Mu Yan was stopped, turned around, with a calm expression, and cupped his hands towards Mu Sheng.
"General Zuo."
"..."
Mu Sheng was about to say something, but was choked by his intrusive words, and swallowed back what he was about to say.
Mu Yan had no intention of chatting with him: "General, if there is nothing important, Yan will go back and watch the soldiers building ships."
Huh? Yes, I heard that many of the stewards and craftsmen logging in the mountains are his people. "You also opened a lumber shop?"
Mu Yan glanced at him lightly, "Yes. Does the general have any orders?"
Why are they so strange? Even if they are not father and son, they are still uncle and nephew? Mu Sheng frowned.
"This crusade against the Annan rebels is of great importance and must not be ignored. In addition to being a soldier of the imperial court, you are also a soldier of the Xiping Marquis Mansion."
Mu Yan raised a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his mouth, then suppressed it without responding.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Mu Sheng wasn't angry either, so he asked again: "Do you want to come to my tent and obey my orders?"
If you follow orders under his account, you will of course be able to better arrange him and put him to good use. You will also have personal soldiers to protect him. If he performs meritorious service, he will also petition for merit on his behalf, and no one will suppress his military merit.
If he has made meritorious service, His Majesty will definitely take a high look at the Xiping Hou Mansion, which will be beneficial to both him and the Hou Mansion.
Mu Sheng thought this was a good arrangement, but he was unexpectedly rejected by Mu Yan: "Thank you, General, for your kindness. I have already served under the general's account." He refused to say more, turned around and walked away.
Mu Sheng watched him walk away with complicated eyes and sighed.
Mu Ang walked over and said, "Second brother, what are you looking at? Hey, is that Mu Yan?"
Mu Sheng was defeated last time, and in order to avenge his previous humiliation, he brought all the elites of the Yunnan army over this time. Mu Ang, the third master of the Mu family, also went on the expedition.
Mu Sheng nodded, "That child is becoming more and more estranged from me, and he actually refuses to even say a word to me." After saying that, he couldn't help but sigh. He didn't know why the father and son, who were directly related to each other, became like strangers.
Mu Ang felt that his second brother, since he became a marquis, was like his eyes were blinded by dirt. Although he had never done anything to Mu Yan, he really didn't know anything about what Jun did to Mu Yan.
Affection?
It's really not easy for that child to live and die several times.
Mu Ang looked at Mu Yan's walking back, "Second brother, do you really not think about Yan'er?"
"What to consider?"
Hiss, this second brother of his is pretending to be stupid?
"Your Majesty, what else could it be!"
Seeing his second brother's dazed expression, Mu Ang wanted to roll his eyes. His wise and powerful father never expected that the Hou Mansion would be passed on to his second brother. His second brother could not even defend Chengdu.
"Second brother, have you really never thought about asking Yan'er to be crowned a prince? When his father was still alive, he personally carried him to Yunnan and passed him on to his eldest brother. Don't you understand what that means? Later, the eldest brother took over the throne and gave him to Yan'er in just half a year.
Please grant me the title of Crown Prince."
This second brother left his eldest son alone without asking for a title, and instead asked an ambitious but incompetent concubine's eldest son to be granted a title. Did he really not think about the future of the Xiping Hou Mansion?
"Yan'er is no longer in my name."
Mu Ang couldn't understand his thoughts: "Even if he adopts the name of his eldest brother, wouldn't his surname be Mu? Can his origin be changed? He is no longer your son?"
Let Mu Zhan attack the princes, and the power of the Xiping Marquis Mansion will be divided by the Jun clan, and these side clans may not have a foothold.
Mu Ang couldn't help but sigh. If he wanted to blame it, it would be his father and eldest brother who died too young.
On the other side, Huo Xi and Huo Nian set off from the capital by boat, chartered a merchant ship, entered the Yangtze River from the Qinhuai River, and went up the Yangtze River.
Along the way, we have to pass through Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan and other provinces before we can enter Sichuan. The boss of the boat said that going upstream should be slower and it would take at least more than a month to reach Sichuan.
Thinking of staying on the ship for such a long time, Huo Xi and Huo Nian decided to find something to do to pass the time.
"Sister, please tell me about your mother, I want to hear it." Nian'er pestered her and wanted to hear about her mother.
When he grew up, he thought that Yang and Huo Erhuai were his biological parents. Little did he know that when he woke up, his sister told him that his parents in Beijing were not his biological parents.
Huo Nian was sad and sad at the same time. He languished on the deck blowing the river breeze for several days before he accepted this fact.
"I haven't even met my mother." She pouted.
His sister has seen his mother, but he has never seen her. His sister described his mother's appearance to him, but he still couldn't piece together what his mother looked like.
He also wanted to ask about his father, but his sister never mentioned him, she only said what he said about that person, and she hated him.
Huo Nian was sensible and didn't ask about his father.
Seeing that he wanted to listen, Huo Xi told him about her mother. She told him every detail of getting along with her mother from the time she could remember it.
Huo Nian listened quietly, with longing and regret in his eyes.
"Sister, Mr. Qin can also draw. When I return to Beijing, I will learn to draw from him. I want to draw my mother's appearance so that I can know what my mother looks like."
Huo Xi stroked his head and nodded with a smile: "Okay. Then you have to study hard. If you do well, you will be able to draw what your mother looks like."
Huo Nian nodded heavily: "Well, I will definitely study hard!"
I made up my mind to learn painting from my husband when I returned to the capital. After asking my mother, I asked about my grandparents, uncles, aunts, and cousins.
Knowing that he still has so many brothers and sisters, he was very happy: "My sister didn't tell me earlier!"
He pouted, "I don't even know Nian'er. If I had known Nian'er, I would have brought them gifts from the capital." I don't know if they like Nian'er.
"You are so thoughtful, my grandpa and grandma will be very happy. We have to pass through many places along the way. Every time the boat stops at a pier, we can get off the boat and have a rest, or we can go to the city for a walk. You will see some good things then.
, so I bought it for my grandparents."
"Okay!" Huo Nian immediately became happy and began to count the money he brought with him. Some of it was saved by himself and some were given by his parents before leaving. He didn't know if he had enough money to buy it.
The siblings were killing time talking about old times.
Huo Xi felt that since he told Nian'er about his life experience and the importance of it, he didn't intend to hide it from him anymore. He talked to him in detail. Whether he understood it or not, he had to know the inside story.
The reason for the sudden change in the family was due to the vagaries of the world and the unpredictability of people's hearts. Even if he couldn't understand this, he should know it.
Huo Nian was forcefully stuffed with so many things by her sister that she couldn't digest them for a while.
He used to live a happy and carefree life under the wings of his parents, sister and uncle, and had never been exposed to these.
He thought that people and things in this world were all beautiful, lively, and peaceful, but now his sister told him that was not the case. Where he couldn't see, the situation was treacherous.
Huo Nian's little mind was filled with chaos that he had not yet sorted out.
Huo Xi saw Huo Nian sitting alone on the deck almost every day, his eyes wandering, looking at the void in front of him, in a daze.
Huo Xi did not alarm him, nor did she try to persuade him to comfort him.
He is nine years old. Although he is still young, he has reached the age of a governor. Only through the pain of growing up can he grow into a towering tree, be able to protect himself and get back what belongs to him.