I don't want to return

Mu Chongyu had nothing against it, and Shen Qing naturally had no objection either.The conditions in Yuzhou are unique, and they have been exhausted all the way. Why do they refuse?

So before dawn on the second day, everyone changed their direction and headed for Yuzhou.

This time, Xue Jinghong was the most excited person in the whole team, except for those soldiers who thought that they could eat, drink and rest after going to Yuzhou.

Although Xue Jinghong tried his best to suppress his emotions, the expression on his face was completely different from before.The gloomy aura silently lingering on him was swept away, and the whole person became much lighter.That already handsome face always raised the corners of his mouth unconsciously, and when he looked at Mu Chongyu, the smile on the corners of his mouth would always be a little softer.

At first glance, he doesn't look like a nobleman anymore, but like a gentleman with a happy event coming from a commoner's family, strangely simple and honest.

On the contrary, Mu Chongyu fell silent.He seemed to be preoccupied along the way, looking at Xue Jinghong with a scrutiny.

Xue Jinghong handed over Yuzhou to himself, but he was really sincere.But such sincerity made him feel a little inexplicably heavy.

It is obvious that the other party took away his land, and now he returns the land to himself, shouldn't he accept it with peace of mind?Mu Chongyu convinced himself in this way, but when he raised his eyes and met Xue Jinghong's following gaze, he really couldn't face each other calmly, so he could only look away unconsciously.

This feeling, as if he was the aggressive one, forced Xue Jinghong to give up Yuzhou.

Xue Jinghong didn't seem to realize it.For him, returning Nanyan's land to Mu Chongyu was something he had been thinking about for a long time, and it had nothing to do with whether Mu Chongyu took the initiative to mention it.

The most important thing is that Mu Chongyu didn't reject him anymore, and he can stand in front of Mu Chongyu honestly, care about him, and accompany him without hiding his identity.

This used to be something he wished for endlessly.

At noon, the team had been marching for a long time, and they were a little tired.Xue Jinghong took the initiative to stand up and go to find some food.

They have been running around for many days, and everyone's silver has been used up. Even if they have silver, it is not easy to mobilize a large number of people to rest in nearby towns and attract people's attention.Therefore, most of them ask for some dry food from the farmers on the edge of the field, or go down to the stream to catch fish, or climb trees to hunt birds, and there is no meal.

At this moment, the team stopped, and everyone followed the usual division of labor, setting up the stove and setting up the camp.There is still a surplus of the grain and rice that I asked for from a certain wealthy farmer last time, but I have to save some.Therefore, it is better to catch some birds, fish and insects as supplements.

Seeing Xue Jinghong standing up and walking deep into the forest, Mu Chongyu pondered for a moment, then raised his sword and followed.

Although Xue Jinghong's right hand was treated and bandaged by a doctor, the deep scar must have been hard to heal.There seemed to be compassion in Mu Chongyu's eyes, and he sighed faintly.

Sure enough, although Xue Jinghong grew up on horseback and had superb martial arts skills, his right hand suddenly lost strength, which made him stretched.He was stepping on a dead branch, holding a knife in his left hand, trying to cut the dead branch into an arrow clumsily.

"Let me do it." Mu Chongyu walked over, bent down to pick up the dead branch, drew out his sword, and swiftly cut off one end of the dead branch to an extremely sharp point.

It happened that there was a stream flowing through the forest.Mu Chongyu walked to the stream, took off his shoes and socks, and rolled up his trousers, revealing two white legs, which dripped down.

His robe was already in tatters, so he simply asked him to cut off the hem of the robe and the wide sleeves, and wear it as a gown, which was much more convenient for walking in the field.

When Mu Chongyu got into the water, he saw a fish scurrying around his legs. He raised his eyebrows, and quickly inserted the dead branch, which happened to be in the belly of a fat fish.

The fish struggled twice, and the water splashed by the fish's tail wet Mu Chongyu's trousers.Mu Chongyu unconcernedly took the fish off the dead branch, threw it aside, then turned around to inspect the next target.

The whole movement took no more than a moment.

Xue Jinghong stood on the shore, watching Mu Chongyu's every move intently, with a slightly surprised and pleasant smile on the corners of his eyes and brows.

He looked at the five or six fish that Mu Chongyu had caught in a short time, couldn't help but walked forward, and said with a smile: "I heard Chen Kangsi said before that Mr. Mu is a good hunter. A group of brothers from Touzhai swept Heiyun Mountain and harvested thousands of prey. Seeing them today, it is true what they said."

After laughing, he paused again, and his voice became low and soft: "It's a pity that I didn't get to see Chongyu's demeanor. It's a pity."

For those from Beiyu, shooting and hunting on horseback was something they had grown accustomed to since they were young, and they didn't think it was strange, but Xue Jinghong felt that it was very different when it was placed on Mu Chongyu.

Xue Jinghong saw Mu Chongyu in the past, when he held a scroll in his hand, he looked like a gentleman like jade and orchid, and when he held a knife and rode a horse, he also looked like a polite Confucian general.He had never seen Mu Chongyu roll up his trousers and go down the river to fish like an ordinary farmer.

It made him feel a little distorted, a little funny, but a little cute.

It seems that at this moment there is no national hatred and family hatred on the two of them, he and he are just here to fish for the next meal.

Xue Jinghong said, unconsciously, there were some other meanings in his tone.

Mu Chongyu didn't notice it, and when he heard Xue Jinghong's unexplained praise, he just smiled bitterly in his heart.He is not a good hunter, but the situation forced him at that time, how could he be pampered like before, stretching out his hands and opening his mouth like before?

Just like now.Mu Chongyu was about to go ashore and wrap up the more than ten fish he had caught in his clothes, when he suddenly heard a "swoosh", a cold arrow pierced the air!

He frowned, and was about to dodge, when he saw the arrow was blocked by Xue Jinghong's knife, and it sank into the distant stream.

Are there any pursuers coming? !

Mu Chongyu didn't care about the fish anymore, rolled over and landed.When he raised his eyes, he was stunned.Those were not Beiyu chasing soldiers in official uniforms, nor were they Mu Yuan's guards.There were more than a dozen visitors, all dressed in black and covered their faces with black cloth, they appeared in the surrounding grass, unable to identify their identities.

Xue Jinghong hurriedly pulled Mu Chongyu behind him, looked coldly at the men in black around him, and said in a deep voice: "Chongyu, we are surrounded. These people must be watching you and me leave the team alone, You just took the opportunity to start, so be careful."

Mu Chongyu also frowned.The two of them didn't walk too close to the depths of the forest, and they didn't know if everyone in Shen Qing could detect the movement here.

But this group of men in black obviously wouldn't give them time to think about it.Seeing that the first arrow missed and their whereabouts were exposed, they simply jumped out of the bushes and approached step by step, the cold light of the knives in their hands was menacing.

Xue Jinghong gritted his teeth, and thousands of guesses flashed through his mind in an instant.He frowned suddenly, lowered his voice and said quickly to Mu Chongyu: "Chongyu, this group of people must be coming for me, it has nothing to do with you. You are good at water, so hurry up and escape along the stream until you reach the depths of the stream in front of you." , will be able to get rid of them. Quick!"

As he spoke, he pushed Mu Chongyu violently with his hands, intending to push him into the water.

The author has something to say: Xue: I really want to fish with you in the future, you are responsible for catching fish, and I am responsible for eating.