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On the small path in the forest, a young man with simple and untidy clothes was carrying a long cloth bag on his back, holding onto the reins loosely in his hand. The snow-white haired mount obediently followed behind him, following its master with its long and slender legs.

The young man held half a piece of cake in his right hand and chewed it from time to time. Compared to eating, it was more like a snack to pass the time.

After finishing the biscuit in his hand in half an hour, the young man let go of the horse's reins and patted the crumbs off his hands. He turned around and cupped his fist: "Sir, you have followed me for so long, so why have you come here?"

It was almost impossible to hide in the almost wilted branches of the trees. But as the youth spoke, the branches of a tree shook and a grey shadow landed. It knelt down ten steps away from the youth and said, "Greetings Fourth Young Master. Greetings Fourth Young Master."

Mo Zhi was startled, "You... "Who is it?"

"Subordinate palace wickedness." Gong Du maintained his kneeling posture and raised his head so that he could clearly see his face, "This subordinate has followed Second Young Master's orders to secretly protect Fourth Young Master, and indicated that he did not show himself. This subordinate does not have any intention to hide. I'm afraid that I might have disturbed Fourth Young Master, and I hope that you can forgive me. "

Mo Zhike's eyes fell on the whip wrapped around his waist and asked, "Can you show me your 'drunken fanatic'?"

Gongzi was startled. He shook his sleeves and took the black whip into his hands. He held it with both hands and said, "Fourth Young Master, be careful of the poison on it."

Mo Zhike found it funny and asked, "You're giving me your weapon so easily?"

"The Fourth Young Master is the master, so this subordinate should unconditionally obey your orders."

Mo Zhi laughed, "Put away your whip, no need to stand on ceremony."

Gongzi put away his whip and stood up. He wasn't overly reserved, but he also stood with his hands hanging by his sides, as if he was waiting for his orders.

Mo Zhi looked at the bright sky and asked, "Is Drifting Water not here?"

Gongzi roughly understood what he meant, and couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, "We were separated by Young Master." After thinking about it for a moment, he felt that what he said was inappropriate, so he added, "Young Master hopes that we can try to split up and execute the mission. So, the only one who came here is me. Qian Jin went on another mission."

Mo Zhi asked, "Young Master?"

"It's the current master of the Poison Wine Hall. He has a cooperative relationship with the Second Young Master."

Mo Zhike quickly asked: "What about big brother? Is he with second brother? "

Gong Tianlang wrinkled his brows in a slightly awkward manner: "Fourth Young Master, you have been separated for twelve years, I do not know how to answer this question."

Mo Zhike sighed, and looked around, "There is also no one here, it's getting late, we won't be able to reach the nearest inn. If you don't mind, we'll rest here for the night, and then you can tell me what happened.

Gong Tiexin nodded his head: "This subordinate has no objections, I'll leave it to Fourth Young Master to decide."

Mo Zhike patted the horse's back, and let it graze nearby, then looked towards Gong Tianqiang: "Just say what you can, if it's not convenient to say it, I won't trouble you."

"Understood." Gong Ni nodded his head to show that he understood, but when he saw Mo Qianni's worry and anticipation, he didn't waste any more time, "As far as I know, the two young masters fled together during the chaos in the Puppet Palace, and they were together all the time. Later on, the pursuers from the Puppet Palace caught up to them. The two young masters ran into the mansion in a panic and kidnapped Young Lord Qi. It was unknown what kind of agreement they had reached, but the Qi King had helped the young master create a new identity and sent him into the army to avoid being hunted down. The second young master's body was weak and he was not qualified to join the army, so he was locked up in the inner court. "Later on, Eldest Young Master came back from the battlefield and even performed a meritorious deed. Under the interference of the Qi King, he was conferred the title of Marquis without a feudal fiefdom. He could be considered as incomparably carefree."

Mo Zhi asked, "What about now?"

Gong Tianxuan shook his head, "I'm not too sure either. I only know that the two young masters are together and that they will pass through Feng Yunxuan when they need me. The rest of the time, they have no contact with me."

Mo Zhike nodded silently, seemingly a little sad, but also slightly relieved. After calming himself down a bit, he asked again, "Second Brother told me to return to the Puppet Palace, but didn't let me and Third Brother talk about him meeting me. Do you know the reason?"

Gongzi hesitated for a moment, then pursed his lips: "Forgive this subordinate, Zang Yue, but I want to ask Fourth Young Master a question: if you have to choose between the Eldest Young Master, Second Young Master, and the Third Young Master, who would you choose?"

Mo Zhike's pupils shrank, and her eyes darkened, "Do you know what you are asking about?"

Gong Tianxiong kneeled down: "If Fourth Young Master wants to know the question you just asked, this subordinate needs to know your answer."

Mo Zhi coughed, "Then tell me the reason why you want me to choose."

"Because Third Young Master has been staying in the Puppet Palace the entire time," he replied in a very calm voice.

Mo Zhi's eyes glazed over for a moment.

"Cough, listen. You have to personally deliver this box into the hands of your big brother and also hide it from your third brother, understand? "

"What your father said was to give it to your brother when necessary. If your big brother is no longer here, leave him to the one of you who isn't in the Puppet Palace. If you are all in the Puppet Palace, open the box. Inside the box is a letter that you left for me.

Mo Zhike muttered to himself, "Why? He would rather believe someone without a bloodline than believe third brother … "Is that so?"

Gong Tianni didn't hear him clearly, he looked at him inquiringly: "Fourth Young Master, what did you say?"

Mo Zhike looked at him and spoke word by word, "Tell me, why do you not trust the third brother who was left behind in the Puppet Palace?"

Gongzi's gaze struggled, and still chose to reply after a long while: "Because the death of Asgard Mistress was caused by someone close, and we are not clear who that person was. Even the Third Young Master might be affected by that traitor, and thus be able to do things that go against the will of the Palace Master. "

"Someone close to you? Traitor? " Mo Zhi was puzzled, "Isn't it just second uncle? Isn't it Lu Chuhan? "

Gongzi continued, "This subordinate isn't sure, but before the Asgard Master died, she did send a secret letter to my master, ordering us to withdraw from the Puppet Palace. And this traitor is not among the Palace Masters. "

Mo Zhike asked, "Maybe my father believed Lu Chuhan too much?"

"This is second young master's order. This subordinate has no intention of speculating further."

Mo Zhi clenched his fists and slowly loosened his fingers, "Alright, I understand, I will believe second brother. As long as my second brother's words conflict with third brother's, I will definitely choose to listen to my brother's orders. "

Gong Jue looked at him in surprise: "Is Fourth Young Master serious?"

Mo Zhike smiled faintly, "I only have three elder brothers and my master. Since you must choose, then I will listen to Master. "

Although Gong Tieshan didn't exactly listen to him, it was enough to get the desired result. "Thank you, Fourth Young Master, for understanding."

Mo Zhike sighed lightly, "Now can you tell me why second brother wants me to go back? Since all of you are worried about traitors in the Puppet Palace, why should I go back? You don't want me to look at third brother, right? "

Gong Du smiled awkwardly, "Of course not. It's just that the undercurrents in the martial arts world are still roiling. Since the war has started, Second Young Master is worried that it won't be safe for you to be out there alone. The Puppet Palace at least had the Palace Master's old tribe, as well as the Third Young Master and Master Tang, so it was undoubtedly the safest place. The Puppet Palace has just changed hands, and its foundations are unstable. With Fourth Young Master here, the pressure on the Third Young Master to take charge of the Puppet Palace will be greatly reduced. "

Mo Zhike nodded, and then asked, "Then when second brother sent you here, did you bring anything else for me?"

Gongzi touched his chest for a long time before he took out a cloth bag and carefully handed it to him. "This one."

Mo Zhi was startled, seeing his movements being so careful, he also carefully received it. The cloth bag was opened. Inside were two letters and a purse.

There were a few butterflies embroidered on a light green satin surface. On the back, there were four words embroidered: "Hold Jin Hueyu".

This... Mo Zhi's eyes went dark, he quickly supported himself on the tree to stabilize his body, but his chest was once again in pain.

"Mom, what are you reading?" A six or seven year old child climbed up while hugging the arm of the young woman on the chair. He pointed at the almost finished bag and asked with a tender voice. His watery eyes were embedded in his white face, making him look really adorable.

"Stupid!" Say 'Yu'! " The other one looked almost identical to him, only a little taller than him but had a serious look on his face, "Holding Jin Huaiyu, our daddy's Jin is Zhou Gongjin's Jin, and this Yu is Zhou Gongjin's famous name! "Look at you, it's really … lonely …" However, he did not say it out loud. He turned around to ask for help, looking at the youth fighting the crickets, "Second brother, why do you say that word?"

The youngster shifted his gaze from the cricket to his younger brother, asking lazily, "Which word?"

"The one that described how he was short-sighted!" The short and short finger pointed at the wronged little brother beside him.

The young man squinted at his youngest brother. "Short-sighted, eccentric, beholder as a bean, hound as a dog, cicada unaware of the snow …" "Yes, which one are you asking?"

The little one heard this and felt like crying. Although she had never heard of it before, she definitely wasn't praising her words. The older one was also stunned and pouted. "Second Brother is bullying me again. It's not these, it's the one that was told to me last time!"

"Oh!" I'm praising you for that? " The youth had a look of realization on his face, "Isn't it just being ignorant and ignorant? Why didn't you say so earlier? "

The two little lumps immediately became angry. They turned around and ran towards the young woman as they called out to her, "Mother!"

The beautiful woman, who had been looking on with a smile, could only scold him seriously, "As a brother, can't you have a good appearance? What's wrong with bullying your little brother? "

The teenager shrugged. "Mother should be biased towards them. They were obviously the ones who asked me. Teach your brother how to learn more. Isn't this brother a good idea? "

The beautiful lady jokingly scolded, "Forcing logic."

The young man added in a serious tone: "Besides, I don't bully my younger brother, do you want me to bully my older brother? Do you think that he ate two more years of rice than me for nothing? It's hard to tell if they're cotton or my brother just by sitting on the ground. Your eldest son's meals are all used for growing up. "

The beautiful woman was just about to open her mouth, but then closed it again and looked behind the young man. She pursed her lips and smiled.

The youth sensed that something was wrong and hurriedly turned around, but he was still a step too late. A shadow cast down, and the somewhat cold fingers pinched her own cheeks. She lightly pulled at it and said with a laugh, "Why? "He also said that his brothers are like cotton?"

The group of people, whose faces were full of unhappiness and were wrinkling their noses, turned tears into smiles as they saw the person who had arrived. They pounced on him, "Daddy!"