Sick Man Turns Out to be a General

After arranging for Xu Yanlin and his to stay at the Pure Wind House on the west side, Shen Gui pulled his daughter into the study room and lectured his in a heavy tone: "Peony, do you know what you're doing?"    

    

"What did I do?" Shen Mudan sat on the chair made out of Pear Blossom Tree and revealed a puzzled expression.    

    

"You still dare to ask? It's not like you don't know what's going on with our family. How could you dare to let two people who don't know anything in here?" Shen Gui really wanted to pry open her head and see what was inside. Seeing that he was about to succeed, he did not want to make any mistakes.    

    

"Isn't it just the rich merchants and their followers from Jincheng who wanted to find two corpses to throw them into the river outside the city, so that they can pretend that the bandits were plotting against them?" Without even thinking, Shen Mudan had already made arrangements for the road ahead. She slowly drank a cup of tea and couldn't help but feel angry when she saw Shen Gui's face full of worry. She put down her teacup and said, "Father, what are you worried about? The entire Qing Yang is under our control, how can they turn the sky upside down? "    

    

Shen Mudan snorted in disdain, his face had a complacent smile.    

    

"What do you know? If they are spies sent by the higher-ups and find out about our family's situation, then we are finished. " Shen Gui said cautiously.    

    

Shen Mudan really couldn't stand her father's cowardly look, and immediately mocked sarcastically: "Father, you are someone who will do great things in the future, what can you do if you act so timidly? Sooner or later, their Great Yan Dynasty would belong to an emperor, so what if they were spies? Can they safely walk out of our Shen Family? "    

    

Their Shen Family were heavily guarded, and they also had the Gate of Wonder's Escape Armor's maze. How could it be so easy to enter? If he wanted to find out more, he would have to see if he had the right to do so.    

    

Shen Gui's lips moved, he still wanted to say something, but Shen Mudan waved his hands impatiently, "Alright, I will take care of this matter, you don't need to worry about it."    

    

"Then you have to be careful. Don't let others take advantage of you."    

    

"Got it." Shen Mudan replied impatiently as he got up and left.    

    

Hearing the sound of the door opening, a figure quickly flashed out of the window and headed towards the northwest wing room as fast as lightning.    

    

Mu Chen returned to the Pure Wind Pavilion, lifted the hanging pearl curtain and looked through the screen to see Xu Yanlin sitting on the bed playing chess. When he came in, he said indifferently, "I'm back, did you manage to find out anything?"    

    

The moment he finished speaking, he heard rustling noises coming from outside. Xu Yanlin and Mu Chen looked at each other for a moment, then got up and walked out.    

    

He walked back and forth on patrol, his security extremely tight. Xu Yanlin raised his eyebrows, and turned to ask Mu Chen with his eyes: Did you get caught eavesdropping just now?    

    

Impossible. Mu Chen looked back at him.    

    

If it wasn't for Mu Chen being discovered while eavesdropping, then why did he strengthen the guards here?    

    

"Sir Lin, did we disturb you two?" Shen Mudan twisted his waist and walked over with a bewitching posture.    

    

"Miss Shen, this is …" Xu Yanlin glanced at the guards who were patrolling around, "What does that mean?"    

    

"Sir Lin, please do not worry. In order to ensure Sir Lin's safety, we must strengthen our guards."    

    

Whether it was to protect him or to imprison him, that was hard to say.    

    

Xu Yanlin laughed, "Then I'll have to thank Miss Shen."    

    

"You and I have no need to be polite." Shen Mudan said ambiguously, his eyes glaring at Xu Yanlin.    

    

No, no, no, you and I have to be polite.    

    

Xu Yanlin was very gloomy in his heart, could it be that this Miss Shen had fallen for him too?    

    

"You should go back and rest." After Mu Chen said this, he directly reached out and dragged Xu Yanlin inside, closing the gate of the courtyard smoothly and refusing to let Shen Mudan who was about to follow him out.    

    

After eating the closed door, Shen Mudan's face was filled with black Qi, maidservant by the side saw that, and immediately asked: "Young miss, who do you plan on having to serve tonight?"    

    

"Have them all come." Shen Mudan was filled with anger. He angrily flung his sleeves and walked back to his peony garden with his butt twisted.    

    

"Yes." "Yes." Cui Zhu lowered her head and respectfully responded.    

    

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"Stay away from Shen Mudan, that woman is even more ruthless than him." Seeing that no one had barged in, Mu Chen released the hand that was holding onto Xu Yanlin's clothes.    

    

"What do you mean?" Xu Yanlin pulled at his wrinkled clothes and asked.    

    

Mu Chen's gaze went past him and looked towards the door behind him. He raised his head, noticed his gaze, and used his lips to speak.    

    

"Let's go in. It's cold outside."    

    

Xu Yanlin watched as Mu Chen smiled and took off her robe and draped it over his body. He wrapped her arms around his shoulders and helped him enter the room intimately.    

    

His eyes were wide opened as he looked at Mu Chen who was smiling. His head was spinning and he felt like he was in a fantasy.    

    

The autumn night was cold, and the slightly cold wind blew gently. The blooming osmanthus flowers swayed in the wind, and a light and elegant fragrance wafted in the air. It was as if it could intoxicate a person.    

    

Mu Chen reached out to brush away the light yellow little flowers that were on his shoulder, then leaned close and whispered into his ear.    

    

Xu Yanlin frowned, he raised his head and glanced at Mu Chen, the other party's expression was natural, the smile on the corner of his mouth was so gentle that it could bored someone to death, he could not help but exclaim, Mu Shisi was also a powerful acting technique.    

    

"Fourteen, you have to think carefully about today's matter. After following Miss Shen, you will be able to live a life free of worries and will no longer have to work so hard." he urged with mock goodwill.    

    

"I won't trouble young master to worry about that."    

    

Using a bit more strength in his hands, Xu Yanlin almost cried out in pain. Mu Shisi was really stingy.    

    

"You have followed me for so many years, I naturally hope that you will have a good home." He gritted his teeth.    

    

"Don't worry Young Master, I have a good home to return to." He smiled at him. The affection in his eyes seemed to be able to melt thousands of miles of ice and snow.    

    

Xu Yanlin was terrified, goosebumps fell all over his body.    

    

Once inside, Xu Yanlin immediately flung Mu Chen's hand away and hurriedly distanced himself from him, "Mu Shisi, what's wrong with you? Is the spirit coming up? "    

    

If she suddenly showed him her deep love, he would be scared to death.    

    

Mu Chen shot a glance at him, and ignored his anxious expression, as he sat down on a chair made out of rosewood. He then poured himself a cup of tea, dipped his hand in the tea, and wrote a few words on the table.    

    

The Shen Family, the Emperor, was plotting against him.    

    

Xu Yanlin was shocked. He looked around cautiously and asked in a low voice, "What did you hear?"    

    

Mu Chen went closer and whispered in his ear, "The Shen Family may be colluding with some prince or prince."    

    

"They're planning to rebel?" Xu Yanlin thought about it, and felt that there were some things that did not make sense, "Shen Mudan said that she is a princess, could it be that her Shen Family is conspiring against his?"    

    

It was possible. Mu Chen thought about the Shen Family Big House that he had seen earlier in the day. It was grand, complicated even as it was carved in the shadows with dragons and phoenixes.    

    

"When will your people arrive?"    

    

"Do you mean follow me? "He should be in Qingyang City by now." He was a bodyguard his father had arranged for him. He had a calm personality, and his father trusted him for what he had done.    

    

"Tell him to go look for Shen Gui. If he doesn't have enough manpower, tell him to send a letter to the Northwest Army to give Han Feng or the Qilin. They will help."    

    

Xu Yanlin nodded, "Alright, I understand."    

    

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Night fell.    

    

Mu Chen avoided the heavily guarded compound and quietly sneaked into Shen Gui's courtyard.    

    

In the huge courtyard, only Shen Gui's room was still lit, the candles were blown about by the wind, a slightly fat figure was walking around continuously, Mu Chen quietly approached and poked a hole in the window, peeking inside.    

    

"What's the progress of the task I asked you to do?" Shen Gui stopped his pacing and asked the man who was drinking tea leisurely.    

    

"I have prepared both the troops and the weapons." A voice that sounded like a man's and a woman's voice had an alluring charm to it, "I wonder when you're going to take action?"    

    

"I'm not in a hurry." Shen Gui sat down and poured himself a cup of tea, "Soong Wei was called back to the capital, and has not returned, I'm worried that something might have happened."    

    

"What can happen?"    

    

"What else could it be?" Shen Gui shouted at him in a bad mood, "Didn't you say that your poison was foolproof and could definitely poison Mu Chen to death? But why is he still alive? "    

    

The expression on the man's face changed slightly as he admitted straightforwardly, "I underestimated him."    

    

"I'm afraid you've overestimated yourself." Shen Gui snorted in dissatisfaction, "If Mu Chen didn't die, then whatever, why didn't Soong Wei take down the Northwest Armies? As long as we take down the Northwest Armies, our plan will be foolproof. "    

    

"Then you still have to see if Soong Wei has the ability? If there is no capable person in the Northwest Army other than Mu Chen, then they will not be called the Northwest Army. "    

    

"Then let those people die."    

    

The man looked at Shen Gui in disdain, "You don't have to worry about this. You just have to take care of the princess.    

    

At the mention of Shen Mudan, Shen Gui's face was once again filled with grief. He could not help but complain: "The Princess has recently taken a fancy to two more people, and is a rich merchant from Jincheng, a sloppy young master. I'm worried that if anything happens to him in Qingyang City, his family will come over and cause trouble, what if..."    

    

"It's good as long as the princess is happy. If anything happens to her, we'll settle it the same way we did before."    

    

Princess, what exactly is Shen Mudan's identity? Why did he feel that even Shen Gui was being so respectful to her? Aren't they father and daughter?    

    

When Mu Chen heard here, the corners of his mouth curled up in suspicion. As if he had just arrived, he quietly left Shen Gui's courtyard.    

    

Xu Yanlin was in his room reading a book when he suddenly saw a black shadow flash in. He quickly put down his book, opened the pearl curtain and walked out.    

    

"You haven't been discovered, have you?" He went out and looked around, then quickly closed the door and entered.    

    

Mu Chen shook his head and sat in the armchair, Xu Yanlin poured him a cup of cold tea and said: "Drink some water, calm down."    

    

"Shen Gui is secretly recruiting."    

    

With his previous guesses, Xu Yanlin was no longer that surprised. He slightly retracted his black eyes, and said in a heavy voice: "This matter must be notified to the Duke." Furthermore, the faster the better. I must let the Duke be fully prepared before Shen Gui takes action; otherwise, his Great Yan Dynasty will become extremely dangerous.