The son is responsible

The man paid the money, and the boss began to teach him how to choose wood and tools. Xue Muji stood by and watched for a while, but he was not good at handcrafts. Seeing that he felt sleepy, he asked Fuyun to go back with him.

At the door of the inn, he saw a very familiar horse.

"Your Majesty." Xue Muji leaned closer and looked carefully, it was indeed Xue Huaijiu's horse.He just saw the personal video of the fourth brother, and he was a little angry. The fourth brother clearly promised him to go home, which was just perfunctory.

Xue Mei stood on the second floor of the inn, poked her head out and said, "My lord, are you back? Someone brought you something."

Xue Muji turned around and left, he didn't want to talk to Fourth Brother, a liar.

The town is not big, so Xue Muji had to go back to the alley to watch the boss teach that gentle man how to make an umbrella after walking around.The wood of the umbrella handle should be carved into strips of equal thickness. The young man looked just like him at first glance. He was pampered and had never done heavy work. He only cut two fingers and cut his fingers twice. The boss has experience and took out strips of cloth. Come and tie the wound to stop the bleeding temporarily.

Xue Muji was angry, so he also bought a piece of wood and cut it randomly.

When the young master cut his hand for the fifth time, the boss couldn't bear it anymore, and sighed, "Forget it, young master, you are not good at this, let alone three days, teaching you for three years is not good enough."

The young master was not annoyed, and stopped his movements, "Boss, I will add two taels of silver. You teach me for three days, and I will be as good as I can."

The boss shook his head, "You hurt five fingers, and you raised the knife vigorously, doesn't it hurt?"

The boy shook his head.

The boss knew that he was enduring it. When he first learned this craft, he was injured everywhere. The young master's persistence moved him and asked, "Are you going to make a red silk umbrella and give it to your loved one? Which girl is so good?" Luckily, I have your sincerity."

The young master blushed, although he didn't speak, it was obvious.

Xue Muji was still sitting on the nearby stone steps dealing with the wood, but saw a shadow blocking the moonlight.

Looking up, Xue Huaijiu was standing in front of him.

He put the wood and knife aside, turned his head and ignored them.

"I should let you go home," Xue Huaijiu said first after a long silence, "but you let Fufeng follow me quietly, so what?"

Fufeng was discovered?The quality of our own secret guards and people can be said to be top-notch, how did the fourth brother find out?Forget it, someone who will become the Minister of Dali Temple in the future should have this insight.

Xue Muji can't say that he is afraid that his grandma will kill your good brother, you are such a big truth, life is in danger everywhere, so what if the future minister of Dali Temple hates Shangpingjianghoufu?But since Fufeng was discovered, he had to make up some reason, and said with anger in his heart, "I'm afraid you will steal my things."

The other party didn't answer, Xue Muji waited impatiently, turned around, and saw that the fourth brother was holding his knife, using the moonlight to carve the wood that he had just lost its shape.

After a few knives, the wood turned into a cute little pig.

Xue Huaijiu handed the wooden piglet to Xue Muji, Xue Muji took it over and looked at it carefully, it really looked like it was lifelike, talent was something that couldn't be compared, and the fourth brother had never specially learned any woodcarving skills. one of a kind.

Xue Muji smiled, "Brother, you are a pig, why do you follow me? I went to Yongdu for a reason. Forget it, just follow, anyway, you will live in Yongdu in the future. Go, Go back to sleep, you have to hurry tomorrow morning!"

He stuffed the woodcarving into his bosom, took his brother's hand habitually, and headed towards the inn. When he left the alley, the young man was wrapped with a lot of cloth strips, but there were already five wooden strips beside him. .

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After walking for three days without knowing it, Xue Muji pulled the fourth brother into the carriage, the two played chess in the carriage, and heard the report from the subordinate, "Your Excellency, you have arrived at Wanjin Mountain."

"Brother, come with me somewhere, okay?"

Xue Huaijiu was naturally silent and nodded.Xue Muji took out a pen and paper from the box, dipped it in ink, and thought while holding the pen holder.

Xue Muji probably memorized the location. He drew the general shape of the mountain range on the paper, and handed it to the subordinates outside after drawing, "Let's change the road and take this road."

"My son..." Everyone was puzzled, this road was arranged by Ping Jianghou, and all the robbers and robbers nearby gave gifts, so don't come out to rob when the son passes by.

Xue Muji is the master, he persisted, and finally changed his path according to Shi Zi's wishes.

On this road, there are graves on both sides, and they are deserted graves. Crows hover in the dark sky, screaming, black feathers fluttering down from time to time, which makes people shudder.

Numerous mounds are arranged in random order, with ups and downs, but none of them are placed in a row. They are covered with weeds, and they all look similar.

On the way, Xue Huaijiu called to stop, called Xue Huaijiu to get off the carriage.

Suddenly, from the depths of the mound, there was a melodious flute sound.

"There seems to be someone." Xue Muji murmured, "It's such a coincidence, who could it be?"

Xue Huaijiu didn't understand, but he didn't ask, just holding a jar of wine silently, followed Xue Muji into the wild grass, the two heard the sound of the bamboo flute getting closer, soon, they saw the flute playing People, standing next to a similar mound, on the mound, there are wine and pastries.

The flute player was dressed in dignified clothes, and he looked like a noble person, while the five guards with swords beside him were looking at the two of them vigilantly.

There is no one inhabited in a radius of ten miles. Where did these two young masters come from?The guards didn't dare to ask questions, disturbing the master's playing, watching the two young masters getting closer, putting on a guarded posture.

Xue Muji stood still, he looked at the grave mound, and quietly listened to the familiar tune.

The flute player finished the song and put the flute on his waist.He had heard footsteps behind him a long time ago, he couldn't guess who would come to this kind of place, and he was even more surprised when he turned his head, "Ping Jiang Shizi?"

He had been to the Marquis of Pingjiang several times, and had acquaintance with Xue Muji several times.

Xue Muji smiled slightly, and said politely, "Thank you uncle."

Xue Muji knew the flute player, Xie Zhiyang, Marquis Bixue of Huajian City, before he became a Marquis, he was known as Xuelin Junzi, and he was as famous as his third uncle Yushu Junzi in talent.

"Why are you here?"

Xue Muji said, "I went north to Yongdu and passed by here. I heard the sound of the flute was very pleasant, so I followed the sound of the flute. Uncle Xie, it's you, why are you playing the flute in this wild cemetery?"

"Your Majesty, do you know which family's grave this is?" The flute player turned around again, waved his hand, his subordinates stepped back, Xue Muji took a few steps forward, and stood with him.

Xue Muji looked around carefully, there were no stone tablets or wooden plaques, and asked suspiciously, "Is this a mass grave?"

"Wrong, this is not a mass grave, but a royal tomb." The flute player opened a jar of wine, sprinkled it on the mound, and said slowly, "If I say that the owner of this tomb is Prince Jiayu, your son Do you believe?"

"Isn't Prince Jiayu buried in the Imperial Mausoleum?" Xue Muji's innocent eyes flashed. He knew that this was Prince Jiayu's grave, because Crown Prince Jiayu was Xie Manxing's uncle, and this grave was still owned by Qi Anchang. The princess dug it.As a prince who was abolished as a prince for collaborating with the enemy and committing treason and committed suicide in the prison, according to the ancestral system, he could not enter the imperial mausoleum.In other words, this piece of land is also one of the properties of Princess Qi'an's mansion, but it has become like this because it has not been taken care of for many years.

"The crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason, how could it enter the imperial mausoleum?" The flute player sighed, and said calmly, "Your Majesty, there is no need to lie to me. You will never pass through here from Pingjiang to Yong, unless you deliberately, you know Jia Yu Yu’s graveyard, and deliberately detoured to pay homage, did Xue San leave something behind?”

Xue Muji shook his head, "Third Uncle? Does Third Uncle know too? I heard it from Xie Manxing."

Xie Zhiyang frowned, "Have you met Xie Manxing? Shen Chu married Lu Qian, why didn't he go back with you?"

"Yes, he asked me to come here. I heard that when I went north to Yongdu, he even asked me to bring gifts for Miss Lu. He hasn't had enough fun, and he's afraid that when he returns to Yongdu, he won't be able to leave the city gate again. "

Xie Zhiyang was helpless, the child in the son-in-law's mansion was really worrying, not long ago Xie Xuan sent a letter back to Huajian, asking if Xie Manxing had gone back to him.

Xue Muji put the wine jar he brought in front of the grave, "Xue Muji, son of Pingjiang, on behalf of his good friend Xie Manxing, and my third uncle who passed away with me, brought half a jar of wine for His Royal Highness to drink. This wine is called Daughter Tears, there is only one jar in the world, I will keep half of it and bring you the rest."

After speaking, he opened the wine jar, and sprinkled the fragrant wine on the wind grass.

"Xi Chu's daughter tears?" Xie Zhiyang stood beside him, and slowly said the name of the wine.

"If it weren't for the friendship between Miss Qin and me, I would not have known that Your Highness has such a deep friendship with my third uncle. His Highness once took Princess Qi'an and Lu Yu to play in Pingjiang, and my third uncle actually hid it from the Pingjiang Houfu. Dead on." Xue Muji smiled slightly, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince once held a plaque for the Qin family who brewed this wine when he was visiting Pingjiang. The plaque was hung in a conspicuous place on the bank of Pingjiang for so long, and it survived the empress dowager Feng's death." It took three years to eliminate Prince Jiayu’s remnant party. Thinking about being discovered at that time, I’m afraid Pingjiang would be bloodied, and Pingjiang is no longer the Pingjiang it is today.”

Xie Zhiyang also seemed to recall the past, he was taciturn by nature, he had no desires and no fights, he was not in Uncle Xue's circle, and he rarely dealt with the dignitaries in Yongdu.

It was a coincidence to meet Marquis Xie here, Xue Muji asked, "Uncle Xie, are you going to attend the wedding of Lu and Chen's family? My father is ill, so I will go to Yongdu to congratulate him on my father's behalf. How about we go on the same journey together?" ?”

Xie Zhiyang understood in his heart that Master Xue's concerns, his family's retainers also tried to persuade him for many days.But in the end, he still resisted all opinions and decided to go to Yongdu in person. Even if Lu Yu threatened to hand over the right to trade routes, it would be fine.Firstly, it was because of righteous brother Xie Xuan, even if he didn't go, Lu Yu could use the eldest princess's mansion to force him to submit; secondly, it was because of his infatuated son.

"Senior Xue, if you are not in a hurry, you can come with me. My child went shopping in the outskirts of the city yesterday and said he would stay there for three days. We have to wait for him at the inn in Yangcheng." Xie Zhiyang explained.

Xue Muji said yes again and again, and took his brother back to the carriage.

"Fuyun, let's go to Yangcheng and repair for three days. After three days, we will go to Yongdu together with Master Xie." Xue Muji ordered.

On the carriage, Xue Muji was laying on the soft cushion with his eyes closed, and suddenly heard Xue Huaijiu ask, "Who is Xie Manxing?"

Xue Muji knew that his brother was listening to him talking to Xie Zhiyang just now, so naturally he couldn't say that he was talking nonsense like Xie Manxing, but it was rare for his brother to take the initiative to talk to him, so he thought for a while before saying, "Brother, you know Qi Princess Anchang?"