The general went to the palace for a long time and did not return for a long time.

The eldest lady waited and waited for no one to wait, and she was a little relieved, so she took her maidservant to the palace as well, planning to find the third prince's biological mother, Concubine Lian, to find out the news.

Unexpectedly, not long after the eldest lady left, the general returned.

As soon as he entered the door, he instructed Uncle Lian to help him prepare a horse, and he was about to go out immediately. Then, he ordered someone to call Shen Muye and Shen Muzhi to wait in the study.

When Shen Muzhi arrived, Shen Muye was already there.

The general sat behind the long case, writing hard, and his brows were furrowed, obviously not in a good mood.

Shen Muzhi stood beside his second brother Shen Muye, thinking about the scene when his father-in-law came in the morning, wondering if it was Da Yuan who made a big move?

In this case, can you still count what my father said in the morning?

Thinking of this, Shen Muzhi also became worried.

Soon, the general put down his pen, picked up the piece of letter paper, dried the ink, folded it and put it in the envelope. When the fire seal was stamped, he opened his mouth and said to the two brothers: "Something has happened at the front, I will leave later, and it may take a long time." As he spoke, the fire seal had also been covered, the general put down the envelope, looked up at the two brothers, his eyes swept over Shen Muzhi's body, and then fell on Shen Muye, and suddenly sighed: "Muye, you are also eighteen years old, not small, what to do, you have to know in your heart." Just because I'm not at home doesn't mean I don't know about your. I don't want one day, someone will join me in the court and say that I am proud of my achievements and have formed a party for personal gain!"

Shen Muye's expression changed suddenly, and he hurriedly defended: "Father, I ......"

The general didn't give him a chance to defend himself at all, and after waving his hand to signal him not to say more, he turned his head to look at Shen Muzhi and said, "What I promised you in the morning may have to be slowed down." Recently, Dayuan's side is restless, there may be a big war, you pass at this time, it is not safe. Let's wait for this turmoil to pass. ”

Shen Muzhi's guess just now became a reality, and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but the big thing was important, and he still knew the priorities. So, he nodded his head and agreed.

The general looked at the two of them again, then got up and walked around the long case, walked in front of them, looked at the two of them, and said earnestly: "You are not small either. Your eldest brother and I are often away from home, and the family will have to rely on the two of you in the future. As he spoke, he stared at Shen Muye with a deep gaze.

Shen Muye lowered his head by him, and didn't dare to look at him at all.

The general didn't say anything more, and after letting Shen Muye leave first, he gave Shen Muzhi a wooden box.

Shen Muzhi took the box, looked at his father, who seemed to have aged a lot all of a sudden, and asked suspiciously, "Father, what is this?"

The general looked at the box, his eyes showing remembrance: "This is what your biological mother left behind." I was going to wait until you were an adult to give it to you. However, this time, I'm afraid it will take a long time to come back, so I'll give it to you first!"

When it came to his biological mother, Shen Mu's heart was filled with many complicated emotions.

He had never seen his birth mother. It is said that as soon as she gave birth to him, she passed away.

His father never mentioned his biological mother's situation to him.

And in the house, no one seems to know the specific situation about his biological mother, and occasionally mentions it, at most it is described in three words: fox spirit.

He looked at the wooden box in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and then asked his father, "What kind of person is she?"

The general was stunned, looked at the kid in front of him who grew up and looked more like her, smiled slightly, and said softly: "She is a very beautiful woman." After speaking, he paused, and added: "The heart is beautiful." ”

Shen Muzhi hugged the wooden box, and the complicated emotions in his heart did not decrease much because of his father's answer, but became more complicated.

After a moment of silence, he couldn't help but ask again, "Where is she from?"

The general was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly, with a little more apology in his eyes, and replied, "I don't know either." ”

Shen Muzhi looked up at his father in surprise, surprised by this answer.

He suddenly wanted to ask, then am I your child?

However, after pondering this question in my mind for several circles, I still didn't have the courage to ask it after all.

......

......

The general left without waiting for the eldest lady to come back, and after Shen Muzhi hugged the wooden box and bid farewell to his father outside the door with the second brother, the two walked back together.

After Shen Muye saw the wooden box in his arms, he asked, "What is this?"

"I don't know. Shen Muzhi didn't think about it, so he replied. This is indeed the truth, he has not opened this box yet, so naturally he doesn't know what is inside.

But Shen Muye listened to it in his ears, but it was not the same taste.

He glanced at the box and asked, "Father gave it to you?"

Shen Muzhi nodded.

Shen Muye's expression couldn't help but change slightly.

At this time, just as Lin called Shen Muye over, he walked away. One of Shen Mu took the box back to Qingjiao Courtyard.

Back in the room, he placed the wooden box on the table and sat down at the table.

The wooden box sat quietly on the table, but he didn't want to open it.

When he was a child, at the beginning, he didn't know his background, but he couldn't understand why the eldest lady would be so unkind to him. Later, after gradually learning the truth from other people, he would cry at night for a long time, and he would not understand why the mother of the eldest brother and the second brother was around and why his mother was not there.

At that time, he did not understand what it meant to die.

Later, Uncle Lian would often tell those stories of immortals who came and went. In the story, those immortals often have great abilities, can move mountains, can reclaim the sea, can call the wind and rain, and can also bring the dead back to life.

Uncle Lian also said that immortals generally live in the deep mountains, in the clouds and mist.

More than once, he secretly left his home, wanting to go to the mountains and clouds outside the city to find the powerful immortals in their mouths. But every time, if you don't get to the city gate, you will be found.

Later, after a few years older, he probably understood that the immortals who lived in the depths of the white clouds in Uncle Lian's mouth were just some legends.

I also understand that the so-called death means that we can never see each other again.

Later, he accepted that he didn't have a mother, and he learned to calmly face the fact that the eldest lady didn't want to see him.

But at this moment, this mother, who had never appeared in his twelve years of life, was placed in front of him at this time.

The expectations that he had to let go of in the end have now turned into stones and weighed on his heart, making him unable to muster up the courage to open the box in front of him.

Time passed bit by bit.

Before you know it, it's getting dark outside.

Suddenly, Uncle Lian walked in from the outside with a food box, and saw Shen Muzhi lying on the table, in a daze at a wooden box, stunned, and then probably remembered something, and his eyes changed suddenly when he looked at the wooden box. After sighing secretly, he stepped forward and shouted, "Third Young Master?"

Shen Muzhi, who had been stunned all afternoon, suddenly woke up, and when he turned around and saw Uncle Lian, he was startled.

"Uncle Lian, why are you here?" he asked subconsciously, not noticing the dark sky outside the window.

Uncle Lian smiled bitterly and said, "It's time for dinner." ”

Shen Mu was startled, turned his head to look at the sky outside the window, and couldn't help but be stunned.

"This box was given to you by the master?" Uncle Lian suddenly asked him.

Shen Muzhi withdrew his gaze from the window, turned his head to look at the wooden box again, and after being silent for a while, he nodded.

"Have you opened it and seen it?" Uncle Lian asked again.

Shen Muzhi shook his head.

Uncle Lian looked at him, his eyes full of pity: "Open it and take a look." Haven't you always wanted to know who she is? Maybe you'll find the answer in this box!"

Shen Muzhi turned his head to look at Uncle Lian.

Uncle Lian gave an encouraging look.

Shen Muzhi took a deep breath, turned his head to look at the wooden box, hesitated for a moment, and then reached out and pulled the box in front of him.

The box is simple, fastened with a bronze lock, and is unlocked.

Shen Muzhi hesitated for a while before he finally mustered up the courage to open it.

Two boxes the size of a palm, but there was only a jade square that was no more than half a finger long and like a chapter.

Shen Muzhi picked up the jade cube and looked at it carefully, up and down, left and right, there was no inscription on it, and it was very smooth.

He was a little disappointed.

Uncle Lian was standing next to him, he was also a little surprised, and after seeing the disappointment on Shen Muzhi's face, his heart moved, and he immediately said: "Since your mother left this thing to you, it means that this thing must be very important to her." I've heard before that there are skilled craftsmen who can make tricks on very small things, and from the outside, you can't see any clues. You study it carefully, maybe there is some exquisite mechanism on this piece of jade!"

Shen Muzhi cleaned up his lost mood, turned his head and squeezed out a somewhat reluctant smile towards Uncle Lian, and said, "Uncle Lian, don't worry, I'm fine." ”

Seeing this, Uncle Lian sneered and said, "It's okay." By the way, I brought you dinner, you can eat it quickly. With that, he reached out and took the food box he had just brought from the side, and took out the food inside one by one.

Shen Muzhi stuffed the jade block into his arms casually, then took the dishes and chopsticks handed over by Uncle Lian and began to eat dinner.