"What? You said that Chen Jie was put in prison?" He Mulan thought about many reasons, such as being sick, having something at home, or simply being impatient to accompany Hua Mulan on such messenger-like errands, but she didn't. Which one is like the one she learned...
- Sent to prison for smuggling military rations.
"No, it's impossible." Di Yefei was even more unbelievable than He Mulan. "Chen Jie's grandfather was a person who was imprisoned for a crime, so his family named him 'Jie'. He is a violent man. I believe if you say that he killed people. If it was a matter of smuggling military supplies, what would he do? Might do!"
Although neither the Xianbei nor the Hu people have the habit of calling each other "character", the character of Chen Jie is "virtue", but everyone knows it.
How could such a cautious family watch their children smuggling military rations
All the people who returned home from the front line are rewarded with fields. The Chen family was originally from a good family, but he himself got a lot of rewards before being sealed in Chen County. He became a commander who trained local county soldiers. Where is the food going
His food should not be eaten.
He Mulan's impression of Chen Jie was still above that of the young boy whose armor was "torn with his hands". Now he was slightly surprised when Di Yefei said that he was "violent tempered".
Seeing He Mulan's surprised expression, A Luhuan thought that "General Hua" was surprised by the result, so he had to tell everything he knew.
"General Hua asked us to investigate Duwei Chen's situation a few days ago, so we passed the news to the egret in Chen County. The reason is because the information that pigeon letter can bring is limited, so we only know the general situation."
The so-called pigeon letter is a letter wrapped around a bamboo ring at the foot of the pigeon.
He Mulan had seen the "Flying Pigeon Biography" in the TV series, and was deeply impressed by the small note that he took out from the small tube, and he accepted his statement after thinking about it for a while.
"Thank you very much."
"Since His Royal Highness has opened his mouth, it is official business." A Luhuan grinned. "General Hua, the evidence of Chen Xiaowei's imprisonment is conclusive. Even he himself has confessed his guilt. You might as well be lenient. We will make arrangements after more detailed news comes in a few days."
"No."
He Mulan really wanted to wait for new news in a few days, but she was extremely restless, as if there was something she had to do that she didn't do.
In just a moment, she knew what she was so upset about.
This is probably some kind of strange induction or connection, from the original owner of this body.
"I will go to Xiang County tomorrow."
***
Xiang County is the governing county of Chen County. It is much larger than Yucheng, and it is very close to Liu Song in the south, so you can see scenery and goods that cannot be seen in the north.
Liang County is also in the south of the Great Wei Dynasty. Yucheng and Xiang County are not far away. If you are fast, you can start in the morning and arrive in the evening. It is precisely because Yucheng and Xiangcheng are close together that Chen Jiecai runs more diligently than other comrades.
"Aunt Hua, are you going to Xiang County?" A-Danzhuo couldn't hide his excitement when he found out about He Mulan's plan. "Then can I follow along?"
"Ah. Do you want to go? Aren't you going back to your hometown for the New Year?" He Mulan had no official position for a long time, and he couldn't do anything when he went. He set off immediately because of the feeling of confusion and anxiety in his heart.
A-Danzhuo is willing to accompany her. For He Mulan, who came to the ancient times and ran to Yucheng with little brother Hua, it was a bit of a surprise.
"...Can't I stay for the Chinese New Year? I mean, I can't catch up with the Chinese New Year when I go back to my hometown now. What, I'm probably..." Ah Danzhuo blushed.
"Of course you can stay here for the New Year." He Mulan smiled and used a positive tone to comfort A Danzhuo, who was at a loss. "I just didn't expect you to be willing to stay here."
"I... I already told my mother when I came out. I want to travel abroad for a while. I will receive military posts at any time, but I haven't been out a few times yet, and I have seen the heroes of the world..." A Danzhuo's eyes Sparkling with the unique longing and expectation of young people.
"Haha, what an ideal!" Di Yefei praised and walked in from the yard. "It's just that you don't want to see heroes. Now that the world is peaceful, all heroes are like your aunt Hua."
He still can't accept the majestic Hua Mulan as a village woman who feeds pigs and carries large bags in the countryside all day.
Be a hardy village woman!
It's like talking!
"Aunt Hua is very good." Tuoba Huang, who learned about Hua Mulan's conclusion from Bailu, also got into the room. "Everyone has their own aspirations, General Di has the path of General Di, and General Hua has the path of General Hua."
Seeing who was coming, Di Yefei stopped talking.
"What are you all running for?"
He Mulan inexplicably glanced at Tuoba Huang, who also got into the house. Since revealing his identity, the Crown Prince has been keeping a low profile, as well-behaved as when he just arrived at his home.
"I heard that Aunt Hua is going to Xiang County?"
"Yes."
"Then you also have to take me with you." Tuoba Huang said with a smile: "You promised me 'cousin' that you would take good care of me."
"Leaving you here is the only way to take good care of you. Besides, with Di Yefei and your family's entourage, I can rest assured." He Mulan handed over "His Royal Highness" to Di Yefei. The mind was ready to leave safely.
Di Yefei can bring the personal soldiers of Liang County all the way from the northwest, and it will not be mediocre.
"That's why I'm here." Di Yefei obviously disagreed with He Mulan's own arrangement. "There is my old army in the army in Yuzhou, and I can help you to inquire about the news."
"Aren't you going back to Dunhuang?"
"Not bad for a few days."
Hey, hey, in front of you is the master you will be loyal to in the future, the number two leader of this huge empire, is it really good to say this
Are you not afraid that he will settle accounts in the autumn and convict you of dereliction of duty
Tuoba Huang looked at Di Yefei thoughtfully, in exchange for the latter moving his eyes away.
A Danzhuo, who had been listening in the fog, shook his head and continued to look at He Mulan with expectant eyes:
"Aunt Hua, take me with you tomorrow!"
"And I!"
Not to be outdone, Tuoba Huang sold well.
"...Then let's go together. Bring your entourage."
He Mulan could already imagine how stupid this journey would become.
***
In the evening, He Mulan began to pack up the things to prepare for the next day's departure.
It is not necessary to bring the rock, this kind of two-handed sword will cause a lot of unnecessary trouble. But you can bring a short blade.
Hua Mulan has always been dressed as a Xianbei man, and it is normal for Xianbei people to wear weapons on their waists.
Bring a little more gold beads, as well as the pearls given by Tuoba Huang, these can be carried with you.
Just in case you need to take care of things, sending someone a pile of cloth is simply a roll of the eyes.
Ever since he knew that Tuoba Huang was the prince, He Mulan put away the thought of returning the bag of beads to him.
It's expensive to ask Mulan to be a bodyguard!
There is also a warehouse at home. Even if a thief came, it would be difficult to remove all of them at once. To remove all these things without disturbing anyone, probably only Gao Jinlong and his group of rangers could do it.
However, Gao Jinlong and others had promised things that they would not touch her, so she could trust them for the time being.
Just let the younger brother take good care of her big house, and then block the door of the warehouse with something.
He Mulan was worried about the things in the warehouse while arranging things. She really wanted to know why Mulan didn't spend the money earlier. After she wore it to ancient times, she realized that it was too difficult to hide such a large amount of assets in this era, and her family was not a big family that the family would protect.
No wonder so many people choose to go back to their hometown to buy a large number of fertile fields to be a farmer. It is too difficult to keep their property safely. It is better to buy land and buy a shop to be safe.
She couldn't help sighing at the thought of taking a bunch of stalkers with her tomorrow.
Until now, the child Adanzhuo didn't know that Tuoba Huang was the crown prince. He slept too deeply that night.
The flower father and the flower mother also said that the identity of "He Guang" is not simple, but he has always been used to pretending to be confused. He didn't ask his daughter what happened that night, and he was just a little more polite to He Guang. Mulan Bai worried all night.
Now A-Danzhuo regards the few "egrets" that appear from time to time as the servants who finally came from the north to persuade the escaped young master to return home, and show 120,000 sympathy to them.
Out of good intentions, he even talked to Tuoba Huang at night "in front of the window", persuading him to go home and honor his parents.
Adanzhuo is a stubborn and solid-eyed child, so when he started talking, Tuoba Huang, a well-mannered Rao, could only go to He Mulan with tears in his eyes for help, and even was willing to go with the evil-looking Di Ye Fei lives in the same room.
The so-called one thing is born and one thing is born, He Mulan can be said to be gloating or happy about such a result. After casually throwing at Tuoba Huang, "Sooner or later, I will pay back", she even encouraged A Danzhuo to behave like this in private.
"A-Dan, you've done a great job! You should let this young man who is in the midst of happiness know how wrong his behavior is!
Adanzhuo, who was encouraged, persuaded even more fiercely. He had reached the point where Tuoba Huang ran when he saw him, preferring to follow the egret around the countryside.
in the side room.
"You should go home, really." Seeing Tuoba Huang's eyes closed, Adanzhuo couldn't bear to get up, and quickly grabbed him. "Where are you going? You're leaving early tomorrow morning. How can you ride your horse tomorrow morning if you don't stop now?"
Fall asleep immediately.
"If you want me to sleep well, please stop talking!" Tuoba Huang made a "worship" gesture. "It's the first time I know a man can nag like that."
"Huh? Am I nagging?" Adanzhuo's eyes widened. "But if you don't go home..."
'Aunt Hua is not just my Aunt Hua. '
"It's enough!"
Tuoba Huang gritted his teeth and hammered the quilt, sparks in his eyes. "Haven't you met someone who has no home? Haven't you thought that I might have some troubles not to go home?"
"Can you put away your self-righteous kindness!"
A Danzhuo was obviously frightened by such Tuoba Huang, his mouth opened wide and he was stunned like a fool.
After a long time, he made a sad "um" and tucked the quilt up, covering Tuoba Huang and himself at the same time, and silently closed his eyes.
Tuoba Huang squeezed his fist irritably, turned over, and turned his back to this straightforward young man.
He knew his words were going too far. This simple boy is really doing it for his own good.
But as a poor bastard whose biological mother was given to death by his biological father since he was a child, and who is now so disgusted by his biological father that he had to go out to hide from the limelight, Tuoba Huang listened to A Danzhuo tossing and turning every day, "Your father will worry about your mother will worry about you. Cousin will worry that the whole family will worry about you", except for a burst of suffocation, I couldn't find any other emotional outlet.
This can't be blamed on anyone, since he chose to approach them with lies, he should have thought that there would be such a powerless and guilty day.
Forget it, go to sleep.
Tomorrow is still on the way.
***
"What happened to the two of you? We quarreled?" He Mulan went out the door refreshed, and when he looked up, he saw A Danzhuo with two panda eyes and Tuoba Huang with an uncomfortable expression.
"No."
"No!"
The two children spoke in unison.
A black-faced child like Adanzhuo can make people see dark circles and bags under the eyes. Obviously, he didn't sleep well that night.
As for Tuoba Huang, although he couldn't tell whether he slept well last night, from the moment his eyes met Adanzhuo and immediately retreated to other places, He Mulan could be sure that he had done something wrong.
But she didn't want to ask questions between the two teenagers. Her pediatrician friend is an expert on the course "Adolescent Psychological Counseling".
And she...
Probably more inclined to "filial sons from the stick".
"Mulan, you must be careful when you go out." Yuan Shi worriedly brought her a bag of boiled eggs, and then stuffed everyone with a few oil paper bags wrapped with hu cakes.
"It's not like being at home. You are so old. Don't be impulsive when you go out. If Xiao Chen really has something to do, you should discuss it with Mr. Di."
Yuan Shi still prefers this kind of thing to let men come forward.
Di Yefei, who was in the courtyard and ordered some personal soldiers, raised his head and smiled at Yuan Shi.
In an instant, several egret officials in the yard couldn't help but look at the top of the tree, and their expressions seemed to suddenly see some flowers blooming.
Yuan Shi was also a little flustered by Di Yefei's smile, and while shouting "God to hell" in his heart, he stuffed the cake that he wanted to give to Di Yefei himself into his daughter's hand and asked her to take it.
Father Hua sat on the stone bench at the door and said nothing, just kept looking outside the door and looking at the courtyard, lowered his head and sighed.
Brother Hua took out his sister's horse from the backyard. He only fed it green beans at midnight. This time in the morning should be the most energetic time.
When Yue Ying saw He Mulan, she sneezed immediately, and then walked to He Mulan with very elegant steps to rub her face with her head.
"Okay, mother, Chen Jun is not far away." He Mulan threw the cake to Di Yefei. "You take care of yourself at home, don't bring Xiao Changle too hard."
"Di Yefei, are you okay?"
"Okay." Di Yefei rolled over and got on his horse. "I let them go ahead and go to Chen County to find my old department."
"Let's go then!"
noon.
"A Luhuan, are you sure you know the way?"
The group of people who had been on the road all morning turned their eyes to A Luhuan who volunteered to lead the way.
Before that, He Mulan had already discovered that the middle-aged egret officer who seemed to be the leader had disappeared, and when asked about Tuoba Huang, he only said that he was going to do something.
So now the temporary leader of the egrets is the highest official A Luhuan.
But it was this Comrade Egret, after confirming that he had been to Chen County many times and knew a path that could take a shortcut, he brought everyone into such a pocket-like valley.
"No matter how you look at it, it's all trees and mountains, where is there any trail!" Luerchi patted his companion's head. "When was the last time you went to Chenjun?"
"About a year ago, I lost my way here. I remember that I found a small temple halfway along the way. There were a few ascetic monks in it. They served me with hot water and some vegetarian cakes." What A Luhuan said had nose and eyes, which made others uncertain again.
"Did we go astray near here? There are mountain walls all the way, except for a dozen families at the foot of the mountain, where is there anything... Hey, there's a woodcutter over there!"
Adanzhuo happily pointed to a villager dressed as a woodcutter under the low slope,
"I'm going to ask for directions!"
After he finished speaking, he happily ran down towards the villagers.
"General Hua, I really didn't recognize the wrong way. I'm a scout, how can I not remember the way! I still remember the two big trees on the side of the road, and I didn't even move the place!" Immediately He Mulan explained that he was really not a lunatic.
He Mulan has never been here, in fact, she has never been to any place here. So she could only reassure him gently: "I believe you remembered the way correctly. But there may be other reasons why you can't find the way, so you can't be irritable. If you get impatient first, we don't know what to do. Done."
Perhaps He Mulan's words had an effect, and the expression on A Luhuan's face improved a lot. He pondered for a while, turned over and dismounted, and carefully looked around.
The roads in the mountains are similar in length, especially where several hillsides are connected together. There are only a few small valleys between the mountains, and there seems to be no difference.
On the other side, A-Danzhuo asked the woodcutter and rushed over on his horse at a trot.
"There is no way! The woodcutter said that this place is full of mountain walls, and there is no way!" He pointed to the other side, "The uncle said that from there, you can go to the main road."
"A Luhuan, don't bother!" Luerchi yelled at Aluhuan who was still walking around. "Even the people here say that there is no shortcut!"
"I can't remember wrong!" A Luhuan's shout came. "Give me another moment!"
"It's really not right here." Di Yefei pulled out a few strands of hair and stretched it into the air.
The hair fluttered in the opposite direction of the mountain wall.
"There are many moving 'ghost caves' around Dunhuang. There are also many people who claim to have seen immortal kingdoms in the desert..." He rode his horse in the opposite direction of his hair to stick to the mountain wall.
"Some people say that it's just an illusion caused by something called 'mirage'. Others say that it's a distant or heavenly scene that was accidentally reflected on the world..."
Di Yefei put his entire ear against the mountain wall. There are many vines hanging down from the top of the mountain wall, so Di Yefei's gorgeous face is a little green with the vines, and it looks a bit like a legendary mountain ghost or something similar.
"But whatever is causing that hallucination, a fake is a fake, as long as you don't get confused by the eyes."
He gave a smug smile.
"Mulan, break this mountain wall!"
As soon as Di Yefei's words came out, everyone looked at him like a lunatic.
"Di Meiren, don't you think of me as an immortal!" He Mulan rolled her eyes. "I can't do something like splitting the mountain to save my mother."
Tuoba got off his horse, and curiously walked to Di Yefei's side to touch the mountain wall in front of him.
The mountain wall blocked by the vines does not look different from the mountain wall that came all the way.
"what… "
He also seemed to have noticed something was wrong, and pulled the vine vigorously.
pat.
The vines that were supposed to be rooted on the mountain wall, firmly grasping the soil between the rocks, were pulled out easily by a young man who was by no means strong.
"Aunt Hua, this mountain wall is really wrong!"
Hearing that Tuoba Huang said the same, He Mulan turned over and dismounted, walked beside them, and pushed hard against the mountain wall.
'It's not a whole. '
He Mulan came to this conclusion from the feedback in his hand just by pushing it.
"You go farther."
He Mulan didn't know how this mountain wall was piled up. If she pushes, triggers some mechanism, or a rolling stone falls from it, and it all presses down and crushes the person next to her to death, then it's over.
Even if she is not crushed to death, she still has to work hard to move the stone to avoid their fate of "breaking a big stone in the chest". Isn't it a waste of time
Not far away, A Luhuan saw that General Zhenxi and His Royal Highness were tossing in front of the mountain wall. He immediately thought about it, and then suddenly stepped back a few feet and looked forward!
right here!
This should be a narrow passage with mountain walls on both sides!
He Mulan walked to the place where Di Yefei was standing just now under the expectant eyes of A Luhuan and the others, and ripped off a few vines that were charming, and then stretched out her hand... .
The woodcutter, who was watching a group of people tossing in front of the mountain wall from far down the hillside, raised his heart to his throat. After seeing it, they all avoided it for a long time, and couldn't help showing a relaxed smile.
Great! He just said, so many people worked together to seal it up...! ! !
Varied!
what!
The woodcutter looked terrified.
He coughed violently because he took a breath of the cold winter wind.
"Cough, cough, cough... I'm... I'm..." He patted his chest hard, unable to believe his eyes.
"Have I met the Mountain God?!"
Boom! dong dong!
A huge crashing sound came from the side of the mountain wall.
In front of the mountain wall, He Mulan used all her strength to finally push a few loose boulders.
As the big stone "dropped" from the mountain wall, a huge hole appeared in front of them.
It's just that these stones are very skillful, and the surrounding trees and vines wrap other stones well, and they will not easily loosen or fall because of the lack of two stones.
He Mulan looked at the palm of his hand in annoyance while Tuoba's eyes were about to pop out.
"Oops, my little finger nail is broken."
She kept her ears pierced.
"A Luhuan!"
He Mulan beckoned to the guys named "Egret" who was actually a "wooden chicken", and then pointed to the big hole in front of him.
"There's really a way here."
The author has something to say: Ah, so sleepy, the small theater is gone today.
If you have any good ideas, you can make up your own, and I will add it tomorrow. (laugh)