Daily life of captives

After leaving West City, Li Shao has been very worried about Mu Ran, and when he was about to arrive at the Tiance General's residence, Li Shao suddenly turned his horse around.

"Bo Yi, you go back first, I'll go and see Mu Ran."

Changsun Boyi immediately reined in his horse and stopped, turned his head to look at Li Shao, and then followed suit: "I'll accompany you. Yu Shi, go back to the mansion to get some wound medicine and go to Mu Ran's residence."

"Yes." Yu Shi immediately jumped off his horse and rushed into General Tiance's mansion.

Li Shao and grandson Boyi rode their horses to Mu Ran's residence. When they arrived, Mu Ran hadn't come back. Li Shao was sitting in the cold courtyard, looking as calm as usual, but he kept putting the empty teacup to his mouth. Bian Song's actions revealed his uneasiness.

Taking away the empty teacup that Li Shao brought to his mouth again, Changsun Boyi poured tea into the empty cup, and comforted Li Shao: "Don't worry, Mu Ran will be beaten up at most."

Li Shao sighed, and said in a low voice: "Perhaps I shouldn't have sent him so far away at the beginning. At that time, I didn't dare to put strangers by his side. The people who lived with him were all from the princess's mansion. People, no one dares to discipline him, and there is no one who can teach him well."

The eldest grandson Boyi put the teacup containing the tea into Li Shao's hand, and said in a deep voice, "You did nothing wrong. If you hadn't been cautious, he would still be alive today? Mu Ran's nature is not bad, and now you are by my side Stay with me, he won't be so ignorant all the time."

"I hope so." But if Mu Ran was accidentally taught to behave like him, wouldn't Elder Sister Huang hate him to death?

There was a loud "bang", and the door of the mansion, which was closed because of the arrival of Li Shao and Changsun Boyi, was forcefully kicked open, followed by a roar.

"Damn it, everyone is dead? Why close the door in broad daylight!"

The hearts of those who accompanied Li Shao and Changsun Boyi thumped, the few people who often followed Li Shao just looked at Li Shao's gloomy face instantly, and those who lived here to take care of Muran were all frightened. His face turned pale, the manager Xiao Nan glanced at Li Shao, then hurried to Mu Ran's side, and supported Mu Ran who was staggering, with a bruised nose and a swollen face.

"My ancestor! Please don't say a few words!" Xiao Nan whispered in Mu Ran's ear again, "Young master is here."

Mu Ran was taken aback, looked up in astonishment and saw Li Shao and Changsun Boyi, and immediately lost all arrogance.

"Uncle, uncle, uncle grandson." After bowing obediently, Mu Ran stood tremblingly not far from the gate of the mansion, not daring to go any further.

Not even wanting to look at Mu Ran, Li Shao just raised his hand, Deng Yi at the side understood, and showed a kind smile to Mu Ran.

"Young Master Mu, come over here to get the medicine first, the young master and the general specially brought the medicine from General Tiance's mansion."

Mu Ran stood there, motionless.

Did uncle expect that he would be beaten?You obviously expected it, but you still left him there?What's the use of giving him medicine after that?

Xiao Nan was so anxious that he kept pushing Mu Ran, but Mu Ran twisted left and right, even if he was pushed out a step, he would stubbornly retreat.

Li Shao raised his head and looked at Mu Ran coldly: "Come here."

Mu Ran pursed her lips, looking like she still didn't want to approach him, but when Xiao Nan pushed him again, Mu Ran followed Xiao Nan's strength and reluctantly moved forward a few steps.Glancing at Li Shao, Mu Ran strode to the edge of the yard and sat on the railing of the veranda.

Xiao Nan hurriedly followed, Deng Yi also went over with the medicine and gave Mu Ran the medicine, but Li Shao didn't say a word.

The eldest grandson Boyi glanced at Mu Ran, then at Li Shao, and wanted to say something to ease the atmosphere, but in the end he didn't say anything.

There were only some bruises on Mu Ran's body, so after applying the medicine to Mu Ran, Deng Yi returned to Li Shao's side.

"Mr. Qi, Mr. Mu's injuries are not serious. It seems that those foreigners were lenient, so no bones were injured. After rubbing the bruises with medicinal wine, the bruises disappeared."

"Let's do it that time." After saying that, Li Shao stood up.

If he stayed any longer, he would beat Muran if he didn't keep it all.

"Wait!" Mu Ran looked at Li Shao in disbelief, "Doesn't uncle have anything to say to me?"

"What do you want me to say?" Li Shao turned his head and looked at Mu Ran indifferently.

"Me!" Seeing Li Shao's indifferent expression, Mu Ran was extremely wronged, "Your nephew was beaten like this, so you have nothing to say? You are the son of Chang'an City, the fiancé of Admiral Tiance , but your nephew was beaten black and blue by some foreigners, can you swallow this breath?"

"This tone?" Li Shao smiled, "I don't feel angry. It's because you made a mistake first, but you refuse to say an apology, then you can only apologize in other ways. Also, if you I just want to live like a playboy under my protection. Then you don’t have to take the imperial examination next year. I will inform the gentlemen that you don’t have to come again. If you are short of money on weekdays, let Xiao Nan ask me for it. I can protect you no matter how crazy or troublesome you are in Chang'an City, but after leaving this mansion, don't say you are the son of Huang Changjie, she can't afford to lose this person!"

"Why did I embarrass my mother?" Mu Ran stood up abruptly, staring at Li Shao, "Mother is the most honorable princess, but now I have been beaten like this but I can only swallow my anger. The majesty is gone, who is to blame? The third prince, who was once stunned and talented, did not want to help the Li family, but devoted himself to his enemies, singing and singing every night, disregarding his family, country and the world, and made the Li family's glory fade away. Now you actually Still talking about me?"

Before Mu Ran's final sound hit the ground, white clothes fluttered in front of his eyes, and there was a sudden "pop" in his ears, and half of his face felt a burning pain.

"Sanlang!" The eldest grandson Boyi stood up abruptly, rushed to Mu Ran and pulled away the red-eyed Li Shao, and hugged him, "Don't be angry, don't care about the child, eh?"

Li Shao was trembling with anger, even his heart was throbbing, but his voice was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't speak a word.

The eldest grandson Boyi took Li Shao away from Mu Ran, and patted Li Shao on the back, but turned his head to look at Xiao Nan with the opposite cruelty: "I told you to take care of him here, that's how you take care of him." ? Who taught him these words?!"

Xiao Nan knelt down on the ground with a plop, his face pale: "Forgive me, general, this subordinate, this subordinate is negligent of duty. But this subordinate can guarantee that the person who takes care of Mr. Mu in this yard will never say such a thing. Probably...probably because Young Master Mu met someone with ulterior motives when he went out."

"What ulterior motives?" Mu Ran yelled, "Don't worry about who told me this, did he say something wrong?"

"And what do you know?" Changsun Boyi glared at Mu Ran angrily, "If it wasn't for your uncle, do you think you would still be alive here talking big?"

"It's better to die than to live so aggrieved!"

"Then you will die," Changsun Boyi snorted coldly, took out the dagger hidden on his body and threw it to Muran, "If you can bend like your mother, I respect you as a man!"

The dagger landed at his feet and made a "bang-dang" sound, which made Mu Ran shudder.

Swallowing, Mu Ran stiffened her neck and said, "You, do you think I dare not?"

The eldest grandson Boyi didn't reply, he just raised his chin to signal Mu Ran to pick up the dagger, and looked at Mu Ran provocatively.

Mu Ran glanced at Li Shao who was tightly hugged by the elder Sun Boyi, bent down and picked up the dagger: "Death, death is death, who, who is afraid of whom!"

"Hurry up!" Changsun Boyi urged impatiently, "It's just a matter of wiping your neck, just be as simple as a man, your uncle and I are very busy."

"You, what are you urging!" Pulling the dagger out of its sheath, staring at the coldly shining blade, Mu Ran swallowed again, "Uncle, uncle, I, I really want to stab it."

Li Shao really wanted to look at Mu Ran, but the eldest Sun Boyi put one hand around his waist and the other pressed his head, so he couldn't move.

Changsun Boyi said again: "Don't call your uncle, if you die, he will be pure. People come to assassinate your uncle every day in an endless stream. I still think that there are not enough guards in General Tiance's mansion. If you die , I can just withdraw the guards arranged around this courtyard."

Mu Ran was taken aback when he heard the words, and asked his elder Sun Boyi, "Is there anyone else who wants to assassinate uncle?"

"This has nothing to do with a dying person." After saying this, Changsun Boyi turned his head and whispered in Li Shao's ear, and occasionally turned his head to urge Muran with fierce eyes.

Mu Ran looked at Li Shao and Changsun Boyi, then at the cold dagger in his hand, and felt that he should be able to bend and stretch.

Slowly inserting the dagger back into its sheath, Mu Ran flattered and said with a flattering smile: "Uncle Changsun, if I die, uncle will be alone, how pitiful, I, I should live."

"No need," eldest grandson Boyi gave Mu Ran a sideways look, "Your uncle has me."

Mu Ran was choked, and after a while he asked his elder Sun Boyi jokingly: "Uncle Chang Sun, you said this as if you were expecting me to die."

"Occasionally," Changsun Boyi said mercilessly, "seeing your uncle worrying about your affairs but still not being grateful, I feel that you might as well die."

He is not afraid that Saburo will hear this.

The flattering smile on Mu Ran's face couldn't be maintained: "There's no need for Uncle Changsun to treat me so badly, right? I remember Uncle Changsun loved me very much when I was young."

"Useful for you? A wolf-hearted thing!"

Mu Ran was speechless after being scolded, touched his nose, and said aggrievedly: "I made a slip of the tongue just now, but am I not too angry? Now I only have my uncle as a relative, and if something happens, I can only Relying on uncle, I..."

"You are the only family member of your uncle left, what have you done for him?" Changsun Boyi still pressed Li Shao, preventing Li Shao from raising his head, "Xiao Nan, don't allow him to set foot on the ground for the next two months." Take a step out of this house and let him be alone, if I bump into him on the street, I will send him to the snowy mountains in the northwest, and you all wash your necks and wait!"

"Yes." Xiao Nan hurriedly agreed.

Changsun Boyi snorted coldly, lifted Li Shao up and left.

As soon as Changsun Boyi and Li Shao left, Mu Ran's panic was palpable.

"Xiao Nan, do you think uncle is really angry?"

After the anger subsided, Mu Ran regretted his indiscriminate words, but Changsun Boyi carried Li Shao away without even giving him a chance to apologize. A little fidgeting, just twisting his energy and refusing to show it.

Xiao Nan sighed secretly, and said, "Young Master Mu, don't worry, you won't hold grudges."

Mu Ran raised his hand to touch his swollen face, and said aggrievedly: "But uncle hit me, he never hit me before."

Xiao Nan thought to himself that what Muran said was more than ten years ago. At that time, Muran, who was disciplined by Li Li, was extremely well-behaved and sensible. Now, Li Shao takes care of Mu Ran only because Mu Ran is Li Li's son.

"Mr. Mu is nineteen years old today, and he is no longer a child. You should know that there are certain things that you should never say, especially those rumors from the outside world. They are all speculations by outsiders who don't know you. You cannot believe the content."

"I don't have a letter," Mu Ran frowned, "I'm just too angry today, so uncle won't help me."

Xiao Nan sighed, and said: "Who is the young master? If he really participated in the children's quarrel, how decent is it? Moreover, what happened today is the reason why Mr. Mu made a mistake first, and if he did something wrong, he should apologize , do you want your subordinates to teach Young Master Mu again? The world today is no longer under the Li family, and it is difficult for Young Master to stand in Chang'an. If you continue to protect Young Master Mu, what will others say about Young Master?"

Mu Ran remained silent.

He didn't think about it that much.

Xiao Nan said again: "Mr. Mu always said that staying in Chang'an is to help and protect him, but if you never grow up, how can you help him? Even if you can't become a person like General Changsun and Lord Yong, at least you can Please don’t let your son bother you anymore. This Chang’an City is no longer the Chang’an City of the past, and you are no longer the son of a princess, Mr. Mu, and you are no longer even the honor of your son. What more do you want?”

After a long silence, Mu Ran suddenly asked Xiao Nan again: "Xiao Nan, is it because my mother is his eldest sister that my uncle treats me well?"

Thinking to himself that Mu Ran finally understood the most important thing, Xiao Nan dared not tell the truth: "If Mr. Mu is not the son of the eldest princess, how can he become the nephew of the son? Since you are a relative, the son will naturally treat you well." .”

Mu Ran was silent again.

Because his mother is kind to him, or because he is a relative, no matter what the reason is, uncle is not kind to him because he likes him...

"Xiao Nan, I want to see my uncle."

Xiao Nan was taken aback: "Then the subordinate will send someone to deliver a letter to the young master."

As for whether this letter can be delivered to the young master, he can't guarantee it.Even if Young Master is angry, he will not ignore Young Master Mu, but if General Changsun is angry, then he will probably not let Young Master Mu bother Young Master again.

I don't know if I could see something from Xiao Nan's expression, but Mu Ran said again: "If uncle doesn't want to see me, General Changsun is fine too, just a few words."

Xiao Nan glanced at Muran, and suggested: "If Mr. Mu writes down what he wants to say, and the subordinates send it to you, even if you are still angry and don't want to see Mr. Mu, he will always read the letter. .”

"That's fine, just wait for me." Before the words finished, Mu Ran turned around and ran into the study.

Xiao Nan and the others always said that he was childish, and today they said that he hadn't grown up, but he didn't know how to grow up, but maybe he couldn't continue to stay under his uncle's wing.

Li Shao, who was carried out of the house, was directly carried on the horse by the elder Sun Boyi, and they rode together with the elder Sun Boyi. Li Shao leaned in front of the elder Sun Boyi, his eyes slightly closed.

Elder Sun Boyi held the rein in one hand and hugged Li Shao in the other. Originally, he wanted to go back to the mansion directly, but when he saw Li Shao who was in a low mood, Elder Sun Boyi turned around and walked the horse unsteadily towards the Forbidden Garden.

After receiving the hint from Changsun Boyi's eyes, Yu Shi took a step forward and went to the Forbidden Garden to screen away all the idlers from the entrance of the Forbidden Garden to somewhere, so Changsun Boyi didn't meet anyone after entering the Forbidden Garden, Wei Ze and others People also consciously retreat to places where they are not in the way.

Finally arrived at the destination, grandson Boyi patted Li Shao gently: "Sanlang, open your eyes."

Li Shao slowly opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was the resolute face of Changsun Boyi right in front of him.

"What's wrong?" Li Shao asked softly.

"Look over there." Changsun Boyi raised his finger and pointed to the side.

Li Shao turned his head in doubt, and when he saw the large tree hibiscus in front of him, his brows were filled with joy: "Where is this?"

Seeing Li Shao happy, eldest grandson Boyi heaved a sigh of relief, and finally there was a smile in his eyes: "It's the Forbidden Garden. I asked them to clear out a place here to plant hibiscus. A few days ago, someone reported that the flowers were blooming." , I originally wanted to bring you here on the day of Xunxiu. Are you in a better mood?"

"Thank you," Li Shao turned back to look at the elder Sun Boyi, smiling, "let me go."

"Okay." Eldest Sun Boyi let go of the rein, carefully protected Li Shao from his horse, and then dismounted, following behind Li Shao.

Smelling the fragrance of flowers and blowing the cool autumn wind, Li Shao let out a mouthful of stale air, and finally felt refreshed.

At first, he only protected Muran to keep the only son of the eldest sister Huang. He never thought of getting anything in return from Muran, and he didn't even need Muran to respect him like an uncle, but he never thought of being a However, when he said those words himself, he would be so angry that he would strike.

He actually knew that those words were probably said to Mu Ran intentionally by people with ulterior motives. Maybe they were trying to incite Mu Ran, or maybe they just wanted to make him feel uncomfortable through Mu Ran's mouth. He got his wish, but he still couldn't control it.

He really didn't know how to settle down for Muran. He hoped that Muran could live a stable life without being implicated by him, and would not have to worry about his life. To fulfill the eldest sister's long-cherished wish, but in the end he found that he could not do anything.

The eldest grandson Boyi took two quick steps, and hugged Li Shao from behind: "I prepared a surprise for you, but you are absent-minded. I am sad."

Li Shao came back to his senses, and leaned on his elder Sun Boyi: "I'm not distracted, I'm very happy."

"Nonsense, I was thinking about other men just now."

Hearing the dissatisfaction of eldest grandson Boyi, Li Shao smiled lightly and said, "How can Mu Ran be considered a man?"

Changsun Boyi immediately nodded and echoed, "I agree with that."

Li Shao shook his head and laughed: "I didn't mean that, let alone he is my nephew. Can you be jealous of anyone else? From your father to my nephew, can you still think of something serious?"

Changsun Boyi said solemnly: "I don't care who they are, I only care who you are thinking about."

Li Shao grabbed Changsun Boyi's hand and intertwined his fingers: "You are always by my side, before I have time to think about it, I can see you when I turn around."

"I will always be by your side." Changsun Boyi tilted his head and kissed Li Shao's cheek.

"I know." Li Shao smiled brightly.

Looking up at the hibiscus among the green leaves, Changsun Boyi said again: "Mu Ran still doesn't understand, because he hasn't experienced anything. One day, he will understand your painstaking efforts."

"It doesn't matter," Li Shao smiled lightly, "If you don't understand, you don't understand. He is just an ordinary person now. It would be a kind of happiness if he can spend his life in a daze. Besides, what he said is right, in the eyes of outsiders Well, I'm just a bastard who abandoned Li Shi's great cause to be with the enemy, but so what? It's just some people who take hearsay as established facts, can't even distinguish the truth from the false, and will take what they say seriously and seriously I'd be foolish to argue."

"It's good that you really don't care." Changsun Boyi sighed secretly.

San Lang's current position is too embarrassing. Everyone knows that he is a descendant of the Li family. Some people regard him as a heinous person, but he is also a different kind of Li family. In the hearts of veteran officials, he is kind and wise. It is not an exaggeration to say that the courtiers regard him as a god, but with the double identity of Li's remnants and the fiancé of General Tiance, there are always those who stick to the rules and believe that he cannot interfere in the government affairs.

Saburo knew it well, so he had already anticipated the current situation, so he handed over his ten-year accumulation to Yongning from the very beginning, and let Yongning dispatch him. He always said "the government has nothing to do with him", this sentence In fact, it was for the two of them.

However, Saburo has already avoided suspicion in this way, and the outside world still hasn't stopped slandering Saburo. Some people always think that Saburo is a scourge, enough to confuse the world.They couldn't refute, couldn't provide evidence, so they could only pretend that they didn't hear, and waited for time to dilute everything left by Li Shi.For them, it doesn't matter, as long as they pretend to be deaf and dumb, these slanders won't bother them, but for Saburo, every word can penetrate his heart.

Whether they care or not, they can only wait.

"It really doesn't matter," Li Shao turned around and hugged the elder Sun Boyi, "Even if I care about it or feel unhappy, you will accompany me and comfort me. As long as you are here, I am not afraid of anything."

Changsun Boyi chuckled lightly and said, "You are not afraid of anything in the first place."

"Who said that?" Li Shao pouted, "I've been afraid of you ever since."

"Really?" Letting go of Li Shao slightly, the eldest grandson Boyi looked at Li Shao suspiciously, "Why don't I ever feel that?"

"Because you're stupid," Li Shao nodded at the tip of Changsun Boyi's nose, "You've been stupid as hell since before."

"But you like it." Changsun Boyi opened his mouth to bite Li Shao's finger, but Li Shao hid away with a smile.

"Well, I like it, I really like it."

Li Shao stretched out his hand to hook Changsun Boyi's neck, ready to offer a kiss, and Changsun Boyi was ready to accept it, but a petal floated between the two with the wind, whirled and fell, and finally fell steadily On Li Shao's lips.

The two people who were a little dazed looked at each other, and then suddenly smiled at each other. The eldest grandson Boyi lowered his head, and imprinted a kiss on that delicate petal.