Text Chapter 2210 Self-Protection

In the pavilions and waterside pavilions of Sheng Mansion, smoke was curling from the incense burner next to a guqin, and Sheng Muxue was throwing food to the fish outside the pavilion.

"Where are the children?" Kou Yu walked out of the corridor quickly, grabbed Sheng Muxue's arm, and asked with a look of horror. Her beautiful face was already haggard.

How could she not be haggard? Except for her, all the members of the Kou family had died. There was no need to say whether she was sad or not. Now she was more in panic. When the Kou family was in power, they were powerful, but powerful also meant that there were people to offend everywhere. If the Kou family did not fall, naturally no one dared to touch her. Once the Kou family fell, the consequences could be imagined. No matter who sat on the throne in the end, this side was afraid that there would be no good end, just because she was the daughter of Kou Lingxu, and when she was rich, it was also because she was the daughter of Kou Lingxu.

Originally, this side was also summoned by the Kou family, but Sheng Muxue declined the excuse of being unwell. This was Sheng Muxue's usual excuse when avoiding right and wrong. The Kou family had gotten used to it over the years, so they just let this side go. Anyway, Sheng Muxue has always been like this. You can ask me for romance, eating, drinking and having fun, but you will refuse to ask me for serious matters. Don't ask me for fighting and killing, because I can't stand the sight of blood. No matter whether others laugh at me or not, I don't participate in any serious matters and don't make enemies with anyone. I have done a lot of things to help others and make friends. I have the family background to be a rich and idle person.

However, the result this time was far beyond our expectations. The Northern Army was defeated and the Kou family was destroyed!

Even Sheng Muxue didn't expect that the arrogant Kou family would collapse so quickly, so fast that it was unbelievable. The Kou family was gone just like that?

Once the Kou family fell, this side immediately fell into a huge crisis. Fortunately, they didn't follow the Kou family, so that the Sheng family escaped a disaster, at least temporarily saved their lives, otherwise they would really be buried with the Kou family.

Sheng Muxue patted the residue on his palm, turned around and stared at Kou Yu for a while, and said: "I have asked Uncle Sun to arrange for the children to go to a safe place. Don't worry, nothing will happen." Hearing this, Kou Yu breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed his arm and said anxiously: "Then let's go quickly? Why don't you leave?" Sheng Muxue shook his head: "We can't leave. Once we leave, we will become fugitives, and the children will also become fugitives. Hiding forever is not a solution. Sending the children away first is just in case, we have to stay here!" Kou Yu burst into tears and choked up: "Muxue, I'm sorry, I have implicated you." He raised his head, "How about this, no matter who sits on the throne in the end, you take the initiative to hand me over..." Sheng Muxue raised his hand to cover He held her lips, "We are husband and wife, so it's past time to say such things. I just want to ask you one question, have you been happy in these years of marrying me?"

Kou Yu nodded: "I am happy, but more of a peaceful feeling. I know you don't want to be involved in gossip, but keeping me is gossip..."

Sheng Muxue smiled slightly and pinched her lips mischievously, "Don't think too much! Forget the Kou family, even if you can't forget it, don't mention it again from now on. The Kou family is in the past, and it's meaningless to think about it or not. Living a good life is better than anything else. You just need to remember that if you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken, and if you marry a dog, you follow the dog. From now on, you are the mistress of the Sheng family, and you have nothing to do with the Kou family. You don't have to worry about the rest, I will handle it, understand?" There was a deep and profound gaze in her eyes.

Kou Yu nodded, but her face was full of worry.

Sheng Muxue raised her hand to help her wipe away the tears on her face.

At this time, the old housekeeper Sun Yong came to greet, "Master, Madam."

Sheng Muxue let go of Kou Yu and turned around and asked, "Uncle Sun, have they all been dismissed?"

The collapse of the Kou family made people in the Sheng Mansion uneasy. It was obvious that many people had already begun to want to leave. People kept persuading Sheng Muxue to leave, and many people were afraid. After discussing with Sun Yong, Sheng Muxue decided to give severance pay. Those who were willing to leave could take a sum of money and leave. We would not force them to stay, and those who did not want to leave could continue to stay.

Sun Yong sighed, "There are only a dozen servants left, and there are still thirty guards, all of them are old people. The others have left. Some of the properties outside, many servants took things and ran away, and now we are unable to pursue them."

Kou Yu lowered her head sadly. A wealthy family with tens of thousands of servants and guards, in a blink of an eye, less than a hundred people left. She felt what it meant to run away when disaster strikes.

"There's nothing to pursue. Just consider it as a loss to avoid disaster. It's not necessarily a good thing to keep too much money at this time. After all, they have served the Sheng family for so many years. This time they are implicated by us. As long as they don't scold me, it's fine. It's nothing to take some money to escape and the necessities for their future livelihood. Let them go." Sheng Muxue waved his hand generously and revealed the matter. He said, "Uncle Sun, notify those who are still here. If anyone comes to cause trouble, don't stop them. Just let them see me!" "Yes!" Just as Sun Yong responded, there was a noise outside, and an old guard flashed out. In front of the three people, he reported urgently: "Master, a group of people broke in. They are not friendly. What should we do?"

Sheng Muxue's eyes flashed, and he turned and strode into the pavilion. He shook the hem of his robe and sat cross-legged beside the zither. The ten fingers of his hands moved up and down on the strings of the zither. The beautiful zither sounded smoothly. He was calm and composed. He glanced at Kou Yu who was a little uneasy and said calmly: "Madam, come and add incense!"

Kou Yu was already confused and had no idea at this time. He could only listen to what Sheng Muxue said. He walked over obediently, knelt beside the zither, opened the incense burner cover and incense box, and added incense to the incense burner.

"Madam is from the royal palace after all. She has seen all kinds of people. They are just a group of chaotic soldiers. Why are you uneasy?" Sheng Muxue, who was playing the zither, smiled and teased.

Seeing him so calm and composed, Kou Yu, who was frightened and uneasy, felt a sense of security in his heart and forced himself to calm down.

At this moment, a large number of people rushed in.

The officers who were looking around and preparing to take advantage of the opportunity to rob saw Sheng Muxue and his wife being so calm and confident, but they were a little afraid to just mess around and shouted, "Is it them?"

A woman timidly walked out from behind the crowd and pointed at Sheng Muxue and Kou Yu, "They are Kou Lingxu's son-in-law and daughter."

Sun Yong stared at the woman coldly. She was a servant of Shengfu. She had just received her severance pay and left.

It can be heard from the conversation between the two parties that this group of people did not know Sheng Muxue and Kou Yu at all, and they were definitely not from this star field. It was most likely the woman who reported them.

The sound of the piano suddenly stopped, and Sheng Muxue gracefully closed her sleeves, stared at the general with a smile and asked with interest: "Which troop are you from?"

The general sneered and said: "The southern army has wiped out the troops and captured them immediately. Maybe there is still a way to survive." The other party's calmness made him feel a little unsure, but his words were polite.

"Oh, Niu Youde's men and horses, what a coincidence." Sheng Muxue turned over his hand and took out a jade certificate, handed it to Sun Yong, and motioned for him to see it, "Not long ago, Niu Youde also sent someone to send a handwritten letter. Give it to me, I don’t know how to reply. Could you please give me some advice?”

The general was stunned for a moment. He took the jade certificate and took a look. It was just some greetings. It was indeed His Majesty's name. As for whether the seal belonged to His Majesty, he didn't know.

The other party's confidence and this letter made him dare not act rashly, and he quickly took out the star bell to verify it.

The verification information was conveyed to Miao Yi step by step. Miao Yi naturally knew that he had not written any letters to the other party recently. He learned that Sheng Muxue stayed in the mansion and did not go anywhere. He did not ask for help even if he could contact him directly, but instead made this Hands, what the hell are you doing?

He didn't have the time to think about it now, but Sheng Muxue's attitude of not going anywhere and staying there and letting him be dealt with was obvious. The friendship between the two was there. Miao Yi replied, don't be embarrassed!

When the general received the news from above, he almost broke out in a cold sweat. He respectfully handed back the jade certificate with both hands, "General, I still have military affairs to attend to. If you are disturbing me, please leave first!" He turned around and kicked the woman hard. Kicked to the ground, he waved his hands and quickly retreated.

Kou Yu quietly looked at Sheng Muxue, wondering when Niu Youde had sent a handwritten letter recently.

The large house was clean again, with only the sound of the woman kneeling down begging for mercy.

Sheng Muxue looked away, stroking the strings with her fingers, "You kindly gave you money to let you go, but you...really think that I am a clay Bodhisattva who can be manipulated at will? I don't want to make enemies with others, but after what happened today, I Even if I let you go, you will still hold a grudge against me."

After saying this, Sun Yong winked at the old guard, who immediately pinched the woman's neck and dragged her away. After a while, a shrill scream came from the woman outside.

As soon as the situation subsided, everyone in the mansion suddenly turned around and looked in the same direction, and there was a faint sound of fierce fighting in the distance.

Not long after, another guard came to report: "Sir, the group of people just ran into another group of people and were defeated and fled. The other group of people seems to be coming towards us again."

Sheng Muxue gave a bitter smile, turned back to Kou Yu and said, "Keep playing the piano." She turned around and walked back to the pavilion and sat next to the piano table, and the sound of the piano sounded again.

It was almost the same as before, except this time there were no whistleblowers, instead it was the Guards and people monitoring the right wing.

Sheng Muxue handed over another handwritten letter that Po Jun had given him recently, thereby deterring another wave of people who were ready to take advantage of the situation.

After the people left, Kou Yu asked in surprise, "Is it really Po Jun's handwriting?"

She reluctantly believed what he said before about being virtuous, but how could it be such a coincidence that Po Jun just sent a handwritten letter?

Sheng Muxue shook his head slightly. Po Jun's handwriting would not be easily leaked. He also relied on his father's acquaintance with Po Jun during his lifetime and paid long-term greetings to him as a junior. Later, when Po Jun saw that he did not seek any benefits, he would not give gifts, let alone get involved. In any dispute of interest, it was purely a matter of greetings as a junior. Over time, Po Jun replied politely to a letter, and the content of the letter also meant that he should behave himself.

As for Niu Youde, he has more than one letter to and from him, and he has collected letters sent by similar powerful figures from all over the world. Letters are secondary. The important thing is that he has good friendships with the people he corresponds to. When many people encounter difficulties, for example, when Miao Yi was ignored by the Kou family, he still went against the trend of the Kou family and took the initiative to date. Therefore, he Even if the people who come and go don't care about the Kou family's face at the critical moment, there is no need to embarrass him. They should show some respect.

After he explained the general meaning, Kou Yu said worriedly: "It can only last for a while, what will happen in the future?"

"It's enough to live for a while. Now that I can have some friendship, I will naturally have the attitude of a winner after I get to the position. Is it necessary to embarrass my friends and show others? I don't beg them now because I don't know who will win and who will lose. I'm placing bets everywhere. It's not a good thing. When the outcome is determined, I will shamelessly ask for the winner..." Sheng Muxue sighed softly with his hands behind his hands, with a look of helplessness on his face. Under the general situation, he was also cautious in the stormy waves. (To be continued.)

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