On the way back to Wei Gonglu's mansion, the whole car remained quiet, the car was filled with a faint bloody gas, the two corpses were still lowing semi-congealed blood from time to time, except for Lingxi Coco, who squinted his eyes and lightly covered his mouth and nose, the rest of the people did not show any discomfort.

When he arrived at the gate of the mansion, two rows of attendants were waiting at the door, the housekeeper stepped forward to open the door to greet him, Mu Chen came down with Guo Erniu's corpse, and the attendant immediately reached out to meet him, but saw Mu Chen's wide eyes and retreated.

"Go and prepare the room and hot water, clean and change the clothes of the deceased first, and then go and make two good coffins, which will be delivered early tomorrow morning. ”

"One. ”

"Go, as the Patriarch said. After Wei Gonglu finished his order, he led Mu Chen and the others into the door.

Unlike the lord of the city, he was appointed by the royal family, not by the local nobles, and his background was often not in the corresponding state capital, so the nobles only had to beware of him secretly reporting it, and did not need to contain his rights or worry about being annexed by him.

The Wei Mansion is designed for the official's residence, different from the private courtyard, at the end of a straight passage is a three-story brick building for office and reception, and there are some flowers and plants on both sides of the passage, but the point is stopped, and the solemnity is light on luxury.

Behind the brick building is the living quarter, which is significantly smaller and has only two floors to highlight the owner's focus on political affairs, and is not visible from the main entrance. The two buildings are not far apart, and the courtyard area in the middle is not large, but the pruning and decoration of plants and rocks are much more exquisite than that of the courtyard at the entrance.

There is a partition wall on each side of the courtyard, and a small door is opened at the front end, and inside the door is four rows of single-storey wooden houses surrounded by the outer courtyard wall, where the attendants and guards of the palace live, and they are not allowed to enter the inner courtyard when they are not on duty.

In order to show respect for the deceased, Wei Gonglu specially brought them into the living room of the inner courtyard, and the attendants sorted out a guest room, combined the two dining tables, and spread a white cloth as an operating table for cleaning the corpses.

"Chunyue, you take Jiayue to rest first, and tell me when she wakes up. Mu Chen separated the sisters, and Wei Rou took them into another room.

"Go out, I'll take care of the kid. Everyone left the room one after another, and Wei Gonglu prepared a new room for Qiluna.

Only Mu Chen and Guo Erniu were left in the room, and he looked at Erniu's face for a long time, except for the occasional shaking of his eyes, his expression basically did not change.

With a sigh, he started to make Erniu's wide clothes, and easily flipped him over with only one hand, removing all clothes, on the cold corpse, there was a big hole in the middle of the chest, on both sides were bulging ribs, the slender muscles of the whole body were clearly visible, even the round lines of the thighs could not be seen, and there were many bruises and scabbed wounds all over the body, the child suffered a lot, starved, tortured, and finally avenged, but the end was more tragic than the beheaded wicked.

Thinking of this, Mu Chen stopped his hands, looked at him from top to bottom, and then soaked the cloth, wiping the blood on his body little by little, the cloth was used one after another, and the water was changed one basin after another, until the skin on his body was worn out, he didn't stop, looking at the bloodless wound, Mu Chen finally couldn't help it, reached out and pinched Erniu's face, and said with a slight pause: "Erniu... Don't cry, this time I can be with you... The family is reunited, and you and I are fateful... It's a pity... I don't regret it, go all the way. ”

As soon as the words fell, Chunyue's cry came in from outside the door, she had been outside for a long time, she wanted to come in but didn't dare to face the tragic situation of the child without clothes, she wanted to leave and couldn't move, she could only silently keep her tears, until she heard Mu Chen's farewell words, sadness, chagrin, and self-blame, all of which came to her heart for a while, making her sob.

The silent corridor expanded the sound of longing, Wei Rou put down the unconscious Jiayue and came out to comfort Chunyue, Wei Gonglu also walked out of the other rooms, the uncle and nephew had painful expressions and sighed. After a while, Qi Luna also came out of the room, she was still the same, she couldn't see the emotional fluctuations, Mo Cheng was ready, just waiting for Mu Chen.

Mu Chen plugged the hole in Guo Erniu's chest with cotton, and changed him into the satin clothes prepared by the Wei Mansion, but this suffering face couldn't match this brocade dress, so he had to cover it with a white silk scarf, completely erasing the last face of this suffering child in the world, so that his voice and smile were only kept in everyone's minds.

The door "creaked" open, Chunyue probe looked at the tightly covered Erniu, saw this appearance, knelt at the door and cried heartbreakingly, muttering: "Sister is sorry for you... Sister, I'm sorry for you. ”

Wei Gonglu, who pretended to wipe away his tears, stepped forward and asked, "Mu Chen, what else do you need the old man to do?"

"Your name is Wei Rou, right, please take care of the two sisters tonight, the girl and I will stay here and accompany them for another night. Early tomorrow morning, Guo Erniu will be buried, and the ink orange will be placed under the tree of life. Wei Gonglu, Qi Luna and I owe you once, as long as he doesn't violate his conscience, he can do anything. ”

"Seeing Mu Chen, this matter is not for you, this child is pitiful, the old man just did what he should do, and did not ask for anything in return... Alas..."Wei Gonglu sighed, showing pity to the extreme.

Tomorrow's matter has been decided, everyone dispersed, Wei Gonglu went to the study to arrange preparations in advance, Wei Rou helped Chunyue back to the room to rest, Mu Chen and Qi Luna each returned to the temporary morgue and stayed by Guo Erniu and Mo Cheng.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, and the Wei Mansion, which had been busy, gradually became dark, leaving only a little fire in the inner courtyard, and the four attendants were ordered to wait here, except for the occasional yawn, they blended into the flowers and plants in the courtyard like decorations, did not move, did not talk, and definitely did not disturb the two pioneers.

Mu Chen and Qi Luna stood next to the two corpses, staring at them intently, not even blinking, the two were in two separate rooms, but the expressions and postures of missing their loved ones were the same, maybe this was their way of mourning, simple and unpretentious.

In the council, Quan Yuren changed the image of a strict father, told his son's full name of worry and trouble, and staked the future of the father and son on Mu Chen, Quan Mingde scoffed after learning his father's answer, he understood his father's unwillingness to miss the throne, and also understood the situation of the two after the change of imperial power, but he only disagreed with his fate tied to Mu Chen, he hated this arrogant and arrogant rude man to the extreme, not to mention the compromise in exchange for Mu Chen's support, even living in a space with him was unbearable.

Quan Yuren saw his son's displeasure, so he tried his best to convince: "I know that you don't like Mu Chen, and I also know your feelings for Qi Luna, but you have to know that it is not them who you and my father and son are playing against on this big chessboard, they are just chess pieces, irreplaceable chess pieces, chess pieces that occupy key positions, and if you want to win, you can only hold them." ”

"Father, the total number of human beings is more than 10 million, I don't believe that he can influence so many people with one Mu Chen, and he can change the overall situation by himself. ”

"What if there are many people, there are 1.8 million people in Baoling Prefecture, and they are not at the disposal of you and my father and son. We human beings advocate authority, are content with the status quo, do not seek to break the hierarchy, do not seek to abolish stereotypes, do not ask about right and wrong, and blindly follow the strong. He Mu Chen is recognized as the strongest in all mankind. ”

"There are five pioneers, how can you say that he is the strongest, besides, he is not of my race, and he can control people's hearts by force alone, I don't believe it. ”

"When he was in power and changed the fate of mankind, you were not involved in politics, and I don't know why, I will tell you a few old things, which are also related to you. Quan Yuren picked up the teacup and moistened his tongue, ready to tell his memories.

"Thirty years ago, Mu Chen returned to Infinity City with Qiluna, and the relationship between the mercenaries and humans at that time was just like their name, and they were used as weapons by humans to resist the attacks of demonic beasts, and they were not allowed to enter the city without permission, nor were they allowed to interact with humans. Mu Chen was treated the same after they came back, the two of them were angry, it took half a month to attack the Diyang Capital without hurting the lives of any defenders, and then the Infinite City and Diyang were in chaos, and finally my imperial uncle, that is, the late Qi Si Emperor Quan Rongsheng came forward to negotiate peace, Qi Si Di was unable to face Mu Chen's strength, and promised to move all the hires into the human town, and the two talked many times, and jointly faced the pressure of the big nobles, reformed the mercenary management association, and completely integrated this race into human society. ”

"Father, what does this mean, what is there to admire for a barbarian race who conquers mankind by strength. ”

"The great nobles of Infinite City have been passed down from generation to generation, and the last thing these people are willing to accept is change, Emperor Qi Si knew this, but he risked losing his power to fight against them for Mu Chen, doesn't this show the importance of Mu Chen? The reason why Emperor Qi Si was posthumously crowned emperor as a prince after his death was because Mu Chen integrated the two races, eliminated mutual distrust, and saved human beings from constantly guarding against demonic beast attacks, from farming on the land whose production was decreasing year by year, built a strong city wall to protect himself, and hoarded enough food to cope with natural disasters. ”

Hearing these words, Quan Mingde's expression was still unwavering, although what Quan Yuren said laid the foundation for the current prosperity of mankind, but this matter has nothing to do with his vital interests, and whether the prosperity of mankind is not affected by his royal identity.

Mu Chen and Qi Sidi got closer and closer, and the two of them devoted themselves to the identity of the employers, sparing no effort to change the existing preconceptions of the nobles. One uses the experience of many years of travel abroad to revisit the nests and territories of various demonic beasts, mark the directions, record the scope of demonic beasts and the frequency of sorties, and draw detailed maps of various regions of the human continent for human beings to deploy and defend in advance. It was also during this time that he became acquainted with the other three Pioneers and trained them into the Barren Layer. ”

"One is for the sake of great achievements, and the other is for the sake of currying favor with the original inhabitants and accepting their own people, all of which are self-interested acts, and what is there to praise. ”

"Mingde, you look at things too emotionally, and it's unfair. In the face of his son's unreasonable questioning, Quan Yuren did not get angry, but continued to tell patiently.

"Baoling Prefecture is the only large state connected to the wasteland, and there was too much uncertainty for the people at that time, so it was sparsely populated, and the largest city was tens of thousands of people, with no city lords and no defenders, and it was divided and ruled by a few local nobles. In order to show the ability of the hired man, and also to divert the conflict between him and the nobles, after consulting with Mu Chen, Emperor Qi decided to build Baoling City, and to build this forgotten remote land into a prosperous place like other large states. It was built with funds allocated by the royal family, and the hirers were responsible for reclamation and defense, and Mu Chen, as the leader of the merchant, insisted on putting me, the eldest son of the emperor, on the throne in order to avoid suspicion, which is why only Baoling Prefecture was served by you and my father and son, who were royalty, as the city lords, while the other states were served by local nobles. ”

"This..."The full name De was a little surprised, he had never heard his father talk about it.

"Let me tell you one more thing that goes back a long time, do you know why Wei Gonglu is more attentive to Mu Chen than me?"

"Their Wei family will only tend to be inflammatory, and when they see people who can be used, they will naturally greet them with a smile. Speaking of Wei Gonglu, the full name of De returned to a disdainful expression.

"Do you know about the late front hall front guard?"

"I know, Wei Gonglu's father is also the founder of the Wei family's status. ”

"Alas... Wei Gang is a capable man, he was born in Orion, his village was attacked by demonic beasts, he joined the army after losing his relatives, and became a centurion through several years of hard work, stationed in the western suburbs of Infinite City. Because of his humble background and no foundation in Infinite City, he was sent to Baoling Prefecture to garrison the last Warcraft Tide, when Baoling Prefecture was even more desolate and sparsely populated, he was a centurion and took more than 300 soldiers to resist the tide once every sixty years, which was tantamount to sending him to death, but do you know what happened in the end? He happened to meet Mu Chen and Qi Luna, who were traveling in Baoling Prefecture at the time, and the two asked him to gather the civilians scattered everywhere as much as possible, and asked him to temporarily dig a hole in the ground to hide. Wei Gang had no choice but to pray that they would not be discovered by the demonic beasts, and after hiding for dozens of days, they finally ran out of food and grass, and had no choice but to escape from the cave. The first scene of seeing the light again made him unbelievable, the cave entrance was surrounded by monster corpses, he bravely climbed to the commanding height, saw the endless beast tide corpses, and looked around to find the back of Mu Chen and Qi Luna, who were panting and exuding heat, gradually leaving. In a great tide, except for the three villagers who starved to death, all the rest survived. Wei Gang was also unusually promoted from centurion to captain of ten thousand within a year because of this incident, and gained a firm foothold in Infinite City, making friends and friends, and establishing the current status of the Wei family. Because he had seen the power of the mercenary with his own eyes, he left a family motto before he died, and he did not make enemies of the mercenary. The juniors of the Wei family have known about the existence of Mu Chen and Qi Luna since they were children, and they know better what kind of changes will be brought about by the support of the two, so Wei Gonglu would rather go against me, would rather deceive the entire Baoling Prefecture, and also arrest Mu Chen in his own hands to stabilize the power of their Wei family that may be questioned at any time. ”

Hearing this, Quan Mingde was silent, and Quan Yuren saw that his expression was gloomy, so he suspended the rest of his words, picked up the teacup and drank tea, and gave him some time to fight and change his position. It was the first time that the two fathers and sons had a long conversation like this, and he was sure to convince his son to let him understand his hard work.