He Mulan knew from the moment she first wore it that she was inferior to Hua Mulan.
This is not an inferiority complex, but a self-knowledge.
Her experience was much simpler and more peaceful than Mulan's. Although she is accustomed to seeing dead people and seeing all kinds of grievances and helplessness in later generations, she is an ordinary judicial worker who has never seen swords and swords, political conspiracies, and lives in a peaceful era.
At least in her time, there was no such a powerful person as "one word is dead".
So, she doesn't know how to get along with such a person.
"You said that you were the prince of the dynasty? The future emperor?" He Mulan stared at He Guang, who was thin and lacking in the so-called "bastard spirit", the look of hesitation on his face did not lighten.
"...I'm exactly the person you said."
He Guang smiled bitterly.
"The 'Prince Prince' who has been sitting in the rear and supervising the country for the Lord of Wei."
Tuoba Tao was an uncompromising warrior. He believed that since the Son of Heaven wanted to set an example for the people, he must first set an example for the army. In every major war, he would almost always be the leader of the army.
At this time, the domestic political affairs fell on Tuoba Huang, who was not yet an adult.
Tuoba Huang was established as a crown prince at the age of five, and at the age of eight he began to supervise the country under the assistance of hundreds of officials. His father was fighting abroad, and he was sitting in the capital at the rear, mobilizing food and grass, recruiting civilians, and providing security for the army in front.
Although he never personally went to the battlefield, he was no lighter than any of the generals in front of him.
If Tuoba Tao showed the appearance of being a 100% Xianbei leader through and through, then Tuoba Huang, who was assisted by many Han ministers and grew up, possessed both the wisdom of Han leaders and the pursuit of honor by Xianbei people.
It is precisely because he does not appear to be a pure Xianbei, and the courtiers have become accustomed to the "multiple inquiry" and "extremely balanced" style he used in handling political affairs in the DPRK. When Tuoba Tao stopped frequent expeditions, the friction between father and son would naturally increase.
To use a vulgar analogy, it is like a leopard going out hunting, and when he comes back, he finds that all the smell left by himself has been covered by the young heir, and his clan has begun to express more and more towards the heir. For this kind of beast, the first thing it thinks of is not comfort, but threat.
He Mulan didn't know why Tuoba Huang smiled bitterly. She didn't know as much about the court as Di Yefei. But she just thought about it for a while, and then she knew that He Guang, Ah Bu, should call him "Tuoba Huang", and she could know what Tuoba Huang was doing here.
It's nothing more than power and fame and fortune that can't move Mulan, and hope to use "love" to move her.
Has he not been weaned yet? Looking for mother to find the country
He Mulan wanted to drive them all out with a broom.
Now is not the time to pursue this, he is the king, and she is just a scumbag who doesn't even count as a minister. What good is it to choke with him
When she didn't reveal all this, if she saw him being naughty or a bastard, she could still beat him upside down, but now that she knew his identity, even doing so was an extravagant hope.
Didn't you see that even the arrogant Di Yefei could only kneel in front of this little brat
When she thought that she would bow down to him in the future, and such a powerful character actually pretended to be crazy and pretended to be a runaway teenager in his house, He Mulan became unhappy, so she chose to deal with it coldly.
In addition, she has other accounts that she has yet to settle.
"Following Gai Wu so far? Huh?" He Mulan stared at the egret with a long face, and a fool could hear the threat in her tone, let alone the unlucky egret whose neck was nearly strangled by He Mulan.
He explained inarticulately: "General Hua! I really came here to track down Gai Wu! If you don't believe me, ask him..."
He reached out and pointed to a lanky man He Mulan had met that night.
The slender man was stunned for a moment, and he threw a "how dare you drag me into the water" look to his face, and hesitantly said with a numb scalp:
"Indeed, we were later..."
"Dude boy, eh?"
He Mulan remembered who he was. Isn't this the guy who deliberately induced her to think about He Guang's gangsters in Beijing!
"I beat up a lot of clan children. Huh?"
No wonder! He's a prince, and it's normal to beat up a few cousins when he's bare-ass.
Who would have thought such a beating method!
Such a conclusion made her try her best to restrain her urge to beat others, because she endured it so hard that her subordinates couldn't help but exert their strength, and even the corner of the table was clacked by her.
At the same time, it was still rattling, and there were also the teeth of several egrets fighting up and down.
"I... We can't do anything either... We just follow orders..." The egret grimaced, "General Hua, we also retired from the Hu Ben army. If we could, we would not be willing to appear in front of you."
Everyone knows that egrets are disgusting, if it is not necessary for the task, who will make idols hate themselves
"Hey, you are from Hu Ben..."
The Hu Ben Army was an army that Mulan had previously led. However, Hu Ben's two thousand children, it is impossible for Hua Mulan to know each of them very well. But this slender egret was probably not an unknown character, so He Mulan carefully flipped through his past memories and looked at his appearance, and a name came out naturally.
"Are you... A Luhuan?"
Obviously, He Mulan guessed right.
Because there was a smile on the face of this egret waiting officer that could blind people.
When He Mulan met them for the first time, he was full of precautions, and they left quickly; on the second meeting, it was dark and he couldn't see his face clearly. It was not until the third meeting that he gave a reminder that He Mulan finally finally met. recognized his identity.
He Mulan felt a little guilty.
If it was Hua Mulan, she probably recognized it the first time they met and asked what was going on.
She is clumsy and arrogant herself, no one can blame others.
"Yes! Yes! It is A Luhuan, the captain of the Tiger Ben Jia Si!"
Hu Ben is the most elite team of the Right Army, with a hundred people as a team. This A Luhuan can be the captain, and his martial arts should not be weak, so Hua Mulan can remember him.
"Jiasi, born as a scout. No wonder..." He Mulan nodded, since she was Hua Mulan's original subordinate, and the flood washed down the Dragon King Temple, she couldn't blame her any more.
She even had some suspicions that Su Hejun, a good friend in the Hua Mulan army, deliberately transferred her subordinates to Liang County to be the monitoring egrets here.
It is my own person, and I will maintain some of it in many cases.
If there is really something wrong with Mulan, the former subordinates will probably save a little more face.
The other egrets found that A Luhuan had successfully used the method of "climbing friendship" to get He Mulan's hand off the corner of the desk, and they all handed him a "good job" expression.
And A Luheng was still immersed in the excitement of "My mother, General Hua still remembers me" and couldn't extricate himself from it, which can be described as ecstatic.
"General Hua, I'm Luerchi! I'm a warrior of Jiaqi!" Another egret was pointed out by He Mulan and said "familiar". He also smiled and reported his identity.
"I'm not from Hu Ben, but I spent three years in the right army of the Montenegro camp..."
An egret also laughed.
He Mulan couldn't help but became curious when she heard that her family's old friends still had many official positions such as secret agents. She didn't care whether Tuoba Huang and their faces were ugly, and began to seriously ask them about the affiliation of many of their subordinates in the past.
A Luhuan glanced at the prince with some unease, and found that the prince did not show embarrassment or forbid them to talk more, but rather let them chat, he was relieved, and happily joined the "Recognizing Relatives Conference". went.
Of course Tuoba Huang was not angry, he needed something to resolve the embarrassing situation that might happen next. He didn't even know what expression to use to face this "General Tiger", because she actually left herself here and went straight to chat with a few egrets.
This made him angry and funny, and he also learned from the side about the courageous side of this female general, and that she also has the small temper that her daughter's family often has.
When some of his sisters sometimes begged him for something that was not answered, they would also express their dissatisfaction in such a way that they seemed to no longer want to deal with him.
Of course there is a reason why he is the prince, but his younger brothers never dared to do so.
This can only be attributed to "women's self-esteem" up.
As for women, whether they are little girls or old women, he has always been very tolerant.
This sudden thought in Tuoba Huang's mind made his understanding of "Mulan" clearer and closer.
So he gave the egret leader here a wink, hoping that he could find a way to let himself go down a step.
Di Yefei, who was kneeling beside him, had been paying attention to Tuoba Huang's movements. Seeing his expression and movements, he couldn't help mocking in his heart.
He had no idea what kind of person Hua Mulan was.
What she didn't want, even His Majesty couldn't force it. This woman does not love money, does not want to be famous, and although she cherishes her life, she is not afraid of death. It can be said that oil and salt do not enter.
If you want to move people with love, you have to give your own feelings first.
"General Hua, we don't really mean to offend you. It's just that all kinds of accidents keep coming out one after another, and we have to expose our deeds..." The leader also complained secretly.
First, Gai Wu kidnapped Cui Hao's grandson, and then Ranger gathered here. Later, even General Zhenxi, who shouldn't be here, came to "reminisce". Even if Zhuge was still alive, there would not be so many variables.
"The question is not whether you are monitoring my house." He Mulan stopped chatting with the egrets and turned to look at the middle-aged leader. "I've been disarmed and returned to the field, and the swords and guns are in storage. Do you understand what this means?"
Out of the corner of her eye, she glanced at Tuoba Huang, who was touching the tip of his nose with a guilty conscience.
"It means that Hua Mulan just wants to live a peaceful life now."
"But… "
"Hu Le, don't talk about it." Tuoba Huang got the opportunity to speak, and immediately interrupted the possibility that his subordinate officials would be detoured by Hua Mulan to teach all kinds of great truths.
He had only lived in her house for a few days, and he had already seen how powerful she was.
"Aunt Hua, I want to chat with you." Seeing He Mulan's reluctant expression, he put on a weaker expression.
"I'll tell you why I 'run away' and why I lied to you.".
***
He Mulan didn't know why she saw Di Yefei shaking her head quietly, and agreed to Tuoba Huang's request.
Probably because there was something numb and resigned in his eyes.
She has never been a good-natured person, and she is always on guard and vigilant towards anything or people that appear unreasonable.
So when her good sister, Gu Qing, picked up a stupid person who claimed to be a Taoist priest and asked her to help with the household registration, the first thing she thought of was that her friend had met a liar who cheated money and sex, and she used the The procrastination technique makes your friends wait a little longer so you can find out the truth.
It's not that she doesn't trust good friends, but that some people are born to trust others very easily, and some people are doomed to pay the price for gullibility.
"Anti-God Evil God"
She just didn't want her friend to become the one who grew up paying the price.
So when Tuoba Huang began to analyze her "mental journey", she was listening with a three-point skepticism and a seven-point willingness to listen.
From the moment He Mulan knew his true identity, Tuoba Huang became more tolerant, and the trace of laziness in the past seemed to disappear.
It was as if the phrase "His Royal Highness" was some kind of spell-breaking technique, and "He Guang" finally changed back to his original appearance, a noble heir named Tuoba Huang.
"Let me tell you the truth, I didn't run away from home, but because I had a premonition that I was about to suffer, so I used the reason of 'I'm going to see what kind of person Hua Mulan is' to persuade my royal father, escaped and took refuge."
He Mulan was slightly surprised when he heard Tuoba Huang's answer.
"Actually, I don't care if I can invite you into the palace, that's why I hide my identity and live by your side as a 'cousin of the county magistrate'. For me, being able to escape the impending turmoil is already You have brought me the greatest protection."
"Protection? You are the crown prince, how could you..."
"If I stay, I won't be the crown prince." Tuoba Huang raised his hand to He Mulan and explained to her while making gestures.
He seems to be used to talking to people this way.
"This summer, my father, despite the dissuasion of me and other courtiers, attacked Rouran in the north, and finally returned without success. He consumed a lot of grain and grass, and he did not get Rouran's livestock and trophies to supply. I knew from then that, My good days are over."
"The advice at the beginning will become the curse of today."
"And the adults of the Xianbei Thirty-six Divisions have long been dissatisfied with my strategy for governing the country. They think that the monarch who does not yearn for war and more spoils is a coward..." Tuoba Huang said, making a neck chop.
"So they wanted to influence my father more and dethrone me."
"Huh? I heard that they also supported you back then. They said you were born smart and had the ability to be a virtuous ruler..."
At that time, Emperor Wei was still the "Great Khan". To say that he has the talent of a virtuous ruler is almost equivalent to saying that he will have the ability to take the seat of Tuoba Tao in the future.
"You also believe this? Those are the words of those who have ulterior motives or flattery to pursue my father. I am the father's eldest son, and the father intends to make me the crown prince. They are just pushing the boat. Established as a prince. Saying that a five-year-old child is a virtuous man, even when I was five years old, I often couldn't help but laugh and laugh."
He laughed very frankly.
"Now that they don't need me, they will say I'm 'cowardly and not like a Xianbei man'."
"Ah, that's sympathetic."
He Mulan shrugged.
"Besides, my royal father and Cui Situ are discussing with Cui Situ an edict to abolish the Buddha for the second time next year on the Shangyuan Festival, and all the monks who are privately raised will be executed..." He folded his hands together and chanted the Buddha's name softly. "And I grew up with my grandmother since I was a child, and I believe in Buddhism."
"If I continue to stay, it is inevitable that there will be more and more differences with my father and emperor, and the Xianbei nobles have put forward conditions at this time, if I am willing to show my position and prevent my father and the Han ministers from abolishing Buddha, they will continue to support my crown prince."
He Mulan felt a pain in her forehead.
"Ah, isn't that a good thing? Then what are you going to do?"
"I can't disobey my royal father. At least not now." Tuoba shook his head with a self-deprecating smile.
"Really, it never occurred to me that I would say something like this in front of someone I don't even know."
He said somewhat numbly:
"...A few months ago, Kou Tianshi, my father's most trusted Taoist priest, suddenly told my father that I didn't have the appearance of becoming a king, and I was destined to die early."
"If I had a conflict with my royal father at this time, I would really not be far away from death. I have nine younger brothers, and an eldest son who was born 'indescribably expensive', the heir my father can choose. It's too much." Tuoba Huang gritted his teeth, "And my royal father is still very young and strong, so it won't be a problem to live another twenty or thirty years."
Master Kou
Oh oh oh, I remember, that Taoist priest named Kou Qianzhi!
From ancient times to the present, there is only such a person who can preach and fool so that the emperor has even changed the name of the country into the name of the Dao.
"Some people believe this?" He Mulan squinted, "Anyone with discernment can see that this is wanton retaliation."
How can a person who wants to push Taoism to the top can accept that the next emperor is a person who believes in Buddhism!
"No, this Taoist sect does not agree with the eradication of Buddha." Tuoba shook his head, "It is Cui Situ who actively eradicated Buddha, and Taoist Kou often publicly stated that Buddhism and Taoism can coexist."
"Then his predictions make no sense!"
"Aunt Hua, have you forgotten?" Tuoba Huang looked at her strangely. "The national teacher also predicted that you would be 'two years early, five years as long as you will surely die', so my father was unwilling to let you go back. Now there are only three years away from five years. Now, aren't you worried at all?"
Varied…
What
A Taoist priest predicted that Hua Mulan was a short-lived person
"What nonsense!" He Mulan didn't want to admit that the disappearing "Mulan" was dead. She could feel that the original owner of this body was still somewhere, so how could she say she was dead!
"If that's the case, why would Your Majesty let those Yulin Lang come over to ask for relatives!"
"So you already know." Tuoba Huang was a little surprised, but when he thought that Emperor Wei didn't want to hide it, he smiled and said honestly: "Because you may die soon, you don't need to do it any more. Considering the political situation and interpersonal relationship of the court."
"It was only a short period of time after all, and our heroine deserves anyone."
"Besides, it's hard to say whether it's nonsense or not..." Tuoba Huang's eyes showed some unease. "This Master Kou... is not a mortal."
He Mulan glared at Tuoba Huang, and Tuoba Huang calmly accepted the gaze.
"I do not believe."
He Mulan said in a very slow voice:
"Mulan is a short-lived ghost or something, I don't believe it at all."
"Maybe not, maybe, who knows." Tuoba Huang did not argue with her. "Perhaps the famous 'Kou Tianshi' will be wrong too. If that's the case, it would be great."
He walked over lightly, showing the sly eyes that young people often have. "I don't want you to die either. If you don't die, then I won't be a 'one who died prematurely and cannot become a king'."
"You have lived for thirty-two years, but I'm only fifteen years old. What's more, my family has a son who will compete with my father for favor with me, and three or four children who are waiting to be fed..." Tuoba Huang Looking at He Mulan, who suddenly turned her mouth into an "○" shape.
"So I… what's wrong with you?"
…
I just feel that your life is like a horse, Your Highness!
Should I compliment you on your marksmanship
Thinking that this "His Royal Highness" had just been born when Hua Mulan went to join the army, and now that Hua Mulan didn't even have a boyfriend, but this child already had four or five children, He Mulan felt that this world was so mysterious.
When Mulan dies, there will be a bunch of little friends left...
Tuoba Huang died and the children could make soy sauce...
This gap is too big!
"So... When are you going to hide with me? Are you hiding until I prove that I can live for five years?" He Mulan scratched her head, "I feel that after you return to the palace, your son will I can become a prince…”
"That's also regarded as a bird in the early stage. It's better to lose your life. You can hide for as long as you can. Now that my father is in charge of the court, I no longer need to supervise the country."
"Whether you believe it or not, in fact, I am a person who yearns for freedom..." Tuoba Huang showed the cute smile he had when he first came to He Mulan's house.
"Being able to be capricious once in a while, and unexpectedly allowed it, I think this is also an amazing experience for me.".
"Can I say no?" He Mulan sighed. "You said in your tone as if I rejected you, and you would be in prison, with a very short life."
"Of course you can say no, but I don't know if I will become what you say."
"You promise to just live in my house, take a 'see what kind of person I am' attitude, and try not to disturb our lives?" He Mulan asked him without any hope.
"I can't say that I won't disturb your life, but I will do my best." Tuoba Huang said his thoughts with great certainty. "My father said that if I follow you, I will definitely learn what he wants me to know, but I don't know, so I left the palace under the pretense of returning to the ancestral court to worship..."
"I didn't come here to cause you trouble. If you think I will bring any setbacks to your house, I can leave at any time..." He had a somewhat lonely expression.
"No matter how much danger awaits me."
It is enough to express his sincerity that a prince can compromise and say such words.
It might have been the biggest adventure of his life, but he came anyway.
Just like that Hua Mulan's companion, Mo Huaier, everyone thinks he is cowardly, he is a deserter, and he is looked down upon. But from the moment he was willing to leave home for Montenegro, he was already a warrior.
Tuoba Huang may have left home in order not to be involved in various strife and struggles to become a ghost for death, or perhaps because of Kou Tianshi's terrifying prophecy, he escaped from Pingcheng to find another possibility, but after all, he had fought for it.
Actions made in order to gain a chance for survival cannot be said to be "unrighteous".
So He Mulan thought quietly for a while, then nodded.
"Please remember your words, you are the prince, and you have no jokes."
"Agreed?"
"It's a word."
He finally showed a relaxed smile.
***
After a long talk with Tuoba Huang, He Mulan walked out of his warehouse a little tired.
That's right, they just finished talking about these "confidential" things while sitting on a pile of boxes and jars.
Such an environment is not a good one.
But Tuoba Huang is actually a frank person, at least he can trust his words with five points. Half of it was out of sympathy and left some kindness for Hua Mulan, usually because she wanted to know more about the prophecy of the "Kou Tianshi", so He Mulan still kept him.
She walked out of the warehouse and passed by a few egrets. She originally wanted to go back to the Hua's mansion, but after thinking about it, she couldn't go back in the middle of the night to wake up the Hua's father and Hua's mother, not to mention she couldn't explain why she screamed in the middle of the night. So she hesitated for a while, then turned and walked towards her main room.
Passing by Adanzhuo's house, she swore she heard the child's snoring.
He didn't wake up after such a big movement. In the future, he would really fight. What should he do
If you attack the camp, you will be hacked to death in your sleep, right
Hey, I have to train hard tomorrow.
This is a fatal flaw.
She had just learned about Tuoba Huang's identity, and she learned from him a lot of news or situations that Mulan didn't have in her memory. Although it was already midnight, she still didn't look like she was going to sleep at all.
gah.
"Huh? Di Yefei didn't lock the door?"
He Mulan opened the door talking to himself, and when he looked down, he saw Di Yefei sitting on the mattress with a serious face.
Behind him is the secret door to the warehouse.
In front of the secret door is a huge embroidered picture, which is blocked from other people's view.
She was startled at first, and then dismissed her worries to the sky.
"You heard it? You must have heard it, right? The ears of those who survived countless night raids are very smart, and those who are not smart are dead."
He Mulan also felt that it was nonsense that Tuoba Huang had a secret conversation with his warehouse, but the conversation was so engrossed just now that he forgot about the secret door.
"I heard it all. Mulan, what happened to the thing that didn't live for five years..."
"Don't ask me, I don't even remember this happening." He Mulan waved her hand, "I had a serious illness this year. After being in a coma for a day, I woke up with a confused mind and forgot a lot of things."
"Maybe I'll think of something when I meet that Kou Tianshi, but now I don't have the slightest impression."
"Don't talk about that, I'm going to sleep here tonight..." He Mulan had to build a floor with a male colleague to guard the crime scene, and this was quite natural.
She took out another quilt from the cabinet, looked at Di Yefei's wide eyes, and tilted her head.
"What? Are you inconvenient?"
Wouldn't he be "killing people in my dreams" after becoming a high-ranking person
Or is she too bold to scare her
"It's... not inconvenient." Di Yefei said stutteringly, "It's..."
"That's good, I'll take a nap in the corner here, and I'll go back there to catch up when it's dawn. Leave me alone, you'll sleep on yours."
'How can I fall asleep! '
Di Yefei's eyes were straight.
"Speaking of which, His Royal Highness is really amazing. He has four or five children at the age of fifteen." He Mulan suddenly thought of going elsewhere.
"I said you, this guy, isn't there any problem? Last time, those Yulin Lang also said that Dugu Nuo 'everyone has five strengths must have one weakness'. If you have any hidden disease, you must quickly treat it, it has already been three years. I'm fourteen, and there's no hope if I die again..."
"Mulan, if you don't speak, no one will treat you as dumb!"
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"What? Are you inconvenient?"
"It's not inconvenient to fall..." Di Yefei said stutteringly, "It's just... I just didn't know what position to lie down in."