My years as a soldier

It took Hu Jiuzhang a long time to realize the facts he was facing.Li Muyun is the heir of King Su, and King Su himself, who served as the envoy of Pinglu and served as the guardian of Andong, has always been far away in the northeast territory under his rule, and only returned to Chang'an, Xijing, during the New Year's holidays.

And if it wasn't King Su who was in charge of Prince Su's mansion, who else would it be?That Zhang Si who killed his younger brother and smashed his legs, who did he work for?

Hu Jiuzhang didn't dare to think deeply, but faced with Li Muyun's ardent care every day, even if he didn't dare to think about it, he still had to think it through.Hu Jiuzhang didn't want to be in debt to anyone, but he didn't want to be with the enemy so vaguely.

"Old Hu, what are you thinking?"

In the early morning, Li Muyun sat beside Hu Jiuzhang's couch, and the maids brought the porridge and side dishes for the two of them, and put them in front of them respectively.

For several days in a row, Li Muyun moved his dining table to Hu Jiuzhang's couch. He ate whatever Hu Jiuzhang ate, and ate the light diet arranged by the doctor every day. Li Muyun felt that these days were very fresh.But for some reason, Hu Jiuzhang talked less these days, and sometimes he would just stand there in a daze without responding for a long time.

"Uh... nothing."

Hu Jiuzhang responded, but he still didn't dare to meet Li Muyun's gaze, he was afraid that Li Muyun was actually the person behind Zhang Si.But how to ask, Hu Jiuzhang couldn't make up his mind for a while.Chang'an water depth.Hu Jiuzhang remembered these words very deeply, as long as he did not leave Chang'an for a day, he would never forget it.

"Hey...Old Hu, what happened to you recently? Is it because of leg pain? Or...do you care about my identity?"

Li Muyun also held back these words in his heart for several days.Meeting Hu Jiuzhang was like meeting a pool of clear spring in the desert of thousands of miles of yellow sand.There are very few people who can really live like this.Li Muyun himself felt that his life was actually quite fake.When you see someone, you have to put on a different face. Sometimes you pretend to be fake, and then you take it seriously. In the end, you can't even remember what you were like.

Li Muyun didn't want this.

The first night he met Hu Jiuzhang, he actually thought a lot.At that time, he thought that the soldiers from here were too simple.Where is Chang'an?The people in this place lined up in rows, filling up Suzaku Avenue, and it might not even be able to accommodate two or three out of ten.For such a soldier, if he went to Beijing alone to do business, not to mention he would suffer a disadvantage, Li Muyun didn't even know whether he could leave alive.

But that first night, Li Muyun actually fell asleep in the story of such a dusty Northwest rough man.He hadn't experienced a peaceful sleep like that night for many years.That night, his dream was no longer about the battle inside and outside the palace. In his sleep, he saw the mountains in the northwest and the desert beyond the Great Wall.The sound of the wind roared past my ears, iron hooves, golden spears, angry horses and fresh clothes——

Although Li Muyun was a wealthy young master who grew up in Chang'an City, he also had practiced martial arts.And the teacher who taught him back then was also a general of the Jinwu Guard in Chang'an City!It's just that he was born weak, and he didn't make a name for himself in martial arts. This son-in-law has yet to leave Chang'an.

After one night, as soon as he opened his eyes, Li Muyun didn't even have time to tidy up his clothes, so he rushed to the outer room to look for Hu Jiuzhang, but the storekeeper said that the soldier had already left.Leave the luggage as a mortgage, and come back at night to pay back the eight big money.

Heh... eight big money...

Li Muyun thought at that time, let alone eight big coins, it is eight taels of gold, so what?

Li Muyun wanted to go back to Hu Jiuzhang's luggage, so he sat by the rattan box and waited. The family repeatedly sent several waves of plain clothes to look for him, but he completely ignored him. He just wanted to wait for Hu Jiuzhang to come back and continue to listen to his stories.

But now he brought Hu Jiuzhang home, but he couldn't bear to listen to Hu Jiuzhang's story.

"Old Hu... If you are not used to living here, I can change your place for you."

Hu Jiuzhang didn't speak, Li Muyun sipped his porridge and chatted casually.The clear porridge was bland, and he didn't know how Hu Jiuzhang got the taste out of the rice grains, but Hu Jiuzhang drank every mouthful of the porridge so seriously that Li Muyun was too embarrassed to complain.

"Hehe..." It was a rare time for Hu Jiuzhang to relax, seeing someone smile, a smile appeared on Li Muyun's face as well.

"The conditions are so good, do you want to change? I didn't even dare to think about such a house, let alone live here."

After Hu Jiuzhang finished speaking, the smile on Li Muyun's face froze.He put down the spoon in his hand and let out a long sigh, showing a little impatience on his face.

"Old Hu, do you still mind after all?"

Li Muyun's voice was a little cold, but Hu Jiuzhang also put down the spoon in his hand and put the bowl aside on the table.

"...Aren't you curious why I was executed with a cane by the magistrate of Chang'an County?"

Li Muyun was stunned by his question.

"So you care about this?"

"...what do you say?"

"The county magistrate of Chang'an County is a member of Zuo Cheng. The relationship behind this is intricate, and the palace cannot easily come forward. I know you are anxious about your brother. I have sent someone to investigate Hu Yan's whereabouts. I will decide whether he is alive or dead. I'll give you an explanation."

"You give me this explanation?"

When Hu Jiuzhang heard this, the corners of his eyebrows couldn't help but raised.

"Yes. I'll take care of your affairs." Li Muyun answered very firmly, but a trace of disappointment flashed on Hu Jiuzhang's face.Li Muyun had noticed the subtle changes, but Li Muyun couldn't figure out why Hu Jiuzhang was disappointed by his words. His confusion and unwillingness almost came to his heart.He couldn't figure out-

"I can take care of myself..."

Hu Jiuzhang suddenly let out a long sigh.Li Muyun had never heard Hu Jiuzhang's voice so depressed as it is now, he felt a little panicked, there was something he didn't know about it, but what was it?Li Muyun was in a hurry, and his forehead was sweating slightly.

"What's the matter, Hu? What's the matter with you these days?"

"It's okay——" Hu Jiuzhang frowned suddenly, and his voice suddenly sank, "Xiaobai... I just want to ask you a question, who did you send to investigate this matter?"

"Who to send? You want to know this?" Li Muyun couldn't even think of the cause and effect of Hu Jiuzhang's words. Something happened where he couldn't see it, but what was it?Li Muyun went to look into Hu Jiuzhang's eyes, but Hu Jiuzhang avoided his gaze.Seeing his movement, Li Muyun's heart seemed to miss a beat.

He wasn't telling the truth...

Li Muyun could tell at a glance whether the person in front of him was lying or not.What's more, Hu Jiuzhang is not a person who is good at lying... As for what Hu Jiuzhang is hiding, it doesn't matter to Li Muyun at all.What he cares most about is the act of "concealing" itself.Is it because Hu Jiuzhang started to distrust him, or there is no trust between the two of them at all——

The faith that Li Muyun had just regained almost collapsed at this moment.Maybe he should have left Chang'an desperately in the first place, and he shouldn't have come back at all.

Thousands of thoughts flashed through Li Muyun's mind, but on his face, he did not show the slightest panic.He just raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and smiled flatteringly at Hu Jiuzhang.

"Old Hu, do you want to take care of this?"

"...I just want to know who you sent. In your family, who is the best at handling this kind of thing?"

Hu Jiuzhang's voice was dull, but who knew the pain and boredom in his heart at this moment.Perhaps to Li Muyun, this is just a trivial matter in his life, insignificant.But for Hu Jiuzhang, Hu Yan is not a trivial matter - Hu Yan is his younger brother!Before Hu Jiuzhang left, his younger brother stayed up all night to bake him two cakes. Hu Jiuzhang thought of those two steaming wheat flour cakes, and he wanted to eat them.

He regretted why he didn't eat it back then.It would be nice to have a bite, but why didn't he even eat a bite back then!How could he have thought that after that night, it would be the last time he saw Hu Yan——

"You may not know the person in my mansion. If you really want to take care of this matter, shall I call that person for you?"

There was already a trace of displeasure in Li Muyun's voice.He usually wouldn't express his emotions like this, but in the face of Hu Jiuzhang, all his past restraints were useless.When he knew that the only person in the world who would not tell lies to him was actually hiding something from him now, Li Muyun really felt a little angry, angry, and extremely disappointed.

"Name..." Hu Jiuzhang remembered that Zhang Si said to himself that day, "I just want to hear a name..."

"I said you don't even know..."

Li Muyun's voice seemed to come from the sky, Hu Jiuzhang lowered his head, his leg suddenly hurt so much that he broke into a cold sweat.Hu Jiuzhang could only support the bed with his hands, and his whole body was trembling because of the sudden surge of pain.Li Muyun looked at him indifferently, without a single ripple in his eyes.

"Zhang Si."

Li Muyun said two words lightly, and with those two words, Hu Jiuzhang actually sneered in great pain.

"...Well...I see."

"What do you know?"

"I'm tired... sleepy..."

When he raised his head again, Hu Jiuzhang's face was already pale.Li Muyun's heart trembled, he still couldn't bear it, but when it came to his face, Li Muyun wanted to sullenly, and bit his lower lip tightly.

"Well... go to sleep..."

Li Muyun got up and called his servants to clean up the dinner plates that the two of them had placed beside the couch. Hu Jiuzhang only drank half of the bowl of porridge, and he didn't even touch the side dishes.

The servant who came in to pack his things finally supported Hu Jiuzhang to lie down on the couch, and Li Muyun left the house without looking back.

He is going to find Zhang Si.

Although Hu Jiuzhang didn't say anything, Li Muyun could tell that Hu Jiuzhang must know the name Zhang Si.But how did the two of them know each other?Li Muyun knew who Zhang Si was, he couldn't believe that Hu Jiuzhang would get involved with Zhang Si.