Chapter 297: It's awkward
The moonlight is hazy.
The willows on the bank of the moat hang low, spreading lightly with the wind, making a scorching sound from time to time, mixed with a little unknown fragrance of flowers, flowing slowly in all directions.
A tall and straight figure stood by the moat, standing with his hands in his hands, looking at the bend of the blue water and contemplating, not far away, immediately ran past several guards, one of whom shouted: "Who is there?" When it's curfew, do you dare to stay outside, don't you want to die? ”
A few people walked quickly to the front, and after seeing the man's face clearly, the leader of the man hurriedly bowed respectfully and said: "Lord Mu, the villain is not an adult, I don't know if it is an adult, I am offended, I hope the adult will forgive me." ”
"Let's go somewhere else! It's none of your business here. Mu Yunting glanced at a few people expressionlessly, and said coldly, "Be sure to cheer up and ensure peace in the city." ”
"Yes." Several people clasped their fists in unison and saluted, turned to leave.
The leader walked a few steps, then plucked up the courage to turn around and said, "I heard that your lord was happy with your son last month, and my subordinates congratulate you, congratulations to your lord." ”
Several other people were also busy saluting and congratulating.
When Mu Yunting heard this, his son's pink and tender little face suddenly appeared in front of him, and there was a faint smile on his originally tense face, and he unhurriedly took out a silver ticket from his arms and stuffed it into the arms of the person in charge: "After the errand, take them for a few drinks!" ”
"Thank you, sir." Everyone was overjoyed and retreated happily.
"Head, you are really bold enough today to dare to accept the adult's silver ticket."
"Can't you see that although the peace talks with the Western Regions have failed, Lord Mu has been in a good mood recently. It's obviously because he just got his son! ”
"That's it, it took more than two years for adults to get married, so it's strange if you're not happy!"
"That's why I dare to speak!"
……
In a moment, a horse was about to ride in front of him.
Xia Yunchu jumped off the horse, led the horse to the tree and bolted it, strode to Mu Yunting's side, didn't look at him, just stared at the sparkling river, and said faintly: "What are you looking for me?" ”
"Within three days, immediately transfer your people out of the Youzhou military camp for me." Mu Yunting glanced at him coldly. "Don't force me to do it myself."
If it weren't for the fact that there were Xia Yunchu's people in the Youzhou military camp. Xia Yunchu could not have known that Shen Ke was still alive anyway, let alone that he had been secretly transferred to the barracks.
"Lord Mu, don't you think your biggest flaw is that you are too confident?" Xia Yunchu smiled and looked up at the moon in the sky. He turned his head again. "How do you know that the informant must have been sent by me?" said. He lowered his voice again and said, "Maybe it's the emperor!" ”
"He's the one who ordered you to spy on me, right?" Mu Yunting sneered.
He had already guessed that Huang Funuo would send someone to spy on him. I didn't expect it to be Xia Yunchu.
"Sort of!" Xia Yunchu raised his eyebrows and said, "It's just that I have never said a bad word about you in front of him, as for Shen Ke's matter, it was completely an accident, the last time you arranged for Shen Ke to come to the capital, Mrs. Zun went to see him in the back street of the alley, and I accidentally bumped into him, once you pay attention to some things, it is not difficult to know all the truth." ”
In fact, he didn't pay attention to the carriage of Mufu at that time, but he saw the familiar figure from a distance, so he quietly followed, and watched her enter an inconspicuous courtyard with a big belly, and watched her get into the carriage and leave slowly.
Then, consciously or unconsciously, he walked around the courtyard, hoping to see her again.
Who knows, but he accidentally discovered that the person living inside was Shen Ke.
Out of curiosity, he sent someone to follow him all the way to Youzhou.
"What do you want?" Mu Yunting looked at him calmly, "Are you going to denounce me in front of the emperor, or are you arranging for your people to take Shen Ke out of the barracks and send him to the emperor directly?" ”
"Neither." A trace of anger suddenly flashed in Xia Yunchu's eyes, he looked straight at Mu Yunting, gritted his teeth and said, "You don't know, although you let Xu Shi capture Chicheng, we still have to lose Chicheng in the end......"
"What do you mean by that?" Mu Yunting looked at him sharply, "Do you know something?" ”
"Next month's birthday of the old princess of the Western Regions, Daliang's congratulatory gift will be, it is Chicheng." Xia Yunchu said slowly, "Since the last battle in Chicheng, the emperor has a shadow in his heart, so he is willing to exchange Chicheng for a few years of peace, and the queen thinks that the emperor has just ascended the throne, the foundation is not stable, and she is not willing to provoke a war in the Western Regions again, so she acquiesces." ”
Mu Yunting's face suddenly darkened with anger.
When did the girder reach the point where he was going to exchange the city for peace?
No wonder Xu Shi returned with glory, and he didn't see the palace to add him to the knighthood, but simply praised a few words and rewarded some gold and silver, it turned out that in Huang Funuo's mind, peace was not to be beaten, but to be exchanged for the city.
If it goes on like this, Da Liang will be cut off by him sooner or later.
"Thank you Xia Shizi for telling me the truth!" Mu Yunting narrowed his expression, saw that Xia Yunchu's gaze softened a little, and said, "I didn't expect that Xia Shizi had not been in Rong for a long time, but he was already enthusiastic about protecting his family and defending the country. ”
"I can't talk about protecting the family and defending the country, the big husband has something to do, something not to do, I just can't stand it, although this matter was promoted by my father, but I still don't accept it in my heart, if the enemy is strong and I am weak, for expediency, I will temporarily give up a city, but now the enemy is weak and I am strong, and I have to send people to the city, this is not to grow the prestige of others, destroy their own ambition, and slap their own face!" Xia Yunchu sighed and said seriously, "Hongyuan, although the two of us didn't have a very close relationship before, but after all, we grew up together, that year you went to Youzhou with the Hou Ye to quell the rebellion, and came back after nine deaths, I admired you very much, and felt that no matter what you had, it was a matter of course, so although the two of us bumped into each other some time ago, but for you, I have always trusted you, and I believe that as long as you are there, Daliang will be fine." ”
"Xia Shizi, the more you talk about it, the more outrageous it becomes." Mu Yunting frowned and said, "On my own." How can we protect the beams thoroughly, everything has to rely on everyone's unity to resist foreign invasion. ”
He is just a military attache of the third grade, and he can control the safety of Daliang.
"Hongyuan, let's go, let's go to the barracks, and I'll show you a list, so that you can know which people were sent to you by the emperor." Xia Yunchu said in a low voice.
Mu Yunting didn't say a word, and immediately turned over and got on the horse.
Xia Yunchu followed step by step.
The two of them galloped towards the military camp outside the city.
For half a month, Mu Yunting did not return home.
The Huangfu family went to Qingxin Garden to see the child. By the way, I called Gong Si over and asked. Gong Si said that the prince had been busy training soldiers and horses in the barracks, and Mu An was waiting there.
"He's busy with him, and there is nothing important to look for him in the house anyway." Huangfu sat on the big kang near the window and hugged Brother Hao'er, and said with crooked eyebrows. "The most important thing at the moment is for our brother Hao to grow up quickly. Marry a daughter-in-law for your great-grandmother early. Good no good? ”
When there was no Brother Hao before, she naturally put all her attention on Mu Yunting, and now she has Brother Hao. It seems that she doesn't care about Mu Yunting's affairs anymore, including this time Mu Yunting hasn't come back for half a month, so she feels that the time has been a little longer.
"Mrs. Tai is so anxious." Mama Chu smiled, "The little young master has just been full moon, and you are in a hurry to marry him a daughter-in-law." ”
"It's a fast day, I always thought that Brother Yuan was still a child, but in a blink of an eye, he also became a father, so our Brother Hao grew up quickly." Huangfu reached out and stroked the child's little hand, and said with a smile, "In other words, I can be satisfied when I see my great-grandson born, how can I expect to see him marry a daughter-in-law!" ”
"Grandmother, you must be able to see Brother Hao getting married and marrying a daughter-in-law." Shen Qingli lifted the curtain and walked in, and smiled lightly, "You have to live to be a hundred years old!" ”
"A hundred years old is not an old goblin." Huangfu laughed, and seeing that Shen Qingli's face was a little pale, he asked with concern, "Girl Li, are you uncomfortable?" Didn't you let the pool lady come over and take a look? ”
"It's fine." Shen Qingli smiled, "Hao'er got up several times last night, and I probably didn't sleep well." ”
"I told you several times that it would be good to hand over the baby to the nurse at night." Huangfu complained, "Why do you have to bring it yourself!" ”
"It's okay, Hao'er is willing to sleep with me, and I am willing to accompany him." Shen Qingli said expressionlessly, "Besides, I don't have anything to do except take care of the children." ”
"I asked Gong Si just now, and he said that Brother Yuan has been busy recently, and he will come back when he is done for a while." Huangfu looked at Shen Qingli with a pleasant face and said, "You have to be more considerate of him." ”
"I know that Shizi has been busy lately, and I can't care about coming back." Shen Qingli said disappreciatively, "Besides, he can't help when he comes back, taking care of the child is what I should do." ”
Since she had a few words with Mu Yunting that night because of Shen Ke's affairs, Mu Yunting has never come back, although he often does not come back during this time, but in the past few days, she feels that he is angry.
Of course she was angry, too.
Angry that he hid it from her.
In the past few days, she asked Bi Tao to quietly go to Youzhou to take a look at Shen Ke's original tea garden, the tea garden is still there, and some people are taking care of it, but Shen Ke is indeed gone, and the person guarding the tea garden said that the master went to another place to learn tea art from others, and he didn't say anything back.
Thinking of the words that Shen Ke said when he came and the money he brought to her before, he completely understood that Shen Ke had a premonition that something would happen to him, so he explained everything behind him.
I really don't understand why Shen Ke is so obsessed, after so many setbacks, he still wants to help Situ Kong restore the country, what method did Situ Kong use to make Shen Ke so loyal to him.
All day long, Shen Qingli felt that his brain was chaotic, and he mechanically fed the child and bathed him, until he hugged the child and went to bed, only to find that it was already moonlight outside the window.
The moonlight shallow in through the window paper, sprinkling a pale white on the cherry wood floor.
After Brother Hao was full, he never cried or made trouble, and now too, Shen Qingli and Yi lay on the bed and teased him, and the little guy fell asleep deeply.
Xu was too tired during the day, and she also fell asleep.
I don't know how long she slept, Shen Qingli felt in a daze that someone was lying down next to her, she hurriedly opened her eyes, and when she saw that it was Mu Yunting, she turned over again, and simply closed her eyes and ignored him.
In the curtain, his breath spread out shallowly, and the fresh aroma of plants and trees and the milk fragrance on the child's body slowly diffused around the two people.
Mu Yunting didn't seem to be sleepy, turned over and over a few times, and then leaned out, wanting to see his son sleeping in the innermost, but the bed tent was too dark, he couldn't see anything, so he had to lie down again, and put his big hand on Shen Qingli's waist, seeing that she didn't have any reaction, he put his hand into her clothes, stroked back and forth, and gasped in her ear: "Accompany me tonight, is it okay?" ”
In these days in the barracks, he was busy training soldiers and horses day and night, and almost forgot about it, but now that he saw her, his feelings that had been dusty for a long time suddenly churned.
He's been patient for months.
Now that the child has been born for so many days, he can always touch her, right?
Shen Qingli's face turned red, he simply shook off his hand, and wrapped himself tightly with the quilt, he is now like a nobody, she is still angry!
"Wanwan, what's wrong with you?" Knowing that she was awake, Mu Yunting simply pulled the quilt off, turned her body without saying anything, and asked puzzledly, "Are you angry?" ”
"Yes, I'm angry, angry that you hid my brother's business, angry that you slammed the door that day." Shen Qingli pulled the quilt from his hand and said angrily, "It turns out that in your eyes, I can't ask about the things you have done, and I can't ask about the things you don't want to say, right?" ”
"Wanwan, I didn't mean to hide your brother's affairs from you, but after you know about it, you can only add trouble to no avail, I just want to tell you when there is a result of the matter." Although Mu Yunting couldn't see the expression on her face, he knew that she was really angry after listening to the tone, so he hurriedly loosened the quilt in his hand and said, "I didn't slam the door that day, but if we continue to talk, it will get more and more noisy, so I will go out for a walk." ”
"So you won't come back for half a month as soon as you leave." The more Shen Qingli spoke, the more angry he became, "And you didn't even bring back a message, what are you and me!" ”
"I was wrong, I won't go home in the future, I will definitely write to you." Mu Yunting grabbed her hand and hit him, "Don't be angry, you dissipate your anger and hit me!" ”
"What are you doing?" Shen Qingli struggled to withdraw his hand, "How dare I hit you?" ”
"Alright, don't be angry." Mu Yunting hugged her without saying anything, lowered his head and kissed her, and said in a low voice, "Then you say, what do you want me to do so that you can dissipate your anger?" ”
"You let me go first." I don't like him like this the most.
"Okay, I won't touch you, you say!" Mu Yunting had no choice but to let go of his hand, simply lay down, his head on his arm, and looked at her with interest, "Madam, do you have any advice?" (To be continued......)