Mu Zhiling closed her eyes tightly and breathed rapidly.

His throat was dry and hoarse, and he couldn't speak because of the pain of a fire.

But the pain was not very real, it was obviously scratching my heart and lungs, and for a moment it seemed to have lost my senses.

The pain all over his body was like crushing, and when he opened his eyes, it was a blur.

The nightmare scene reappeared before her, and she tried to flee in terror, but her feet did not obey her, as if they were filled with lead.

Mu Zhiling froze in place, opened her mouth and shouted, but could only whimper.

My eyes are dry and hurt so much that I can't even blink. I was so distressed that I couldn't do it, but I couldn't shed a single tear.

As if hearing a dog's scream, she turned around in fright, only to see a white frozen in the distance, and after she roared, a fishy sweetness surged up her throat, and then she couldn't even speak.

It was the scene where the shell was hacked to death by a group of men in black, and she couldn't see it really, but she accurately found the shell's figure.

She threw herself on top of it, crying heartbreakingly, still unable to shed a single tear.

Suddenly, her back was warm, Mu Zhiling turned her head suddenly, even if she was so close, she couldn't see the person's appearance clearly.

Her lips twitched, but she found that the voice melted into her throat, and she couldn't hear the slightest sound.

He wrapped her in his arms and murmured in pain over and over again: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm late." ”

His voice was so familiar, so gentle.

But she didn't remember who it was, she hadn't seen his face, and even his voice was trembling and hoarse.

He picked her up, she was already weak, and then she couldn't hear what he was saying.

Mu Zhiling was startled suddenly, and it was pitch black in front of her.

Panting heavily, the pain in his throat was gone, but his whole body was still weak.

The left hand moved slightly, and when he touched the mother beside him, he made up his mind a little.

Xiao Yuning took the lamp, saw Mu Zhiling's frightened appearance, and the fine beads of sweat on her forehead, took a brocade silk and gently wiped her forehead, and said nervously: "Ling'er, but you have a nightmare?" ”

Mu Zhiling shook her head, but nodded in a panic.

She stared at Xiao Yuning stupidly.

The mother's eyebrows and eyes appeared clearly in front of her, and even the movement of her lips, she could see it clearly.

It turned out to be a dream.

Mu Zhiling gasped and said, "Don't worry, mother, I'm fine." After looking around the room again, he didn't see the shell, and said in a panic: "Mother, where are the shells?" ”

Xiao Yuning took a shawl from the bedside and hung it on Mu Zhiling's shoulder, and said softly: "You forgot, Cuiliu carried it to another room to rest last night." It's much better, and you don't have to worry about it anymore. ”

Xiao Yuning pulled Mu Zhiling to lie down again, pulled up the quilt to cover her shoulders, and said, "Hurry up and sleep, there is still an hour before dawn, and you can sleep for a while." By the way, Ling'er, my mother will go back today, you stay in Zhuangzi for a while longer, the environment here is pleasant. ”

"Why did my mother leave in such a hurry, since it was said that this place was pleasant, then my mother would stay for a while and then go back?" Mu Zhiling took Xiao Yuning's hand and stopped her from getting up.

"Ling'er, something happened to the shop in the east of the city, and my mother has to go back to deal with it. You stay here, and in a few days, the old lady will be better, and you will go back together. Xiao Yuning lay on the bed again, looking at Mu Zhiling in her arms.

"Mother, what's wrong with those shops?" She remembered that the east of the city was full of shops with some Duan Zhuang and some accessories, and because most of them were suitable for women, they were named Linglong Fang.

In the previous life, the Mu family originally controlled the economic lifeline of the imperial city, but in the end, there was only a shell left, and there was nothing left on the surface.

In addition, the treasury was empty later, and the emperor ordered the ministers to take out private money to fill the treasury, and the Mu family's property was almost emptied at that time.

Then the Gao family began to oppose the Mu family everywhere in Kyoto, forcing most of the Mu family's shops to close down.

Xiao Yuning said coldly: "It's nothing, but someone has opened a new store opposite our shop to sell the same goods, but the price of others is half of ours." The Gao family is really wealthy, and they don't hesitate to do loss-making deals against me. ”

In the end, the words turned into a sneer.

Mu Zhiling listened carefully, raised her head, and asked, "What are the mother's plans?" ”

Xiao Yuning smiled: "They think I, Xiao Yuning, am a fool? Since they were willing to trade at a loss, I bought everything in his shop and sold it at the price in our shop. I will buy as much as he has, and if there are too many, I will give them to the disaster area, and it will be worth it. ”

Mu Zhiling lowered her eyelashes.

There is nothing wrong with my mother doing this, the Gao family's daily goods were bought by the Mu family early in the morning, and the people of Kyoto will inevitably go to the Mu family to buy them.

But blatantly opposing the Gao family in this way will definitely cause a big sensation, not to mention, it will make more people pay attention to the Mu family.

In his previous life, the fourth uncle was in charge of the entire Mu family's shops, although the fourth uncle was not doing his business on weekdays, but the shopkeepers of the major shops were carefully selected, and they could be regarded as having heads and brains.

Therefore, the Mu family's business is still prosperous on weekdays.

But it's because the fourth uncle is too ostentatious and acts too much. This matter reached the ears of those who were interested, and then there was a saying that the treasury was empty.

The treasury was empty back then, and Emperor Mingde was obviously heading for the Mu family.

Mother's doing this is too public, if it is the same as the previous life, how can it be good?

What's more, how can the current Mu family's industry be comparable to that of the previous life?

Even if the Mu family acted in a low-key manner, Emperor Mingde would have been worried about it for a long time.

So my mother's move was absolutely unacceptable.

"Mother, why do you have to buy the Gao family's things into our shop. Our shop is not only in the east of the city, except for the foot of the imperial city in the south of the city, every time you walk a road, you will be able to see the Mu family's shop. The Gao family is targeting the Mu family, not Linglong Fang, even if they buy the things in their shop, they will come up with more damage to oppose us. Mu Zhiling said seriously word by word.

Xiao Yuning's expression changed slightly, and Mu Zhiling continued: "Mother, why don't you follow their wishes, our Mu family's shop is 'closed', and then anonymously buy the goods of his Gao family, and finally open a new shop in Kyoto, and sell the goods bought from the Gao family at half price, of course, the newly opened shop can't be recorded on the head of the Mu family." ”

Xiao Yuning looked at Mu Zhiling in slight surprise and said, "Ling'er means to create the illusion of the decline of the Mu family, but in fact, she is transferring her property to an unwarranted Kyoto nouveau riche?" ”

Mu Zhiling nodded and said, "Mother, our Mu family has always been a big tree. ”

My mother knew how to run the Mu family's industry, but she didn't know that what she had worked so hard to keep was going to be taken away by others as a matter of course.

Mother's temperament has always been flamboyant, how could she be the opponent of Emperor Mingde's old fox?

Emperor Mingde, the one who indirectly killed her whole family, why should her Mu family be willing to pay for him.

He is his father's sworn brother, and Yu Niang is kind, but he has nothing to do with her Mu Zhiling!

If he could, what about ruining his country? R1152