The news of Mu Qingfeng's triumphant return spread all over the capital, and the emperor was overjoyed, because Mu Qingfeng not only calmed the war at the border pass this time, but also recovered a large territory. Declare this great joy to the world.

The entire palace was filled with joy, and in the capital, the people heard about this matter and discussed it a lot, and they were secretly discussing the third prince.

However, not all people are happy about it, Mu Lingxuan heard that Mu Qingfeng returned triumphantly, and he couldn't wait to crush the cup in his hand, Mu Qingfeng returned to the dynasty this time and made great achievements, which was very unfavorable to him, the emperor's whole mind was on him, because I heard that he was injured a few days ago, and the emperor couldn't sleep at night, it seems that the emperor's attention to Mu Qingfeng is unbeatable.

He was unwilling to be at a disadvantage like this, he wanted to take advantage of Mu Qingfeng on the way back to find a more favorable helper for himself, the first person that came to mind was Mo Li, although he had eaten his closed door a few times, but by chance he found out that Mo Li and Shen Mei actually knew each other, and this relationship was extraordinary.

I secretly thought of the relationship between the two in my heart, if I let Mu Qingfeng know about it... The corners of his mouth couldn't help but float into a sly smile.

When he brought up the case, he wrote a letter with little paper and pen and handed it to the next person.

Shen Mei returned to the Rose Garden, and she was still sullen for a few days, and this increasingly silent state made Xiao Tao anxious, which made her very worried about Shen Mei. Knowing that he couldn't ask anything, he was in a hurry, but he thought of the good news that the third prince was coming back. hurriedly ran to Shen Mei and looked at her with a flattering look, "Sister Mei, the third master is coming back." After speaking, he waited for Shen Mei's response with expectant eyes like a child waiting to be rewarded.

But after Shen Mei listened, she didn't come back to her senses for a long time, Xiao Tao pursed her mouth when she saw this, stepped forward and gently shook Shen Mei's shoulder, "Sister Mei, are you listening?" ”

Shen Mei looked at the person beside her in a trance, and her thoughts came back to her senses from Mo Li's words that night, "What's wrong?" Seeing Xiao Tao's mouth, as if she had been wronged, "You really didn't listen to me." ”

Realizing that it was his distraction just now, he didn't notice Xiao Tao, and looked at her a little apologetically, "I'm sorry, just now... But what are you going to tell me? ”

Xiao Tao looked at the person in front of her helplessly, I don't know what happened to Shen Mei when she went back in the past few days, she looks a lot thinner, plus she was injured a few days ago, she has just recovered not long ago, and she was called home before she could take care of herself, it seems that Shen Mei must have been very aggrieved at home, and she used to envy Shen Mei very much, but only she knows the bitterness and happiness.

With a little unbearable and distressed, "The third prince is coming back, you have to cheer up, and when the time comes, you have to go to greet the third master beautifully." If you want to come to the third master, you must miss your sister very much. As she spoke, she couldn't help but laugh shyly, thinking of Mu Qingfeng's various concerns about Shen Mei, she alone felt sweet.

"yes, it's time for him to come back, too." It has been more than half a month since she regained her senses, and Mu Qingfeng should have recovered in the calculation of the day, she had a thousand words to tell him, but now even she herself began to be afraid, afraid of this power that they had no way to fight against.

When Shen Mei went back, she went to look for the white-haired old man who had brought her to the border before.

She remembered that she had made an appointment with the old man to meet next to an old tree on the outskirts of the city, Shen Mei found the old banyan tree again, and sure enough, she found an ancient tree that looked to be hundreds of years old, and the tree was tied with dense prayer cards, no mistake, Shen Mei once again confirmed that she was not mistaken, she had indeed been here, why did Xiao Tao say that she was injured because the carriage was out of control, she didn't believe it.

came to the banyan tree to ask passers-by, but no one said that she knew such an old man, Shen Mei was secretly suspicious in her heart, and her intuition told her that the old man should be around here, otherwise she would not have been allowed to come to this place to meet.

But she had been looking for most of the day and didn't find any news, which made her very frustrated, and she sat alone under the tree, when suddenly a little girl with two pigtails ran to Shen Mei's side and looked at her curiously, "Sister, what are you looking for?" It turned out that this little girl had noticed Shen Mei for a long time, and when she saw her, she asked if she had seen a white-haired old man.

But this feature is too general, almost all the elderly people on the street have silver hair, which puts Shen Mei in a predicament, undoubtedly looking for a needle in a haystack.

Seeing that this little girl looked really cute, innocent, she raised her head and blinked her big black eyes at Shen Mei, these eyes seemed to be able to speak, Shen Mei couldn't help but gently touched the little girl's head, "My sister is looking for an old man, this old man has a long white hair and a long beard, but my sister has never found it." The expression was depressed, perhaps because she was facing a child, and Shen Mei's own childlike heart was suddenly stimulated.

"Yes, hey~ Sister, I've seen this old grandfather" The little girl looked at Shen Mei's eyes seriously. Before Shen Mei could reply, the little girl grabbed Shen Mei's cuffs and shouted, "Sister, follow me." “

The little girl let go of Shen Mei's hand, walked towards the hall very familiarly, knelt down with her hands folded on the paving in front of a land lord, kowtowed three times, and then motioned for Shen Mei to come over, "Sister, isn't this the old man you are looking for?" “

"My mother told me that this old man has always guarded our village, so I want to thank Grandpa Land. Let's see if Grandpa Land also has white hair. The child's words are a little childish and cute, but Shen Mei was shocked when she followed the direction of the little girl and enshrined the land lord in the temple.

The land lord turned out to be exactly the same as the white-haired old man that Shen Mei saw that day, Shen Mei was shocked, but she confirmed that everything that happened to her during this time was true, not a fantasy, not a dream, all this really happened. recalled everything that had happened during this time in his mind, and the strange people he had met, the doubts in his heart suddenly had a breakthrough.

Walking slowly in the direction of the little girl, the little girl showed a satisfied smile, Shen Mei learned from the little girl to kneel on the paving in front of the land lord reverently, kowtowed three times respectfully, but secretly thought in her heart, wanting to ask what happened after that day.