The room was still pitch black, and Li Mofu breathed a sigh of relief.

"The fire is coming! Quick, quick, put it out!"

"Who are you! How did you get in?!"

"Madam! Protect Madam!"

"what--"

Before Li Mofu could finish his sigh, he heard hurried footsteps and shouting downstairs. He was stunned and got up from the bed to put on his shoes.

But he didn't find the shoes, but instead he found a human head...

Li Mofu lowered his head in confusion, only to see Madam Liang lying beside his bed with her eyes open.

"Ahhh-"

Li Mofu screamed and stumbled towards the door barefoot, but before he had run far he was tripped by something again.

When Li Mofu got up, he saw that it was a headless corpse, but he recognized that it was a fruit.

"Ahhhhh!!"

This critical hit finally woke Li Mofu up from his dream. He opened his eyes with a scream, and saw the pitch-black ceiling of the bed again.

"rustling"

Hearing Li Mofu's voice, Guozi woke up dazed. He got down from the bed and asked softly, "Sir, what's wrong with you? Did you have a nightmare?"

Li Mofu sat up in a daze. Daju, who was sleeping next to him, yawned, stared at him for a while, and then lay down again. Xiaoque didn't even open his eyes.

"Young Master?" Guozi lifted the bed curtain and called again.

Li Mofu turned to look at Guozi. The headless corpse in his dream flashed before him. "...I'm sorry for waking you up. I just had a nightmare."

Guozi frowned a little worriedly, "Young Master, you haven't been sleeping well lately. Would you like to have a cup of calming tea before going to sleep?"

"No need," Li Mofu fell back onto the bed, "I don't remember anything. It was just a nightmare. It will be the same if I drink again tomorrow."

Guozi had no choice but to respond and let down the bed curtain, then tiptoed back to sleep on the couch.

The next day, Li Mofu slept until lunch time as expected. After washing up, he stretched and went to the living room to have dinner with Wang Ruiyan and the others, while Guozi stayed in the room and reached out to touch Li Mofu's bed mat.

It's wet, Guozi thought, frowning and pulling up the bed curtains.

Li Mofu had nightmares and night sweats yesterday. It seems he needs to eat a light diet and drink less strong tea.

So that day, Li Mofu was nagged by Guozi for the whole afternoon, and he would find a chance to say a few words while riding a horse.

"Hey, Mo Yi, did you find out anything the last time you went to look for gold?" Li Mofu asked while riding on a pony.

Mo Yi was walking around the field with another horse. When he heard Li Mofu's question, he turned around and said, "I didn't find out anything. I was mainly asking if there are any large-scale notices posted in Jiangnan to arrest my wife."

"Is there?" Li Mofu walked up to him with the pony and asked.

Mo Yi shook his head. "Not at the moment. I also asked him to send someone to call back Eleven and Monk Nine. Although Young Master Zhao and Young Master Zuo have been very caring towards us, it's definitely better to have our own people."

"Well...is there no news from that border area?" Li Mofu asked.

Mo Yi paused and sighed, "No."

Li Mofu pursed his lips. It was already afternoon and the sun was about to set. Another day had passed.

"Mr. Li, would you like to try this horse?" Mo Yi suddenly said.

Li Mofu came back to his senses. He looked at the horse that Mo Yi was pulling and asked, "Ride it?"

"Well, the original intention of riding a pony is just to help you adapt, but you can't always ride a pony, right?" Mo Yila stopped the horse and said.

Li Mofu immediately shook off his previous melancholy and sentimentality. He jumped off his horse and said excitedly, "When can I ride that black horse?"

"That's Young Master Zuo's horse. It's said that he bought it from someone else after he came to Jiangnan. It's rarely ridden by anyone." Mo Yi said as he pulled the horse for Li Mofu to climb on.

Li Mofu was very nervous as it was his first time riding a horse, but after all, he had practiced riding a pony before, so he quickly got on the horse and said, "When I learn how to ride, I will buy a majestic horse too!"

"Mr. Li, you can raise a horse that recognizes its master from a young age." Mo Yi gripped the reins tightly, pulled the horse and started walking with Li Mofu.

The feeling of riding a big horse is completely different from that of riding a pony. The view is very high and far, but it gives Li Mofu an uncontrollable feeling, as if he will be thrown off at any time.

But you don’t have this feeling when riding a pony, perhaps because the pony is easy to control and you can easily stop it if anything unexpected happens.

"If you fall from this place, you might be kicked to death by a horse..." Li Mofu said nervously.

Mo Yi was embarrassed and tightened his grip on the reins. "It seems Master Li needs a few more days to get used to it."

“…” Li Mofu.

Life in Jiangnan was boring and peaceful, and almost every day was the same. When Zhao Xu and Zuo Zheng were not busy, they would come to have dinner with them, and after dinner they would talk about things in Jiangnan.

Sometimes it’s about business, sometimes it’s about complaining about local officials, and sometimes it’s about the capital.

But overall nothing major happened. The new emperor, who had always wanted to capture Wang Ruiyan, seemed to have been "persuaded" by other ministers and did not chase her to Jiangnan.

The days passed one by one, Li Mofu slowly lost his fear of riding a tall horse, Wang Ruiyan's belly grew bigger and bigger, and everything passed with the passage of time.

The summer heat slowly slipped away. It was September, the golden autumn season, but the south of the Yangtze River was still green and it had not become much cooler.

Just then, news came from the northwestern frontier.

"Master!" Guozi ran in excitedly, holding the books and paper he had just bought, and shouted, "Master, there's good news!"

Li Mofu leaned back in his newly bought rocking chair and asked nonchalantly, "What's wrong? Any good news?"

"Young Master, people outside are saying that we won the first battle in the northwest frontier!" Guozi said excitedly.

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