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

Seeing that he was frightened, Mr. Bai quickly softened his voice again: "Brother Mu, Grandfather didn't say anything about you."

Mu Jinghua poked his head out from behind Xu Shu: "Grandfather, please don't blame Xu Shu, okay?"

Old Master Bai glared at Xu Shu, and then heard Mu Jinghua say, "He will take the martial arts exam tomorrow."

Old Master Bai could only feel discouraged and looked at Xu Shu and said, "If you don't get the top prize, I will come and settle the score with you again."

Xu Shu agreed with a smile, knowing that this was just a joke from Old Master Bai.

There had been signs that he was going to marry Xiao Mujin, and he had expressed this to Old Master Bai many times. The old man was at most angry that he took Xiao Mujin to get married without informing him in advance.

As for why he didn't tell me in advance...

Can't say yet.

After Xu Shu comforted Old Master Bai, he was urged to pack things for tomorrow's martial arts examination. He was busy until the sun set and then he lay down on the bed holding Mu Jinghua.

Unexpectedly, Mu Jinghua pushed him away as soon as he got on the bed and looked at him very seriously: "No, you need to sleep."

Xu Shu nodded, very seriously: "Yes, sleep."

After saying that, he reached out to hug Mu Jinghua again.

Mu Jinghua grabbed his hand and repeated seriously: "Sleep."

Xu Shu was a little confused: "I want to sleep."

Mu Jinghua was a little angry: "It's not that kind of sleep."

"I don't want to sleep like that." Xu Shu sighed and stretched out his hand to him again, "If you don't want to do that, can't you give me a hug?"

"It's OK." Mu Jinghua hummed a little embarrassedly, and snuggled into Xu Shu's arms. He heard Xu Shu laughing at him again, "Now you know how to be serious. Why couldn't you control yourself under the flowers just now?"

Mu Jinghua's body stiffened, a little regretful: "Then...will you be tired after what you did just now? Will you be tired tomorrow?"

"No." Xu Shu was a little helpless. "Who told you?"

Mu Jinghua snorted: "It's written in your notebook."

"Then remember this..." Xu Shu was a little helpless, "I'm different from them. Even if I come again now..."

"No need." Mu Jinghua reached out to cover his mouth, "Good night."

Xu Shu kissed the palm of his hand and pulled him into his arms: "Good night."

Xu Shu had a good dream that night, but Mu Jinghua was too nervous to sleep. The next morning, with dark circles under his eyes, he called Xu Shu to get up: "Get up."

Xu Shu opened his eyes and was shocked to see him like this: "Didn't you sleep well last night?"

Mu Jinghua didn't want to say more, so he shook his head and urged him to hurry up: "After breakfast, we have to go to the examination room."

Everything was basically packed up last night, and they just had a meal in the morning. Bai Danchen was worried, so he went with them in the carriage.

But when they got in the car, the uncle and nephew were both more nervous than each other. Xu Shufan wanted to comfort them.

After talking for a while, they arrived at the place. As a candidate, Xu Shu could not go in with Mu Jinghua. He was just telling Bai Danchen to take good care of Mu Jinghua when he heard a voice coming from not far away.

After just one listen, Xu Shu knew who the visitor was.

Sure enough, before he turned around, he heard Qiao Er's voice: "Brother Xu, long time no see."

Xu Shu smiled at him: "Long time no see."

"I'm very satisfied with the batch of goods yesterday." Qiao Er lowered his voice and said to him, "It's just that the boss..."

He patted Xu Shu's shoulder: "Be careful."

"What should I be careful about?" Xu Shu didn't understand for a moment. Just as he was about to ask again, he heard the examiner urging him to enter the venue. So he had to suppress his confusion and follow the examiner into the venue.

Xu Shu had taken many exams before. Now he came to this world to take part in the ancient exams. Besides feeling fresh, his other thoughts were almost entirely focused on Qiao Er's words.

Qiao Jianhong...

At this critical moment, Qiao Jianhong should still be at home recovering from his injuries, he shouldn't be...

No way.

Xu Shu suddenly felt a little annoyed. This guy was really stubborn sometimes.

But obviously all this was just as he thought.

In the morning's horseback archery competition, as soon as it was Xu Shu's turn, he heard exclamations coming from outside the field. He knew without looking that it must be some disabled but strong-willed guy who had arrived.

He looked in the direction of the exclamation, and sure enough, he saw the pale-faced Qiao Jianhong limping into the examination room with the support of Qiao Wan.

As soon as the examiner saw him, he ran up to him and greeted him. This military officer from the Ministry of War was seen every day. Since Qiao Jianhong could achieve such a status, the examiner naturally did not dare to neglect him.

Xu Shu was not angry when he saw that the examiner ignored him without saying a word, but he could not hear clearly what Qiao Jianhong said.

All he saw was Qiao Wan making eyes at him, making very strong gestures.

But Xu Shu couldn't understand it at all.

He is not in a hurry even if he doesn't understand.

Qiao Jianhong came because he realized that Mu Tonghai wanted to share power through him, and he couldn't afford to lose, so he came to suppress him in advance.

As for how to press?

Xu Shu could figure it out with his toes.

So when Xu Shu heard the examiner say something like "General Qiao is concerned about the country, and he is giving a demonstration to you despite his injuries...", he just shook his head lightly and took a half step back.

He gestured to Mu Jinghua in the crowd, signaling him to be at ease, then turned back to watch Qiao Jianhong perform.

Qiao Jianhong pretended to be surprised, but was very enthusiastic towards him: "Mr. Xu? Is it your turn next?"

Xu Shu smiled at him faintly: "Thanks to the general."

Qiao Jianhong frowned, obviously not satisfied with his reaction, but he quickly looked at the examiner and the others, and introduced Xu Shu enthusiastically but not weakly: "This gentleman has great skills and is deeply favored by His Majesty. He will definitely win the top spot this year."

Xu Shu just laughed and was too lazy to say any polite words to Qiao Jianhong. He just listened calmly to the crowd's reactions.

It is clear.

Mu Tonghai's performance yesterday had already made many people aware of his name, and many people even suspected that His Majesty had changed the date of the martial arts examination specifically for him.

Now that Qiao Jianhong said this, it was basically confirmed. The crowd instantly burst into noise, followed by a series of accusations.

"It's actually him?"

"What ability does this bastard have? He looks so weak and frail, yet he dares to participate in the martial arts examination?"

"He must have lost his ability, so he resorted to such useless tricks. He is so shameless that he talks to the Prime Minister and the general one by one."

Mu Jinghua was sitting in the crowd, listening to the young man next to him scolding Xu Shu. He subconsciously touched the knife in his arms, but then remembered that it had been taken away just now.

Yes, although there is no restriction on people entering the examination hall, every person will be searched. After all, it is held by the royal family and most of the candidates are high-ranking officials in the court. It would be bad for anyone to bring anything in.

A lot of things were found on Mu Jinghua, including knives, needles, a small foldable dagger, highly poisonous powder, and the stun gun that Mu Jinghua was reluctant to throw away even though it was broken.

None of this matters. Mu Jinghua only wears it for peace of mind. Besides, he has the ring given by Xu Shu, and no one else knows what's inside.

However, the sight of these dangerous objects hanging on his body obviously frightened Bai Danchen. Until Xu Shu came on stage, Bai Danchen thought that he had suffered some injustice in the past and comforted him carefully.

Mu Jinghua felt warm in his heart. Bai Danchen did not distance himself from him just because he was carrying so many dangerous things. Instead, he felt that he was wronged and came to comfort him.

This reminded him of what Xu Shu had told him yesterday, about how he deserved to be loved, and he couldn't help but smile again.

His eyes fell on Xu Shu again, but he saw Xu Shu making gestures to him, indicating that he didn't need to worry.