Mu Yun, a member of the Ministry of Administration of the Qianyuan Empire, has always been honest and honest, so the Mu family is not luxurious on weekdays, and ordinary local officials dare to say that they are richer than the Lord Sizheng as long as they are greedy for a few years, of course, this is also the reason why Emperor Pingxi dared to entrust Mu Yun with a heavy responsibility.

Although Mu Yun is not full of money, the salary and benefits of the imperial officials are not a joke after all, and there is definitely no problem in living in a big mansion that can afford to support more than 100 people, although the mansion he lives in now is hereditary.

The Mu family's mansion is located in the southeast of the center of the imperial capital Guangyuan City, which is one of the best locations in the city. The Mu Mansion is very close to the Xiao Mansion, and it is said that when the Xiao family was designing the mansion, they wanted to include the Mu family's mansion in it, but they didn't expect to be attacked by Mu Yunyin.

The Mu family's mansion is smaller, about half of the Xiao family's appearance. The front courtyard is used to receive guests and family dinners, and the backyard is a place for entertainment, leisure, bathing and sleeping.

There are a total of 361 rooms in the backyard of the Xiao family for the clansmen and servants to live in, of which 100 are independent houses, which can only be occupied by the Xiao family and some respected clansmen.

No. 1 East Street is the house where Mu Fan, the eldest son of Mu Yun, the head of the Mu family, lives, and it is also the most luxurious place in the Xiao Mansion except for the house where the head of the family lives.

It was noon on March 1, 526 in the Qianyuan calendar, and Mu Fan, who had just gotten up and finished breakfast and lunch together, put on a set of spiritual practice clothes and stood in front of the mirror in the bathroom to comb his hair.

"Why can't this little handful of upturned hair be combed?"

Mu Fan thought about it while muttering: "What if a girl's hair is curled up because of sleep?"

He went back and forth several times, but he still couldn't beat his strong hair.

"Forget it. Mu Fan sighed and put the comb back away, pinching his chin and posing a few times, "It's not unsightly." ”

Mu Fan, who came out of the bathroom, sat down in front of his desk again, and there was a piece of paper on the desk, but it didn't seem to have moved.

He pondered for a while before he wrote:

"My name is Mu Fan, I am twenty-four this year, and I am the dean of the Qianyuan Imperial Royal Academy......"

Before he could write a few lines, Mu Fan sighed again and crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it into the basket at his feet.

He rubbed his temples with both hands, and thought to himself: I would not have said that I would write a speech if I had known it. Forget it, there is Mu Xue anyway. Speaking of which, I haven't practiced well for two days, and if I continue like this, my body will rust.

So Mu Fan stood up and was about to go to his cabinet to look for the cultivation mat and the simple super gathering spirit array that he had hidden and hadn't had time to use, when there was a knock on the door of the room.

"Come in. ”

Mu Fan knew that the person outside the door was his sister-in-law Mu Xue, and it was Mu Xue who came to call Mu Fan to get up this morning.

Mu Xue's original name is Gu Xue, she is eighteen years old this year, and her parents died tragically in the Demon Sect incident two years ago. Because his parents entrusted their friend Mu Yun to take care of Gu Xue before they died, Mu Yun remembered the old relationship and tried his best to accept Gu Xue as a righteous daughter and changed her name to Mu Xue.

When she was still at the Imperial Royal Academy, Mu Xue was known as the beauty of the iceberg. A plain dress that does not cause dust, unwavering eyes and an unapproachable temperament, those are her labels.

But in fact, before her parents died, she was just a little girl who was not good at words and had an introverted personality.

Mu Xue, who walked in from outside the door, saw his brother-in-law Mu Fan smashing back and forth between the two bookcases, so he asked curiously:

"You're ...... Do. ”

"Have you seen the Spirit Gathering Array that you bought from Yutai Ziyu before?"

Mu Xue raised her head and recalled: "A few days ago, I seemed to hear Master Mu say that because of the lack of travel expenses, he took something and sold it. ”

Mu Fan, who was speechless, sighed: "I shouldn't have told the old man about Mu Xing in the first place, but fortunately, I got another 300,000 source stones from Xiao He." ”

Looking at Mu Fan's appearance that he would not suffer a loss even if he died, Mu Xue smiled: "I really didn't expect Xiao He to recommend Mu Xing to the emperor in such a hurry." ”

"He had no choice but to do it, Old Man Feng already knew about the nobles, and Shi Xiao He was behind it. If Xiao He wants to save half of his life, he must help Old Man Feng solve another problem in his heart. ”

"Seeing that Mu Xing usually doesn't like to behave, do you really think he can help the emperor?"

"This matter is not about how high Mu Xing's ability is, but because Old Man Feng just needs someone like Mu Xing......"

Although Mu Xue still didn't understand much, she didn't ask. At this time, Mu Fan asked casually:

"Is there anything else going on today besides what happened at school?"

"Master Mu asked you to go to the hall today if you have time, it is probably for Mu Xing's business. ”

Mu Fan said "um", picked up the opinion warm coat on the coat rack and prepared to go out, at this time Mu Xue stopped him:

"Mu Fan, this is the speech to be used the day after tomorrow. ”

Mu Fan smiled and took the manuscript handed over by Mu Xue, and at the same time, his other hand flicked Mu Xue's forehead with lightning speed.

"Call me brother. Mu Fan said.

—————————————————————————————————————————————————

The hall of the House of Muslims is located behind the antechamber used to attract guests and is a place for family dinners and family meetings.

At this time, Mu Yun was the only one in the hall sitting on the main seat, looking at the various documents in his hand with a sad face. Prior to this, Mu Yun had met with several people who were responsible for managing the family during his travels.

"There is no one in the family who can reassure me. ”

Just when Mu Yun was constantly breaking his thoughts, Mu Fan walked in with a relaxed and chic expression, and went directly to the chair on Mu Yun's side. Mu Xue didn't follow up, but waited outside the door.

"Tell me, what's the matter with me?"

Mu Yun glanced at Mu Fan and closed the document in his hand: "Take out the money that Xiao He gave you." ”

"Uh......" Although he knew that his father would definitely be able to guess it, he didn't expect to be discovered before he could use it. In the end, Mu Fan was sloppy, took out two bills from his arms, and put them on the tea table at hand.

"200,000 source stones, okay boy, you learned to be corrupt and take bribes in just a week after I went out. ”

"No, no, no, how can I be?" Mu Fanman said disapprerovingly, "This is what Xiao Fatzi lost to me when he was playing chess with Mu Xing." ”

"But do you know that just because of your 200,000 source stones, he dares not to give me the 1 million source stones. ”

In the face of Mu Yun's scolding, Mu Fan still disagreed: "Xiao Fatzi has suffered such a big loss this time, it would be good to be able to pick out 200,000, and it is estimated that the 1 million has already been divided." ”

Mu Yun snorted coldly, and did not continue to investigate, but changed the topic: "How are the things arranged in the Royal Academy?"

"There are special people in charge of all kinds of affairs, and I am a hands-off shopkeeper. ”

"You don't have to worry about the affairs in the harem, concentrate on doing your arrogant work. After marrying the Feng girl who came to Fengzong this year, she is ready to take over my position. ”

Mu Fan laughed coldly: "Why, didn't you tell me two months ago that you were completely sure of being promoted?"

"This time is not the other time, if you dare to blackmail him for 200,000, he will dare to come and ask me for '2 million'. ”

"Since the last Feng Nu of Lai Feng Sect became the imperial concubine, Lai Feng Sect has faintly wanted to be the first faction of martial arts, you are so sure that Old Man Feng will not have any scruples. ”

"It is possible to come to Fengzong to become the first faction of martial arts, but it is definitely not this year. ”

"There are too many variables. Mu Fan sighed.

"The more variables there are, the harder it is for Xiao and that old fox to move. As long as he doesn't show up, then all variables are not a problem. ”

"It's too much trouble. Mu Fan propped his cheek with his hand, "I should have let me start a sect as I said back then, and when I became the leader of the Martial Arts Alliance, all problems would not be a problem." ”

"Nonsense!" Mu Yun went up and slapped Mu Fan on the head, "Do you want to become the second Demon Sect?"

"I am me, and the smiling sky is laughing at the sky. My strength and resourcefulness are stronger than laughing at the sky, if I can concentrate on cultivation. ”

"Yes, you are gifted, you are the youngest sage in the Qianyuan Empire. Mu Yun was actually not angry, because he knew that Mu Fan had long since lost the idea of becoming the leader of the Martial Arts Alliance, "But so what, the emperor insisted on purging the hundred factions of the rivers and lakes because of the matter of the Demon Sect. If you start a sect, you will definitely die. ”

"That's not necessarily, I was the sect order given to me by the old man at that time, and I was ordered to set up a faction. ”

"Okay, okay, you're embarrassed to say this. Back then, your affairs caused turmoil in the government and the opposition, and the emperor had no choice but to write that holy decree, otherwise you would have been imprisoned a long time ago. ”

Seeing that Mu Fan was about to say more, Mu Yun, as a father, interrupted him: "I still say that, your idea is too risky." Once you fail, you can get away with it because of your strength, but what about the one hundred and twenty-four people of the Mu family, because of you, are you connected to the nine clans?"

Mu Fan sighed, gritted his teeth, stood up and walked directly out of the door:

"I will personally supervise the dowry for the Fengzong, so you don't have to worry about it. ”

"Another quarrel. Mu Xue, who was outside the door, saw Mu Fan coming out of the hall, and hurriedly followed.

"No, it just asked me to get things done at school. Mu Fan shook his head and lied, "Go to school first, what's the itinerary this afternoon." ”

"Wait. Mu Xue grabbed Mu Fan again, "Before that, you have to call Mu Feng." ”

"Mu Feng, he is not staying in the student union in the outer courtyard, what is he doing at home?"

"It is said that I drank some alcohol yesterday, but I haven't seen anyone come out of the room until now. ”

Mu Fan frowned, sighed and said helplessly: "A family, none of them make me feel at ease." ”