C32 Friend Visited

The next morning, Mu Chen and Mu Jin woke up early in the morning and prepared the offerings, yellow paper and incense. After breakfast, they led Shen Jingli up the mountain to pay their respects to the Mu Yang Family.

Only now did Shen Jingli suddenly remember that this was the first time he had gone to pay respects to Mu Shisi's mother ever since he had teleported here.

Mu Yang's grave was neatly cleaned. There was not a single blade of grass around, and pine trees were planted beside it. Fresh offerings were placed in front of the grave. From the looks of it, people often came to pay their respects.

Shen Jingli quietly glanced at Mu Chen, who calmly laid out the offerings, pulled Mu Jin down to his knees and kowtowed three times. Because Shen Jingli was pregnant with children, and was afraid that he would touch them, Shen Jingli only made him bow slightly three times, and let him stand at the side.

After doing all of this, Mu Chen pulled Shen Jingli along, and reported to the Mu Yang Family: "Mother, Jinglee is pregnant.

Being unmarried at such a young age had always been a sore point in the Mu Yang family. Especially since the Ceng family had sent someone to annul the engagement when Mu Chen was in trouble, it made the Mu Yang family feel even more sorry for their son.

Mu Jin secretly wiped away his tears. It was all his fault for not being able to make his mother suffer so much.

The latter's expression was very calm, like a pool of stagnant water. However, he knew that he definitely wouldn't feel good in his heart, it was just that he couldn't show it, and he still had to take care of Mu Jin and him.

After they paid their respects to the Mu Yang family, the family went down the mountain and returned home.

Perhaps because he thought of how his mother was too sad, Mu Jin did not pester Shen Jingli to cook delicacies, but instead shut him up in the house by himself.

Mu Chen sat on the Arhat Bed in the living room in a daze, Shen Jingli felt that he was depressed, so he went to the stove to bring hot water, and brewed a pot of tea for him.

"Drink some hot tea."

When a person licks his wounds by himself, the thing that he doesn't need is someone else's comfort. Shen Jingli wasn't good at comforting others either, so he just stood by the side, waiting for Mu Chen to take the initiative to pour out his heart.

Mu Chen pulled him down to a seat, looked at his slightly swollen legs, and asked: "Are you uncomfortable?"

Shen Jingli moved his feet, and replied: "It's not easy."

Mu Chen then took off his shoes, allowing him to sit inside. He placed both of her legs on his thighs and carefully helped him massage them.

Shen Jingli did not expect Mu Chen to do this. He first moved his leg uncomfortably, wanting to pull it back, but when Mu Chen saw that he was skinny, his strength was not small. It pressed firmly on him.

Mu Chen had obviously never done such a thing before. Even though he was rubbing and looking at Shen Jingli's expression, he was still forced to use too much strength and hurt him.

"Hey, be more serious. It hurts." Shen Jingli complained in dissatisfaction.

Seeing that he looked like he was about to explode, Mu Chen felt both angry and amused. Did he know that he was the first person in the world who had the luck to make him do all these, and he still dared to be picky?

Thinking about that, Mu Chen's movements became gentler, and more and more similar, causing Shen Jingli to groan in pain.

Not knowing if it was really too comfortable, Shen Jingli unknowingly fell asleep. Seeing that he was sleeping soundly, Mu Chen could not help but want to laugh. He took a blanket to cover him up, and then, Mu Chen took out a military manual and started reading.

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In the afternoon, this was the first time Shen Jingli saw someone visiting Mu Shisi.

He had just returned from a walk outside when he saw a group of soldiers escorting a man in white clothes into their house. The man walked in front with a calm and gentle smile on his face.

Shen Jingli was stunned by the words that he had spoken. He looked left and right, but he still could not recognize who the person in front of him was. Actually, he couldn't be blamed. The original owner was a timid person, he never dared to look people in the eye because he always hid fearfully when Mu Shisi came to visit him.

"Hello." It was so awkward, Shen Jingli laughed bitterly.

When Mu Chen heard the sound, he came out from the back room. Seeing the person, his mouth curved into a smile, and he laughed in a good mood, "Zhongping is here, come sit inside the house."

Xu Zhongping muttered to the soldier escorting him, and then followed Mu Chen into the house.

Shen Jingli watched with his mouth agape. Mu Shisi was actually smiling so happily just now, what was the relationship between the two of them?

Shen Jingli muttered in his heart as he went into the kitchen to brew a pot of tea for them. Since there were no snacks or snacks in the kitchen, Shen Jingli took a few Herbal Tea Eggs and prepared to serve himself with the red date cake.

After putting down the refreshments, Shen Jingli went into the kitchen to take the remaining red date cake, and went to visit the Sister-in-law Chen next door, leaving some space for them to talk.

When he was in front of Sister-in-law Chen's house, he saw a soldier talking to Sister-in-law Chen, as if he was asking for something. He did not go over, but took out a red date cake for Sister Tian and Xinmei who were sitting in front of the door to cool down.

"Ah, red date cake." Seeing the food, Xinmei jumped up happily and quickly threw a piece into her mouth.

Sister Tian glared at her sister in annoyance, and moved a rattan chair over to Shen Jingli, "Uncle Shen, take a seat, my mother will be back in a while."

Just then, Chen Kang who was napping, woke up and started crying. Sister Tian called out to Sister-in-law Chen in a hurry, "Mother, little brother is crying."

The six month old Chen Kang was so fat and sturdy that the Sister Tian was unable to carry him. Thus, he could only sit on the bed and embrace his upper body as he coaxed him.

When Sister-in-law Chen heard his daughter's call, she hastily ended the conversation and ran back. When she saw his son's appearance, she knew that the child was hungry and quickly fed him.

Men and women were different, so Shen Jingli was not in a good position to be present. He just sat at the door and chatted with Xinmei casually.

After Sister-in-law Chen finished feeding the child, she asked Sister Tian to move the rattan chair over, and to sit beside Shen Jingli in the shade of the door and asked: "Shen, why are those people here again? Is your boss in charge of something else? "

"Sister-in-law, what are you talking about?" When did I ever do anything? " Mu Shisi was always sick, how could he have the strength to commit such a crime?

Seeing that Shen Jingli did not know anything, the Sister-in-law Chen was worried in his heart. He quickly pulled Shen Jingli along and said, "Shen, before you married over, you did not ask about the Mu Clan's situation, did you?"

Shen Jingli shook his head. The original owner had been sold here, his parents only valued silver.

"Actually, I don't know. It's just that back when the Mu Clan came to the village, they were escorted here by a large group of people. The villagers said that he committed a crime and was assigned by the higher-ups." Sister-in-law Chen stretched her neck out and looked outside, lowering her voice, "You may not know this, but people often come to the village to ask about your family. I heard that they are people from the nearby barracks, looking like vicious fiends."

Shen Jingli smacked his lips and did not make a sound. The origins of this Mu Shisi was even more complicated than he thought.

In the room, Xu Yanlin raised his teacup and took a sip of tea. With a frown, he asked: "Where's the good tea that I asked someone to bring from Jiangnan last time?"

"He took it to make the Herbal Tea Eggs." Mu Chen pointed to the Herbal Tea Eggs on the plate beside him, and could not help but laugh. Shen Jingli did not understand tea, and did not know the value of those tea leaves, so he did not feel any pain when using them.

"You are actually willing to part with it?" Xu Yanlin loved tea, that was famous! The good tea that he treasured, even good friends that were close to him would rarely drink it, yet he was actually willing to take it to make a tea egg?

"There's nothing to be reluctant about." At first, he thought it was a waste, but after seeing Shen Jingli produce the delicious food with his eyes shining, he felt that it didn't matter anymore.

Xu Yanlin was almost blinded by Mu Chen's smile. Oh my god, is this the Mu Shisi he knows? There was actually such a terrifying Fourteenth Master on the battlefield that even the barbarians of the north were afraid of … A gentle side?

Xu Yanlin felt that he might have seen the fake Mu Shisi.

"Zi An..."

"I opened a bookstore in Jincheng." Mu Chen cut him off, and he knew what he wanted to say. Honestly speaking, he couldn't understand his own emotions either, just like how he couldn't see through Shen Jingli.

Hearing that, Xu Yanlin's face sunk, Zi An was going to start moving?

"The prince is still in seclusion?" he reminded her.

The crown prince was reported to have secretly groomed his private army, he was planning to rebel, had his position as crown prince crippled, and was currently in the King Jing Residence to reflect on his mistake, was it not too early to make a move?

"I know." Mu Chen raised his teacup and took a sip, a tinge of evil appeared in the corner of his eyes, "I'll have my prince take the initiative to request a patrol in Lin Zhou."

Because of the matter of raising his private soldiers, although Yan Chenglee had been bestowed the title of a first grade prince, he did not have a place to stay.

Usually, he would not leave the capital, but with the printing press provided by Shen Jingli, he could not say for sure. Even though His Majesty was obsessed with beauty and the imperial government, he was not stupid enough to see the value of the printing press.

"Noble Consort Zheng would never agree." She had finally gotten the crown prince off her horse, so how could he allow him to develop her influence outside?

Mu Chen's mouth curved into a smile, and he laughed openly and confidently: "I'm afraid she doesn't care about these things."

Xu Yanlin looked at the smile on Mu Chen's mouth and felt a chill behind her back, he couldn't help but straighten her back, thinking, Noble Consort Zheng is also unlucky, even if Zi An did not participate in the competition, she would still try to push Zi An to the Crown Prince, it is simply stupid.

"It's good that you know what you're doing." Feeling a little hungry, Xu Yanlin picked up the Herbal Tea Eggs by the side and started to eat. Un, the taste was pretty good, one by one, very quickly, half of the pile of Herbal Tea Eggs were gone, "Zi An, I'll stay here for dinner today."

If it was in the past, he would definitely not stay behind, Mu Shisi was a criminal after all, although His Majesty was kind enough to spare him from working on the mines, but the family could not hire servants, so all the household chores had to be done by himself. The Mu family was an official's daughter, they were good at zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting, but they did not know a single thing about laundry or cooking.

"You're such a carefree prisoner." Mu Chen laughed, Xu Yanlin was different from him, because his body was not good, he was exempted from hard work, while Xu Yanlin was sent to the south side of the mine, to work.

"Thanks to you." He stood up and bowed. His expression was one of cynicism, but his tone was very sincere.

Mu Chen raised his eyebrows and declined to comment. In his heart, however, he acknowledged that the reason the Noble Consort Zheng and the rest were afraid of him was because they wanted the Tiger Tally in his hands.

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Note:

Xu Yanlin, word for word

Mu Chen, rank 14, also known as Mu Shisi