"I really don't know who my father is with," Xie Shurou muttered depressedly: "My grandfather and my grandmother have been married for more than 40 years, and the backyard has always been clean, and my grandfather has never taken a concubine." Why is it that half of my father's generation has grown crooked? My father took three concubines, and my third uncle actually accepted five! Although the fifth uncle did not take a concubine, he also had two intercourse. But the second and fourth uncle's rooms were clean. ”

"Then there are really a lot of people in your family!" Mu Hongshang sighed very sincerely.

"yes!" Xie Shurou nodded very agreeably: "There are many concubines, and there are many concubines, plus there is no separation in our house, the concubines are all in one place, and my mother is the daughter-in-law of the family, where is it pure." It's still good in your family, which is like my family, not to mention the uncles and concubines, and those concubines, just to say that in our generation, the sisters from the concubines and concubines add up to seven, and the brothers are nine, all gathered in one place, can you not make trouble!"

"But that's the case with most of the noble families in Beijing, right?" Mu Hongshang thought for a while and said: "The same is true of Sister Gu's family, there are more people in their family, there are twelve girls in this generation, and there seem to be nine boys."

"That's why I said that your family is the best," Xie Shurou's weak white lotus face showed an indignant expression: "Your Mu family has no rules for taking concubines, and the family is quiet and quiet."

"No," Mu Hongsheng shook his head: "No one in the Mu family takes concubines, because General Mu spends most of his days in the north and lives in the camp, and he is not like a civil official in Beijing." I remember a few years ago, my fourth uncle and aunt mentioned to my grandmother that they would give my fourth uncle a concubine. ”

"Is there such a thing? Why! Why can't your fourth aunt think about it like that? Xie Shurou asked in surprise. In fact, she really can't understand the brain circuits of women in this era, and she took the initiative to give her husband a concubine, what's going on? Does this couple have feelings or not?

"It's been a long time, I've thought about it," Mu Hongshang tilted his head and replied after recalling it seriously: "I was still young at that time, I remember that Shuozhou had not been recovered at that time, the fourth uncle was in the camp in Danzhou, and the Rongdi people occupied Shuozhou, and frequently attacked Danzhou and Weizhou near Shuozhou, so my father discussed with my uncles and prepared to recover Shuozhou."

"Recovering Shuozhou, my fourth uncle is the boss," Mu Hongshang continued: "Sister Xie probably doesn't know, attacking the city is actually much more difficult than defending the city, Shuozhou has been occupied by the Rongdi people for a long time, when we recovered Shuozhou, the northern defenders paid a huge price, that battle was fought for a whole year and a half, when Shuozhou was recovered, half of the soldiers of the Danzhou battalion were sacrificed, and my fourth uncle was also injured. It was at that time that the fourth uncle proposed to let my fourth uncle take a concubine. ”

At that time, she told my grandmother that although Shuozhou was recovered, the Rongdi people refused to give up, and it was still not peaceful, and the fourth uncle was guarding Shuozhou as the general of Shuobei, and he could not return to Beijing for several years. But the fourth uncle was injured, she was very worried, and hoped that someone would take care of him in the north, and she also said that the fourth uncle only had one child with my fifth brother, and it would be good if the concubine could have a child, and she would take it back to the capital to raise her. ”

"Why didn't your fourth uncle go to Shuozhou to take care of your fourth uncle by herself," Xie Shurou frowned: "Why are you so 'virtuous', take a concubine in, and share your husband with others."

"Sister Xie doesn't know?" Mu Hongshang smiled at Xie Shurou, her expression calm: "Our Mu family holds the Tiger Talisman, and the wives of the Mu family must stay in the capital and cannot go to the north, the emperor will not allow it."

With a simple sentence, Xie Shurou suddenly realized. The Anguo Mansion has a heavy army, and the wives of the Mu family are actually "quality" in Beijing. Behind the glory of the Mu family on the surface, it is actually full of blood stains and tears.

"Why do you have to do that?" Xie Shurou suddenly became a little angry. Probably because she trusted Mu Hongshang very much, she did not shy away from her words: "The royal family is too much." In order to force General Muhammad to die for them, he actually ...... ......"

"No one is forcing us." Mu Hongsheng shook his head: "The Mu family is not working for the royal family. We do it voluntarily. Daddy said that the Mu clan has guarded the northern border for generations, not for any family or person. What is really worthy of our whole clan to protect is the vast Great Zhou River and Mountains behind us, as well as the lives of the Li people in this territory. Therefore, our Mu family volunteered to guard the northern border, and volunteered to use blood and blood to support a stable world for the people behind us. ”

"But ......" modern Xie Shurou felt that she had a serious generation gap with the ancient girl: "You can obviously not bear such a responsibility, why do you have to do this." Da Zhou is not the only military general of your Mu family. ”

"I also asked this question when I was a child, but my brother said that someone must do such a thing," Mu Hongshang raised his head, looked at the faint clouds in the sky, and said softly: "No matter who it is, no matter which family it is, as long as it is guarding the northern border, it will have to pay a huge price, and someone must pay this price, so why can't we bear it." Unless one day, we can set foot on Rongdi and never suffer in the future. ”

"Hongsheng ......" Xie Shurou stretched out her hand and grabbed one of Mu Hongsheng's hands: "You...... I don't think so. Protecting the family and defending the country is obviously a responsibility that everyone should share, but if you really want to talk about it, the responsibility of the royal family is greater, isn't it? The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are also responsible, and it is not only your family surnamed Mu who has received the Yulu, why should it be pressed on the family. ”

"But," Mu Hongsheng tilted his head and smiled at her: "Let's take a look at the big Zhou heavy literature and light martial arts, Sister Xie, even those military generals in the court, most of the children also read and practice, how can there be a family of military generals like us who have practiced martial arts for generations, and have been practicing cavalry and archery since the age of a few years, and are ready to go into battle to kill the enemy." My brother said that General Mu is brave, and others are not as good as us, and it may take a greater sacrifice to protect the peace of the north. ”

"But ......" Xie Shurou really felt that the way of thinking of the ancient Mu Hongshang and herself, a modern person, was different, and it was a generation gap. She wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Mu Hongsheng with a smile.

"Sister Xie, I know what you think." Mu Hongshang grabbed Xie Shurou's sleeve and shook it coquettishly: "But my sister thinks, just like your Xie family, a family of Wenchen, is it possible to force Lord Xie Xiang to go into battle to kill the enemy?" And sister, the northern border really has a different meaning for our Mu family. Too many of the generals have left their lives there, and my father, uncle, and brothers really want the north to get better and better, and they want to guard the land themselves. ”