First Lady of the Crown Prince

Chapter 969: A trip to Dark Night Island (second update)

On the third day after Gu Jiao drank with Muchuan and others, Mu's eldest son took the blame and resigned from office. It was said that a murder was caused by someone under him. Play.

Shangguan Yan is right.

In addition, there was a flood in the south, and the Mu family donated five million taels of silver to relieve the victims.

 This means emptying out all the money in the family.

 The Mu family didn't have that much cash on hand, so they could only use farms, shops and other major family properties to pay for it.

 Donation sounds good in name, but in reality it is no different from confiscating a house.

Muchuan was sitting in his room, and the guards were coming and going to move valuables in the room.

"Hey! You can't move this!" His servant stopped a guard, looked at the cloisonné enamel vase in his hand, and said, "This is the young master's birthday gift! The young master likes to use it to raise small fish!"

 That is a childhood memory.

Muchuan was naughty and couldn't sit still at home. He would knock over this vase or break that porcelain. Later, the old man of the Mu family got an expensive cloisonné enamel vase from somewhere.

He was going to arrange flowers, so Muchuan had an idea and caught two small fish and put them in.

 “Let them take it away.” Muchuan said calmly.

"But young master..." the boy said unbearably, "They have emptied the house. I'll leave you a vase to think about..."

Muchuan whispered: "No, I don't want to think about it, that's it, it's fine."

The guards took away the vase and Muchuan's gold and jade belt from the wardrobe, leaving only some worthless clothes.

"Young Master..." The young man choked and looked at Muchuan.

Muchuan originally had the most restless temper, but when something like this happened, he was calmer than anyone else in the family.

 He stood up slowly and walked out of the house where he had lived for twenty years with an expressionless face.

As he crossed the threshold, he turned back, took one last look, and said a silent farewell.

 …

What the Mu family did to the Xuanyuan family was not much lighter than the Han family and the Nangong family. They just didn't plot against them on the battlefield. But when they added insult to injury and framed the Xuanyuan family, the Mu family had no mercy.

Shangguan Yan will not be merciful to the Mu family.

The Mu family sat in a tattered carriage and left the inner city silently in the morning before dawn.

The servants in the family were dismissed, leaving only a few old slaves who really didn't want to leave to have children with the family.

More than thirty people in the family moved to an old house in the outer city. This was Mrs. Ji Mu’s dowry back then, and it was the only asset that was not “handed over”.

I was used to Jinyi and jade, and once became a civilian, their family members cried very hard.

Mrs. Mu fell ill on a stormy night. Muchuan braved the heavy rain and sought medical treatment everywhere.

 However, when he heard that he was treating the Mu family, no doctor dared to come.

Everyone knows how the Mu family "exposed" the Xuanyuan family back then. Now that the Xuanyuan family has been vindicated and the empress has ascended the throne, the Mu family is in doom. Anyone who dares to help the Mu family will have trouble with His Majesty and the Xuanyuan family.

On a night of heavy rain, Muchuan finally felt the despair of confiscating his family and exterminating his family.

He dragged his tired body and stumbled back to the old house like a zombie.

As soon as he reached the door, he heard a familiar call from behind.

 “Muchuan.”

 He turned around, and the heavy rain soaked his eyes, blurring his vision.

But he still clearly saw Gu Jiao, who was wearing a long green dress, holding an oil-paper umbrella and carrying a small medicine box, slowly walking towards him.

 The heavy rain was cool. When it fell into his eyes, it became extremely hot when it flowed out.

 His throat felt sore.

Gu Jiao treated Mrs. Mu's illness, left enough medicine, and told Mrs. Mu to have a good rest and not to work too hard in the near future.

After she left, Mrs. Mu handed a brocade box to Muchuan: "The second prince asked me to give it to you."

Muchuan was startled: "She... told you her identity?"

Mrs. Mu smiled weakly: "Yes, I really didn't expect that she is actually the brave and capable young commander of the Black Wind Battalion. She is not inferior to other women."

Mrs. Mu is a smart person. She said movedly, "She is both the prince's concubine and the general of the Black Wind Cavalry. She came to our house openly and openly to tell the world that His Majesty and the Xuanyuan family did not kill our Mu family. From now on, those people will have to think carefully if they want to show off to us again."

Muchuan nodded and opened the brocade box with trembling hands.

 Inside were a stack of banknotes, a letter of recommendation for scientific examination from the Imperial Master's Palace, and a note left by Gu Jiao.

 “Mu Chuan, don’t give up.”

Tears burst into Muchuan’s eyes—

 …

Gu Jiao also visited the chess club during her time in Shengdu. Unfortunately, Mr. Meng, the chess master of the Six Nations, has stayed in his hometown since the last time he went to Zhao to persuade peace. He has not come to Yan yet. .

Gu Jiao guessed that the old man might have pretended to be a beggar and went to various countries to search for Go talents. As long as the old man was happy, he didn't have to stay at home and take care of himself according to the worldly impression.

At the beginning of August, Gu Jiao and Xiao Heng set off for Dark Night Island. The twins stayed in the palace, and Xiao Jingkong also stayed in Shengdu. Xuanyuan Qi hoped to spend more time with him.

Dark Night Island rarely interacts with the outside world, so Gu Jiao couldn't bring too many people with her, so she only brought along Chen and a few masters from the Shadow Department.

"How can this manpower be enough?" Shangguan Yan said, "I will send you another team of troops."

 She sent Feng Wuxiu, the head of the Feng family.

Outside the palace, Feng Wuxiu held a bag of fried fruits, nibbled on one, and handed the rest to Gu Jiao: "Want to eat?"

 Gu Jiao: “…”

The younger brother was going to Dark Night Island, and Taoist Master Qingfeng, who was worried about his brother's safety, had to follow him secretly.

I thought I could avoid being chased by someone by going to Dark Night Island, but it was tragic once again.

 …

This time it was not a march and there was no need to travel day and night. It took the group a month and a half to reach Pucheng.

 Settled for two nights in Pucheng, talked about old times with General Chang Wei, temporarily handed over the Black Wind King to the care of General Chang Wei, and set off from Pucheng again in the early morning of the third day.

 Three days later, they left the northernmost border of the Yan Kingdom and set foot on the ice field heading to Dark Night Island.

“Chang Jing said where did the direwolf stay?” Gu Jiao looked for the map in her purse, “The map was lost.”

“It doesn’t matter, I know where it is.” Xiao Heng said.

 “How do you know?” Gu Jiao asked.

 “I’ve seen the map.” Xiao Heng said.

Gu Jiao nodded: "Oh, then you lead the way, Taoist Master Qingfeng, and you can come with us."

The three of them went to look for the sleds and direwolves on Dark Night Island nearby. Feng Wuxiu, wrapped in thick skins, squatted in front of an ice cave, swallowing hard while looking at the gurgling ice water below.

Liao Chen glanced at him with a smile but not a smile: "What are you looking at?"

Feng Wuxiu said greedily: "There are a lot of fish down there. I don't know if they are delicious."

 …

The direwolves of Dark Night Island live freely on the ice fields. Due to their training, they generally do not run too far except for hunting. As long as they hear the familiar whistle, they will rush over quickly.

Gu Jiao took out the whistle Chang Jing gave her and blew it.

 She blinked: "Huh? No response."

The decibel of this whistle exceeds the limit of human hearing, and only wolves can hear it.

 If the whistle breaks, they, as humans, will not be able to detect it.

 Gu Jiao blew again.

 This time, there was still no response from the surroundings.

 “I’ll give it a try.” Xiao Heng said.

 Gu Jiao handed him the whistle, and Xiao Heng blew it rhythmically a few times. After a while, a direwolf appeared.

  Immediately afterwards, two, three, and more and more direwolves ran towards Xiao Heng’s direction.

The cold wind howled, and he stood on the vast ice field, seeming to be integrated with the ice field. His eyes were cold, and his whole person had a strange and powerful aura.

Gu Jiao tilted her head and looked at him.

 Hmm, my husband is so handsome.

 Today is another day when I am praised by my husband.

 There are twenty-one direwolves in total, including a little wolf king.

 The Little Wolf King is very fierce, especially towards a group of strangers who do not have the aura of Dark Night Island.

It bared its teeth and began to show its aggression.

Xiao Heng did not show any fear. He stepped forward boldly, squatted down on one knee, raised his slender jade-like hand, and gently pressed the little wolf king's head.

 A miracle happened, and the little wolf king's ferocity suddenly subsided.

Gu Jiao was surprised: "You can also tame a wolf?"

Xiao Heng said: "Chang Jing taught me."

The Little Wolf King took the lead to dig the hole and dug out a bunker. He rushed in with the direwolf and pulled out the snowmobile inside.

 Gu Jiao's eyes suddenly lit up: "Isn't this just a sleigh? The godfather must have taught the people from Dark Night Island how to make it!"

Xiao Heng's face turned dark when he heard about the godfather.

 It’s that man again!

 When the three of them returned to the place on the sleigh, Liao Chen and Feng Wuxiu sat cross-legged in the snow and grilled fish.

Feng Wuxiu grabbed a fish skewered on a stick, blew the hot air on it, opened his mouth and took a bite, and said to Chen: "Brother, it smells so good!"

 Chang Fengdao's eyes turned cold, "Who are you calling me brother?"

 (End of this chapter)