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

Chapter 445 Li Mu’s cowardice.

Immediately, with a 'bang', Li Mu kicked the door open.

What caught my eye was a woman about forty years old, lying on the round table in the hall in tattered clothes.

Next to him was a young man dressed in luxurious brocade clothes. His face seemed to be covered with mist and his features could not be seen clearly.

At the same time, the woman's wailing cries seemed to come from all directions and reached Li Mu's ears.

However, to Li Mu's surprise, the two men seemed to be under a spell of immobilization, standing there motionless.

Li Mu frowned and looked back at the courtyard. Only then did he realize that those people were just like the maids and servants when he entered the mansion. Although their expressions were much more lively, they were just repeating the same thing.

"This is...memory?"

Li Mu immediately made a judgment on this strange scene. It was obviously not all that happened in the Duke's Mansion that day.

It was most likely an illusion formed by what Ying Yu saw and heard, plus her imagination.

Looking at a wardrobe in the hall, Li Mu knew that Ying Yu was hiding in it.

Judging from the situation in the house, he must have heard the entire process of the incident, but it was a good thing that he did not witness it with his own eyes.

Li Mu couldn't believe what kind of trauma Ying Yu would be left with if he witnessed his mother being humiliated.

Walking slowly towards the closet, Li Mu stretched out his trembling hand towards the closet door.

At this moment, the scenery around me suddenly changed, and everything around me seemed to be swallowed up by darkness and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

The crying and lewd laughter in my ears also disappeared.

Li Mu's eyes quickly swept around, not knowing what had happened. Then he heard the sobbing voice of a little girl.

"Mother, I'm so scared...Where is Daddy? Where is Big Brother?"

"Mother, why are you crying? I was very obedient. I didn't cry or make any sound..."

Li Mu immediately confirmed that it was Ying Yu's voice, and then a Ying Yu who looked much younger than he is now appeared in front of Li Mu.

She covered her mouth with her hands, tears welling up in her eyes. Although she tried her best to suppress it, her body trembled instinctively.

"Daddy, I'm so scared. Where are you? Mommy is crying. Daddy...why don't you come find me?"

Li Mu listened to the voice that came from an unknown direction and confirmed that this was probably what Ying Yu was thinking at the moment.

Suddenly, Ying Yu pushed the door open, and a white light appeared in front of him.

The surrounding scenery changed and returned to that room again.

Ying Yu crossed his arms across his chest and tremblingly moved towards the door.

"Sixth Prince, this little girl hid in the water tank and I found her."

"Little girl? No wonder we couldn't find her after searching for so long..."

"Vengeance is over! You promised to let Hongluan go!"

"I did promise to let him go today, but tomorrow... I'm not sure."

Following the sound coming from outside the house, Ying Yu paused, then turned around and ran into the house.

The next moment, the surrounding scenery changed again, and it seemed to be an inconspicuous corner of the Duke's Mansion.

Ying Yu staggered to the wall, looked around in panic, bent his legs, and disappeared on the spot.

Li Mu was stunned for a moment, then hurried forward to check, only to find a dog hole hidden under the knee-high weeds.

However, after Li Mu climbed over the high wall, he still could not find any trace of Ying Yu. Given Ying Yu's age, how could he disappear just after coming out of the dog hole?

"Master, the illusion cannot be judged by common sense..."

At this moment, Xun Meng's voice came from my mind.

Li Mu was stunned for a moment, then he understood Xun Meng's meaning, thought for a moment and closed his eyes.

After a moment, Li Mu opened his eyes and the surrounding scenery had changed. It seemed to be somewhere in the capital.

The sky was covered with dark clouds and heavy rain had already begun to fall.

At the corner of the street, Ying Yu had changed into tattered clothes, biting half of a dirty steamed bun in his mouth, holding a wooden stick in his hand, and confronting two wild dogs in front of him.

Li Mu felt his heart tighten. Although Ying Yu's eyes were fierce, her little face was full of determination.

But Li Mu could hear her inner voice: fear, helplessness, and even despair.

"Someone, someone can help me, mother, mother, I'm so scared... so scared..."

Just as Li Mu was about to step forward, Ying Yu's figure disappeared again.

Li Mu quickly closed his eyes and used his spiritual sense to investigate.

The surrounding scenery changed again, and a mass grave appeared outside the city.

The two men each held half of a woman's body and threw it into the grave. Judging from her face, it turned out to be the Duke's wife.

"Such a beautiful woman, what a waste."

"Waste? How about you try your luck? I just touched it, it's still warm."

"...His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is truly a saintly talent. The Ninth Prince and the Fourth Prince were fighting for the girl, but the Crown Prince actually gave them both half."

"Okay, let's go, this smell is too strong."

"Boss, isn't the Duke's wife's little daughter a favorite of the Crown Prince? Why do you think the Crown Prince is so popular?"

"Shut up! Do you want to die? Red man? He's just a plaything."

At this time, Ying Yu was hiding behind a big tree, his body shaking constantly, as if he wanted to move forward but was afraid of being discovered.

Li Mu tried hard to calm his breathing. He was no longer prepared to watch any further. This feeling of powerlessness almost suffocated Li Mu.

Just as Li Mu was distracted, the surrounding scenery changed again.

However, this time, it was a place he was very familiar with, the Prince's Palace in Yanshan City.

"Why, why have I tried so hard, but still can't protect anyone."

"Dead, all dead... Someone, someone come and help me, Ling'er, go, go quickly..."

Li Mu felt more and more uneasy as he listened to this chaotic voice repeating in his ears.

As his mind turned, Li Mu appeared directly in front of Ying Yu.

At this time, Ying Yu held two hammers in his hands, his eyes full of death.

Li Mu stretched out his hand and pierced directly through Ying Yu's chest.

Immediately, Li Mu felt that he had grasped something. He pulled hard and a stream of white smoke entered his hand.

The next moment, Li Mu directly retreated from this illusion.

Li Mu admitted that he was very cowardly at that moment and could not bear to see the suffering Ying Yu had gone through.

Li Mu really didn't want to look at anything in that illusion any more.

However, at the moment Li Mu exited the illusion.

The despair in Ying Yu's eyes gradually faded away.

It turned into envy and hope.

In the courtyard, a figure shrouded in golden light appeared.

"Sorry, I am late."

Li Mu's voice resounded throughout the world like a huge bell. His figure approached Li Ling'er step by step and then took her into his arms.

"Your Highness is worried about Xiaoyu, so you came here specifically to look for Xiaoyu?"

The next moment, Li Ling'er's figure in Li Mu's arms flashed and instantly turned into Ying Yu himself.

The surrounding scenery also turned into the dilapidated house that was once a brothel.

Ying Yu had tears in her eyes and pressed her head hard against Li Mu's chest.

……

"Master... son!"

In the room, Ying Yu suddenly opened her eyes, and saw marks on Li Mu's chest that looked like they had been bitten by a wild beast.

The previous scenes immediately came to mind.

"Master...Master, Xiaoyu didn't do it on purpose. It's all Xiaoyu's fault. Xiaoyu deserves to die."

"It's okay, as long as you're okay!"

Li Mu hugged Ying Yu very tightly, as if only in this way could he feel a little more at peace.

"Plop", a tear slid down from the corner of Li Mu's eye and dripped onto Ying Yu's red face.