Mu Yan was willing to give up his military exploits but wanted to keep the jade pendant. Zhang Fu was so angry that he gritted his teeth, but he couldn't do it.
It's not okay to rob someone, it would be a loss of status. But it's not okay not to return it.
Zhang Fu thought for a few days and decided to return to Beijing and start with his sweetheart. Since he is his sweetheart, he must want to be rich and prosperous when he climbs up to Mu Yan. Compared with the jade pendant, is it not a good choice for his future?
Let him go with that stubborn rock. He will start elsewhere.
Zhang Fu's army returned to the court, but brothers Mu Sheng and Mu Ang wanted to divide their troops and return to Yunnan.
Before leaving, Mu Sheng asked Mu Yan to speak.
The father and son looked at each other speechlessly.
Looking at his eldest son who was getting better and better day by day, like a mountain with green pines, Mu Sheng felt complicated.
After a while, he said, "You have made great achievements in this battle. If you want to find a position in the army, it is not difficult. Can you... let me make some plans for you?"
"Don't worry, uncle. Everything is determined by the Holy Spirit."
Mu Sheng was so choked that he felt uncomfortable. He was a little angry, and the child was quite ungrateful. The Mu family was far away in the southwest, and there was no one in the court. He thought he could make a fortune by himself?
"You have to know that there are countless lieutenants and generals in the army. There are dozens of ministers from Long Xun in this dynasty alone, not counting those from the previous dynasty and Taizu dynasty. If no one helps you plan, how will you get ahead?"
Mu Yan looked at him steadily, his eyes cold: "If I were still the prince of Xipinghou, would I still need to plan so hard?"
Mu Sheng opened his mouth and was stunned.
This child really still yearns for the title of Marquis of Xiping. But now that the title has been passed down to the second room, it should be passed on by the second room, and his mother will not agree without telling him.
"Even if you don't have the title of Marquis of Xiping, you can gain a foothold in the military by virtue of your military exploits. If you achieve military exploits again in the future, you won't have a chance to get the title."
Mu Yan sarcastically said, "Have you told Mu Zhan these words?"
Mu Sheng frowned, this kid is used to choking. Who did he learn that from?
"Zhan'er is good at reading, but his martial arts skills are not as good as yours. And since he is by my side, I will take the trouble to teach him. You are far away in the capital, and there are no elders around to teach you. I hope you can live a smooth life."
"Having a good time?"
Mu Yan raised the corner of his mouth and spoke in a mocking tone, "If you want me to live a smooth life, restrain the Jun clan members. If you dare to reach out to my property again, there will be more than one Jun Mingzhang lying on the bed! Warn your concubine, don't
Stretch your hand to the capital, otherwise don’t blame me for being cruel!"
"You! Is it really you who had Ming Zhang's leg broken?"
Mu Sheng looked at him with a look of shock and anger, "How did he offend you? How could you be so cruel? He is the eldest son of the Jun family and the future head of the Jun family. If you break his leg, it is equivalent to
Cut off his life!"
Mu Sheng felt that the eldest son in front of him had become terrifying and he did not dare to recognize him.
Mu Yan looked at him again as if he were a stranger. He didn't even bother to say anything to him. He sneered twice, turned around and walked away in a stride.
"Come back! Why did you break his legs!"
Mu Sheng wanted to follow, but Mu Ang came over and stopped him. He sighed: "Second brother, Mu Yan is your eldest son, your flesh and blood."
"I didn't say he wasn't. Look at him. He is so young now, but a few years ago he dared to break the legs of the future head of the Jun family, leaving him with no way to live."
He looked distressed and distraught.
Mu Ang shook his head secretly: "Second brother, there is no hatred without reason in this world. He was summoned to the capital many years ago. It is not easy to stay alone in the capital. If he had not been offended, he could have sent someone to kill you.
Ming Zhang’s legs?”
"What does Ming Zhang have to do with him? How could he offend him? You don't know, every time I go back to Jun's house, I see that the once glorious man can only lie in bed, eating, drinking, and having sex, and has to be waited on.
It's like a living dead, in my heart...you don't know the pain."
"But he is still alive after all." Some people almost died.
"But his life would be worse than death."
Mu Ang raised his head and sighed: "Second brother, I know that he dotes on the Jun family and likes Mu Zhan, but the second sister-in-law in the capital is the first wife you are marrying. Mu Yan is her only son."
Mu Sheng was stunned for a moment, "I didn't say that Mrs. Cheng is not my legitimate wife."
Mu Ang was a little tired. His second brother's mind was already biased and everything he saw was biased. He wouldn't believe it even if I told him. It would be useless to say more.
"Let's go, we have to break camp."
Mu Yan returned to the tent and sat in a daze. Li Yikaner came over to help him pack his luggage. Seeing him like this, he looked at each other and said, "Master, what did the Marquis say?"
Mu Yan was not going to say anything, but just shook his head: "Pack your things."
"yes."
There were not many things, so they were packed quickly. Mu Yan ordered: "On the Yunnan side, order people to keep an eye on the Hou Mansion. If you find that Mu Sheng has any information to send to the capital, send someone to stop it."
"Are you going to stop everything?"
"If you find any information about asking for the title of Crown Prince, stop it. The rest of the content will be released if there is no obstruction."
"Yes, I understand!"
Li Yikan and Er looked at each other, excited in their hearts. The young master finally wants to fight for the heir apparent. The young master finally figured it out! The position of the heir apparent belongs to the young master. It was decided by the old Marquis himself. No one can change it!
Mu Yan clenched his hands tightly, it was his and he would not let it go again.
Then he touched the jade pendant on his chest with his hand, his eyes becoming firmer.
On the Jialing River, Huo Xi stood on the deck, with the scenery on both sides of the river in front of her eyes. The river wind blew her face and messed up her hair, but her eyes were equally firm.
She will no longer hide, she will face the wind, even if the wind is strong and the rain is violent.
Huo Nian was also on the deck. His sister asked him to watch, listen, learn and memorize all the way. His eyes never stopped for a moment.
Look at the scenery, things and people, look at the folk customs and the world.
My sister said that she was returning to Beijing this time and didn’t know when she would be able to come out again. She should cherish the experience of traveling and see more and learn more. She also asked him to write down what he saw along the way as a travel diary.
Huo Nian has never written a travel note and doesn't know how to write one.
Huo Xi gave him instructions and asked him to write down what he saw and heard along the way, as if he was going to tell it to his parents who were not traveling with him, to his classmates, to his brothers Mu Jie and An An, and to his husband.
They listened to it like it was a story.
Huo Nian knew how to write it as soon as he heard it.
I couldn't stop looking at it all the way. If I saw anything new, I would take notes.
The small pocket on his chest was filled with various scraps of paper in charcoal notebooks. I was busy writing them down during the day, and organized them into travel notes at night. In this way, I wrote two large books.
Huo Xi turned it over and saw that there were trees he had never seen before, things he had never eaten, accents he didn't understand...it was all mixed up, but it was also quite childlike.
I didn’t interfere. If the ship docked, I would take him for a walk, buy some local products, let him bargain with people, listen to the locals telling gossip and stories, or go to the city to buy some books or travel notes for him.
Look, every time you go to a beautiful place, take him to see it.
Huo Nian wrote more and more travel notes, and the more he wrote, the more sophisticated he became.
Even Grandma Ma, Vanilla Xia He, Zhu Feng and others praised him after seeing it and provided him with a lot of materials.
Huo Nian's travel notes are even thicker.
The journey back was more relaxed than when we went there. The purpose of the trip had been achieved, and the siblings had more time to stop and watch the scenery.
We chartered a boat in Beijing when we went there. We could only take a passenger boat on the way back. There were a lot of tourists on the boat. We went all the way down the Jialing River and finally arrived at the confluence of the Yangtze River. We had to get down and change boats.