Pihanjin - Chapter 41

Mu Fulan first breathed a long sigh of relief.

On her way back, she was full of speculation about the purpose of his trip. After thinking about it, the biggest worry was that he couldn’t guard against Zhu Liuhu. Maybe it was because he was told that Changsha was secretly expanding its army and training troops. Otherwise, she couldn’t imagine that the relationship between the two had reached this point. What else could have made him travel all the way from Hexi to come here in person? Find yourself.

Just a moment ago, when she pushed open the door, she was still thinking nervously, if he really came for this, how should she deal with it so that she could get through this crisis smoothly.

She never thought that what Xie Changgeng asked was actually Xi’er’s identity.

How did he come to the conclusion that Xi’er was identified as the illegitimate son of himself and Yuan Handing.

The sheer absurdity has gotten to the point of ludicrousness.

But after she was relieved, she immediately realized the seriousness of this new problem.

Looking at Xie Changgeng’s appearance, those words he said were definitely not intimidating himself.

He really did, really thought so.

Mu Fulan’s silence fell into Xie Changgeng’s eyes, and he felt guilty and tacit.

“Excellent.”

He laughed angrily and nodded.

“Ms. Mu, the agreement you made before and I will not count anymore! You can do it yourself.”

He strode away.

Mu Fulan’s heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

Yuan Handing promised that it would take another year.

Before the initial completion of the military expansion plan, Xie Changgeng’s words were by no means a negligible joke for Changsha.

She did not dare to take his anger lightly.

She turned her head to look at the back who was about to reach the door, and said, “Do you think that I gave birth to this child in the past, raised it in the dark, and brought him back to me now?”

Xie Changgeng’s back paused slightly, then continued to walk towards the door.

Obviously, that’s what he thought.

Without any hesitation, Mu Fulan immediately chased after him and stopped at the door.

His hand had reached the door and was blocked by her.

“I know you and Xi’er met last night.” Mu Fulan said.

“You heard me, he was an orphan, he grew up without a parent and mother in Shangjing Huguo Temple. I was summoned to Shangjing by Empress Liu at the end of last year, and I met him by chance in the temple. It was a coincidence that brought him back to Changsha. If you don’t believe it, go to the elder Huiji in the temple to ask for evidence. Xi’er was adopted by the elder from the back mountain and grew up in front of the elder!”

“At that time, the reason why I didn’t tell you about this, firstly, I thought it was a trivial matter, and secondly, I was in a difficult situation at that time. Although you and I lived in the same room, but we were strangers, it was really inconvenient for me to speak to you. Speaking of such selfish things, I don’t think you would want to listen to it at the time.”

Xie Changgeng’s eyes stopped on her face. When he saw her talking, he was always looking straight at himself, his expression was extremely calm, he couldn’t help but startled, and the hand that only opened the door was slowly put down.

But remembering what Zhang Ban said in the letter, the face of the child from last night appeared in front of him again, and his anger resurfaced.

“Ms. Mu, your scheming is deep and your methods are shady. Even if you call me down, I am willing to give up. This child’s eyebrows and eyes are so similar to yours, how can there be such a coincidence in the world, he was not born in your stomach, who could it be? Judging by his age, it is obvious that you had it before and after my marriage proposal. How could it be that you, the Mu family, sent him away after giving birth to facilitate the marriage at that time? Elder Huiji only knows how to adopt him. What can he prove?”

He sneered.

“You Mu family, it’s okay to deceive me when you contract, but now you are still full of lies. Do you think I will still be at your mercy?”

“Step aside!”

Mu Fulan didn’t move.

A look of anger flashed across his eyes, and with a sound of “clang”, he pulled out the long sword on his waist.

A cold light flashed in front of Mu Fulan’s eyes, murderous aura rushed forward, and her neck became cold, and her delicate skin instantly stood on end.

“Get out of the way.”

He repeated it again, seeing that she was still motionless, as if rooted in the ground, a three-foot green front was placed across her neck.

Mu Fulan froze. But soon, instead of letting go, he faced the sword in his hand that had been stained with blood on his son’s neck, and slowly raised his weak shoulders.

She said: “I really don’t know why you are so stubborn and insist on thinking that Xi’er is my illegitimate son. Let me tell you, Xi’er is indeed my child. In my whole life, from meeting him, hearing him Call me the first mother, and he is my child. I swear to God, but he was not born to me and another man! He has nothing to do with General Yuan!”

“Xie Changgeng, you are killing me today and destroying Changsha tomorrow. I only have this sentence.”

As her voice fell, the room fell silent.

“How do you explain that he looks so similar to you?”

Suddenly he heard his voice.

Mu Fulan stared at the man on the opposite side who was still holding a sword at her neck and said, “It is because his eyebrows and eyes are like mine that I fell in love with him so much after I met him. Besides, there are thousands of people in the world. , there are similarities, what is strange?”

Xie Changgeng snorted coldly.

“Last year, on the first night you arrived in Beijing, you called out your adopted son’s name in your dream. If it’s just a coincidence that your appearance is as you said, how can you explain it?”

“That night, I saw my previous life in a dream. In my previous life, I had a child. I didn’t wait for him to grow up and died, and that child, he never became an adult…”

Her eyes fell, and she landed on the sword in his hand.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the sword that was lying across her neck. Above the end of the blade, there was a dark red reflection, like a piece of old blood that could not be erased.

“The child I dreamed of, his name was Xi’er. This child grew up in Huguo Temple, and he didn’t have a name. I gave him this name after I met him, and he was called Xi’er. .”

The ears fell silent again.

Mu Fulan raised her wrist, and with two slender fingers, lightly pinched the blade of the sword that was cold to the skin, and slowly pushed the sword that was attached to her neck away.

Her beautiful eyes stared into his eyes.

“I know you’re here, it shouldn’t be just for this one thing. I’ve explained Xi’er’s origin to you clearly. If you have anything else, feel free to speak.”

Xie Changgeng stared at the woman in front of her who stretched out her hand and pushed her sword away from her neck.

More than once, he had received either euphemistic or implied advice from his subordinates, reminding him to bring her back and let her come forward, which might help solve the thorny indigenous problem in Hexi that has been unresolved for a long time.

Naturally, Xie Changgeng had seen this for a long time.

Let her give it a try, whether from a rational or utilitarian point of view, it is a sensible way to solve big problems at the least cost.

He has no reason not to.

He came back from Xiutu that day, and the letter he originally sent was to call her back and order her to help him solve this problem.

He has helped her a lot, and he also promised to shelter Changsha and ask her to do things for him, which is only natural.

But now, he doesn’t want to mention it, not even a bit.

Even if it takes more than double, or even ten or a hundred times of effort, or even if he has to, in the end, he can only resort to the military solution that he originally did not want to use, suppressing it with soldiers, and bleeding into the pestle, he is unwilling to deal with the person in front of him. The woman opened her mouth and said that she needed her help.

After Mu Fulan finished speaking, she saw that the corners of his lips twitched slightly, and a sneer expression appeared on his face.

He said: “Ms. Mu, you are so tongue-in-cheek, I know you will never admit it anyway. I thank Changgeng for walking for many years, and this time it was planted in the hands of someone with your surname Mu. I admit it. “

He retracted his sword, and with a sound of “clang”, Qing Feng returned to the sheath, and immediately ordered her to back away and reached out to open the door.

Mu Fulan silently stepped aside.

The moment he walked out, he turned his head, stared at her and said, “Ms. Mu, remember to hide your secrets with me. If there are any rumors, you will know it yourself.”

Like a threat, like a warning, after he finished speaking, he turned around.

Mu Fulan stood behind the door and watched the back of her leaving, feeling a little complicated.

She knew that he still didn’t believe his explanation. But listening to his tone, it seemed that this was the end. Anyway, that’s a good thing.

She exhaled slowly, remembering that he had seen Xi’er last night, and she didn’t know the details. She was afraid that Xi’er would have a shadow in her heart, so she went back to where she lived.

Xier was very happy when she saw that she was finally back. That night, when Mu Fulan accompanies him to sleep, he hears Xi’er asking herself, “Mother, that person, he said he married you, will he take away her and not let her and me? together?”

Mu Fulan had long known from Mu’s mother about the scene when Xie Changgeng and Xi’er met last night. Knowing that he was still frightened by Xi’er, she secretly resented, and immediately said: “He has already left. He will not come back in the future. Don’t be afraid of Xi’er. No matter what, my mother will not be separated from Xi’er. You sleep obediently and wait for my mother here for a few more days. By the end of the month, my mother will be able to finish things, and we will go back together. “

Xi’er hummed and closed her eyes to sleep.

Early the next morning, Liancheng Ling came to see Mu Fulan, saying that Xie Changgeng and his party had already left.

There were a lot of patients in Liyang, and after the doctors they brought were scattered to the villages, there was a shortage of manpower.

Since the others were gone, Mu Fulan was relieved. After checking the newly arrived batch of medicinal materials, he set off again and rushed back to Liyang with Yuan Handing. In the evening, when it was about to arrive, a group of people passed a mountain road that opened on the side of the mountain. Suddenly, the horses became restless, and their feet seemed to tremble slightly. Although this feeling disappeared immediately, there began to be gravel above their heads. It fell rustling along the mountain wall.

Everyone was stunned at first and stopped in place.

“The ground is moving! Hurry up! Stop in the open space!”

Yuan Handing responded quickly, let out a roar, quickly dismounted, grabbed the whip from the driver’s hand, took the driver’s seat, and drove the car that Mu Fulan was sitting on, speeding towards an open space not far ahead. And go.

The crowd followed closely, and as soon as they ran to the open space, there was a tremor under their feet again, and many people stood unsteadily and fell to the ground one after another.

On the mountain road just passed, the stones fell like raindrops.

This movement came suddenly and went quickly. But for a moment, it stopped.

“Master! Are you alright!”

Yuan Handing held the reins of the horse tightly to prevent the horses from running around in fright. When the ground movement subsided, he pushed open the car door and asked Mu Fulan.

Mu Fulan grabbed the car window with both hands, and quickly calmed down and said, “I’m fine.”

Although the movement was not violent, Yuan Handing told everyone not to leave and stop in place for fear of aftershocks.

According to his orders, everyone waited in place for a while, and it was estimated that there would be no aftermath, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.

Although the earthquake lasted for a short time, the feeling was not very strong, but Mu Fulan thought of Xi’er and was very worried. She asked the others to take the medicinal materials to Liyang first. She planned to turn around and go back. , the following is a deep ravine, and the ferry can not be found for a while, and it is impossible to pass.

Seeing that it was not long before it was dark, Mu Fulan had no choice but to obey Yuan Handing’s arrangement, and sent a follower who was proficient in water to swim over, and went back to the city to inquire about the news, while she continued on her way.

When she arrived in Liyang, the leader was looking forward to it with people. Dozens of houses collapsed here, and hundreds of people were injured, with varying degrees of severity. She immediately brought people into the treatment, and was busy until late at night. She was extremely tired. She glanced at the clothes and clothes in the room prepared for her by the leader. The next morning, the entourage came back with good news.

Xi’er is safe and sound. Mu’s mother brought a message and told her to rest assured. The impact on the Liancheng side was not too big. The people only felt a slight tremor. Only a few old houses were damaged.

Mu Fulan finally felt relieved.

There were other Zhaidong nearby, and some people were injured. Knowing that she was here, they came to look for her.

Mu Fulan didn’t care about rest, and continued to devote herself to the treatment.

She is very busy, because she will be able to end the affairs here at the end of the month and go back. How could she have thought that because of this sudden accident, the peaceful life that she and her Xier seemed to be expected to follow would also be broken.