Hu Shanwei lived in a wooden building built against the mountain. She was standing on the corner tower looking at the bonfires in Shuidongjia village. A small stone fell from above and hit the hem of her skirt.
It's Muchun again.
Hu Shanwei looked up and saw that Mu Chun had a rope tied around his waist and was holding another in his hand. He was descending the cliff like a mountain monkey and landed on the roof of the corner tower in an instant. He untied the rope and then slid down holding onto the pillar.
"Why are you sneaking around? Why don't you take the stairs?" Hu Shanwei's heart was like the rippling water of the Yachi River, and his face was like the tranquil moonlight.
"Ji Gang is guarding in front of the building, which is inconvenient." Mu Chun stretched his neck to look closer. "You are tired from the journey, and you have lost weight. There is not much flesh on your face. You look just like when I first saw you in Hu's Bookstore."
Mu Chun was too close, and Hu Shanwei could hear his breathing. His face was hot and his heart was beating fast. He instinctively took two steps back, and his lower back hit the railing of the corner building. "You seem to have gained weight."
Mu Chun came closer and closer and said, "Sitting in the rear, eating and drinking all day long, drinking and drinking, and apart from sword dancing, he doesn't even touch weapons on weekdays. It's strange that he is not fat."
Seeing a wall of flesh approaching, Hu Shanwei dodged to the left.
Mu Chun suddenly stretched out his hand, blocking her way, almost brushing Hu Shanwei's cheek, and with a snap, his palm slapped on the cylinder.
Hu Shanwei felt his face getting hotter and hotter. He silently chanted "Amitabha" to calm his turbulent heart, and said in a blaming voice, "How dare you!"
Mu Chun withdrew his hand, raised his palm, and retreated calmly, "Don't get me wrong, I just saw a mosquito about to bite you, so I slapped it to death."
Muchun's way of lying has always been simple. He was sure that Sister Shanwei would not expose his lies, so he tried to act happily and coquettishly.
Just like a cunning cat, today it will overturn your teacup with its tail, and tomorrow it will leave a few lines of ink plum blossom footprints on your unfinished manuscript, and if it sees that you don’t react by kicking it away, then it will dare to climb into bed with you in the middle of the night the day after tomorrow and sleep beside your pillow - with its butt facing your face.
Muchun is now in the second stage, and the third stage can only be achieved in his dreams.
Mu Chun let go, and Hu Shanwei pointed to the round table in the corner building and said, "Sit down."
It’s safer to sit across the table.
Mu Chun sat opposite. The table could block his body, but it couldn't block his endless chatter. "Sister Shanwei, I think we are destined to be together. Last time in Zhuoying County, I heard someone chanting "The Intestineless Young Master Should Be More Charming", and I knew you were in the bandit's den. Today, we are thousands of miles apart, and when I was dancing with the sword, I saw you looked as dirty as a cat, but I still recognized you at first sight. Do you think this is fate?"
Hu Shanwei said: "It's a coincidence again and again, probably because you are a military general of the Ming Dynasty and I am a female official of the Ming Dynasty."
Sister Shanwei didn't take the bait... Mu Chun immediately pointed to the sky and said, "Look at the moon. It's so big and round. The moonlight is so beautiful."
Hu Shanwei: "Because today is June 14th."
Mu Chun said: "I see your forehead is shining and your eyebrows are full of joy. Something good is going to happen in the near future."
Hu Shanwei: "I see your forehead is dark, probably because you indulge in sensual pleasures all day long."
Mu Chun was secretly delighted. Great, the relationship was developing into a flirting one. He swore to the heavens, "I drink every day, but I never touch women. If you don't believe me, ask Chen Xuan and the others."
As soon as he finished speaking, a loud bang was heard, and flames shot up into the sky from the southwest corner of Shuidong Village. In the clear white moonlight, he saw that a city tower in the southwest direction had collapsed along with the houses and rocks.
Ji Gang quickly ran upstairs and shouted, "Lord Mu's house was blown down. It's very dangerous to be buried inside. I suspect Ma Ye has seen through our plan. He is desperate. Let's move to another place quickly. Who is coming?"
"It's me... the one who's in danger." Mu Chun said, his eyes stern, "You are only responsible for protecting Hu Siyan, don't worry about the rest, I'm going to find Lord Liu."
Mu Chun didn't even have time to walk up the stairs. He simply tied a rope to the railing and swung down as lightly as a monkey.
Mu Chun's figure disappeared in the moonlight, and Ji Gang finally reacted, "How did Mu Chun come? When did he come? Why didn't I see him?"
Hu Shanwei couldn't say that Mu Chun climbed the rock to have a private meeting, so he said vaguely, "Master Ji, there is always a loophole. Mu Chun came down from the mountain tied with a rope in order to test whether the protection of the Jinyiwei was tight."
Ji Gang felt ashamed: "Sorry to trouble Lord Mu."
Hu Shanwei felt a little sympathetic towards Ji Gang. "Luckily Mu Chun took the trouble, otherwise he would have been sleeping and buried by now. It was your carelessness that saved Mu Chun."
Ji Gang thought about it and felt that it made sense. If the two offset each other, he would not be considered to have committed dereliction of duty.
Hu Shanwei was looking down from a high place. After the explosion, he saw the tree houses outside Shuidong Village light up, like stars in the woods. The men picked up their weapons and gathered together.
Mu Chun and Liu Shuzhen, who had rushed over after hearing the news, ran into them halfway. Liu Shuzhen was overjoyed and was about to call Mu Chun, but Mu Chun winked at her and hushed:
"The Shuidong family's wooden building is built against the mountain. Among so many buildings, only my building collapsed. It shows that the enemy is coming for me. It could be an assassin sent by the Northern Yuan Liang Wang, or it could be Ma Ye's men. If Ma Ye leads his troops to arrive within half an hour, Ma Ye is most likely the murderer. Since he is determined to kill me, even if I show up alive, he will call a horse a zebra and say I am fake, and shoot me to death with one arrow. So I can't show up for now. Just pretend you haven't seen me and continue to send people to dig the ruins."
Liu Shuzhen nodded and asked, "If Ma Ye leads his troops to Shuidong Village to demand the people, how will we deal with it? Now the situation has changed. Ma Ye has taken action ahead of time. Our plan of closing the door and beating the dog at the Hongmen Banquet during the Torch Festival is no longer realistic. We need Hu Siyan to announce the Queen's decree in advance."
Mu Chun said: "Yes, this is a different time, and that is a different time. We need to do this..."
Mu Chun whispered a few words and changed the plan.
Half an hour later, a long snake-like light came from outside the mountain like a swimming dragon and lined up at the gate of the mountain stronghold. It was the Guizhou Guards led by Ma Ye.
One after another, black cannons were aimed at the gate of the mountain stronghold, while most of the weapons of Shuidong Stronghold were traditional swords, guns, bows and arrows.
Commander Ma Ye shouted loudly: "You, the Shui family, are so bold that you dare to murder an official appointed by the imperial court! Lord Mu is a first-rank military officer and the eldest son of Marquis Xiping. I will definitely crush the Shui family today! Pay for Lord Mu's life!"
Liu Shuzhen, the leader of the Shuidong Clan, was dressed in military uniform and stood on the gate tower. "Some spies from the Northern Yuan Dynasty sneaked into our village and buried explosives in the wooden building where Lord Mu lived late at night. Fortunately, Lord Mu couldn't sleep tonight and went out for a walk, so he escaped. We have now begun to search the entire village to catch the thief!"
Ma Ye pouted, "The thief cries thief! How can you be sure that it is the spy of the King of Liang? Where is Mu Chunren? Since he is still alive, why don't you let me see him? If you don't open the door, I will blow down your city gate!"
"The assassin wants to kill Lord Mu, so he cannot show up for the time being. In addition—" Liu Shuzhen cried out in injustice:
"Master Ma, our Shuidong family and Guizhou Guard have always had a good relationship. I have been unwell recently and have been recuperating in the mountain stronghold. Every time Master Mu comes to the mountain stronghold to play, although I cannot accompany him in person, I have ordered people to entertain him warmly. Moreover, we recently had a dispute with the Shuixi family over a silver mine, and it was Master Mu who spoke up for justice and awarded the silver mine to us. What reason do we have to kill Master Mu? Master Ma, please be patient. When we find the spy, we will tie him up and send him to Master Ma for disposal. By then, the crisis will be resolved and Master Mu can naturally show up."
Ma Ye also wanted to wait until the time was right to kill Mu Chun and use this as an excuse to send troops to exterminate the clan, but he never expected that Mu Chun was killed in advance.
However, Liu Shuzhen had no reason to take action. The one who should have taken action was Madam Shexiang of the Shuixi family, but Mu Chun happened to have an accident at the Shuidong family.
Could it be that someone from the Shuixi family sneaked in and blew up Mu Chun, and put the blame on the Shuidong family, with whom the relationship is becoming increasingly tense
Ma Ye was also confused at this time. He asked his staff, "Are you sure Mu Chun is dead?"
The aide said, "Sure. I have an informant in Shui Dongjia. He told me. He also said that Liu Shuzhen deliberately concealed the truth and did not announce the death in order to delay the time."
Ma Ye said: "But the Shui family has no reason to kill Mu Chun. I always feel that something is wrong."
The staff said, "A man was hanged on the beam. Could the beam be the murderer? Dongweng, ordinary people know that you should avoid suspicion when you are in a melon field. I guess it is probably because Mrs. Shexiang of Shuixi family was dissatisfied with Mu Chun's greed for bribes and refused to return them. It happened that because of the tax collection and the ownership of the silver mine, she had a deeper grudge with Shuidong family, so she killed and framed him. Dongweng, although the current situation is unexpected and Mu Chun died early, this is also an opportunity that should not be missed."
The staff and Ma Ye's inferences coincided with each other. Besides, Mu Chun was already dead, and the arrow was on the string and had to be shot. Mu Chun couldn't die a second time, right
Ma Ye steeled his mind and raised his sword, "Set fire! Blow up the city gate!"
"Report!" The scout arrived on horseback, "Sir Ma! Madam Shexiang led the Shuixi soldiers across the Yachi River and have arrived here, surrounding us! Our army is attacked from both sides."
The staff sneered: "Master Ma, we have 100,000 brave soldiers in Guizhou Guards. Are we afraid of a barbarian led by Madam Shexiang? They don't even have a gun, and they are coming here to die. In this case, why don't you help them?"
Ma Ye frowned, "You are a scholar, you have never fought a war. As the saying goes, the weather is not as important as the location. It is summer now, and the wind is blowing southeast tonight, which is not good for our army. Once She Xiang launches a fire attack, our army will be in danger."
"Report!"
Another scout arrived and said, "Master Ma! Madam Shexiang took the initiative to disarm, waved a white flag, and rode alone to our camp, demanding to see Master Ma."
The two armies faced each other, and the commander surrendered without a fight? As expected, women are women, timid and afraid of trouble, and only seek stability.
The staff member advised: "Master Ma, be careful, there may be fraud. She Xiang is a very evil woman, who knows what evil plans she has."
Ma Ye said, "I am not afraid of an unarmed woman. Tell Madam Shexiang."
As long as Madam Shexiang is in hand, the Shuixi Army will not dare to attack. Otherwise, I will kill this Guifang barbarian woman with one sword, and the mob will be leaderless and become a mess.
Madam Shexiang rode over with a white flag on her back. When she saw Ma Ye, she immediately dismounted and saluted, "Please don't misunderstand, Master Ma. I was shocked to hear that Master Mu was brutally murdered in Shuidong Clan. We, Shuixi Clan, sent troops across the river to help you catch the murderer. We are friends, not enemies."
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