protect my lady

Mu Zixuan's movements were quick. After finishing his lunch, he changed his clothes and went to find someone according to Master Mu's instructions.

The guards of the Fu residence recognized Mu Zixuan, and when they saw him coming, they did not turn him away, but arranged him in the front hall.

"Ms. Mu is taking a lunch break, please ask Mr. Mu to wait here for a while." Sixteen said.

Of course, Mu Zixuan had no problem. After casually asking Shiliu which miscellaneous book he wanted, he read it with relish.

It took half an hour in the blink of an eye, and after Mu Qingchen woke up naturally, Shiliu told her about Mu Zixuan's visit.

"Zixuan is here?" Mu Qingchen put down the towel to wipe his face, frowning slightly.

Today is not a time for rest. Logically, Mu Zixuan should study at home. Why did he come here?

"You bring him to see me." Mu Qingchen thought for a while, and probably guessed who asked Mu Zixuan to come.Mu Zixuan can't go out at will now, since he came looking for him, it must be what his father said to him.

Mu Zixuan didn't know what happened between his father and his sister, so when he saw Mu Qingchen, the smile on his face was very bright, and he was not surprised at all.

"Sister, I miss you so much, you've been away on errands for too long." Mu Zixuan sat down and couldn't help but mutter, "I've been in dire straits for a month without you, even going out I can't find an excuse, I'm going to grow mushrooms if I'm bored in the study. If my sister is here, I can take advantage of your wind to go out and get some fresh air."

"Didn't father tell you to study hard? There are everything in the book. If you are bored, read more." Mu Qingchen's attitude of knowing nothing to Mu Zixuan is not surprising. Since her father didn't say anything, she didn't want to be in Mu Zixuan Say something more in front of you.

"Damn, he wishes I could sleep in the study." Mu Zixuan babbled for a long time, and after realizing the dissatisfaction in his heart, he began to convey Master Mu's words.

After Mu Qingchen heard it, she laughed and said nothing, it has been a month, why did she suddenly miss herself?Maybe he wants to use himself to achieve some ulterior motives.

"Sister, why don't you talk? Is it too comfortable to live here with brother-in-law?" Mu Zixuan winked and said, his eyes were full of jokes, "Did brother-in-law treat you very well and regard you as a treasure?"

The corners of Mu Qingchen's mouth slightly turned up, "Of course, if Fei Yu is not good to me, who else is good to him?"

Mu Zixuan raised his eyebrows, feeling that the matter was not simple, something must have happened between his sister and brother-in-law that he didn't know about, otherwise his sister wouldn't have admitted it so readily.

Oh, it's not like that happened, right?After all, the two of them lived together, so they couldn't sleep separately.

Although Mu Zixuan was curious, he also knew that such a question could not be asked casually, so he changed the subject.

"Then sister, when do you want to go home? We haven't had dinner together for a long time." Mu Zixuan asked, the eyes between his brows were pure and clean that belonged to a teenager.

"Look again, when you want to come back, you will come back."

"That's a few days, what time will my sister want to come back?"

Mu Qingchen originally wanted to avoid talking about this question, but under Mu Zixuan's repeated questioning, he had no choice but to give a vague answer.

"I don't plan to go back recently. It will be the Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days. I might go to the capital with Fei Yu." Mu Qingchen said, she really didn't want to go back to the Mu Mansion, whether it was her own father or Mu Kangning, she I don't want to see it.

"Then sister won't accompany us to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival?" Mu Zixuan's face was a little depressed when he heard that, the Mid-Autumn Festival is a day of reunion, it would be meaningless if his sister wasn't there.

"No, Feiyu has been with me in Suzhou for so long, and it's time for me to accompany her." Mu Qingchen said with a smile, seeing his younger brother's silly and sweet look, he couldn't bear to destroy him The beauty in my heart.

Since her father wanted to maintain a happy family in front of Zixuan, then she should follow his wishes.

Seeing Mu Qingchen's firm attitude, Mu Zixuan had no choice but to accept the fact, "Okay, sister, remember to come back after the Mid-Autumn Festival, I will miss you."

Mu Qingchen said with a smile: "If you want me to come here to see me, if you ride a horse, it will only take half an hour, which is very convenient."

Mu Zixuan sighed, "It's convenient to talk about it, but my father will definitely not allow me to go out often, unless I am admitted to Juren."

"Then study hard and become an independent adult early."

"Well, sister, don't worry, when the time comes, I will definitely get a part-time job and support you!"

"Okay, I'll be waiting for you."

After knowing that Mu Qingchen would not be going home in the near future, Mu Zixuan simply stayed here, and did not leave until the sun was about to set.

With Mu Zixuan, the restless younger brother, Mu Qingchen's afternoon was extremely fulfilling, and when it was almost time for dinner, he called Shiliu to ask questions.

"Where's Fei Yu, did she send any news?" Mu Qingchen asked, with a hint of worry in her eyes.

They had agreed that no matter what Fu Feiyu was going to do during the day, she would not intervene, but correspondingly, Fu Feiyu would definitely come back before the sun went down.Fu Feiyu kept this agreement very well before, why hasn't he come back today?

"Don't worry, Miss Shepherd, the Second Young Master brought the soldiers from the guard to arrest people today. With the soldiers accompanying him for protection, there is absolutely no danger." Sixteen said as Fu Feiyu ordered, "But the person who is going to be arrested today There will be more, and the second son may come back a little later."

"To arrest people? Are you with Mr. Fang?" Mu Qingchen asked.

Sixteen nodded.

After hearing that Mr. Fang was also accompanying him, Mu Qingchen felt a little more at ease. Mr. Fang is the highest official in Nanjing, and it would be much safer to have him in Feiyu.

"Ms. Shepherd, why don't you go have dinner first, the Second Young Master doesn't know when he will be back." Sixteen said.

Mu Qingchen hesitated for a moment, frowned slightly when his eyes touched Mu Zixuan, and nodded in agreement.

The dinner for the two of them seemed a bit lonely, Mu Zixuan complained a little about the brother-in-law who was about to leave the night after seeing that Fu Feiyu was not there.

"Where is brother-in-law, could it be that he was outside all day and then left sister here alone?" Mu Zixuan frowned and said, brother-in-law doesn't look like he would restrain his sister in the backyard.

"She's busy today, and she'll be back later."

Just as Mu Qingchen finished speaking, there was a sound of horseshoes outside, and along with the sound of armor colliding, Fu Feiyu's figure also appeared in front of the two of them.

"Qingchen, I'm back." Fu Feiyu ran over and took off his blood-stained armor by the way, revealing some thin clothes underneath.

"Just come back, go take a shower and change your clothes first." Saying that, Mu Qingchen stood up, completely blocking Mu Zixuan's sight.

Really, how can you take off your armor casually in front of outsiders, and really think of yourself as a man?

"Zixuan is here?" Fu Feiyu gently hugged Mu Qingchen, and when he was about to kiss Mu Zixuan, he caught sight of Mu Zixuan on the table, and stopped his movements instantly.

"Hello brother-in-law, I'll come and see my sister." Mu Zixuan blinked and said, his eyes couldn't help being attracted by the armed men behind Fu Feiyu.

The red stains on those people should be blood.

"Sure, you guys eat first, I'll come after I wash up."

Now that Mu Zixuan is here, Fu Feiyu has to maintain his image, turning himself into a gentleman before sitting down for dinner.

The curiosity in Mu Zixuan's eyes didn't diminish with time. Fu Feiyu finally couldn't help asking, "Brother-in-law, what did you do today? Why did you come back wearing armor?"

"Today, I brought some soldiers to arrest people. It took me a whole day to finish it." Fu Feiyu said, and asked casually, "Where are you Zixuan, you came early this morning?"

"No, I just came in the afternoon." Mu Zixuan's eyes became more and more curious, "Brother-in-law, did you arrest someone? Did the magistrate ask you to help?"

Fu Feiyu took a wet towel to help Mu Qingchen wipe his hands, and wiped every finger very clean, as if wiping a rare treasure, "I went with Mr. Fang, and the Salt Gang in Nanjing will not pass in a few days." It belongs to your sister."

"The Salt Gang in Nanjing? Brother-in-law, are you telling the truth?" Mu Zixuan was dumbfounded. Nanjing is much bigger than Suzhou.

"I can't lie to you. Today I brought 6000 soldiers stationed in Nanjing, and they directly took over the bottom of the Feilong Gang." Fu Feiyu said, replacing the wet towel with a soft handkerchief, Proceed to dry work.

Mu Zixuan is a scholar, and in his perception, the garrison of the local chief envoy is not something that can be transferred by ordinary people. Those who go out of the local area are all commanding envoys, and the central court has the right to transfer.

"Brother-in-law, do you know the commander in Nanjing?" Mu Zixuan tried his best to put away the surprise on his face, making himself look like someone who had seen a big scene.

"I know Mr. Fang, the Zuo Buzheng envoy of Nanjing. As for the commander of the capital, I have met once today, and I barely know each other." Fu Feiyu said truthfully, not hiding his relationship with high-ranking officials in Nanjing at all.

Knowing these words, Mu Zixuan will definitely pass them on to Master Mu when he goes back.

She wanted to see what Master Mu would do after knowing this. It was a good choice to choose between a worthless bastard and a daughter with a backer.

After telling Mu Zixuan, Fu Feiyu invited him away. In order to prove that his words were reliable, Fu Feiyu specially assigned a small team of soldiers to escort Mu Zixuan, allowing him to enjoy the treatment of a high-ranking official traveling in advance. .

"Did you do it on purpose just now?" As soon as Mu Zixuan left, Mu Qingchen couldn't help pulling Fu Feiyu's face.

"That's right, I just want your father to know what he has lost." Fu Feiyu snorted and said, "This way they will know that you should be held in the hands and loved well, it's not that they shouted People who come and go."

Mu Qingchen twitched the corners of his mouth, but did not continue talking about this topic.

"Is today's progress going well?" Mu Qingchen asked.

"Successful, the senior members of the Feilong Gang, including Rong Da and the deputy gang leader, have all been punished, and the rest is just a matter of rectifying the property." Fu Feiyu said with a smile, and hugged Mu Qingchen in his arms and kissed him.

"When the time comes, I will put all those salt farms under your name. Don't worry about anything else, just wait at home to collect the money."

"Give me all the salt farms?" Mu Qingchen rested his head on Fu Feiyu's neck and rubbed it lightly twice, "What about you, I can't manage such a big salt farm alone."

"Isn't there two sisters, Rong Fei and Lin Ziqing, you can roughly arrange it, and let them worry about the rest of the details. Your money is also my money. If you make a fortune, you can support me " Fu Feiyu said, "Am I right?"

Mu Qingchen hummed, and the smile on his face increased a little, "It will be the Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days, do you want to go back to the capital?"

"Mid-Autumn Festival?" Fu Feiyu was stunned for a moment, it was almost August in the blink of an eye, if Mu Qingchen hadn't mentioned it, she would have almost forgotten that there was Mid-Autumn Festival.

"How about it, are you staying in Suzhou or going back to the capital?" Mu Qingchen asked.

"Maybe I want to go back." Fu Feiyu thought about it, "I haven't gone back for more than half a year in a blink of an eye. I may have to stay in the capital for a while during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Qingchen, do you want to come with me?"

"Okay." Mu Qingchen responded casually.

"That's it, don't worry, I'll be back soon..." Fu Feiyu paused suddenly as he spoke, and couldn't believe his ears, "Qingchen, you want to go back with me?"

"Yes, what's the matter, I'm not welcome?" Mu Qingchen raised his eyebrows.

"Welcome, welcome, so welcome!" This news was an unexpected surprise for Fu Feiyu, she thought she would be separated from Qingchen for half a month.

Thinking of Fu Feiyu couldn't help kissing Mu Qingchen a few times, "Then I don't have to separate."

That night, when Fu Feiyu and Mu Qingchen were about to go to bed, Mu Zixuan also arrived at the Mu Mansion safely.

After looking at the heavily armed soldiers behind Mu Zixuan, the expression on Master Mu's face changed again and again.

"Since Young Master Mu has arrived safely, I'm going to go back to report." The captain in charge of the escort said, without giving Master Mu a chance to talk, he directly pulled the reins.The horse quickly turned its head, and the team leader took the whip and whipped the horse's buttocks, and left without looking back.

Master Mu raised his head and stared at the direction in which the small group of soldiers were leaving, and only looked away when they were nowhere to be seen.

"Zixuan, were those sent by Fu Feiyu just now?" Master Mu asked in a deep voice.

Mu Zixuan nodded, "Those soldiers came to escort me under the order of Brother Fu."

"Did you say what I asked you to convey?" Master Mu asked anxiously. The matter seemed to be beyond his control. It's not a small person who can command the army.

"I said it, but my sister said that I will go to the capital recently. It seems that I am going back to the Mid-Autumn Festival with Brother Fu." Mu Zixuan rubbed his head and said truthfully, "As for when I will come back, it's a bit hard to say. My sister didn't tell me The time I set."

"What about her attitude? Does she show some resistance to go home?"

"Resist going home?" Mu Zixuan frowned, "Why did my sister resist going home? Did something happen at home?"

"Of course not. I'm just worried that your sister has been away for too long and the family's property will be affected." Master Mu frowned, as if what he was worried about had happened.

It seems that Mu Qingchen is not satisfied with his treatment of Mu Kangning, so it is possible that he really wants to be a father to invite someone in person.

Master Mu's brows became tighter and tighter, and his mood became more and more depressed.

"Zixuan, go back to bed first, remember to study hard tomorrow." Master Mu waved his hand and dismissed everyone present.

When he came to the study and looked at the ledger piled up like a hill, Master Mu suddenly missed the time when Mu Qingchen was around.Since Mu Qingchen became his assistant, he has not looked at this kind of detailed accounts for many years. What he looks at is the things that Mu Qingchen has already selected, which is much easier than now.

Could it be that I did something wrong?

No, I am not wrong, Mu Qingchen is still my daughter no matter what, how can a child disobey his father.

Taking a step back, even if I, as a father, did something wrong, as a child, I should persuade him in a friendly voice. How can there be such a way to shirk responsibility and move out of the house directly.

It's simply unfilial!

After Master Mu convinced himself, he quickly adjusted his mentality.No matter what, the fact that Mu Qingchen is his daughter will not be changed. Even if Fu Feiyu has the wealth behind him, Mu Qingchen can't get rid of himself as a father.

"Master, does that kid Qingchen not want to come back?" Master Mu could urge himself to die like this, but Mrs. Mu couldn't, and mentioned Mu Qingchen's matter when going to bed.

Everything was fine, but suddenly it happened here.

According to what she thought, Qingchen should take good care of the family business at home now, why did she become in a state of leaving home?

"Ask me this question? Why don't you ask your good daughter, why do you have to force me to push Kang Ning to death." When Mu Qingchen was mentioned, Master Mu became angry.

He can't choke with Mu Qingchen, is it possible that he still has to be questioned by his wife?

"I'm just asking casually, you don't have to be serious about it." Mrs. Mu felt a little unhappy when she was used as a blowing bucket, "Tell me, Qingchen took good care of the family's property, why did you suddenly say that I will go back, now people say that you want to give the family property to Kang Ning."

"That's the family business I worked hard for. I can give it to whoever I want, and they don't need to talk about it." Master Mu became more and more unhappy when Mrs. Mu talked back.

"The family business you worked hard for? If it wasn't for my father who helped you at that time, you wouldn't know where you are now." Madam Mu is also a person with a temper. After hearing what Master Mu said, she also broke up with him. , "I think back when I married you, your pastoral family was just a small merchant, and the family property was just three or four shops."

"Didn't you use the dowry I brought over when you owed a huge debt, and now you tell me that you worked hard?" Madam Mu raised her voice.

As soon as I mentioned this, I became angry recently. It was a waste of time to pay for the dowry and let my father clear up contacts. As a result, when the Mu family got up, the first thing Master Mu did was to take a concubine.

At that time, I had been married and hadn't had a child for three years. Considering the man's face, I pinched my nose and admitted it.But he didn't expect that after he gave birth to a daughter in the first child, he would become more and more indifferent to himself. If it wasn't for Zixuan in the second child, there might be many wives and concubines in the family.

"When did those things happen, why do you still mention it." Master Mu has no emotion at all about that somewhat humiliating memory, wishing that everyone would forget it.

"What about you, why are you treating Qingchen like this now? It's a waste of her learning from you since she was 12 years old. After so many years, the Mu family's property has almost doubled in her hands." Now that she has spoken, Mrs. Mu Simply vent all the anger of these years.

Now that her Zixuan is about to grow up, such a talented child, Master Mu, will definitely not give up, so he doesn't have to worry about being divorced.

"Are you also forcing me to hand over the family business to Mu Qingchen?"

"Didn't you always tell me that? Mu Kangning and Mu Qianqian are just bastards, and you will only give them one-tenth of the Mu family's property at most." Mrs. Mu asked.

"What about bastards! They are all my children, so they should be treated equally."

"Treat everyone equally? You're ashamed to say that. I didn't see you caring much about Qingchen when she was young. If she hadn't shown amazing talent at a very young age, you might have dismissed her hastily." Get married!"

"Ignorance! What are you talking nonsense, I don't want to argue with you!"

After all, they are husband and wife who have shared the same bed for more than 20 years, Master Mu and Mrs. Mu are well aware of each other's personalities.

Seeing that all the deepest thoughts in his heart were stripped away, Master Mu was so angry that he put on his shoes and slammed the door and left.

It's not like he only has such a wife. If his wife makes her angry, he can just go to a concubine!

Mrs. Mu was also very angry at Master Mu's actions, how old is this person, and she is still angry with the child!

After the movement in the room gradually subsided, the boy who had been hiding in the corner sneaked up, rushed to Mu Kangning's room immediately, and told Mu Kangning all the news he had heard.

"Okay, you did a great job, go down and receive the reward." After hearing this, Mu Kangning felt very comfortable, and felt that his injuries had healed a lot.

"Come here." Mu Kangning opened his mouth and called his confidant over, "Have all the people I asked you to prepare been settled?"

"Back to Young Master, everything has been arranged. We bought a total of three people, all of whom are juicy young men." The visitor replied, "I have already taught them calligraphy according to your instructions, and the results are already good."

"Okay, keep an eye on them during this period of time. Whether your young master and I can pass the Juren exam will depend on them."

As Mu Kangning said, there was a touch of ambition in his eyes.

As long as he is admitted to Juren, his father will definitely stand by him.