Chapter 188: The Cruel Truth

Li Mu felt as if he had had a very long dream.

In the dream, it was as if he had died once, and he even heard the crying of many people mourning him. After the crying, he was placed in a coffin and buried in the cold earth.

He wanted to struggle, wanted to open his eyes to tell these people he was not dead, but he could not; he had lost control of himself.

Afterward, a group of people dug up his grave and rescued him from the coffin.

Logically speaking, this was a good thing, after all, he had not really died.

But at the thought of his grave being dug up, he felt somewhat depressed.

He did not know why he felt depressed; perhaps he felt that having one's grave dug up was not a good thing. After all, the King of Chu in the past had his grave dug up and his corpse whipped by Wu Wu Zixu.

Just at this moment, Li Mu's body suddenly shook, and he slowly opened his eyes.

After opening his eyes, his first feeling was that his body was very stiff and somewhat difficult to control. Even though Su Xuan had left him one soul, preserving a glimmer of life so that his body had not died, his two souls and seven spirits had been away from his body for too long. Suddenly returning to his body, he still needed some time to adapt.

Besides this, Li Mu's second feeling was hunger.

He had never been as hungry as he was now.

Counting from the time his soul was snatched to the time his soul returned to its place, he had not eaten or drunk for a long time. Even with only one soul left, the energy consumed to maintain the body's functions was still not small. Fortunately, he was a strong warrior well-versed in martial arts, which allowed him to hold on for so long.

The people beside Li Mu seemed to know that Li Mu would be very hungry after waking up.

When Li Mu opened his eyes, an elixir had already been brought to his lips.

"Eat it. After eating, your hunger will be somewhat better."

Li Mu's head was still in a dazed state, not fully awake, but his body's instinct still made him feel some caution, and he did not open his mouth.

What if this was poison?

Unfortunately, he seemed to have no choice. Just at this moment, an invisible force urged him to open his mouth, and the elixir fell into his mouth; he was forced to swallow it.

As the elixir went down his throat, a warm current surged. Li Mu suddenly found that his hunger had decreased significantly, and at the same time, his dazed head suddenly cleared up.

He sat up abruptly and found that he was in a carriage, and beside him sat a young man in black robes; the elixir from before seemed to have been taken out by him.

"Who are you?"

Li Mu looked at the other party with some curiosity and asked.

"My name is Su Xuan, and now, I am considered a person of Qin Guo!" Su Xuan did not hide it and answered Li Mu.

The words 'Qin Guo' reached Li Mu's ears, and his eyes suddenly sharpened, "Where do you intend to take me?"

This carriage was in motion, and he had appeared on it inexplicably; it was clearly the work of the Qin people. Li Mu really wanted to know what the Qin people intended to do.

"Xianyang!"

Xianyang was the capital of Qin Guo. This Qin person actually wanted to take him there?

Upon hearing this, Li Mu was shocked, and without a word, he chose to strike, throwing a punch at Su Xuan.

Li Mu's experience was very similar to Bai Qi's; he also walked from the lowest-ranking soldier to a high position step by step. Before returning to the court to resist Qin Guo, he had been fighting the Xiongnu in the border areas. He had once used a Zhenyue sword to crush a hundred-thousand-strong Xiongnu army. The northern land had a fierce folk culture, and the Xiongnu were even more valiant. When Li Mu fought the Xiongnu, he often fought personally, so his strength was extremely impressive; even in the world of martial arts, he could be called an expert.

This punch could be described as fast, accurate, and ruthless.

Unfortunately, he encountered Su Xuan.

When the fist reached Su Xuan, it was as if it had hit an iron wall. Even Li Mu could not help but feel pain in his fist.

Following that, Su Xuan flicked his finger, and Li Mu felt his whole body go limp; all his strength disappeared.

Li Mu's expression changed slightly, feeling the loss of his strength, and he could not help but look at Su Xuan with narrowed eyes, "What exactly do you want to do?"

"I said, I want to take you to Xianyang!" Su Xuan said: "General Li, it is better not to struggle. This time, my King has specifically named you, wanting me to bring you back."

"Also, don't think about escaping back to Handan."

"In the eyes of those people in Handan, you are already a dead person."

"Even if you go back alive, some people, in order to let the facts that have already happened continue, will choose to kill you again. It is impossible to let you live."

Hearing Su Xuan's words, Li Mu was extremely shocked.

Earlier, he had had a dream, dreaming that he seemed to have died.

He did not take it seriously, but now, after hearing Su Xuan's words, he suddenly had a guess.

Could it be that those things were not dreams, but things that had really happened?

In the eyes of most people, he had indeed died once?

This kind of thing sounded unbelievable, but Li Mu had seen great storms and waves in his life. Since he thought of this possibility, he could not help but regard it as part of the truth.

Thinking of this, he felt uncomfortable.

Afterward, he looked at Su Xuan with increasing hatred, "Did you do it?"

"It was indeed me!" Su Xuan nodded, not hiding it.

Feeling Li Mu's increasingly hateful gaze, he said: "General Li, you don't have to look at me like that. Even if I didn't make a move, Zhao Qian and Guo Kai would not tolerate you. You probably don't know, they already harbor murderous intent toward you. The matter of killing you was originally their instruction!"

Li Mu was incredulous, "Impossible!"

"There is nothing impossible. When you reprimanded Zhao Qian's birth mother, Chang Ji, years ago, the hidden danger was already buried. Guo Kai is even more of a petty person who holds grudges. In the past, because the King of Zhao relied on you, he could endure the hatred in his heart. Now that the King of Zhao is dead, no one can protect you anymore. To them, your existence is already deeply an eyesore."

Su Xuan's voice was very calm, but it fell into Li Mu's ears, causing his heart to tremble.

He could not help but think of the rumors that had suddenly spread in Handan earlier. The words he used to reprimand Chang Ji years ago had been brought up again by someone. Now, he had the answer.