Sick Man Turns Out to be a General

4Mu Yu sat in his study room and organized the accounts for the past half year. All the land, manors, and shops in his house were stacked together, and he had already been reading over a dozen thick books for quite a few days.    4

    

Usually, his mother would do the accounting, but a few days ago, he paid a thousand taels of silver in the accounting office before realizing how casual his mother's auditing was. She did not even ask about the loss of five thousand taels of silver in the first half of the year.    

    

However, checking the account books was really complicated. After looking at it for a few days, he felt dizzy and dizzy. Even when he slept, he dreamt of a bunch of numbers.    

    

"Big brother …" Mu Ke knocked on the door, then entered the study with his back bent, "Big brother, are you there?"    

    

Mu Yu raised his head from the pile of account books and saw Mu Ke sneaking in like a thief. He frowned, "Mu Ke, what are you doing?"    

    

Mu Ke looked outside, closed the door, and walked in front of Mu Yu, "Big Brother, I heard that Second Brother has been captured in the cold wind, will that affect you?"    

    

"Second brother?"    

    

"Mu Chen." Mu Ke reminded him, "The cold wind was taken from Second Brother's residence, will Second Brother suffer continuously?"    

    

"You can't even connect your crimes to our family, don't worry." Thinking that Mu Ke was worried about his Marquis Zhen Yuan Mansion being linked, Mu Yu replied with an expressionless face and continued to read the account book.    

    

They thought that Mu Ke was just worried about Mu Chen, which was why they came over to find out more about him.    

    

Mu Ke saw that Mu Yu's black face was not looking at him, and did not understand why he was angry, "Big brother, what do you mean by this? Don't you care about second brother? "    

    

Mu Yu abruptly put down the account book, raised his head and looked at him, "What exactly do you want to do with this matter? He will take care of Zi An's matters by himself, and he will definitely not implicate our family. "    

    

Mu Ke unhappily pouted, "Big brother, I am just worried about Second Brother."    

    

"Everything's fine. Why are you suddenly worried about him?"    

    

Mu Ke was rendered speechless. He stared at Mu Yu for a good while, then suddenly sighed and pulled a chair to sit down, "Yesterday, when I was being held up by Lin Ruo Feng, I met second brother, second brother helped me out."    

    

"So you want to repay kindness with hatred?" Mu Yu replied unhappily.    

    

Mu Ke revealed a very embarrassed expression, and said gloomily: "Big brother, in your heart, am I such a despicable person?"    

    

Mu Yu nodded his head, dipped his finger in the red ink and drew a line on the page of the account book.    

    

Mu Ke suddenly felt that his life was a failure, even his big brother who normally doted on him the most felt that his heart was filled with malice.    

    

"Big Brother, tell me honestly, will Second Brother be implicated?"    

    

"So what? "So what if I don't?"    

    

"If so, I will go and ask my grandmother to help second brother. This will be considered repaying second brother's favor." Although he was under the influence of his mother and was not too friendly towards Mu Chen and Mu Jin when he was a child, he would not kill the fact that Mu Chen had helped him out.    

    

Mu Yu raised his head and looked at his brother doubtfully. After a long while, he said, "It's enough for you to have this kind of heart. Zi An will not count on you to help him in any way."    

    

Hearing this, Mu Ke frowned unhappily. What do you mean don't count on him? Where did he not do well? If his grandmother doted on him so much, she would surely agree to his request, and since she was on such good terms with the Empress Dowager, it would be easy for her to do so.    

    

He crossed his arms in front of his chest and sulked for a long time, then sneaked a glance at Mu Yu, and asked: "Big brother, Mother always said that Mu Jin is a bastard, and not Father's child. That woman was also not a good person, robbing the position of mother's official wife, and even pretended to be magnanimous, causing Mother and us siblings to suffer grievances. Why did you treat Second Brother and Mu Jin so well?"    

    

Originally, with her status, she would have been able to become a legal wife, but at that time, the Marquis of Zhanyuan, Mu Yuanzhi, had already married the Yang family, and the Marquis of Xuanyuan definitely did not allow his son to divorce the Yang family, let alone seize the position of official wife of the Yang family. Even when the Dehui County Lord went to the Emperor and requested for the marriage, the Marquis was still so adamant, and even had not hesitated to have his title taken away.    

    

For the sake of a County Owner that wasn't too useful, the Emperor would definitely not do such an unworthwhile thing like losing a hard-working old official. He would let the Dehui County Lord marry him into the Marquis Zhen Yuan Mansion as a wife.    

    

Mu Yu raised his head, he had always felt that this little brother of his was unreliable when it came to killing the enemy, and had always used the method of harming himself, but now, it sounded like he was learning all these from his mother.    

    

"Third Brother, Fourth Brother, Second Sister, Third Sister's marriage isn't a good thing to talk about. It's probably because of this matter, right?" For such a shameful thing to happen in our house, it's hard to hide it away, and you're still shouting about it. Mu Yu smiled and looked at Mu Ke. That ridiculing gaze of his caused Mu Ke to feel a sense of fear, and as he held his hands, he was somewhat unable to continue speaking. Mu Yu laughed and continued to speak, "You said that First Mother stole the position of the principal wife of the Mother, but Grandfather has always believed that the First Mother was the main wife of the family. Mu Ke, you are no longer a child, you can't just listen to your mother. "    

    

That's right, that year, second sister only delayed the engagement until she was 18 years old, and that was because the news of the aunt stealing people had spread. Other people thought that the teaching of Marquis Zhen Yuan Mansion was not strict, and were not willing to marry their daughter.    

    

"There's no way mom doesn't understand those things. She probably thinks that she's been cheated and is getting too angry." Mu Ke subconsciously defended the Dehui County Lord.    

    

Mu Yu waved his hands, he was unwilling to continue entangling with him, "Regarding the matters of the previous generation, don't get involved with it anymore. If you want to marry a good family in the future, you will have to interact more with your second sister-in-law, and also walk around in the Western Mu Mansion. As a County Prince, Jinglee is familiar with the Crown Princess Jing, and knows a lot of people.    

    

Mu Ke's face fell when he heard the title of the Changning Marquis. He had personally witnessed the battle prowess of the Changning Marquis's wife, and even had a quarrel with the eldest daughter of the Changning Marquis.    

    

"You're lying. Mother loves me so much, so she wouldn't be willing to marry me into such a family." Mu Ke retorted.    

    

"Mother is indeed in pain, but her eyes are not good, if she had good eyes, would she have taken fancy to Ceng Wan'er? She would fall for Zheng Xiaofeng? Because Third Sister-in-Law Zheng Xiaofeng has caused quite a lot of trouble for Aunt Qing over the years. " Mu Yu shook his head, "Even if you don't want to communicate with Jinglee, don't go out and do whatever you want with him. Your reputation is not good to begin with, if you were to make it even worse, most probably no one in the capital would want you anymore."    

    

Mu Ke was a little angry at what Mu Yu had said. He glared at Mu Yu and revealed his ultimate goal, "Big brother, take me to second brother's house in the afternoon. I will go thank second brother for saving my life."    

    

Mu Ke was very pleased with his decision, he nodded his head and said, "After I finish looking through the account books, I will send someone to notify you."    

    

"..."    

    

At the same time …    

    

The prison in the capital was also surrounded by troops. The towering walls were very tall. Armored soldiers were standing with sabers in their hands. It was a very imposing scene. The scene was solemn, and the space was as quiet as if it was dead.    

    

The plain and simple carriage slowly moved forward. The gatekeeper only looked at the signboard that the coachman handed to him before respectfully placing the person inside.    

    

Mu Chen quietly sat in the horse carriage, and got off after reaching the main entrance. He stroked his clothes, and took the food that Shen Jingli had prepared, and nodded to the coachman, then walked in alone.    

    

As soon as they stepped through the door, the light dimmed. The sunlight from outside did not affect the gloomy atmosphere in the room. Occasionally, there would be some prisoners who would whisper to each other.    

    

"Damn it, I was wrong."    

    

"Save me, milord, save me …"    

    

"Hahahahaha."    

    

Hell on earth, nothing more.    

    

Mu Chen's footsteps did not stop as he walked inside. The smell of blood assaulted his nostrils, and the torture instruments that hung on the wall were stained with blood, releasing a terrifying glow. The dried blood on the ground became a ball as it spread out layer by layer.    

    

The ones being held outside had no status, and the crimes weren't serious. The deeper they went, the quieter it became.    

    

"General Mu, please wait."    

    

Two officials were respectfully standing in front of a table.    

    

General Mu nodded and walked over. The white cuffs embroidered with the golden auspicious cloud formed a stark contrast with the dark cell. He took out a token from his sleeve and said, "I want to see the cold wind."    

    

The two officials respectfully accepted the order badge, looked at it, and returned it to Mu Chen.    

    

"General Mu, this way please."    

    

The cold wind and Nan Jiyun were being held in an adjacent cell. In the small cell, the darkness was extremely depressing and only a ray of light could be felt from the small window. The room was covered with dark straw and in the corner, there was a straw mat for the criminals to sleep on.    

    

Nan Jiyun leaned against the cold wind and sat down in his cell, staring at the small window in a daze. He had lived for twenty-two years, but this was his first time in prison.    

    

"General Mu, this is the place." An official opened the door to the cold wind, accepted Mu Chen's tip and left.    

    

"General, why have you come?" When Cold Wind saw Mu Chen coming in, he stood up quickly.    

    

Mu Chen handed over the food in his hand, "Jinglee had someone prepare food for you, quickly eat it while it's still hot."    

    

The food in the cell was not much better than pig food. After they were locked in, they drank water a few times and ate nothing. They were already hungry, so when they heard that there was food, they quickly opened the boxes.    

    

"Cold Wind, pull a chicken leg for me." Nan Jiyun originally wanted to ask Mu Chen how he was doing, but seeing as he was eating, he felt that it would be better to eat until he was full.    

    

Nan Jiyun chewed on a chicken leg and then ate two steamed buns before he had the thought to ask: "How long are we going to stay here?"    

    

He didn't want to stay in this shitty place for even a second longer.    

    

Cold Wind reached out his hand and tugged at Nan Jiyun, "General, what does Your Highness plan to do?"    

    

"To lure the snake out of its cave." Mu Chen looked at the messy weeds, turned his head away disdainfully, and continued to stand.    

    

As the cold wind mulled over these four words, his eyes lit up. "Can we lure out the big snake?"    

    

"It's hard to say."    

    

"So we're going to stay here for a few more days?" "Then remember to get someone to send me food everyday. I want to eat bean curd pills in the afternoon, and that was what Jinglee told the kitchen to cook last time, called Flower Chicken. Remember that."    

    

Mu Chen nodded and continued to talk with the cold wind.