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

Chapter 770: Chips and Cooperation.

Li Mu had a smile in his eyes, but the smile did not reach his eyes.

He pulled his hand back calmly and said in a puzzled tone,

"I don't quite understand what my aunt said."

Meng Siyu stared at Li Mu with affectionate eyes, curled her lips slightly, and smiled faintly,

"Xiao Ning looks like me, doesn't Qing Yi think so?"

Li Mu naturally felt that it was more than just resemblance. Ge Peining's mature makeup was completely imitating Meng Siyu.

But he didn't intend to continue what Meng Siyu said.

Meng Siyu was really abnormal today. If it was just her eccentric personality, Li Mu could still pretend not to care.

But now, Meng Siyu's abacus beads were about to fly to his face.

Li Mu took a deep breath, put away his smile, and said seriously,

"Aunt, Sister Ning'er is my wife..."

"Of course I know."

Meng Siyu seemed to not understand Li Mu's words at all. She looked at Li Mu infatuatedly with her beautiful eyes and spoke in a soft and charming voice.

"Isn't this better?"

Hearing this, the muscles at the corners of Li Mu's eyes twitched and he almost lost control of his expression.

He closed his eyes, calmed down his excitement, and spoke seriously.

"What exactly does Auntie want to do?"

Meng Siyu tilted her head and looked at Li Mu for a long time, then shrugged and chuckled.

He picked up the wine cup in front of him and drank it all, then put away his smile and said in a neutral tone,

"Cooperation, you and I, the Yin-Yang School and the Medical School."

Li Mu nodded, picked up the wine glass, shook it towards Meng Siyu, raised his head and drank it.

"Aunt, please speak."

"Medical treatment, casting, city defense, and sacrifices. These were previously controlled by the Yin-Yang family."

"But in reality, the promotion and dispatch of officials, and the actual collection of taxes in various states, also have to go through the hands of the Yin-Yang family."

"Li Mu, do you know what this means?"

Meng Siyu leaned forward slightly, staring straight at Li Mu.

But to her disappointment, she did not notice anything unusual on Li Mu's face.

"Does this mean that the Yin-Yang family is the local emperor of this capital city?"

Li Mu remained calm and answered calmly.

In the previous capital, everyone from the royal family to the officials and wealthy businessmen could only go to Ruoshui Hall to consult the sorcerers there for medical treatment.

It’s not that they don’t trust doctors, but the royal family doesn’t allow it.

Although the Mohists mastered the manufacturing method of Xingwei armor, they had no control over the process or the royal family's control over Xingwei armor.

All weapons and armor of the Xing Dynasty were made by the Yin-Yang School.

Not to mention the city defense.

Whether it is the government office or the guards at the city gates, the shadow of the Yin-Yang School can be seen.

As for sacrifices, Zou Xing, as the state teacher, never stopped performing the three hexagrams every year.

What Li Mu did not expect was that the promotion and transfer of officials and even the taxation were actually related to the Yin-Yang School.

Meng Siyu seemed to see Li Mu's doubts and just mentioned two names silently.

"The Imperial Censor Wei Yan, and the Dark Ice Guard Commander Zou Pu."

Although Wei Yan came from a Confucian school, previous events did show that he had long been in collusion with the Yin-Yang School.

As for Zou Pu... Li Mu was a little confused.

Although this man is cunning, he is very loyal to Emperor Hongwen.

If he was a traitor, he should have been dealt with long ago.

Emperor Hongwen would not specifically take him with him when he led the Northern Expedition this time.

"Zou Pu too?" Li Mu asked his doubts.

Meng Siyu shook her head, her lips slightly raised.

"Zou Pu is indeed loyal to Emperor Hongwen, but do you think that the Yin-Yang family spends so much manpower every year just to find disciples with friendly physiques?"

"Auntie means..."

Li Mu raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he had thought of something.

Meng Siyu smiled and said,

"Even if it's the emperor's decree, it has to be able to leave the capital. Otherwise, it's just a piece of waste paper."

Li Mu smiled secretly, it was exactly as he thought.

No wonder Emperor Hongwen was so anxious that his hair turned white. Knowing that the prince had the intention of usurping the throne, he still took the risk and eliminated the Yin-Yang family.

"So, what exactly is this cooperation that Auntie is talking about?"

Meng Siyu stood up and, under Li Mu's puzzled and shocked gaze, sat astride his lap.

She put her thin lips close to Li Mu's ear and whispered softly,

"The medical families are spread all over Jiuzhou, with at least 100,000 disciples, and their strengths all start from the third level."

"The wealth and farmland he controls is close to more than 20% of the total in the entire Xing Dynasty."

"The medical family has Xiao Ning, me, and Xiao Qin who was kidnapped by you, a bad boy."

Meng Siyu raised her head, looked at Li Mu with burning eyes, and said word by word,

"So Qingyi, you will definitely choose a doctor, right?"

"Gudong."

Li Mu swallowed his saliva and failed to push the person away immediately, and then he found that he seemed to have no strength left.

He leaned back slightly, creating some distance between him and Meng Siyu, and then he said in a dry voice,

"Based on, based on the friendship between me and Sister Ning'er..."

"I never believed in friendship!"

Before Li Mu could finish speaking, Meng Siyu's face changed and she interrupted him.

Li Mu frowned and was about to push Meng Siyu's hand away, but instead placed it on her waist.

Meng Siyu's body froze for a moment, then immediately returned to normal, raised her arms to wrap around Li Mu's neck, and said seriously,

"I only believe in profit. The medical profession is completely under my control. Those are the chips I can offer."

Li Mu narrowed his eyes, his tone without any emotion.

"So, Sister Ning'er is also your bargaining chip?"

Meng Siyu did not avoid Li Mu's gaze and admitted without hesitation.

"That's right, you have many women around you, and none of them are inferior to Xiao Ning in appearance."

"I can't bet on a man's illusory feelings."

Hearing this, Li Mu's expression became a little weird. He put a little more force on the hand on the slender waist, and his tone was playful.

"What about this, aunt?"

Meng Siyu did not dodge, and even twisted her waist slightly, staring at Li Mu with her eyes full of spring water,

“That’s an advantage, isn’t it?”

"As long as you want, I will convince Xiao Ning."

"You only care about your face. I can solve all these for you."

"Ah."

Li Mu smiled, and stretched out his hand to hold Meng Siyu's slender waist, pulling her into his arms again, and put his lips close to her earlobe, and said in a hoarse voice,

"You impressed me."

Meng Siyu felt the heat beside her ear and her body trembled involuntarily.

Then he turned his head and bit Li Mu's neck, mumbling,

"You really are a beast in human clothing."

"hiss."

Li Mu took a deep breath, grabbed Meng Siyu's neck, pulled her up roughly, and sneered,

"Thank you for the compliment, but I'm more curious about what kind of cooperation could make Auntie spend so much money on it."

Meng Siyu curled her lips and looked at Li Mu with more admiration.

The fact that she could still remain rational at a time like this meant that she had not misjudged the person.

He reached out and stroked Li Mu's cheek, and said word by word,

"To clamp down on hundreds of families, only you follow their lead. Is such a cooperation worth spending so much money?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Mu's expression changed uncontrollably for a moment.

It’s not because Meng Siyu’s words were so bold, but because her thoughts coincided with Li Mu’s.

Meng Siyu keenly noticed Li Mu's change, curled her lips slightly, and chuckled,

"scared?"

Li Mu did not deny it, but just stared at the woman in front of him quietly.

Seeing this, Meng Siyu stroked Li Mu's lips with her thumb, leaned forward, tilted her head back and kissed him.