The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 40
When Tu Zhen was sent away, the two were not in a hurry, and walked together, talking about their recent experiences.Tu Rui had nothing to say, he kept complaining that in the past month, he was almost smothered to death in the mansion.

When asked about Mu Xu, Mu Xu said that he is now the commander of the Embroidered Clothes Guard.Tu Rui couldn't help frowning, "Why did Uncle Huang arrange such an errand for you?"

Mu Xu also smiled and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

"Nowadays, who doesn't know that the Embroidered Yiwei has long existed in name only, so why bother to do this? You might as well ask Uncle Huang to give you an easier job." Tu Rui doesn't think that the Embroidered Yiwei has a bad reputation, but just finds it troublesome .

Mu Xu replied, "It's okay, anyway, I have nothing to do in the mansion every day, so it's good to find something to do." He put his head close to Tu Rui and whispered, "Besides, I'm in charge of the embroidered clothes guard now. It's not easy for Zha Tujin and the others."

Tu Rui was moved in his heart, "Thank you cousin for helping me so much."

Waving his hand to signal him not to do this, Mu Xu deliberately changed the subject and asked him how to tame the snow-treading Wuzi under his seat.Seeing that Tu Zhen was gone, so he didn't need to care about face, Tu Rui said honestly that there was a groom in Prince Zhongjing's mansion who was a barbarian outside the Great Wall, who was used to raising horses, and was also good at grooming and taming horses.

Speaking of this, Tu Rui showed a look of malice, "By the way, Father, Queen Mother and Concubine also said that they will settle accounts with you when they see you next time."

Mu Xu couldn't help being curious, "It's so good, what kind of debt does Uncle and Aunt ask me for?"

As if thinking of something, Tu Rui laughed out loud, almost startling the horse under his crotch.Mu Xu was so scared that he quickly approached and grabbed him.Mu Xu hit Tu Rui angrily, and he stopped smiling, "Didn't you give Ying'er a pony?"

Seeing Mu Xu nod his head in acknowledgment, Tu Rui went on to say, "That girl is proud of that horse. She said that it was your cousin who said that the relationship can be better cultivated only if you feed it yourself." Speaking of this, he laughed again. After coming out, seeing Mu Xu's unfriendly eyes, she said again, "This girl drove the horse to the garden, and let the horse eat up the rare flowers and plants that my father, queen, mother and concubine took care of every day."

Mu Xu felt wronged, "When did I say that?"

Tu Rui held the rein with one hand, and stretched out his other hand to pat Mu Xu's shoulder, "I guess where that girl got the gossip from, not before the father took his Qingke to the garden to compose poems, He almost died of anger when he saw the bare yard. He was reluctant to punish that girl, so why didn't he find you the culprit?"

Mu Xu was also speechless for a while, he didn't expect that his little cousin was still a scumbag, and he suffered a purely innocent disaster.

While speaking, the two of them rode horses to Prince Zhongjing's mansion. Tu Rui tried his best to invite Mu Xu to the mansion as a guest. How could Mu Xu not know what his plan was, and immediately refused, saying that he still had things to do before Tu Rui could speak again. , control the horse to speed up a gust of wind and go away.

After returning home, Mu Xu had just sat down in the study when someone came to report that Feng Ziying begged to see him, so he could only turn around and go to the living room to meet him.

As soon as he entered the living room, he saw Feng Ziying walking around with a person.Seeing Mu Xu coming, Feng Ziying hurried forward to pay respects. Before he could say anything, the person who came with him knelt down in front of Mu Xu, "I beg you to avenge my family."

Mu Xu couldn't help looking at Feng Ziying, Feng Ziying said in a low voice, "My lord, this person is Li He, the son of the prefect of Fangshan."

After hearing Feng Ziying's introduction, Mu Xu was startled, asked Feng Ziying to help him up, and quickly asked, "Didn't you say that all of your family were buried in the flames?"

With tears streaming down his face, Li He argued loudly, "This is all a conspiracy of those traitors. Our family was hacked to death with random knives, and then set on fire to cover up the murder."

Seeing his agitated expression, Mu Xu ordered someone to bring him tea, and when he calmed down a little, he said, "Don't worry, the emperor will be the master of your family if you have anything to do, and you can talk about it slowly."

Taking a deep breath, Li He finally said, "On the third day of December last year, after my father returned home, he was restless. My mother asked my father what happened? My father refused to say anything at first, but later he couldn't handle it. His mother pressed him repeatedly, only to realize that he found out that someone was greedy for the imperial army and horses. At first, he thought it was just a matter of greed. But in the end, he found out that those people were secretly forging weapons and hiding food and grass. I am afraid they are trying to cause chaos. He has already reported to the court report this..."

Hearing this, Mu Xu interrupted him with a frown, "You said that your father had reported to the imperial court about privately forging weapons and hiding grain and grass, are you sure?"

Li He nodded seriously, "I'm sure, that's what my father said." Seeing Mu Xu's frown, Feng Ziying couldn't help asking, "My lord, what's wrong?"

Mu Xu nodded at the two of them, "Of course it's not right. Your Majesty has only received reports from the Prefect Li about the missing military horses."

Before the two of them could say anything, Mu Xu raised his hand to let Li He continue, only to hear him continue, "Father said that because of his actions, the mastermind behind the scenes might not let him go, and he asked our mother and son to lead others first." Leaving Fangshan. My mother and I were reluctant to let my father go with us, but my father said that he might have been watched by someone at this time, so let us go first."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help shedding tears again, and continued in a hoarse voice, "We have no choice but to promise to leave after the Laba Festival. Who knows that three days later, on the night of the Laba Festival, after our family had dinner, I just took a rest Soon, I heard screams from outside. I hurriedly got up to check, but my father came to me at this time, handed me an account book, and asked me to take it and leave quickly.”

"I didn't listen, my father gave me a slap, telling me not to be impulsive, keep my body useful, and avenge the whole family. I had no choice but to run to the back door, but those people came after me soon, I had no choice , I had no choice but to jump to the pond to hide, who knew that those people couldn’t find me, and kept searching nearby. I was afraid and cold, so I sank into the pond. A river, I escaped a catastrophe."

Hearing his dangerous words, Mu Xu and the two also sweated for him, Feng Ziying hurriedly asked, "Then what happened later, how did you escape?"

Li He calmed down and continued to recall, "After I escaped from the mansion, I passed out. When I woke up, I found that I was rescued by Uncle Wang who was on duty. After I thanked him, I dared not stay for long. The next day I wanted to go out of the city, but those people were actually checking at the gate of the city. I had nowhere to go, so I had to go back to Uncle Wang.”

"Uncle Wang has a lame leg. He is the only one in the family. It's safe for me to hide with him. But those people have been searching in the city. I can't leave for a while, so I can only tell the matter to Uncle Wang. He didn't say anything, just took me in."

"I hid in Uncle Wang's place for almost a year. Unexpectedly, last month, Uncle Wang was very happy one night. He came back and asked me if I wanted to take revenge. I naturally said yes. So Uncle Wang hid me in the barrel outside the city Zhong escaped the search, sent me out of the city, and then gave me a waist card and money, and asked me to go to Beijing to file a complaint with Fusi of Xiuyiwei North Town."

When Mu Xu heard this, he looked at Feng Ziying.Feng Ziying nodded, "Uncle Wang's name is Wang Bin, and his family has been worked on by us for generations. I just sent someone to reconnect with him last month."

Mu Xu nodded after listening to his explanation.Then he asked Li He, "What about the account books your father gave you?"

Li He showed embarrassment, "I was going to hide in the water that day. I was afraid that the account book would get wet, so I hid it under the rockery by the pond. I tried to retrieve it several times this year, but there were always people guarding it in the mansion. .”

After hearing what he said, Mu Xu didn't say a word, but asked his servants to arrange for him to live in his own mansion.Li He thought he didn't believe him, so he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "My lord, everything I said is true, if there is any deception, let me die with a thunderbolt."

Mu Xu helped him up and comforted him, "It's not that I don't believe you, it's just such a big matter, I have to report it to the emperor personally. Don't worry, if it's true, the emperor will avenge your family." After listening to his words, Only then did Li He feel at ease and follow his servants down to rest.

(End of this chapter)