After dark, people will be reminded that it is the deep winter season in Kunming City. I don't know when it started, a light rain fell in the air, and the weather became colder.

Duan Xue hated to wrap her arms around her, still maintaining her original pace, and walked aimlessly along the side of the street. If she encounters this difficulty in ordinary times, she can quickly find a solution; But today, for some reason, she simply didn't want to do anything.

In the past, Duan Xue Hate often moved alone at night, but he never felt this way. Perhaps at that time, she knew who she was and what she was going to do, and her mother would always miss her to a greater or lesser extent.

So now Duan Xue Hate is still faintly glad occasionally, glad that he didn't kill Mrs. Duan in anger today. At least until now, she has not regretted her decision.

As night fell, it rained again, and there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the streets.

Duan Xue hated to look back and forth for a while, but she couldn't recognize the way, and she didn't know where she had gone in the city. The street was pitch black, and the cold wind mixed with the rain poured in from the wind outlet, and the "woo" sounded straight, flattening the terrifying atmosphere.

She didn't know what she was going to do in the future, and maybe she would die on the side of the road now, and no one would ask about it again.

At this moment, a carriage with a lantern slowly approached from behind, and the road was briefly illuminated by the lantern. Duan Xue hated to look back, her eyes were pierced by the light of the lantern and couldn't be fully opened.

The carriage slowly came to a halt on the road. Duan Xue hated to squint and saw a tall shadow walking out of it. After a while, she saw clearly that it was Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han!

A few bright lanterns have illuminated the damp and dark old street. Duan Xue, who often comes out of the day and night, suddenly feels that the bright light can be so good.

Duan Xue was surprised: "Why is His Highness here?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu came over with an umbrella and covered the top of Duan Xuehe's head, and his voice said, "I'm here to pick you up." If you don't come in person, I'm afraid you won't want to come back. ”

Immediately after, he couldn't say anything, and put a fur coat on Duan Xue Hat. On a rainy night, the fur is soft and warm.

Duan Xue hated that he couldn't say a word, but he didn't mean to refuse.

"Let's go, let's go home." Zhu Gaoxu said.

Duan Xue responded boldly with an "um". Her face suddenly flushed slightly, she buried her head, and for some reason, she suddenly showed a hint of embarrassment.

Zhu Gaoxu held an umbrella and walked with her towards the carriage. In just a short distance, Duan Xue felt a little trance, as if she was in a dream, because she didn't expect to meet King Han in the middle of the night.

In a trance, she quietly turned her head, only by raising her head could she look at Zhu Gaoxu's side face, and she had a faint feeling in her heart that this figure seemed to be the father in her mother's mouth, and it seemed to be Mu Chun in Mufu...... But when she came back to her senses, she realized that the man next to her might be slightly younger than her.

Zhu Gaoxu walked to the carriage door first, opened the wooden door, and helped Duan Xue to go up first. Duan Xue hated to bump into something soft when she raised her head, only to find that she had touched Zhu Gaoxu's hand; The wood that was about to hit the top of her head had been blocked by Zhu Gaoxu with his hand.

"Smack!" Zhu Gaoxu put away the umbrella vigorously, then jumped into the carriage and said, "Go home." ”

The man on horseback outside replied, "Order!" ”

Duan Xue hated kept her head down and didn't say anything at all. She suddenly became a little unaccustomed to it, because the only person close to her before either beat or scolded her, and she was used to it; Now I feel like I'm being protected all of a sudden, and it's so strange that I can't feel sorry for my whole body.

The carriage was an ordinary felt cart, but it was very clean and covered with a soft blanket underneath. Duan Xue hated walking in the rainy mud for most of the day, her shoes and legs were full of mud, and the blanket was stained all at once. Zhu Gaoxu didn't pay attention to these things at all.

"Lord Wang......" Duan Xue Hate finally spoke, "What use do I have now, worthy of the prince treating me like this?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu was silent for a moment and said: "I, as a person, am willing to do anything to the people I care about, and I can do anything. ”

"Concern?" Duan Xue asked a little dazed.

Zhu Gaoxu nodded: "I care about you, and you will care about me." ”

…… took Duan Xuehe back to the Han Palace, and Zhu Gaoxu was in a good mood. After asking someone to settle her, it was already late at night, and he went straight to the harem.

There was charcoal burning in the dormitory, and as soon as he came in, he felt much warmer. In this legendary spring city, there are still cold times, not only depending on the season, but also depending on the weather, and there is a chill at night on rainy days.

Princess Guo Wei and several palace maids stepped forward and took off Zhu Gaoxu's mud-stained robe, boots, and socks tied to his feet.

When the palace maids came in with hot water, Guo Wei asked them to step back and come in to serve Zhu Gaoxu to bathe and change clothes.

"It's so late, did the prince go out to pick up that Duan Xue Hat?" Guo Wei asked.

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said: "This person is quite capable, today I asked the brother who guarded the palace to look at her, and sure enough, I found that she did not enter the Mu Mansion." When I got the news, I was ready to take her back to the palace. ”

Guo Wei said in a low voice: "The prince also went to pick her up in person, treat her so well......"

Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to look at Guo Wei's face: "Wei'er seems to be jealous?" ”

Guo Wei was noncommittal, and asked cautiously in a tentative tone: "Will the prince blame me for being jealous?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu smiled and shook his head: "I just think it's a little strange, there are so many women in the palace who are approaching, some will serve me to take a bath, and some will serve me to sleep." Vile doesn't eat their vinegar, what does she care about a female assassin? I didn't even touch her with a finger. ”

Guo Wei muttered: "I don't care how the palace maid gets close to the prince and how she waits for the prince...... It doesn't matter who is close to you. The last thing I want to see is that the prince is good to other women. And the prince likes their bodies, touches them, and says nice things to them. At that time, I knew that jealousy was wrong, and I couldn't help but feel uncomfortable. ”

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at Guo Wei a little embarrassed when he heard this, and said thoughtfully: "I see." ”

……

Within two days, the rain stopped, and the sky immediately became blue sky and white clouds. The weather in Yunnan was very sudden.

A steward in Mu Mansion, who was wearing a cloth robe and a hat, was talking to Mu Sheng: "Hou Ye's cousin Geng Qi has been waiting in the living room for two hours, saying that he will ask Hou Ye to see him no matter what. ”

Mu Sheng paced a few steps and blurted out, "What can I say when I see him?" ”

The steward bowed down and stood in the room, and said, "Yes." After a while, he clenched his fists and said, "The little one is going here, and the idea sent him away." ”

At this moment, Mu Sheng thought of the old lady and said, "Slow down." Anyway, I still can't be too unkind, I should let him meet. ”

The steward said, "Yes." ”

Mu Sheng walked out of the door and went straight to the living room in the front hall.

Geng Qi looked haggard, and saw Mu Sheng kneeling on the ground. Mu Sheng was taken aback, hurriedly walked up, supported Geng Qi and said, "How can this be done?" Isn't my cousin's gift a discount for my birthday? ”

Geng Qi lowered his head and frowned, "Brother Fool is here to ask for sin today!" ”

"Get up and say, get up and talk about it." Mu Sheng lifted his arm up forcefully, and asked Geng Qi to sit down on the chair.

Geng Qi turned his head sideways, with an unspeakable and difficult expression, and clenched his fists and said: "I'm really stupid, I only found out about that rebel son not long ago!" ”

Mu Sheng didn't want to be too polite, so he said straightforwardly: "Geng Hao is young and frivolous, and it is inevitable to make mistakes, but the mistakes he made this time are too big." ”

"Alas!" Geng Qi scolded, "This thing doesn't know the height of the sky!" It's all spoiled by his mother, and now it's too late for me to regret it. ”

Mu Sheng said quietly: "I know my cousin's personality very well, and I know that this matter is definitely not my cousin's intention. Now, I also want to help the Geng family again, but ...... My cousin should probably know the current situation, and now Mufu is also a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and there is really nothing he can do! ”

Geng Qi said: "Lord Hou is kind and kindly shelters our family to settle in Yunnan; The rebel son has done such an ungrateful thing, how can I still blame the Mu family? I came here today to apologize and say goodbye. ”

After hearing this, Mu Sheng immediately asked, "Has Hu Hu looked for his cousin?" ”

Geng Qi said: "Not yet, but it should be soon." Now that the rebel has been arrested, there are people in Jinyi near the manor who are watching day and night, and I will be followed when I enter the city today. Looks like our family is finished! ”

Mu Sheng sighed.

Geng Qi said again: "Thank you cousin for taking care of me for so long, I still want to see the old lady one last time, can I?" ”

Mu Sheng came back to his senses at this time: Geng Qi said that he was not here to ask for help, but if this is the case, what is he doing and what is the use? It turned out that he remembered Mu Sheng's mother-in-law, the old lady of the Geng family; Only the old lady cares about the people of the Geng family the most!

Although it is difficult to protect Mu Mansion itself at this time, it is not as good as before, but the only one who can help the Geng family at the moment is indeed Mu Mansion...... Geng Qi must be well aware of this.

Of course, the cousin is much more experienced than his son Geng Hao, and Mu Sheng was almost led away by his cousin just now.

Mu Sheng sighed very sadly and said, "My mother has been in poor health recently, everything is not going well, and her old man is sick with anger. If I hear about the situation of the Geng family, I am afraid...... It's better not to tell my mother about this yet. I hope my cousin will understand. ”

Geng Qi's face suddenly changed, and he soon began to cry, and finally pleaded: "Please don't see death and don't save you!" Several of my brothers have died or been imprisoned, and now once our family returns to Beijing, the palace will definitely not let us go...... I don't ask my cousin for anything, I just want my cousin to arrange for our family to leave this place, that is, to go to the deep mountains and old forests, as long as I can leave a ...... for the Geng family."

Mu Sheng also looked angry when he heard this, but he still said helplessly: "Cousin, do I dare to do such a thing now?" Yunnan is not the territory of the Mu family, it is the territory of the Ming court, I really can't help it. ”

Geng Qi raised his head after hearing this, he was already dead.

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(Zephyr apologizes to all book friends, and can't resume the two shifts for the time being.)

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