The world begins with refining skills

Chapter 182 Time flies

Following the words of the girl in white, a bunch of little rascals behind her started shouting in a mess.

"Hello, little girl"

"You are so pretty, little girl."

"Girl, why haven't I seen you before?"

"Stupid, I told you she's a new chick, of course you haven't seen her, the ones you've seen are all old chicks."

"Oh~, you dare to say your mother is old, you are finished, I will tell Lu Xiaoniang."

"Stop, don't run."

"Ah, Third Brother, save me, Mu Hengqing wants to beat me"

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Mu Sheng glanced at the boys who were fighting with each other, ignored them, and leaned over to pick up a chubby little girl.

The little girl was wearing a green dress and had two green flowers on her head. She was very cute. When she was in Mu Sheng's arms, she kept staring at Guo Xiang.

"Miss, can you cook delicious food? Miss Cheng and Miss Lu often cook delicious food for us."

"No, no, no, little sister, I'm not your mother. I'm your father's niece. You should call me sister," Guo Xiang hurriedly explained stumblingly.

The girl in white looked at Guo Xiang's reaction and thought, as expected, another ignorant girl who fell into the hands of the devil. She rolled her eyes:
"Just because it's not now doesn't mean it won't be in the future."

boom!
Mu Sheng slapped the girl in white on the forehead and gave her a slap.

How come this little girl, who was such a well-behaved and cute when she was little, has become like this now?
Sure enough, the little cotton jacket will become leaky once it grows up!

"Xiao Yu'er, don't bully your sister Guo Xiang"

"Ouch!", the girl in white, Mu Qingjin, covered her head and cried out, "Daddy, I'm grown up now."

"Well, Dayu'er, please arrange a place for your sister Guo Xiang to live, and take her to get familiar with the environment of Jueqing Valley." Mu Sheng said and looked at Guo Xiang again:
"Xiang'er, go and rest with this girl first. Uncle Mu will go and see your aunts."

"Yes," Guo Xiang nodded obediently.

Mu Sheng gave the girl in white a few more instructions, handed the little girl in his arms to her, and then strode away under Guo Xiang's gaze.

It soon disappeared behind the lush greenery.

'It doesn't look like it will take long'

Xiao Yu'er glanced at Guo Xiang's eyes which were as sticky as malt sugar, and complained in her heart, this is too obvious.

"Come on, Sister Guo Xiang, I'll take you to where you live first, and then we'll go..."

Mu Sheng walked forward and soon arrived at a manor.

There are buildings of different styles in the manor, including the winding Jiangnan waterside pavilions, the majestic Qin and Jin buildings, and the
Buildings with different characteristics from all over the country appear here and blend together perfectly.

This was designed and built bit by bit by Mu Sheng and his wives in his spare time over the years.

As soon as he entered the backyard, Mu Sheng heard a piece of music played by piano and flute.

The sound of the piano is ethereal and pure, like pearls falling on a jade plate.

The sound of the flute is melodious and ethereal, like the wind coming from an empty valley.

Sometimes it dances among the clouds, sometimes it looks like playing in the water in a mountain stream, and it seems like the swift sound from the cloud palace in the sky.

Mu Sheng followed the sound and came to a living room, where he saw all his wives.

Xiaolongnu was playing the piano, Gongsun Lue'e was playing the flute, Lu Wushuang and Hong Lingbo were dancing in the middle of the hall.

The others sat on both sides, eating fruits and snacks, enjoying the singing and dancing music, looking so carefree.

After Lu Wushuang's legs were healed, she fell in love with everything related to legs. Not only did she start learning various martial arts, she also liked to dance when she had nothing to do.

It seems like he wants to make up for what he missed in the past.

'Hey, you guys are enjoying yourself.'

Mu Sheng thought to himself, and then he took a step and landed between the two people dancing in the hall. He blended into the dance of Hong Lingbo and Lu Wushuang without any abruptness.

Xiaolongnu, Li Mochou and others were not surprised to see Mu Sheng appear. They just glanced at him indifferently and continued to focus on their own things.

Those who should dance continued to dance, those who should play the flute continued to play the flute, those who should play the piano continued to play the piano, and those who should eat and drink did not stop.

But after a while, Lu Wushuang and Hong Lingbo's dancing was distracted by Mu Sheng.

The heavenly dance that was originally as beautiful as the fairy dance in the cloud-like clothes was made by Mu Sheng to look like a play in the harem of a foolish queen.

After Mu Sheng hugged Lu Wushuang and Hong Lingbo and flirted with them, Xiao Longnu finally couldn't help it.

He pressed the strings, paused, and looked at Mu Sheng helplessly:

"Brother Sheng, you act weird as soon as you come back, and we are still practicing."

"How can this be called making trouble? I'm just helping you find the gaps and fill them in," Mu Sheng said confidently, "Look, haven't I found the problem? Shuang'er and Bobo's attention is not focused, so they easily messed up the rhythm."

"Brother Sheng, don't call me Bobo, it doesn't sound nice at all!" Hong Lingbo was a little unhappy after hearing Mu Sheng's name for him.

"Are you not happy when I call you Bobo? This is my best wish for you!" Mu Sheng said, glancing at Hong Lingbo's chest.

Hong Lingbo became even angrier when he saw where Mu Sheng's eyes were looking.

"Okay, stop making trouble, Brother Sheng. You're back now. Does that mean that the matter with Guo'er is over?" Xiao Longnu interrupted.

"Well, the rebels killed hundreds of thousands of Mongolian troops during this expedition. I estimate that the Mongols will not invade the south again in the next ten years."

"That's good," Xiao Long Nu nodded and said, "We have ten years to recuperate and wait for the Mongols to come south again."

"Don't talk about these insignificant little things. I haven't seen you, my beloved concubines, for more than half a year. I miss you so much!"

Mu Sheng interrupted Xiao Longnu's long speech, closed the door with a wave of his hand, pounced on several people with a wicked smile, and began to wreak havoc in the harem.

Soon, the ensemble music was heard again in the hall, but this time it turned into a soft music.

Mu Sheng did not show up the next day, and he still did not show up the third day.

It was not until the fourth day that Guo Xiang saw her Uncle Mu again.

In the past few days, she has also become friends with Mu Sheng's children, and these little ones now especially like this new big sister.

The days in Jueqing Valley became peaceful.

It was not until half a month later that a letter from Xiangyang City disrupted Mu Sheng's peaceful and comfortable life.

"What? Guo Fu is pregnant?"

Mu Sheng exclaimed in surprise. He didn’t remember having any contact with Guo Fu.

Only after continuing to read did Mu Sheng breathe a sigh of relief.

"So it's this kid Yang Guo, that's good, that's good"

That’s not right. When did Yang Guo get involved with Guo Fu?
Mu Sheng read the letter several times with some doubts. There was nothing written in the letter. It just asked Mu Sheng to go to Xiangyang to discuss how to deal with the matter.

There was no other choice, Mu Sheng could only make another trip to Xiangyang City.

"Brother Sheng, what on earth is going on?" Xiao Longnu and the others looked at Mu Sheng who had returned from Xiangyang City with gossipy looks on their faces.

"Well, this is a long story." "Then just keep it short. No, tell it slowly."

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It was one night more than a month ago, at a dinner celebrating the return of the rebel army from the expedition, Guo Fu took the opportunity to drug Yang Guo.

Then, the two of them at night
The next day, Yang Guo had a quarrel with Guo Fu over this. After Guo Fu made it clear that he was not responsible,
Yang Guo really didn't care about it anymore, and Guo Fu didn't bother him anymore.

I thought the matter ended there, but I didn't expect that Guo Fu actually had such a trick up her sleeve.

She not only prepared aphrodisiacs, but also drugs to induce labor.

As expected of the willful and capricious Miss Guo, this is something she could do.

"Guo'er, Guo'er, your teacher has told you so many times that boys must protect themselves when they are outside. Look, you are in a life-threatening situation just by being careless!"

Mu Sheng shook his head and sighed.

But it’s okay. Although Guo Fu has many shortcomings, at least she is a woman.

Otherwise, considering Yang Guo's current obsession with muscles and martial arts, Mu Sheng is really afraid that he will bring back a naughty wife for him one day.

"Oh my god, this Miss Guo is really bold and daring."

"you do not say."

Guo Xiang was also shocked by what her sister did, and then became thoughtful.

Just when Mu Sheng was planning to go to Lin'an to find Yang Guo to resolve the matter, Er Gouzi came to the Unrequited Valley with a letter.

"This"

Mu Sheng looked at the letter in his hand and felt a little scared. Could it be that Yang Guo really found someone
Fortunately, it is not.

The letter was left by Yang Guo. After handling state affairs for a few days, this guy left a letter and ran away.

It is said that he will appear again after Mu Sheng ascends the throne and becomes emperor.

"This brat, are you trying to use the yellow robe trick on me?"

Mu Sheng was speechless, but he didn't care. Being an emperor was not a problem for him. He just had to leave the work to his subordinates.

Besides, Guo Jing is still waiting for an explanation from Mu Sheng. He can't tell them that Yang Guo ran away and can't be found, right?
Although it was true that he could not be found, as soon as Yang Guo disappeared, Er Gouzi and his friends searched everywhere but could not find him.

The world is so big, if a martial arts master wants to hide, he can go deep into the mountains and forests and no one will be able to find him.

"There is no other way. If this is the case, I have to be the emperor."

Mu Sheng shook his head, looking embarrassed, as if being an emperor was a very difficult job.

The next day, Mu Sheng set out first, riding the Divine Condor to Lin'an. Xiao Longnu and the others packed up and set off slowly.

Most of the top leaders of the rebel army came from Mu Sheng, so the takeover process was smooth.

A month later, after all preparations were completed, Mu Sheng held a grand ceremony in Lin'an City, ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and named the country Daqian. This was the first year of the Yuan Dingxin era, which means to reform the old and establish the new, and he was known in history as the Shenwu Emperor.

Not long after the ceremony, Yang Guo appeared.

After learning that Guo Fu was pregnant, Yang Guo did not have much resistance, and the two got married soon.

However, even after having a child, Yang Guo's attitude towards Guo Fu remained the same as before.

And Guo Fu fell for this trick. She was a willful and unruly young lady in front of others, but she was like a little bird in front of Yang Guo.

It is true that there is always something that can overcome something else.

The first year of Dingxin, Lin'an.

In the beautiful gardens and colorful flowers in the back garden of the imperial palace, Mu Sheng was catching butterflies with his little daughter.

Although he became emperor, his life did not change much.

It’s better to practice martial arts, read books, spend time with my wife and children every day, or ride around on the Divine Condor and experience the fun of incognito visits.

"Brother Sheng, is it really okay if you ignore state affairs all day long?" asked Xiao Longnu, who was wearing a white cloud dress and had not changed much from when she first met Mu Sheng.

As the mother of a country, she should have worn a shawl and a phoenix crown, instead of looking like this now.

But Mu Sheng himself rarely wears dragon robes. Now that I am the emperor, of course I can do whatever I want. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be in vain to be the emperor?
"What can happen? There are hundreds of officials in the court, just leave it to them," Mu Sheng looked at his little daughter giggling among the flowers, turned around and said to Xiao Longnu.

"I just need to use the Soul Transferring Technique to interrogate a few officials every day to make sure they have not engaged in corruption, bribery, idleness, or deceiving their superiors and subordinates."

In Mu Sheng's view, feudalism, monarchy, capitalism, etc., are actually not much different in essence. They are just a means of management.

All of this is to make this country more prosperous and last longer.

The reason why various problems arise is actually because of the people who implement the system.

No matter how good the system is, no matter how perfect the law is, there will always be people who will deliberately exploit loopholes. There will always be people who will find loopholes, or deliberately misinterpret or ignore the system and the law.

If the people are not right, no matter how good the system is, it will be useless!
Therefore, Mu Sheng only needs to manage people well, and he doesn’t even need to manage too many people. As long as those people at the top of the power can be selfless and serve the public wholeheartedly, then the people of this country will not have a bad life.

After all, if there is no deliberate indulgence from the upper echelons, no matter how recklessly the people below act, the scope of their influence will be limited.

To put it bluntly, the reason why many petty officials can oppress the people unscrupulously is that they have established good relationships with officials at a higher level and have benefited from them.

These benefits may be money and beauty, or they may be political achievements.

Officials at higher levels dare to accept this kind of benefit transfer, most likely because they have the protection and indulgence of officials at higher levels.

After this kind of benefits are passed up layer by layer, they will eventually converge on this small number of people in the court.

So Mu Sheng just needs to make sure these people are fine.

"What if the family members and relatives of these officials did bad things in their names and they themselves didn't know about it?" Xiao Longnu asked.

"Small profits and small benefits are fine, but how could they not know about the huge benefits? Besides, there are secret guards."

The Dark Guards were an organization established by Mu Sheng that was similar to the Embroidered Uniform Guards, but they did not have as much power as the Embroidered Uniform Guards. Their main job was to conduct open and secret investigations in various places.

Wherever there are complaints from the people, wherever there is collusion between officials and businessmen, etc., the secret guards will report anonymously to higher-level officials. If these officials do nothing, the court will send people to deal with it directly.

With such cooperation between the top and the bottom, Mu Sheng dare not say it is all, but at least most of the fairness and justice are guaranteed.

As time passed, people's lives became better and better, the Qian Dynasty became more prosperous, and Mu Sheng's children grew up day by day.

In the third year of Dingxin, Lin'an, Zhenwusi.

Mu Qingjin, dressed in white, stepped into the gate of Zhenwu Division with a fierce aura and walked all the way to the main hall.

At this time, a middle-aged man with a simple and honest face was waiting for her here. When he saw Mu Qingjin coming, he hurried forward to greet her.

"Uncle Ma, no need to be so polite. What did Shaolin reply?"

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"Humph, you are shameless. Does Shaolin still think that this is the previous dynasty? They are just asking them to pay rent for their land and register them because they are the ancestral temple of Zen Buddhism."

"Pass the order down, send out the troops in three days, I want to flatten the Shaoshi Mountain!"

　It's so sad. I only wrote more than 3,000 words when I posted it. I revised it to 4,000 words later, but it was not counted in the word count. I cried.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)