"Cheng Guohou?" Mrs. Chen glanced at her husband, quickly thought of something, and her eyes became sharp, "By the way, Murong Qin, but that little marquis is only thirty out of twenty this year, is he so well-informed that he can recognize the Broken Blade Sword Technique?" ”

"Since childhood, I have been practicing martial arts and can take over the burden of the Pingnan Army after the old marquis is gone, this son is young and old, and he has to guard against it." Chen Xian said, "But he hasn't said anything so far, and he hasn't noticed it and doesn't know." ”

"I was careless." Mrs. Chen sighed, and then became angry, "But my husband and wife managed to save his life, even if he saw something, if he went to denounce it, wouldn't he take revenge!" ”

"Murong Bo, the old marquis of the Murong family, was injured by the Broken Edge Sword Technique when he was young." Chen Xian said suddenly, "Moreover, it was injured under my sword." ”

Everyone looked at Chen Xian in unison, silent for a while.

After a moment, Martial Master Chen took a deep breath and boldly asked, "Mother, can a child dare to ask...... Why did you hurt him? ”

"How can there be so many?" Chen Xian frowned, "At that time, my master was a person from King Li, and his Murong family was a member of the current official family. ”

Chen Xian said, raising her head and narrowing her eyes, as if recalling the past: "The old Chengguo Marquis was just a young general at that time, and I don't pay attention to his kung fu. But the Murong family is the best at water warfare, and the children in the family are all proficient in water, and Murong Bo is the same. ”

"I fought him in close combat, fought with him, and was dragged into the water by him, and almost drowned. In the end, I sneaked up on him in the water with the "cold hail", only to seriously injure him and I was able to escape. ”

"The cold hail is made of extremely cold and cold medicinal materials such as ice toad, dense flower, and grain essence grass, and when it enters the water, the cold invades the bones, and it is pervasive." I recalled the classic records left by Jun Qinglan, "If the warrior mobilizes the internal breath to resist, the cold will immediately eat and seriously damage the meridians." ”

"Yes, once the cold enters the body, if it cannot be eradicated, it will be extremely difficult to heal the wound if it is damaged in the future." Chen Xian said, "At the beginning, this medicine was made by the poison master next to King Li, I am not good at poison, and the use of cold hail is also forced by the situation, and the Tao is not the same, and I am not a benevolent person, although this thing is not honorable, I have never cared." ”

"However, it wasn't until I came to the capital that I heard that Murong Bo had died, and the cause of death was the recurrence of an old injury while chasing pirates, and he didn't survive it." Chen Xian sighed, "I heard that he has guarded the sea frontier for Huaguo all his life, and his original partner couldn't bear the loneliness and left, so he only has one son in his life, and he is now the little marquis Murong Qin." ”

Mrs. Chen said: "This little Marquis of Murong, when I saw him, I felt that his physique was too cold, and his temperament was also cold, or it was just ...... Affected by the cold hail. ”

Chen Xian smiled bitterly: "Ah Ci, I am so old, and now that I think about it, although I don't regret it, if I don't die well, I have no complaints." ”

"Don't do that, grandmother." Achu hugged Chen Xian's arm.

"The past cannot be admonished, but the coming can still be chased." I said, "You have old grudges with the Murong family, and Uncle Chen and his aunt also have new favors for the Murong family, what should we do about the Marquis of Chengguo, we can't interfere, but we must be prepared to deal with it." ”

Mrs. Chen nodded in agreement: "My husband and I saved him that day, he was very grateful and sincerely said that he would be rewarded, but then he never mentioned this matter again, and this person is not a temperament that values profit over promise, so I speculate that he may indeed know something, but he did not act, maybe he also has some entanglement in his heart." ”

"By the way, mother, do you need to inform the Gu family and their husband and wife about this matter?" After Achu calmed down, he also put forward his own thoughts, "It is said that there should not be too many people who know about this matter, but if there is really trouble coming to the door, it will be even more dangerous for Xin Yi and them to be unprepared to be on guard." ”

"Chu'er is right." Chen Wushi said.

Mrs. Chen said: "Even if it is a grasshopper on a vine, it is good to breathe, but I am afraid that the news will leak more." ”

I said: "Mrs. Gu and her aunt are old friends, not to mention Xin Yi and Sun Zhongjing, they will only know more, not less, and it is not interesting to hide it at this time, and it seems that there is a gap." After thinking about it, I added, "However, on the side of Cheng Guohou, it may be a way to turn defense into attack." ”

Chen Xian finally made the final decision: "Okay, since that's the case, please control your mouth." After thinking about it, he added, "Gu Shen still forget it, symbolically hide him, he is the second son of the Gu family, the more you know, the easier it is to be pinched." ”

On December 23, 150 years of Huaguo, on the winter solstice, the mansion of the Marquis of Chengguo Jingzhong.

This year's winter snow did not visit Huaguo until the winter solstice, and the snow flakes flew outside the Hou Mansion, and the charcoal fire had already been lit in the interior of the mansion, and it was warm.

Murong Qin was sitting upright in the study looking at a map of mountains and rivers, coughing a few times from time to time, but the next person suddenly came to report: "Son, the fourth prince of the British Mansion is here." ”

"Invite him to come directly to the study, you don't have to pay attention to so many rules with him." Murong Qin didn't raise his head, and took the pen to annotate it on the album on the case.

"I have to pour even a cup of tea myself, Marquis Murong, how many other distinguished guests in your house have such treatment as me?" Gu Chenyi walked in the door with two cups of tea, and pushed one of them to the one who was studying hard at the desk.

"Thank you, if your third brother comes with me, he can bring me some refreshments from the kitchen." Murong Qin put down his pen and said lightly.

"One, I didn't have a third hand, and second, I didn't like these sweets very much, I'm sorry." Gu Chenyi said, taking advantage of the situation to glance at the contents of the book that Murong Qin was flipping through, ""Nanliang Lake and Mountain Chronicles, it seems that it will take a lot of effort to go to the southern border after the New Year, when are you going to return?" ”

"If it weren't for King Yi's bad heart, I wouldn't have to enter Beijing with filial piety, and I would have been strictly watched these days." Murong Qin said, "It's not a secret, I have already returned to my heart when I see the letter from the army, but you don't know what kind of situation my body is like when I enter the autumn and winter, the climate in the south is hot, and now I ...... Let's wait for the beginning of spring before hitting the road. ”

Seeing his lonely expression, Gu Chenyi couldn't help sighing: "Over the years, I heard that you have sought countless medical treatments and taken a lot of medicine to recuperate, but there is no one to use?" ”

"How can the root of the disease that fell since childhood be so easy to heal?" Murong Qin said, couldn't help coughing again, and hurriedly poured two sips of hot tea and pressed it down, "I only hope for three things, within three years, I can uproot the pirates in the southern border, force the southern Liang to submit, or choose a successor for the Pingnan army." ”

Gu Chenyi understood what he meant, and persuaded: "The coming day is long, you don't have to think too much." It's just that I asked you before that you might be able to ask Ran'er for a consultation, why did you insist on not accepting it? ”

Murong Qin smiled: "I remember that you haven't married Miss Shen yet, so don't you have a little jealousy in your heart." ”

Gu Chenyi said with a smile: "Hugh mentions this, if I talk about her for this, she is afraid that she will have to show me a face for an unknown amount of time." Besides, there are many men among Ran'er's patients, and I can't be jealous. ”

Murong Qin nodded approvingly: "Miss Shen is a strange woman, but I am not resisting for men and women, but——"

He paused, as if to organize the language: "I should have found the enemy who hurt my father in the first place, but they came to my rescue not long ago, and I don't know whether to repay the favor or take revenge." ”

Gu Chenyi pondered for a moment and said, "Then in your opinion, which is more important than the old hatred and the new kindness?" ”