Battle of the Red Chamber Ring III

When Mu Chen got the news, he was squatting at the gate of the city, eating chicken legs. Generally speaking, it is useless for a reserve staff like him. It is because everyone is so capable. Basically, a task can be handled by a team. So he agreed that the so-called back team is actually a vacation. Have you ever seen a vacation that doesn't go to eat, drink and have fun? No!

But at any rate, they all know the importance, so they basically get together to eat, drink and have fun, so as to save them from finding people when they need to hire people.

The three-person team led by Mu Chen is his own two apprentices, so he is too lazy to cooperate with Mu, who has the same surname. As early as 15 years old, he took in two apprentices, one named Li Zi and the other named Cheng Zi. From the name, it can be seen how lazy Mu Chen's character is.

So when Muyan saw Mu Chen, she found that she was lying on a cart with her two apprentices sitting on both ends, with big watery eyes and a smile on her fair little face.

Cheng Zi spoke first, and he moved forward slightly, then shook his feet and called Mu Yan: "Uncle Yan, come here."

Muyan's originally stern face finally had a smile. He stepped forward and touched Cheng Zi's head, and slipped a small note into Cheng Zi's hand. The two moved quickly and got out of the bed lying on the ground Other than Mu Chen, no one else saw it.

Mu Chen sighed, knowing that he couldn't be lazy today, so he tried his best to stuff the chicken leg into his mouth, and then habitually licked his fingertips, making a tsk-tsk sound.

The corner of Muyan's eyes drifted to this scene, and she felt even more disgusted, so she didn't say much, anyway, he had completed his task, so he left properly.

After seeing Muyan leave, Cheng Zi approached Mu Chen with a smile on her face, and called Master with a smile on her face. Mu Chen, who was lying underneath, looked up, but Li Zi who was sitting at the front of the car didn't move. Although he didn't move, But the fingertips seem to be drawing something on the wooden pole of the cart, occasionally engraving scratches of different shades.

He was counting the number of soldiers coming and going at the gate of the city, as well as the comings and goings of various officers of different ranks, and counting the comings and goings of the faces that came to mind from these people.

"Li Zi, pack up, let's go back." Mu Chen threw the one in his hand to the side of the stray dog, got up and dusted off his body, looked up at Li Zi at the front of the car, Li Zi let out a hey, and ran to the side I brought the donkey tied to the tree and put it on the cart. The wheels were rolling, and the wheels were crushing the dry and hard land. It hadn't rained for a long time, and it was still very dry today.

Li Zi was driving the donkey cart, while Cheng Zi sat on the back shaking his feet, waiting for the car to leave the gate of the city, turned around in the small alley, and the three of them rushed into a room quickly, and when they came out, they had already changed their clothes.

Orange, who was originally smiling, looked at Mu Chen expressionlessly this time: "Master, shall we split up?"

Mu Chen just finished reading Muyan's note, and thought for a while: "We want to look for it separately. Although the manager got the letter last night, the general's mansion didn't recognize it last night. Let's go to the door first. Wait, wait until you have the opportunity to make plans.

Neither of them knew who the other party's letter was. If they couldn't get the letter, they could only follow the other party to see where he was going.That would be troublesome, and the easiest way would be to be able to take out that letter and change it back.

"It's still the old way. I'll steal it. Li Zi will read the letter. The orange will be sealed at that time, and I'll change it back!" When Mu Chen talked about the business, there was basically no other expression on his face, and Cheng Zi and Li Zi followed. If others saw Mu Chen's same expression, they would definitely say that he was indeed an apprentice brought out by the master.

Li Zi walked faster, so he ran away in the streets and alleys, while Cheng Zi habitually went to ask the beggars on the side of the road. Mu Chen waited at the gate of the General's Mansion, of course it was the corner gate, and I have never heard of doing bad things Can walk through the front door.

Not long after he waited by the door, the butler appeared at the door. Mu Chen carefully leaned himself behind the wall in the corner, and silently sewed it on.

The steward originally planned to travel in a carriage, but he was worried that the carriage would be too big and it would be better to go alone, so he ordered someone to wait by the Shili Bridge outside the city gate, while he circled the city twice. Go out again.

Mu Chen noticed that the other party was circling, so he secretly winked at the orange plums hiding on both sides, carefully observed where the other party might hide the letter, and then quickly ran to the next corner, and walked towards the housekeeper.

God destined Mu Chen to be able to do a good job today, and when he came out, he found that there were a lot of people in the market, shoulder to shoulder, and they were basically people fighting each other. He caught Chengzi who was oncoming again, and then watched Chengzi walk to the corner with the letter.

Waiting for the letter to be exchanged is just the same method. After all, Mu Chen knew the importance of this mission, so he specially changed into a robe, and when he was waiting for him to stuff the things back, the butler was still next to the pastry stand Put on a show.

Mu Chen curled his lips unconsciously to express his disdain, and then met Li Zi Cheng Zi.

Li Zi looked at Mu Chen with wide black eyes, while Cheng Zi looked anxious.

"What's wrong?" Mu Chen frowned and asked.

Li Zi glanced at Cheng Zi: "Master, the situation is not right, it seems that the general contacted Fan Bang."

Fanbang, Mu Chen realized the seriousness of the matter, and immediately went up the mountain with oranges and plums.

Sure enough, there were a lot of people on the mountain. Within a few steps into the mountain, many people greeted Mu Chen on the tree, and a few friends who were familiar with Li Zi greeted Li Zicheng. It was very lively for a while.

When Mu Kun came, he happened to see everyone pinching the orange's face to make fun of it, and when he saw Mu Kun coming, he immediately coaxed him away like a bird or a beast.

Mu Kun looked helplessly at the crowd disappearing into the mountains and forests, then looked back at Mu Chen and said, "Why are you here? Is there any clue?"

Mu Zhen and the others had just received news that Mu Chen had returned, and he probably succeeded, so he didn't say much, and brought Mu Chen to see Chi Chen.

Li Zi followed Cheng Zi to another place, and happened to meet Jia Huan who was going out.Jia Huan was wearing a black cloak and a moon-white gown, but he was bigger than Li Zi and the others.

Cheng Zi was very courageous, seeing Jia Huan, he asked, "Who are you, I don't think I've seen you before, are you new here?"

Jia Huan smiled: "I haven't seen you before, are you new here?"

Cheng Zi rolled his eyes and became ill-intentioned. He was about to say something, but Li Zi knocked on the back of his hand. Cheng Zi looked at Li Zi inexplicably, and Li Zi bowed to Jia Huan expressionlessly: "Are you Master Mu Kun's apprentice, the third young master of the Jia family."

Jia Huan suddenly felt a little strange. He sat down on the stone bench beside him, pointed to the other two Li Zi and the others to sit down, and asked enthusiastically, "How do you know me? Did your master tell you?" ?”

Cheng Zi bit her lip, looked Jia Huan up and down, heard Jia Huan's question, and hurriedly replied: "My master is Mu Chen, and he is brothers with Master Mu Kun. Everyone knows about Li Zi. There is nothing he will forget!"

Li Zi listened to Cheng Zi's praise, but he didn't react at all, but still looked at Jia Huan straightly, as if there were some flowers on Jia Huan's face, Cheng Zi also reacted to Li Zi, both of them looked at rare things Looking at Jia Huan.

Jia Huan felt uncomfortable being watched by the two, took a breath and asked, "What's the matter, looking at me like that."

Chengzi spoke quickly, and he was the first to speak: "I heard that you have no skills but were accepted as an apprentice by Master Mu Kun. How did you do it?"

When Jia Huan heard this, he couldn't help but laugh, well, it turned out that he was considered by others as a backdoor from then on, no wonder other people were less and less afraid to mess with him.It just seems that everyone here knows what he looks like. Did he do anything else to please him?

Li Zi didn't say anything, but just listened to Cheng Zi chatting with Jia Huan, and after a while, someone brought refreshments to the three of them, and when they waited for the refreshments to come, everyone stopped talking and concentrated on eating their snacks. Li Zi took Cheng Zi and said goodbye.

It's not good for Jia Huan to keep the two of them, after all, he is also a guest, so he can only continue to stare at the peach tree in a daze by himself.

Mu Kun knew that things had changed, so he ordered his subordinates to continue to stand by, but he was completely out of business, so seeing his apprentice sitting alone seemed a bit bleak, so he moved over.

Stretching out his hand to pat Jia Huan's head, he realized that the other party had just turned around, so he said with a smile, "Long time no see."

Mu Kun and Jia Huan haven't seen each other for a long time. Of course, it's because Jia Huan saw Mu Kun, not Mu Kun saw Jia Huan.After all, a hidden guard, especially the one protecting the son, can always see Jia Huan's face up close.

"Master Mu, long time no see." Jia Huan felt a little embarrassed unconsciously. He found that the change in his relationship with Chi Chen had directly affected the acquaintances around Chi Chen who were originally related to him. This was naturally a kind of One of the reasons why Jia Huan was unwilling to try to have a relationship with Chi Chen.

Mu Kun actually felt that Jia Huan had worked very hard, but he didn't know that Jia Huan was in the northwest, so he sat down on the opposite side of Jia Huan and said, "I heard that Jia Baoyu and the others have already gone back, why are you still here?" Didn't you go back here?"

Jia Huan smiled: "Originally it was because I was working here. Did my father come to me? If I want to go back to Beijing, I always need a reason. Now I think there is nothing wrong here. I think I might as well not go back if I go back." It's better to come, after all, if I'm here, they need to consider more things."

Mu Kun sighed: "Even if you have tens of thousands of schemes, you can't always resist the Holy One. Whatever he thinks about your family, you can do whatever you want. People can't help themselves in the court. Apprentice, you might as well think less about it." Some, live more happily."

Here is the mistake of wanting to stand out. Jia Huan stopped talking after listening to Mu Kun, and turned to look at the peach blossoms next to him. Mu Kun also followed Jia Huan's line of sight, "The peach blossoms here are indeed It's beautiful, I've heard them talk about it before, it seems that a young man met a peach tree spirit in the mountains, and the two got along with each other. I turned it into peach blossom wine and poured it into the boy's mouth, which saved the boy's life."

Jia Huan let out a groan, and looked back at Mu Kun: "It turns out that the master also knows about this matter, but the prince told me earlier about the boy's life experience."

Mu Kun blinked in surprise: "Have you ever said that, the young man is indeed a hard-working man. I heard that he is a neighbor in the village who has lost his conscience. He bribed the doctor to prescribe medicine to the young family of three." Mu Kun spoke quickly. After a few strokes, Chi Chen's appetite for hanging on to Jia Huan was appeased, and what happened before and after became clear.

There lived a widow near the boy's house. She was the aunt who asked to take care of his mother after the boy. Because of her husband's early death, she had a bad heart. You know, even though they separated on the surface, the widow naturally held a grudge, and she didn't know where she met a wild man. Just like that, she drugged half of the village. She was afraid that others would see the clues. He actually put the medicine in the well where everyone ate and drank, so there was the plague that the boy thought.

Who has ever heard of a plague for no reason? There is neither drought nor flood. Where does the plague come from? Seeing that the boy was fine, my aunt sang an oboe with the doctor, tricked him away, and He said he wanted peach blossoms or something, but he meant that the boy would dig out his own heart and lungs when the time came, and he would be dead anyway.

I don't know if it is the boy's luck or misfortune, but there is not even a single wild peach blossom on this mountain, so waiting for the young lady to go back, the doctor is already a little anxious, the boy's heart is real, because there is no peach blossom, he will go far away up.

Not long after he left, Lili was dying in the village, and there was no one to cover up. The newly appointed Lizheng reported to the yamen because of the population problem, and the yamen sent people to investigate. The doctor was also guilty of a thief, and when he saw the arrester, he was about to run away, but was caught.

Dozens of lives, waiting for the doctor to tell the truth, everyone is crazy, so the widow followed the doctor and was finally sentenced to be cut in half, which is also happy to hear.

"The peach blossom essence is actually beautified by the villagers, but it is Yao Nong's daughter. Because my father mentioned it, I became curious, so I secretly came to see the young man. After a long time, the two of them developed feelings. The young girl thought about it anyway. Originally, I was interested in the other party, and it didn't matter if I got along earlier, so I didn't care much about the defense between men and women."

Who knows that good things take a long time, that Yao Nong suddenly got a nephew out of nowhere, and he has an heir, so it would be redundant to ask for a son-in-law. Good job.

Yao Nong was immediately annoyed when he heard what his daughter had done, but he had nothing to do with her daughter, and was thinking of perfecting both sides. Who knew that the newly-acquainted nephew was actually not, but a homeless man. He met Yao Nong on the road The real nephew of the real nephew, followed by the two of them, the man saw the money, and after killing the real nephew, he went to Yaonong's side, planning to inherit the family business.

Hearing this, Jia Huan felt that this person was a little unlucky, but when he thought that the other party seemed to be very unlucky, he vaguely felt that he was actually so unlucky, well, somehow, he had to face a relationship that he had never thought about before. , and this feeling seems to come very suddenly, and very contrary to harmony.

In the end, the girl was killed, and the young man didn't know where the news came from, so he found the place where the real nephew was buried, and then reported it to the yamen, where there happened to be the young man's information, so he told him that his hometown still There are more than ten acres of land that need to be cultivated.

"It's really a tough life." Jia Huan sighed.

But Mu Kun shook his head: "It's just some stories that people in the village think about. The peach blossom forest here is just planted by a certain wealthy businessman named Tao. It's just that the northwest is too dry and there is a place to play."

Jia Huan looked around: "The people who planted are very hardworking."

Mu Kun smiled: "It's not that you don't know that the previous dynasty was originally heavy on monogatari, and most of them lived with Yinliang on weekdays. I have never heard of a businessman with more status than the previous dynasty. If you want to say, the current emperor is also Mingjun, the opening of the market in Xining is a rule established above, no matter what kind of people they are, they can buy and sell with each other."

The situation in Xining is generally calm, but compared to the previous kings, Xining is actually not peaceful in terms of promotion, because the Holy One is not as good at mobilizing troops as the previous kings, and is more concerned about the tax policy of sharing households , to solve the poll tax problem.

In fact, most of the tribes in Xining have the ability to resist, and the court's attitude towards these tribes is also very subtle. Central Plains Dading, these have become a threat.

"Actually, after the settlement of Xining, the Holy Majesty will probably send someone to Jiangnan. I remember that your hometown seems to be in Jinling. It would be better to report to the Holy Majesty and be transferred to Jinling." Besides, Aunt Zhao's natal family is now in Jinling. Expensive, but at least there is food and clothing, and all the children in the family are studying.

If there is anything happy about Aunt Zhao after Mrs. Wang left, it is that her natal family has now been released and she is free.

Mu Kun’s voice was not loud when he said it, and Jia Huan’s ears really felt different. It seemed that it was not a suggestion, but a kind of words. It seemed that someone came through his mouth and told him, the best Do it this way.

Chi Chen will definitely not think about this problem recently, so the one who will think about this problem is probably Master Chi, it's hard for that old man to worry about it now.

Jinling, Jia Huan thought of the old monk in that temple, and he didn’t know if he would go there now, would the other party be willing to let him be shaved or not? The so-called worldly affairs, in fact, he didn’t have too much to worry about. After that, it’s all their own In life, what can be done has already been done, what is the use of trying to do what you can't do.

After Mu Kun's words were conveyed, he left. Jia Huan watched the other party leave, and then found that he had a rhythm that he couldn't keep for a hundred years.It seems that everyone is walking very fast, and it seems that there is not much intersection between those who come and go.

"There is always a banquet in the world, and we have to separate. No one can stay with one person for a lifetime, so even if you are lonely, you have to get used to it." Jia Huan comforted himself, but for some reason, if the other party was not Chi Chen, he would be replaced by He was willing to try anyone else, but Chi Chen couldn't.

In the evening, the peach blossom wine made by Master Tian will naturally be ready. Because it doesn’t take much time to bury it and uses other methods, so it’s not intoxicating at all when combined, and the entrance is actually not bad. The pastries, which were about the same size as the peach blossoms, were stuffed into the mouth one by one.

Chi Chen also ate one for fun, but because it was too sweet, he gave up in the end and just watched Jia Huan eat it, while he held the wine glass and looked at the clear night sky and the bright moon.

Jia Huan drank most of the wine down his stomach, his cheeks finally felt a little hot, taking advantage of the alcohol, he grabbed Chi Chen's hand.

Chi Chen looked at Jia Huan in surprise, it seemed that it was the first time that the other party showed such closeness to him, after the two met in Xining this time.

"Ada..." Jia Huan looked up into Chi Chen's eyes, and it was the first time he called him by his childhood name after growing up.

Chi Chen responded happily, and then looked at Jia Huan with joy.

Jia Huan held Chi Chen's hand. It felt really bad to pretend to be drunk even though he wasn't drunk, but now when he was officially working on acting, he didn't know what other opportunities he had to explain to Chi Chen. If he didn't speak today, he might not be able to in the future You may not be able to find a good opportunity.

Jia Huan took a deep breath, feeling that his body was full of the smell of alcohol, he looked at Chi Chen seriously, and said word by word: "Ada, let's do it, for a lifetime, brother..."

The smile on Chi Chen's face paused for a second, and then gradually retracted. He held Jia Huan's hand, unconsciously wanting to tighten it, but when he thought of the strength of his palm, he restrained himself and let himself relax. He opened the opponent, and then put his hand on the stone table.

"Why, what's wrong with this king, and what's wrong with me, you tell me!" Chi Chen's eyes began to turn red, and his emotions became extremely agitated in an instant. He couldn't explain clearly after he was rejected. Which part is the saddest, whether it is his self-esteem or his sincerity, but the only thing that feels strange. He clearly knows that he is very angry, but he feels that what Jia Huan said is right. Maybe he has considered this issue himself. If you have a lover, what should you do if you have another sweetheart in the future? What if you think differently in the future and change your mind? At that time, if the two are separated, I am afraid that even brothers will not be able to do it.

But, but, he has a desire for Jia Huan. Before today, he always thought that Jia Huan would not reject him. What is the reason? There is no reason to reject himself, isn’t it? There is no way to refuse.