Lord Prime Minister

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Mu Zihuai turned over the painting in his hand and looked at himself. He felt that the heroic figure in the painting was indeed a heroine.

But it doesn't look like himself at all, not the slightest resemblance.

Huangfu Yunhua couldn't help laughing when he saw that he was seriously comparing the portrait with himself. "When you enter the palace in the future, you can naturally compare them carefully, and there is no rush at this moment."

Mu Zihuai felt a little bored, so he turned the painting back and asked the prince, "Can the scroll be put away?"

Huangfu Yunhua nodded, watching Mu Zihuai carefully roll up the scroll with his head slightly lowered. "After you finish the matter in hand, you will move to the associate academician along this basis."

Mu Zihuai put Danqing away and tied it with a tie. "yes."

After sending the picture scroll back to Wang Ye's study, Mu Zihuai searched around, and found several other women's paintings in the corner, walked over and put them together, stood there thinking for a long time, but still didn't make any move.

He returned to Yixiangyuan and wrote a letter, and found a servant and ordered him to send it to Longfu.

Qingyi was sweeping the courtyard, and seeing Mu Zihuai came back, he held onto the broom and asked, "Why are you back, sir?"

Mu Zihuai sent the letter to the boy, turned to Qing Yi and said with a smile: "I don't have to go to the Imperial Academy for a few days."

"Then, can you have dinner at the mansion today? I'll go and inform the kitchen to prepare it." Qing Yi put down the broom, and wiped his hand on the towel hanging from his belt.

Mu Zihuai thought for a while and said, "Go ahead, prepare a few cold cakes and thousand-layer cakes, and I'll take them away in the afternoon after wrapping them up."

Qingyi quickly agreed, went to the kitchen to order the food, and started to decoct the medicine again.

After eating, Mu Zihuai changed into cool clothes and went to Longfu with some snacks.

The boy at the door let him in as soon as he saw Mu Zihuai, probably because Kong Lei had already greeted him.

In the front hall, Long Lei started to prepare since he received the letter. He thought he was going to the barracks this time and changed into a black suit. He didn't make any other preparations, so he waited in the front hall after eating.

When the two met, Kong Lei was clearly in high spirits. Knowing that Mu Zihuai had brought some snacks, he asked someone to prepare water, and then he drove to the military camp outside the city in a carriage.

Five miles east of the city gate is the camp where the palace guards are stationed. Generally, idlers and common people are not allowed to enter. Mu Zihuai brought the official badge and asked the guards to find Long Xiu directly.

Long Xiu didn't know that Mu Zihuai and Kong Lei were coming, and he was training the soldiers who were somewhat dissatisfied with him. He frowned when he heard that the soldiers came to report.

"For the chopping demonstration just now, everyone should do it a hundred times before resting."

It was already noon, and it was the time when the autumn tiger showed its power. When Long Xiu rushed to the gate of the barracks, sweating profusely, Mu Zihuai and Long Lei were already a little wilted from the sun.

Long Lei is fine, practicing martial arts every day, Sun can still bear this.It's just that Mu Zihuai moves less and doesn't bask in the sun very much on weekdays, so his skin is as white as jade, and Ren Danfeng often makes jokes.Standing against the sun for a while now, I just feel a little dizzy.

"Why are you here?" Long Xiu hurried away, feeling displeased, and when he was still a hundred feet away from the gate, he looked up and exclaimed.

Long Lei stood at the door bored, walked up and down a few times, and suddenly heard Long Xiu's voice, looking over, it was indeed his elder brother.Excitedly, he took a few steps forward and was stopped by the guard at the door.

"elder brother!"

Mu Zihuai also looked over, Long Xiu strode over in a black military uniform, his face covered with sweat.

"Why are you here?" Long Xiu stood still in front of Mu Zihuai with an obvious smile on his face.

"The Imperial Academy sent me to collect the records of military expenses and rewards and punishments for the first half of the year. I thought you were here, so I brought Xiaolei here too." Mu Zihuai held a snack cake wrapped in oil paper in his hand, and another With a water bag in his hand, he cheered up and answered.

With Long Xiu leading them, the two entered the barracks smoothly.Long Xiu was already training soldiers, now Mu Zihuai and Long Lei didn't hesitate when they came, and brought them directly to the training ground.

The soldiers were carrying out the order given by You Zhonglang to leave Long Xiu, repeating monotonous slashing movements.Long Xiu walked over with a cold face, kicked one of them on the thigh, and scolded the soldiers whose movements were not standardized.As expected of a person who has been killed on the battlefield, no matter his martial arts or courage, he is different from those plucked chicks in the capital.

After making a circle and returning to Mu Zihuai's side, Long Lei saw that his brother Xun Bing had already stared at him with bright eyes, wishing he could go up to train with the soldiers.

"Where are you going next?" Long Xiu was now beside Mu Zihuai, tilting his head and asking him.

"Take Xiaolei out for a walk, I'll go to Tai Shiling in the barracks to check the records." Mu Zihuai squinted his eyes slightly to block the glare of the sun, and the oiled paper bag was soaked in the sweat of his palms.

"I know Taishiling's tent. I'll take you there. After you're done, I'll take you around. Haven't you ever been to the barracks?"

"Yeah. There was a small temporary military camp over there when Ji County was doing disaster relief." Mu Zihuai breathed out a sigh of relief, and handed the snack in his hand to Long Xiu. "However, I have never seen the guard barracks that guard the palace. I brought you snacks made by the chef in the palace, and you can take them home to eat."

Long Xiu took the oiled paper package, and sniffed it with his nose.But Long Lei shouted over there: "It turns out that Brother Zihuai didn't bring it for me. I also asked someone to prepare water."

Mu Zihuai laughed when he heard that, "If you want to eat, just tell me, and I will deliver it to you every day."

Long Lei walked over in three steps and two steps, and stood side by side with Long Xiu. "Then I will give it to my brother this time, and it will be mine next time."

The smile on Mu Zihuai's face deepened. Before he knew it, the two brothers in front of him had grown up, Long Xiu was already half a head taller than him, and Long Lei would be taller than him soon.Time flew by like flying, and I couldn't grasp it.

Long Xiu noticed that Mu Zihuai's eyes dimmed for a moment, touched the back of his hand to wake him up, and said softly, "Let's go now."

Mu Zihuai looked up at him, looking straight into the depths of his eyes, feeling a little relieved. "good."

Long Xiu immediately grinned, and when he ran to the front of the soldiers' formation, his face was still warm, and the usual reprimand was gone. "Come here today, go back and practice on your own, and check it tomorrow morning."

Seeing General You Zhonglang running over, the soldiers were ready to be scolded. Unexpectedly, General You Zhonglang, who was young but extremely severe, did not reprimand them this time, but smiled gently and asked them to rest.Many soldiers looked up at the sky, wondering, is the sun still there?

Long Xiu left the soldiers and brought Mu Zihuai and Long Lei outside Tai Shiling's tent.

Mu Zihuai went into the tent to talk in detail after Daoming the origin, Long Xiu took Long Lei to look around first.

The work of counting and checking is complicated and complicated, Mu Zihuai decided to find out all the records and bring them back to the palace for sorting out, and then send them back in a few days.But even so, it took a full hour. When we got out of the tent, the sun had already slanted to the west, and the temperature dropped a little, but the wind was blowing and it was still comfortable.

Long Xiu and Long Lei, who had already started practicing martial arts, finally came over when they saw Mu Zihuai get out of the tent.

"It's much cooler now, let me show you around." Long Xiu wiped his sweat casually, and the sweat flowed into his eyes, causing him to blink.

The barracks used to train the guards occupies a large area, divided into east and west sides, and the entire east side is the training ground.To the west, to the north and to the south are two new barracks, and in the center are the general's tent, armory and granary.

Long Xiu took the two of them to watch the soldier training and the new barracks. The central location was the core of the barracks, and outsiders were not allowed to enter.

Mu Zihuai didn't feel much about it, and this time he came here just to see Long Xiu's living environment, so he was relieved to see that he didn't feel unwell.Long Lei was a little disappointed. When he left, he turned his head frequently, wanting to go into the armory to have a look.

"Of course you can go in when you become a general." Mu Zihuai comforted him, and the three of them had already arrived at the gate of the barracks. "It's getting late, come back later."

Long Xiu sent the two of them to the door, but refused to go back for a long time. "I'll take you back home."