The moment the truth is revealed is always uncomfortable.
So after a long talk with Di Yefei, He Mulan half wanted to escape from this awkward atmosphere, and half because of a sudden decision in her heart, she and Di Yefei greeted her in a hurry and left Yan. fly.
At this time, Yuan Family's Wubi had received Yuan Fang's orders and had already treated them as "allies". In addition, even the young master of Yuanjia Wubi was won by this "Iron Lady", and he had the prestige of "beating tigers", so He Mulan easily went to the place where the Lushuihu people lived, completely. Did not get any block.
Probably this is also because she is a woman, and Orchid has always been ignored.
When He Mulan entered the familiar courtyard, the group of Lushuihu people were still lying in the sun "taking a dry bath" as before. The northwest is dry and lacks water. The Lushuihu people save water and clean themselves with sweat, which has become a way of life for them.
The behavior that He Mulan thought was too dirty in the past was not so dazzling now.
No matter where these Lushuihu people live, even if they are out of tune with their surroundings, they still maintain their own stubborn behaviors and ideas. Isn't this a valuable quality
Of course, if they can be a little scruples about other people's feelings, maybe it will make people feel more lovely.
Seeing He Mulan's arrival, all the people who were looking up and down immediately got up and started to tie their clothes. This should have been taught by Gai Wu before, so he still knew to pay attention to his image when he was in front of He Mulan.
Lu Naluo, who was temporarily leading the yard, came over to greet him: "Is Lady Tie looking for the leader of Gai Wu? He was invited by the Yuan family to discuss business matters. He wants to..."
"I'm back."
Gai Wu's voice sounded from behind He Mulan and the others.
He Mulan turned around and saw Gai Wu's mouth with a smile, obviously because he was very satisfied with the result of the negotiation, and he couldn't help but feel a little better.
When Gai Wu saw He Mulan coming to find him, he was naturally in a better mood.
Gai Wu has not told his subordinates about the identity of the "Iron Lady", so naturally his subordinates will not make random rumors, and he still has this kind of binding force on his subordinates. But he didn't know if Mulan would mind if he told his subordinates about it, so he didn't mention it to them.
Gai Wu showed a rare and hearty smile, and opened his mouth with the ghostly expressions of the surrounding Lushuihu people: "I don't know if the 'Iron Lady' came to discuss any 'business' with me? I am here. But there is no young master who can negotiate."
This is just kidding.
He Mulan looked at Gai Wu's smile, and then thought about her anger and disappointment when she just learned about Di Yefei and Tuoba Huang's "strategy", as well as the joy of Di Yefei's recovery after she explained it later. Restraining his smile, Zheng Se said to Gai Wu:
"Leader Gai Wu, I'm here because I want to have an unkind invitation. I'm here... to be alone."
Gai Wu raised a heart in his throat.
Among them, the only person who had contact with Hua Mulan was himself.
I heard that Xianbei women are bold and bold, this Mulan might be...
How good is this! The Lushuihu people have never had the custom of entering a wedlock!
But he couldn't beat her!
This…
He has to think about it.
When He Mulan saw that Gai Wu also put away her smile, there was even anxiety on her face, and her heart was even more ups and downs.
She wasn't sure whether the leader already knew Chen Jie's identity, or just speculated because of her rudeness when she made unreasonable demands when she met.
So she continued:
"Leader Gai Wu, this is a long story. I wonder if there is a reliable place where you can listen to my request." She paused, "Please call Chen Jie."
As soon as Chen Jie's name was spoken, all the Lu Shuihu people in the courtyard showed surprised expressions.
He was robbed from Chen Jun's prison, and they originally wanted to save his life. Later, both Lu Nara and Bai Ma felt that he was useful, and Gai Wu also felt that he was a rare talent because he knew how to train the army.
This kind of treatment made many Lushuihu people who had followed Gai Wu very envious, jealous, and hated, but because Gai Wu had been powerful for a long time, no one dared to object.
He Mulan's words, Gai Wu was startled, but he still asked Lu Naluo: "Where is Chen Jie now?"
"I should be with White Horse now. Otherwise, I'm with Ru Luo Nu." Lunaruo also wondered what He Mulan was doing to him.
"Go and find him."
"Yes."
Gai Wu invited He Mulan into a room, which was the utility room where Chen Jiedai had placed musical instruments at the beginning.
The yard where they lived was originally the place where orchids rehearsed singing and dancing. Before there was a big banquet or the host wanted to have fun, these orchids would rehearse here in order to get the host's appreciation and escape the fate of being bought and sold at will.
After Gai Wu and the others came here, this place has better sound insulation and a spacious place, and the place where no one comes on weekdays has become their living place, and the utility room is definitely where Gai Wu is sure there will be no one. There is no place for eavesdropping or secret passage.
Yuanjia Wubi is too unsafe. The owner of this place is like a mouse with no sense of security. He punches holes everywhere. There are also capable people under Gaiwu, and he finds a lot of secret passages in Yingfeng Pavilion all at once, which makes Gaiwu I can't even feel good about the Yuan family.
He Mulan was a guest, so of course he couldn't treat him like Chen Jie when he entered this utility room. Several big drums were used as stone benches to invite He Mulan to sit down, and oil lamps were also lit in the house. Although it was still messy, it could treat people after all.
He Mulan sat on the ancient leather drum with some novelty, and looked at Gai Wu, who was sitting directly opposite him, with a hint of apology on his face.
Soon, Chen Jie's figure appeared at the door. It can be seen that he is also very confused, and the white horse behind him is almost full of question marks.
"Chen Jie, come behind me." He Mulan raised her chin slightly towards Chen Jie at the door, and then spoke to Gai Wu opposite:
"Leader Gai Wu, the person I want to find you is this Captain Chen Jie. He was my personal soldier in the army in the past."
"General Hua, this is..."
Chen Jie thought that his general was waiting for an opportunity to rescue him, but unexpectedly, she came to want someone with such a big horse and a sword!
No matter how bad the Lu Shuihu people are, there are dozens of people outside!
"'Chen Jie is Hua Mulan's personal soldier', this is something that doesn't need to be hidden from anyone. Even if there are various misunderstandings, which may cause serious consequences, I will bear it all. We'll talk about it later, come here."
He Mulan's tone and demeanor were all familiar to Chen Jie in the military.
Chen Jie was stunned for a moment, and then became ecstatic, and walked towards He Mulan with an expression that he couldn't wait.
His general came to pick him up.
— in an upright manner.
However, he only took one step, and his arm was suddenly pulled back. He turned his head to look, and the white horse asked him almost gnashing his teeth: "What kind of Hua Mulan's personal soldier? What kind of general Hua? Are you lying to us?"
"Why did I lie to you, you just didn't ask." Chen Jie frowned and looked at the white horse in embarrassment. After getting along for so many days, he also found that this was just a child with a arrogant temper, not bad in nature, so he didn't say anything bad. "Did you forget? You guys took me out of jail!"
"Yes!" White Horse stomped his feet and shouted. "We got you out, or you would have died long ago!"
"My general was already thinking of a way back then. You brought me to this hellish place!"
"Then you can't lie to us either..."
"Chen Jie!"
"White horse!"
Gai Wu coughed, "General Hua, I'm really sorry, my subordinates are too self-willed. Bai Ma, let go!"
Bai Ma Yiyan let go of his hand unwillingly, but his face still had a sobbing expression. He threw off Chen Jie's hand suddenly, turned around and walked to the door to prepare to go out, but when he got to the door, he was probably regretful and angry, he kicked the edge of the door, turned his head and walked back.
Chen Jieyi was let go of his arm by the white horse, and immediately stood behind Hua Mulan in three or two steps, just as he had done countless times before.
Standing here, he seemed to have found his true belonging. Just like a fish that finally struggled to swim back to the water, and a bird that dashed to the sky after its wings were broken.
"Where, there is actually our fault in this matter."
He Mulan looked at Chen Jie beside him. "Because of my previous holiday with the leader of Gai Wu, Chen Jie did not dare to tell you the truth. This is my fault, not Chen Jie's. I hope that the leader of Gai Wu will not blame him, please listen to me about this matter. Say it."
He Mulan's decision was definitely not impulsive, nor was the Madonna's heart overflowing.
She just put herself into the mood of "Mulan", and finally acted according to her heart.
"Half a month ago, I received news from other friends that my subordinate Chen Jie, who was in the army, was imprisoned because he lost military rations. He didn't believe that my subordinates would sell military rations for personal gain. I left Yingguo Township and came to Chen County..."
With her normal low voice, He Mulan began to calmly describe what happened in Chen County. "At that time, a former Paoze of mine happened to be a guest at my house, and came to Chen County with me, trying to redeem Chen Jie. At this time, the leader of Gai Wu took someone to rob the prison and kidnapped my subordinates. "
"I guessed from Chen Jie's description that it was you who stole the food, and then I had a festival with you. You went all the way from Liang County to Chen County, and I guessed that you came with us deliberately, thinking that I want to wait for the opportunity to get revenge. Because I saw Chen Jie in the prison, I simply tied Chen Jie as a hostage and threatened me with…”
"Who is threatening you! Brother Gai Wu said that Chen Jie was imprisoned because of us, and he has never confessed to us. We owe him the cause, and now we have to pay the retribution, otherwise we will be retributed in the future! You are this Belly sinister heart of a gentleman!"
The white horse retorted angrily.
He Mulan didn't think it was a pestle, but instead smiled generously.
"Yes, it is I who treat the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain."
Seeing He Mulan being such a "bachelor", Bai Ma didn't know what to say, and the angry hand glared at Chen Jie, his eyes full of threats.
As for Chen Jie, he stared at his general with an expression of admiration, completely stunned, and didn't notice the white horse at all.
This made the latter even more angry.
"We tracked your traces and found that you entered the Yuanjia Wubi. My friends who were accompanying me were trying to find out the truth of the Yuanjia Wubi, and I needed to sneak in to find the trace of Chen Jie, so we disguised ourselves and entered. After the Yuan family, I also found my old subordinate."
He Mulan cupped her fists with both hands, and bowed to Lu Naluo, who looked unhappy, and Gai Wu, who was expressionless.
"I promised to compete with the leader of Gai Wu, and I also wanted to take advantage of the machine to fight him in exchange for my subordinates, but Yuan Fang disrupted my plan. During the competition, the leader of Gai Wu saw through my identity, but did not agree with me. It was not revealed, but we sincerely invited and solved our doubts, which is to treat me with sincerity."
"The previous conflict between Gai Wu and I was because of different positions. I did not agree with his behavior of threatening others with the lives of ordinary people, and he did not accept my forcible intervention by force. Although it was a battle of life and death, after all Not adulterated. But then Chen Jie concealed his identity to protect himself, and I concealed the identity of the 'Iron Lady' and deliberately approached you. Although it was excusable, it was an 'unjust' trip after all. Now Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, I will explain the truth."
As soon as He Mulan finished speaking, whether it be Gai Wu, Lu Nara, or Bai Ma, several key figures were silent for a while, but they couldn't say anything.
After a long time, Gai Wucai seemed to finally understand what He Mulan's words meant, and said with mixed feelings, "You could not have come this time. Chen Jie is now free, if he has the heart. Bully me, just walk away quietly when you look for it."
Chen Jie's face turned red.
He really thought so.
"You treat me with sincerity, and I can't deceive him with sincerity. I will explain the truth and apologize, except to take back my subordinate, which is to prevent him from falling into a dilemma in the future."
He Mulan smiled at Yan Yan.
"You are all true warriors, not those who are chasing fame and fortune. I know my subordinate, and when I get along with people like you, he will gradually like you. But because of me and the leader of Gaiwu During the festival, he didn't dare to really communicate with you, lest he would struggle even more in the future..."
Standing behind He Mulan, Chen Jie was about to cry.
He felt that every word He Mulan spoke to his heart.
Since the Lushuihu people no longer controlled his freedom and took care of him with good wine, food and medicine, even if they made him so miserable, he couldn't hate him anymore.
Although this group of people is simple-minded, and even saving him is to "return the cause and effect", but they are all sincere people, and they didn't lie to him or say anything righteous and awe-inspiring to make him submit.
The white halogen rate, Lu Naluo is stable, and Gai Wu also has his unique personal charm. Even those Lu Shui Hu people who are full of flowers and can hug Hu women anxiously have not shown any bad deeds on weekdays.
For Chen Jie, the better they perform, the heavier his guilt of "I lied to them, I lied to their trust, deceived their intelligence and then ran away".
"So Iron Lady is actually General Hua?" Lu Naluo whispered to himself, "No wonder the leader was defeated by a woman again..."
He took a few steps forward, knelt down on one knee, hugged He Mulan with the etiquette of the Lushuihu people receiving distinguished guests, put a veneer on it, touched his left shoulder, and said loudly, "I don't know if Gai Wu will understand it. Forgive you, but I, Lunaruo, admire a hero like you. Even if you are a woman, I accept your apology."
He Mulan was stunned for a moment, knowing that it was inappropriate for him to sit and accept Lu Shuihu's etiquette, so he stood up again, pulled Lu Naluo up, put his face again, and touched his left shoulder. .
"I'm just a normal person. But I don't lie to friends. Would you consider me a friend?"
"Of course it is!"
Lunaruo smiled and nodded.
Gai Wu was naturally a little angry at first. He was so angry that Hua Mulan didn't tell him the whole truth when he was by the lake, and only explained it now.
But when he thought that he and her were enemies, he robbed other people's subordinates for food, tied them up, and replaced him with him, of course he had to be careful.
Now that she has understood his intentions, she will come to the door to apologize, and tell the truth, that is...
Huh, what do you think
Gai Wu's heart trembled uncontrollably, and when he saw Lu Naluo and Hua Mulan, who were his uncles and friends, were facing each other and touching shoulders, they suddenly stood up with amazing momentum!
With that expression and action, it seemed that he would kill someone at any time with a knife, and Chen Jie even secretly prepared to give him a beating to relieve his anger...
As a result, Gai Wu maintained this momentum and movement, and also came to He Mulan's body and hugged her upper body.
He Mulan was taken aback for a moment, and then there was the kind of relaxed feeling that was understood and forgiven.
She almost couldn't wait and hugged him back, rubbing shoulders with him in the way that Lu Shuihu and Qiang people often do, looking at each other and smiling.
"The meaning of the leader of Gai Wu is that he is willing to turn his battles into jade and silk?"
"Since we are already friends, please call me Gai Wu."
Chen Jie and the other Lu Shuihu people immediately exhaled, and they all laughed happily.
"This is really good!"
"We won't go home tonight if we don't get drunk!"
"The boss said that drinking is not allowed outside!"
"How can there be no alcohol for such a good thing!"
He Mulan couldn't understand the gossip of the Huns from Lu Shuihu, but she could feel the joy and kindness in it. It was this kind of goodwill and pleasant atmosphere that moved He Mulan almost to tears.
She is a person who hates deception, and by the same token, those who get along with her should also hate her for deceiving others. Do not do what you want to others, which is why she is willing to come here today at the risk of tearing her face off and offending the Lu Shuihu people, and even being unable to escape.
Fortunately, Chen Jie was fine, and the people of Lushuihu were tolerant. Fortunately, he came by himself.
And it is great that Chen Jie can be freed from his long-term deception and cover-up, so that he does not become a person who forces others to be "unrighteous".
Great!
"That's great! General Hua Mulan, since you want to bring Chen Jie back, I would like to trouble you to end the expenses he spent with us for a while..."
Hakuba's sharp voice suddenly interjected
Uh
What
"He is good at drinking and cooking every day, and he also uses our Lu Shuihu's secret medicine, which is very expensive!"
The white horse bit "very expensive" hard.
"We Lushuihu people are not rich!"
The author has something to say: Small Theater:
Chen Jie: I, I, I was kidnapped by you!
White Horse: You lied to our good wine and good food.
Chen Jie: That was given by Yuan Fang!
White Horse: Money is easy to repay, but favors are hard to repay. Do you think Yuan Fang raised us for nothing? Give money!