Hu Xiao'er opened her mouth and turned her head to look at Zhang Junfeng.

Zhang Junfeng said: "Not yet, Madame hasn't come back yet." He had already sent someone to keep an eye on the direction of the Central Plains, "Don't worry, wait for Mrs. to come back...... You're all right, too. ”

Mu Changzhou suddenly lay down on his back, opened his eyes, and pulled the corners of his lower lip.

She must be coming back, she must have seen his folds.

The view was cloudy and unclear.

But he seemed to see his past in this darkness......

Seventeenth high school jinshi, returned to Liangzhou in the spring of the following year.

On a clear and warm day, Mu Changzhou was dressed in a wide-sleeved plain robe and stepped into Liangzhou City, only to see the crowds crowded on both sides of the road.

Everyone was looking at him, and some were even shouting, "Jinshi is back!" Jinshi is back! ”

Mu Changzhou looked around, a little funny, Chang'an was also surprisingly lively when he first entered the Jinshi, and even the Qujiang night banquet was the grandest in the past, but now it is the second year since he returned to Liangzhou, and there is still such a scene.

Suddenly, someone slapped him behind him, and he turned around and saw a familiar face.

"What are you still doing in a daze, come with me!" The man who came sat on the horse, took the lead and left.

Mu Changzhou turned around and motioned to a few entourages to block the people, clamped the horse's belly, and immediately followed.

Until the east of the city, Le Ma was in front of the mansion of the Qingjie Zhumen, and the two stopped one after another.

In front of him is the Wuwei County Mansion.

Mu Changzhou stopped, and saluted him first: "Big brother actually went to pick me up." ”

Mu Zuzhou, the eldest son of the Duke of Wuwei, is burly and looks most like the Duke of the County, he looks very majestic at a young age, and smiles at him: "Father and mother are waiting for you every day, how can I not pick you up." After saying that, he dismounted and walked to the house, shouting in his mouth, "Erlang is back!" ”

Mu Changzhou followed, only to hear a burst of footsteps, and two people walked out of the hall one after the other.

The one in front looks more like the county duchess Ling Hu, with white skin and light hair, and a handsome face, it is Mu Yingzhou, the third son of the county duke, and as soon as he came over, he stared at Mu Changzhou up and down: "The second brother is a lot taller, but he is still too thin." ”

Mu Changzhou is still a young man, clear and handsome, and elegant: "How can you compare to your heroics." ”

Mu Zuzhou said: "It's different to be an official, and the words are all good." Now that you're back, urge San Lang to study, and he will know how to hang out in the orchid restaurant every day! ”

Mu Yingzhou grinned and pushed Mu Changzhou into the hall: "The eldest brother is just ruining, say these things and say something, tell the second brother to rest." ”

He was used to hanging his son, and Mu Changzhou was helpless, so he pushed him and walked in.

Mu Shengzhou, the youngest son of the county princess, was young and excited: "Second brother, how is Chang'an?" ”

Mu Changzhou looked at him: "It's good if you go and see it yourself tomorrow." ”

"When will it take, why don't I go to Chang'an with you another day?"

Mu Changzhou smiled: "Okay." ”

"I knew that the second brother in this house is the best to speak." Mu Shengzhou happily asked him to sit down.

Mu Zuzhou suddenly remembered something: "Erlang came back just in time, I will get married in a few months, and you have caught up with the happy event." ”

Mu Changzhou didn't sit down yet, and stood up straight: "I didn't know about it, and I didn't give a gift to my future sister-in-law." ”

Mu Zuzhou sat down according to him: "I know that you are a gentleman, the most thoughtful etiquette, that is a distant niece of my mother's mother's family, maybe I played together when I was a child, why bother?" ”

Mu Yingzhou suddenly approached: "The matter of the eldest brother has been decided, why hasn't the second brother decided on the family matter in Chang'an?" After you go to high school, you should be caught as a son-in-law. ”

Mu Zuzhou also remembered: "Yes, why hasn't Feng Shangshu's family moved, I heard that his family has a baby daughter." I thought that as long as I passed through the letter, my father would go to propose marriage for you. ”

Immediately, the third and fourth brothers all looked at it with bright eyes.

Mu Changzhou sat down, thinking back to Feng Shunyin, the daughter of the Feng family, only thinking of her usual cold appearance, and thinking of the events at the night banquet in Qujiang, shaking his head: "I only have more contact with her father and brother, and I am not familiar with her." She's still young and doesn't fit in. ”

Mu Yingzhou smacked his lips: "The second brother just has too few words, and he won't make the noble girl happy." ”

Mu Zuzhou thought for a while: "Xu was underestimated. If nothing else, if you have an archery skill that pierces through Yang in 100 steps, it will never be revealed. He sighed suddenly, "In my opinion, it is not impossible for Erlang to take the martial road, our Wuwei County Mansion relies on military merits to establish a family, but you prefer to take the literary road, are you afraid that you will not succeed in dividing the family business of other brothers?" You are always so sensible, and you don't know how to behave in other people's homes, I'm afraid that others will only treat you as a weak scholar! ”

What's more, the brothers of the Feng family seem to think that he is weak and sick, and they take good care of him on weekdays. Mu Changzhou only smiled: "I'm going to study, not to be someone's son-in-law." Besides, if you really take the road of military merit, first of all, you can't compare to your eldest brother, how can you read well, it's rare for me to be able to read it. ”

Mu Zuzhou seemed to have nothing to say: "Also, how can there be a high school jinshi who is not good." ”

Mu Shengzhou patted Mu Changzhou on the shoulder in an old-fashioned manner: "That's it, the second brother doesn't have to care about the daughter of the Feng family, I have a lot of good women in Liangzhou." If he has a son-in-law in the future, you will shoot a beautiful girl with an arrow and marry home. ”

Mu Changzhou raised his hand and knocked on his forehead: "You are not very old, but you care about this." ”

Mu Shengzhou held his head and avoided it, and said nothing.

Mu Zuzhou smiled again: "Don't look at how many people are looking at you today, I see that the Yan family, who loves literature, is envious to death, and I can't wait to send all my daughters to you to choose!" ”

Mu Yingzhou waved his hand: "Don't listen to the eldest brother and Shiro, I'll take Shirou to meet those beautiful orchids when I go back." ”

Mu Changzhou said: "Excuse me." ”

"Tsk, I really don't understand the amorous feelings." Mu Yingzhou muttered, "Look who will marry you in the future!" ”

was talking and laughing, and the woman with the shawl hurriedly walked into the hall: "Where is Erlang?" ”

Mu Changzhou immediately got up and approached to salute: "Mother." ”

The Duchess of Wuwei County, Ling Hu, was over forty years old, her skin was white and round, but she looked much younger, and grabbed his sleeve: "It's considered to be back, since you became a jinshi, I look forward to your return, until today." ”

Mu Changzhou explained gently: "I have been out since I received the appointment, so I have to return now." ”

The duchess looked back and smiled: "Your father is more anxious than me, and since he learned that you are coming back, he has nagged several times. ”

Another voice had cut in: "I've grown up so much that I almost don't recognize it." ”

Mu Changzhou saw the majestic figure standing by the door of the hall, walked a few steps quickly, and raised his hand to salute: "Father." ”

Wuwei Jun was dressed in a sleeved robe, tall, with majestic eyebrows and eyes, a short beard, and nodded and smiled: "It's a good thing that you have to be reused by the saint, and it's okay to come back later." ”

The county duchess was not convinced: "Why didn't you say this when you counted the days before?" ”

The county prince coughed dryly and echoed: "Yes, yes, yes." ”

Mu Changzhou smiled knowingly, their husband and wife have a good relationship, and they have long been used to it.

The county prince turned his head and looked: "Erlang, you have to come to my study for a while." ”

Mu Changzhou had a gut feeling that something was going on, so he should ...... immediately

In the dead of night, the entire county mansion was asleep.

The study was brightly lit, and the county prince sat behind the desk, his face a little serious.

Mu Changzhou sat down opposite: "Father, does he have something to say?" ”

The county prince asked: "When you come back this time, in addition to visiting relatives, do you also have the meaning of a saint?" ”

Mu Changzhou replied: "Yes." ”

He was appointed by the sage as the champion and the first, and after winning the award, he made a special exception to use him as a temporary Xuanfu envoy to inspect the border passes, so he has been running everywhere for a long time.

Until recently, he was sent back to Liangzhou, the last and most important place in Xuanfu.

The county said: "That sage is very concerned about Liangzhou. ”

Mu Changzhou nodded, and suddenly asked, "Father still remember what the situation was when he sent me into the capital, and what is the situation now?" ”

The county prince thought carefully: "You were only thirteen years old when you entered the capital, and the current saint had just been established as the prince that year, and there was a lot of instability around you. Now it is much better, not to mention that the north has been stable for a few years, I heard that last winter Youzhou has also calmed down the external troubles, and also took back Jizhou, and now in the border defense, only Liangzhou is still unstable. ”

Mu Changzhou said: "Exactly, Liangzhou is the top priority, but over the years, the sage also knows that this place is big and complicated, so I made this trip." The sage was worried that Hexi was not stable, but it was time for the governor of Liangzhou to change again. ”

The land of Hexi has always been full of enemies, the transfer of imperial power between the present saint and the first emperor was not peaceful, the situation was turbulent at that time, both sides were ready to move, in order to prevent foreign enemies from taking advantage of the weakness, it was inevitable for Hexi to support troops and fortify defense.

But as time goes by, it is inevitable to sit big.

The 14 prefectures of Hexi have a special status and occupy all the conveniences, and as a few years pass, the prefectures are becoming more and more powerful, and they all have troops that cannot be underestimated.

Today's governor of Liangzhou is highly respected, and the first emperor has been sent here to guard it, but after many years, he is old, and he has recently handed over to the court to make it clear that he needs to hand over.

The county prince sighed: "The saint's worries are not wrong, there are indeed hidden worries in Hexi, and the old manager has already made arrangements for this." ”

Mu Changzhou immediately asked, "What arrangement?" ”

"I asked you to come here to talk about it." The county prince's tone was a little excited, "The old manager is a loyal and patriotic person, and he has never trespassed here for many years. He had already noticed that the states were too powerful to trust others, and he had already recommended me to the capital as the new governor. I was going to decline politely, but seeing that the other frontier defenses are now stable, it may be a good opportunity to return all the military power of the 14 states to the DPRK and China after taking over, so as not to delay it for a long time, and the worse the situation will become. ”

Mu Changzhou breathed a sigh of relief: "It's so good, it's most appropriate for my father to take over as the chief manager." ”

He knows very well that the county prince is a person, and he has been defending the country wholeheartedly, and even the names given to their sons have deep meanings, all of which are immortal lands from the legends of Zhiwei, Zuzhou, Changzhou, Yingzhou, and Shengzhou, which happen to be all in the East China Sea in the legend.

The county prince once laughed and said that this is to make people in the northwest and focus on the east.

But after pondering for a while, Mu Changzhou condensed his face again: "If you want to make a smooth transition, this matter should not be quiet, my father had better wait for the sage's canonization edict to arrive, and the wood has been completed, and then announce that you will take over as the governor, so as not to cause people to have different intentions and cause extraneous branches." ”

The county prince nodded: "You're right, for the sake of prudence, I'll go see the old manager again." ”

Mu Changzhou was relieved to get up.

Everything is settled, just waiting for the transfer of power......

The sky is about to be dusk, the busyness in Liangzhou City is slightly less normal, the flow of people gradually disperses, and the travelers are resting everywhere.

Mu Changzhou was clear, sat on a horse, and watched the messenger leave by the city gate and head east.

He had written a letter to the capital, explaining the arrangements of the county magistrate, and specially watching people out of the city.

As soon as he returned from the horse, the eldest brother Mu Zuzhou suddenly rode back from outside the city gate, and stopped in front of him, his face was a little unhappy.

"What's wrong with Big Brother?" He asked.

Mu Zuzhou said: "The old manager suddenly transferred the soldiers and horses of our county government to patrol the defense, and he just said a word to me and immediately let him go, but he didn't know it in advance." ”

Mu Changzhou thought for a while: "Why do you want to call the soldiers and horses of the county government?" ”

"That's why I'm angry, and I don't know what's wrong with the boss, my county mansion is only a few thousand soldiers and horses, and it has always only guarded Liangzhou, when will it be transferred out!" Mu Zuzhou frowned, "But the warrant and the seal letter are all true, and I can't violate them, I have to go back and ask my father." ”

was in a hurry to return, and ran into a group of people leaving the city.

Halfway through the team, a young general sat on a horse, covered in black leather soft armor, and saluted Mu Zuzhou with his fists in the distance, it was Linghu Tuo of the Linghu family.

Mu Zuzhou motioned to Mu Changzhou and others, beat his horse over, and asked a few words.

The Linghu family and the Mu family have always been close, and Linghu Tuo himself can be said to be a disciple of the county prince, a general who was raised by the county prince, and was polite to Mu Zuzhou, stopped and said a few words to him, but when his eyes saw Mu Changzhou here, he only nodded.

Mu Changzhou was always studying in the past, and he almost never spoke to him, so he was not familiar with him, and he only nodded detachedly.

Soon Mu Zuzhou came back, and the teams in front of him had gone out of the city one after another: "Strange, the generals of the Linghu family have also been transferred. ”

Mu Changzhou asked: "Is it also the boss in charge?" ”