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To say that nature is not very pleasant, let's change the word, instinct.Bai Qian is the kind of person who is determined to break off relations with someone, but will forget about it if he is not careful.It is said that human nature is inherently evil, but a person's kindness is easier to remember in his heart, and temporary anger is far less important than long-term happiness.

Bai Qian looked at Jingxi's face full of resistance, and then remembered, oh yes, I was quite disappointed in him just now.

This kind of mood is quite complicated, after all, Jingxi has been very kind to him from the very beginning, and her attitude towards him is more subtle after that incident.It was as if a thread had been pulled out, and it broke a little in the middle, but it was still fixed on the wall before and after, spreading straight.

Bai Qian is not a perfectionist, he must have a thread intact to be comfortable.But such a gap does exist, and in my heart, what is not big or small is what happened in the past.

Bai Qian sighed, and waited for a long time before doing it himself to get the wooden prosthesis.Covering her legs with her robe, as if dodging, Jingxi turned around and didn't look at him anymore.

Bai Qian felt a little conflicted, but Guan Jingxi should be quite concerned.His attitude is a little different from before, some very small things.For example, when Bai Qian was having trouble moving, he no longer took the initiative to hug him, for example, he always kept an appropriate distance from Bai Qian, neither approaching nor walking away.Just outside this circle, looking at Bai Qian.

But it can't be said that he wants to alienate himself, Bai Qian can feel that the way he looks at him is softer and more concerned than before.

This is also a contradiction, Bai Qian has never been able to guess what this person is thinking.

So this way went on like this, quietly, without any conversation.

Hejiu is adjacent to Fanxi, and the distance is not too far. The carriage wandered to Mu's mansion, and it was the 26th of the twelfth lunar month.As the saying goes, "On the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, kill the pig and reap the new year's meat", the Mu family will not only eat meat once a year, but as the new year is approaching, the mansion is naturally very lively.

Bai Qian originally thought that he would meet Mu Yueguan's cold face, but he didn't expect the little girl to jump over cheerfully after hearing the announcement, hitting the wheelchair under Bai Qian and taking a few steps back.Bai Qian was at a loss, wanted to push her away, but worried that he would annoy her again.Jingxi stood aside sullenly, and asked, "Where's your brother?"

Mu Yueguan simply lay on Bai Qian's body, kicked and kicked on the ground with his toes, ignoring Jingxi directly: "I said you would come back before the year, haha! You are right!"

Bai Qian was helpless, Jing Xi raised his voice and repeated in a rare tone: "Mu Yueguan, where is your brother?"

Only then did Yue Guan turn his head to look at Jing Xi, and pointed back to the backyard: "It's in the bedroom, you go by yourself."

Uncle Zeng also followed from afar, and said with a smile: "Miss is waiting for Mr. Ning to come back to celebrate the New Year together! He also said that if Mr. Ning does not come back, he will not keep the New Year's Eve this year, and he cannot be left outside. "

Bai Qian also smiled: "Thank you."

Uncle Zeng had a simple and honest face, and pulled Mu Yue to watch: "Mr. Ning has worked hard all the way, let him take a bath and rest first. The heater in the son's room has been lit, waiting for you to come back."

Bai Qian felt warm in his heart. He has no father or mother, and has been living alone. He has not experienced such a lively New Year for many years.Now in this other world, but being so eagerly awaited to return, he couldn't help but be moved.

After thanking him again, Bai Qian didn't go back to his room, and went to see Mu Qingjian with Jing Xi.

After recuperating these days, Mu Qingjian looked pretty good, seeing that Bai Qian didn't show any resistance as before.When Bai Qian went in, he was lying on the bed reading a book, Yun Yue knelt on the ground, and carefully massaged his calf.

Jingxi's footsteps were light and silent, while Bai Qian could not avoid the sound of rolling on the ground when he was in a wheelchair.When Yun Yue heard the sound behind him, he first pulled a piece of felt to cover Mu Qingjian's legs to cover his weak feet, and then stood up and respectfully stood aside.

Mu Qingjian nodded to Yunyue, Yunyue lowered his head slightly, stepped back, and stood guard outside the door.

Bai Qian looked back at Yun Yue, thinking that this person is so caring, but the order of dignity in this world is really exaggerated.In the twelfth lunar month of winter, the cold wind outside turned the water into ice, and he didn't even frown when he went out to stand guard.

Mu Qingjian gathered the coat on her body, and said to Bai Qian, "Thank you for your hard work."

Bai Qian waved his hand: "We agreed to cooperate, these are what I should do. I can't explain clearly in the letter, most of them have to talk to you face to face."

Mu Qingjian understood: "You stay in the mansion first, and then go to Guigu after the New Year - Yueguan has been waiting for you for the New Year."

Before Bai Qian could speak, Jing Xi said first, "Gui Gu can't go."

Both Mu Qingjian and Bai Qian were a little surprised, but Jing Xi took the initiative to explain: "Si Qi has always wanted to rob Bai Qian. If he entered Guigu without authorization, he would never return."

Mu Qingjian put on his shirt for a while, and said: "But Minglian will not give up on Zemu like Zuo Qizhi. You and I have been friends for many years, and I don't mind if you compete with me. I will definitely win you. But Minglian is good at drawing, Si Qi is also a scheming person, I need to get rid of him first."

Jingxi said: "I just want to discuss this matter with you. Do you know the dark workshop in Danying City?"

Mu Qingjian glanced at Bai Qian and nodded, "It was mentioned in Bai Qian's letter."

Jingxi continued, "That's just one place."

Before Mu Qingjian could respond, Bai Qian's eyes widened in shock.From the discovery of the big hole to the present, Jingxi has never mentioned this matter in such a long time.

Mu Qingjian is the lord of the city after all, so he asked a more critical question: "How many are there in total? Where are they distributed?"

Jingxi shook his head: "I don't know the details yet, there is no Fanxi, Danying may have others. But the old nest must be in Guigu."

Mu Qingjian asked: "Are you sure it's the Ming family?"

"determine."

Bai Qian guessed that the place belonged to the Ming family because he saw Li Yuan who was taken away by Si Qi there.Thinking about it again, if Mu Qingjian had hidden guards, then Jingxi must have her own eyeliner.The simplicity is myself living in a harmonious society.

Mu Qingjian pondered for a moment, then asked: "Is there really Fanxi?"

Jingxi nodded.

Mu Yueguan asked back: "Then what does this have to do with Zemu's competition?"

Jing Xi said: "The Ming family must have premeditated plans to build dark workshops and draw weapons. Before I came, their people were planning to assassinate the emperor, but Bai Qian and I broke the plan, so they had to stop."

Bai Qian was listening, and after these two things were connected, he instantly understood: "He wants so many weapons because he wants to rebel?"

Jingxi glanced at him and nodded: "It's very possible. Even if it's not for the purpose of rebelling against the emperor, it's already a serious crime to build a weapon workshop privately and rob painters."

Mu Qingjian: "So you..."

Jingxi nodded: "Next is my cooperation with you, it has nothing to do with Bai Qian."

Mu Qingjian rubbed his forehead: "I need to think about it."

Jingxi: "Okay, but there's not much time."

Mu Qingjian said helplessly: "Let's celebrate the end of the year - the emperor is drinking a lot of wine, so you just ran out like this?"

Jingxi let out a "hmm" and said no more.

Mu Qingjian sneered: "That's right, Minglian wanted to rebel, you and Qu Miaoen just left their posts without permission, it's not a big deal. Now that you're here, let's celebrate the New Year here with peace of mind. I haven't had a drink with you for many years .”

Bai Qian was silently complaining about whether the emperor's authority had been eaten by a dog, and when he heard Mu Qingjian say that, he unconsciously thought of jjj when the back of his hand was rubbed against his cheek.

Mu Qingjian turned to Bai Qian and said, "You too."

Bai Qian knew that people here value status very much, and now Mu Qingjian invited him to the wine table, presumably because he regards himself as equal to the city lord.This means that he has accepted himself, whether as a guest or a staff member, he will no longer be hostile as before.

This is a good sign, and it is the first step to gain a foothold in this world.

The three of them talked about some business again, and Mu Yueguan ran in cheerfully, followed by a team of attendants, who placed cakes and hot porridge on the round table.

Mu Yueguan first filled a bowl of porridge for Bai Qian, and then murmured to himself: "Look at you running back and forth, you are thin and dark. When you are at home during the Chinese New Year, you should eat more to make up for it."

Bai Qian was embarrassed and wanted to apologize for what happened before, but Mu Yueguan was shy and unwilling to listen, so Bai Qian could only shut up.

Yun Yue didn't need Mu Qingjian to call him, but came in to serve at the right time.Bai Qian saw him standing outside in the cold for a long time, his face not red and his body not shaking, and he felt that this person was not only careful, but also strong.

Mu Qingjian was half lying down, but Yun Yue shielded everyone's eyes, carried him to the wheelchair, and put the felt on his legs again.Mu Yueguan scooped up red beans from the porridge with a spoon in his hand, and asked Yun Yue, "Yun Yue, your father was seriously ill a while ago, how did you go?"

Yun Yue pressed down the edge of Mu Qingjian's felt, and replied respectfully: "Thanks to the elixir rewarded by the young master and miss, father will recover after taking it."

Mu Qingjian held the porcelain spoon in her mouth and said vaguely: "You didn't say you wanted to go back and have a look, it's true."

Yun Yue bowed his head: "Young Master, I can't live without people, and I'm used to it. If I change someone, I'm afraid I won't be able to serve you well."

Mu Qingjian took his bowl of porridge and said, "I don't need help in everything now. If you want to go back and visit your old father, I will give you two days off."

Yun Yue took a step back and bowed: "Yun Yue dare not."

Mu Qingjian sighed: "Well, it's true that you are smarter than others. Later, you go to the cashier to get two months' extra money, buy two cotton-padded clothes for father, and buy some new year's goods."

Yun Yue knelt down and kowtowed: "Master Xie! Miss Xie!"

Mu Qingjian drank two mouthfuls of porridge, Yun Yue got up after kowtowing, washed his hands and helped Mu Qingjian break the pastry.Bai Qian felt awkward seeing it, but he couldn't say anything, so he had to lower his head to eat, filling his mouth full.

Mu Yueguan remembered something again, turned around and said, "Brother, this year's tree has already grown fruit!"

Mu Qingjian knew what she was thinking, so she agreed: "I'll teach someone to pick it later, and you pick some good ones and send them to Bai Qian and Jing Xi. Don't waste them, they will be used in the future."

Arbor fruit is rare, Bai Qian heard from Jingxi.Part of this fruit has been offered to the emperor over the years. The Mu family eats some of it, and the rest must be carefully stored for one year's use.Bai Qian didn't expect that his status would be so high when he came back this time, that he could eat arbor fruit that the major city lords couldn't get.

Bai Qian sighed again that he had finally made it through, and the hard life of the past few months was not in vain.

After eating and drinking enough, Mu Yueguan clamored to play the chess and card game he designed with Jingxi.The maid was cleaning up the bowls and chopsticks, Jing Xi remained silent all the time, but suddenly asked, "What's in your arms?"

Bai Qian followed his gaze and saw that Yun Yue was pushing Mu Qingjian to one side.Yun Yue's reaction was a bit slow, and he turned around in a daze after a while: "Master Jing is talking about me?"

In the blink of an eye, Bai Qian saw a black corner protruding from his arms.

Jingxi got up and walked towards Yunyue.However, Yun Yue blushed, and eagerly took out a brocade handkerchief, made of bright red material, with a black peony embroidered on the corner.What was just exposed was probably the peony.

"This...this is..."

Mu Yueguan leaned over and shouted: "Ah! Isn't this the black peony in that workshop? Yun Yue, are you showing mercy?"

Yun Yue knelt on the ground with a "plop", and shouted: "Yun Yue knows his mistake, Yun Yue knows his mistake! Master, spare me once!"

Mu Qingjian's face was a little ugly, she threw off her sleeves and pushed the wheelchair forward, and said coldly: "Only this time - face the wall for three days, wash clean before coming back!"

Yun Yue slammed his head on the floor, thinking about it "bang bang", Bai Qian just wanted to persuade him, but from the corner of his eye, he saw Jing Xi's eyes fixed on Yun Yue, looking thoughtful.