The night was extremely beautiful, and in Yuwen Mansion, the fragrance of lilies filled the air. As the evening breeze drifted, the fragrance made people feel comfortable and peaceful. Yuwen Chengdu glanced at his mother who was sleeping on the bed, pressed the quilt for her, then slowly stepped out, and gently closed the door of his mother's room with both hands. After Yuwen Chengdu closed the door, he walked along the corridor to the back left side of the mansion and through the stone gate of the courtyard. That was the residence of the servants and maids. He was not walking towards his own room, but towards the housekeeper Liu Bo's room. Walk to the room. Yuwen Chengdu wanted to clear up the doubts in his heart. He felt that his mother was very sick. Something must have happened, but it must be that his mother didn't want him to worry or for other reasons so she didn't tell him. Therefore, he had no choice but to find his housekeeper, Uncle Liu. He believed that Uncle Liu would definitely explain it to him. Yuwen Chengdu walked to the door of the housekeeper's room and knocked on the door. He only heard a voice from inside, "Who is it?" "It's me, Uncle Liu." Yuwen Chengdu heard the voice of Uncle Liu and responded. . "It's the young master, come in quickly." Uncle Liu opened the door, saw the young master standing at the door, and hurriedly welcomed him in. Yuwen Chengdu followed Uncle Liu and walked in. He saw that the decoration of the room was very simple. Under the weak candlelight, he could vaguely see only a table and two chairs, and they were also stained with traces of dust. They must have been there. It hasn't been cleaned for a few days, and the only thing that makes people look angry is the plate of peonies placed in the corner of the room. When Yuwen Chengdu saw this situation, he already knew that he had some answers to his guess. "Master, you sit down first, I'll heat up the tea." After Liu Boduo lit a candle, he brushed a chair and said to Yuwen Chengdu. "Uncle Liu, don't bother. You just came to see you and Mudan. You can sit down." Yuwen Chengdu sat on another chair next to him and pointed to the clean chair just now and said to Uncle Liu. "Young Master, you can't help it. I can just take the unclean one." Uncle Liu hurriedly declined when he saw that the young master actually gave him a clean chair to sit on, but he sat on an unclean one. "Uncle Liu!" Yuwen Chengdu shouted, stood up, took the chair to Uncle Liu and said, "You treat me like your own son. Your kindness has been seen by everyone in Chengdu. As early as I In my heart, there is no distinction between master and slave, only the distinction between elder and younger generation. You are my elder." Uncle Liu looked at Yuwen Chengdu, and after hearing these words, tears flowed down unconsciously. "Uncle Liu, sit down." Yuwen Chengdu said. Uncle Liu covered up the tears that overflowed from his eyes and sat down next to Yuwen Chengdu. "Uncle Liu, why don't you see the peony?" Yuwen Chengdu saw that Uncle Liu had calmed down and asked with concern. "Well, Mudan has returned to her hometown." Uncle Liu looked panicked and did not dare to look at Yuwen Chengdu. "Uncle Liu, Mudan and I grew up together. Although we have a master-servant relationship, I have always treated her as my sister. I care about my sister very much," Yuwen Chengdu said while observing Uncle Liu's expression, "Liu Uncle, I heard from my mother that you and Mudan¡¯s mother are orphans and have been living in Yuwen Mansion and don¡¯t know their hometown. Uncle Liu, if it¡¯s for Mudan¡¯s benefit, just tell me.¡± ¡°Master!¡± Uncle Liu finally couldn't help it. After all, she was his daughter. He suddenly knelt down in front of Yuwen Chengdu and cried, "Save Mudan." "Uncle Liu, get up, what happened? Do you want to make it clear to me?" Yuwen Chengdu reached out to help Uncle Liu, who was in tears. "Alas, this is what happened" Uncle Liu sighed and began to explain. Yuwen Chengdu finally learned the whole story from Uncle Liu. It turned out that four days ago, his mother was very happy when she heard that he was about to return in triumph, so she decided to go to the market with Mudan and buy some things in person. Give it to yourself, and you can use it when you come back; but you didn¡¯t expect that when you were in the market, you met Liu Jushi, the overlord of Chang¡¯an, and other people. When Liu Jushi saw the beauty of the peony, he had the heart to rob it, and his mother saw it. There were so many of them that they told Jushi Liu that she was the wife of Yu Wenji and the mother of Yuwen Chengdu who was about to return in triumph. However, Jushi Liu ignored them and summoned the evil slaves to go directly and rob the peonies. His mother Qin went up to stop him, but Liu Jushi pushed him to the ground. Then her mother returned to the house with the support of two attendants and told her father Yu Wenhuaji about the incident. Yu Wenhuaji was very angry when he heard about it, but when he heard that the other party was Duke Peng of Shangzhu Kingdom, Liu Xu's son, Liu Jushi, but his father Yu Wenhuaji declined because the emperor had always protected Liu Xu and Liu Jushi and his son. He did not dare to expand the matter for fear of offending Liu Xu and Liu Jushi and making them angry. emperor.  "Bang!" There was a punch sound. After listening to Uncle Liu's story, Yuwen Chengdu punched the table hard. The teacup on the table jumped up and broke to the ground. He knew that his mother was lying on the bed. It's been so long. It's not just a skin injury. It must have been hurt in the heart by Master Liu. As a son, he can't protect his mother. How can he not be angry? And Mudan is still in Liu Jushi's house, and her situation is extremely dangerous? When Uncle Liu saw his young master's face full of anger and his fists clenching, he quickly persuaded him, "Master, you have to calm down. Now is not the time to act out of emotion." Yu Wen Chengdu restrained his raging anger and thought about The father who didn't show up asked coldly: "Then why didn't my father go and argue with them about asking for someone?" Uncle Liu said with a slightly gloomy look, "I went, and when I came back, I said that layman Liu promised to take Mudan as his concubine, and Let us all not mention this matter again in the future. Alas, the master is different from before. "The matter is not over yet. I will go to Liu Jushi's house to ask for someone!" Yuwen Chengdu's eyes showed a cold look. He knew it. His father was a second-rank official minister and a confidant of Crown Prince Yang Guang. If he really went to them to argue with them, there was no reason why he should not come back to Peony. He must have been concerned about his own interests and was afraid of offending Liu Xu and Liu Jushi. Don't dare to come to ask for help. After hearing this, Uncle Liu's eyes lit up, then he shook his head and sighed, "But Jushi Liu is not easy to mess with. Jushi Liu is the overlord of Chang'an, and there must be many brave people in the house. You will suffer a big loss." Yuwen Chengdu stood up, held Uncle Liu's hand, looked at Uncle Liu with firm eyes and said, "Uncle Liu, don't worry, I will bring Peony back." "But" Uncle Liu was still worried, but Yuwen Chengdu has reached the door at this time. Yuwen Chengdu stopped at the door and looked at the dark sky in the distance. His red cloak was flying wildly in the night wind. Yuwen Chengdu's cold voice came out, "I can still get the upper hand among the thousands of troops." Mortou, have they seen that scene? "