In the middle of the night, Li Mu suddenly woke up from his dream. When he woke up, he found that he was not in the bedroom, but fell asleep sitting on the rocking chair in the studio. A gust of cool wind blew from nowhere, waking him up from the cold.
The cold in the season is even more penetrating than the dry cold in winter. Li Mu misses the tiger fur that was unfortunately burned. If that thing was there, it would be impossible to freeze while sleeping in the ice and snow. It's a pity that white tigers can do it.
It is rare to find a tiger skin without sword scars, which is even more rare. I am afraid that I will never encounter another one in my life.
Li Mu stood up, moved for a while, and came out of the studio. Dugujiu stood under the eaves of the corridor, leaning on the wall, holding a sword in his arms and a wine gourd in his hand. There were no outsiders in the valley, and he was not wearing a mask.
Under the moonlight, his handsome face outlined a perfect profile, looking like the male protagonist from a fujoshi comic. Although they were brothers, Li Mu still couldn't help but angrily: "This
Why is this kid so good-looking? Compared with him, I can only be considered second in the world."
"Jiu'er, I want to give you something." Li Mu waved, and Dugu Jiu put the wine gourd back on his waist, walked over, and looked at Li Mu without speaking. Without a mask, he spoke with a girl's voice. Although Li Mu
He had heard of it, but he didn't want to show it too much in front of Li Mu and would not speak if he could.
Li Mu stretched out his hand, and in his palm was a crescent-shaped jade with some strange-looking lines on it. Dugujiu took it in his hand and looked at Li Mu doubtfully, as if asking what it was for.
"Put this on your upper jaw, and it will borrow strength from your last two teeth. It won't fall off, and you can't see it at ordinary times. With it, you don't have to wear a mask anymore."
Dugujiu glanced at the crescent jade in his hand, hesitated for a moment, went to the well to get a bucket of water, put the jade in it and washed it. Li Mu looked at it and said speechlessly: "Brother, am I that dirty?"
Dugujiu ignored him, washed the jade again and again, and then put it into his mouth. He touched it with the tip of his tongue. Sure enough, it was stuck between the last two big teeth of his upper teeth. It fit tightly and would not move at all. Dugujiu tried to make a sound, but the tone was different from his.
Before, it was the same when I wore a mask.
"Well, you're not called Big Brother for nothing, are you? With this Shaoyu, you don't have to wear a mask, and it will be much easier to find a wife."
Dugujiu hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother, I still like masks."
Li Muqi asked: "Why is this? Do you know how much thought I put into making this thing, but you don't like it?"
"I..." Dugujiu was silent for a moment and then said, "I'm used to masks."
Li Mu was stunned for a moment, then realized what he was thinking. He always wore a mask to show off to others, so that except for Li Mu and the few people around him, no one had seen Dugu Jiu's true face. His subordinates
I've never seen him before. If he suddenly reveals his true face, with such a "beautiful face", it will definitely cause an uproar. At least his subordinates with backgrounds in the world will have different thoughts.
Dugujiu's concerns are not completely unreasonable.
After figuring this out, Li Mu smiled and said, "It's up to you. It's up to you to use what and when."
Dugujiu nodded, took out the whistle jade, took out a handkerchief from his arms, wrapped it, and put it back into his arms.
Li Mu curled his lips and thought to himself that his brother looks like a boy and a girl, and his behavior is very similar to that of a girl. What kind of handkerchief does a grown man wear? He is really too meticulous.
"Brother, I'm going to bed. You can go and have some rest too. You don't have to wait for me at night. I'm in this small courtyard and there are so many forbidden troops outside, so there won't be any danger."
"That won't work." As soon as he opened his mouth, Dugujiu shut his mouth. He took out the whistle jade, and without wearing a mask, his voice became the original tone, and he immediately blushed with embarrassment. Fortunately, it was late at night, and he looked
Not sure.
"There's nothing wrong with it... However," Li Mu suddenly changed the topic and said, "Even if you want to wait for me, you can't wait for a few more days. I will leave Chang'an for Dingxiang in a few days."
"You!" Dugujiu stamped his feet anxiously, took the Shaoyu out of his arms and put it in his mouth, saying, "Why are you going to Dingxiang? I want to go with you!"
"Isn't this matter settled a long time ago? Didn't you listen?" Li Mu explained: "Don't I still have a daughter-in-law waiting for me to pick her up? Now that the imperial examination has passed, there is nothing important in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
, I have to pick her up. I’ve received twenty letters a month to remind her. If I don’t go..." Li Mu smiled bitterly and said, "Have you forgotten that she has skills? If I don’t go, I won’t fight when we meet.
Kill me?"
"And the 'potatoes' I cultivated will be harvested in a day or two. I have to send them to Dingxiang for planting in the spring. I am counting on this to see if there will be enough food for the next year."
"Then I'll go with you!"
"No!" Li Mu said with a serious face: "I'm going to welcome my bride. It's not convenient for Qiaoqiao and Zhien to follow me. I have so many enemies. After I leave Chang'an, they can't find me. What if they attack my family?
?You are my brother, and you are the one I trust the most. Only if you protect them can I feel at ease."
Dugujiu said excitedly: "Do you think it will be safe if you leave Chang'an? They will still make trouble for you. It's better in Chang'an. There are forbidden troops and garrison troops nearby. They don't dare to make trouble easily. If they leave Chang'an, it's better.
This is all their territory. If they really want to intercept you, it’s not unusual for them to gather a thousand cavalrymen. Not to mention others, in Longyou, my family has thousands of cavalrymen..."
"Ha, I almost forgot that your family is also a clan." Li Mu smiled and said: "Okay, I know that your Dugu clan is a general, so you are very powerful. But you don't have to worry about me. When has your eldest brother ever suffered a loss?
Ah? I'm going to Dingxiang now. I will take Su Lie with me. He has a battalion of soldiers and horses. There is nothing to be done about the bandits. Those soldiers under his command were led by General Li Jing to fight against the Turks.
He is a fierce soldier who has killed people and seen blood, and cannot be compared to the private soldiers of the noble family."
"But brother..."
"Don't be a loser, Jiu'er, you can't regard following me as your ambition. Although you look like a girl, you must always remember that you are a dignified man. If a man has ambitions in all directions, how can he follow me all day long?
Being behind others? What can you do with this? I hope you can become a person who can stand alone and have your own career. Even if you don't know what your ambition is now, it doesn't matter. Slowly you will find your own way.