This young man's name is Xia Houhuai, and he and Wu Mu are old acquaintances.
This matter started three years ago.
Xiahou Huai was twelve years old at the time and Wu Mu was sixteen. The two met in southern Xinjiang and fought over the Tianxin Gu.
Later, Wu Mu grabbed the Tianxin Gu with a slight advantage.
Xiahou Huai was born in the Jianghu, and he has the generosity of a son of the Jianghu. In addition, at a young age, he takes the lead and is not upset even if he loses.
I just say that my skills are not as good as others, and I am willing to gamble without losing.
Afterwards, he also told the truth about his last name and that his father was the owner of Shanhai Tower.
Shanhailou is one of the three major sects in Jianghu. He usually lives alone and keeps a low profile.
He is the youngest son of Xiahou Yuyang, who has six older brothers.
Normally, his father and seven brothers had extremely strict control over him. He liked freedom and did not want to be detained, so he ran away from home privately.
When Wu Mu saw Xiahou Huai's frankness and sincerity, he was so excited that he told the truth that he was the young master of the Wu family and why he wanted to go out to make a living.
Xiahou Huai felt that Wu Mu did not treat him as a child, did not mind his young age, and was willing to exchange identities. He was very excited and insisted on sworn sworn vows on the spot.
The rivers and lakes and the imperial court have always been at odds with each other.
The Wu family is an imperial businessman and has always only dealt with the imperial court and has not been involved in political affairs.
Wu Mu kept in mind his identity as the young master of the Wu family and rejected Xiahou Huai's proposal. Preface: There is no need to sworn sworn friends. If you are willing, if we meet again in the future, just call him Big Brother Wu.
The two separated in southern Xinjiang and never saw each other again.
After three years of separation, I never expected that we would meet again under such circumstances today.
Although Xiahou Huai's face was covered with blood and mud stains, Wu Mu still recognized him at a glance.
The little naughty boy with a tiger-like head and a tough brain has grown into a young boy with thick eyebrows and big eyes. His eyebrows are still as innocent as before, without any maturity.
Xiahou Huai's mouth could not speak and he could only blink desperately at Wu Mu.
Wu Mu tapped the acupuncture points on his body a few times, and Xiahou Huai opened his mouth and started screaming.
"Brother Wu, if I hadn't met you today, I would have died at the hands of these bandits. What a coward!"
"If I die like this, I will definitely become a laughing stock in the martial arts world."
Wu Mu smiled a little.
"Xiahou Huai, it's been three years, why haven't your kung fu improved at all? Today you were captured alive by a group of bandits."
Xia Houhuai snorted angrily: "Master, if I hadn't fallen from the sky and broken my arms and legs, would I have been picked up by these losers?"
"I told them that I was the son of the owner of Shanhai Tower, and if they let me go I would give them countless gold, silver and jewels, but they didn't believe me."
"They thought I was bragging and noisy, so they sealed all my acupuncture points, tied me behind a horse, and told me to eat some mud and grass to ground me."
The more Xiahou Huai talked, the angrier he became.
"I'm really pissed off."
Wu Mu interrupted him.
"Why did you fall from the sky and break your arms and legs?"
Even though his hands and feet were broken, he could still be so lively and yell at the grass bandits. As expected, Xia Houhuai was still the same naughty boy and had not changed at all.
Xiahou Huai was a little proud when he heard this.
"Back then, when you were on the front foot, the people sent by my father took me back on the back foot. They locked me up at home and wouldn't let me out."
"I worked at home for three years and built something that can control the wind and fly. I flew out from home and prepared to fly across the entire Hooke Grassland."
Wu Mu pursed her lips and said nothing, her black eyes silently grazing Xiahou Huai's face.
This child was so well protected by Shanhailou that even after not seeing him for three years, he still had the same temperament as the twelve-year-old, a complete naughty boy.
Xiahou Huai felt guilty after being stared at, and his voice became quieter as he spoke.
"I just didn't study it well. I flew halfway and fell from the sky..."
After saying that, he sighed sadly.
Wu Mu frowned and thought for a moment.
"I'm not a doctor and don't know medical skills. If your limbs are broken, I can't help you heal them."
"Is there a stronghold of your Shanhai Tower near here? I'll send you there."
"Your father and brother will definitely find a way to help you repair your broken bones."
Xiahou Huai became anxious when he heard this.
"Don't, don't...Brother Wu, I finally escaped from Shanhai Tower, don't send me back."
"How about you find a place to help me reattach the bones, and I'll follow you from now on..."
Wu Mu scolded:
"No nonsense! You are so willful. Your father and brother will be very sad if they find out!"
Xiahou Huai was startled.
He really didn't understand why the young master of the Wu family, who he hadn't seen for three years, had become calm and reserved now.
Jian Shou's scolding tone was exactly the same as his father's.
Seeing Wu Mu staring at him quietly without saying a word, he gradually ran out of words to explain.
"A hundred miles ahead, out of the grassland, there is a teahouse with a blue flag on the right side of the official road. That is where Shanhai Tower collects intelligence. Just send me there."
Wu Mu looked around and saw that there was nothing on the vast grassland except the green grass.
He took off the cloaks from the corpses of several grass bandits, twisted them into a sheet, and gently carried Xiahou Huai up.
Then he got some water and wiped the blood on Xiahou Huai's face.
Finally, he took out a pill from his package and stuffed it into Xiahou Huai's mouth.
Xiahou Huai swallowed the pill and his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Muscle and Bone Strengthening Pills!"
Wu Mu nodded.
"Um."
After he left the Wu family, he traveled more than 300 miles from Kyoto before he discovered that Wu Yuelin secretly put ten of these pills in his package. He had never used them all the way, but he didn't expect that they would come in handy today.
"I don't have much, so I'll give you three more when I get to the teahouse. You go home and recuperate and recover as soon as possible."
Xiahou Huai's eyes widened.
"Brother Wu, do you know how precious this thing is? I have eaten one since I was a child."
Wu Mu pursed her lips.
"I know."
So what if you know? No matter how precious the pills are, they can't bring Ayan back to life.
"Your arms and legs are broken and you can't move. I'll hold the horse and drag you slowly. I promise not to hurt you again."
Xiahou Huai's current condition was that he couldn't ride a horse or ride a horse, so he could only use this method to get Xiahou Huai to the teahouse safely.
After saying that, he led the horse and began to move forward slowly.
Xiahou Huai was lying on the bed sheets, happily.
"This is so comfortable. I don't have to lie down to eat mud, and I can still see the sky."
"Don't leave, stay with me to recuperate. When I get well, I will take you to our Shanhai Tower to learn more."
"There are many strange and magical objects in our Shanhai Tower, which are guaranteed to be an eye-opener for you."
"How about I remodel the wind-flying thing later and give you a try?"
"Do you know that during the three years I was locked up at home, I read all the books in the Shanhai Tower in one go before I thought of a way to create this thing..."
"If you save my life today, you will be the benefactor of our Shanhai Tower."
"From now on, whenever you have something to do, just ask, and I will definitely arrange for the entire Shanhai Tower to handle it for you!"
Xiahou Huai kept chattering and had no intention of shutting up.
Wu Mu hadn't heard someone say so many words to him for a long time.
He didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"I'm not interested in your Qimen Dunjia and wind-controlling things."
"I didn't mean to save you today, and I didn't save you because I wanted to repay you."
"I have to go to Star City. I can't stay here. I will leave after I see you there."
Wu Mu's clear refusal did not dismay Xiahouhuai, and he was ready to continue agitating.
"Why are you going to Star City? You're not in a hurry to get married, so what's the matter with wasting some time?"
"We met in southern Xinjiang, and now we meet in the Huke Grassland. What a fate is this?"
"Are you really not considering going to see our Shanhai Tower and become sworn brothers with me?"
He saw that Wu Mu just led the horse forward quietly without responding, and knew that Wu Mu really had no interest in Shanhailou and the sworn sworn matter.
He rolled his eyes and immediately changed the topic.
"By the way, how is the girl you are obsessed with?"
"According to what you said at the beginning, I did some calculations and found that she has been married for the Western New Year as of this year."
"In the Western New Year, I must have become a mother long ago. I will probably give birth to at least two children."
"Have you given up on her now?"
"Still remember this one?"
Wu Mu choked for a moment, paused, closed her eyes and whispered: "She didn't become a mother, she died."
"I married her after she died."
Xiahou Huai was choked and couldn't speak for a long time.
After a long while, he said in a trembling voice: "What did you say?!"
Wu Mu regained his composure.
He led the horse and said as he walked: "I gave up my identity as the young master of the Wu family in order to marry her. Now I am white and she is my wife."
As he spoke, he turned to look at the package on the horse and smiled knowingly.
"Her spiritual tablet is in this package. I went to Star City this time just to show her the Lantern Festival."
"I want her to see what paradise on earth looks like..."
Before Wu Mu finished speaking, Xiahou Huai burst into tears behind him.
"My dear, I have never cried while watching a play. What you said was more touching than what was acted in the play..."
"Why are you so stupid? You don't want anything, and you still married a dead person who we can't be together with..."
"Master, I will definitely not imitate you in the future."
"I don't want to like any girl, it's too painful..."
"I still want to be with you...How can you be my elder brother if you are so stupid?"
The more Xiahou Huai cried, the sadder he became, and Jian Shuai was heartbroken.
Wu Mu shook his head and smiled bitterly, then lowered his head and murmured.
"It would be even more uncomfortable if a person is heartless and loveless. You will know when you meet the person you truly love."
Xiahou Huai cried for a long time before he stopped.
After stopping, I no longer had the energy to chatter, and stared at the sky gradually turning black.
Two people and one horse slowly moved forward on the grassland until the bright moon hung sideways.
Wu Mu found a clean grassland and placed Xiahou Huai.
He took out a few pieces of dry food from the package and fed him, and then gave him some water after eating.
Xiahou Huai was not polite. After eating and drinking enough, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
He woke up in the middle of the night and found that Wu Mu had not fallen asleep. Instead, he sat looking up at the sky and muttered in a low voice, "Why don't you sleep?"
Wu Mu replied: "I was thinking that the starry sky on the grassland is so beautiful, she must like it."
Xiahou Huai scratched his neck, his eyes were sore, and tears came out again.
He secretly swore in his heart that in this life, he would never like a woman, let alone marry a wife.
Love is so hurtful.
The next day, Wu Mu took the horse and dragged Xiahou Huai on the road.
He walked very slowly because he was afraid of bumping into Xiahou Huai.
The two of them walked for another day and night before arriving at the teahouse Xiahou Huai mentioned.
The shopkeeper of the teahouse was shocked when he saw Xia Houhuai lying on the bed sheets.
In the past two days, the people in Shanhai Tower were almost crazy looking for the young master. Unexpectedly, the young master was sent back.
Although his hands and feet were broken, this kind of injury is completely harmless to Shanhailou. The owner can now feel at ease.
After careful questioning, Wu Mu confirmed that the shopkeeper was from Shanhailou, and then handed Xiahou Huai over to him with confidence.
The shopkeeper thanked Wu Mu repeatedly and asked him to stay, hoping that Wu Mu would stay and meet the landlord.
After Wu Mu refused, he continued riding on the road.
