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They had lunch at Tiance, and in the afternoon they went to see the group of soldiers that Mu Qianshan was about to lead, and they returned to the palace when it was nearly night.

There is no moon tonight, and lamps have already been hung in front of the gate of the palace, which is very dazzling in the dark night.

From a distance, Mu Qianshan saw a curled up figure at the door.The night in early spring was still chilly, and the man was dressed in thin clothes, looking so pitiful in the cold wind, he wished he could shrink himself into a ball.

Jun Shu's eyesight is also very good, he said strangely, so he walked quickly to the door one step at a time, and looked at the man's appearance.

The curled up person sensed that someone was coming, hurriedly stood up, straightened his robe, and had a warm smile on his face before he could speak.

"You are?" By the light of the lamp, Jun Shu took a closer look at the man. He was a young man with a fair appearance.At this time, he smiled and showed a canine tooth, and his eyes were clear and bright, like stars on an autumn night, a bit cute.He blushed a little from the laughter of this strange man, but he muttered softly; "Laughing like a fool."

"You, hello! My name is Mu Guizhou, and I'm here to find Mr. Mu...Young Master!" The young man smiled brightly and cutely as if he hadn't heard it. Suddenly full of surprises.

That young man was obviously Mu Guizhou, and he was carrying a rucksack on his back, which contained the wooden sword that Mu Qianshan had given him.

He had been waiting here from morning to night, but his excitement still couldn't stop. Now that he saw Mu Qianshan, he was even more excited and speechless.

Mu Qianshan was taken aback when he saw the boy's appearance, and asked, "Peanut?"

They haven't seen each other for many years, the young man has grown up very fast, and his appearance is far from that of the previous children.

"Yeah!" Mu Guizhou nodded sharply, and then said a little embarrassedly: "I, my name is Mu Guizhou now."

When Mu Qianshan heard his name, he couldn't help but feel a little bit of warmth in his heart on the cold spring night.

He took off his coat and handed it to Mu Guizhou, but Mu Guizhou hurriedly pushed it away, flustered and refused to accept it.

But he couldn't screw Mu Qianshan, because Mu Qianshan didn't stretch out his hands, and Mu Guizhou didn't put on his clothes, so those hands were always stretched out there.

"Master, is he your relative?" Jun Shu couldn't help but feel a little strange when he heard that both of them had the surname Mu, and saw how close they were.

"No, this is your junior brother." Mu Qianshan replied, his dark and deep eyes seemed to soften a lot.

"Ah...?!" Happiness came too fast and too much, Mu Guizhou couldn't help being stunned.

He opened his mouth stupidly, and the corners of his eyes couldn't help but bend into crescent moons.

He was worried for a long time before coming, and until now he didn't know how to speak, so that Mu Qianshan would allow him to stay by his side.Now Mu Qianshan recognized him as his apprentice with just one word, which was really a great surprise.

Although Jun Shu didn't know when he had gained a junior brother, he felt happy in his heart, even more itchy, and wanted to pinch this new junior brother's baby-fat face.

Of course, Mu Qianshan would not let their senior brothers stand around and exchange greetings in the cold wind. After he led the two of them into the door, he lit the stove.

Mu Qianshan asked: "Will you go back?"

Mu Guizhou said: "The king gave me my contract of sale, I... listen to the master."

Mu Qianshan said: "Oh."

Mu Guizhou knew that Mu Qianshan didn't want to mention the Khan, so he stopped talking.

The room is very warm, making people feel tired, Mu Guizhou waited outside the door all day, he didn't feel anything during the day, but when he arrived in the warm and comfortable room, he became sleepy.

There are three people in the room, one is not fond of talking by nature, one is sleepy and squints his eyes, and one wants to talk but can't find anyone to talk to.

After a moment of silence, Mu Qianshan suddenly got up and walked outside.

Mu Guizhou was trying his best not to close his eyelids, when he vaguely saw Mu Qianshan's back going out, he woke up instantly.

Son... Master, did I bring up something sad?

Mu Guizhou couldn't help feeling sad, he shouldn't have mentioned it at all, wouldn't it be like this if he said it was given by Lord Ye Hu.All of a sudden, the boy drooped his head like a deflated rubber ball.

Jun Shu didn't know what was going on in his mind, but he vaguely guessed who the king he was talking about was, so he started talking to him.Jun Shu was cheerful by nature, but he was not lacking in care and consideration, so he revived the boy with just a few words.

The two were almost a few years old, considered to be the same age, and chatted together soon.

Jun Shu knew that although he was born in the Han nationality, he was a slave in the Turkic imperial court since he was a child, and he served Mu Qianshan by his side in those few years.Mu Guizhou had already heard Junshu's name from Mu Qianshan Pass, so he couldn't help but feel close.

It was only a short period of two sticks of incense before and after, and the two teenagers were already talking and laughing, and began to joke with each other.

When Mu Qianshan entered the room, he was also a little surprised to see the two of them stretching out their hands and gesticulating intimately, as if they were guessing a riddle.

As soon as Jun Shu looked up and saw Mu Qianshan, he immediately smiled embarrassingly, and immediately changed the topic to the food box in his hand: "Brother Mu, have you gone to get some food?"

After all, how could guessing riddles, a trick played by children, have anything to do with Xiaojun Jun?

Mu Qianshan didn't care about his small thoughts, but just said: "Dinner first."

Only then did Mu Guizhou realize that Mu Qianshan didn't leave because he was angry with him, but went to the kitchen, and he was even more moved.

After the three of them had dinner together, Mu Guizhou was urged to sleep by Jun Shu, his eyelids couldn't stop falling, even Jun Shu could see it.

Mu Qianshan was relieved to see that the two of them had a good relationship, so he handed Mu Guizhou over to Junshu to take care of him.

The boy left the package on the table and forgot to take it away, so Mu Qianshan sent it to him.He picked up the package and felt it was very light. One corner of the package was tied loose, revealing a small section of the old wooden hilt.

Mu Qianshan's eyes were fixed on the poor broken wooden hilt, and he didn't move away for a long time.

……………,

Zhao Xu didn't come back from Tiance Mansion until late at night, he and Jiang Yunya hadn't seen each other for many days, once they reconciled, they wished they could stick together.

Zhao Xuben moved his mind to follow Jiang Yunya to deal with it all night in his hut in Tiance, but he was still thinking about Shi Nanyue, Jiang Yunya saw that he was restless, so he persuaded him to go back home.

The rules in Prince Jin's Mansion were not so strict, even though Zhao Xu came back late, everyone ate their dinner step by step and only kept hot soup and rice in the kitchen.

In the dark night, everything was quiet, except for the guards, most of the servants had already rested.

Zhao Xu felt that there seemed to be something different tonight, and when he thought about it carefully, yes, Jun Shu was still practicing in the yard at this time, so why did he sleep so early today.

Zhao Xu strolled through the flower corridor and walked straight to Mu Qianshan's residence, wanting to talk to him about meeting Shi Nanyue today.

Coincidentally, the light was still on in Mu Qianshan's room, Zhao Xu knocked on the door and went in, and saw him standing under the light, holding a knife in one hand and a piece of wood in the other, as if he was sharpening a wooden sword.

Zhao Xu was surprised, and said: "What are you doing with the wooden sword? Do you want to give it away? Shu'er doesn't use swords anymore."

When Mu Qianshan saw him coming, he wanted to salute, but Zhao Xu waved him away.

Mu Qianshan said: "It's just a souvenir."

Mu Qianshan and Zhao Xu talked about Mu Guizhou's visit today, and Zhao Xu was very happy with the crowd, so he said that he would arrange a place for Mu Guizhou tomorrow, and let him and Jun Shu squeeze together for tonight.

After finishing speaking, Zhao Xu turned straight to the point: "Qian Shan, I'm here to ask you, did you recognize Shi Nanyue before?"

As soon as the words fell, Mu Qianshan froze and said, "I know."

"Senior brother said that your martial arts methods are very similar. He... is also one of the sixteen people?" Zhao Xu sighed softly. He had to say.

After all, Shi Nanyue is too weird, and his appearance is too bizarre.

"Yes." Mu Qianshan said: "Besides, the reason why he entered the palace this time is to deal with me."

His tone was indifferent, as if this matter had nothing to do with him, but Zhao Xu frowned.He knew little about Mu Qianshan's affairs before entering the palace, and he didn't plan to investigate further.But tonight, he said almost everything before.

Zhao Xu had never seen Mu Qianshan talk so much. He was narrating the events of those years indifferently, spreading out all the pain in the past with an almost cruel attitude, and dissecting it in front of Zhao Xu.

"Qianshan." Zhao Xu couldn't bear to listen any longer, and said with a wry smile, "You don't have to tell me everything."

But the man's expression was only faint, and he said: "It's okay."

Zhao Xu asked: "Then what are you going to do next?"

The room was silent, Mu Qianshan lowered his eyes, and said: "This matter was caused by my subordinates, I dare not drag the prince down, if it is not resolved properly, my subordinates are willing to commit suicide and apologize."

Zhao Xu's expression turned serious, and he said in a deep voice, "What did you say?"

Mu Qianshan said: "This subordinate is willing to cut himself off..."

Zhao Xu interrupted him, and said coldly: "Who allows you to say such a thing?"

"........."

Mu Qianshan remained silent.

Zhao Xudao: "My people haven't been bullied to this extent yet."

Mu Qianshan opened his lips, as if he was about to say something again, but Zhao Xu looked at him and said seriously: "Qianshan, if you trust me, you can plan and deal with this matter with me. Is it possible that you still treat me as an outsider? ?”

Mu Qianshan bowed his head: "This subordinate dare not."

"Then we will advance and retreat together with honor and disgrace."

"Yes."

Having finished what should be said, Zhao Xu glanced at the people under the lamp, said softly to rest early, then turned and went back to the room.

He had too many unspeakable sorrows and sorrows to be digested by himself, and Zhao Xu couldn't bear to disturb him.

Zhao Xu returned to the room, but he still didn't feel sleepy for a long time.He is analyzing.Shi Nanyue is a popular person around his father, and now the crown prince and him are both afraid of him. He is tactful and cautious, and everyone he knows praises him for his humility, gentleness, and gentlemanly demeanor, but Zhao Xu knows that such a person is Toughest.

Isn't he always giving the impression of gentleness to the outside world?However, Zhao Xu felt that he had nothing to do with the word.

He couldn't expect Shi Nanyue to show his feet.Shi Nanyue's shortcoming is that he cannot be approached. Although he is good at using poison, he only uses it in the dark. However, now that Shi Nanyue leads the imperial guards, it is difficult enough to get close to him.

Zhao Xu suddenly tugged at his robe, turned on the bed, pulled off the quilt, covered his head, and stopped thinking about it.