kitchen.

"You're back so soon? Did you win or lose?" Li Tian asked with concern as he followed behind Li Mu.

“We lost the battle; a thousand men died,” Li Mu replied.

"Those damned bandits, they're beasts!" Li Tian said angrily.

Then he quickly looked Li Mu over and asked, "Are you injured?"

"I have a slight strain in my left arm, but it's nothing serious. I'll be fine after a couple of days of rest," Li Mu said.

"That's good, that's good. Go wash up quickly, and then have breakfast. There's some medicinal wine at home; I'll take it to your room later," Li Tian said.

"Ah."

After taking a shower and changing his clothes, Li Mu sat at the table in the main room, his stomach growling loudly.

Li Xin glanced at Li Mu from time to time.

She was always worried that Li Mu was missing some parts, so she checked several times before she dared to believe that Li Mu was intact.

After breakfast, Li Tian and his wife went out.

Li Xin sat opposite Li Mu, blinking her big eyes as she asked, "How many people were killed?"

"We wounded a few and killed one," Li Mu replied.

"Killing one earns you military merit, so can you join the army?" Li Xin asked.

"You seem to have a great interest in killing people?" Li Mu asked with a suspicious look.

"No, I was just asking casually."

That morning, Li Tian and his wife exchanged eight hundred words of concern.

She wanted to say something, but didn't know what to say.

Anyway, her thinking was simple: as long as Li Mu wasn't killed, he could go out and kill whoever he wanted.

"I haven't slept all night, I'm so tired, I'm going to go to sleep now," Li Mu said.

"Okay, I'm going to the pawn shop then." Li Xin said and immediately went out.

As soon as Li Xin stepped out, a carriage arrived at Li Mu's door.

After a long time, no one got off the carriage.

"Miss, do you want to go in or not?" Xiao Lan asked.

"I just saw Mr. and Mrs. Li leaving the house laughing and talking on the way. I suppose Mr. Li has returned safely," He Xianzhi said.

"Then let's go back." After saying that, Xiaolan was about to tell the driver to turn around.

"No, go and knock on the door first," He Xianzhi said.

Li Mu must have returned safely, otherwise Li Tian and his wife wouldn't be smiling.

But He Xianzhi was still worried that Li Mu would get hurt.

Since we're already here, we should at least take a look.

"Okay, I'll go knock on the door."

Xiao Lan pushed open the courtyard gate, walked straight in, and went to the door of the small room, pushing the door open.

Li Mu sat shirtless on the bed, massaging his left shoulder.

The medicinal wine his brother gave him was quite effective.

My shoulder was initially in excruciating pain after I relaxed, but it's actually much better now.

Xiao Lan blushed slightly upon seeing this.

"You scoundrel," she cursed.

"You didn't even knock before pushing the door open, who's the hooligan here?" Li Mu retorted.

"Uh..." Xiao Lan was immediately embarrassed.

Then he turned around and left.

"Who cares about you?"

Xiao Lan left, and Li Mu continued massaging his shoulders.

Not long after, He Xianzhi and Xiao Lan arrived together.

However, He Xianzhi did not enter the room, but only called out from outside.

"Master Li."

"Miss He has arrived. Please wait in the main room for a moment, I will be right out."

Li Mu got dressed and went to the main room.

"Are you injured?" He Xianzhi asked.

"It's just a minor injury, nothing serious," Li Mu said with a faint smile.

Seeing that Li Mu was alright, He Xianzhi was relieved.

"It's okay."

"Thank you for your concern, Miss He."

"I've come to you to discuss a business deal. Ten Divine Arm Crossbows, fifty Ten Thousand Stone Bows, fifty sets of chainmail—how many antiques do you need?" He Xianzhi asked.

Upon hearing that business was coming his way, Li Mu immediately perked up.

Li Mu quickly browsed the system store to check prices.

The Divine Crossbow is worth 8000 points, and the Myriad Stone Bow is worth 3000 points.

A recurve bow costs 2000 points, but the Wan Shi bow, which is many times more powerful than a recurve bow, is only 1000 points more expensive.

The system's prices weren't something Li Mu should worry about; what he should do was quote prices to He Xianzhi.

According to the system's prices, He Xianzhi needs a total of 480,000 points, which is equivalent to 480,000 taels of antiques. However, the capital He Xianzhi needs to provide is actually about 10%, or about 50,000 taels.

However, Li Mu is not one to do good deeds.

"An antique worth 600,000 taels will suffice," Li Mu said.

He Xianzhi quickly calculated that she could take out some counterfeit goods and keep the cost to around 40,000 taels.

Based on current prices, she could ask the governor for 500,000 taels of silver.

This single deal could earn her over ten times the profit, making her rich overnight.

He Xianzhi originally wanted to ask Li Mu how much he could earn, but she didn't ask.

"Deal." He Xianzhi agreed immediately.

Li Mu earned over 100,000 points from this single order.

A deal that makes a killing.

Small businesses make money too slowly; only big businesses can make you rich overnight.

“I have one condition,” He Xianzhi said.

"Please speak, Miss He."

"I need you to help me escort this batch of supplies to Yaoguan," He Xianzhi said.

"completely fine."

"We must depart now, the day after tomorrow, and deliver the supplies to Yaoguan as soon as possible."

"Row."

"Are you alright?" He Xianzhi asked again.

“Miss He made a suggestion, so even if there’s a minor injury, or even if you lose an arm or a leg, it must be done,” Li Mu said with a soft laugh.

After He Xianzhi nodded, he left with Xiao Lan.

"Keep a close eye on him these next two days and see where he got all these supplies," He Xianzhi said.

"He appeared out of thin air, so there's no point in me following him, right?"

"Just follow me."

"understood."

In the afternoon, many refugees pulled carts carrying thousands of corpses to the outskirts of Luyang County.

Family members came forward to claim the items.

These people originally thought they would never see their loved ones' bodies again.

But now that someone has brought their bodies back, they are so grateful that they kowtow to the refugees repeatedly.

Outside the city, there was a chorus of weeping.