It was eerily quiet at night, and Huo Xi's slightly trembling voice was especially clear.
"It's me, don't be afraid." came a soothing voice.
"considerable?"
"it's me."
Before Mu Yan went to bed, Huo Xi had already thrown herself into his arms, "It's impressive."
"Well, don't be afraid." Mu Yan hugged her tightly, caressing her black hair, her back, smelling her hair and body fragrance, rubbing her ears and temples, feeling the long-lost soft fragrance.
He had not seen her for eight months and nine days.
"Significant, um..." Just as Huo Xi was about to speak, the world began to spin, and Mu Yan threw him onto the bed...
A little separation is better than a wedding. I just wish we could meet again soon and be with you every day.
"Does it hurt you?" Mu Yan stared at his heart from top to bottom through the weak candlelight in the room, wishing he could devour her into his belly so that he would not be worried about her every day.
Huo Xi closed her eyebrows slightly and shook her head feebly.
"Too tired?"
"Um."
After hearing this, Mu Yan raised the corner of his mouth slightly and whispered in her ear: "You are so delicious." I couldn't help but eat it again and again.
He turned over and lay down, then stretched out his arms to take Huo Xi into his arms.
Huo Xi found a good position in his arms, closed her eyes slightly, and reached out to touch his exposed chest... Mu Yan held her down and said, "Don't move." He patted her lightly.
"See if you are injured." He touched his old arrow wound.
"No. I wasn't hurt this time."
"Don't hide it from me."
"How dare I hide it from you? Li Yikan and the others are eager to tell you all about my whereabouts. What else can I hide from you? I don't know whether they are my people or yours."
Huo Xi snorted lightly, "How do you want to distinguish yours from mine so clearly?"
Mu Yan sneered twice, "No matter what, it's all yours."
The two of them didn't speak anymore and hugged each other tenderly for a while.
"Why are you back? The war has stopped?"
"No. I wanted to come back to see you just after you entered Kunming City. I missed you so much. I just couldn't leave. Then I received your letter..."
"You rushed back right away? Then you didn't receive the letter I sent to you two days ago?"
"We met halfway." He stroked Huo Xi's smooth back and couldn't put it down, "Don't be afraid, you are not without support in Yunnan, you still have me."
"Yeah." Huo Xi snuggled into his arms.
Mu Yan hugged her tightly and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead: "You can do whatever you want, I will do everything." Even if you mess up the world, I will still be by your side.
There are thousands of words to express my longing for her, and I wanted to talk to her, but seeing that she was so tired that she couldn't even open her eyes, she said warmly: "Go to sleep, and we'll talk tomorrow."
"good."
The couple hugged each other tightly and fell asleep.
Huo Xi woke up the next day, still in a daze, and glanced at the bed, where she was alone.
Did she dream yesterday? Why did she dream that Ke Kewei came back? Such a real dream.
He shook his head and was about to call someone... "Are you awake?"
"considerable!"
"Hmm. Didn't you sleep enough? Do you want to sleep for a while?"
"Hug..." Huo Xi reached out to him.
Mu Yan raised the corner of his mouth with a nice curve, strode over, sat on the edge of the bed and held her tightly in his arms, "Would you like to sleep a little longer?"
Huo Xi shook her head in his arms and rubbed against his chest, which made Mu Yan's heart almost melt and he lowered his head to look at her greedily.
"I miss you and my son. I don't even feel the warmth in my ears. I'm afraid Xiao Yu'er has forgotten me..."
"Don't cry. My mother and father-in-law are here and will take good care of him. We can go back to see him when we are done here."
Seeing that Huo Xi was still sobbing softly, he comforted her gently, "We often write to him and ask my mother to read it to him. He will not forget us. Let him read what he misses about us to his mother, and she will write it to
We, we just keep in touch with Yu'er."
"It's not enough, I miss him..."
"I know, my husband misses him too."
The two of them had breakfast in the room. Lunch was more appropriate, and they slept until midnight.
Mu Yan entered the mansion quietly in the middle of the night. This time, all the rooms in the mansion knew about him in the morning and sent people to greet him and inquire about the news ahead.
Mu Yan didn't even see him and only Li Yikaner came forward. He only hid in the room and talked to Huo Xi.
"this is for you."
"What is it?" Huo Xi took it and opened it to see, "Zhuangzi's land deed?"
Mu Yan nodded, "Next to Dian Lake. Zhuangzi is quite big, with mountains, lakes, tea gardens, gardens and mulberry gardens. You must like it."
"When did you buy it?" It was his turn to buy such a good manor in Yunnan?
"I didn't set it down, he gave it to me."
"He? You mean the Duke of Guizhou?" Huo Xi was a little surprised. He didn't say his name, but only said that the person he replaced was Mu Yan's biological father.
Mu Yan nodded, "I know what happened in Kunming City, and the government didn't send you any evidence. I had a violent attack in front of him and his third uncle in the military camp. He didn't dare to say a word, so he was wrong.
So he gave me this, saying it was a meeting gift for you."
"Giving me a meeting gift? Give me such a big manor, which is two hectares of land." Next to Dian Lake again, "I only missed a few copies, but I got such a big gift? Then I made a lot of money."
Is this a small loss and a big blessing?"
I took the title deed of the manor and looked over it over and over again, and I was very happy.
"It stands to reason that you are his eldest daughter-in-law. She has given birth to a eldest grandson, but it's just a manor title deed."
"Then I can keep it for our little fisher?" Huo Xi asked him happily.
Mu Yan pinched her face, smiled and said, "It's up to you."
Huo Xi then ordered people to put it away carefully: "I'll go and have a look in two days." Then she asked him: "Did the Duke of Guo say when the troops stationed in Kunming City will be paid?"
Mu Yan looked serious: "Don't worry about this matter, let him worry about it. The imperial court has been in arrears for Yunnan's military expenses for more than a day or two. Ever since the Mu family guarded Yunnan, they have been in arrears all year round, and there have been deficiencies from time to time. Starting from my grandfather,
In order to avoid military morale turmoil, it was made up of taxes from various places. If there was any shortage, money from various industries in Mu's mansion was used to advance it. The next year, the court allocated money and then backfilled it. They ate the Yin grain and demolished the east wall to make up for the west wall.
, but everything is fine. It’s just that in recent years, the imperial court’s deficit has been getting bigger and bigger, the amount of favors has been huge, and everyone can’t afford it, and the government doesn’t dare to take any action. Once this hole was opened..."
"Afraid of being jealous by the superiors?"
Mu Yan nodded.
"Although our Mu Mansion is said to be a powerful force, the Emperor is still wary of the Mu Mansion. There are also spies everywhere. He acts cautiously, so there is nothing wrong with him." However, there was no way to appease him.
"But I've had people investigate these days. It turns out that the lives of the military dependents in the guard station are really difficult. The taxes in the fields are heavy and they often cannot pay in full. I heard that there are still many deserters, right?"
Mu Yan frowned and did not hide it from her. He nodded: "Yes. There are deserters all over the border, and we are not the only ones here."
The environment for hereditary military households and soldiers on the border is difficult. There are often wars, and they have to pay for it with their lives. The taxes on the land are heavy, and the soldiers who support the family have not yet received the military salary, and there are often deserters.
This time when he entered Yunnan, Mu Yan discovered many things that he had not noticed in the past.