"Mulan, those people came again last night?" Yuan Shi worriedly looked at He Mulan who was eating corn porridge. "Otherwise, you'd better move to our house."
"No, it's just some idiots." He Mulan shook her head, thinking of the "Rangers" last night, she couldn't help but want to laugh.
Ha ha ha ha! See them next time!
Come again, let's put the truth, Hercules, the ghost carrying the box!
"It's really not safe for you to be alone." Yuan Shi sighed.
"Then you can move to Huaishuo Town with me." Hua Mulan had always wanted her family to go back to Liuzhen with her. Most of the six towns are from Xianbei, and there are many of her close friends and friends, which is more suitable for a woman with a special experience like her to live in than this Liangjun.
Although her father was a military householder, and now he was ordered to plant fields in Liang County, it was not an example of someone who did not pay for farming.
Father Hua pounded the stick and said sharply:
"The Son of Heaven sent me to settle the fields, and I will take care of the food for the army! Pingcheng is so short of food, although we veterans are old, weak, sick, and unable to guard the border for the Son of Heaven, it is good to be able to send military food to the front line! I don't worry about people farming!"
But it's not your kind, or Hua Xiaodi's kind!
He Mulan slandered helplessly.
After eating, He Mulan took out a cloth handkerchief and wiped her mouth, making Yuan Shi, who saw her wipe her mouth with the cloth again, a pity.
Cotton is a very rare thing in Dawei. Cotton cloth is only available to Han people in the south. Dawei silk and cotton are very valuable. A small piece of cotton cloth can be exchanged for a lot of eggs. He Mulan was used to paper towels. There were no paper towels here, not even cotton. Everything was made of burlap. The winter clothes were fur, not padded jackets.
He Mulan picked and chose among the rewards Hua Mulan received, cut a piece of cotton cloth and made three handkerchiefs, which she used as a handkerchief all the time. She doesn't need embroidery or patterns, she just needs to be able to absorb water.
Wash it after use and don't waste it.
In modern times, ten dollars can buy a long piece of cotton cloth, and wiping your mouth here is regarded as a luxury and waste.
Fortunately, the Hua Mulan family did not covet her property. She didn't ask what she did with the property, but it was a pity that she would inevitably bring some on her face. They were all honest people, and they could have whatever they wanted on their faces. Know.
He Mulan pushed away the bowl. This cornmeal rice, which she eats three meals a day, tasted really bad to her. If it weren't for the dried meat and some delicious side dishes, she wasn't picky eaters, and she wouldn't be able to get by with just eating.
Not being squeamish when it comes to eating is really good.
He Mulan was still dressed as a man today. She is not used to wearing Hua Mulan's skirts. Although the clothes of common women in Xianbei are also narrow-sleeved and narrow-waisted, they are not cumbersome to wear, but because there is no underwear to wear under the cool, the skirt is troublesome to move, so she always chooses to wear men's pants. pleated.
She was also reluctant to apply the rouge decal yellow. Most of the Xianbei women are fair-skinned. It is their folk custom to put rouge on both cheeks and comb a high bun. If they are white-skinned Xianbei women, such makeup should be beautiful.
Fang Shi has always been dressed like this, and there is nothing wrong with her.
But once Yuan Shi was so excited to make He Mulan a costume like this. He Mulan looked at the bronze mirror, because the bronze mirror was not clear and couldn't see his face, so he didn't see anything. Good or bad, just some inexplicable awkwardness.
But when she passed by the water tank and saw the real face dressed like this, she endured the extreme pain and swallowed the phrase "so ugly" into her stomach in Yuan Shi's expectant eyes, and she never put on makeup or powder again.
Hua Mulan looks like a half-breed, but she belongs to the more masculine kind. Her skin has not returned to her fair skin. She has red rouge on her cheeks and flower yellow on her forehead...
She believed that the original Hua Mulan would look good with such makeup, but it was limited to the tall and white Mulan when she was a teenager. Now, it's really a bit...
Some understand why 'going out to meet the companions, all the companions are frightened'.
In fact, Mulan still looks good with a plain face. Occasionally, she would wear the Hu skirt back, and then walked around the house with a plain face, soothing Yuan Shi's wrinkled forehead that was about to catch a bug.
Overall, the Hua Mulan family were loyal and good people, and He Mulan didn't want to make them sad.
Just when He Mulan finished eating and was about to go out for a walk, the "head man" of Liang County and the township head of Liujiaji next door suddenly paid a visit, causing confusion in the Hua family.
The so-called "leader" is the person in charge of disputes between the Xianbei people in the countryside, similar to the village chiefs of the Han people, and most of them are held by the local Xianbei people who are highly respected or have military exploits. The Xianbei of the Great Wei and the Han people lived together, and the township chief and the headman were jointly responsible for the public security and related affairs in the countryside.
The mayor of Liu Jiaji came to visit in the morning, saying that Liu Jialang, who died this morning, had a dispute with Liu Meng the day before. At that time, Hua Mulan’s cousin Hua Kehu was also present and wanted to ask him to ask about the situation.
The son of the "head man" here used to be a subordinate of Hua Mulan. Hearing that this matter involved Hua Mulan's family, he immediately rode the village head to Hua's house with him.
"This is Mr. Hua, right?" Hua Kehu has a military post in the army. He Mulan is dressed in the clothes of a Xianbei man, and has a different temperament from the others. The mayor of Liujiaji saw it. He immediately found the "right master" and greeted him with great enthusiasm. "This old man is Liu Shun, the mayor of Liu Jiaji. Everyone calls me Mr. Liu, and this time the old man is here..."
"General Hua, Liu Yu'an, who came to your house to ask for relatives, was found dead in Liu Meng's courtyard this morning." The head of Xianbei here personally went to welcome Hua Mulan back to her hometown. Who is it, I can roughly infer what happened yesterday, and now I respectfully bowed my head and explained what happened.
In the army, Hua Mulan was a fifth-rank tiger general. The people here only knew Hua Mulan by name but not who she was, and some rumors were unpleasant, but the local officials did not dare to neglect her at all.
"Why did you come to my house to find her?" Father Hua stood up on crutches, frowned and shouted: "He went to see the character of Qiu's relatives yesterday. Could it be that you thought he was the murderer?"
"That's not the case. Master Hua didn't know. This Liu Yuan died at Liu Meng's house. There were more than a dozen wounds on his body. He insisted that he was completely ignorant, and stopped harassing Liu Yu'an yesterday afternoon..." Mr. Liu sighed deeply.
"It was a sure-fire way of Liu Meng's murder. No wonder the neighbors next door to Liu Meng said they didn't see Liu Meng go out to cause trouble, they didn't catch Liu Yu'an back, and they didn't see Liu Yu'an's shadow."
He Mulan began to think in his heart.
Every murder has a reason. Liu Meng deceived Liu Yu'an's family business for money, and he has already succeeded at this time, so there is no reason to kill. If a dispute arises and kills by mistake, more than a dozen wounds will be healed, not to mention that the dispute is so silent that even the family and neighbors don’t know? The Han people live in different places than the Xianbei people, but most of the Han people live next to each other.
So it doesn't make sense.
"Liu Meng's provocation failed yesterday afternoon. Liu Yu'an was worried that Liu Meng would cause trouble again, so he sent a pair of children to their cousin's house not far from each other. Now even the Liu family's children don't know what happened. So this is very strange. , the old man wanted to come and ask Mr. Hua, did you encounter anything special..."
"I see." He Mulan nodded. "Where is Liu Yu'an's body now?"
"Still parked in Liumeng's courtyard, waiting for the police from Yucheng County to come, but never moved."
"Since that's the case, I'll take a trip with you to the place where the crime happened."
"Woo... what are you going to do!" Yuan Shi nervously grabbed the corner of his daughter's sleeve. "Since the old man Liu came to understand the situation at the time, you told him the situation at the time, and it's not fate that the family husband's request for marriage is not successful. Why do you have to go through this hardship! You are not an official, go to the place where the crime happened. What can be seen, people are dead, can they still speak?"
He Mulan smiled bitterly. She couldn't explain that because of her professional ethics, she couldn't see that such a simple case had become complicated.
"Mom, dead people can really talk."
Yuan Shi was startled, not understanding what her daughter was talking about. He Mulan took the opportunity to pull out the corners of her sleeves, took a few steps back, and bowed to Yuan Shi and Father Hua to apologize, then stood up and prepared to go out.
After seeing this situation and hearing He Mulan calling Yuan's "mother," he didn't know anything. His eyes widened in horror, and he kept scanning He Mulan from top to bottom. .
This... this person is really a woman...
So awe-inspiring, neither humble nor arrogant, is she really a woman
No wonder everyone called her "heroine", and the head man respected her.
If there are really women who can make great achievements in battle, I am afraid that it is only like this!
He Mulan told the Liu family man who wanted to marry Hua Mulan's town house yesterday, that her cousin "Hua Mulan" would not marry him.
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As a result, something happened to him today.
It must be a lie to say that He Mulan didn't show any emotion at all. The flower mother made her think she didn't know what to do, and she couldn't do it.
What's more, "Hua Kehu" has already been involved in this matter. When the yamen in the Yucheng yamen and the servants come, she will definitely go to the hall as a witness. At that time, "Hua Kehu" is "Hua Mulan", and she can't hide it. After all, the headman knows her identity. And Hua Kehu is still training troops under the Six Towns tent.
"Hua's mother, don't worry, I will go with General Hua, and I will not let them make trouble." The middle-aged man in Xianbei attire saw General Hua's parents a little worried, and promised to Hua's parents and Hua's mother:
"This matter is related to General Hua's reputation, and I will treat it with caution."
"So laborious."
Hua's father gave the leader a military chest salute, and watched his daughter go out with them.
Because it was not a trivial matter, He Mulan pulled out her BMW "Yueying" from the back of the house. This is a great black horse, which is Hua Mulan's favorite ride, and is now being taken care of by Hua's younger brother.
He Mulan got on his horse, and the headman followed closely. The old man Liu was led by one of the headman's servants and also mounted a horse. Lesser villagers.
Brother Hua had been staring at his sister's back since He Mulan went out, struggling to follow. Seeing her husband like that, Mrs Fang felt really annoyed and couldn't help but sarcastically said:
"You know how to keep your eyes open! It seems that there is no adult man in the family, and a daughter's house is needed to see that dirty thing!"
"My second sister has been in the army for 12 years, how can I be afraid of this!" Hua Xiaodi lowered his head, "I am worried because I don't know what my second sister is going to do."
"If you're worried, just follow! It's not that there are no horses at home!"
The military households in Xianbei are also responsible for raising horses for the army. In addition to the good horse "Yueying" brought back by Hua Mulan, the Hua family also has two military horses, which are allocated by the imperial court for domestication. Although it can't be bought or sold, it's still possible to borrow a ride for the time being.
The younger brother of the Hua family was yelled at by his mother-in-law for a while, and anger rose in his heart.
Her second sister has always been an idea, otherwise she would not have joined the army in her father's place. Although it is said that she has returned to her hometown now, is it because she has returned to her hometown that she is really willing to marry her husband and teach her children to marry an ordinary person as a sequel!
He watched his parents worry about his sister's life every day, but he didn't take it seriously.
Does a woman like this need to get married? She can do anything by herself!
Those men couldn't even fight her sister. If there were thieves in the future, wouldn't she want her sister to protect her husband!
If he was worried that he would have no heirs, he would adopt one of Fang's sons to be his elder sister's son.
It's just that he is clumsy and clumsy, and he can't say anything in his stomach, so he can't talk to his parents and wife about these thoughts.
Her second sister is obviously unwilling to get married. When his grandmother gives up, he will mention it again.
Now that he is worried, he is worried. A battle-hardened person like his second sister must have her own plan. Only then do he have the confidence to go and see what is going on. What is he doing there? Are you ugly
He has never even seen a dead person. If his legs are weak then, he will really be a shame for the second sister!
Fang Shi was still there, complaining that he was not a man. Yuan Shi leaned against the door and stretched his neck to look out, as if he could persuade his daughter-in-law with his eyes.
Father Hua was irritated in the room, and finally shouted:
"Mutuo, follow me and take care of it!"
Hua Mutuo was stunned for a moment, turned around to make sure, but Fang Shi pulled Hua Mutuo's arm and dragged him to the manger.
Isn't he a dead man, why hesitate!