The worst is the next cousin

The lanterns under the eaves were shaken by the fierce cold wind.

Looking from the dim light, there were at least twenty people in the group, all waiting for him.Mao Xiaofei couldn't help laughing at himself, he took him too seriously.

At this time, his left hand was already in great pain, and his true energy was rushing through his entire left arm. Mao Xiaofei put his left hand behind his back, and strode to the bottom of the atrium. When he was five or six steps away from the steps, he stood still. feet.

"You are Mao Xiaofei?" The one who spoke was a middle-aged man in blue casual clothes. He was full of heaven and handsome, at least 40 years old.

Mao Xiaofei was almost sure immediately that this was Mu Canshang's adoptive father, the head of the Mu family, and General Zhen Guo himself.

"Hello, General." Mao Xiaofei did not salute.

The middle-aged man frowned displeasedly, and said in a deep voice: "You have the guts to come here, but I underestimated you. Come up." Under the almost commanding tone, the people behind him dispersed and lined up neatly. Both sides of the steps.Although it was snowing, these people stood out like stone sculptures with expressionless faces, and the wind and snow did not shake them in the slightest.

Even though Mao Xiaofei walked past them, no one gave him a second look.

Mao Xiaofei didn't enter the room right away, he looked around, suddenly, he saw a dark shadow in the corridor, that shadow was far away, but it was approaching here quickly.

Seeing Mao Xiaofei stop, the middle-aged man followed his gaze and saw the person walking over, and soon, the person was illuminated by the fluttering lantern in the corridor with a face as pale as paper.

The man's expression changed.

"Mu Shenshang!" Mao Xiaofei saw the person who was thinking about him day and night, and he didn't care that he was going to see his parents. Anyway, it seemed that the parents didn't like him very much.Almost immediately Mao Xiaofei ran down the steps and ran towards Mu Canshang. He couldn't feel his legs, he just felt that he was running too fast, and the wind made his ears hurt from the cold.

Mu Canshang straightened up involuntarily, even though the pulling made the wound on his body more painful.

Immediately after, Mao Xiaofei threw himself into his arms, but he felt a bit of relief in the raging pain.Mu Canshang hugged Mao Xiaofei's waist, and quickly branded a kiss on his forehead.

These made the face of the middle-aged man standing on the steps even more ugly. In his memory, Mu Canshang had never dared to disobey him in front of so many people.

"Didn't you miss me?" Mao Xiaofei raised his fist and lightly punched Mu Canshang in the chest, not so much beating him, but acting like a baby.Just now, his heart was still filled with the tragedy of gods blocking and killing gods and Buddhas, but when he saw Mu Canshang again, he forgot about it.

"What I say to you will always count." Without time to say more, Mu Canshang only hoped that Mao Xiaofei could have a tacit understanding with him and not disrupt his plan. He took advantage of the opportunity to grab Mao Xiaofei's fist, held it tightly, and held His hand went up to the steps.

Mu Canshang knelt down.

Mao Xiaofei didn't want to kneel very much, but he did too.

"Father, please screen away from the left and right."

On the steps, Mu Tingzhong weighed his son for several days. At first, he received a report from Tong Yi, saying that Mu Shenshang had a crush on a man. Mu Tingzhong didn't take it seriously at all, and the letter was quickly disposed of as waste paper. Lose.On New Year's Eve, he urged his son several times and refused to go home. He was about to leave after the New Year's Eve dinner, and Mu Tingzhong got angry.

Tong Yi has reported everything that happened that day in detail. The first thing this unfilial son did when he returned to the city was not to go home to visit his parents, but to settle the man he brought back from another country in the mansion bestowed upon him by the emperor. .If it weren't for Mu Tingzhong's compliance, when the people in the palace announced the decree, Mu Canshang would have cost his family hundreds of lives and be charged with resisting the decree along with him.

This is no longer something that Mu Tingzhong can let go by turning a blind eye.

The father and son had a long talk that night, and it turned out that Mu Tingzhong invited the family law, and his wife was also on the side. He tried several times to make sense of Mu Canshang's moves, but this bastard still insisted on refusing to follow the order to marry the Ministry of Military Affairs. Shangshu's eldest daughter is his wife.

Mu Tingzhong was a general, and he was very serious. If Mu Canshang hadn't fallen unconscious on the ground, and his wife rushed up to his adopted son, he might have killed Mu Canshang, a worthless son, on New Year's Eve. kill.

"Master, if you beat him to death, you can't hide the crime of resisting the order!" At that time, his wife grabbed his hand holding the whip and yelled sadly, just like a Hong Zhong, completely waking him up.

Then I invited the doctor, and there was no need to look at Mu Canshang too much, he couldn't even get up in those few days.He was very relieved that Mu Tingzhong did it himself. Today, his son was able to stand and speak in front of him, and he had done his best. Mu Tingzhong was both surprised and furious.

Especially how dignified it is for two big men to kiss and hug each other without shyness in front of everyone.

Mu Canshang's words retreated left and right, just in time for Mu Tingzhong to find the step.

Everyone on the steps withdrew, but the bow | crossbowmen were still on the roof. Mu Tingzhong seemed to have no idea that there were people on the roof, and said with a dark face: "Come in." Then he turned and entered the house.

It's his family business, and he's going to do it behind closed doors.

Mao Xiaofei looked at Mu Canshang both excitedly and nervously. Mu Canshang also noticed something, and while his father was not paying attention, he hooked Mao Xiaofei's neck and kissed him again, not on the face, but on the lips.

Mao Xiaofei's heart was pounding, he glanced at Mu Tingzhong distractedly, only saw the back of his head, and on a whim, he stuck out his tongue and licked Mu Tingzhong when Mu Shenshang kissed him.

Mu Tingzhong turned around.

The door was closed, and Mu Canshang was kneeling on the ground in a regular manner. Mao Xiaofei was about to kneel, but was stopped by Mu Canshang, and his eyes contained unprecedented severity, and he shook his head invisibly.

Mao Xiaofei understood almost immediately that Mu Canshang told him not to speak, and he had to deal with it himself.

Mao Xiaofei had no choice but to stand, and he could only stand.

Mu Tingzhong didn't look at Mao Xiaofei at all. The first time he saw Mao Xiaofei, he had already seen it clearly. Coming in front of him was mostly luck.

"Let you rest well, where's your brother?" Mu Tingzhong's voice was heavy with pressure.

"I let Xingyun go to sleep first, he is not in good health."

Mu Ting's Zhong Meifeng relaxed a bit. In recent years, half of the Mu family has been supported by Mu Canshang, and all of this is because his own son, let alone going to the battlefield, even has problems taking care of himself. Madam and two The concubine has had nothing for many years, and Mu Tingzhong has given up the idea of ​​raising another son. After all, Mu Canshang is good enough. He has two sons, but only one serves in the court. This can reassure the emperor.But the emperor was relieved, so he couldn't feel at ease.

"Do you remember what you promised?" Mu Tingzhong asked Mu Canshang.

A sense of ominousness gradually shrouded Mao Xiaofei's heart. Since the appearance of Mu Canshang, Mu Tingzhong's attitude has improved a lot, at least people feel that there is room for things to turn around.Maybe that's not room for change? It's Mu Tingzhong who knows that things will be easy to handle.

"What did you promise?" Mao Xiaofei asked blankly.

"My son remembers." Mu Shenshang said in a deep voice, without looking at Mao Xiaofei, "Please leave the father to the son to handle it. It's late at night, father go to sleep."

Mu Tingzhong stared at the adopted son suspiciously. He had no blood connection, and he was always worried about Mu Canshang.He did not hand over the most core army of the Mu family to Mu Canshang, but still held it firmly in his hands. Mu Canshang was going to Qingxi, and he sent two confidantes, mainly to monitor him. , he wants to know immediately.

But it is undeniable that for almost 20 years, Mu Canshang has always satisfied him. The only regret is that this is not his own son.

"I'm not sleepy yet, just sit here and tell him." Mu Tingzhong picked up the uncold tea on the table. He knew it when there was a commotion outside. He had been waiting, but the tea was still warm.He skimmed off the foam and looked up at the painted beams where fish and birds were flying.

In Mao Xiaofei's eyes, Mu Canshang turned around, he didn't even get up, he was still kneeling.

Mao Xiaofei looked at him helplessly, opened his mouth and said: "Why are you still kneeling, you get up first, and speak slowly."

The despair in Mu Canshang's eyes made Mao Xiaofei's heart sink suddenly, and he said in a panic: "Today, Fu Dong was learning how to skate and fell into a hole in the ice. Now his life is hanging by a thread. I'm here to ask for medicine. I... I..." asked, asked him about marrying someone else, but just now Mu Canshang said that what he said to him will always count, so doesn't he mean that what he said about not marrying a wife, if he is the only one, will always count ? Then what else does he have to ask?

Just when Mao Xiaofei's mind was in a mess.

Mu Canshang kowtowed to him with a "boom".

This head was like a huge and extremely heavy stone, it fell down when Mao Xiaofei was unprepared.

Even what Mu Canshang said next sounds unclear: "I promised to marry someone else, but I will never forget our friendship. If you have any difficulties, you can come to me at any time. Your current The residence is the mansion given to me by Your Majesty, you can live there forever, after getting married, nothing will change, I will visit you."

"Mu Canshang!" This was different from what Mu Tingzhong thought, he couldn't sit still, grabbed a teacup and threw it at Mu Canshang.

The teacup shattered in front of Mu Canshang's knee, and the tea splashed on Mu Canshang's knee.

Mu Tingzhong glared at him angrily: "Do you know what you're talking about? Are you showing your loyalty to your outsiders in front of your father?"

Mao Xiaofei couldn't hear these things, and Mu Canshang didn't turn to look at his father, his eyes were dark, like a winter night without stars or moon, making Mao Xiaofei feel cold all over his body.

He opened his mouth and found that he didn't know what to say.

"Brother Xiaofei, you stay there, stay in the capital, don't go back, okay?" Mu Canshang almost begged, and he reached out to shake Mao Xiaofei's hand.

Mao Xiaofei didn't react for a while, so he let him hold it, and the hands of both of them were as cold as ice.

"What did you just say? Say it again, I didn't understand." Mao Xiaofei muttered, he tilted his head, looking at this man he seemed to have never understood before.