Chapter 22: Scarlet Peach Blossoms
Gusu Mu Mansion, Mu Yan was discussing with Su Mo, and a young man in Chinese clothes ran in in a hurry, "Dad, Uncle Su, something is wrong!"
Mu Yanping frowned, a little displeased, and said, "No rules, didn't you see that I was talking to your Uncle Su?"
Mu Yufeng took a breath and said, "Dad, you don't know! The imperial court sent heavy troops to massacre the people in the rivers and lakes in the south of the Yangtze River in the name of sweeping away the rebellion, and now several sects have been wiped out!"
"Hmph, it must be Xia Xuehan's little beast who is not as good as a pig and dog, Brother Mu, if you are not a brother, you should not have agreed to the words of an old monk in the first place. Look, now let the tiger go back to the mountain, we are doomed!" Su Mo slapped the table and rose angrily.
"I didn't expect that thief to be so ungrateful, and in a blink of an eye, he mobilized a large army to take revenge, it's really better than a pig and a dog!" Mu Yanping also had blue tendons on his forehead, and his knuckles turned white with a pair of fists.
"Dad, what should we do now? I heard that the spies came to report that General Jingnan personally led an army to Gusu, and I think eighty percent of them came from Chongmu Mansion. Mu Yufeng was so anxious that he was sweating, he was a mediocre and cowardly person, and it was okay to take care of some things in the house on weekdays, but he panicked when he encountered a major event.
"I, Mu Yanping, have never been afraid of anyone since I became famous, don't say that there is only a Jingnan general, what if Xia Xuehan comes in person, I will wait in the mansion to see what he can do to me!" Mu Yanping was so angry that he slapped it with one palm, and the table made of yellow rosewood was smashed by him with one palm.
Su Mo twisted his short beard, stepped forward and patted Mu Yanping's shoulder and said, "Brother Mu, you and I are naturally not afraid of him, but we also have to think about the big and small families in the house! ”
"How can this be done, because a summer snow cold scared me Mu Yanping to move the clan, what kind of words does this say!" Mu Yanping shook his head again and again after hearing this.
"Dad, I heard that Xia Xuehan mobilized military horses to encircle and suppress people in the rivers and lakes, is this true?" Mu Yuhan ignored the servant's obstruction and forced her way into the lobby, and in just a few days, she had already lost a lot of weight.
"Han'er, it's none of your business here, go back quickly!" Mu Yanping didn't care to talk to her at this time, and waved her hand to let her step back.
"Dad, he's not that kind of person, you believe me, there must be some misunderstanding in this!" Mu Yuhan stepped forward and grabbed Mu Yanping's shirt and said almost pleadingly.
"Don't say it, it was you who proposed to let Xia Xuehan leave, and now that such a big thing has happened, how can my father explain to his fellow martial artists!" Mu Yanping looked at this daughter who was usually very fond of her, and she didn't know what to say at the moment.
"Uncle Mu, you can't blame Miss Mu for this, none of us expected Xia Xuehan to be so treacherous and cunning. Su Yan also walked into the lobby, looked at the gloomy faces of his father and Mu Yanping, and continued, "According to the little nephew's humble opinion, the top priority is to wait and see what is going on. If this is indeed the case, we will unite all the major sects in the world and ask Xia Xuehan for an explanation. I believe that by then, he will have to bow down and confess!"
"Well, the virtuous nephew has a point, and now it's all about it. Mu Yanping sighed, there is no other way to do it now, only to take one step at a time.
"Miss Mu, I'll send you back to your room!" In the face of Su Yan's concerned greeting, she just nodded solemnly.
This night, the moon was dark and the wind was high, the lights in Mufu were bright, and no one had the heart to sleep.
At about the second watch, there was a shout in the house, and the dazzling fire rose from the backyard kitchen, and in the blink of an eye, it was several feet high. Mufu ran back and forth, leading water to fight the fire, but the wind was fierce, splashing water into smoke, the tongue of fire spit out more than a zhang away, licking it, and the roasting was unbearable, who dared to go forward?
The dragon that filled the courtyard with firewood turned into fire, dancing wildly, and quickly connected into a sea of fire with the direction of the wind.
The long tongue of fire licked on the eaves of the nearby house, and then burned, only to hear the roof tiles explode violently, and the tiles flew all over the sky like hailstones, smashing and injuring a dozen people in an instant.
When the east gradually turned white, the fire was suppressed, and Mufu, which was famous in the south of the Yangtze River in the past, had turned into charred rubble at this time, and sobbing sounds were heard from time to time between the broken walls and ruins.
Mu Yanping stood on the ruins with Long Yuan in his hand at this time, his face was lonely, and a sigh covered the past. The once-prosperous Mufu is now in ruins, where should the family go, and how should they face their ancestors!
"Master, we picked this up when we were cleaning up the scene!" A house slave ran over and handed over a waist card, interrupting Mu Yanping's contemplation.
Mu Yanping trembled and took the waist card, only to see that the waist card was made of mutton fat jade, the whole body was snow-white, the workmanship was exquisite, and there was a word "cold" written on it.
Mu Yanping looked at the somewhat gray sky, couldn't help but clench the waist card, and whispered to himself: "Sure enough, it's him!"
Su Mo's father and son rushed over when they heard the news, Su Mo took the waist card, was so angry that he stood upside down, and shouted: "I just said that last night's fire was strange, and it was really this ungrateful thief!
"I miss Mu Yanping, who has been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for more than 20 years, and today I am planted in the hands of a younger generation. Brother Su, it's not that I have the ambition of others, Xia Xuehan is in a high position, if you make a rash move, it will inevitably make your Star Moon Alliance repeat the mistakes of the past!" Mu Yanping seemed to have aged twenty years old overnight, and there was no longer that kind of detachment and freedom in his gestures.
"Brother Mu, according to what you mean, just forget it?Mu Mansion's huge family business, I, an outsider, feel distressed when I look at it, and it will be difficult to eliminate the evil anger if I don't get rid of Xia Xuehan!" Su Mo was extremely angry, and slapped his palm, and the rubble flew in an instant.
Su Yan took the waist card, looked at it carefully for a long time, and said, "Dad, what Uncle Mu means is that it is not appropriate to act rashly now, otherwise it will still fall into Xia Xuehan's way." According to the little nephew's humble opinion, we should pass on the order to the world and unite to deal with Xia Xuehan together, only in this way can we have a few chances of winning. ”
"Well, what Yan'er said makes sense, I will notify all factions and join forces to kill Xia Xuehan. Brother Mu rest assured, the reconstruction of Mufu will be handed over to me Xingyue Alliance, and within a month, Mufu will definitely be restored to its former glory. Su Mo patted Mu Yanping's shoulder and turned to leave.
As soon as they walked a few steps away, hundreds of soldiers ran towards this direction and surrounded the ruins of Mufu.
The first general came out and said: "Li Qi, the pioneer officer under the account of General Jingnan, the last general, please come out and talk to the head of the Mufu family!"
"The eagle dogs of the imperial court and the lackeys of Xia Xuehan are afraid that they will not kill us if they set fire to us, and they also sent sergeants to encircle and suppress us. Xia Xuehan, a vicious thief, is not as good as a pig and a dog!"
Li Qi frowned, and said angrily: "Slandering the imperial court, making disrespectful remarks to King Langya, his heart can be punished, take it for me!"
With a wave of his hand, dozens of soldiers surrounded Su Mo and the others. "Heaven damn Xia Xuehan, do you think a few sergeants will have an old man!" Su Mo slashed out with a palm, and three soldiers were killed immediately.
"Dare to kill the sergeants of the imperial court, are you going to rebel? Kill me without mercy!" Li Qi waved his sword, and hundreds of soldiers slaughtered the three of them.
Mu Yanping also moved his liver fire, the dragon groaned, Long Yuan slashed through the purple light and killed into the crowd, how could those soldiers be Mu Yanping's opponents, the sword light passed everywhere, and the flesh and blood flew sideways.
In the peach garden, the purple-clothed girl knelt in front of a charred peach tree, her tears were frozen in the glass-like morning light, her pale face was filled with deep sorrow, the moon set and the sun rose, she remained motionless until the night breeze dried the tears on her face, and also blew away the last trace of temperature of her body.
She opened her clenched palm, and a peach blossom lay quietly in her white palm, a peach blossom as red as blood, transforming the beating of blood. I still remember that this was planted by my mother's own hands, and after my mother's death, it was this peach tree that accompanied her through countless lonely days and nights.
Peach blossoms will never bloom again......
"Stand up and come back with us!" An angry roar interrupted Mu Yuhan's musings, and three armed soldiers surrounded her.
"Did he send you?" Mu Yuhan looked at them blankly, his eyes already empty.
"Don't talk nonsense, you traitors, if you have anything to say, let's talk about it on the execution ground!" After speaking, the two escorted Mu Yuhan and walked outside.
"You bastards, let go of my sister, what's going on at me!" Mu Yufeng rushed out of nowhere and pushed a soldier away. He is weak by nature, he doesn't like to practice martial arts, and he has no talent in martial arts, even if he is in a martial arts family like Mufu, he doesn't know anything about martial arts.
The other soldier overthrew Mu Yufeng to the ground with just a slight push, and the three of them surrounded him and punched and kicked, how could Mu Yufeng's thin body bear it, and after a while, a mouthful of blood and crumbs of internal organs spurted out.
"Brother, leave me alone, you go! Xia Xuehan won't do anything to me, you go!" Mu Yuhan pushed away the soldiers and came up to protect his brother.
Su Yanfei came over and knocked the three soldiers to the ground, stepped forward to help Mu Yuhan and his sister up, and said, "Brother Mu, you are injured, I will take you away!"
Unexpectedly, Mu Yufeng pushed Su Yan's hand away and said, "Take my sister away, dragging me will only affect you!"
"No, I want to be with you, I won't leave!" Mu Yuhan broke free of Su Yan and ran over to support Mu Yufeng.
Mu Yufeng stabilized his body and said, "Little sister, I heard my brother say, although my brother has no ability, haven't all the villains who bullied you since I was a child been beaten away by my brother? He pushed Mu Yuhan towards Su Yan and said, "Brother Su, take her away, please!"
Su Yan hesitated for a long time, finally nodded, and set up Mu Yuhan, who was struggling and shouting, and disappeared between the broken bricks and tiles after only a few ups and downs.
Mu Yufeng looked at the rubble everywhere, his body shook for a while, after today, Gusu Mufu, it's just the past!
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