I traveled through time and space and found a mute boy: That’s enough, I feel sorry for him

After leaving the Yangxin Palace, Mu Tonghai hurriedly chased after him and said, "Brother Xu, are you sure?"

Xu Shu glanced at him. There were many people talking around him, and it was obvious that this man was trying to get close to him. His intention was obvious to everyone.

Mu Tonghai still played dumb: "Brother Xu, if you are not sure, I can ask His Majesty to give you a few more days."

Obviously, Mu Tonghai was suspected of pushing him to the center of public opinion.

He was just a commoner and had no achievements, so Xiao Ran would never recommend him directly to the emperor. Moreover, when he came to Beijing, he had met Xiao Ran and told him about the current situation in Yuzhou.

His original plan was to wait until he passed the military examination and then let Xiao Ran recommend him to return to Yuzhou, so that everything would come naturally.

He still has time to take Mu Jinghua to have some fun in Shangjing, such as getting married and opening a branch of Muyilou.

But now, the emperor somehow found out about him and knew everything about his performance in Yuzhou.

Xu Shu originally suspected that it was Xiao Ran who came to trick him, but looking at the emperor's performance just now, he said that it was Xiao Ran who recommended him, but he didn't give Xiao Ran any chance to speak, as if he was just letting Xiao Ran go through the motions.

No matter how stupid Xu Shu was, he should have noticed that something was wrong.

Especially when Xu Shu mentioned that he had no achievements and mentioned the military examination, the emperor asked Mu Tonghai for his opinion without much hesitation.

Then he decided to hold the martial arts examination tomorrow.

This was obviously all planned.

But who was behind this, the emperor's idea or Mu Tonghai's...

Just look at Mu Tonghai's pretentious look now, isn't it hard to guess?

Besides, Mu Tonghai had come to the palace gate just to wait for him, just to tell him that the emperor wanted to see him. His legs were faster than those of Wang Gonggong, who waited in front of the emperor every day. If it wasn't planned by him, could he have predicted it?

What good is there in just pushing him to the forefront?

Xu Shu didn't play dumb with him. He was puzzled and asked directly, "Do you want me to return to Yuzhou? Or do you want me to share Qiao Jianhong's military power?"

The smile on Mu Tonghai's face froze, and he simply stopped pretending and said, "My friend, if you don't agree to help me suppress Qiao Jianhong and Mu Jinghua, I can only think of a way myself. I am also doing this for my KPI, so you have to understand us workers."

Xu Shu raised an eyebrow and listened to him continue.

"Giving him military power will at least make him less arrogant, and it will be easier to carry out ideological work in the future."

"Of course, I had no choice but to let you take this position. A few days ago, Your Majesty received news that the prefect sent by the court to Yuzhou and his entourage were all killed, and the messenger pointed out that it was you who did it."

"I did it." Xu Shu shrugged. "The news must have been passed on by Qiao Jianhong."

Mu Tonghai was choked by his indifferent attitude. After a while, he said, "His Majesty was furious and sent people to arrest you. I was not afraid that something would happen to you, so I thought it would be a good opportunity..."

"Just right?" Xu Shu raised his eyebrows, a little speechless, "Aren't you afraid that if I don't cooperate, you'll get angry and beat everyone up like Qiao Jianhong did?"

Mu Tonghai: "My friend, don't be like this..."

Xu Shu ignored him and raised his voice: "You pretended to be friendly with me, and asked the emperor to change the time of the military examination for me alone. You also hinted wildly that if I achieved fame, I would be able to take charge of Yuzhou."

"Mu Xiang is really generous. With just one sentence, I went from being a suspect to a successful man."

"Or the backdoor one."

Mu Tonghai's mouth twitched: "My friend, you see it clearly. If you have already seen it, why do you still want to lead the topic to the martial arts exam?"

"If I don't lead you, you won't be able to get it?" Xu Shu glanced at him, and seeing that the time was almost up, he was too lazy to waste words with him, so he found a guard who was watching the fun and eavesdropping in the corner and said, "Excuse me, I'm looking for the young master of the Bai Mansion and the young lady of the Qiao Mansion."

The guard was frightened when he called him, but he didn't dare to refuse. He just nodded and said, "Sir, please follow me."

Xu Shu responded, ignoring the prying eyes of others, and followed the guard to find Mu Jinghua.

Mu Tonghai was left alone sighing.

Although Xu Shu had just made a speech, most of the people around him were confused and could not figure out what had happened.

But it doesn’t matter. We’ll know the result tomorrow.

Do you want to push him to the forefront, let him use the back door, and stand at the center of public opinion to be verbally bullied by all the young masters of noble families in Beijing?

His wife is still in Beijing.

He can't afford to lose this face.

Xu Shu sneered in his heart, and then he thought about it and came up with a good idea to take advantage of the east wind.

However, the guard leading the way suddenly stopped and said, "Sir, they are just ahead."

Xu Shu came back to his senses, looked up, and saw Mu Jinghua, Qiao Wan and others sitting under the pavilion chatting with some ladies from the palace.

The young man took the products of their Muyi Tower and carefully explained their uses to the ladies in each palace. He was eloquent and well-mannered, and he seemed to glow standing among the group of people.

Xu Shu felt warmed by seeing this.

The guard asked Xu Shu if he wanted to pass on the message. Xu Shu shook his head, stuffed some silver into his hand, and found a shady place to sit and wait.

He watched Mu Jinghua explaining the products intently, and suddenly he thought of Mu Jinghua taking care of the family's herbal medicine fields.

At that time, he couldn't speak yet and needed Qu Xiu to help him translate. He stood on the desolate ridge of the field, with his hands on his waist and using sign language.

He also recalled that when Mu Jinghua went to the town to sell medicinal herbs, she stubbornly refused to let him follow her and insisted on trying it herself.

Later, his voice recovered and he ran Muyilou on his own. His business was thriving.

Now they have all become royal merchants, entering the palace to sell products to the nobles of this world.

Recalling the past, Xu Shu felt so relieved that he wanted to cry.

The little hibiscus that used to be timid and only hid behind him has blossomed.

……

It was not until the sun went down that the queens of the various palaces were willing to release the people. Mu Jinghua talked for a long time and inevitably felt a little tired, so he was just about to find some water to drink.

A cup of hot tea was handed to him. He took it blankly, looked up and saw Xu Shu, and said with some surprise: "You are here!"

"Drink some water." Xu Shu stared at him drinking and said, "You've been here for a while. Are you tired today?"

"Not bad." Mu Jinghua was quite happy. "You are amazing. They like everything you make and said they want to order a lot."

"You're right." Xu Shu took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat. "You must be hungry. I'll treat you to a big meal when I get home."

Mu Jinghua smiled at him, and seeing Qiao Wan beside him, he took the handkerchief and wiped his sweat shyly, and then asked in a low voice: "What does His Majesty want you to do?"

"Nothing much, just said I'll take part in the martial arts exam tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?" Mu Jinghua stood there in a daze.