My years as a soldier

The most well-informed person in the entire Su Wang Mansion is Zhang Si.When Li Muyun found Hu Jiuzhang in the alleys of the back streets of Chang'an County, Zhang Si knew about it.So it was from that moment that he began to figure out a way out for himself.

Zhang Si is a person who knows how to judge the situation. Although he doesn't know the relationship between Hu Jiuzhang and Li Muyun, he knows very well that his backer is King Su, so at least for now, no one dares to touch him easily in the palace.

But just like this, it is far from enough to survive in this dangerous city of Chang'an.Although King Su is good, but he is thousands of miles away, how can we try our best to keep him safe now?Now there is only one person in the mansion who has the final say, not Li Muyun, but Princess Su.

Before Zhang Si came to visit Princess Su, he also made some preparations in private.

On the day after Li Muyun brought Hu Jiuzhang home, Zhang Si sent a secret letter to Anton.No matter how much, he didn't say anything, he just reported to King Su lightly about Li Muyun's sudden runaway from home and the incident of bringing back soldiers from the frontier fortress without any reason.

Zhang Si received the reply from King Su on the same day that Li Muyun went out to look for Chen Fan.King Su didn't say too much in his reply letter, he only replied one sentence: Got it, keep paying attention.

Just this one sentence, it seemed neither serious nor serious, but it became Zhang Si's life-saving straw to turn the situation around. He took the reply letter and stood in front of Concubine Su Zhao, even speaking with more confidence than usual.

"Villain Zhang Si, please greet the princess."

Zhang Si crossed his hands and bowed down, he bowed extremely low, and when he got up, he didn't completely straighten his body, but lowered his head slightly, leaning forward.It was tiring to maintain that movement, especially the waist, but Zhang Si had a smooth look on his face, as if he was born to bend.

"What wind brought you here?"

Concubine Su, surnamed Zhao, was a beauty when she was young, but although she is over thirty now, she still has her charm.As soon as she saw the redness on her eyebrows, she knew that she was a woman who cherished her appearance very much.But although Mrs. Zhao's face is good, it is now a bit sallow.

When Zhang Si worshiped her, she was still sitting on the couch half leaning half leaning, holding a green branch with a bunch of flowers in her hand, and was about to insert it into the vase on the table in front of her.But no matter how you look at this scene, it doesn't look elegant, on the contrary it makes people feel stuffy, as if the room is covered by something.Even though the sun is shining in the afternoon outside the door, nine out of ten of the furnishings in the house are golden and blue, and Mrs. Zhao is wearing a brocade robe with deep-bottomed stitching, and the dim yellow that fills the eyes is overwhelmingly reflected. Yes, but it was overwhelming, and as for Mrs. Zhao among them, she opened her mouth like a smashed can, only looked up at Zhang Si, and then lowered her head to insert her flowers.

"Reporting to the princess, you also know that these days... the son..." Zhang Si deliberately slowed down his speech.These two people didn't look at each other, they just kept their ears to listen, but they didn't care about it.

"I still want to ask you." Zhao's tone was melodious.It seems casual, but there is a sense of arrogance everywhere.

The Zhao family was born in a famous family. Her family had three generations of high-ranking officials. When her father held the highest official position, she was also Doctor Guanglu.Although the Zhao family's power is weak now, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Zhao's ability to marry Su Wang as the second wife is also because of the entangled natal family behind her in Chang'an City.

It's a pity that although she is now the mistress of the family and holds great power, King Su is far away in the sky. It is considered good that the husband and wife can spend one month together every year.

"Why did Mu Yun leave home suddenly, and why did he suddenly want to bring back a frontier soldier whose leg was broken? You know, there will be no less than me, right?" Zhao's voice was slender, and her eyes were on Zhang On Si's body, there was a sense of scrutiny in the sharpness.

"Wangfei is right." Zhang Si accepted her words obediently, "But the villain dare not speculate on the thoughts of my son, but the villain does know something...Maybe the princess doesn't know." Zhang When Si said this, he paused for a moment, but he was not waiting for Concubine Su to answer, but to save time so that the woman could get ready and listen carefully to what he was going to say next.

"The villain has reported the situation in the mansion to the lord a few days ago, and received a reply letter from the lord this morning from Pinglu, the villain feels... the letter must be read by the princess."

As soon as Zhang Si mentioned King Su, Zhao's expression changed instantly.The sharpness in her eyes disappeared instantly, and even the hand holding the flower branch froze suddenly, she inserted the green branch into the vase in a flash, and faced Zhang Si directly.

"Bring it."

Zhang Si quickly took out the letter from his pocket, and presented it to Mrs. Zhao with both hands.

There were only seven characters written in the letter, and anyone could read them all at a glance, but Mrs. Zhao held the letter paper for a long time, and her brows became more and more wrinkled.

"Zhang Si, what do you mean by asking me to read this?" There was a little anger in Zhao's voice, as if the one standing in front of her was not Zhang Si, but her husband whom she rarely saw a few times a year.

But Zhang Si crossed his hands and bowed in front of Zhao Shi again, and when he spoke, his voice was full of obedience.

"Returning to the princess, our lord has rarely replied in such a concise and concise way in the past, so I thought... Maybe the lord was angry with the matter of the son, but I don't know..."

"Angry? How can you see that he is angry from these words?" The smoother Zhang Si was, the more agitated Zhao's emotions became. "If he really cares, why doesn't he come back to see Muyun? Just leave these words , I think he has long forgotten about the whole family in Chang'an!"

What Zhao said was true, she didn't know how much was true and how much was false, but her anger at King Su was completely different.

"Princess calm down—" Zhang Si hurriedly spoke out to appease, "I think that the prince still cares about the son, but the prince is far away in the sky, and the heavy responsibility of disciplining the son will naturally fall on the princess. And if the son makes a mistake, The first thing the prince thinks of is probably the princess..."

Zhang Si gradually lowered his voice.To put it bluntly, he was accusing the concubine Zhao of being incapable of teaching her son, but after hearing what he said, instead of being annoyed, Zhao gradually calmed down.

"Hmph... It's not your turn to insist on these things. What exactly do you want to say, just say it."

Zhao's eyes turned cold, but Zhang Si showed a faint smile on his face.

"Hehe... In fact, the princess still cares about the prince, and the villain knows it. The princess wants the prince to return to the mansion for a few more months after official duties. In fact, why doesn't the villain want to? But if you want the prince to come back, you have to Is there a reason? It can't be bad, it has to be good, the princess can have something to say in front of the prince. And the prince could have brought you eastward with the princess, why did you stay in the mansion? I'm afraid it was also to let You stay and raise your son with peace of mind..."

Zhang Si said, raising his head from time to time to look at Zhao's expression. He slowed down his tone slightly, and seeing that Zhao didn't look like he was about to speak, he continued in a gentle voice, "Now that my son has made a mistake, you should come forward to discipline him, otherwise When the lord comes back, seeing the current state of the son again, at that time, it may be even more difficult for you to explain to the lord..."

"Disciplinary...you put it lightly." Mentioning Li Muyun, Zhao's face suddenly flashed a trace of undetectable misery.

"I brought up that child Muyun. Could it be that I don't know what kind of temperament he is? He has the most delicate thoughts. There must be reasons for what he says and does now. I don't know what's wrong with him. That's why you suddenly want to abandon everything and leave Chang'an, but for him, the more you don't let him do anything, the more he will do it instead. How can discipline be able to manage well?"

"Hey—the princess is always thinking about the son, the villain understands. But what the son did this time is not a trivial matter. If he was told to leave Chang'an City at that time, and something happened on the way, it would be hurt. The villain can't explain to the prince..."

"Then what do you think?"

"The villain has a trick here. Maybe he can help the prince open his heart to the princess and change his mind. I wonder if the princess would like to hear it?"

Zhang Si spoke unhurriedly, Zhao Shi probably expected him to say this, but a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes.

"Isn't that what you've been waiting for? I've said it earlier, and I have something to say. Is it interesting for you to make these detours with me here?"

"Hehe...the villain spoke bluntly."

Zhang Si smiled, he raised his eyes and glanced lightly at Zhao Shi's face, then he spoke kindly.

"Look... the elder son brought back a pawn from the right side of Long, so according to my humble opinion, the elder son was probably tired of living a peaceful life in Chang'an City and wanted to go out for some experience, so he picked up an injured pawn Come back, when that person recovers from his injury, the prince will probably leave again. So if you want to calm the prince, you have to start with that person."

As Zhang Si said, he looked at Zhao Shi's expression again.

"The man was brought back by the son of the world. The villain dare not disturb him privately. If the princess can come forward and send the man out of the house, the son will not see the man. If you calm down for a month, you will get over it slowly." gone."

"It's easy to dismiss someone, but whether Mu Yun will change his mind just because of this is another matter."

"The concubine is right, but... if the lord comes back and sees a pawn sleeping in the royal family's room, I'm afraid..."

Before Zhang Si finished speaking, Zhao's eyes froze.

"Have you finished?"

Zhang Si bowed to Mrs. Zhao again and again, and when he left the room, he still had a faint smile on his face.

Mrs. Zhao's actions were quick, and early the next morning, while Li Muyun was out, she brought someone to Hu Jiuzhang in person.She had never stood so close to a sideman before, but just for a short while, the noble Princess Su could not bear it.

"You guys, take him out of the mansion for me, and find a random inn to put him in."

While directing the servants, she looked at Hu Jiuzhang's face full of astonishment.

"Your name is Hu Jiuzhang?" Although this was a question, she didn't give anyone time to answer.

"We, Mu Yun, saved your life, and we did our best. I don't want to kill you all, but you live in Mu Yun's room like this. If this news gets out in the future, you will tell us to put the face of Su Wang's mansion there. How should the mansion explain it to the outsiders? King Su’s son lives and sleeps with an unknown border guard all day long—no one knows who you are, but Mu Yun is quite respectable in Chang’an City.”

She sighed softly, then turned her head to avoid Hu Jiuzhang's surprised gaze.

"Since Mu Yun saved your life, I won't make it difficult for you. After you leave the mansion, the servants will arrange a temporary residence for you in Chang'an City, but I only ask you one thing, don't come back to see Mu again. Yun, can you do it?"

After a while, he waited for Hu Jiuzhang to be lifted from the bed and moved to the stretcher before he opened his mouth slowly in shock and bewilderment.

"That's it?"

Hearing Hu Jiuzhang's answer, Mrs. Zhao was also taken aback.

"Yes, as long as you promise not to appear in front of Mu Yun again, I will allow you to recuperate in Chang'an City after leaving the mansion until you recover from your injuries."

I don't know how long it took before Hu Jiuzhang finally answered in a deep voice.

"……it is good."

His voice was low, and he kept his head down, only looking at his legs with splints.And Zhao's face already showed a relaxed smile as if relieved from a heavy burden.

The servants at the side carried Hu Jiuzhang's stretcher one after the other, and rushed all the way to the back door of the palace. At this time, Li Muyun was still on the street of Chang'an West City.Yesterday afternoon, he had already gone to beg Zhao Shi to come forward to punish Zhang Si for Hu Jiuzhang, but it was no surprise that Zhao Shi refused.

Li Muyun knew that his concubine mother was not afraid of anything else, the most feared thing was making her father unhappy.But this is both a disadvantage and an advantage.In Zhao's heart, she wished she could tell her to give up the position of eldest son to her own son as soon as possible. She should be happy for what she did.

So Li Muyun felt that the reason why she refused yesterday was just acting, but Li Muyun just wanted to accompany her to carry on the play.He rushed to the rouge shop in West Market early in the morning with his servant.He knew that Mrs. Zhao liked these small and delicate things the most, and rouge powder was the reason why Li Muyun begged Mrs. Zhao to come forward again.

He didn't believe that the woman would not take advantage of this great opportunity.If he wanted to punish Zhang Si, even if it wasn't for Hu Jiuzhang, he would also do it for the rare true feelings in his life.