This news made the women of the Mo family more hopeful about their future lives. At the same time, the fifth brother also ran to inform the two elders of the good news.
I heard that two more daughters-in-law at home were pregnant, and the two elders just laughed from ear to ear.
However, they did not get carried away because of their happiness. In order for the whole family to live a comfortable life, now is not the time for them to relax.
Meng Huaining and Mo Hanyue have been living in Xiling Village for three days since their marriage. No matter how busy he is with official work, he will rush back in the evening.
There may be a lot of things going on in the yamen today. When he and Mo Chuhan came back, they happened to encounter the last batch of old southern troops entering from the west of the village.
Although there are not many people, it is so late and looks sneaky, which inevitably makes people suspicious.
Seeing this, Meng Huaining immediately jumped up and ran towards the group of people. Mo Chuhan was not slower than him, and the two of them blocked the way of the old troops almost at the same time.
"Who are you and why are you here late at night?"
At this time, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and the old men couldn't see the face of the person coming.
But they soon recognized Mo Chuhan's voice.
"Is it Master Ba?"
Mo Chuhan couldn't name this voice, but it did sound familiar.
"Who are you?"
"Eighth Master, it's me, I'm Zhao Liu. When we were at the border, I was always by your side as a vanguard!"
"Eighth Master, and me, I am Li Liang, and I am with Zhao Liu, don't you remember?"
"Eighth Master..."
These old men were obviously very excited. Before coming here, they had heard from the Seventh Master that all the men of the Mo family, including the old Duke, were alive. Now that they saw the alive Eighth Master with their own eyes, they didn't know what to expect from the excitement in their hearts. How to release.
Mo Chuhan didn't expect that after several years, he could still stand together with these good brothers who had gone through life and death together.
"Are you the only ones coming to the northwest this time?"
Li Liang took a few steps forward and did not immediately answer Mo Chuhan's words. Instead, he glanced at Meng Huaining beside him.
Master Qi has already warned them that they are heading to the northwest secretly and may not see the light of day for some time in the future.
They just greeted Mr. Ba, but the man next to him was speechless.
If it were the other masters of the Mo family, they would definitely be as enthusiastic as the eighth master when they saw them. After all, they often followed the men of the Mo family and knew their temperaments very well.
Therefore, Li Liang did not dare to answer Mo Chuhan rashly, but planned to see Master Ba's reaction.
Mo Chuhan could see Li Liang's concerns. Based on his understanding of Meng Huaining, this guy was very shrewd. He could tell the general idea from just a few words. Trying to hide it from him now would be a cover-up.
"This is Hanyue's husband, Mr. Meng, the magistrate of Yuncheng County."
Mo Chuhan's intention was obvious, which was to tell them that Meng Huaining was not an outsider.
Although Meng Huaining rarely participated in the affairs of the Mohist family, he was somewhat aware of the situation of the Mohist family through correspondence with Fei Nanyu.
He even had the idea of reminding the Mo family to raise private soldiers for self-protection.
Later, I saw Brother Jiu and the others running up the mountain many times, always acting mysteriously, so I guessed that they might have realized this and had already begun to take action.
In this case, he might as well continue to pretend to be ignorant and let the Mo family do what they want to do with peace of mind.
In the conversation between the two parties just now, Meng Huaining might have tried to pretend to be confused.
"Don't worry, I know what to say and what not to say."
This was meant for those old men. As for Bage, the two of them had been together for a long time and already had a tacit understanding.
What's more, if Ba Ge wanted to hide what he said just now, he would not talk to those people in person.
Seeing that Master Eight did not speak, Li Liang accepted Meng Huaining's words, and then said: "Master Eight, we are the last group, everyone else has already gone up the mountain."
While he was talking, the second brother who had just sent people down the mountain came over with Liang Hao and others.
After a group of people greeted each other, the second brother continued to send people up the mountain, while Ba Ge and Meng Huaining went directly to the second elder's yard.
Mo Chuhan and Meng Huaining came here so late. There was no doubt that they had something important to talk about. Mrs. Mo quickly sent someone to summon all her sons.
Except for the second brother who went up the mountain to settle down in his old army, all the other brothers arrived in less than one stick of incense.
When Mo Chuhan saw his brothers looking at him, he explained, "It's not me, it's my brother-in-law who has something to say."
Meng Huaining did not show off, took out a note from his arms, unfolded it and handed it to Mo Qing.
"Father-in-law, this is the flying pigeon message Mr. Fei gave me today, asking me to remind my family to take more precautions."
Although Meng Huaining did not say the contents of the note in public, it was not difficult to tell from his expression that the note was not good news.
Mo Qing took the note with a serious face, and Mrs. Mo brought the oil lamp beside her to him.
By the light of the oil lamp, Mo Qing read the contents of the note, and then he slapped one hand heavily on the table next to him.
"Dad, what happened?" the eldest brother asked in a deep voice.
"Mr. Fei said that not long ago he just investigated and found out that the Xue family sent people to the northwest. He suspected that the Xue family came to the northwest with the purpose of dealing with the Mo family."
"Hmph! It's a pity that all the people he sent to the northwest have been wiped out by our brothers, so this matter is no longer worth mentioning." Mo Chuhan participated in the entire process of dealing with a group of people from Jingxian Tower. In his opinion, the people sent by the Xue family The people in the northwest have been wiped out by their brothers, and there is no longer a threat.
"If the Xue family dares to send people to kill one by one again, they will never show any mercy."
Seeing Bage's indignant look, Mo Jiuye was not as relaxed as he was.
"Although we have dealt with Xue Fan and his accomplices, no one can guarantee whether there will be any escapees. There still cannot be any slack in this matter."
Mo Qing glanced at Ninth Son with approval and continued: "Jiu Ye is right, I haven't finished what's on the note yet."
After a pause, Mo Qing continued: "Mr. Fei also said that the Queen has not waited for the news from the northwest, and has already prepared to send a second batch of people. According to his investigation, he learned that the people sent by the Queen this time have gone through strict procedures. There are many trained dead soldiers, and there are not a few of them.”
Hearing this, Mo Jiuye interrupted him.
"Dad, what is the date on the note?"
"The ninth day of July." Mo Qing said.
Mo Jiuye frowned: "Today is July 16th, so it seems that Mr. Fei got the news at least seven days ago.
If the Queen sent someone, they would probably be on their way.
From the capital to the northwest, it would take at most ten days by using Qinggong or rushing on horseback. "
The eldest brother clenched his fists and said coldly: "In that case, we brothers will let them have no return."
