The General and the Mountain God

"How is King Bian Nan?" The person sitting in the hall was almost old, with a soft face, but sharp eyes, shrewdness between his brows, and an air of authority without anger.

Perhaps this is the appearance of an emperor, Mu Xu thought.

"Thank you for your concern, my father is in good health." Mu Xu answered with a bow.I wanted to say something at first, but I stopped when I remembered the old housekeeper's advice.

The emperor asked some more about Bian Nan, and Mu Xu answered them one by one.

"Mu Xu, you have come all the way from Bian Nan, rest for a few days first, tell Tao Ping what you need, and he will do it for you."

This should be the conclusion, Mu Xu bowed and saluted: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

He saw a young officer standing in front of a row of officials on the right nodding towards him.

He smiled back at the man as well.

Tao Ping?Where did you hear that name?

......Can not remember.

But this person is quite young, the emperor understands this fairy.

The emperor wanted to say something again, but at this moment a voice came: "Report——Du Xiaowei outside the hall to see you."

Seeing the emperor's expression, Mu Xu was overjoyed: "Hurry up!"

Feeling that what the emperor told him was almost the same, Mu Xu stepped aside and looked towards the entrance of the palace like those ministers.

Outside the hall, a person walked against the light.

Walking into the hall, Mu Xu saw clearly that it was a young man, wearing a pair of silver armor, and the red cloak behind his shoulders fluttered slightly with his walking steps.

Look at the face again, it looks a little familiar.

After staring at the young man's face for a while, Mu Xu suddenly remembered, and called softly, "Du Heng?"

"Du Heng sees Your Majesty." The young man spoke at the same time with him, his voice resounding, overshadowing Mu Xu's.

Only then did Mu Xu realize that he was still in court, so he hurriedly shut his mouth.

Fortunately, neither the emperor nor other officials noticed, except for the two people around him who each glanced at him.

Du Heng seemed to have heard it too, and turned his head slightly towards him, but he didn't look at him after all.

Mu Xu listened to Du Heng's presentation of the battle situation in Monan to the emperor, and presented the victory report document, the emperor was overjoyed.

Du Heng's hair is a bit messy, he should have entered the palace right after he came back, the emperor's love for Du Heng is beyond words.

Du Heng was only 15 years old. He was talented and good at riding and shooting. He went out with the military captain and was brave and good at fighting.

little general...

Little Du Heng...

The kid who was so milky at the beginning has grown into a bright young man.

Sometimes when I think of Du Heng, I just want to know what he will look like, but I never imagined what he will look like.

But seeing him like this, he felt that it was expected.

When I first saw him, he was carrying a bow and arrows.

I don't know if I still remember Benxian...

Ah, want to talk to him.

Thinking of this, he chased after Mu Xu, ignoring Tao Ping who walked up to him.

Tao Ping watched him hurrying towards Du Heng's figure, was stunned, and followed.

Tao Ping was also overjoyed to see Du Heng coming back, and he hadn't seen him for half a year.

However, he still had the task given by the emperor, so he wanted to say hello to the young prince Mu first, but the young prince rushed directly to Du Heng.That's right, it's exactly what he wanted.

Mu Xu chased to the steps outside the hall, saw Du Heng below, and ran down quickly.

Du Heng's leg strength is comparable to Ahri's.Those who practice martial arts are really different.

While running, Mu Xu suddenly stumbled on the flat ground, and smashed towards Du Heng.

Du Heng felt a gust of air coming from behind, turned around and supported Mu Xu with one hand, pushing him steady.

The passing officials looked away and snickered when they saw this scene.

It is said that this little prince Mu is a bit stupid. He was well-behaved and well-spoken in the court just now, so he was waiting here.

Tao Ping was startled when he saw Mu Xu fall, and was relieved when he saw Du Heng catch him.

Only Mu Xu knew what was going on, and said to Ari in his heart: "Master, if I fall to my death, I will entrust the mountain to you."

Ari, who was leaning far away on the stone railing to watch the play, replied without moving his mouth: "Stupid God, hide your identity."

"Yes—Master." Mu Xu responded lazily in his heart with a long voice.

Ari reminded her in time, and she was thinking of declaring herself as a god in a flash of enthusiasm.

But this kind of reminder, you have to grab it when you go back.

Seeing Du Heng after standing still, Mu Xu's mood suddenly improved again, and he lost all shame.

Just as he was about to speak, Du Heng said in a low voice, "Did you call me just now?"

"Huh? Huh," Mu Xu froze for a moment when he heard the address of the lord, "It's me."

By comparison, Du Heng is a little taller than himself.

"Du Heng is not often in the court, and I have never met an adult. Please forgive me if I offend you." Du Heng looked up and down this young man in red clothes without court clothes, and was a little puzzled. This red..." Excuse me...my lord is?"

"I..." Before Mu Xu could speak, he was interrupted by Tao Ping, "Mu Xiaowang, Du Heng".

When Du Heng saw Tao Ping, he was overjoyed and beckoned: "Brother Tao Ping, I didn't know you were here today."

"I didn't expect you to come back today." Tao Ping came over and patted Du Heng on the shoulder, his tone rising: "You are becoming more and more like a little general, hasn't Yunzhi come back?"

"Brother Yunzhi wanted to come back, but he was arrested by Uncle Ming to find out information." Du Heng said.

Tao Ping laughed a few times, turned to Mu Xu, and introduced to Du Heng: "This is Prince Mu, the eldest son of King Bian Nan."

Hearing this, Du Heng bowed his hands to Mu Xu.

Tao Ping also bowed his hands to Mu Xu and saluted: "Young Lord Mu, I'm going to Tao Ping. During the time when the young prince is in Beijing, I will receive you."

Mu Xu returned the salute, and said with a light smile, "Master Laotao is here, there is no need for a reception, just take me out for a stroll."

"Naturally, I know more about the fun places in the capital." Tao Ping laughed back.

"Bring Du Heng?" Mu Xu paused, and added another word: "Brother?"

"Just call me Du Heng." Du Heng didn't find it strange to be named suddenly, but it was still awkward for others to call himself Brother Du Heng.

"Du Heng." Mu Xu grinned, and didn't want to add the word "brother".

When Tao Ping heard Mu Xu say to bring Du Heng, he didn't quite understand, and didn't think about it, and continued: "Speaking of it, you two seem to be about the same age, and we met each other when we were young."

"Eh? Really?" Mu Xu's curiosity arose.

"Well, it was the Empress Dowager's birthday at that time, and the little prince had been sitting beside Princess Bian Nan and eating slowly. Du Heng and I told the little prince to go play and the little prince didn't even go." Tao Ping looked at the red Mu Xu, no matter how difficult it is to be reconciled with the quiet and introverted little prince in memory, the little prince has really changed a lot.

Mu Xu laughed a few times: "Maybe I was afraid of strangers when I was young." He glanced at Du Heng who was at the side, and then asked, "What was Du Heng like at that time?"

"Du Heng", Tao Ping thought for a while, "The emperor rewarded him with a jade bow, the size of a palm", he stretched out his hand and gestured, "Transparent emerald green, very beautiful, but a bit heavy, Du Heng has been holding it Don't let go, Uncle Du, oh, it's General Du and Deputy General Zhong, who are afraid that they will be broken and make Long Yan unhappy, and want him to let go, but no matter how much you can persuade him, you can't do so." Tao Ping said with a look of unsatisfactory expression on his face. .

Du Heng touched his nose and smiled when he heard this: "Brother Tao Ping, you remember really clearly." The word "true" was emphasized.

Tao Ping laughed out loud, thinking that Du Heng was praising himself: "I was five years old at that time, and I remember things. You two seem to be more than two years old, so you probably don't remember."

Mu Xu was still immersed in the scene described by Tao Ping. Du Heng, who was holding the jade bow and never let go, became more and more lovely.

This is something Du Heng can do, and he has been very interested in it since he was a child.

Looking at the two, Mu Xu suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "Master Tao said that I really want to see that jade bow", and turned to Du Heng: "Is the bow still there? Can you borrow it?"

Du Heng nodded: "It has been kept in the study, and someone will send it to the little prince's mansion another day."

Just as Mu Xu wanted to say no need to give it away, I went to get it in person, but Tao Ping interrupted him: "When Du Heng dragged me to see you, he was also holding that bow." Tao Ping recalled the old chatterbox I couldn't take it anymore, and went back around again.

"Huh? Du Heng is looking for me?" The aura of the stupid mountain god went out, and he was successfully distracted by the chatterbox, "Oh, go play?"

Tao Ping laughed again: "Du Heng said he saw a beautiful child and wanted to take me to see it."

Du Heng laughed twice and didn't speak.

Mu Xu felt like he was going to drift away. He really wanted to say that I look good now, so he tried hard to suppress himself from saying it.

It seems that Du Heng was good at finding good-looking people when he was a child, um, and gods.

"It turns out that Du Heng praised me for being good-looking." Mu Xu remembered his aura, "Then I must treat you to dinner."

"Do you treat people who praise you for your good looks to dinner?" Du Heng was amused by him, and turned to Tao Ping, "Brother Tao Ping, we will have nothing to worry about in this life."

Mu Xu laughed a few times: "See who praises."

"Master Tao, let's go too." Seeing that Du Heng agreed, Mu Xu asked Tao Ping politely, "Do you want to welcome Du Heng?"

"Huh?" Tao Ping was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "Yeah." I didn't mean not to go, did I? Shouldn't I?

Mu Xu stared at Tao Ping for a while, and sighed from the bottom of his heart.

Tell you to talk too much!

......

The three said a few more words, and Tao Ping and Du Heng bid farewell to Mu Xu.

Mu Xu looked at the backs of the two leaving for a long time, and said in a slightly sad tone, "Little Du Heng, I didn't recognize this immortal."

"I changed my skin, after so many years, I still want to recognize you at a glance." Ari walked over.

"Master, you despise this pair of skins so much, isn't this pair of skins pretty?"

......

"Du Heng said it looks good."

......

Mu Xu was a little depressed, his reunion with Du Heng was disturbed by Tao Ping, and he didn't say a few words to Du Heng.

I have to find a chance to meet Du Heng alone.