Painting Tang

On the eve of the Banruo Temple prayer meeting, Mu Jingchen saw that the wound on Yutang's back had mostly healed. As long as there was no violent tearing and the blood would no longer ooze, Mu Jingchen finally agreed to let him out of the room, but the range of activities was still limited to Inside Mu's house.

"Bi Linhui has been in close contact with foreign merchant associations these days, and Lin Yue may have wooed those foreign merchants, and his actions are frequent."

Mu Jingchen paused, and continued to explain to Yu Tang who was sitting beside him drawing bamboo to accompany him to handle official documents,

"Because Yulin is guarded by the Mu family, they have never been given the opportunity to make huge profits by selling goods. The same thing goes to commercial banks through official channels, and other cities have to pay [-]% more 'protection fees', but Yulin doesn't need it. In the past, Lin Yue has discussed this matter with my father many times, but nothing is settled, and now my father wants to hand over these things to me, he probably can't bear it anymore."

Yu Tang nodded. He knew that Lin Yue wanted to use himself as Mu Jingchen's flaw. Since he lived in Mu's house, there were many guards outside the house, and occasionally he could hear a few gunshots. To make trouble, Yu Tang took the initiative to narrow his area of ​​activity, and never gave Lin Yue the opportunity to sneak in.

"Lin Yue is cunning and insidious. Yu Mian and I hated him so much... I never thought that Yu Mian would cooperate with him."

"You've always been very accurate."

Mu Jingchen smiled, and Yu Tang could only purse his lips. From Mu Jingchen's point of view, he and Lin Yue were connected only because he owed debts. He couldn't just say that Lin Yue used to work for his father. Are they old acquaintances?

"Speaking of him, I paid back the money you owed him for you today."

Mu Jingchen knew that Yu Tang would definitely not want to use his money for nothing, "In case he wants to see you or Yu Mian using debt collection as an excuse all day long. You know Yu Mian's current state, I will never let him and Yu Mian Lin Yue will speak again."

"Let me go and meet him."

Yu Tang lowered her eyes and said, "Yu Mian should have something to tell me."

Mu Jingchen promised to let him visit Yu Mian when he recovered from his injury, but he didn't stop him now.

He clearly remembered Yu Mian's expression when he cut Yu Tang, it was dull, dazed, and fragile and helpless.He couldn't deny that the kid still valued Yutang the most in his heart, and keeping him locked in the attic was not an option, there had to be a day when it would be resolved.

The attic where Yu Mian was detained was artificially controlled to be dimly lit, and the living conditions were not bad. After all, he was also his brother-in-law, and Mu Jingchen could be regarded as supporting Yu Mian with food and drink.

Suddenly footsteps came from outside the heavy iron door, Yu Mian rolled over from the bed, squatted quietly by the door and listened with breathless breath, and found that the people who had been guarding outside his door started to evacuate sparsely.

Within a few minutes, the house was quiet again.Yu Mian stood up slowly, and called out tentatively,

"There are mice in the room, don't you deal with them?"

Usually, Zhen Hui or Mu Jingchen's other confidantes guard him personally, and they will try their best to satisfy his requirements, but this time, there are no strong men breaking in, and it is replaced by his familiar elder brother's voice:

"Then why don't you jump into bed in fright?"

Yu Mian was taken aback for a moment, then she couldn't help but let out a low voice, "Brother...?"

Yu Tang pulled open the small window panel used to deliver meals, and looked at Yu Mian's eyes that were similar to her but completely different after a long absence.

The eyebrows and eyes of the two brothers were sculpted by the same blood to form similar undulating outlines, but one pair is like frost paved with stardust, and the other pair is ashes full of dust.

Yu Mian didn't say anything for a while, he was not afraid of pain or death, but he was very afraid of mice.The young master who was used to brocade foil and jade embroidering when he was a child is rarely not afraid of big hairy mice. Yu Tang was also very scared at first, but he could only cheer up because of Yu Mian's "brother". He gritted his teeth to be the one who copied shoes and chased mice. Although he was always kind to Yu Mian, he was always forced to shed all the preciousness he had raised for this younger brother time and time again.

"Does it hurt?"

Yu Mian bit her dry lips, the persuasion and plans he had concocted countless times all became dry and choked the moment he saw his brother, making it difficult to speak.

"Mu Jingchen really trusts his brother, and he will withdraw everyone with confidence."

"It doesn't hurt that much. You also said that the Mu family can't find any kind of doctor? It will be fine after a few days."

Yu Tang shook his head and caught a glimpse of Yu Mian's empty neck again. Did he really hand over the key to Lin Yue...?

"Brother has been living in Mu's house?"

"I have nowhere to go. Lin Yue, or more people who covet the treasure house left by my father are all staring at me."

"Aren't you afraid of being discovered by them?"

Yu Mian lowered her eyes, not wanting to look at the hickey marks on Yu Tang's neck that could not be erased in time, "Didn't my brother feel sick when he saw that General Mu? Or did you just show it to me?"

"Yumian, you may not want to hear it, but regardless of stereotypes, they treated me very well,"

Yu Tang thought about it and answered him, "I also told you about the bullet coding. I never thought of giving up revenge, but we can't make mistakes."

"Just because they have been nice to you for two days, you have to doubt the revenge we have seen with our own eyes?"

Yu Mian sneered, his prejudice against the Mu family was much deeper than that of Yu Tang, and what he hated the most was Yu Tang saying good things about them.

"Don't you always feel that my city is deep?"

Yu Tang ignored his doubts, and instead asked him, "Leave this matter to my brother. Find out the truth and avenge my revenge. I will do better than you, won't I?"

"There is no need to investigate at all! It has been more than ten years, what clues can they not create?!"

Yu Mian thumped the door frame excitedly, "Give it to brother? Let brother find a random scapegoat and send him to prison, and then tell me that the revenge will be rewarded, and force me to let go of the hatred to see you and Mu Jingchen have a relationship." Lingering?"

"Brother's thoughts will only be on yourself. Your first consideration is not the innocence of our entire Yu family, but your own prosperity and love."

"how about you?"

Yu Tang was supposed to be angry because of Yu Mian's hurtful words, but his tone didn't change, instead it was calm and calm enough to make people panic,

"What's your solution? Seek skin from the tiger, and then fight with the Mu family? Even if you let the Mu family die as you wish, but what about us? No one can avenge us, and the Yu family will be forever nailed as a thief because of you." name."

"I don't care either. You can talk to the enemy's son with peace of mind, so why should I care. Brother, none of us will be cleaner than the other."

"Before your next impulsive mischief,"

Yu Tang took a deep breath, although he didn't show it, he was really angry with Yu Mian, "Be honest, we haven't reached the point where we have to die together."

"Lin Yue won't hurt you."

Yu Mian looked away, suddenly changed the topic, and said in a rambling manner, "If I don't give him the key, he might feel that the treasure house is far away and give up instead. But after I gave him the key, he feels that the treasure house is far away The Wanguan Treasure is only one step away, and he will definitely try to get the key in your hand, as long as he still has this thought, he will not dare to touch you easily."

"With Mu Jingchen around, he wouldn't be able to touch me."

Yu Tang said quietly, Yu Mian really gave a cold snort,

"The Mu family's military camp is a hundred miles away from Yulin, brother doesn't really think that their Mu family is an absolutely safe place."

"Do you think those free-range thugs from Bilin Society have the guts to break into Mu's house?"

"Stop talking about me, brother,"

Yu Mian sighed, she had calmed down her emotions in just a few words, and it became dark and elusive again, "If you don't want Mu Jingchen to lose his life, you can do it first."

He hooked his hand to signal Yu Tang to reach out, and quickly stuffed a nail-sized capsule into Yu Tang's palm. He had wrapped the capsule in leaves and contained it in his mouth before avoiding the search.

"Although the old man is physically fit, he is already old. This dose is enough."

Yu Mian smiled lightly, "The old man dies first, Lin Yue doesn't have to take any more risks, only your young master Mu can be spared."

Yu Tang realized that it was a dose of poison, and immediately held it in her palm, worried that Yu Mian would snatch this dangerous thing back again.

"I don't know what deal Lin Yue made with you,"

Yu Tang clenched her fists tightly, "Don't be used by him as a gun anymore, Yu Mian."

"It's not certain who is the gun."

Yu Mian smiled sweetly, and closed the shutter of the small window with a bang, unwilling to talk to Yu Tang any more.

Hearing the sound of Yu Tang's footsteps fading away after standing by the door for a while, Yu Mian slowly retreated to the bed, burying herself in the cool quilt.

When he was locked up here, he also regretted it. After that, he began to miss the ordinary life he and his brother spent in that small broken room, and began to think, maybe he could stop here, and simply put away the hatred like his brother did. Forget it, and get back together with my brother.

But just now he confirmed one thing, from the moment he picked up the knife, it was impossible for him and his brother to go back.

Because of his previous convictions, he is destined to be regarded as a thorn in Mu Jingchen's side, and others will regard him as a madman who may fall ill at any time, and he can only live in the shadow of prejudice.

Yu Mian hugged herself tightly. When he was just imprisoned in Mu's house, the old lady gave him porridge once. Although he disdained it, he had to drink two sips in order not to go to the hospital hungry. The hot porridge with mushrooms is as sticky and fragrant as the porridge made by his late mother.

He was sure that Yu Tang could also think of his mother because of this, and he could also imagine the warm appearance of Yu Tang being accepted by the couple and regarded as his own.

In the end, he was the only one left in the snowy night.

Yu Mian closed her eyes, and buried the hesitation that occasionally surfaced in her heart in jealousy and anger, and he no longer wanted to stop.To blame... just to blame the old man and the old lady for not being so gentle and kind now.