My lady, I'm going to rebel.

Back at Xiao Han's house, Lu Ziqi was there. Seeing the three of them coming back, he quickly asked what they had been doing. Han Zi wanted to speak, but Li Lian threw him over his shoulder, and he became a quiet man from then on.

Lu Ziqi told everyone that due to the Lu family's intervention, Captain Huang decided to prosecute the case of Han Yu framing Han Zi. Judging from the situation, Han Yu was bound to go to jail.

Mu Zheng wasn't surprised at all. After all, there weren't many prominent families left in Lanling City. With the Feng and Han families having fallen, and the Lu family rising to prominence, Captain Huang would have to curry favor.

"Um... come out with me!" After talking about the follow-up, Lu Ziqi called Han Zi out. Seeing Han Zi's strange look, Mu Zheng could only sigh that this kid was probably going to get married.

"By the way, I heard Xiao Wenzi talk about your kung fu before. Why did you hide this?" Gong Wen had asked this question before, but Li Lian told him to shut up. But now that Mu Zheng was asking, Li Lian hesitated. He didn't want to lie to Mu Zheng, but he couldn't say it.

Seeing Li Lian's embarrassment, Mu Zheng tactfully changed the subject. "Hey, I didn't expect your senior brother to be so fond of teasing you. By the way, will he stay in Lanling forever?"

As far as I can remember, Li Zi provoked wars in northern Jiangsu and southwestern Shandong. The number of insurgents under his command reached as many as 60,000 to 70,000, making him a civilian force that should not be underestimated.

"Oh, no. He is just doing some work in Lanling during this period and will return to the mountain in a few days." Li Lian knew everything about his eldest brother.

"Back to the mountain?"

"Yes, I have several other brothers. They are all from the former land of Yan State. Only my eldest brother is from Lu."

"Oh." Mu Zheng responded lightly. After all, he just asked casually and didn't want any answer.

But Li Lian continued to talk, "When the chance comes, I'll introduce those ten brothers to you. They all have generous personalities, and you'll definitely get along well."

"Okay!" Mu Zheng replied casually.

"Really?" Li Lian was afraid Mu Zheng wouldn't believe him. "My ten brothers are all from Yan. They come from Tongma, Datong, Gaohu, Chonglian, Tiejing, and Daqiang... They all have the heroic spirit of northern men."

Li Lian counted on his fingers, reading out the place names one by one. When he finished, he saw Mu Zheng staring at him with wide eyes, "Brother Mu, what's wrong with you?"

Mu Zheng swallowed his saliva, "Are there any brothers from Shangjiang or Qingdu among your brothers?"

"Hey, how did you know?" Li Lian laughed.

Mu Zheng took a deep breath. How did he know? Of course, he saw it in later history books.

Liu Xiu started his army in Hebei, and he also proclaimed himself emperor in Xingtai, Hebei. Although these are just a few words, the blood and sweat hidden in them are little known to the public.

Because Liu Xiu wanted to unify Hebei, the first thing he had to do was to suppress all the peasant uprisings in Hebei. Their names included Datong, Qingniu, Wufan, Wuxiao, Tanxiang, Youlai, Daqiang, Gaohu, Chonglian, and there were at least nine of them.

Considering that Li Zidu was also a rebel and a local separatist force, Mu Zheng had a vague suspicion in his mind.

Could it be that Li Lian’s master is specifically cultivating a force to resist the Xin Mang Dynasty?

How else to explain this coincidence?

And Li Lian tried so hard to help the Lu family and even talked about the interests of the world. It seems that he also had rebellious intentions.

In an instant, Mu Zheng's mind began to become active.

If he could befriend this group of people, it would be equivalent to befriending most of the future separatist forces in Hebei. When Liu Xiu raised his army to unify Hebei, he would become a key figure that could not be underestimated.

"It's better to do it today than to wait for a day. Didn't your senior brother say that he wanted me to be in his painting? I'll be his model." Mu Zheng said to Li Lian.

"Ah? What is a model?" Li Lian felt that he had learned a new word.

"Oh, that's not important. What's important is that we go now." Mu Zheng didn't have time to waste. After all, Li Zi would be going back to the mountain in two days, and he didn't have much time left to sell his body.

……

It must be said that this ancient painting style really opened Mu Zheng's eyes. Everyone thought the ancients were conservative, but who would have thought that we are the ones who are old-fashioned.

"Brother, take off what you should take off, and try to take off what you shouldn't take off." Faced with Li Zidu's request, Mu Zheng hesitated for a moment before agreeing.

In no time, Mu Zheng was left with only his underpants.

"Still taking it off?"

After all, people who grew up in modern society? Not to mention wearing a piece of cloth to cover their bodies, who would be afraid of even if they were completely naked?

But no one answered him.

When Mu Zheng saw this, Li Zi's eyes widened and Li Lian opened his mouth wide.

No way?

Mu Zheng covered the two points on his chest. He had thought about sacrificing his looks, but he had never thought about sacrificing it so completely.

"What are you wearing?" Li Zidu pointed at Mu Zheng's crotch.

"That's right, where did these strange clothes come from? What's their purpose?" Li Lian moved closer.

Mu Zheng's forehead was full of black lines. These were the briefs he asked Yunniang to sew.

"Crotch protector!"

Mu Zheng didn't want to discuss his underwear with two men. "Hurry up, what poses do you want to strike? Do you want to outline my lines or depict my shape?"

Li Zidu withdrew his gaze and pointed at the bed: "Go lie down there, with your hands as a pillow! The painting will take about an hour, you might be a little tired, just hold on."

Mu Zheng smiled and said, "It's okay!"

……

Just when Mu Zheng was working as a nude model for Li Zidu, Lu Ziqi also reached a consensus with Han Zi that the two families would first get engaged and get married after Han Zi graduated from the Imperial College.

At the same time, Han Jiahao was also complaining to Han Mo.

"My son, you had a good life in the Ye family, right? I wasn't biased towards you two brothers, was I? And from the beginning, I planned to pass on the family line to you. I know you were jealous of us because of Han Zi's incident, but we had no choice. After all, the sin of adultery had a huge impact on our family's reputation. You don't know that many people stopped doing business with us at that time."

Han Mo was silent.

"Mo'er, there's really no need for you and your brother to get into such a fight. We all share the same roots and the same blood. I'll immediately restore your name to the family tree. Go talk to the Lu family and ask them to release your nephew. And brother, please try to understand his feelings as a father. He didn't support Yu'er's actions, but he realized it too late. He didn't mean to indulge her."

Han Mo continued to remain silent.

"Don't be silent, you are the eldest son of our Han family and the future heir of the Han family. You need to have a broad mind and don't let outsiders laugh at you and say that you brothers are fighting among yourself."

Han Mo took a deep breath. "I've been expelled from the Han family, and your apology shouldn't be directed only to me. There are also Han Zi, Lu Rou, and the Lu family. So, I can let it go, but what about them?"

After saying that, Han Mo turned and left.

He is Han Jiahao's son, but at the same time, he is also Han Zi's father.

……

On the other side, Mu Zheng maintained the same posture for a whole hour without moving, which made Li Zi a little surprised.

It is rare to find a man with such tenacity and perseverance.

Lian'er said that this man seems to be very dissatisfied with Wang Mang's new dynasty. Should we bring him to our side?