The night is shrouded, the Xiping Marquis Mansion is brightly lit, and a middle-aged man in the study is reading at night in his regular clothes. The study is simple and elegant, with a variety of books, and a hard bow hangs on the opposite wall of the study, and a sword and a fire gun hang under the hard bow. On the left is an administrative map of the southwest of the Ming Dynasty, and on the right is a simple weapon rack, with weapons plus spears and broadswords.

The man was about forty-five years old, and he was born with a majestic and majestic posture, with a short and firm beard and a meticulous chest under his chin. The eyes are blazing, not angry and self-imposing, the face of the Chinese character, and the outline is clearly outlined. Looking at this man from a distance, he is elegant with a heroic spirit, a heroic posture, and an elegant demeanor.

This person is the owner of the Xiping Hou Mansion, the Xiping Marquis Mu Sheng. Mu Sheng is Mu Ying's second son, Mu Ying has been determined to govern since he led the Marquis of Xiping, and the southwest is unified, and he has the spirit of all the people. Mu Yingxue, Mu Sheng is the hereditary Marquis of Xiping, Mu Sheng is in power, close to the people and benevolent government, and the people in the southwest are called his virtues.

Mu Sheng was reading at night, and unconsciously sleepiness struck, and at this moment, the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion came to report: "Master Hou, there are three monks outside the door who ask to see them, and the villain can't make up his mind, so he has come to report." ”

Mu Sheng was originally a collection of the heads of various Taoist and Confucian families, and often studied in various monks, hermits and avenues, so he had a lot of friends. But when he came to visit at this time, Mu Sheng was obviously slightly unhappy.

"You go and tell them that this marquis is sleepy today, just let them visit tomorrow. Mu Sheng waved his hand and sent the housekeeper out a little impatiently.

After a while, the housekeeper came again and said: "Master Hou, the three monks said that they had to see Master Hou tonight, and asked the villain to bring something, saying that Master Hou would definitely go to see them after seeing this thing." ”

The butler handed over a piece of jade jue as he spoke, and stood in place waiting for the order.

Mu Sheng's face was full of unhappiness, he reached out to take Yu Jue and looked at it under the lamp, he was shocked, and suddenly he was completely sleepy, and sat up in a hurry.

"Go, you go and welcome these three people into the mansion quickly, so that you can serve them well, and you must not slack off in the slightest, and Benhou will go immediately. Mu Sheng hurriedly got up, and ordered the housekeeper to say while dressing: "Wait, I will go to greet you in person, you quickly go to all rooms and courtyards to inspect, no one is allowed to come out, and today's matter, no matter who it is, as long as you dare to spread this matter, Ben Hou will not be killed." ”

The housekeeper hurriedly withdrew, although he didn't know why the Hou Ye suddenly treated the three monks so politely, but he knew that if he wanted to live a down-to-earth life in the Hou Mansion, he had to talk less, look less and ask less.

Mu Sheng got dressed, hurriedly grabbed the door, took three steps and made two steps, and hurriedly ran towards the door of the mansion.

Outside the gate of the house, a monk about thirty years old, and an old monk stood on the left and right beside him. This young monk was born with bright eyes, ears and wind, although his stature was not tall, but he could feel a majestic and majestic aura coming to his face when he stood there. A pair of sword eyebrows are as sharp as a blade, and the whole body is white and clean, but you can also see the tiredness and servant dust on the face.

The monk stood outside the gate of the Xiping Marquis Mansion, looked at the tall mansion gate, and said to the two old monks beside him: "According to the two of you, this Xiping Marquis, will you meet us?"

The old monk on the left hurriedly replied: "The old monk thinks he will, I think back then, Mu Ying, the Marquis of Xiping, had a good relationship with the first prince, and he was a close brother. The first prince, the first marquis's liver and intestines were broken, and finally became ill because of longing, and two months later he went with the first prince in this Hou mansion. The Xiping Marquis Mansion is full of loyal martyrs, and will definitely treat us with courtesy. ”

While speaking, seeing a Chinese character in the house, the three of them hurriedly folded their hands and said: "Amitabha, the poor monk Yingwen, Yingxian, and should be able to see Hou Ye, I am very uneasy to disturb late at night, and I hope Hou Ye will forgive me." ”

Mu Sheng panicked for a while, his expression was extremely unnatural, but then he calmly looked at the street outside the gate of Wangfu and said: "The three eminent monks came from afar to preach Zen for Ben Hou, Ben Hou is so honored, how can there be any reason to blame? ”

The three monks nodded, Mu Sheng led the three into the mansion, and then ordered the doorman to close the door of the mansion, and no one was allowed to open the door without permission. The doorman also wondered that his own Hou Ye Lixian Corporal was real, but he had never seen such courtesy.

When he came to the study, he hurriedly asked the housekeeper to bring food and wine, and the three monks were not polite when they saw the wine and food, and hurriedly devoured it. Mu Sheng bowed down and stood on one side, and when he saw the three of them gobbling up, he couldn't help but cry.

The young monk was halfway through the meal, and he burst into tears, and the two old monks saw this, put down their chopsticks and kept comforting. Mu Sheng hurriedly opened the secret door of the study, revealing a secret room, and at the same time led the three monks to the secret room.

As soon as the door of the secret room was closed, Mu Sheng hurriedly knelt on the ground and cried loudly: "Long live the emperor and long live the emperor of Xiping, the holy lord came to the mansion of the Marquis of Xiping, the minister has never greeted him from afar, and he hopes that my emperor will forgive his sins." ”

The young monk was stunned, and hurriedly turned around to help Mu Sheng and said: "Why is the Hou Ye like this, I am no longer the emperor, and now I am adrift for thousands of miles, I really can't walk, I came to the Xiping Hou Mansion to surrender and listen to the Hou Ye's fate." ”

Mu Sheng had just been helped up, and when he heard the young monk say this, he hurriedly knelt down tremblingly and said: "The saint is going to torture Weichen, the saint is covered with dust, and Weichen can't go to the rescue, it's a capital crime." Now the swallow thief has usurped and rebellious, seized the great treasure, and let the saint wander all over the world, and the courtier's heart is like a knife, and he is eager to bend down to death for the saint, how can he be willing to defect because of wealth?"

The young monk knelt in front of Mu Sheng's eyes with a plop, and said with tears in his eyes: "Brother, my brother is desperate, so I can only come to you, and I ask my brother to take him in." ”

Seeing this, the two old monks hurriedly knelt down and cried out, "Holy Lord." ”

Mu Sheng stretched out his hand and hugged the young monk and cried loudly: "My hard-working brother, do you want to torment your brother? No matter when and where, you are my brother and my lord." My brother is not right to let go of this Xiping Hou, and he will definitely find a way to protect you, and he will do everything he can to send the saint back to the south of Beijing to sit. ”

The four of them were lost and dirty, and they could hug their heads and cry, and the two brothers who hugged each other refused to let go for a long time.

These three monks are Zhu Yunwen, Emperor Jianwen, and Yang Yingneng, the superintendent of the imperial history Ye Xixian and Shangshu.

Mu Sheng helped Emperor Jianwen to sit down and bowed: "Your Majesty, and rest here for a few days, the ministers will definitely find ways to do other things, and please let Your Majesty stay at ease." ”

When parting, the four monarchs and ministers cried again before saying goodbye in tears.

Mu Sheng got out of the study, and hurriedly called the housekeeper to come and said: "You go and inform Mu Ang and Li Hao immediately, let them come early tomorrow morning, there must be no mistake, and also, don't let others know that they are coming to my Xiping Hou Mansion." ”

The housekeeper received the order and hurried to report.

Mu Sheng looked up at the night sky, sighed and muttered: "May God bless, ancestor bless, ancestor bless, may Your Majesty read the difficulties, all the sins Mu Sheng bears with all his might, just don't embarrass my hard-working brother anymore." ”

Mu Sheng stayed awake all night, and when it was close to the beginning of the hour, the porter came to report, saying that it was Du Si Mu Ang who asked to see him. Mu Sheng hurriedly led Mu Ang to the bedroom, Mu Ang was gentle and majestic, and he was secretly surprised: "Why didn't the second brother see me in the study, but he wanted to see me in the bedroom?" But the two brothers have always had the same heart, and they knew that the second brother was not Meng Lang's person, so there must be a reason for this, so they stepped up and went to Mu Sheng's bedroom.

"Second brother, is something happening? Steward Mu came to report, I didn't sleep all night, I don't know what happened. As soon as Mu Ang entered the bedroom door, he asked repeatedly.

The brothers of the Mu family, although they are ten years apart, have followed their father to fight on the battlefield since they were children, so their brothers are not envied by others.

Seeing that Mu Sheng's eyes were heavy, it seemed that he had not slept all night, Mu Ang also knew in his heart that something big must have happened, but the second brother didn't say anything, and he didn't want to ask again and again.

Mu Sheng called Mu Ang to sit down, and the porter came to pass the word again: "Li Hao and Li Gongzi have come to pay a visit." ”

Mu Sheng hurriedly asked Li Hao to be lured into the bedroom, Li Hao also muttered, and said secretly in his heart: "What's wrong with the Marquis of Xiping today? In the past, everything was discussed in the study, but today is abnormal, could it be that there is something important?"

In order to find out what was going on, Li Hao hurried to Mu Sheng's bedroom in three steps and two steps. This Li Hao is the son of a civil and military all-rounder, and he was born with a lofty instrument, and he and the Mu Sheng brothers are even more like-minded, so they are close friends with each other.

Li Hao entered the door and saw that Mu Ang was also there, and his heart tightened, afraid that something big would happen.

Mu Sheng led the two of them to sit down and said, "Two virtuous brothers, my brother called you here today because there is a big matter to discuss, and at the same time, I want to take you to meet someone." The two virtuous brothers don't need to ask, in another half an hour, when you see the person who comes, you should know everything, but please also ask the two virtuous brothers to swear to the sky, today's events, the people you see today, except for the three of us, no fourth person will know, okay?"

Mu Ang, Li Hao saw Mu Sheng's solemn face, and knew that the matter might be far more serious than they imagined, but Ping Suli respected Mu Sheng as a person and knew that he was a man who valued love and righteousness, so he agreed without thinking.

Emperor Jianwen and the three of them also stayed awake all night, and they still sighed comfortably, since Mu Sheng arranged for them to bathe in fragrant soup, their spirits were much better.

At this moment, Mu Ang bowed down to ask to see, Ye Xixian opened the door, and Mu Sheng, Mu Ang, and Li Hao entered. When Mu Ang saw the monk Yingwen sitting in the middle, he was dumbfounded, and involuntarily knelt down and cried: "Long live my brother Mu Ang, I don't know that Your Majesty is here, Mu Ang is guilty of capital crimes, please forgive Your Majesty." ”

Seeing this, Li Hao still didn't understand why, because this move was too sudden and incredible. Mu Ang knelt down to Emperor Jianwen and cried bitterly: "My majesty, my brother, I think day and night, seeing you here today, my heart is a little at ease!"

Li Hao suddenly woke up, and hurriedly knelt down, not even daring to raise his head. Junchen and his entourage returned to the secret room, and when they talked about the hardships, Junchen hugged and cried again.