Chapter 41
Mu Fulan breathed a sigh of relief at first.
On the way back, she was speculating on the purpose of his trip. After thinking about it, her biggest worry was that she could not defend Zhu Liuhu. Perhaps she had already told him that Changsha was secretly expanding its troops and training, otherwise she would not have thought that the relationship between the two was so far, and there was something else that could make him come from Hexi to find him in person.
Just a moment ago, when she pushed open the door, she was still nervously thinking about how she could deal with it so that she could successfully overcome this crisis.
She never expected that what Xie Changgeng asked was Xier's identity problem.
How did he come to the conclusion that he would consider Xier to be the illegitimate son of himself and Yuan Handing.
It's ridiculous to be ridiculous.
But after she breathed a sigh of relief, she immediately realized the seriousness of this new problem.
Judging from Xie Changgeng's appearance, what he said was definitely not a threat to himself.
He is indeed so sure.
Mu Fulan's silence fell into Xie Changgeng's eyes, and she felt guilty and defensive.
“Excellent.”
He laughed in anger and nodded.
"Mu, I won't count the previous agreement you and me! Please do it yourself."
He strides away.
Mu Fulan's heartbeat suddenly accelerated.
Yuan Handing promised that it would take another year.
Before the initial completion of the military expansion plan, Xie Changgeng's words were definitely not a negligible joke for Changsha.
She dared not take his anger lightly.
She turned her head and looked at the back that was about to reach the door, and said, "Do you think I had given birth to this child in the past and kept it in the dark, and now I have brought him back?"
Xie Changgeng's back paused slightly, and then continued to walk towards the door.
Obviously, that's how he decided.
Without hesitation, Mu Fulan immediately chased after him and stopped at the door.
His hand was already stretched toward the door and was blocked by her.
"I know you met Xier last night." Mu Fulan said.
"You heard that I was an orphan. He had no father or mother since I was a child. He grew up in the Huguo Temple in Shangjing. At the end of last year, I was summoned to Shangjing by Empress Liu. I met him by chance in the temple. I liked him very much and became more acquainted with him. Then I brought him back to Changsha. If you don't believe it, just go to Elder Huiji in the temple to prove it. Xier was adopted by the elder from the back mountain and grew up in front of the elder!"
"At that time, the reason why I didn't tell you this was, first of all, I thought it was a trivial matter, and secondly, my situation was difficult at that time. Although you and I lived together in the same room, they were like strangers. I really couldn't speak to you about such selfish things, and I didn't expect you to listen to them at that time."
Xie Changgeng's two gazes stopped on her face. When she saw her talking, her eyes were always looking at him, with a very calm expression. He couldn't help but be stunned. The hand that only opened the door was slowly put down.
But when I remembered what Zhang Ban said in his letter, the child's appearance appeared in front of me again, and my anger arose again.
"Mu, you are so scheming and so slight as to your means, I am willing to give up the disadvantage. This child's eyebrows are so similar to you, and there is no such coincidence in the world. He was not born from your belly, who would it be? Depending on his age, it was clearly that you had it before and after I proposed to marry him. How could you tell me that Mu sent him away from home after giving birth to him in order to facilitate marriage? Elder Huiji only knew how to adopt him. If you ask me to ask the elder, what can he prove?"
He sneered.
"It's fine if you are a Mu family, you're deceiving me when you have a contract, but now you are still full of lies. Do you think I'll still be at your mercy?"
“Get out of here!”
Mu Fulan remained motionless.
A hint of anger flashed through his eyes, and with a clang, he pulled out the long sword he wore on his waist.
A cold light flashed before Mu Fulan's eyes, and murderous aura rushed over. Her neck was covered with coldness, and her delicate skin instantly stood up.
"Get out of here."
He repeated it again, and saw that she still did not move, as if she had roots on the ground, and the three-foot green edge was crossed over her neck.
Mu Fulan's body stiffened. But soon, not only did she not let her go, but she faced the sword in his hand that had been stained with the blood of his son's neck, and slowly raised her two weak shoulders.
She said: "I really don't know why you are so stubborn and insist on deciding that Xier is my illegitimate son. Let me tell you that Xier is indeed my child. In this life, from the moment I met him and heard him call me the first mother, he was my child. I swear to the sky, but he was not born to me and other men! He has nothing to do with General Yuan!"
"Xie Changgeng, even if you kill me today and destroy Changsha tomorrow, I will only have this sentence."
As her words fell, the room became quiet.
"How do you explain that his eyebrows are so similar to you?"
His voice suddenly came from his ears.
Mu Fulan stared at the man opposite who was still pointing at his neck with his sword and said, "It is because his eyebrows are like me that I have met him so much after meeting him. What's more, there are thousands of people in the world who have similar faces, so what's strange about it?"
Xie Changgeng snorted coldly.
"Last year, on the first night you arrived in Beijing, you called out the name of your adopted son whom you hadn't met in your dream. If your appearance is really just a coincidence, how can you explain this?"
"That night, I saw my previous life in my dream. In my previous life, there was a child who I could not wait until he grew up and died, and that child, he could not become an adult..."
Her eyes fell and fell on the sword in his hand.
The sunset shone on the sword that was standing across her neck. A dark red reflection shone on the blade, like an unexplainable old blood stain.
"The child I dreamed of was Xier. This child grew up in Huguo Temple and he had no name. It was when I met him and gave him this name, so he was named Xier."
My ears were silent again.
Mu Fulan raised her wrist, gently pinched the blade that touched the cold skin with her two slender fingers, and slowly pushed away some of the sword that was pressed against her neck.
Her beautiful eyes stared into his eyes.
"I know you're here for such a thing. I've explained Xier's origin to you clearly. If you have something else, just speak up."
Xie Changgeng stared at the woman in front of him who reached out and pushed her sword away from her neck.
He had received tactful or hinted advice from his men more than once, reminding him to take her back and forth, perhaps helping to solve the difficult native problem of Hexi that has been unsolved for a long time.
Xie Changgeng naturally saw this a long time ago.
Let her try it, whether from a rational or utilitarian perspective, it is a wise way to solve big problems at the lowest cost.
He has no reason not to use it.
That day he came back from Xiu Tu, and the letter he had sent was to call her back and ask her to help him solve this problem.
He had helped her a lot and promised to protect Changsha and ask her to do things for her. It is natural.
But now, he didn't want to mention this matter anymore, and he didn't want to.
Even if it takes more or more, or even ten times or a hundred times, it is even a last resort to the force he did not want to use to suppress the force and bleed with blood. He is unwilling to speak to the woman in front of him, saying that he needs her help.
After Mu Fulan finished speaking, she saw the corner of his lips gently slid, and a sneered expression appeared on her face.
He said: "Mu, you are so sensible. I know you will never admit this matter anyway. I, Xie Changgeng, walked for many years, but this time I fell into the hands of the man with the Mu surname, and I recognized it."
He put away his sword, and with a "clang", Qingfeng returned to the sheath, and then ordered her to retreat and reach out to open the door.
Mu Fulan silently moved away.
The moment he walked out, he turned his head and stared at her and said, "Mu, remember to hide your secrets for me. If there are any rumors, you will know it yourself."
As if threatening, or warning, he turned around and left after he said that.
Mu Fulan stood behind the door, watching the back leaving ahead, feeling a little complicated.
She knew that he still didn't believe his explanation. But from his tone, it seemed that it would be over. In any case, this was a good thing.
She slowly exhaled, remembering that he had seen Xier last night, but didn't know what the details were. She was afraid that Xier would have a shadow in her heart, so she went back to where she lived.
Xier was very happy to see that she finally came back. That night, when Mu Fulan accompanied him to sleep, she heard Xier ask herself: "Mom, that person, he said, if he married you, will he snatch your mother away and not let her be with me?"
Mu Fulan had already learned from Mu's mother about the scene when Xie Changgeng and Xier met last night. Knowing that he still scared Xier, he secretly hated her and immediately said, "He has left and will not come back in the future. Don't be afraid of Xier. No matter what, my mother will not be separated from Xier. You sleep well and wait for my mother here for a few more days. By the end of the month, my mother will be able to finish her work, so let's go back together."
Xier nodded and closed her eyes to sleep.
The next morning, Liancheng Order came to see Mu Fulan and said that Xie Changgeng and his group had left.
There were many patients in Liyang, and the doctors brought by him were scattered to various village caves, and the manpower was very short of.
As soon as the others left, Mu Fulan felt relieved. She checked the newly shipped medicinal materials and set off again, and rushed back to Liyang with Yuan Handing. In the evening, when it was almost time for arriving, the group passed by a mountain road on the edge of the mountain. Suddenly, the horses became restless and seemed to tremble slightly under their feet. Although this feeling disappeared immediately, gravel began to fall down along the mountain wall above their heads.
Everyone was stunned at first and stopped in place.
"The earth is moving! Go over! Stop in the open space!"
Yuan Handing reacted quickly, roared, quickly dismounted, grabbed the whip from the coachman's hand, took over the coachman's position, and drove the carriage where Mu Fulan was riding towards a clearing in front of him not far away.
Everyone followed closely. As soon as they rushed to the open space, a tremor came from their feet again. Many people were unsteady and fell to the ground.
On the mountain road I just passed, stones fell like raindrops.
The ground movement came suddenly and went quickly. In just a moment, it stopped.
"Master! Are you okay?"
Yuan Handing held the reins tightly to prevent the horse from running around. When the ground was moved, he pushed open the car door and asked Mu Fulan.
Mu Fulan grabbed the car window with both hands, quickly calmed down and said, "I'm fine."
Although the ground movement was not severe, I was afraid that there would be aftershocks in the future, Yuan Handing told everyone not to leave and stop in place first.
Everyone was as ordered by him and waited in place for a while, but there was probably no aftermath again. Finally, they breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the earthquake lasted for a short time and it didn't feel very strong, Mu Fulan was worried when she thought of Xier, so she asked the rest of the people to Liyang first with her medicinal herbs. She planned to turn around and go back, but was told that a trestle that had just passed was broken, and there was a deep ravine below. The ferry could not be found for a moment and could not pass.
Seeing that it was not long before dark, Mu Fulan had no choice but to follow Yuan Handing's arrangements and sent a entourage who was proficient in water to swim over, return to the city to inquire about the news, and continue moving forward.
When she arrived in Liyang, the leader was looking forward to it. There were dozens of houses here, hundreds of people were injured, and the severity was different. She immediately brought people to treat her. She was busy until late at night and was extremely tired. She glanced at the room prepared by the leader for her. The next morning, the entourage rushed back and brought good news.
Xier was safe and sound. Mu's mother told her to rest assured. The influence on Liancheng was not great. The people only had a slight tremor. They only damaged a few old houses, and one person was injured. They were still because of fear of running around and falling and falling.
Mu Fulan finally felt relieved.
There are other village caves nearby, and some people were injured. Knowing that she is here, they come to search for her.
Mu Fulan did not care about rest and continued to engage in treatment.
She was busy, because she could finish the matter here at the end of the month, how could she have thought that because of this sudden accident, the peaceful life that seemed expected to be broken in her and her Xier's next life would be broken.
Chapter completed!