After an hour of exercise, all the guards were extremely tired, dripping with sweat, panting, and complaining incessantly.
Seeing how weak these guards were, Heishan was angry. With his hands on his hips, he asked: "What's going on with you?"
Get up quickly, how dare you claim to be the bodyguards of Shangshu Mansion!"
However, even if Heishan said this, the guards still fell to the ground.
It's not that the guards don't remember it, but the training in Montenegro is too rigorous, and the amount of exercise is getting more and more every day. How can ordinary guards like them endure it.
"Captain, the city of Chang'an has been very peaceful recently. Why do we have to train so hard?
Can’t we just be like before?”
"Yes, yes, in the past we only patrolled and guarded, so we didn't necessarily need to do so much training."
"Captain, you've been acting weird lately. You can't embarrass us like this."
The guards were all complaining. After all, as long as humans are greedy for comfort, how can they accept the training life that is like hell every day?
But hearing what the guards said made Heishan even more angry, and he just lamented that these guards were not living up to expectations.
Why does Montenegro suddenly need to strengthen training so much?
It was because he noticed that they were gradually unable to catch up with Muchuan!
Muchuan had encountered disasters several times before, and as a result, these guards were of no use. Especially this time Muchuan selected personnel to go to the border. As a result, Muchuan did not choose personnel from the guards, but instead brought the cook Temujin with him.
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This also shows that the guards guarding the Shangshu's residence are no different from other guards in the palace and are not worthy of Muchuan's attention. This naturally made Heishan feel unbalanced.
Heishan regarded Muchuan as a noble being, like the sun in the sky, and he hoped that he could be useful under Muchuan's command.
At that moment, Heishan spoke eloquently and freely about his thoughts, saying: "Brothers, you should also know how well Lord Muchuan treats us?
If we don't want to make progress and stay at the same level forever, how can we repay Lord Muchuan for his kindness! If something happens to Lord Muchuan, how can we, with our strength, be able to help him!"
As a rough man, Heishan was not used to speaking out loud. These words were spoken from the bottom of his heart, and naturally deeply touched all the guards.
After hearing this, the guards stopped resting and stood up from the ground one after another, shouting: "Captain! Let's continue training!"
"good!"
Seeing that the guards cheered up, Heishan was very happy. With a wave of his hand, he led the guards to do fifty push-ups.
Little did he know that this passionate scene was being seen by Muchuan! Yes, after a long journey, Muchuan had returned to Chang'an City from the border of Dongyang County!
Normally after returning to Chang'an City, Muchuan should go to see the emperor as soon as possible, but because he returned with the crown prince Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian had been held hostage for many days, so his return to Chang'an City naturally caused a sensation in the imperial city.
For example, people from the Ministry of Etiquette of Shangshu Province were the first to go out and hold ceremonies for Li Chengqian, wash away the wind and dust, send out prayers and other activities.
Li Shimin was also busy. In addition to meeting his eldest son Li Chengqian, he also had to deal with a large number of diplomatic affairs with Goguryeo, especially the crusade launched in the name of "Li Chengqian".
For this reason, the meeting between Li Shimin and Muchuan has been postponed. It is estimated that he will not be summoned until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
That's fine. Muchuan has been away from Shangshu's mansion for many days, and he misses the people in the mansion.
Coincidentally, as soon as Muchuan and Temujin Dali entered the mansion, a maid discovered them.
"It's Lord Muchuan! Lord Muchuan is back!"
Following the frightened cry of one maid, other maids, servants, and guards also noticed it and rushed over, surrounding Muchuan in the center.
All of a sudden, the entrance to the mansion seemed like a bustling city, bustling with people and excitement.
"Mr. Muchuan, you are finally back. It's been almost a month, right?"
"Did you hear that your Excellency has successfully rescued the Crown Prince?
It's really amazing, I'm sure the emperor will reward you heavily."
"Sir, we miss you so much. During the past few days when you were away from the mansion, the entire Shangshu Mansion was deserted! And Miss Xin'er doesn't even live here anymore!"
Everyone was chatting away, expressing their thoughts or recent events.
Muchuan was happy when he saw everyone gathered around him so enthusiastically, but if he was squeezed like this by them, he would probably be crushed into pieces!
Fortunately, Temujin was aware of Muchuan's embarrassment, so he waved his big arms and said: "Everyone, please retreat quickly. Your Excellency has just returned to Chang'an City and needs a good rest. You will cause trouble for Your Excellency."
After Temujin's strong words, everyone realized that they had lost their composure, and then they retreated obediently.
With this, Muchuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After a while of burning incense, Muchuan sat down in the Grand Master's chair in the main hall, sipping tea and the sweet-scented osmanthus cake prepared in the house, feeling how comfortable life is.
It’s true that “a golden nest or a silver nest is not as good as your own kennel”! Come and go, your own mansion is better!
Sophia and Mingzhu were also in the palace, and they both laughed when they saw Muchuan's leisurely appearance.
Mingzhu said: "Mu Chuan, isn't it very hard to go to the border this time?
When I came back, I saw you lying like this."
Sophia: "Are you going to rescue the crown prince this time?
Did anything interesting happen during the process?"
It seems that both of them are very curious about what happened in Muchuan, and when they talk about what happened in the process, there are also twists and turns.
But Muchuan was resting now, and he took advantage of the break to chat with the two of them.
After the two of them heard the whole story, they both let out an exclamation of surprise.
Originally, Muchuan only went to rescue the crown prince, but during the rescue process, he commanded 150,000 soldiers to occupy the territory of Goguryeo. This kind of thing is simply appalling.
Mingzhu said in surprise: "Mu Chuan... are you the Tuoshi of the Martial Saint Guan Yu?
You are so brave and good at fighting!"
Muchuan was embarrassed to hear this. He was not some kind of Guan Yu, he was the reincarnation of a modern person! What's more, Muchuan didn't think he was that great. He was just able to be so fast by taking advantage of modern people's knowledge and information.
The defeat of Goguryeo was definitely incomparable with Guan Yu's style of fighting that relied entirely on strategy and tactics.
At this time, Muchuan responded modestly, and then asked about something: "I heard... that Xin'er moved out of Shangshu's mansion?"
When I came back, I heard the maids and servants talking about this matter. Muchuan couldn't tell how sad he was when he heard this matter. After all, he and she had already shared their concerns with each other when they left Chang'an City. They thought they could be honest and honest.
After talking to each other, the relationship between the two would be greatly enhanced. Unexpectedly, Xin'er actually moved out of the Shangshu's mansion directly.
