On the other side, the Mu brothers walked straight to the garden far away from the main courtyard, and Mu Yuan stopped and said to Mu Yao, "Thank you." ”

"Thank me for what? Burn paper for you or add soil to the grave? Mu Yao squinted at Mu Yuan.

"Saying such cruel words, in fact, I feel bitter in my heart, right?" Mu Yuan saw through his third brother's temperament, so he naturally wouldn't be easily provoked, "I thank you for relieving me." You're such a bastard, at least I don't have to quarrel with my dad anymore. It's just that it doesn't have to be like this in the future, Dad is old...... I don't think he's in good shape. ”

"If your body is not good, you should cultivate yourself. Gaining power is the most painstaking effort, pure death. Mu Yao said unceremoniously, seeing that his second brother frowned, he said before being preached, "You don't have to thank me, I'm not relieving you, I have something to say to you." ”

"What?" Mu Yuan asked.

"Before I speak, let me guess what the second brother's mind is?" Mu Yuan didn't answer directly, "As far as I guess, although the second brother is silent, he has already made up his mind in his heart that this time he will fight to the death with Great Xia." ”

"Where did you come to your conclusion?" Mu Yuan was silent for a moment and asked with interest.

"Although I have never led a soldier, and I don't know how to be a soldier, but after all, I was born like this, from childhood to adulthood, I have seen and seen, I have escaped, and I have almost died, even if I can't see the doorway, I have an accurate feeling." Mu Yao shook his head, as if he wanted to throw away all those childhood memories that suddenly popped up in his mind, those nasty and terrifying memories, "Your preparation for this war is not for defense, let alone for bowing down, but for victory, big victory!" ”

Mu Yuan didn't answer, but just stood with his waist straight, looking down at his wise but elusive younger brother.

And Mu Yao saw that Mu Yuan was silent, so he continued, "This matter, that Yang Jixiang and Commander Liu must have been aware of this, but they were concealed from inside and outside, and they were afraid that there would be a detailed effort to report the news to the northwest, so that Great Xia would be on guard." After all, Dajiangguo has always been very cowardly, he only dares to be beaten with his head in his hands, strives not to be killed, and never dares to take the initiative to challenge. The thinking of the Great Xia people has been fixed, and they can't be alerted. This is to confuse those powerful ministers who have been sitting in the court for a long time and have forgotten the taste of war. Save it, they are fighting the main battle and arguing endlessly, and they can't help and pull their backs. ”

"But don't you see that?" Mu Yuan said slowly.

"The soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first. Besides, you have to transfer troops, whether it is an infantry army, a horse army, a forbidden army, a box army, a village army, a fan army, a native army and archers, no matter how you get to and distribute them, the movement is not small. Although there has been a lot of uproar in the city of Tokyo recently, and you have done a lot of tricks to cover up people's ears, those who really care about this war will be able to find out if you are a little smarter. ”

"Listening to your tone, it seems that the people who feel my true meaning are not only you, but also the people next to you." Mu Yuan was not shocked, and quickly found the key to it, "Let me think about it, is that person Wang Meng, the captain of the Tiger Wing Water Army?" Last time, you teamed up with Su Meihua and wanted to plant that woman to me, and you took Wang Meng's path. He was demoted for this matter, although he was peaceful and kind, and only dealt with leniency and benevolence, but after all, he was transferred from the navy to our horse army. It seems that he was not idle in my Ma Junsi, collecting letters and newspapers everywhere, secretly observing, combined with your familiarity with my actions, so he deduced this result, right? ”

"I lied to him, and he lost his temper with me." Mu Yao shrugged, and he didn't feel guilty at all about framing his friend, "But the southeast coast is calm and there is no external trouble." Because the people are rich, there are no big bandits in the internal waters, so there is no place for the river water division. He shouted every day that he was idle and that the navy was just helping the imperial court transport grain and defending the royal family's river tours, so he was reduced to the Ma Jun Division as a small soldier, and he was actually very happy. Second brother, you guessed it right, what you said was all right. ”

"I guessed exactly, but what are you talking about?" Mu Yuan took a few steps to the side, sat on a low lake rock, and looked at his third brother fixedly.

It's a good thing to be able to talk about it from the bottom of your heart.

Even if he knew that the third brother was talking to him about peace in the end. However, this can also let him know the third brother's current mind.

"What I want to say is that I know why the second brother is doing this." Mu Yao didn't sit down, but paced gently, "Second brother is naturally for the people of Dajiang, especially the border people who have been poisoned and hurt by wars repeatedly. But the most important thing is that you want to make immortal military exploits, so that you can bluntly ask to marry the only princess of our Dajiang country. ”

"You guessed all of them, you can't imagine that our brother is half a catty or a tael." Mu Yuan tugged at the corners of his lips, not knowing whether it was praise or sarcasm.

Mu Yao snorted, "Dad wants you to marry Su Meihua, no, Dad wants to marry the Su family, it doesn't matter who you marry or not, the important thing is that the future second sister-in-law must be surnamed Su." As his son, you are not like me, you are used to being disobedient and unfilial, even if you reject the Su family, there will be the Zhao family, the Qian family, the Sun family, the Li family, and the father will marry and enter the door safely. Dad has cultivated you carefully for so many years, but it is not for you to be a beautiful vase. ”

"So what should I do?" Mu Yuan raised his eyebrows.

"Naturally, it's a win! As long as you fight the Great Xia people all over the place to find teeth, your credit will be as great as the sky. At that time, everything was different, there was a big reward for doing great things, your limelight overpowered your father, and he had no room for opposition in front of everyone, at least he couldn't make sense. What about royalty? Even if no one is in charge of peace, they can't, let alone refuse a hero like you. In addition, the greater your merit, the higher your popularity, and the more powerful you will be. With the literati of Oekoku in power, this urine sex ......"

He took a breath, and the half-literate and half-coarse virtue of his speech seemed to be enough for his father Mu Dingzhi, "They wish that you would be the master, and from now on you will be disarmed and return to the field, after all, the horse cannot have real power." Therefore, they will be happy to be fulfilled, so as not to let the Mu family sit big. In this way, it is safe for you to marry peace. No matter how unhappy Dad is, he can't be the enemy of the entire Great River Country. This is a roundabout tactic, right, my good second brother? It's a pity that I don't like the art of war, otherwise I would definitely not be worse than you. ”

"You know my heart."

"Because we are enemies." Mu Yao looked at the crescent moon in the sky, and his voice became emotionless, "Haven't you heard a word?" Knowing each other better than the best friend. ”

"We are brothers." Mu Yuan sighed and tried to correct it.

Mu Yao shook his head, "With a father like that, we have been enemies since we were born. That is, Shengyu, He Shengliang, understand? Second brother, you are very good, but I am not bad either. But if you are liked by your father and peace, this is the offense against me. In this world, throughout the ages, there have been many brothers who have become enemies, who stipulates that they must love each other? ”