Thought

The carriage was rattling away, and the stalls on the street were shouting.The turmoil in the upper class of Qingzhou did not seem to affect the lives of the lower class people, who were still running around for their daily livelihood.

It's just that the lively atmosphere didn't affect the carriage at all, as if there was an invisible barrier separating the inside of the carriage from the outside of the carriage.The atmosphere in the carriage was solemn, but Mu Nian just lowered his head and remained silent.

Seeing this, Xue Yi was just silent. These things are like a knot, and the person who tied the bell needs to untie it.

Until they returned to Xue's residence, the two still faced each other in silence.

Xue Yi opened the curtain and got out of the carriage, turned around and raised a hand in front of the curtain.For a long time, a hand rested on it.Xue Yi jumped down and took Mu Nian with him.

In the evening, both of them had no intention of eating, so they settled down hastily.

When Mu Nian was recovering from a serious illness, Xue Yi forced Mu Nian to eat a bowl of bird's nest before letting Mu Nian go to bed. When he left satisfied, he felt a little resistance.

Xue Yi lowered his head and saw two fingers on the hem of his clothes.Put the porcelain bowl aside, sit on the bedside, "What's wrong?"

"Talk to me."

Xue Yi nodded, went out to wash up, and soon lay on the same bed with Mu Nian.

He just said that he wanted to talk, but Mu Nian who made the request closed his eyes early, as if he had fallen asleep.Xue Yi sighed softly, without letting the people around him hear, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

After a long time, there was the sound of shifting from outside the mansion. Amidst the "dry sky and dry things, watch out for candles.", Mu Nian slowly opened his eyes.

A pair of dark eyes were wide open, staring blankly at the top of the bed.

Mu Nian kept thinking, if he had been more vigilant and paid more attention, would he have been able to help his mother escape.He clearly saw people wandering around, and it was obvious that those people had some characteristics of the Huns.

He not only blamed his father, but also... himself.

Feeling the steady breathing beside her, Mu Nian blinked slowly.When Xue Yi didn't come back, he thought about what would have happened if Xue Yi hadn't appeared by his side?

Will he be bullied by Liu Shanxi, Wang Lu and others in the academy, will he not be able to bear it one day, and kill those people.

Will do.

The answer echoed in Mu Nian's heart,

Before Xue Yi went to Mushen Academy, he dreamed back in the middle of the night. He had thought countless times about how to lure those people out, how to hold a knife, how blood would splash out, how they would beg, cry, and regret...

Or maybe they will be brutally killed by the attacking Huns, survive by luck, and retaliate by all means.

Mu Nian thought of many kinds of outcomes, none of which would be better than the current situation.

With one hand on his own, Mu Nian moved his right hand, and the hand covering it also shook, "It's very warm."

Then there was the sound of the bed trembling, Xue Yi turned over, put the other hand on Mu Nian's eyes, "It's late at night, go to sleep!"

"it is good."

Mu Nian heard his hoarse voice, and immediately approached Xue Yi contentedly until their skin touched.

The room finally became truly quiet.

But the truth is far more cruel than imagined.When there is no way to go, there is only one way to go.This road is stained with blood, there are other people's blood, and there is also our own.

Those who are guilty deserve what they deserve, and those who are innocent are implicated.

It's just that how can you take care of others when you can't protect yourself.

Early the next morning, a gift was quietly delivered to Xue's residence.

With a wave of Xue Yi's hand, he sent the man to Mu Nian.

Mu Nian didn't say anything, and applied for calmly taking Xue Yi's person to bring the gift to his mother. When he came back in the evening, he had returned to normal.

He was greeted with a sumptuous dinner.

At night, Tang Du looked at Mu Nian with a little surprise, he really didn't expect it!What I thought was a good little sheep turned out to be a wolf in sheep's clothing.I wonder if Xue Yi knows?Thinking about it, Tang Du felt a little gloating.

Not only Tang Du, but even Pang Feng and Ai Zhi looked at Mu Nian with special eyes.Dudu Ma Xun looked as usual, drinking tea and watching the play in silence.

Under such eyes, Mu Nian ate his dinner without changing his face, and silently put down the bowl and chopsticks, "I'm done."

"Is it ready to eat?" Xue Yi asked concerned, "Is it not to your appetite? I'll ask someone to make you a bowl of light Yangchun noodles?"

Mu Nian shook his head, "I remembered that the studies assigned by the master have not yet been completed. I have been ill and have fallen behind a lot these days. If I don't hurry up, I may not be able to keep up."

"Okay then." Xue Yi thought for a while and then ordered, "Let's ask the servant girl to bring some pastries to the room. If you're hungry, you can fill your belly."

Before Mu Nian objected, Xue Yi had already ordered the servant girl.

When Mu Nian left, Tang Du, who had already been impatient, rushed forward, and while ordering the little maid to serve him a pair of bowls and chopsticks, he raised his thumb enthusiastically, "Master, that's this, Young Master Mu!"

"You are getting more and more out of touch." Xue Yi said slowly while picking up vegetables.

But Tang Du was a shameless person. To see Xue Yi make a fool of himself, that shameless person took it to the next level, "Thanks to the master for being so kind." After saying that, he acted coyly.

Absolutely disgusting and downright disgusting.

"Master Mu's hands are so steady, and he can play with a small knife superbly. When the knife is lifted and dropped, the sliced ​​flesh is as thin as a cicada's wing." Tang Du danced with his hands and feet, wishing to reproduce the scene.

Finally, he sighed with emotion, "Fortunately, Young Master Mu is a scholar, otherwise the chef from Yunke will be fired."

Yunkelai in Jingdu is the restaurant of Shangshang Inn that Xue Yi used to go to before, and it is famous for the chef's good knife skills.It often attracts many dignitaries, especially an iceberg snowfish under his command.

The seabass from Changbai Mountain was taken, the whole body was clear, sliced ​​into thin slices and placed on the iceberg.In summer, the sun refracts and the cold air is lingering, which is really beautiful.

The fish fillets sliced ​​by Yunkelai's chef are as thin as cicada's wings, and the light can even be seen penetrating the fish fillets themselves when placed in the air.

Now Tang Du compares Mu Nian to a chef, which disgusts everyone present.Especially those who come to eat at Yunke, but almost all the leading people here have been there.

So as soon as Tang Du's words came out, the expressions of Pang Feng and the others suddenly changed.Even Ma Xun, who had been watching the show calmly, put down the teacup in his hand, and said slowly, "Don't get sick, otherwise you will know what the most noble enjoyment is."

Tang Du's expression changed, "Don't! Brother Ma, your lord let me go a lot."

Ma Xun chuckled, "I'm sorry, I'm a villain." Seeing Tang Du's face turned black, Ma Xun felt a little better.Anyone who called Tang Du mean-spirited, insisted on making it so clear.

It's not that he has no flair, but can the hands and mouth be compared?

Next time, the soup for Tangdu must add more ingredients, such as coptis, scorpion...

Xu Xu and Pang Feng here are secretly grinding their teeth, gearing up, preparing to give Tang Du a "love" education on the martial arts training ground.

Tang Du, who was vaguely aware of the danger, looked at Xue Yi aggrievedly. He just wanted to make Xue Yi sick. Why did Xue Yi trap himself in it when he was doing well?

But the matter had come to this point, Tang Du gritted his teeth and gave it his all.

"Master, you don't know, Young Master Mu's hands are steady! One by one, one place is exposed and then another. The Turkic is also pitiful, he is about to pass out from the pain, and there is ginseng specially refined by Brother Ma in his mouth With a sigh of relief, I watched myself being sliced ​​into a skeleton."

Xue Yi nodded lightly, and asked back, "So you are pitying the Huns?"

"How is that possible?" Tang shook his head in a hurry, fearing that it would be too late for Xu Xu and the others to eat him alive, "Master, where is your focus? Let's talk about Master Mu's good craftsmanship."

"I feel that my focus is right. You don't pay attention to the Turkic people, but what do you focus on Mu Nian?" Xue Yi said casually while holding a cup of tea after eating. .

"Is it because the Turks are hard to kill? Have you forgotten the previous blood feud? Or are you not hungry?"

Tang Du was silent for a while, looked at the leftovers on the table and wailed coldly, "Master, you don't leave anything for your subordinates!"

"Why, do you want to eat now?" Xue Yi looked coldly at Tang Du and shouted, while asking the servants to clean up the table and bring new meals.

Tang Du chuckled when he heard the words, "Master, you have prepared a table of extremely light meals, what else can you say?" Tang Du leaned on the chair behind him, "I don't see red, I don't see white, even a little There is no sticky stuff, it can be said to be attentive."

"But you are still probing and tossing around." Xue Yi caught Tang Du right away.

"I can't help it." Tang Du spread his hands, "Master has never seen the scene of Young Master Mu Lingchi. Although it is the first time to kill someone, his hands are as steady as a butcher for more than ten years. His eyes are calm from beginning to end, as if he is just Doing something that has been done a thousand times."

"It's nothing more than normal."

"This kind of person is too scary." Tang Du smiled, not hiding his fear of Mu Nian at all, looking at the food picked up on the chopsticks and hinting, "When I come back, I still eat, talk, and do things without changing my expression." homework."

So he mentioned it again and again, wanting to remind Xue Yi what kind of person was in front of him, and then tell him to make a decision.

So is it your decision?

After Tang Du finished speaking, the expressions of the three of Xu Xu changed from casual to cautious.They are all people who are used to seeing blood, for a moment they forgot that this was the first time Mu Nian saw blood.

With a "heck" sound, it was Xue Yi who put the teacup in his hand on the table, and brought back the thoughts of several people.

Xue Yi stood up, with a careless and normal tone, "What are you afraid of? Did Mu Nian do anything outrageous? Shouldn't that Turkic be killed? Or should hundreds of Dayan people deserve to die."

"Master." Tang Du called Xue Yi helplessly, "You know that's not what I meant."

"I know what you mean." Xue Yi nodded, looking out at the setting sun outside, "But he hasn't done anything right now." Xue Yi walked out, "If there is, I am willing to protect him .”

The four of them were slightly startled, and then a sneer broke the silence of the hall.

"You are willing to protect yourself, and we as subordinates are only listening to you." Tang Du laughed and played while eating, "There is no way, who made you the master.

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