104. You say, who am I?(2/3)
Li Xiaotian would not protect Mu Yan and would not uphold justice for Mu Yan, so he certainly did not want to see the Su family intervene in this marriage at this time. Even though Mu Yan is Su Zheng's granddaughter, Li Xiaotian hopes to see the Su family's attitude is to put the emperor's destiny first.
Su Qi doesn't have much to do with Mu Yan, because in the eyes of those men in power, she is just a wild girl and can't control anything. But if Su Zheng and Su Ji blatantly expressed their special concern to Mu Yan, the one in the palace should be unhappy.
To put it bluntly, Li Xiaotian hopes that Mu Yan’s fate will be decided entirely by Xiao Xinghan. This is also his test of Xiao Xinghan and no one else is allowed to interfere.
Su Qi hopes that Mu Yan will see Su Zheng, and she goes there secretly. She knows the current situation.
"Cousin, I originally planned to sneak out to find you later, but who knew you were here first." Mu Yan's lips curled slightly.
"Then let's go." Su Qi pulled Mu Yan and said, "Grandpa really wanted to see you. He saw you in the palace yesterday, and he didn't say a word. When he came back, he didn't close his eyes all night."
"Wait a minute, let me prepare." Just in case, Mu Yan changed into men's clothing, put on a Qianying mask, and became "Yan Qing". When walking outside like this, even if someone is targeted, there is no danger of being exposed.
"Do you still have this treasure?" Su Qi stared at Mu Yan's Qianying Mask with bright eyes, and was very moved.
"There was one more person I just gave him away before you came." Mu Yan said with a slight hint of her lips.
"I always want to beat you up." Su Qi rubbed Mu Yan's head and said.
Mu Yan asked Ling Shuang and Qingxue to guard the gate here like yesterday, and then she secretly left the inn. Su Qi, who walked in from the main entrance of the inn, left and went home openly.
Prime Minister Su’s Mansion, Ronghua Hall.
Su Ji went to Dongyang Kingdom a few days ago. Now after he comes back, there are many official duties that need to be handled, and he is not in the mansion today. Su Zheng is focused in his study and writes. The girl on the paper is exactly the Mu Yan he saw in the palace last night.
"Grandpa."
An unfamiliar voice sounded behind her, and Su Zheng suddenly turned around and looked at the girl who appeared in the room at some point, with a slightly excited expression.
Mu Yan arrived first, Su Qi had not come back yet. When Mu Yan came in, Su Zheng was focusing on painting and did not notice her. She took off the mask of Qianying on her face, stood quietly behind, watching Su Zheng paint her portrait.
"Little Yan'er." Su Zheng stretched out his hand, thinking that Mu Yan would touch her little face like when she was a child, but he felt it was inappropriate and took his hand back, because the one standing in front of him at this time was no longer the weak and sickly little girl back then, but a graceful and elegant girl in Tsinghua University.
"It's a good painting, do you want to give it to me?" Mu Yan walked over and looked at Su Zheng's painting carefully. She spoke in a casual tone, which was not like the reunion of grandparents and grandchildren after a long separation. It was like she went home this morning. Mu Yan just didn't want to be too sensational, because this was actually the first time she saw Su Zheng. She was very unfamiliar with this old man and couldn't hold his head and cry with him.
"It's not for you." Su Zheng said lovingly as he looked at Mu Yan.
Mu Yan raised her eyebrows slightly: "Grandpa is so stingy!"
Su Zheng laughed: "What do you want your own portrait to do? Grandpa wants to keep it. You can take a look when you are not around."
"It's very reasonable." Mu Yan nodded slightly, sat down next to her, and said to Su Zheng, "Grandpa, my brother is in the Xiao Palace now, and his health has not fully recovered. Let him come to visit you in a few days."
"No hurry." Su Zheng shook his head slightly, "The most important thing is to get well as soon as possible. Grandpa knows that you are all filial and good kids."
"It seems that my grandfather is asking me for gifts. When we meet again after a long time, we come over empty-handedly. Doesn't it mean we are unfilial?" Mu Yan's lips curled slightly.
Su Zheng shook his head and laughed: "What are you saying, girl? Grandpa doesn't mean that."
"It's okay, this one can be there." After Mu Yan finished speaking, she took out a box from her sleeve and placed it in front of Su Zheng.
Su Zheng smiled and picked it up and opened it, looking a little surprised. There was a ring with gold and jade inside. It didn't look tacky, and the patterns and styles were very simple and elegant.
"Little Yan'er, grandpa can't use this thing." Su Zheng was very happy, but he did not have the habit of wearing a ring on weekdays.
"Wear it, you can kill people." Mu Yan said lightly.
Su Zheng's beard and hands shook at the same time, and almost threw the box away. Mu Yan got up and walked over, took Su Zheng's old hand, and put the ring on his thumb, which was just right.
"If my grandfather meets an assassin, touch the mechanism here and a poison needle will be shot out from it, and the throat will be sealed with blood. There will be three chances in total." Mu Yan said to Su Zheng with a serious expression.
Su Zheng looked at Mu Yan back and sat down, with a strange look. He stared at Mu Yan for a while, and then said meaningfully: "No wonder Aqi said you are a bastard."
Mu Yan smiled: "No need to thank you."
Su Zheng also smiled, feeling that this granddaughter who had been reunited for a long time seemed to have become a different person, unique and very unique, and he liked it very much. As for this ring-hidden weapon, Su Zheng did not think he had a chance to use it, but he would always wear it because this was Mu Yan's wish.
"Grandpa, is my little cousin here?" Su Qiren's voice arrived first before she arrived.
When Su Qi entered the room, she found that Su Zheng was the only one in the room. She frowned slightly: "Was that bastard girl lying to me? She should have arrived long ago!"
Su Zheng sighed slightly: "Aqi, forget it."
"Grandpa, don't be sad. I'll beat her up when I turn around!" Su Qi said to Su Zheng with her fist.
"Cousin, don't talk big, you can't beat me at all."
Suddenly hearing the sound coming from above, Su Qi looked up and saw Mu Yan hanging herself on the beam of the roof in a very strange posture, looking down at her from a high point.
Su Qi looked at Su Zheng, and Su Zheng laughed: "Aqi, your martial arts skills are really not as good as Xiao Yan'er."
Su Qi was angry: "Okay, you guys! Let's play with me, right? Grandpa! You are indeed biased!"
Su Zheng nodded slightly: "Didn't Aqi say everything yesterday? When grandpa sees Xiao Yan'er, he won't like you anymore."
Su Qi looked at Mu Yan who was falling from the roof, turned around and left: "I'm sad! Don't stop me!"
"Aqi." Su Zheng called Su Qi.
Su Qi turned around in an instant and looked at Su Zheng with a stern face: "What are you asking me to do?"
"If Aqi wants to run away from home, remember to bring more thick clothes, it will be cold outside." Su Zheng looked at Su Qiyu and said earnestly.
Su Qi's face was so wonderful. Mu Yan was overjoyed by her side. When Su Qi rushed over to make a gesture to hit her, she hid behind Su Zheng flexibly, which made Su Qi's teeth itchy.
"Grandpa, why didn't I find out you're still joking?" Su Qi looked at Su Zheng and asked. She had sat down calmly at this moment and decided to keep a normal mind and not be played with by her grandfather and her cousin.
"Because grandpa is happy to see you all." Su Zheng looked at Su Qi, then at Mu Yan, smiling with a look of relief.
After a while, Mu Yan stood up and said she wanted to say goodbye. Su Zheng took out two ancient books and gave them to Mu Yan. The materials of the ancient books were similar to the medical books that Su Ji gave to Mu Yan a few days ago, and Mu Yan liked them very much.
"Grandpa, I'll go back first, come back another day." Mu Yan held two books and waved her hand at Su Zheng, and as soon as she finished speaking, the figure disappeared from Su Zheng.
"Grandpa, what do you think of your little cousin?" Su Qi asked Su Zheng.
Su Zheng nodded and shook his head: "She is very good, grandpa just feels a little guilty!"
"No," Su Qi said to Su Zheng, "The little cousin is very arrogant and has a very clear understanding of people and things. If she thinks that our Su family is sorry for her, she will not recognize us."
"Grandpa knows." Su Zheng sighed slightly, "I hope that their brother and sister will be safe and happy in the future."
"Yes." Su Qi said seriously.
After Mu Yan left Prime Minister Su's mansion, she secretly went to Prince Xiao's mansion.
Mu Yan went to see Mu Lin first. Mu Lin was still insisting on daily leg exercises. Although his progress was slow, he would get better bit by bit. Since he was able to stand up, Mu Lin was full of fighting spirit. His biggest thought was to quickly return to normal. He wanted to improve his strength and serve as a backer for his baby sister.
When Mu Yan met Old Man Cangsong again, he was not drinking, but in the most secret casting workshop in the Xiao Wang Mansion, he studied with his junior brothers how to create new weapons according to the several weapon design drawings that Mu Yan gave yesterday.
From the outside, this casting workshop is an indoor martial arts field with a large area, and you won’t find anything strange when you enter it. There is a very hidden mechanism in the martial arts field, which can open a secret door and enter the real casting workshop. It is not underground, and it has sufficient light, which is very suitable for the four old men.
This casting workshop was built secretly before the people from the Divine Soldier Sect came to the Xiao Palace. Xiao Xinghan ordered people to build it secretly. Now the messy objects pulled from Dongyang Kingdom are all placed inside. There is also a storage room filled with ore. Most of them were "snatched" by Xiao Xinghan from Murong Shu in Wushuang City and given to Mu Yan, and they were directly transported here secretly.
"Master, uncle." Mu Yan's voice sounded, and the four old men happily approached her.
Old man Cangsong hugged Mu Yan's shoulder and said, "Good disciple, how do you think about this place?"
"It's not bad." Mu Yan glanced around and saw that Senior Brother Cangwei was thrusting with iron shirt at this moment. Cangwei was an abandoned baby picked up by four old men and raised them together. He is very honest and kind-hearted, and has always worked hard and taken care of the four old men as their own fathers. He is so nice to Mu Yan, the junior sister.
"Master, where is Dugu Ao?" Mu Yan looked at the old man Cangsong and asked. The other three old men continued to study the drawings now. They heard every word and every word, as if they were about to start arguing.
"That stupid boy? He's not dead!" Old man Cangsong recalled, "That bad boy is very hard. He uses all the things we can use, but he still can't pry his mouth open! He threw him into the cellar!"
"Master, when did you throw him into the cellar?" Mu Yan looked at Old Man Cangsong inexplicably and asked. Why does it feel like it is not the recent thing? Old Man Cangsong still needs to think about it...
"The day before yesterday... it seems three days ago? I can't remember it!" Old Man Cang Song slapped his forehead and said.
Mu Yan held his forehead: "Where is the cellar?"
"It's not a cellar, it's the well in the yard. I don't know if there is water in the well as a teacher..." Old man Cangsong said, touching his messy beard.
After the old man Cangsong finished speaking, Mu Yan had already disappeared from him. The old man Cangsong muttered: "That kid is so hard that he will definitely not die..."
As old man Cangsong said, Dugu Ao's bones were too hard and he was indeed not dead, but he only breathed a sigh of relief.
A few days ago, the four old men tried their best torture Dugu Ao to death, but still did not let Dugu Ao say a word. The four old men were annoyed. Old man Cangsong kicked Dugu Ao into the well. At that time, he also said that Dugu Ao should be sober down there. Later... the four old men forgot Dugu Ao...
It has been four days since Dugu Ao fell into the well, and he was already half dead when he fell into the well. He had not had a drop of water in these four days, and now he has already vented more and has less vented.
There was no water in the well. Mu Yan took Dugu Ao out of the well, took out a bottle of medicine from the purse, poured out a pill, broke Dugu Ao's mouth and stuffed it in.
"lady."
Qingmu's voice sounded not far away. Mu Yan frowned slightly, glanced at Dugu Ao on the ground, turned to Qingmu and said, "Take Dugu Ao to find Xiao Hanhan and tell him that I want Dugu Ao to live."
Hearing Mu Yan's name to Xiao Xinghan, Qingmu couldn't help but smile, then quickly put it back, lifted Dugu Ao on the ground, and left quickly.
Mu Yan sighed slightly. She and Dugu Ao didn't have much grudge. To put it bluntly, it was because their master had a grudge, so they had an intersection. Dugu Ao could not die yet because the Yin clan hiding in the dark had not been found yet. The Yin clan has been lying dormant in search of descendants of the Divine Soldier Sect and the Divine Soldier Order. If they can't take the lead, finding them first will sooner or later will be a disaster.
Mu Yan asked Mo Qingchen to pretend to be Dugu Ao, with only one purpose, to attract the people behind Dugu Ao. This is the only effective method at present, but there are naturally risks. Because the sky-high reward order issued by Dongfang Che, once the name Dugu Ao reappears, it will attract the pursuit of masters from all over the world.
Mu Yan was thinking about Mo Qingchen, and when she turned around, she saw a figure flashing by.
"Xiao Tian'er, get out!"
After Mu Yan finished speaking, Mo Qingchen flashed out of the corner of the wall, stood in front of Mu Yan with his head down, and said weakly: "Master, is my outfit okay?"
Mo Qingchen had already disguised himself as Dugu Ao as Mu Yan's instructions, and his outfit was exactly the same as Dugu Ao, and he was holding Dugu Ao's sword in his hand.
"Not bad." Mu Yan nodded slightly.
"Master, what should I do next?" Mo Qingchen felt so panicked. Now all the experts who are short of money in the world are looking for Dugu Ao. If he wants to make a big profit, once he appears as Dugu Ao, he will be a fat sheep that everyone wants to kill. Mo Qingchen is still self-aware of his strength. He has excellent light skills and average martial arts skills. When he encounters someone who is similar in strength or who is not much higher than him, he can easily get out, but once he meets a real master, he will be in a tragedy.
"Next, you go to the street and shout, saying that you are Dugu Ao." Mu Yan said with a smile.
To be continued...